A risograph roguelite · Windows alpha

MISPRINT

Pink + yellow = orange. That's the whole game. (Mostly.)

Lay cut-card stencils, let the translucent inks overprint and mix, then pull the print and watch the score cascade. Build a shop full of strange tools until one pull breaks the press.

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How it plays

Every colour on screen is ink.

The art, the UI and the scoring all come out of the same four spot inks, halftoned and a little off register, the way a real riso prints.

Overprint

Stack translucent inks to mix them. Pink and yellow make orange; all three make rich black. Mixes score more.

Pull

Run the roller. Every cell scores ink × pressure, then your tools fire and the multipliers stack up.

Break the press

Build an engine out of 51 tools until a single pull clears 94,848. Then sell it to a client who still isn't impressed.

The roguelite layer

A run is a stack of commissions.

Each client wants something different. Hit their target, sell the print, spend the money on tools, and do it again on a harder sheet.

The tool rack firing during a pull, each tool adding to the score
51 toolsRollers, solvents, screens and odder things, each one bending the rules a little.
The Supply Closet shop, run by a cat
Bought from a catThe Supply Closet restocks between commissions. The cat sets the prices.
Set-off: a mirrored ghost of the last print carried onto the new sheet
Set-offWet ink carries over to the next sheet, mirrored. Plan for it or exploit it.
The Critic, one of the clients, with their brief
10 picky clientsFrom the easy-going to The Critic. Misregistration drift is telegraphed, so you can plan around it.
  • 4 presses
  • 8 Ink Grades
  • Daily seeds
  • Gamepad + Steam Deck
  • Colour-blind ink labels
  • Misregistration
  • Set-off
  • One very busy cat

Alpha · invite only

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The alpha is small on purpose. We send invites by hand, in batches.

  • You get a private link with the Windows download. New builds appear on the same page.
  • It needs 64-bit Windows 10 or 11. The build isn't code-signed yet, so Windows will ask you to confirm before it runs.
  • It's an alpha: expect bugs, balance swings, and saves that may be wiped before 1.0.
  • In return, tell us what broke and which tools are busted.

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