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BONEREADER Background Story Career criminal and mercenary Harlan Hill dies in the electric chair, but death offers him no rest. In the hut of a Native shaman, a mysterious spirit challenges him to a game of dice, wagering a chance at rebirth—and perhaps vengeance. Against all odd
Fate isn't written. It's dealt. Roll the dice for a shot at rebirth in this otherworldly card game adventure. Build your deck, harness mystical dice, and battle spirits in a deadly game of chance through a psychedelic purgatory. Will you escape, or be damned for eternity? BONEREA
Your soul is on the table. Roll the dice for a shot at rebirth in this otherworldly card game adventure. Build your deck, harness mystical dice, and battle spirits in a deadly game of chance through a psychedelic purgatory. Will you escape—or be damned for eternity? Every soul in
🦴 Big news! Bonereader is officially nominated for Best Deckbuilder Award at the TooManyGames Indie Game Showcase! 🏆 We're beyond excited to be recognized among the indie scene. Winners will be announced June 26–28 — keep your fingers crossed! THE SHOW TooManyGames is one of th
Bonereader Demo — Patch Notes v 0.0.9.2 Systems — Dialogue system fully rewritten from scratch. Improved stability, performance, and code readability. — Sound effects optimized. Reduced playback overhead and fixed minor audio artifacts. New content — Rulebook added. Press Tab at
🃏 Casino Mode — Balance Overhaul Completely reworked the balance of Casino mode Adjusted drop rates for rare cards and table events Reworked the economy: difficulty and rewards now scale more smoothly with each run 🔧 Item Changes Reworked the mechanics of several items — their
Hey everyone! My name is Yakov, and I'm a game developer. You may have played my previous projects: Dom Rusalok , Loretta , and Anoxia Station . Right now I'm finishing up a new game — Bonereader . Since I've been thinking a lot about game balance lately, I decided to share my ex
Optimization CJK Font Rendering Optimized CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) font assets to reduce memory overhead and improve load times in all supported locales. Glyph atlases have been repacked for more efficient GPU texture utilization. Optimization Texture Page Packing Texture
Hey everyone! I’m Yakov — you might’ve seen my previous games (Anoxia Station, Loretta, DOM RUSALOK) around here. I just put up a Steam page for my new project, Bonereader . It’s a deck-building card game with dice mechanics. You’re executed in an electric chair and wake up in a
The process of creating backgrounds in Bonereader. Both Daria (artist) and I have a negative attitude toward AI art. Not fanatically, though. We just agree that AI slop almost always looks bad and talentless. And almost always you can tell. That said, it's worth acknowledging — t
Dear friends, it finally happened! Bonereader now has its own Steam page! ⚡💀 Bonereader is a card game with dice mechanics. You’re executed in the electric chair — and wake up in a shamanic Purgatory, where you must defeat strange spirits in games of chance for the right to be r