Graphite

Graphite is a stylized roguelike RPG set in a child’s pen-and-paper campaign, where pencil-drawn heroes face quests, evolving monsters and divine prophecies. The child creates this world in notebooks to work through grief, self-confidence and growing up, while its characters believe completely in the story they inhabit.

The story

A mysterious figure called The Scribe warns the heroes that the end is near. He entrusts seven heroes with growing stronger, gathering allies and preparing to face what lies ahead. Each has a distinct personality, backstory and reason to fight, and their paths cross through choices, tragedies and revelations about the Scribe and the world they share.

Behind the story, the Scribe is a child building a world from notebook pages to make sense of his own. The heroes are parts of him, shaped to carry his imagination, fear and hope. As they each take a stand, they discover that they are part of something greater.

Choices on the journey

During each run, you draw illustrated pages from a tarot-inspired adventure deck. Narrated events offer choices influenced by your current party, items and previous decisions: you might pursue treasure, help a stranger or take a hidden path. Choices can bring rewards, consequences or changes to the story, and only one path leads forward.

Timeline combat

Combat unfolds on a dynamic timeline. Every action takes time, so you read enemy intentions, delay important moves and time your attacks. The Break system lets you interrupt foes and push their actions back along the timeline, though enemies can do the same to you. Dozens of abilities, tactical combos and enemy types that grow stronger over time shape the fights.

Roguelike progression

Enemies and encounters are procedurally generated across runs and scale alongside your progress. You find powerful, stackable artifacts that can combine into different synergies and builds, with no limit on how many of the same item you can stack. Enemies can also pick up artifacts, turning battles into contests of tactics and power.

You can play as any of the seven heroes, each with their own journey and resolution. Together, they confront the truth behind their world: they are parts of a whole, drawn for a reason.