Emberglade

Emberglade is a roguelike about building a slot machine to survive a branching journey to Shadowkeep. Each spin costs gold from your purse, and you must win enough to pay the toll at the end of each zone before your spins run out. The reels are designed to barely break even, so your chances depend on the relics you attach to the machine and the bets you make. If you run out of money, the journey ends.

Build your machine

Between zones, you spend your winnings on relics that change the reels, rules and odds. Examples include removing every monster from the reels, making coins pay in threes instead of fives, turning healing potions into gold, or trading a heart for a triple payout. You can collect more than 24 relics, and each run builds a different machine.

There are four heroes, each with a different starting machine to build around.

Choose your route

The path to Shadowkeep branches between safer roads and Elite encounters, which have a steeper toll but grant a free relic. Along the way, you can visit shops and camps or take a gamble. Each choice costs something you cannot get back: gold, health or spins.

Journey through the biomes

The road crosses eight biomes, from the Sunlit Meadow to Shadowkeep's black halls. Each biome has its own monsters and hazards, and ends with a boss. You can push on to face the Shadow Lord if your machine holds together.

Manage every wager

Each zone raises the toll, while the reels may struggle to keep pace. Betting too little can leave you short of the toll; betting everything risks losing it all in a cold streak. You must judge whether your machine is ready to continue or whether the next spin could end the run.