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SAMSARA

DIE. INHERIT. ASCEND.

An open-development MMO roguelike where permadeath feeds a generational dynasty instead of ending a save file. Being built in public, playable at every step.

Samsara world map — zone web of the Known World with safe havens

WHY WE PUBLISHED IT

MMOs don't do permadeath because players quit; roguelikes don't do persistent worlds because runs reset. Samsara's answer is the dynasty: death costs you the character but powers the bloodline, every life inheriting echo skills from the ancestors before it. That single loop makes an MMO where danger is real and loss is productive — the kind of structural swing we exist to back.

We're publishing it in the open: the pre-alpha is free in the browser, systems ship weekly, and the world is already alive — NPC dynasties rise and fall, shrines bloom where heroes die, and world bosses escalate whether or not anyone is brave enough to answer.

FACT SHEET

Title: Samsara
Genre: MMO roguelike (EverQuest-style progression × bullet-hell combat)
Platform: Web browser — no download
Price: Free pre-alpha · one shared persistent world
Signature systems: Reincarnation echoes, dynasty inheritance, guarded corpse runs, tier trials, roaming world bosses
Classes: Warrior · Mage · Scout · Acolyte
Developer: Scuffed Studios · Publisher: Scuffed Publishing
Play: samsara-w4a.pages.dev

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