A top-down shooter roguelite where every run is a bet, and the house always collects.
Martingale is a survivors-like built inside a casino that wants you dead. You cut through the waves on the floor, cash out between rounds, and then the real game starts. What do you do with the money? Bank it and play it safe. Sink it into a bigger gun. Or carry it to the Fortuna terminal and let it ride.
The odds were never yours. The only question the game actually asks is how far can you get before it catches up with you.
Survive the round. Move-and-shoot combat against a rising tide of enemies. Every round you finish pays out, and the payout escalates the deeper you go, with bonuses for clean streaks.
Choose conditions each round - will you risk it for a greater payout?
Choose your poison. Between rounds you're offered round conditions: modifiers that crank the difficulty for a fatter cut. Faster enemies, thinner health bars, denser hordes, all in exchange for a bigger multiplier on the way out. Reroll the offers if your wallet can take it.
Take a loan. Instant credits, exactly when you need them.
Then something comes looking for you. A Debt Collector starts appearing in your runs, faster and tougher than anything else on the floor, and it keeps coming round after round until it catches you and takes everything you're carrying, or you go back and settle the loan yourself. Every round you slip away from it, the interest still bleeds off your payout.
Borrowing is the only way to wager more than you actually have. It's also the shortest road to walking out with nothing. Your call.
Upgrade your health, armor or damage. Buy a new weapon or weapon upgrades!
Why not just gamble away your money? Or...walk away with 5x the amount...
Buy abilities
Like the "The Dealer" which makes you able to kill all enemies within radius with an exploding deck of cards.
Choose class before each run
Choose between 3 classes. High Roller, Loan Shark, and Penny Pincher. All have their pros and cons, choose wisely.
Visit the Office (HUB area) between rounds to upgrade your gear and browse the web.
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