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Roadwarden

Moral Anxiety Studio · Assemble Entertainment

Released Sep 12, 2022 · Windows, macOS, Linux · Adventure, Indie, RPG · Metacritic 83

Art style Pixel art

Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

5 elements · 4 screen types covered · Steam page

Roadwarden - Regional map: a road network annotated by what each stop provides Roadwarden - Journal update on the Eastern Path: labor as narrative, one action to continue Roadwarden - Brewing the sharpening poison: effect, fee, ingredients and time before the choice Roadwarden - Combat as first-person choices: six ways to face the monster Roadwarden - Trading at the counter: four goods, plain prices, no haggling chrome
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Regional map: a road network annotated by what each stop provides · Campaign / World Map

UI at a glance: the patterns that recur across this game's screens are side panel (3), story panel (3), detail card (2), cost list (2).

Campaign / World Map

Roadwarden - Regional map: a road network annotated by what each stop provides

Dialogue / Conversation

Roadwarden - Journal update on the Eastern Path: labor as narrative, one action to continue Roadwarden - Brewing the sharpening poison: effect, fee, ingredients and time before the choice

Battle / Tactics

Roadwarden - Combat as first-person choices: six ways to face the monster

Trade / Economy

Roadwarden - Trading at the counter: four goods, plain prices, no haggling chrome

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