Bridgebourn

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01 Aug 2026Developer post
Demo Patch 0.7.15
Hello treasure hunters, I bring another patch to the demo. This basically expands on the theme of last weeks patch. It introduces the wet status, as well as many more new item stats. Wet Status When hit by the Lightning spell, it chains to other wet entities. Reduces lightning re
Hello treasure hunters, I bring another patch to the demo. This basically expands on the theme of last weeks patch. It introduces the wet status, as well as many more new item stats.
Wet Status
When hit by the Lightning spell, it chains to other wet entities.
Reduces lightning resistance based on wetness amount
Prevents burning status
Get wet from standing outside in the rain, or standing in puddles. Future water based spells planned
Item Stats
Effect on Mana Overdraw - Player's Mythical amulets
Effect on Reaper Kill - Player's weapons
Increased Slash Damage during Mana Overdraw - Player's weapons
Chance to Bounce Shrapnel Bomb - Pahri's Mythical belts
Reduce Jump Cooldown when Struck - Pahri's Rare and Mythical pants
Throw Shrapnel Bomb when Jumping - Pahri's Mythical pants
Increased Poison Gas Duration - Pahri's pages
Increased Attack Speed on Kill - Bahj's knuckles
Waterproof - Player's, Pahri's & Bahj's chest items
Now, I shall go back to working on the rest of the game. Let me know if you have any suggestions/feedback! Happy treasure hunting!ːsteamhappyː
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26 Jul 2026Developer post
Demo Patch 0.7.13
Hello treasure hunters, I bring you another demo patch! This one includes a new weather feature: puddles ! They form during rain, and they aren't just for visuals. They also conduct electricity! But that's not all. There was also an upgrade to the item distribution code. Before,
Hello treasure hunters, I bring you another demo patch! This one includes a new weather feature: puddles! They form during rain, and they aren't just for visuals. They also conduct electricity!
But that's not all. There was also an upgrade to the item distribution code. Before, if there were 10 types of swords, and 1 type of ring, an item drop was more likely to be a sword. As a result, it was unintentionally much less common to receive some items, especially for Pahri and Bahj. Now, these items are distributed better. After this change and some playtesting, it felt like a lot of these now more commonly dropped items felt a bit boring, and the inventory felt not as interesting as when it was more main-character-item focused. So, I did a round of affix changes, and some new additions.
Pahri:
Pahri's Robe
New affix: Chance for Invisibility When Struck
Pahri's Belt
Effect on Crit affix now valid for Mythical and Rare qualities
Pahri's Pants
Thorns affix now valid
Bahj:
Peg Leg
Thrust affix now valid
Bandana
Life on Hit affix now valid
Life on Kill affix now valid
Grill
New affix: Chance to Stun Attacker When Struck
Bahj's Bindings
Thorns affix now valid
Bahj's Pants
Thorns affix now valid
New affix: Effect on Jump land for Mythical quality
Brass Knuckles
Thrust affix now valid
Effect on Crit affix now valid for Mythical quality
Chance on Attack for Effect affix now valid
Chance on Block for Effect affix now valid
Main Player:
Effect on Crit affix no longer valid for Enchanted quality on One-Handers (Iron Axe and Orb Wand are exceptions)
Chance on Attack for Effect affix no longer valid for Enchanted or Rare quality on One-Handers (Orb Wand is an exception)
Give the changes a shot in the demo and let me know what you think! Happy treasure hunting!
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16 Jul 2026Developer post
Demo Patch 0.7.11 - Exclusive Secret Sauce Showcase Boss Reveal
Excited to include a new boss to the demo following its exclusive reveal in the Secret Sauce Showcase! Everyone welcome the Bakhtak, a dangerous reaper that you can expect to find lurking in ancient areas, or hunting you down when you are in the final stage of Mana Overdraw. Othe
Excited to include a new boss to the demo following its exclusive reveal in the Secret Sauce Showcase! Everyone welcome the Bakhtak, a dangerous reaper that you can expect to find lurking in ancient areas, or hunting you down when you are in the final stage of Mana Overdraw.
Other things included in this patch:
Bahj's Punch - now has a thrust. Larger on first hit, smaller on combo hits
Improved culling for better performance in large maps
Umbralith now has 25 lightning resist instead of fire resist
Improved rain visuals
Bug fixes and minor UX adjustments
Thanks for keeping up with the games development :) Everyone's support has been awesome to see. More things are in the works, so until then, happy treasure hunting!
