Building your magazine is like building a deck of cards. Demo's almost here.

The Guncrypt demo just went into Valve's review queue. As soon as they sign off, it goes live right here on this page.

Guncrypt is a top-down roguelike where you play a deputy hunting down a petty wizard named Skulldarcula who stole every soul in town. The interesting part is the gun.

In most roguelike shooters, a bullet is just a bullet. In Guncrypt, every bullet is more like a card. They have abilities. They trigger off the bullets around them. They care about where they sit in your magazine. Building a run is building a deck. Yours starts at four slots, gets bigger as you find upgrades, and cycles one trigger pull at a time.

Three real bullets from the game:

• Slot 1: Burst Toggle."If this is your first bullet, next bullet gets +1 Burst Fire."

• Slot 2: Amplify."Next bullet gets +70 damage."

• Slot 3: Triple Shot. Fires 3 shots in a burst.

That last slot now fires four shots, each carrying +70 damage. Reverse the load order, you get three normal shots. Same three bullets, completely different run.

Lots of bullets to find. Loads of relics that break each other's rules. A fusion system that lets you sacrifice bullets mid-run to forge stronger ones. Multiple unique floors and an NG+ curse mode after you beat it.

Yes, this is Halfbrick. The Fruit Ninja people. Guncrypt is a different kind of game from us and we've been heads-down on it for a long time.

Here's the new trailer. 30 seconds, mostly gameplay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgCR-7AbbFg

If you like what you see:

• Wishlist Guncrypt. Steam pings you the second the demo's live.

• Follow Halfbrick for the rest of what we're up to.

• Send it to a friend.

See you in the Crypt soon.