Nomad Loop

**NOMAD LOOP**

*A roguelite loop-builder about one road, many heirs, and a clan that remembers.*

NOMAD LOOP is a small strategy roguelite where your batyr walks the road on his own, and you build the steppe around him.

Draw tile-cards from the pouch, place them beyond the road, and merge matching buildings to strengthen the hero during the run. The path brings fights, events, bosses, and hard choices. If the batyr falls, the clan keeps part of what he carried home. Upgrade the aul, send the next heir, and try again.

The road is a loop. The clan remembers. Keep walking until the cycle breaks.

**How To Play**

Your hero moves and fights automatically.

Use the pouch to draw tile-cards. Place cards on highlighted cells outside the road. Put 3 matching tiles next to each other to merge them into a stronger tile.

Different tile lines help in different ways:

- Sabre tiles increase damage.

- Horse tiles increase speed.

- Amulet tiles increase HP and defense.

- Home tiles bring supplies back to the clan.

- Water tiles help restore HP.

Events test your stats through the wheel of fate. Bosses wait at the end of loops. When a hero dies, use saved supplies to upgrade the aul and make the next run stronger.

**Controls**

Mouse only:

- Click the pouch to draw cards.

- Drag cards onto valid cells.

- Use the top-right buttons for settings and help.

**Development / Source**

NOMAD LOOP was made for Turkic Jam 2026 on top of my own C17 game engine, Neotolis Engine.

The GitHub link points to the jam branch inside the engine repository. The engine itself existed before the jam; this branch contains the game-specific work, assets, configs, and jam iteration history.

Source branch: [github.com/d954mas/neotolis-engine/tree/turkic-jam-2026](https://github.com/d954mas/neotolis-engine/tree/turkic-jam-2026)

**Music / Licenses**

Music uses licensed third-party tracks. Some music is by Kevin MacLeod / incompetech and is used under CC BY 4.0. Other audio assets are CC0 or permissively licensed.

Full audio source and license notes are tracked here: [AUDIO_SOURCES.md](https://github.com/d954mas/neotolis-engine/blob/turkic-jam-2026/games/turkic-jam-2026/AUDIO_SOURCES.md)