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UPDATE 4: Chinese, Gamepad & Achievements
Chinese support! We are very happy to announce that we have added support for the Simplified Chinese language to the game. This is the last language we’ll add before version 1.0. More may be added afterwards! Achievemen…
UPDATE 3
This is our last content update before the release in June! New bag: Crate This last playable bag can be upgraded a lot! New items Our last batch of items before the release! New Badges And here is also a last batch of…
UPDATE 2
We released our second update since our Early Access started! It includes a new bag, a new NPC, and new objects. New bag: the Mimic This bag will eat one of your item on travel, but you'll never go hungry! New encounter…
UPDATE 1
This is our first update since the Early Access release! We've received lots of feedback and tried to fix as many issues as possible. We’re a tiny team, but we’re doing our best. Please let us know what you think in the…
We're live!
BARDA is now available in Early Access! After a long journey of prototyping, testing, and climbing many imaginary mountains, Barda is finally out in Early Access today. This is only the beginning. The game will keep evo…
Dev talk for #TurnBasedThursdayFest 2026
Come and join Fred and I as we talk about Barda's Early Access, our roadmap and for a dev Q&A! We'll be live for one hour (or more) as a special event during the #TurnBasedThursdayFest 2026. Come and have a chat with us…
Seasonal Run - Happy Holidays!
To celebrate the end of the year, we put together a temporary and unique "Winter Run" you can find in your base camp for the next couple of weeks. It's also a way for us to beta test a seasonal / weekly run feature we w…
New Demo! 1-8dec
Barda is participating in a new and small event call Midwinter Spirits and for the occasion we decided to update our demo for one week! Afterwards we will proceed with our open playtest. What's new? A brand new intro fo…
Playtest season reopens - with a MASSIVE update
Hi all! We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who has taken the time to provide us with feedback – it is very much appreciated! We've decided to pause the demo version and reopen the playtest to everyone, as…
Playtest is back, road to Early Access!
We have reopened our playtest as of today, so you can take a look at our new content and features! We have updated the public demo to version 0.12, and it is unlikely that we will update it again for quite some time. If…
Thank you for this Next Fest!
Thank you to everyone who took the time to give us feedback, try out the demo, add the game to their wishlist, or even just take a look at it! We received lots of positivity and constructive criticism. We used all of th…
Update 0.9 is here! 🎉
Update 0.9 is here! 🎉 We’ve just released version 0.9 of BARDA, and it brings a lot of polish and improvements: ✨ A new progression system for a smoother and more rewarding experience 💫 Plenty of fresh visual effects…
Our demo is out!
🎒 The BARDA Demo is now live on Steam! It’s time to pack your bag and begin your adventure — our free demo is finally available! In this first glimpse of BARDA, you’ll explore a few biomes, discover over a hundred uniq…
First Playtest!
The first playtest has begun! Thank you all for following Barda! We have randomly picked 60 players to have an exclusive peek at a very early build of the game: 0.2.1 It features the very basic fundations of the game: O…
