Bauble

From the Devs

Bauble is an action-stealth roguelike. Play as a Volcano Imp, lost in the Swamp, trying to make your way home through 4 hostile territories and a boss. There's no single solution for any situation - how your imp gets home depends on your strategy.

Gameplay

Mechanics

Fight, sneak, and persuade your way through the swamp. Throw flaming rocks, chirp, and screech to distract enemies is a variety of ways, manipulating them to execute your plan. Lure them into a trap for a fight or away from the exit so you can sneak out.

Strategy

Your options in each situation depend on the Ideas you choose to help your creature survive, thrive, and think more complex thoughts. An evasive Imp might sprint right through a territory and then lose its pursuers with a quick hop into a bush. An aggressive imp might jump right onto those would-be pursuers, screeching and swiping.

Objective

Each run, make your way through a combination of hostile encampments and friendly clearings, all leading up to a confrontation with a crafty nemesis in the 8th and final room. Control your creature in real time with the keyboard and mouse, but take as long as you'd like to make each strategic decision.

There's no one solution to getting home or to powering up along the way. This young planet is truly full of possibilities, and keen-sensed creatures will find clever ways to survive.

Core Features in the Bauble Demo

• 1 playable character, the Volcano Imp

• 50+ Ideas to upgrade your Imp

• 1 boss

• 4 distinct territories, 1 friendly clearing, and a boss cavern

• A tutorial that sets up the story and quickly takes you through the basics

Coming in Early Access

• More playable characters

• A second environment, The Volcano

• More ideas, enemies, hazards, and ability options

• A complete story arc

• The Knowledge mechanic: learn about the bog and its inhabitants through fragmented lore that you collect over runs

• A challenge and scoring system with leaderboards