Dice & Destiny
A roguelite built on every roll.
#3 Overall · The Artists Tavern Game Jam, Summer 2026
- Action roguelite
- 2026
- Web browser
- English
About the game
A top-down roguelite where your build is a handful of physical dice. You climb a cursed tower, and every attack rolls your equipped die on screen in real time.
Small dice shoot, big dice hit up close. Dice fill four slots (Weapon, Magic, Shield and Passive), come in five rarities, and carry traits like Weighted, Volatile, Swift, Reinforced and Cursed. After each boss a three-reel slot machine hands out boons, and a full match triples one.
Built solo in a custom C++17 and SDL2 engine for The Artists Tavern Game Jam, Summer 2026, where it placed #3 overall and #1 in Polish.
Features
- d4 to d20, each with its own range and feel
- Five floors and five bosses: the Dealer, the Seer, the Tempest, the Artificer and the Unrolled
- Boons like Loaded Dice, Vampiric Edge, Lucky Sevens and Glass Cannon
- Boss drops are always Epic or Legendary
- Custom C++17 engine, compiled to the browser with Emscripten
Controls
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| WASD | Move |
| Left click | Attack |
| Q / E / R | Skills |
| Tab | Inventory and loadout |
| P / Esc | Pause |
| F11 | Fullscreen |
Known issues
- This is the jam build. Floors 1 to 5 are in, but the final boss can’t be beaten yet.
- Input or audio can occasionally hang.
- Saves may not write correctly if a boss kills you.