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Yakanna

Collaborative

A game concept set around a lost city-island-state in the Amazon River Delta amid an undead apocalypse.

Foundation

Magic is a critical element. Quipu—physical knots arranged on intricate ropes—provide a system for reading and representing information in place of books.

Yakanna has procedural elements and roguelike elements. It is not being presented as a procedural roguelike.

Eight skills

Strength, Dexterity, Wisdom, Endurance, Vitality, Vision, Focus, and Luck.

The skill system draws inspiration from D&D, Fallout’s SPECIAL system, and GURPS. The exact perks remain unsettled.

Eight inventory slots

An eight-slot inventory is a hard design requirement intended to keep development and gameplay interesting.

Current boundary

The focus is building the game. The detailed magic system still needs reworking; this page records only the stable foundation.

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