Chainwake Corsairs!

Chainwake Corsairs

Made for the GameDev.tv Game Jam 2026. https://itch.io/jam/gamedevtv-jam-2026

Chainwake Corsairs is a pirate-themed card battler about surviving a boarding assault through tactical connections: your cards, your crew, your equipment, and the chain between two ships.

Enemy pirates have boarded your vessel. Draw cards, build your setup, trigger traps, manage bleed and fear, and break through five waves of attackers before your ship is taken.

How to play:

Each turn, draw back up to 5 cards, play as many cards as you want, then end your turn. After that, the enemy attacks.

Your hand limit is 7 cards. If a card is not useful, you can discard it to recover 1 HP.

Controls:

Mouse:

Left click to play cards and press buttons.

Right click a card to discard it and recover 1 HP.

Keyboard:

Enter or Space to start or end turn.

1-9 to play a card.

Shift + 1-9 to discard a card for 1 HP.

R to replay after defeat or victory.

Esc to quit.

Thanks to GameDev.tv for hosting the 2026 game jam and for the theme: Connection.

No AI was used to create the game code or design decisions. AI was used only to help generate placeholder sound effects and the banner/background image.