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The last wizard. The world's greatest mistake.
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The game
The world outlawed magic and burned every wizard it could find. They missed one. Gideon wakes to his tower in flames and an army of witch hunters at the door, and the only safe place left is Ravenhold, his castle, ten minutes and four hostile lands away.
Gideon Unleashed is a survivors-like: your spells cast themselves while you move, dodge and swing your staff through crowds of hundreds, then thousands. Every level up you choose what he learns next, and the build you make on the way home is the one you'll have to hold the castle with.
Make it through Ravenhold's gate and the hunters follow you in. The siege never ends. How long can you hold?
Fell a burning tree across their path, blow up the powder kegs in their camps, bring a house down on them, turn their own war machine against them. Every place has something to use if you know where to look.
Eight sockets around Gideon. Place your spells and glyphs, and the ones side by side feed each other. Where you put a spell matters as much as which you take.
The Headsman, the Gargoyle, the Demon of Ravenhold, the Witch Hunter, and the Grand Inquisitor, who falls from the sky and wants you alone. Push them to half health and they get angry.
Fire, frost, lightning, arcane and spirit, each with its own evolution. You steer, dodge, dash and strike with the staff; the magic does the rest.
Meteors, black holes, thunderstorms, a flood, a blizzard, time itself stopping. Hold, aim, let go, and watch a hundred hunters go with it.
Four ultimates, each with its own moment: the camera pushes in, Gideon rises, and then everything round him is gone.
Every death leaves a grave where you fell. Find it on a later run and your old self rises to fight beside you.
Soul shards you keep when you die, a shrine to spend them at, 99 feats to earn, robes to wear, and curses to take on for a bigger reward.
The road home
Each part of the journey has its own task, its own giant, and one thing you'll only find there.
They burned your home. The pages of your grimoire are scattered across the field, and their camps are all round you.
The old wood, and a river with the bridge drawn up. Tear down the winch towers to bring it down, with the Headsman on your heels.
The hunters got here first. They're burning the village a house at a time, and the witches of Ashford are tied to the stakes.
Home is in sight, and the hunters are camped on the road in front of its gate. Light the beacons so the castle knows its lord is back.
You made it home. They followed you in. Every night they come back stronger, the castle's wards keep failing, and the Grand Inquisitor comes for you himself.
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Where it's at
A free demo is on its way. Come back soon, or follow the studio's journey while you wait.
The free demo is out. The first run takes ten minutes; the siege takes as long as you can hold it.