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Happy Bastards: Combat Explained Part 3

PART 3 – THE COMMAND SYSTEM In preparation for the upcoming release of the COMBAT DEMO, here’s the third of five dev logs that focus on explaining how combat works in Happy Bastards. Check out Part 1 for the basics, and Part 2 on the battlefield and character positioning. YOUR MAIN CHARACTER Happy Bastards differs […]

29 May 2026

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Happy Bastards: Combat Explained Part 3

PART 3 – THE COMMAND SYSTEM In preparation for the upcoming release of the COMBAT DEMO, here’s the third of five dev logs that focus on explaining how combat works in Happy Bastards. Check out Part 1 for the basics, and Part 2 on the battlefield and character positioning. YOUR MAIN CHARACTER Happy Bastards differs […]

29 May 2026

Happy Bastards Combat Explained – Part 2

PART 2 – THE BATTLEFIELD In preparation for the upcoming release of the COMBAT DEMO, here’s the second of five dev logs that focus on explaining how combat works in Happy Bastards. Check out Part 1 for the basics, including round structure, movement, actions, hit chance, damage mitigation and undo. BATTLEFIELD Happy Bastards uses relatively […]

27 May 2026

Happy Bastards at Demo Nights and More!

Happy Bastards at Demo Nights Our fantastic Game Designer and Studio co-Founder, Matt, will be presenting a special look into the Happy Bastards Combat Demo LIVE and in-person at Demo Nights Montreal on Saturday, February 21st at 7pm ET Demo Nights is a three night event in Montreal that features the 15 best upcoming games […]

19 Feb 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Play the Happy Bastards Combat Test NOW

What you’re about to read here is (kinda) a secret: If you’ve been in the Happy Bastards Discord, you can have access to a super-exclusive early combat test build for the larger game that we are making! That’s right, when we said we’re recruiting you bastards to help us in the gave dev process, we […]

22 Oct 2025

Happy Bastards: The 1 Year Dev Update

Kev couldn’t physically make it to Gamescom 2025 — but that’s not stopping us from sharing some Happy Bastards updates with all you happy bastards out there! After all, it’s been one year (!!) since we revealed our new game in development. Well, the work continues and we’re here to give you inside info as […]

21 Aug 2025

The Happy Bastards Insider: How to get the inside scoop on the game’s development

Hey you bastards! Welcome to Kev’s little clubhouse in blah-blah-blah words-on-a-screen form. Those of you joining us for the first time, you’re in for a treat. All of Kev’s minions—we mean, the team here at Clever Plays—is excited to not just tell you more about Happy Bastards and how we’re making it, but also give […]

27 Mar 2025

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