Super Bear Adventure

**"I prefer to stay here at home, strange things happen outside..."** -Turtle
This page contains spoilers which may ruin the experience for users who aren't done with the game. Proceed with caution!

## Super Bear Adventure

* Current
* Old

## General

### Current version

* 10.5.2
* 10.5.2
* +10.5.0

### Platform

* Android
* iOS
* Nintendo Switch  (upcoming for the rest of the world)

### Release date

* (initial release) June 10, 2017 (6 years ago)
* October 1, 2020 (3 years ago)
* December 12, 2023 (In the Americas)
* January 12, 2024 (Rest of the world)

### Rating

* 3+
* 4+

## Overview

**Super Bear Adventure** (formerly known as **Baaren's Adventure**, often abbreviated to **SBA** for short) is a 3D platform game inspired by late 90's games. It is made and owned by Earthkwak Games and was initially released in June 10, 2017 for Android. The game started development in around November 2016. In October 01, 2020, the game was released for iOS. In the Americas, the Nintnedo Switch port was released on December 12, 2023. Currently, this game is not the final product, as the dev frequently updates it with more content.

## Early development

In around November 2016, the dev started to work on the game. During the time of the game's production, Stéphane was 17 years old. The game was supposed to be a project for fun.

The game originally used checkerboard textures and the Liberation Sans (the default Unity font) as placeholders. Baaren looked to have no Backpacker on him yet, and his eyes were farther apart than now. There was no levels or even a main area, just simple blocks to be a test area.

Originally, Shicka was planned to be a human, then a frog, which eventually turned into a chick. Baaren was the first ever character in the game.

Turtletown's prototype concept had stone texture as for the walls instead of dirt, the waters looked very bluish, and the trees had no leaves texture; just plain green. The overall design of the game looked very prototype-y, and they only font used at the time was Liberation Sans.

The game used royalty-free music as placeholders for original music. Baaren's movement was very different, The Bear Village (known as Hub at the time) looked very compacted, and the only levels were Turtletown and Snow Valley. Over time, the dev added more features, such as new outfits, donor status (known as that at the time), and the Bear Village slowly expanded, along with new levels. Eventually, The Hive was added as a final level, to make the game a story-mode game, and not just a sandbox game.

## Story

### Current (and rewritten) Story

For centuries, There existed a kingdom where creatures lived in peace under the ruling of the Bee dynasty. Queen Beeatrice, the bee queen, was a beloved ruler, she was fair and appreciated by all. The balance between all creatures was perfect. Until... The bees started producing a different kind of honey in the Hive. Shortly after, this new flavor and this purple color were beloved by everybody. Unfortunately, creatures that consumed it soon began to turn crazy and attack their friends like mindless animals. Nobody knows why the bees started to wreak havoc upon their own kingdom, and its inhabitants were too weak to fight back. Before long, the bees realized that bears were mysteriously unaffected by the рurple honey. This resistance caused their loss: the bees raided the Bear Village and imprisoned them to prevent any revolt. Luckily, one bear managed to avoid the attack. But now, the fate of the people is on his shoulders. The world needs a hero. Someone to restore the balance, Someone to end to this purple doom. Will you save us, Baaren?

### Old Story

In this world, animals used to live in a community. Bees, bears, turtles, rabbits, were at peace. The Bee Queen reigned over the kingdom. She was fair and appreciated by all. This balance was perfect, until the day he arrived... He kidnapped the queen and impersonated her to quench his thirst for power. He ordered the bees to make his recipe of Purple Honey and spread it all over the kingdom. Thispurple honey caused animals that consumed it to be aggressive and maliceful. The bees quickly realized that bears were not affected by Purple Honey. This ability caused their loss: the bees imprisoned the bears in cages in order to avoid any revolts against the queen. The world needs more than ever a hero. You, Baaren. You are the only one who can help us! Find Shicka and go save all the bears trapped by the bees! The fate of the kingdom rests on your shoulders. You can do it!

## Credits

*There is a seperate page for this type of information.*

## Misc

### Fonts

* **Milky Nice** (current font)
* **Mlechnyy Nitstsa (rus: млечний ницца)** (current Russian font, made by RamyBoyo)
* **Amble** (font until 2021, used in the old logo and the UI)
* **Gill Sans MT** (in some parts like the ARCADE label below the Arcade World machine)
* **Liberation Sans** (used as a prototype font, still seen i na few parts of the game)
* **Calibri** (in a few parts like the book covers in the Giant House)
* **Impact** (McBear Honeycombs, McBear Baked Beans, and a few more McBear products)

## Trivia

* At the beginning, the game used to be called "**Baaren's Adventure**", but the dev mentioned it as "**Baaren's Journey**" in the Discord server after answering a question. He said that he changed the name to the current one because he wanted it to have more visibility to the Play Store.
* At the time of the game's production and release, the dev was 17.
* Many people call the game a ripoff of Banjo-Kazooie, but the dev wasn't aware of Banjo-Kazooie during the game's creation.
* This game is widely speedrunned, check the speedrunning page to learn more.
* PolariTOON, a speedrunner, was once helping in the French localization.
	+ He also stated that he met the dev in real life. (revealed in SBA Discord)
* The dev has shown some screenshots of him testing out new fonts for the games's UI overhaul, with Milky Nice being the winner.
* A Japanese translation was once added in the game, but was removed since it had no active translators and it was translated only by DeepL, an online translator.
* An update is released around 3 or more days late on iOS due to the dev saying that Apple is strict.
* The game bears strong resemblance to Super Mario 64:
	+ Instead of Mario, the main character is a bear.
	+ The bears, which you save in the levels, act as the Power Stars in the game.
	+ Instead of paintings, there are teleporter platforms.
	+ Baaren and Mario can both long jump, dive and belly stomp. (belly stomp can act as ground pound)
* The official Discord server, was originally supposed to be a speedrunning group made by the community.

## Download Links

* **Play Store**
* **iOS App Store**
* **Nintendo Store**