This page details pre-release information and/or media for Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling.

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Development Timeline#

2015#

• Unknown: Development begins. The project is known as Paper Bugs.

2016#

• June 20th: The first post is made to the official Tumblr page, which shows off a piece of concept art.¹

2017#

• June 23rd: The "Turn Relay" feature is implemented.²

2018#

• January 11th: The name of the project is changed to Bug Fables, and an Indiegogo was planned for February 1st.³
• February 1st: The Indiegogo campaign for the project is created, and a demo is released.⁴
• February 19th: Bug Fables reaches its 20k goal, and is fully funded.⁵
• March 5th: The Indiegogo campaign is officially ended.⁶
• April 28th: The names of the main characters are finalized.⁷

2019#

• November 21st: The game is released for Microsoft Windows.⁸

2020#

• May 28th: The game is released for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.⁹

Concept Art#

Snakemouth Den Concept Art#

This concept art depicts an early version of the room leading up to Snakemouth Den. It was posted on June 20th, 2016.¹⁰

Early Screenshots/Videos#

Earliest Footage#

On June 25th, 2016, the first video of the game was posted to the developer's Tumblr.¹¹

• At the start of the video, the background appears to "fade in".
• The video shows us what appears to be the test room from Prototype v0.1. However, everything is missing except for the Ladybug Knight and the Test Shop.
• The characters walk at a faster pace.
• Leif's wings are completely blue. In all versions after the v0.1 Prototype, they have little bits that are yellow.
• The descriptions of the items in the shop differ from other versions.
• In the footage, an item that doesn't appear in the final game called is for sale at the Test Shop. It's called "Vitality Seed" and it costs 56 Berries.

Snakemouth Den Cutscene Footage#

Some more footage was posted on August 6th, 2016. It shows Vi and Kabbu walking through the first room of Snakemouth Den.¹²

• The room appears to be identical to the one shown in the v0.1 Prototype.
• There are no enemies present in the room. They were added in the v0.1 Prototype.
• The cutscene at the bridge differs from the final game.

Battle System#

This screenshot was posted on July 23rd, 2016.¹³

• There appears to only be four options that are available: Attack, Skills, Items, and a fourth option that is obscured by the Attack option.
  • We know for a fact that this unknown option is not the Turn Relay option, as that was added in a year later.¹⁴
• "Attack" is written in the bottom-left corner of the screen with a different font.
• Both bugs have a maximum of 10 HP. In the v0.1 Prototype, they had a maximum of 8 HP.

Battle Dialogue#

These screenshots, which were all posted on July 30th, 2016, showcase some battle dialogue. Specifically the text that appears when each bug uses the "Spy" option on a Zombiant.¹⁵

• The textbox is different.
• We see more of this early font. It's clear that this is some kind of placeholder font, as the spacing looks messed up.
• Leif's dialogue has some weird line spacing for some reason.
• This dialogue is similar to the final version, but there are a few noticeable differences.

(Note: I was able to obtain some of the Prototype v0.1 dialogue from this video. Unfortunately, the video doesn't show all of the dialogue. If you could provide this missing dialogue, that would be greatly appreciated.)

References

References#