Bard Tale

"I guess it's playable." — Random Guy I Paid 5 Bucks

“Move over, Nobel Prize winners—this game is the pinnacle of human achievement!" — ChatGPT

"It's just like Baldur's Gate 3, if it were made by a solo talentless hack!" — My Imaginary Girlfriend

"It doesn't have loot boxes, so it's automatically better than most EA games!" — Average Reddit User


Bard Tale is a visual novel based on the "promiscuous bard" trope in TTRPGs like D&D. Play as BARD, as you and your best friend, BARBARIAN, go on an epic adventure to save the world from certain doom! Enjoy brilliantly written dialogue, music to bop to, and thrilling action sequences in this 20 minute game!

Controls

  • Left-click to move to the next dialogue
  • A and D to move left and right in the action sequences
  • Esc to pause the game in the action sequences

Thank you!

Hope you enjoy the game! Let me know what you think in the comments!

Download

Download
Windows - Bard Tale - 24-08-2024 1307.zip 32 MB

Install instructions

  1. Click "Download".
  2. Navigate to your default download folder.
  3. Right click and extract the ZIP.
  4. Double-click the unzipped folder, and find the executable titled "Bard Tale", then double-click it again to play.
  5. If you get a warning from windows, press "more info" then "run anyway".
  6. Enjoy!

Comments

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I enjoyed, simple mecanic, kinda wished the dialogue could be skiped or was less of it. But great game nonetheless.

Appreciate the feedback on the dialogue! And I’m really glad you liked it :)