Gothic territory capture · v0.4.0

Gravebloom

Carve light through the blight.

Leave safe ground, draw a vulnerable line through a corrupted arena, and close it before the things in the dark reach you. Everything you enclose comes back to light.

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Format
Browser · Windows · Linux
Engine
Godot
Status
In development
Gravebloom gameplay showing a lantern vessel carving a line through a dark arena to reclaim stained glass
Every closed line takes back part of the arena.

The rule

Cut. Close. Reclaim.

Gravebloom follows the territory-capture tradition of Qix and Volfied, then puts the risk inside a gothic stained-glass world. The larger the region you attempt, the longer your unfinished line stays exposed.

  1. 01

    Leave safety

    Step away from the reclaimed border to begin a cut through the blight.

  2. 02

    Hold the line

    Reach safe ground again before a threat touches your unfinished trail.

  3. 03

    Bring it back

    Close the cut and the stained glass beneath the enclosed ground returns.

What waits inside

One rule. Ten windows. Four ways to survive.

  • Ten authored stagesEach arena hides its own stained-glass window and threat arrangement.
  • Four lantern vesselsChoose DASH, WARD, ROOT, or SURGE—one strategic gift, never a passive advantage.
  • Four readable threatsDrifters, Listeners, Border Wardens, and Proximity Mines each break a different safe habit.
  • A churchyard archiveTwelve buried deeds bloom as you restore them across your runs.

From the current build

Play the build
A late Gravebloom stage with most of its stained-glass artwork reclaimed
Take back eighty percent to move on.
The Gravebloom title screen beside a gothic stained-glass game window
A ten-stage run begins at the window.
Gravebloom vessel selection showing four lantern vessels and their abilities
Four vessels, one gift each.
The Gravebloom achievement archive with restored deeds blooming around a lantern-lit heart
The archive keeps what you restore.

Early build

Five minutes is enough to help.

Gravebloom is playable now and still being shaped. If you try it, the useful questions are simple: did the rule make sense, did closing a cut feel satisfying, and where did you stop wanting to continue?

Free to play

Browser, Windows, and Linux Play Gravebloom