Battles of Bench

📝 Fit it how you want it.

Ever dreamed of a terminal game that had more settings than levels? Us neither - but then that dream was true. From how you get called, your pronouns, to your character screen data type (whatever that even means), you can customize all you want.

🔮 A clean text UI that just works.

Looks matter, even in a text-based game. Engineered for appearance first, simple guides and visuals indicate what to do. With ASCII art and Unicode trickery, it looks... weirdly satisfying for a terminal program. We even invented a new control method for the entire UI - your keyboard! No mouse action here.

✈️ Runs locally. No nonsense.

No need to install 2 separate launchers, download 80 gigabytes of game data and go through data verification for the 50th time. It just runs. Two clicks. Unbelievable!

📦 An inventory that's easier than 1+1.

Multiple organization tools, item locking, simple levelling, and even auto-sorting keeps all your weapons and armor neat! No endless scrolling through junk anymore. Just 8 taps and you're done with everything. (No, really!)

🎶 Pure auditory experience. Now in 3D.

Audio cues for little things you do, subtle music in the background, and in recent versions, even a spatial audio toggle help create a sound experience that's... as delightful as the headphones you use are. Of course, you can tinker with all of this in the settings!

🌐 Profiles, progress, profit!

You now have the ability to make regular backups of your data outside of the game folder without impacting your experience through updates! Restore them anytime later with an intuitive file select interface. Also, play multiple styles with profiles - each of them offering you a brand new local "account" of sorts!

✨ Levelups turn magical.

Every levelup screen has been completely rearchitected in the backend to match a fluent UI's needs more precisely and to make your experience better. You can now batch level, multi-level and even set a target level goal and let the game handle all the calculations for you!

🌳 A skill tree! Because we love classes.

No, not school classes - you can customize your play style all you want by selecting what stat you want to focus on more. Skill points help redistribute your strength even if you want to deal melee damage as an archer... because why not?

🎯 A profile overview as pretty as you.

Gone is the old design from version 12.0 to 24.0 - the profile overview screen has undergone its most dramatic update yet! It makes information easier to read at a glance with distinct sections, satisfying spatial sound effects and character idle animations adding more fun to an otherwise stale "number board".

⭐ Bored of your 1-star weapon? Magic Dust saves the day!

You can scrap old, unused weapons for magic dust - and with it, upgrade an entire weapon's rarity, giving it extraordinary new capabilities! Your favorite bow is now able to stick by your side eternally.