Karvan

Karvan is a tactical roguelite about escorting a caravan up a gigantic tree. You choose wagons and weapons, send troops to guard the caravan, and try to climb as high as possible while gathering resources. The route and the hexagonal maps where you fight each night are procedurally generated.

The ascent

You travel during the day, when resources appear, then prepare for nightfall by placing defenses and troops. Use torches to see farther and barricades to block paths enemies could take. Choose which troops will fight and equip them with the weapons you have acquired.

At night, you manage your troops in real time, use their abilities and move them around to fight the attacking enemies. You can also send troops to gather resources for camp upgrades, but anyone collecting resources is not fighting. If a wagon is destroyed or every soldier in a troop is killed, that wagon or troop is lost for the rest of the ascent. When enemies overwhelm you, the ascent ends.

Camps and equipment

Resources gathered in the tree can upgrade your camp, and upgrading is necessary to reach the top. Each upgrade adds a building, growing the camp from a small tent into a castle. Camp upgrades unlock better wagons, more troops and better weapons for future ascents. At the start of each ascent, you choose which wagons and weapons to take.

Towns in the tree

The tree is large enough to contain seven towns. After surviving enough nights to reach one, you can replenish your caravan and continue climbing, or abandon the ascent and keep your resources to improve your camp and try again.

In a town, you can hire mercenary troops, buy and sell weapons, repair wagons, or pay a tax to use an elevator and begin the next ascent from that town.