Split Decision: Corruption Run

You're falling. A horde is right behind you. Your weapons fire on their own, so all you have is one thumb and one choice to make, over and over. Every level-up, The Voice offers you a pact: a power you get right now, and a corruption you keep forever. Your shots ricochet, but enemies speed up. Your damage doubles, but you grow bigger and easier to hit. The corruption bar never goes back down. The higher it climbs, the more your score grows, and the uglier the Descent gets. • 14 pacts that change how you play, not +5% stat bumps • Resonances between pacts: some pairs amplify each other, others clash • 6 weapons that level up, 3 max per run • 5 characters, from the balanced Drifter to the Cursed, who starts already corrupted • The Descent: ten handcrafted Depths, then an endless ladder • A Daily Challenge: the same run for every player • A build autopsy after every death names the…