Hi everyone, Before getting into the beefy stuff I want to apologize for the slow pace this past 2 months. As some might be aware I recently had my first child and it is taking some time away from Rogue Empire! Nevertheless be assured I am still at it! Escape the Barrier So what is this new game mode all about!? The idea behind Escape the Barrier is that your character got trapped inside a shadow barrier of one of the main cities. By chance you acquired priceless information of how to escape the barrier and now make a run from it! Agents of the first shadow as well as other groups chase after you!
As you can see you start the game in a special map where you choose where to advance and then get into an encounter/event. This map is randomly generated when you play the game and is inspired by other popular games. Note: The art you see here is not necessary final! So far I though of the following encounters but more might be added. I encourage you to throw some ideas!

• Regular encounter: Fight a few regular enemies. These will be grouped by themes.
• Champion encounter: Fight a a champion which may have some escorts.
• Shop: Our friend the magician merchant will sell you stuff!
• Trap encounter: Avoid a trapped location!
• Escape encounter: Against overwhelming odds there is nothing left but to escape!
• Unknown encounter: Some unknown event, Examples might be skill checks, tough choices, etc.
• Boss encounter: Entirely new bosses to fight against!

• You can not heal or recover mana inside encounters! You will heal and recover mana a bit every time you progress through the map. This will make health a very important factor when choosing where to go!
• Some spells and abilities will be removed as available options for balance reasons.
• Experience will be acquired after finishing a successful non-passive encounter!
• There will probably be some kind of gear passing or buff as a result of your performance in your previous run. This should avoid hunting for the perfect map.