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21 Jun 2026Developer post
Demo Patch 0.7.7
I'm occasionally on the lookout for performance candidates in the code, and optimize a couple minor things here and there, but this demo patch goes a bit further. I want the game to play smoothly for y’all without compromising the visuals or map sizes. I spent the last couple day
31 May 2026Developer post
Demo Patch 0.7.0
10 years into development and major, defining features are still being added to Bridgebourn and its demo. I'm so excited for this update as it unlocks an enormous iceberg of complexity. Strategies - The flagship mechanic of this update Create highly customizable auto behaviors fo
10 years into development and major, defining features are still being added to Bridgebourn and its demo. I'm so excited for this update as it unlocks an enormous iceberg of complexity.
Strategies - The flagship mechanic of this update
Create highly customizable auto behaviors for your party members
String together multiple conditions using AND, OR, AND NOT, OR NOT logic
Create a behavior to activate if the conditions are met
Create a chain of follow-up behaviors
Multiple options such as behavior cooldowns, activation delay after conditions met, etc.
The new strategies mechanic allows for your party to finally use all of their abilities automatically, without your command. For example:
Get Pahri to place a Bear Trap when they see an elite. Bahj will walk to any Bear Trap and uses Hook to pull the elite on to it
Get your party to Jump with you whenever you Bolt, so they can also dodge enemy attacks
The possibilities are countless, and more conditions will be added in future updates.
Other Gameplay
Added Infinite Custom Ability testing
Use custom abilities in the vicinity of an Iridine Pylon to avoid spending charges
Salvage custom abilities for 100% refund granted that they have full charges
Party members will now automatically avoid areas containing Damage Over Time
Added Inventory Sort button
Replaced Ability Bar "Return" toggle command for new "Strategies" toggle command
Misc
You can now bind a controller button to allow for camera zoom only or pan only
Minor UX improvements
Fixed various bugs and crashes
Various other tweaks
I'll keep chipping away at the game with my ear perked up to any feedback y'all may have. Please give the demo a shot and let me know what you think!
As always, I appreciate y'all for supporting the game. Happy treasure hunting!
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29 Apr 2026Developer post
Demo Patch 0.6.73
I've been working on refactoring the strings of Bridgebourn's codebase to allow for different languages. In an attempt to think of ways to implement it without increasing system requirements, I was actually able to reduce VRAM usage a tad bit and draw calls/texture switching (esp
13 Apr 2026Developer post
Demo Patch 0.6.62
Gameplay: New Conduit spell Re-added Familiar spell (Try turning it into an auto turret minion by making a custom ability at an Iridine Pylon!) Added Crushing Blow effect: Heavy charged slashes, critical hits, Bahj's jump ability, and Summon Pillar (with high enough velocity). Wh
Gameplay:
New Conduit spell
Re-added Familiar spell (Try turning it into an auto turret minion by making a custom ability at an Iridine Pylon!)
Added Crushing Blow effect: Heavy charged slashes, critical hits, Bahj's jump ability, and Summon Pillar (with high enough velocity).
When killing an enemy with a crushing blow, effects will happen depending on status effect.
Chilled: Ice explosion with shrapnel
Poisoned: Release poison gas
Burned: Explosion
Electrified: Send sparks flying
Misc:
Labeled all the seas in the world map.
Minor UX improvements
Fixed various freezes, bugs and crashes
Performance:
Nothing big enough to note here but working on an optimization that will come in a nearby patch. I will update this bullet when that is out. EDIT: That's out too now! More to come.
As always, I'll be chipping away at this enormous passion project of mine. Please feel free to share feedback, critical analysis and issues. I will do everything in my power to make Bridgebourn the best game it can be. I appreciate every single one of you who has come along on this epic journey. You have my deepest thanks.
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22 Mar 2026Developer post
Steam Deck Demo Patch 0.6.59 Live
I got myself a Steam Deck, so I was able to make the demo fully supported on the Steam Deck! Even though I'm working on the post-demo, I'm still throwing in an occasional patch for the demo to make sure it's as good as it can be. As always, if y'all find any issues or have sugges
29 Nov 2025Developer post
Demo Patch 0.6.34
Following the updated look on the steam page, I put together a new patch for the demo: Gameplay Made party Jump ability act like a dodge (quicker, more responsive, iframes) Ability Scrolls no longer consume mana Party can now equip Ability Scrolls Added Message Log in the Journal
Following the updated look on the steam page, I put together a new patch for the demo:
Gameplay
Made party Jump ability act like a dodge (quicker, more responsive, iframes)
Ability Scrolls no longer consume mana
Party can now equip Ability Scrolls
Added Message Log in the Journal
All attacks no longer cancel enemy attacks (Heavy attacks still do)
Minimum elite health is buffed to 450
Elemental damage is no longer extractable in the Iridine Anvil (it was way too strong)
Push ability increase projectile speed buff
Presentation
Elemental damage now has a visual on slashes
New main menu graphics and new main theme
New look for Dargatavah, the World Demon
Intro cinematic polish
Misc
Fixed various bugs and crashes
Various other tweaks
The demo is still expecting some more patches and features. I have been prioritizing post-demo content but occasionally this work trickles down to the demo level. One big feature I'm anticipating for the demo is the ability to configure the parties auto-ai behaviors.
