Masks of the Void: Origins

You play as Iret, a young woman who gains access to powerful Void Masks to prevent the Neverending Night, a realm-eating entity, from consuming her home, Boreal Island. With each run through the fragmented Vortex dimension, you'll face twisted enemies, unlock new abilities, and make crucial choices that shape both the story and your relationship with the masks' corrupting power.

Telekinesis Combat System

The core gameplay revolves around a unique telekinesis-based combat system where the entire environment becomes your weapon. Unlike traditional action RPGs, you can manipulate everything around you: objects, debris, and even walls to defeat enemies. This "bullet heaven" approach creates dynamic, physics-driven combat encounters where creativity and quick thinking determine your survival.

Each of the Void Masks grants different telekinetic abilities, fundamentally changing how you interact with the environment. The Sand Mask offers one playstyle, while the Blood Mask unlocks entirely new ways to use your powers. As you progress, you'll discover more masks, each with unique mechanics that encourage experimentation and strategic adaptation to different combat scenarios.

Roguelite Progression

Masks of the Void features a run-based structure where each journey through the Vortex offers different challenges and rewards. You'll choose from three distinct gameplay classes, each offering unique build possibilities through randomly generated items and power-ups. The roguelite nature means permanent death ends your run, but knowledge, unlocked content, and story progress carry forward.

Your actions throughout each run influence more than just combat effectiveness. The more you embrace the masks' power, the more chaotic and dangerous the world becomes around you. This corruption mechanic creates a risk-reward dynamic where greater power comes at the cost of environmental stability and narrative consequences. Balancing light and dark becomes essential to understanding the masks' ultimate potential.

Narrative-Driven Experience

Unlike many roguelites, Origins places strong emphasis on its story. Guided by her adopted father Dr. Herdesett and aided by mysterious allies, Iret must repeatedly travel through the storm-battered Vortex, a dimension closest to the Neverending Night. With each loop, she encounters powerful Echoes, confronts a darker future version of herself, and uncovers secrets about the masks' true nature.

The story evolves based on your choices across multiple runs. How and when Iret's fight with the Neverending Night concludes depends on decisions made in previous loops. This narrative integration transforms the roguelite structure from mere mechanical repetition into meaningful story progression, where each death and rebirth serves the larger narrative arc.

Character Building and Classes

The game offers three distinct gameplay classes that fundamentally alter your approach to combat and progression. Within each class, you'll build your character using randomly generated objects and power-ups found during runs. Skills can be leveled up and swapped out for better abilities as you progress, encouraging adaptive playstyles rather than fixed builds.

Beyond the classes, the mask system provides additional customization layers. Different masks not only change your combat abilities but also influence how enemies and environments react to you. The crafting and upgrade systems allow you to enhance equipment using resources gathered through exploration, creating meaningful progression that bridges individual runs and overall character development.

Development and Community

Masks of the Void: Origins is being developed by RolldBox Games and published by Forthright Entertainment. The game launched in Early Access with plans for full release during Q1 2026. The development team emphasizes community involvement, using Discord and Steam discussions to gather feedback and adjust the experience based on player input.

The Early Access version includes the complete main story with additional challenges, modifiers, and a hardcore mode planned for the full launch. RolldBox Games has committed to a specific timeline for Early Access, positioning it as a focused development period rather than an indefinite state. The team regularly shares development updates through detailed devlogs covering everything from AI behavior to art direction, ensuring transparency and active engagement with the player community throughout the development process.