Jinx It Announced
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BRAZIL, October 14, in the year of our Lord 2026:
Brazilian independent developer Manabrew Studios and Brazilian
publisher Odd Loop Games are proud to reveal Jinx It (trailer,
Steam, press kit), a hand-drawn roguelike dicebuilder currently
in development for PC via Steam. Set in a rubber-hose world of
strange tables, unlucky characters, and high-stakes matches,
Jinx It begins after the player loses a life-or-death bet
against Jinx, the Unlucky One. To earn a rematch, they must
fight their way back to his table, facing a series of opponents
who also challenged Jinx and lost. Its defining mechanic lets
players arrange rolls into Straights and Sets, with individual
dice able to contribute to multiple combinations and bring their
own unique behaviors, such as splitting, consuming other dice,
or changing how a roll works. Progression revolves around
building increasingly powerful combinations by collecting new
dice and Lucky Charms, reshaping individual dice at the Forge,
and using systems such as Dice Sets, Blessings, and the Seer to
take each run in a different direction. Now each table brings
another opponent to overcome on the journey back to the one who
started it all.
ROLLING THE DICE IS ONLY THE BEGINNING
At the center of Jinx It is a scoring system where what you roll
is only part of the equation. How you arrange it matters too.
Players roll their dice, choose what to keep, reroll the rest,
then arrange the results from left to right to create Straights
and Sets.
A single die can contribute to more than one scoring combination
at the same time. The same roll can therefore produce very
different results depending on how its dice are positioned,
making arrangements an important part of every turn.
But these are not ordinary dice.
EVERY DIE HAS A TRICK
Each die can bring its own faces, behaviors, and abilities to
the table.
Some split into additional dice. Some consume other dice. Others
change the way a roll functions entirely.
At the Forge, players can reshape individual dice even further
by modifying face values and weights, duplicating or removing
faces, adding scoring bonuses, and discovering specialized
upgrades created for specific dice.
A die that starts as a small part of a run can eventually become
something the entire build revolves around.
Players are not simply looking for stronger upgrades. They can
change the dice themselves, then combine those changes with
everything else they find throughout the run.
EVERY TABLE FIGHTS BACK
Building a powerful combination is only half of the challenge.
Each table puts an opponent across from the player for a
multi-round match. Every opponent brings powers capable of
interfering with the player's strategy, and those powers change
and become more difficult to handle as the confrontation
progresses.
A build that worked perfectly at one table may need to be
rearranged, upgraded, or reconsidered at the next.
And every opponent shares something with the player: they once
challenged Jinx, made their own bet, and lost.
To earn another chance against him, the player will have to
outplay everyone standing in the way.
BUILD SOMETHING BROKEN
Between matches, winnings can be invested into new dice and
Lucky Charms, while additional systems including starting Dice
Sets, Blessings, the Forge, and the mysterious Seer can send a
run in completely different directions.
The goal is to discover interactions between them and keep
pushing those combinations further. A simple setup can grow into
a build where dice, Charms, upgrades, and carefully arranged
rolls all work together in increasingly powerful ways.
The goal is simple:
Turn bad luck into a broken build, defeat the opponents between
you and Jinx, and earn your seat at the table for one final
rematch.
KEY FEATURES
ROLL, ARRANGE, OUTSCORE: Roll, keep, reroll, and position dice
from left to right to form Straights and Sets, with individual
dice able to contribute to multiple scoring combinations at
once.
EVERY DIE HAS A TRICK: Build around dice with distinct faces,
behaviors, probabilities, and abilities instead of a pool of
interchangeable numbers.
REWRITE YOUR DICE AT THE FORGE: Modify face values and weights,
duplicate or remove faces, add scoring bonuses, and discover
specialized upgrades for individual dice.
BUILD SOMETHING BROKEN: Combine dice with Lucky Charms, Dice
Sets, Blessings, Forge upgrades, and other systems to discover
increasingly powerful interactions.
EVERY TABLE FIGHTS BACK: Face opponents whose powers interfere
with your strategy and become increasingly difficult to overcome
as each confrontation develops.
CHALLENGE JINX AGAIN: Fight through a hand-drawn cartoon world
populated by others who also lost their bets, then return to the
table for a rematch with Jinx, the Unlucky One.
No word on a physical copy version of this
product on this system(s)
in the US at this time.
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