Born of Bread

Short description: 2023 video game

Born of Bread

Developer(s)| WildArts
Publisher(s)| Plug In Digital
Engine| Unreal Engine 4
Platform(s)| Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series
Release|

* WW: 5 December 2023

Genre(s)| RPG
Mode(s)| Single-player

Born of Bread is a 2023 video game developed by French Canadian independent developer WildArts and published by Plug In Digital. It is an action-RPG in which players fight enemies as a batch of bread that has been brought to life named Loaf. The developers aimed to create a game evocative of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, creating a similar visual style that merges two and three dimensional graphics. Upon release, the game received average reviews.

## Contents

* 1 Gameplay
* 2 Development and release
* 3 Reception
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Gameplay

Gameplay

The player assumes the role of Loaf, an animated being of dough created when the Kingdom's royal baker accidentally creates life when creating a new type of bread. Loaf is tasked to venture out and defeat five demons that have been awakened by archaeologists and have taken over the castle.[1] Born of Bread is an action-RPG in which players explore the world to battle foes and interact with characters to progress the narrative.[2] The game features turn-based combat, in which players can direct Loaf and their allies to attack enemies or perform supporting actions by using WP.[2] Battles are broadcast before a fictional audience, and players can perform the requests of audience members to recover WP. Upgrades can be made to improve combat abilities by improving stats from experience points earned from battle, or completing side quests to earn Boons that enhance certain abilities in battle.[2]

Queen asks the kingdom's royal baker to create a new bread dish for dinner.

## Development and release

Born of Bread was created by WildArts, a four-person French Canadian independent development team.[3] The game was the second by the studio after the 2017 title Helltown.[4] Lead designer Nicolas La Marche stated that the studio set out to create a RPG for the first time and aimed to emulate Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door as an exemplar of the genre.[5] The studio focused on innovating on the formula of the genre, taking a more open-world structure to Paper Mario to encourage greater exploration.[4] To achieve the resemblance, the developers merged two-dimensional and three-dimensional animation for the game's art style.[5] Bread was focused on as a theme as a hook to create a protagonist with "versatile and interesting" abilities that could "interact with the environment" in clever ways.[6] The game was creating using the UE4 Blueprints engine, and received an Epic Games grant as an Unreal Engine project.[3] Born of Bread was showcased at the Microsoft ID@Xbox Fall Showcase in September 2022.[7] A game demo was also released for Steam Next Fext in June 2023.[8] The game was released on 5 December 2023.[9]

## Reception

Reception

| Aggregate score

Aggregator| Score
Metacritic| 69%[10]
Review scores
Publication| Score
Nintendo Life| 7.4/10[2]
Nintendo World Report| 6/10[12]
TouchArcade| 3.5/5[14]
CG Magazine| 6/10[15]
Digitally Downloaded| 2/5[16]
Nintendojo| C+[17]
Siliconera| 8/10[1]

Born of Bread received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[10] Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received fair approval, being recommended by 71% of critics.[11] Comparing the game's visual presentation to Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Rock Paper Shotgun praised the game's "colorful" graphics and "buoyant" music, but cautioned that players could differ on whether they enjoyed the humor.[9]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bueno, Daniel (30 December 2023). "Review: Born of Bread Is a Familiar Home-Cooked Meal". https://www.siliconera.com/review-born-of-bread-is-a-familar-home-cooked-meal/.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Vogel, Mitch (13 December 2023). "Born of Bread Review (Switch eShop)". https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/born-of-bread.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Crecente, Brian (26 July 2023). "Born of Bread is a Paper Mario-inspired RPG made entirely with Blueprints". https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/developer-interviews/born-of-bread-is-a-paper-mario-inspired-rpg-made-entirely-with-blueprints.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hussain, Mudassir (31 December 2023). "Born Of Bread Devs Are Considering Adding A “Challenging Hard Mode”". https://exputer.com/interviews/born-of-bread-hard-more/.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Interview: Baking Up Goodness With Born of Bread". 20 December 2013. https://gamerhub.co.uk/born-of-bread-interview-nintendo-switch-pc/.
6. ↑ Ozzy, Dave (20 December 2023). "Exclusive interview with the makers of Born of Bread: the little RPG with a lot to prove". https://www.thexboxhub.com/exclusive-interview-with-the-makers-of-born-of-bread-the-little-rpg-with-a-lot-to-prove/.
7. ↑ Dinsdale, Ryan (15 September 2022). "ID@Xbox Fall Showcase: Everything Shown at the Event". https://www.ign.com/articles/id-xbox-fall-showcase-everything-shown-at-the-event.
8. ↑ "Born to Bread - Official Steam Next Fest Demo Trailer". 29 June 2023. https://www.ign.com/videos/born-to-bread-official-steam-next-fest-demo-trailer.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Evans-Thirlwell, Edwin (5 December 2023). "Born of Bread, out today, is a Paper Mario-style RPG starring a cheeky dough golem". https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/born-of-bread-out-today-is-a-paper-mario-style-rpg-starring-a-cheeky-dough-golem.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Born of Bread". https://www.metacritic.com/game/born-of-bread/. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Born of Bread". OpenCritic. https://opencritic.com/game/15934/born-of-bread.
12. ↑ Orona, Alex (22 January 2024). "Born of Bread (Switch) Review". https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/66078/born-of-bread-switch-review.
13. ↑ Chandran, Neal (30 December 2023). "Born of Bread". https://www.rpgfan.com/review/born-of-bread/.
14. ↑ "SwitchArcade Round-Up: Reviews Featuring ‘Born of Bread’ and ‘Hammerwatch 2’, Plus New Releases and Sales". 26 December 2023. https://toucharcade.com/2023/12/26/hammerwatch-2-nintendo-switch-review-born-of-bread/.
15. ↑ Biordi, Jordan (4 December 2023). "Born of Bread (Nintendo Switch) Review". https://www.cgmagonline.com/review/game/born-of-bread-switch-review/.
16. ↑ "Review: Born of Bread (PC)". December 2023. https://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2023/12/review-born-of-bread-pc.html.
17. ↑ Ikeda, Achi (23 January 2024). "Backlog Review: Born of Bread (Switch)". https://www.nintendojo.com/reviews/backlog-review-born-of-bread-switch.

## External links

* Official website
* Born of Bread at MobyGames

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