BUBO: Prologue
A downloadable game
WARNING FOR:
- Blood, Gore, Dismemberment, Death scenes
- Strong language
- Drug and alcohol use
"I am Bubo."
A pair of mad scientists, Bubo and Aku Punk, celebrate their fifth anniversary working together and staying alive. Unfortunately, their luck could run out at any moment... Explore the different paths that reveal more about their relationship, and different ways they can die should they disturb the status quo.
- Short horror VN with elements of black comedy
- 30+ minutes of gameplay
- 7 endings
- Full voice acting (excluding narration)
- If you want to disable voice acting, go to options and turn "voice" all the way down
This is the prologue to BUBO, based on the Short Film! You can find info on the series Here and you can keep track of updates on the eventual episode 1 through my socials: Twitter / Instagram / Tumblr
CREDITS
BUBO voiced by James Dijit
AKU PUNK voiced by Michael Kovach
DANIEL voiced by Brandon P. Jenkins
Young Bubo voiced by k.dizoro
Music by Lei Hart and Slirth
SFX from freesound.org, Zapsplat.com & Westar
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Development log
- BUBO: prologue out now!Aug 04, 2023
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I see Michael Kovach, I save for later
I had a fantastic time going through your game and delving into the QR code secrets!
Omg when did i just now find out about this!?!
OMG SAMEE
the bill nay ring is so funny each time lol
Why is Aku Punk voiced by a gay spider, a rude purple bunny, and a cute murder drone?
AND HAS THE SAME VOICE ACTOR AS V IN PUNK RAT?!
(IDK his actual name btw)
His name is Vulpe or at least Gavril call him that way, and don't know why but these two are veeeery similar.
He sounds like N from MURDER drones
XD I gotta check that
Check out blush blush while you're at it! ICHIBAN IS MARKIPLIER AND MR. KOVACH
Dude! School caught up to me... But they do! And the guy that Gavril was eating [? IDK] looked a lot like Aku! Plus, we know That Bubo used to teach kids! so what if Vulpea's[?] sister and himself went to that school? with Gavril!
how do you run it on linux
You should be able to run .exe files on linux. Just extract the folder after downloading.
alright thanks
bubo please one chance
What? Kissing him? I WANNA KISS HIM TOO
whats the uquiz pass
i tried searching up for passcodes and a list of STIs came up
nevermind???? somehow found a non passcoded version wtf
what is it???
https://uquiz.com/quiz/fshisA/which-bubo-character-are-you
JFC THIS IS SO COOL WTF
So glad I decided to check your page after playing Gavril, regardless of my opinions on that game. First of all, I was going to rate this 4 stars, simply from the fact that the story is lacking, much like with Gavril. But that, as well as my utter and complete appreciation for the artistic direction of this is where the comparisons end. THE VOICE ACTING? Literally amazing!!!! Immediatelly recognised Aku Punks VA, and was absolutely stunned O-O
With the immense VA talent on display here, as well as the perfected character design(both in visual and personality) really sells the potential this has. I'd LOVE to see this come to fruition as either a game or even a full blown series! So much potential here, it's insane-
And don't even get me STARTED on the QR codes. I N S A N E. With that, I wish I could rate this even higher than 5 stars. It instantly sparked my interest, and maintained it throughout. I expected some Youtube videos, maybe some documents, which would've already been super engaging and interactive. But A PERSONALITY QUIZ? THE UNI COURSE WEBSITE? THE FREAKING QnA SITE? You've completely and utterly outdone yourselves, it's mesmerising and "impressive" would not do this justice. Super hyped to see where this goes!
Oh, I would've almost forgotten-THE MENU MUSIC? Opened the game and was already straight up JAMMING. What an introduction!
I love it I love it I love it I love it I love it so much it's almost so good but happy with the voices it's so cool In the billing not a science guy 😊😍😊😍😊😍
I really liked this demo, expecally the voice acting. But more then that I ejoyed the story, and characters. I hope that full version will be as good as demo is!
I will wait patiently for it!
I was scared of the voice acting and deleted the game... I'll download it again when I get the courage.
do you not usually play games with voice acting?
