Horde Survival Arena + Deckbuilder, can that work? I think so, and i think this Game proves it.
Customize the Card Pool you get to build your Deck with and survive Hordes of Aliens, even stranger than you.
One Possible Combo, might look like this:
Progression
Unlock new Cards to Customize your Run-Deck
Unlock new personalities, drasticly changing how to best build during the next Run
Unlock even Higher Difficulties with more Aliens, more Rounds, more fun and more randomization (Bigger Cardpools)
In a Run
You will
Enjoy Short, action-packed Waves of 15-120 Seconds
Level Up and Choose where to take your Basic Character stats from a Random Choice of 3 randomly Chosen Upgrades
Buy Cards from the Shop between Rounds
Start of struggling for Survival
Become unstoppable or die trying
In a Round
You will
Earn Xp and a Strange form of Currency by Destroying as Many Aliens as Possible
Either Try to Survive, or go on a killing Spree
Use your activatable Cards to either:
Permanently Scale your Characters Power
Temporarily Get Big Powerboosts and Combos
Or Unleash Devastating Special Attacks
Between Runs
You can
unlock new Difficulties, Characters and Cards
Customize the Pool of Cards the Shop can hold for you in the next run
Check out your previous Runs and Compare your performance with your Friends
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