BOUNTY (Early Access Test Build)

⚠️ EARLY ACCESS TEST BUILD (v0.5) ⚠️ This is an early test version. Things will change, balance is still being tuned, and your saved progress may reset between builds. Thank you for playing it this early. Your feedback shapes the game!

BOUNTY is a roguelike autobattler about monster hunters, crooked odds and the bookie who owns your soul.

Your hunters fight on their own. Your job is to bet on how the fight goes.

Silas the bookie fronted your crew, and he wants his money back. Ride the trail, hunt monsters, and wager on the strangest outcomes: who lands the final blow, whether your weakest hunter falls, how long the fight lasts. Pay Silas after every region's boss... or the run is over.

▸ BET ON THE HUNT Every hunt, Silas posts odd contracts with honest odds. Your hunters fight on their own while you watch your tickets climb and crash. Cash out mid-fight before a wager goes sour, or grab the live bets Silas shouts while the steel is flying.

▸ RIG THE GAME Silas prices what he sees on paper. He never accounts for crooked kit. A Bait Lantern, a Velvet Glove or a set of Weighted Bones can turn a long shot into a sure thing, and when your read beats his book, the contract gets stamped RIGGED.

▸ BUILD A CHARM ENGINE Collect 50 charms that multiply your winnings, left to right. Many of them grow over the run. Stack them right and a 10 gold wager pays out hundreds.

▸ CHOOSE YOUR TRAIL Branching maps through three regions: hunts, elites, strange encounters, treasure chests, campfires and Marta's cart. Every boss has a twist you can see coming.

▸ ALWAYS ONE MORE RUN Earn renown every run, even when you lose, to unlock new hunters, charms and events. Six starting crews, eight interest rates (difficulty levels), a daily hunt, endless mode, a bestiary and 19 feats.

HOW TO PLAY

• Mouse for everything
• Enter or Space presses the main button
• Number keys 1-7 pick cards
• Esc closes popups
• Sound starts after your first click (♪ button to mute)

Progress (renown, unlocks, feats) is saved in your browser. Playing in a different browser or a private window starts fresh. Works best on desktop Chrome, Firefox or Edge.

WHAT I'D LOVE FEEDBACK ON

1. When did you want to stop playing, and when did you want "one more run"?
2. Did you understand why you won or lost gold?
3. Was it too easy, too hard, or about right? How far did you get?
4. Which charms or crews felt fun, and which felt pointless?
5. Anything confusing, broken or ugly?

Leave a comment below. Screenshots of bugs are a huge help!

KNOWN ISSUES IN THIS BUILD

• Balance is still being tuned (debts, odds and charm values will change)
• Saves may reset between test builds
• Phones in portrait mode are not supported

CREDITS Pixel art, music and sound effects by Pixel-boy: Superpowers asset packs and the Ninja Adventure pack (CC0) Fonts: Jacquard 24, Jersey 15 and Pixelify Sans (SIL Open Font License, via Google Fonts)