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Verse of Birth

Verse of Birth is a PC deck-building roguelike from Dentsu Game Center, a division of the advertising agency Dentsu. It was playable at Tokyo Game Dungeon 13 and is being shown in a playable demo at the 4Gamer booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026.

Synthesized from 2 Yomimono stories · updated 4d ago

Verse of Birth is a PC deck-building roguelike developed by Dentsu Game Center, an in-house division of the advertising agency Dentsu. The game features auto-battles and generative AI, and it was playable at Tokyo Game Dungeon 13 before its Tokyo Game Show 2026 appearance.

The project was first reported on August 11, 2026, when the game's structure was described: players place cards on a diamond grid, and attack order is determined by SPD. Generative AI creates card art and original characters from player text input. Developer Takuma Kawada confirmed the balance is hand-controlled to keep AI output within a fixed parameter range.

By September 17, 2026, the game was being demonstrated at Tokyo Game Show 2026 in a playable demo at the 4Gamer booth. In that demo, players type any text string, and Adobe Firefly plus OpenAI's GPT-4o generate a monster card in real time with a name, appearance, stats, and skills. The prototype was first shown at TOKYO INDIE GAMES SUMMIT 2025 and took about a year and a half to complete.

The two reports agree on the core design: a deck-building roguelike with auto-battles where generative AI creates cards from text input. The August report describes the diamond grid and SPD-based turn order; the September report adds the specific tools, the real-time monster card generation, and the prototype timeline.

Key facts

Developer
Dentsu Game Center, a division of advertising agency Dentsu ↗
Genre
Deck-building roguelike with auto-battles ↗
Platform
PC ↗
Playable demo
Shown at the 4Gamer booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026 ↗
AI tools
Adobe Firefly and OpenAI's GPT-4o generate monster cards in real time from player text input ↗
Card generation
Cards have a name, appearance, stats, and skills ↗
Prototype timeline
Prototyped at TOKYO INDIE GAMES SUMMIT 2025 and took about a year and a half to complete ↗
Balance control
Developer Takuma Kawada confirmed balance is hand-controlled to keep AI output within a fixed parameter range ↗
Battle system
Players place cards on a diamond grid; attack order is determined by SPD ↗

Timeline

Synthesized by Yomimono from the cited Yomimono stories below, each itself sourced, then editorially reviewed. Every fact links the story it came from.

Facts

Announced
playable demo at Tokyo Game Show 2026 (Tokyo Game Show 2026) · 2026-09-17
Noted
PC deck-building roguelike · 2026-09-17
Noted
prototyped at TOKYO INDIE GAMES SUMMIT 2025 · 2026-09-17
Noted
took about a year and a half to complete · 2026-09-17
Noted
deck-building roguelike with auto-battles and generative AI · 2026-08-11
Release
game · playable at Tokyo Game Dungeon 13 · 2026-08-11

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Sep 17

Dentsu Game Center Shows Text-To-Card Roguelike At Tokyo Game Show 2026

At Tokyo Game Show 2026, the 4Gamer booth hosts a playable demo of Verse of Birth, a PC deck-building roguelike from Dentsu's in-house dentsu Game Center. Players type any text string, and Adobe Firefly plus OpenAI's GPT-4o generate a monster card in real time with a name, appearance, stats, and skills. It was prototyped at TOKYO INDIE GAMES SUMMIT 2025 and took about a year and a half to complete.

Aug 11

Dentsu Game Center Unveils AI Deck-Building Roguelike Verse of Birth

Dentsu Game Center, a division of advertising agency Dentsu, is developing Verse of Birth, a deck-building roguelike with auto-battles and generative AI. The game was playable at Tokyo Game Dungeon 13. Players place cards on a diamond grid, with attack order determined by SPD. Generative AI creates card art and original characters from player text input.