Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling is an indie game made by Moonsprout Games and published by DANGEN Entertainment inspired by the first two Paper Mario games. The story follows three bugs: Vi the bee, Kabbu the beetle, and Leif the moth on their quest across the land of Bugaria to find the Everlasting Sapling, and artifact that's said to bring eternal life, for the ant queen. If you're a fan of classic Paper Mario then you can't go wrong with this game. It re-creates and improves what made Paper Mario so much fun while adding its own unique spin.

Also, here's a link to Brad-Games' fanclub studio:

https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/26792291/projects/

Bug Fables is available on PC, Switch, PS4, and Xbox One.

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Bump. If you're a fan of Paper Mario, please look into this game.

Take a niche but classic franchise lacking in recent installments, add bugs to it, make it indie, and bam, you've got Hollow Kni- I mean Bug Fables!
Seriously though I really want this game

DaEpikDude wrote:

Take a niche but classic franchise lacking in recent installments, add bugs to it, make it indie, and bam, you've got Hollow Kni- I mean Bug Fables!
Seriously though I really want this game

Without Hollow Knight, I probably wouldn't have found out about this game.

Also, I saw something that looked a lot like a Nail from Hollow Knight in a secret area in Bug Fables.

“But, Vi! Helping others is its own reward!”
“It's really, really not.”

I like her already

DaEpikDude wrote:

“But, Vi! Helping others is its own reward!”
“It's really, really not.”

I like her already

Yeah, Vi's my favorite character.

Leif's action command keeps tripping me up because I'm so used to A being on the right instead of the bottom, but I think I'm getting better

In Chapter 4 right now, is it weird that I have over 20 TP but Leif has 10 11 HP?

DaEpikDude wrote:

In Chapter 4 right now, is it weird that I have over 20 TP but Leif has 10 11 HP?

No, not really.

Spycapt54 wrote:

DaEpikDude wrote:

In Chapter 4 right now, is it weird that I have over 20 TP but Leif has 10 11 HP?

No, not really.

Good because I still need more TP

So I've learned that putting the trade-off attack medal on Vi is really, really good, because her multi-hits benefit more than normal: her needle stab attack from the front deals a total of 9 defense-piercing damage for only 5 TP and one member's turn, which is frankly ridiculous. I also put Strong Start on Leif so if I don't get a first strike he can relay over to Vi and let her do another 7 damage if it's needed.
Good to see stacking attack boosts on multi-hit moves is as OP in this game as it was in Paper Mario

DaEpikDude wrote:

So I've learned that putting the trade-off attack medal on Vi is really, really good, because her multi-hits benefit more than normal: her needle stab attack from the front deals a total of 9 defense-piercing damage for only 5 TP and one member's turn, which is frankly ridiculous. I also put Strong Start on Leif so if I don't get a first strike he can relay over to Vi and let her do another 7 damage if it's needed.
Good to see stacking attack boosts on multi-hit moves is as OP in this game as it was in Paper Mario

I don't remember getting that medal, but that's impressive.

One of my favorite medal combos is Poison Needle and the A.D.B.P. Enhancer.

Just beat the game! It took me a little over 23 hours, and I finished at rank 25. I ended up using almost all of my TP-restoring items on the final battle, but +1 attack Vi and +1 attack Leif worked nicely enough. (Kabbu was using items mostly, possibly could've used Taunt more to draw aggro away from Vi but whatever.)
Going to go back in and clear all the quests at some point, then I'm totally playing though the game again on hard mode

(post-game spoilers)
I just beat Maki's team, and it only took me like 4 tries to realise danger strats are a bad idea

everyone's favourite magical mothy boi except he's a plush

(I got the pattern from https://www.deviantart.com/mischeviousmalfais/art/Bug-Fables-Leif-plush-and-PATTERN-828183346 in case anyone's interested)

Apparently you can get a party wipe in the Wild Swamplands from a single missed guard

I've never bought DLC for any game I've owned. However, I'd totally be interested in some Bug Fables expansions with different playable characters. Imagine Maki's team, Levi and Celia, and/or even Mothiva and Zasp getting their own mini-campaigns with brand new content.

Shoutouts to Bug Fables RUIGEE doing an XP-less RPG with a proper incentive to battle enemies better than Paper Mario

DaEpikDude wrote:

Shoutouts to Bug Fables RUIGEE doing an XP-less RPG with a proper incentive to battle enemies better than Paper Mario

Is that one of the file name codes?

Spycapt54 wrote:

DaEpikDude wrote:

Shoutouts to Bug Fables RUIGEE doing an XP-less RPG with a proper incentive to battle enemies better than Paper Mario

Is that one of the file name codes?

Yep: all medals cost 1 MP but you can't get EXP, instead you buy MP ups for berries. I think it's based off of Luigi's Challenge in Paper Mario Pro Mode (which lets you equip all the badges but locks you at level 1)