Bearded's Plaza

GravitonArc has been cooking up a game...

Special thanks to playtesters and users alluded to and represented in the game, the Bearded's Plaza community.

This game is not affiliated with Bearded or his compadres. Copyrights and artworks belong to their respective creators. No input from the Plaza team upon the game was made aside from playtesting.

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--- CONTROLS ----

[[Keyboard]]

Arrow Keys/Numpad - Move and Navigate Menus

Z/Enter/Space - Interact and Confirm

X/Esc/Numpad 0 - Open Menu and Cancel

Shift - Dash

[[Mouse]]

Left Click - Select a Movement Spot, Select in Menus

Right Click - Open Menu and Cancel

Scroll Wheel - Scroll Menus

---- BATTLE ----

Smack - Attacks one enemy

Special - Open menu to Special Attacks, all of which consume Swag

Cower - Increases defense drastically for one turn, regenerates 20% of Swag

Items - Opens menu to Items, one time use objects that may turn the tides

Pressing Cancel in the battle menu will give you the option to escape. You can only escape from

roaming enemies.

- STATS - 

EGO - Health points. The target is defeated if Ego reaches 0.

SWAG - Skill points. Allies and enemies alike can only use skills so much.

ATTACK - Damage. Higher the number, the more Ego they deplete when attacking foes.

DEFENSE - Armor. Higher the number, the less Ego is depleted when being attacked.

SPEED - Agility. Turn order is determined by whoever has the highest speed down to the lowest.

LUCK - Crit chance. The higher the number, the more likely the attack will be critical.

SOCIAL CREDIT - Experience. Gained from winning battles, and increases all stats at certain levels.

DOUBLOONS - Money. Spend it at shops for invaluable items.

- TIPS -

> Buffs and debuffs only stack once. Applying a defense debuff to an enemy who already has 2 will

not do anything other than reset the timer, which is 5 turns.

> Keep up the pressure. You only win the battle when the opponent's Ego reaches zero. Never stop 

attacking for long.

> Enemies are powerful. Make sure to SAVE at Carl Bot often and HEAL at a restore point near him.

> Buffs and debuffs can be game changers. Play carefully against enemies who can either buff 

themselves or debuff you. 

> Heal often. Your squishy allies are prime targets to be killed if they are below 50% Ego.

> Enemies with high attack are incredibly aggressive and will slaughter your party in a heartbeat.

Fight fire with fire and defeat them as fast as possible to minimize time taking their hits.

> Enemies with high defense are extremely vulnerable to debuff items. Put aside your first turn to 

take away their key strength.

---- ALLIES ----

[[Beard]]

- Jack of All Trades

LVL 1  - JACK OF CLUBS      - 20  - Attacks one enemy twice

LVL 3  - QUEEN OF HEARTS    - 25  - Restores all Ego for Beard

LVL 6  - KING OF DIAMONDS   - 35  - Raises all stats for Beard

LVL 10 - ACE OF SPADES      - 100 - Brutally attacks all enemies

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Beard is an excellent brawler and is keen on both taking it and dishing it out. He

deals substantial damage, can sustain himself and increase his own effectiveness.

He is the core of winning every battle.

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[[Sentro]]

- High Luck, Low Swag Costs

LVL 1  - FUNNY JUICE        - 10  - Restores a random amount of Ego for one ally

LVL 3  - GRADITUDE          - 25  - Drains Ego from two random enemies and heals Sentro

LVL 6  - RPG                - 20  - Deals colossal damage, but rarely hits

LVL 10 - DIE                - 75  - Either fully restores all allies or slowmodes enemies*

*Sentro's Ego drops to 0 once this skill is used

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Sentro is an oddball where anything can happen. You could play it safe and use him as cannon fodder,

but his real power comes when you dish out his RNG skills. All of them are cheap and can save you in 

bad situations when the gods look brightly upon you.

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[[Wolfie]]

- High Speed, High Swag

LVL 1  - GREENS             - 65  - Restores 70% of Ego to an ally, but damages them

LVL 3  - FEI                - 15  - Deals damage based on Wolfie's Ego

LVL 6  - LIL' HELPER        - 85  - Restores and raises max Ego for one ally

LVL 10 - RANDAL             - 120 - Restores 40% of Ego for all allies

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Wolfie is the incredible support of the group. Although her attacks aren't impressive, she is great

at keeping everyone in the fight and constantly fighting. And, when push comes to shove, she can 

use Fei to deal plenty of damage herself.

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[[Joey]]

- High Attack, High Defense

LVL 1  - INCANDESCENT       - 35  - Applies :frothing: to Joey

LVL 3  - POSEDOWN           - 65  - Removes all buffs from all enemies

LVL 6  - SMITE              - 15  - Deals more damage. Restores Ego and Swag for Joey if it kills

LVL 10 - ACRIMONY           - 110 - Attacks one enemy five times

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Joey is the final member of the team that rounds it out. Also a powerful brawler, Joey backs up Beard's

damage with his own flavor of rage and aggression. Unlike Beard, Joey is built exclusively for constant

damage and is best when he can constantly shred through everything he sees.

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