Hex of the Lich

About this game

The hall stinks of rot and decay. You feel the gaze of countless horrors as you enter the room, each thrice your size. You pause only for a moment to ready your wand, before unleashing a barrage of eldritch obliteration. One by one, you fell the beasts. In a chest across the room you spot your prize: a horde of gleaming hexes, rife with arcane energy.

Hex of the Lich is a turn-based dungeon-crawler roguelike with a twist: Spellcrafting!

• 80+ Spells to learn and master
  
• Spells are built of hexes and super customizable
  
• 60+ Effects that upgrade spells, including lasers, explosions, chain lightning, buffs, curses, and more
  
• Summon tentacles, robots, and undead horrors
  
• Unlock more powerful spells as you delve deeper

Can you break the Hex of the Lich?

Latest news

• Announcements·29 Jul 2022Official

  Full Release!

  Hex of the Lich is released! Whoo! Check out the last post for more info on what's new. Here are just a few more things that I slipped into the full release: Left-click creatures to lock focus so it's easier to inspect them Fullscreen/windowed toggle in settings Enable/disable victory animation toggle in settings Multi-hex rewards New enemies Even MORE new hexes Performance improvements with drawing hexes Fixed all known bugs I'm excited to see what you think! Be sure to leave a review or drop a message on Steam or Discord if you have any questions. Cheers, Zac
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• Announcements·23 Jul 2022Official

  Hex of the Lich Releases Friday July 29th!

  After almost 2 years of development, Hex of the Lich is releasing on Friday the 29th! Thank you so much to everyone who has playtested the demo or offered feedback. I try to take every bit of feedback into account and it really does make a difference! The launch update marks a big increase in the amount of content in the game, bringing up the level count and adding more enemies to slay and spells to play around with, as well as optimizations and bug fixes. Here are some rough counts of how much content there is at the moment: 75+ Creatures 80+ Spells 60+ Hexes to add to any spell 45+ Artifacts that change the way you play I'm SO excited to share Hex of the Lich with all of you and I hope you enjoy playing it as much as I've enjoyed making it! Cheers, Zac
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• Patch Notes·2 May 2022Official

  The "Demodaemon" Update

  Hex of the Lich is still in development, but it's getting close to release. There are 3 floors of content developed, with loads of new high-level enemies and god-tier spells to blast them away! This will likely be the last demo update before release. Major Changes: - View future stages and select your path with a new world map! - Collect powerful artifacts that enhance your character(!) in shops. - Hexes and spells are free after each combat. Shops contain hexes and artifacts. - View your past victories and defeats! - New run stats including time taken and "slain by". - New spells and hexes! MANY more added to the full version. - New enemies summoned by the Lich. - Tutorial now plays on your first run. - The game saves after each combat and shop. - Change game speed and other things in the settings. Settings now persist when the game is closed. Other changes: - Hexes trigger in a more intuitive order - New first floor boss added - Various balance changes - Difficulty decreased slightly - Credits updated - All known bugs fixed Cheers! -Zac
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• Patch Notes·8 Jan 2022Official

  The "Pretty Big" Update!

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40816353/1c2fe0118568a4863710e56fb4627c9260517890.png Hi! Hex of the Lich is still in heavy development, but I thought I'd post an update on the progress so far. The biggest change with this update is the switch from 3 characters to 1. Players often found 3 characters overwhelming, and the amount of spells and abilities each could have made for some dizzying combinations. Although that could be fun, it added a lot of complexity to the game- complexity which could be better used on the crazy spell system. Which brings us to the second BIG change- hexes can have multiple effects! You can stack up to 3 effects on each hex, combining them to do some pretty wacky stuff! Summon a minion and Empower it the same turn, create a rock and then fire chain lightning off it, or apply frail to an enemy before blowing it up with TNT! Other changes: - Preview hex damage/effects without having to hover over them - Replaced the "upgrade cost" system for a "number of upgrades" system - Replaced the "recharge rate" system with a "number of charges" system - Levels are now procedurally generated - Enemies now have 1-2 abilities instead of 3 - Some statuses/effects tweaked - Removed squad/difficulty select for new (it'll be back later) - Press tab to cheat :) There are lots of new spells, enemies, music, and quality of life changes as well. The tutorial was scrapped for now, but it'll be back soon. Cheers! -Zac
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