As always, I appreciate y'all for supporting the game and I welcome all feedback. Happy treasure hunting!
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06 Sep 2025Developer post
Demo Patch 0.6.15
Graphics: Following last patch, I continued doing some graphical tinkering. This new feature, the transparency window, will make the game much more legible, I think! Additionally, the world map got a new look! Gameplay: Some minor gameplay additions and changes as well: Summon Pi
Graphics:
Following last patch, I continued doing some graphical tinkering. This new feature, the transparency window, will make the game much more legible, I think!
Additionally, the world map got a new look!
Gameplay:
Some minor gameplay additions and changes as well:
Summon Pillar
Now has a new tree upgrade node - Unbreakable
When pushed, the damage is now based on the speed of the pillar
Slash charge damage
Instead of the damage multiplier lerping from 1x to 2x, it now lerps from 1x to 1.75x, then immediately jumps to 2x when the charge is complete
Performance:
I want to make sure adding all these new graphical features wont hamper the performance on a wide range of devices, so this patch also contains optimizations.
Shader switches reduced by over half. Added a setting to reduce bloom blur passes. These changes may bring you performance benefits, especially on a weaker GPU
Fixed world map processing CPU side even when not open
Fixed a memory leak when moving to different areas
Misc:
Ton of various bug fixes
As always, I'll be chipping away at this enormous passion project of mine. I will do everything in my power to make Bridgebourn the best game it can be. I appreciate every single one of you who has come along on this epic journey. You have my deepest thanks.
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21 Aug 2025Developer post
Demo Patch 0.6.12
Hello treasure hunters, I wanted to give y'all a quick update! As I continue working on Bridgebourn, some of the new features occasionally trickle down into the demo. For patch 0.6.12, that includes a new lighting engine! There were 2 main reasons for this feature. One is that th
20 Jun 2025Developer post
Demo Patch 0.6.0
Brand new playable intro section. Added a new helmet, chest, pants and shield. Koshks can now be mounted. Item stats are better influenced by the item type. Elemental damage stat stacking is now less likely. Your parties items can now be extracted at an Iridine Anvil. Performance
Brand new playable intro section.
Added a new helmet, chest, pants and shield.
Koshks can now be mounted.
Item stats are better influenced by the item type.
Elemental damage stat stacking is now less likely.
Your parties items can now be extracted at an Iridine Anvil.
Performance improvements and memory leak fixes.
Tons of co-op fixes.
Tons of various tweaks, UI improvements, bug fixes.
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31 Oct 2024Developer post
Demo Patch 0.5.67
New Reagent reaction: Reagent + Mana gas = new Mana Charged status effect for all nearby friendly iridians (temporary infinite mana). You can now toggle an "overhead view" of your area with the map button by tapping, and opening the world map by holding. Charging your Slash can n
New Reagent reaction: Reagent + Mana gas = new Mana Charged status effect for all nearby friendly iridians (temporary infinite mana).
You can now toggle an "overhead view" of your area with the map button by tapping, and opening the world map by holding.
Charging your Slash can now increase mana on hit by up to 2x (4x on Polearm with the double charge).
With mouse/keyboard, you now need to hold shift to charge your Slash (meaning you no longer need to spam click enemies for combos).
All weapons now have their own base mana on hit property. Daggers: 5, Swords: 10, Axes: 10, wands: 20, polearms: 20 (previously, all Slash hits gave 10 mana).
New damage ranges for player weapons. Daggers: from 4-15 to 4-10. Swords: from 7-23 to 6-20. Axes/Polearms: from 10-30 to 8-30.
Status effects such as burning, poison, and electrified now base particle effect amount on strength of status effect.
Mana debt doesn't last as long anymore.
Holding Shift in Tactics Mode now prevents snapping.
Iridine Anvil now shows how many upgrades you have previously gotten on a specific item property.
