Born of Bread, home-cooked turn-based RPG rises December 5 on PS5

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Hello friends! Welcome to Born of Bread, a home-cooked turn-based role-playing adventure full of fun characters, charming stories, and fresh, interactive combat. Beings from another age are causing havoc across the land and their mischief comes as a great threat for everyone. The unlikeliest hero, Loaf, a golem born of bread who possesses a never-ending childlike wonder, finds himself and his newfound friends in the middle of a drama that’s thousands of years in the making. Adventure awaits!  

Born of Bread centers around our doughy protagonist Loaf, a flour-based hero with many abilities that can aid him in his efforts against those pesky trespassers. Loaf was initially called Chap, and he was designed to be a living cardboard cutout! His appearance went through a few iterations, but I always tried to keep his design very simple and recognizable. 

Although bread is tasty on its own, it requires other ingredients to make a sandwich, Loaf needs companions to really get cooking. It’s up to you to build up a party of allies on Loaf’s quest to stop the unruly invaders wreaking havoc about town. 

His friends include Lint the racoon, a neurotic aspiring writer with a penchant for digging who can attack with his tail and manuscripts. Lint was the first buddy I designed! We wanted a partner character that lived in the forest, and I initially explored a monster look, but we ended up really liking the idea of a raccoon character. 

Yagi, a talented goat martial artist who can materialize ethereal platforms by meditating and land flaming strikes on enemies. Yagi was the last buddy to be designed, and he took the least amount of exploration! We wanted a goat warrior inspired by shonen protagonists, so a few silly sketches later, Yagi