Deep Sky Derelicts
Deep Sky Derelicts is a dungeon crawl video game developed by Snowhound Games and published by Fulqrum Publishing. It combines elements of traditional role-playing video games and roguelike deck-building games. Players create a custom crew, who explore and scavenge derelict space ships. It was first released in 2018 and was ported to consoles in 2020. Gameplay Players create and customize three crew members sent to scavenge derelict spaceships. Each character can choose from seven character classes. Exploring derelicts is done via a 2D, procedurally-generated automap that simulates graph paper. The rest of the game uses an art style similar to comic books. While exploring, energy is expended for life support. If energy runs out, the characters are injured. When encountering hostile monsters or scavengers, combat is resolved through turn-based combat using cards. A character's class and gear provide them with cards, which are shuffled and drawn randomly. If these cards are not useful, new ones can be drawn, but this costs energy. Each character has health and shields. Shields regenerate after combat, but health does not. The only way to recover health is by paying a medic. Hardcore mode enforces permadeath, but players are otherwise able to load saved games