Iridine Pylon now warns you when a custom abilities Per Second ability might not trigger, due to short lived Base Ability.
Bear traps now only drop in quantities of 1, rather than 5-6.
Fixed various bugs.
Various tweaks.
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11 Oct 2024Developer post
Extended Demo Content Patch 0.5.64
I heard y'alls feedback in regards to the emerging story not being overly clear in the Bridgebourn demo. Bridgebourn isn't just an ARPG. It's focused on having a unique, crazy and bold story in an immersive fantasy world. So, I decided to move the ending in the demo a bit further
10 Aug 2024Developer post
Co-Op Update 0.5.44
Available in the demo, you can now play with 4 people total! It's local-coop based, so you choose someone's client and save file as a host. However, using Steam Remote Play, it's basically multiplayer! Just plug in some controllers/invite steam friends on Steam Remote Play, load
17 Jun 2024Developer post
Steam Deck Patch 0.5.30
I was able to get access to a Steam Deck for a bit and patched out the bugs pertaining to Steam Deck and other hand held gaming devices. The bugs included interacting with UI and party manager mode with the mouse cursor via joystick, and a crash at the Aghash boss fight. If you r
01 Jun 2024Developer post
New Bridgebourn Demo Update: 0.5.0
I just launched a big Bridgebourn update (available in demo)! The goal is to solidify the game experience by adding new content, iterating on problematic content and balancing the player/party. Let's get into the changelog and the reasoning behind some of the changes. Death Bank
I just launched a big Bridgebourn update (available in demo)! The goal is to solidify the game experience by adding new content, iterating on problematic content and balancing the player/party. Let's get into the changelog and the reasoning behind some of the changes.
Death Bank

Added Esse Finis, a new map
Added Vizaresh, a new boss. Found in Esse Finis
Added portals in the overworld that take you to Esse Finis
Player now loses half experience and any levels that it makes up on game over (Vizaresh accumulates this experience and restores it upon its death)
Previously, a game over would clear whatever experience you had in your bar and you had no way to get it back. Due to this, I couldn't make the death penalty that bad and it seemed to have no real consequence. Losing a lot of levels would also make the player feel like they are going backwards with progression, which never feels great in an RPG. So, I introduced a "death bank". You lose half of your total experience, which could lose you levels. However, the more experience you lose, the more likely you are to stumble across portals that lead you to a new boss. This new boss will restore your lost experience if you defeat it. However, doing so will make the boss even more challenging the next time you fight it. This change is trying to add some more skin in the game with a game over, while also giving the player a new goal rather than making them feel like they lost progression.
Mana Rework

You can now spend mana even when run out, though that puts you in mana debt
Added mana debt stage system - reapers start hunting you when in mana debt
Added Reaplet, a new enemy for mana debt stage 3
Added Maar, a new enemy for mana debt stage 4
Previously, Mana Reapers would spawn when you spent your mana past a tiny line indicator. This felt unintuitive and distracting in battles. This new system allows you to perform abilities regardless of how much mana you have to allow for flexibility. However, when spending mana past 0 mana, you'll start going into deeper stages of mana debt. The screen will flash to indicate this. Past the first warning stage, you'll start being hunted by more and more challenging reapers. The deeper the mana stage, the longer cooldowns you'll have on your mana based abilities. To exit mana debt, just wait it out and survive the reaper onslaught. Doing so will replenish some mana. This change is intended to add more emergent behavior and flexibility to combat. If you really need more mana, you'll need to make a deal with the devil. Let's hope you survive!
