A Retro-Inspired Adventure Across the Stars!

BUDD is a cute sci-fi adventure platformer inspired by games and anime of the late 80's. Featuring fighting game inspired combat, light exploration elements, and a curious story. All of this set to 8-Bit style graphics and a synth soundtrack.

Bounty Hunter for Hire: Eris Altair

Step into the boots of Eris, a bounty hunter-in-training who crash lands on the mysterious alien planet of Verdeo. To make her way home, she'll find one of many B.U.D.D. units, versatile helper drones that aid in combat and traversal. After escaping Verdeo, Eris will uncover the secrets of not only her crash, but the colony that hired her, and the entire Lumina System.

A Helping Hand in Battle

During combat, Eris can use her BUDDs to attack the enemy, extend a combo, or open up opportunities for extra damage. With each new level earned, Eris becomes more skilled and powerful, unlocking new abilities to overcome the Lumina System's many challenges.

Space Faring Adventure

After repairing your ship, you'll take on colony tasks and embark on a journey across four planets, each with its own unique challenges, secrets, and boss battles.  In addition to the main planets, you can test your skills in multiple timed challenge satellites, where the slightest mistake could mean defeat.

There may be some other secrets too, but that's for you to discover!

~*Christmas SAGE Demo 2.0*~

• As with the September Demo 1.1 build, this contains planet Verdeo, the hub MARI-XIII, an early portion of planet Mizuli, and two hidden satellite missions accessible after the demo is clear.
• New original music has been added, courtesy of Ivelischpfuli!
• Added Christmas mode! This gives the game a Christmas skin, and can be toggled from the new EX Settings menu. Specifically for Eris, Rhea, Verdeo, and decorations in MARI-XIII and the Mizuli outpost.
• Added Mirror mode, also accessible from the EX Settings menu.
• Added Nightmare Mode where various enemies and hazards move twice as fast! (With some exceptions)
• Added a damage scale setting. You can make the game easier or harder by changing how much damage Eris takes from each hit.

WARNING: This Christmas demo uses a different save directory from the 1.1 version. I've included instructions for how to transfer save files between versions, but I strongly recommend using a fresh save.