'It's kind of like you're a butcher': Hundreds of Slay the Spire 2 card ideas were cut during development in an 'incredibly destructive process'

Even in early access, Slay the Spire 2 contains more stuff—cards, enemies, and so on—than the original Slay the Spire, according to the developers at Mega Crit. Yet studio co-founder Anthony Giovannetti has described refining the hit roguelike deckbuilder as an 'incredibly destructive' process.

Speaking to PC Gamer in an interview last year, Giovannetti said that 100-200 cards were considered for each character before paring their collections down to around 60 each.

"It's kind of like you're a butcher," Giovannetti said.