General

Added Meteor, a new ability
Added Secondary abilities (12 of them! Go find them all!) - cannot be equipped on ability bar, but can be used for custom abilities
Added a new crying gesture for Bahj during round table cutscenes
Added a new game over animation
Added a shield parry window telegraph for the Player
Added a heavy attack windup completion telegraph for the Player
The party now comment on nearby elites
You can now restore charges on custom abilities by spending iridine crystals
Various bug fixes and tweaks
Balance

Added 11 new equipment slots for Bahj and Pahri
Added a new node for Bolt to allow teleporting of the entire party
Added item property brackets
The extract cost of an item property now increases based on how much you already upgraded it
Player base mana regen per sec decreased from 1 to .75
Increased Slash/Punch slide by 1.143x
Heavy Slash has 1.364x more thrust
Base slash now comes with a small thrust
Phantom Slash now poisons you
Increased merchant starting gold
Merchants inventory now restocks
Item drop rate slightly reduced
Reduced Rare item chance from 8% to 7%
Increased Enchanted item chance from 32% to 33%
Ability glyphs now drop 1.3x more often
Ability scrolls now drop .9x as often
Cursed ability scrolls now drop .975x as often
Player and party no longer get hit and parry stunned
Increased the cost of various item property extractions
Chest items can no longer roll Max Mana or Damage to Mana properties
Leg items can no longer roll the Damage to Mana property
Shoulder items can no longer roll the Mana Regen property
Glove items can no longer roll Max Mana or Mana on Hit properties
Increased Daeva experience from 500 to 600
Decreased the experience that many general enemies give
The Player's exponential power curve was too steep. This was due to item extractions being too cheap, and mana feeling too abundant, even without Slashing. A lot of armor types will no longer be able to roll some mana stats and mana item properties now roll smaller numbers and are more expensive to extract. The purpose is to limit the use of very powerful magick abilities, and give Slash more reason to be used as a mana gain mechanic. Players were also gearing up too quick, so I reduced item drop rates and Rare quality chances. This should make a great item drop feel more special. In contrast to the Player, the party members felt like they were lagging behind in terms of power and becoming obsolete. I gave Bahj and Pahri more equipment slots and a lot more items to fit them! This should help them keep up.
UI/UX

Added an icon demonstrating that you cannot revive the party during battles
Elite icons now only show when nearby
You now have to press and hold to chat to your party and NPCs
Ability bar now shows hourglass icons and text for explaining why you failed to perform an ability
You can now wishlist merchant items to prevent them from restocking
Pahri now comments on how to neutralize their status effects
Added a visual damage indicator on the ground for some attacks
Music

Added Pahri's theme, playing during their intro cutscene
Added Foothills theme
Modified Hunted theme to have both combat and non combat variations
Added 2 more Secrets tunes
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29 Mar 2024Developer post
OTK Pixel Pitch!
I am so honored to have been both the investors and audience pick for the first episode of OTK's Pixel Pitch! It was such a blast to be on the show. Where do we go from here? In the short term, I'll be fixing bugs and monitoring the response from the demo. It's currently getting
19 Dec 2023Developer post
Bridgebourn Demo 0.3.0 Update Live
After receiving feedback from the demo launch, I worked on this update bringing new content, modifications and fixes to the demo. I'm confident this greatly improves the players experience in the world of Bridgebourn. If you've already tried the demo, I still recommend giving thi
After receiving feedback from the demo launch, I worked on this update bringing new content, modifications and fixes to the demo. I'm confident this greatly improves the players experience in the world of Bridgebourn. If you've already tried the demo, I still recommend giving this update a whirl! As always, let me know what you think and I hope you enjoy.

Added more character dialogue. Venture out and find it!
Party Members now have their own equipment tabs in the inventory window, as well as new Pahri and Bahj accessory items.
Blocking now knocks back and halves Slash knockback.
Added shield block parry. Time it right to stun and greatly knock the enemy back.
Added new Wisp ability.
Reagent Gas now destroys multiple abilities it reacts with, but still only reacts once.
Pahri now levels up separately from the player.
Pahri spends levels automatically to recharge the Throw Reagent Bomb ability.
Added lore to the world map locations during round tables.
Dual wielding now creates two separate slashes.
Added Slash range and arc stats for weapons.
Added 2-handed Polearm weapon.
You can now drag and drop ability slots.
You can now click to toggle commands in Party Manager mode.
Party Manager mode commands now have visuals.
Added more decoration/sprites throughout the world.
Improved shield block graphics and sound feedback.
Fellmaws Flame Slash ability now leaves a trail of fire.
Kakodemons can now use the Jump ability.
Phantoms can now use the Acid Mortar ability.
Mana reapers can now use the Wisp ability.
Changed Phantom attack speed from .75 to .5.
Changed Mana Reaper damage from 10 to 8.
Changed Gremlin damage from 8 to 9.
Changed Gremlin attack speed from 1 to .6.
Improved Gremlin Howl behavior.
Improved level up animation.
Added custom ability in-game demonstration.
Fixed an issue preventing the game from launching on Linux and Steam Deck.
Various tweaks across the board.
Various UX improvements.
Various UI improvements.
Various bug fixes.
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09 Oct 2023Developer post
Bridgebourn Demo
What a Launch! Wow, this has been a LONG time in the making! 1 week ago, after 8 years of development, I deployed the demo of Bridgebourn. I can't express how crazy it has been. Seeing people play it and share their thoughts has been surreal! As expected, some issues and bugs cam