墨斬印

SUMIKIRI

a hack & slash painted in ink · update 3.0 「終」 the last page · the final edition
墨 · 斬 · 終

THE ROADS 路

three stories · one page

THE SHRINE 社

ash is remembrance — spend it well
you carry 0 灰 ash

THE ARMORY 器

steel for the hand · 絶 for the gauge
you carry 0 灰 ash

HOW TO PLAY

deflect · break posture · deathblow

THE THREE LAWS

Deflect 弾parry the gold flash — it shreds posture
Peril 危red kanji means unblockable — dash it
Posture 姿fill the gold bar to break a foe
Deathblow 死strike a broken foe for the kill
見切dashing through an attack empowers you
Peril Return 危返dash INTO the red flash — it breaks their posture
Gourd 酒slow, honest medicine — it refills each stage
Ki 気strikes and deflects fill the gauge
Art 絶at 100 ki, release the whole page
Ash 灰the dead leave it; the shrine takes it
Style 位fight beautifully — beauty pays in ash
Duels 闘named blades guard acts 2, 4 and 6
Night Road 冥curse-hung marks, reshuffled every run

BESTIARY 図

every face the ink has worn · two roads

SETTINGS 設

tune the hand, not the blade
Volumethe paper rustles
Screen shakeweight of the blade
Damage numbersnumbers on the page
First-sight cardsthe codex pauses new foes
Hapticsthe phone answers the blade
Difficulty静 calm · 嵐 storm · 狱 tempest
Paint quality墨 quiet paper · 絵 the lit page · 華 everything
Controls 鍵click a key, then press the one you mean · Esc cancels
Fullscreenfill the whole page
Burn the notebookerases all progress
CHOOSE AN INKMARK
the ink remembers what you take
停
the ink waits. it is patient.
死
斬
終
The page is blank again.
It was never empty.

RECORDS OF INK 銘

names carved by other hands
gathering the pages…

THE CHRONICLE 巻

every change the ink has taken, newest first
銘
A name for the records —
so the ink knows who held the blade.
up to 16 characters · kept on this page only
初
河
KAPPA IMP
IMP · SWARM
No. 01
ATTACKS 技
press any key to raise your blade
回

turn your phone sideways —
the road is wide

fullscreen (in settings) locks it there