Onbu

**Onbu** is a massive six-legged creature whose back contains the player's village. Having been nomads for an undetermined amount of time, the Nyomans eventually discovered Onbu. The village must coexist with Onbu in order to survive the challenges posed on their journey in the hostile world of the poison spores.

## Description

*"Onbu were believed to have gone extinct long ago, and nothing but old tales of them remained. This particular individual must have been asleep in the ground for hundreds of years. Maybe it awoke from its long slumber because the toxins keep seeping further and further into the earth. Ancient documents indicate Onbu usually draw their nutrients from the ground, so I wonder if it can sustain itself out here. Seems like we need to take care of each other from now on."* –Elder's Notebook

## Gameplay

The player will start on Onbu at the beginning of every run. Depending on the Difficulty chosen by the player, the game can start from any of the currently existing biomes in the game. As of version 0.1.33, Onbu only comes in its base appearance however additional skins have been confirmed for Early Access. The shape of Onbu's back is always the same no matter what settings are chosen. However the location of trees, stones, and farmable land generates differently between playthroughs.

### **Health**

Onbu's survival and health play a vital role in the success of the village. The player can see statistics on Onbu's status via the information located on the top right of the user interface. Onbu's health is indicated by a the color wheel surrounding its live portrait from 0-100%. At lower levels of health, the colored section of the bar will shift into yellow and eventually red. When the bar reaches 0%, Onbu dies and the game is over. Three indicators are located under the live portrait displaying poison level, hunger, & sleepiness.

Onbu will regain a small amount of health while sleeping. Extreme hunger, poison, and sleepiness cause Onbu to lose health.

#### **Hunger**

The hunger meter is the indicator located at the center of the UI. Onbu's level of hunger is measured from 0-100% with the meter progressively becoming more brown as its hunger increases. Extreme levels of hunger and/or starvation will cause Onbu to lose health over time until it eats again. When Onbu's hunger is below 40%, it will slowly regain health while sitting or sleeping. There are two ways Onbu is able to recover its hunger. On the World Map, Onbu will have a chance to run into "Onbu Feeding Spots" and eat, naturally reducing its hunger. Players are also capable of feeding Onbu itself. By constructing a Mycologist, the village will be able to produce Onbu Food in an Onbu Kitchen, which can be launched into Onbu's mouth via an Onbu Feeding Trebuchet restoring 20% of its hunger.

At certain intervals of time, Onbu will evacuate its bowels. The player will be informed when this happens through the game log in the bottom left of the screen. Players will be able to acquire Dung by building Dung Collectors on the rear of Onbu's back. Dung can be processed in a Compost Heap to produce either Compost or Biogas. The frequency at which Onbu defecates can be manipulated by launching Onbu Constipators and Onbu Laxatives.

#### Poison Level

The poison meter located to the left of the hunger meter and is represented by four toxic bubbles. It will progressively become more green as Onbu's poison level rises. The amount of toxins in Onbu's body is measured from 0-100%. Around 80% poison level, Onbu will begin to have its health reduced. To reduce Onbu’s poison level you will have to build an Herbalist, an Onbu Pharmacy, and an Onbu Doctor.

## Trust

If Onbu trusts you, it is more likely to follow your commands. You can tell its trust level by looking at its head and tail. Trust slowly increases over time. If its trust is high, Onbu will walk with its head swaying and lifted high, and the message "Onbu wagged its tail" will appear.

Things that hurt Onbu's trust includes: mining its spikes, using the Deep Quarry, Bile Collector or Blood Collector, and constructing an Injector. If Onbu does not have enough trust in you he will shake his back "violently," destroying some of your buildings. Trust will decrease if Onbu's health goes down.

Things that increase Onbu's Trust includes: using a Feeding Trebuchet to feed it, or an Onbu Doctor to heal or pet it.