In its most distilled form, hellamental is a roguelite auto-shooter. Your weapons, bombs, and utility items are your Casters, which are either found or crafted from Materials you will find in your activity playthroughs or through the Vendor or Bazaar. Both Casters and Materials can also be acquired through completing Duties or claiming Daily Bonus Rewards from a particular level in any game mode.
Before entering an activity, you will be equipped with a Loadout that you can customize. The Loadout contains any 5 Casters you have available to you and can be customized in the Loadouts screen.
Casters have 5 classes and are further divided into archetypes.
- Basic Caster
These Casters have an unlimited charge pool and are typically weaker than other Casters. These Casters should be used primarily for charge generation for your Specialized and Big Casters. - Specialized Caster
These Casters are meant for precision, high damage shots and typically penetrate through all targets. - Big Caster
These Casters are meant to deal damage on a large scale and typically excel in multi-target scenarios. - Bomb
These Casters deal a single burst of damage over a large area. They operate on a cooldown and can have one or multiple charges stored. - Totem
These Casters provide temporary bonuses when used. They operate on a cooldown and can have one or multiple charges stored.
You can take any 5 Casters into any activity depending on your playstyle. You could equip all Bombs, or even one Basic Caster and 4 Totems.
You begin an activity with a full pool of Hit Points, and enemies that you contact will reduce them. When your Hit Points hit zero, you lose.
You can move throughout the activity by touching anywhere on the screen, and depending on your control set up, you will either move to the point of your tap, or a joystick will appear that you can use to steer any way you prefer without lifting a finger.
Depending on the game mode, your movement may be limited in diverse ways.
