VYCE

VYCE is a tactical RPG where you collect, trade, and battle creatures that parody real-world vices. Each VYCE moves like a chess piece—bishops, rooks, knights, pawns, and more—yet every creature has its own movement quirks and limits that twist traditional chess strategy into a darkly humorous challenge.

Set in Vanilla Plains, a small, odd town full of vagrants, recidivists, misanthropes, and unscrupulous characters, the game blends satirical flavor text with tight tactical combat. Explore its strange locales, meet eccentric rivals, and uncover the strange mini-games peppered into the journey, including the world’s first plasma-donation mini game and other original challenges that break up standard combat.

Collect 99 VYCE—ranging from everyday habits like coffee-fueled routines and gambling to far less wholesome behaviors. Each creature comes with a unique movement rule and flavor text, creating a vast roster of tactical possibilities. Some VYCE move in straight lines and capture diagonally, others alternate between bishop and rook modes, and a few defy conventional piece behavior entirely. The goal is to assemble a compelling team, trade them with others, or win them by capturing foes on the board.

Combat unfolds on a grid in turn-based battles where positioning, movement, and precise captures determine victory. Strategy hinges on understanding each VYCE’s quirks, forecasting opponent moves, and weaving together sequences that outmaneuver the board. This is not a game of chance; it is a game of deliberate choices and careful planning.

Campaign mode guides you through Vanilla Plains and its peculiar corners, delivering a single-player story that blends humor with tactical depth. A curated multiplayer experience awaits as well: challenge friends under several rulesets designed to emphasize competitive, mind-first play rather than luck.

VYCE invites you to value your choices. In this bizarre, darkly humorous world, each decision—what to collect, how to trade, and where to move—shapes your path to victory. Step into a strategic universe where creatures parody real-life vices and chess-like movement becomes a canvas for cunning and wit.