Vampire Crawlers Lands on iOS and Android October 12
The mobile release widens Vampire Crawlers past its PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch versions, and the Death Parade update shows poncle is still tuning the combo layer with mechanics that can be toggled per stage.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
poncle published Dev Update #3 for Vampire Crawlers on the Steam News Hub on October 6, announcing the iOS and Android release for October 12 at 9:00 BST, 17:00 Japan time. The update covers the mana card Karoma's Mana and its Adaptability effect, the Adaptability Gem for existing cards, and the arcana Chair Game, which swaps up to four cards once per turn during a stalled combo.
The mobile version arrives with the Death Parade update still in progress. Karoma's Mana costs 1 mana at base, swaps one card, then returns the spent mana, and its Adaptability effect sets the cost to one higher than the last card added to the combo, so the timing of the play matters more as a combo lengthens. An Adaptability Gem applies the same effect to existing cards.
Chair Game is one of the new arcana. It triggers when a combo is running but no card in hand can continue it, and once per turn it swaps up to four cards. Since swapping discards before drawing, discard effects such as Afterlife and Scavenge can fire off the same action. poncle says more mechanics are planned for later patches, each toggleable per stage.
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