Effulgence RPG

About the Game

Early Access Note: Effulgence RPG is a sci-fi party RPG in a unique ASCII 3D style, with its visual-driven exploration and location structures fully in place. The core loop (party-based turn-based combat and crafting gear from enemy particles) is playable today. During Early Access, I'll deepen combat mechanics and refine controls and Quality of Life features together with your input. If you prefer a fully finished 1.0 experience, please add the game to your wishlist and check back at release. Or jump in now - your feedback will directly help shape the game!

Game features:

★ The only way to gather crafting resources is by defeating creatures and breaking them down into individual particles.

★ Using these particles, you can print weapons, gear, and mechanisms on a special printer.

★ Dozens of locations to explore.

Plot

It's easy to transmit a video signal when you're just the distance of a satellite away. If you go beyond the solar system, it may take hours to send a regular image to Earth.

But when the signal comes from a galaxy a million light-years away, only fragments of symbols make it to us. Sometimes, they can be decoded and assembled into an animation made from text characters.

Inspiration

Characters that can be typed on a keyboard are a powerful means of expression. ASCII art uses characters as strokes, crafted like those of an artist’s pen. Each stroke carries both form and meaning: a letter, a number, a symbol.

The quality of modern printing, monitors, and phone screens is astonishing. Does ASCII art have a place in the era of True Color and ultra-high pixel densities? Absolutely!

Charcoal has been used since cave paintings, yet charcoal drawing remains relevant to this day. Paintings with rich palettes haven’t replaced black-and-white graphics. When an artist picks up a pencil, it becomes a tool for creation. When an ASCII artist pulls a keyboard closer, ASCII art is born.

But what if we add a third dimension to these characters? And do so without breaking the feel of the text mode.

Effulgence RPG is more than just a game - it’s an artistic exploration of light and symbols.