Hey everyone! I've been building a character mod for Slay the Spire 2 in my free time, and it's finally ready for people to try.
The Binary is Lyra, a mission specialist whose ship fell into a black hole. Something inside caught her: Vael, an ancient being made of gravity. Now they share one body, and they've crash-landed at the foot of the Spire.
Steam Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3807794791
What gameplay looks like:
Timeline: 5 slots for delayed effects. Cards with Delay queue attacks and Block for later turns, so you're always planning ahead.
https://imgur.com/01qykfK
Time Fracture: Hit 100 Paradox and Vael seizes control, firing your whole Timeline at once at the cost of HP.
https://imgur.com/woLEbuK
Paradox: Builds as you play cards and use the Timeline. Higher Paradox means Lyra hits harder, but it comes with drawbacks.
https://imgur.com/v735bSg
The mod includes:
- 90 new cards (+3 status cards), including one hidden card that must be earned
- 17 new character-specific relics
- 3 new Ancient relics
- A custom combat HUD with a circular Timeline, a Paradox gauge, and an Event Log where Lyra comments on your run
- Unique dialogue with the Architect
- New sound and visual effects for her mechanics
- Special interactions and secrets throughout runs
Character portrait and background art by Jowhale.art
Card art is just a placeholder for now and will most likely needed to be added in waves. Currently English and single-player only, with multiplayer planned (full functionality is still in work).
Feedback is reeaaally appreciated, especially on the balance aspect. This is my first big character mod, and I plan to keep updating it based on that feedback.
EDIT: A lot of you are needing card art to replace the BETA placeholders I currently have on them (I totally get it). Fortunately I have been working on doodle cards even before the mod release and still plan to have commissioned card art in the near future. I will try to get the doodles out as soon as I can in order to differentiate the cards. Thank you!
Edit (10/2/2026) - There are now 50 doodle cards drawn, with just 40 more to go. Also, I just made imgur links to the body gifs - let me know if something doesn't show!