DRAPLINE
2025/06/29
Vaka Game Magazine
255.82 MB
English
Windows 10
Intel Core Duo
2 GB
open gl compliant
Game Description
DRAPLINE is a roguelike simulation that tasks the player with raising a dragon girl in one in-game year to prevent a global catastrophe. The main mechanic of nurturing involves feeding the character a variety of items to develop her special abilities. Her diet is unlimited, allowing her to consume materials ranging from common foods like meat and fish to unconventional matter such as rocks, iron, lava, and even other people’s houses.
She processes everything she eats, directly converting it into her own power. The full gameplay loop can be completed in about an hour, which encourages multiple playthroughs and exploration of different parenting strategies. Beyond the cycle of nutrition and growth, gameplay in DRAPLINE involves facing off against an enemy intent on bringing about the end of the world. Combat encounters are managed by strategizing from a selection of over 100 different skills.
This system allows for a variety of tactical approaches, allowing you to focus on powerful attacks, use defensive and healing skills to survive, or gradually weaken enemies with status effects like poison. The challenge is to find and use synergies between different skills to create a unique and effective fighting style for the dragon girl. The player’s influence extends not only to combat characteristics, but also to the formation of the character of the ward, who begins her journey as a newborn creature with a changeable temperament. Over the course of the year, decisions made during the upbringing process directly manifest themselves in changes in her appearance and developing personality.
