Role Cards and Character Building

Here’s an update on how my first card game is going.

I came up with five Role Cards (so far). It’s an incredibly basic prototype, but I wanted to get the logic of each Role down as fast as I could.

I’m also introducing one of the main characters in this universe: Cleaver. I’m building Cleaver’s backstory so we can understand why he wants to leave the tech utopia he was born into, only to find himself lost in the desert, struggling to find the last trees left on the planet.

This is my personal side project for summer. I’m learning how to build a sci-fi storytelling rpg in the form of a card game.

The game itself is about the last remaining forest on earth: a mythical place known only as Melayu. Players join a traveling party, then choose whether or not they will Protect or Exploit this magical nature resource. (Of course, there is a surprise twist at the end which may change everything.)

🤔 What do you think? Which role card would you choose? Will Cleaver protect or destroy Melayu?