Album Corvus

Album Corvus is a dark fantasy roguelike dungeon crawler built around permadeath, progression between runs and one-on-one turn-based battles. You descend through deadly, procedurally generated dungeons to reach the lowest floor, defeat the evil lurking there and claim the loot it guards. The dungeons contain traps, ancient labs, treasures and monsters.

Dungeon runs

The dungeon and its loot are procedurally generated, so each run differs. Rooms have conditions that can significantly affect the outcome of a battle, and some appear behind closed doors, hiding their contents until you enter. You choose where to go and weigh risks against rewards, such as entering a room with another Adventurer and an Event for better loot or taking an easier fight for a smaller reward.

Items and augments

Items provide numeric bonuses to HP, Shield and other stats, and can also carry Augments that change your tactics or strengthen your build. These perks can, for example, trigger another skill when you attack, add a retaliation effect, create a barrier that blocks incoming damage before disappearing, or boost your Shield when you gain a Barrier.

Progress between runs

Resources found in the dungeon let you improve your characters between runs. You can add permanent Augments, improve starting skills, unlock and choose a Signature skill, and decide which character to upgrade. These improvements help you delve deeper, but victories are not expected during your first runs.

Character builds

Album Corvus has seven character classes, each with its own default play style, strengths and weaknesses. You shape each character by choosing Signature skills, deciding which skills to level, adding perks and selecting items. Your choices include what equipment to keep or replace, whether to reroll an artifact at the risk of breaking it, and which upgrades and skills best suit a character.

Enemies and encounters

The dungeon features about 30 monsters, other Adventurers and five bosses with powerful skills. Runs also include dozens of skills and perks, and about 15 room modifiers. Procedural generation affects the dungeon, loot and some enemies, supporting repeated runs with different encounters and choices.