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About Yao-Guai Hunter
Inkbrush & Blade drops players into a hand‑painted world drawn from Chinese folklore, where spirits awaken and ancient demons threaten balance. As a lone Yao Hunter you wield blade and spell, turning each encounter into a living scroll of mythic combat.
Choose from four hunters, each with a distinct background and weapon, and navigate a roguelike deck‑building adventure that features over 400 handcrafted cards, dozens of inner skills, and twenty ascending difficulty levels.
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Character Choices
Four hunters are offered: Mo San, a cursed‑blade warrior; Chuan, a Taoist with a bamboo‑fire sword and alchemical bombs; A‑Zi, a witch who commands poisonous insects; and Ao Yu, a dragon‑descendant who commands the elements. Each description highlights a personal struggle or power source.
The game frames each hunter as a “cultivator” whose actions write a legend, implying that their thematic tools shape combat flavor without detailing specific mechanics.
- Match the hunter’s lore to the type of cards you enjoy playing.
- Try multiple hunters to experience the different story tones.
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Card and Skill System
The core deck‑building layer includes 400+ handcrafted cards and 172 inner skills, suggesting cards represent attacks, spells, or utilities while inner skills modify character abilities.
Additional content lists 54 mystical elixirs and 100+ random events, indicating that cards interact with a broader pool of modifiers and encounters throughout each run.
- Balance offensive and defensive cards to handle unpredictable events.
- Pair elixirs with inner skills that echo your hunter’s theme.
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Modes of Play
Three primary modes are listed: Yao Hunt Tournament (co‑op race), Yao‑Hunter’s Edict (daily global challenges with ranked leaderboards), and Custom Mode (players set seeds and rules).
Tournament emphasizes teamwork, daily challenges focus on competitive ranking, and Custom Mode offers flexibility for personal experimentation.
- Start with Custom Mode to learn card interactions before entering tournaments.
- Use daily challenges to gauge your performance against the community.
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Steam Workshop Integration
Steam Workshop support lets players install community mods and create custom martial myths via an “Experimental Features → Workshop” menu.
Workshop content can extend replayability, though the game also offers co-op and challenge modes alongside its solo play.
- Browse the Workshop for fan‑made card packs that add new strategies.
- Create a simple mod to test how new events affect your runs.
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Platform Features
Yao‑Guai Hunter runs on Windows and includes Steam Achievements, full controller support, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, providing accessibility and progress persistence.
The feature list does not detail specific input schemes or the exact scope of cloud synchronization.
- Enable Steam Cloud to keep progress across multiple Windows installations.
- Check the achievement list for milestones that reflect mastery of each hunter.
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