(You can also mute it in the options)
ehe i think theyre shy, typical with most ppl playing voice acted visual novel kinda games. Its not negative so dw
:DD awesome
Finally had time to play this novel! Absolutely loved it! The art style, voice acting and all the visual was absolutely amazing. Loved the little secrets :D Can't wait for another game like this!
OH MY GOSH! I finally got around to playing this and I already love these two guys and their misadventures! The voice acting was so well done and I love your art style so much! I almost missed the ARG things but when I found them I wasn't sure if you'd want them ALL shown off in a video, please let me know if you'd like me to do that or leave some hidden. But anyway, I'm really excited to see what happens next!!
Hey, thank you so much for playing and enjoying my awful science dudes!! As for the secrets, I would personally hide the QR codes/links if possible but otherwise you can showcase them as you please since it's been enough time imo!
OK! Thank you for letting me know, that sort of thing is much more fun to discover on one's own (unless it's a huge lore video by more popular youtubers LOL) I mostly just have the "To be continued" scene recorded if that's ok to show and the QR code for the Teacher's biology website which I thought was super cute. I hope you enjoy the video once it's done!
Yo this is so good??? Need more of them
This game was so cool!! I can't wait for the full version !!!
Great game. Looking forward to seeing the full game.
SUPER AWESOME GAME! I look forward to seeing way more of this universe in the future, definitely staying under my radar lol :D
🤍ALL ENDINGS🖤
Does anyone know what the password is? I tried putting in the endings names out of order, in order, and with no spacing but it still wouldn't work.
There are multiple (try putting them in separately aha)
oh ok thank you so much
Will be translation brazilian or Port android?
I have no plans for translations or distributing to mobile currently, sorry!
np!
In love with the art, voice acting, and writing. The dialogue between all three characters is fluid and interesting, it really gives me the feeling they have know each other for years and have shared many stories - and lived parts of their lives completely separate. I am so excited for the full release, and more side content! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXGFOHCKhdQ
Hey, thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the game and excited to tell more of this story <3
Guys, who can help me to solve it?
The Endings Justify The Means
passcode???
You don't have to overthink it, all you have to focus on is the keyword 'endings' and the fact it has to be in all caps ;)
Really enjoyed this! The art makes my brain go brrrr, and the voice acting was very well done. Good luck with this project, I'm really interested in seeing more of the characters. :)
Also really, fellas? Roughhousing near the acid vat again?😏Seriously for people who work in a secret lab filled with dangerous experiments they sure are lax about work safety standards lol
So glad to hear, thank you!
They have done worse things near the acid vat u_u boys will be boys.
LOVED IT SM!!
I really love this! The voice acting and music's great, I'm absolutely in love with these characters too. I immediately recommended this to my friends when I saw it was released. Also, uh, don't know why but I can't scan the QR codes. Other than that, great game! I can't wait to see more of these characters
EDIT: I'm absolutely in love with Aku (the others too, but still) so I made a c.ai chatbot of him :3 https://beta.character.ai/chat?char=3VDggn4Ej-4CSstLEpYEl42NgGC9PGtEAP7Gm8vryI0
Thank you so much! And ah, that's odd, that's the first time I heard the QR codes not working for someone. When it's in a phone camera there was always a little popup thing, but maybe you can have someone else scan them and send the links to you <3
Alright, I'll try that, thanks! Again, love the game and characters, can't wait to see more of them
It's an amazing work and It is clear the amount of care and effort put in this to make it a good experience. I was not expecting the extra content and I couldn't be more happy. The voice acting work was really good too, the story building and the artwork are involving, the soundtrack creates a great atmosphere. I couldn't stop playing until I got (I think) everything. I look forward to see more of this project. Just one I think minimal technical error I got while playing was that sometimes I had to double click to see the following text square, not sure if it is an only-my-laptop problem but in case that it isn't, it didn't really bother me. So final words I loved it, gonna recommend it to my friends, they already love Nostre.
Ahh I'm so glad to hear, thank you!
as for the technical issue that's honestly the first I've heard of that happening! But I'm glad it wasn't major.
*insert dumb ways to die song*
OMGFinally