Inkarn8: The Cursed CodexInkarn8: The Cursed Codex

Inkarn8: The Cursed Codex is a dark fantasy roguelite played inside a living cursed spellbook.

Every page is a room with a choice. Every chapter is a floor with a boss.

Explore a branching dungeon written across the pages of the Codex. Choose which paths to follow, which dangers to face and what you are willing to sacrifice as the book reshapes itself around your decisions.

DRAW SIGILS. CAST SPELLS.

Magic in Inkarn8 is something you physically perform.

Draw sigils across the page to cast spells, then combine them with your class, wax-seal actions, artifacts and other effects to build powerful strategies over the course of a run.

BUILD YOUR OWN WAY TO FIGHT

Each class changes how you approach the Codex.

Manipulate resources, build synergies and adapt your actions as the run unfolds. Defensive builds, life manipulation, retaliation, corruption and other mechanics can completely change how you approach each encounter.

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE

The Codex is both your dungeon and your map.

Choose between branching pages, discover alternate routes and decide which risks are worth taking. Every choice shapes the path ahead, and not every journey through the book will unfold the same way.

EMBRACE CORRUPTION

Power comes at a price.

Take dangerous bargains, manipulate the Ink that fuels your abilities and decide how far you are willing to push the Codex before the consequences catch up with you.

RETURN TO THE SCRIPTORIUM

The Codex is only part of the mystery.

Between adventures, return to the first-person Scriptorium and explore the room surrounding the book. As you progress, strange mechanisms awaken, hidden areas reveal themselves and new secrets, puzzles and interactions become accessible.

Look beyond the page. Examine the objects around you. Discover what the Codex is connected to and why it was sealed away in the first place.

REWRITE THE CODEX

Your progress changes more than a single run.

Strengthen pages, cleanse corruption and alter the Codex itself as new pages and possibilities become available. What you uncover in one journey can reshape the choices waiting for you in the next.

STEP BEYOND THE PAGE

The boundary between the Codex and the world around it is not always stable.

Possess creatures within the book, experience moments from a new perspective and watch as some threats begin to break free from the pages meant to contain them.

FACE WHAT LIVES INSIDE

Battle strange creatures, elites and powerful bosses through deliberate turn-based combat.

Defeat a chapter boss and the Codex evolves. New pages can be added, old threats may return in new roles and the structure of future journeys begins to change.