BAR – Quick Guide and Tips for New Players

This guide will help people who are just starting out in Bar. It has tips and info straight from the creator of the game. It’s essential for new players to understand the basics of the game and get a sense of where to go and what to do next. The creator of Bar has provided valuable insights to help players progress smoothly through the early stages of the game.

Wstęp

Bar is a special type of game called an incremental rogue-lite. It’s not your typical game! While Bar can be really fun, it also has some tricky parts that might puzzle players who aren’t used to this kind of game. This guide is here to help those who are just starting out, giving them all the info they need about how the game works, how to progress, some smart strategies, and other handy tips. And guess what? It’s straight from the developer of Bar herself! So you know you’re getting the inside scoop. The main aim of this guide? To make sure you understand everything about Bar and to help you reach that impressive milestone: the 500th bar.

Startowy

When you start playing Bar, you’ll see a blank screen with a bar and a button. These are called widgets. Widgets are super important in Bar because they’re how you fill up the bar. Think of them like little tools you choose to put on your bar-filling dashboard. They’re all different and bring something unique to the table, but let’s not jump ahead. Pierwszy, let’s finish the tutorial.

The game uses a point-and-click system with different modes displayed in boxes on the left of your screen.

• The pointer icon is for activating effects, using the basic user interface, and some other small tasks. You’ll use this mode the most.

• The help icon lets you hover over UI elements or widgets to learn more about them.

• The upgrade icon is just for upgrading things, whether it’s during your playthrough or outside of it.

• The manage augments icon is for handling augments on your widgets. You don’t need to worry about this too much now, but augments are like equipment for your widgets that give them extra effects.

This section of the tutorial is designed to show you how to play Bar without boring you with explanations. The main gameplay involves filling the bar, getting upgrades, and earning rewards.

W porządku, let’s walk through this section until you reach the point where you have to restart your run and encounter the title screen for the first time. Since this is your initial encounter with the title screen, it might seem a bit plain and empty, ale nie martw się, it’ll fill up as you progress through the game.

Before we move forward, it’s a good idea to visit the settings page and adjust things to your liking. You can’t tweak settings during an active run, so it’s best to do it now. If you’re bothered by repetitive sounds or want to lower the volume of common sounds to hear more important ones, consider enabling loud sound suppression. The skip events setting isn’t something you’ll need right away, but it lets you skip events up to 20% of the furthest point you’ve reached in a run. This is handy for advanced players who can quickly fill bars and just want to maximize their AFK efficiency.

Remember not to disable external files unless you’re sure about what you’re doing. Powiedziawszy to, go ahead and press ‘New Run’ to kick off a fresh adventure!

First Run

Your main goal in your initial playthrough of Bar is simply to unlock two fundamental mechanics within the game: the color changer and swatches. Your advancement won’t require much progress, as you’ll encounter high-level widgets early on, guiding you towards these fresh elements.

At the outset of each playthrough, you’ll face the choice of your first widget. Opting for the lever in your maiden run is advisable, facilitating a swift and straightforward experience.

Upon surpassing a couple of bars, you’ll encounter a bucket marking the introduction of the color changer. This functionality will become accessible once you conclude your run. Jednakże, hold off on ending your run just yet, as reaching the second bucket unveils the swatch collection. Po osiągnięciu tego kamienia milowego, it’s time to conclude your run. These newly unlocked features are essential for advancing further in the game.

Main Colors

When you finish your run, a new button appears on the main menu featuring a bucket icon, signifying the color changer. Upon clicking it, you’ll encounter the three primary colors of Bar: cyan, magenta, and yellow. Teraz, it’s decision time as you select the hue you wish to embody during gameplay. You have the option to combine two colors, resulting in red, niebieski, or green. Alternatywnie, a double-click on a single color allows you to play as cyan, magenta, or yellow. This grants you a total of six distinct colors to choose from, each with its own unique identity and gameplay style.

Let’s delve into the color identities:

Cyan

• Cyan’s playstyle revolves around over-time effects and ticking mechanisms. It excels in applying various effects to the bar steadily over time, offering a multitude of bonuses tailored to this strategy.

Magenta

• Magenta’s approach is characterized by direct, potent, single-target effects and clicking actions. It empowers players to unleash powerful numbers through well-executed multipliers and combos, emphasizing impactful individual actions.

Żółty

• Yellow introduces a chaotic and random element to gameplay. Its playstyle is unpredictable, featuring built-in strategies and unconventional ways to manipulate the game environment, such as altering volume dynamics.

After selecting your preferred color, the next step is choosing your skills. Skills are active effects that trigger upon use, going on cooldown for a set number of bars afterward. Each color—cyan, magenta, and yellow—offers its own array of skills. Początkowo, you start with three skills in each color, but additional ones can be unlocked by playing with the colors you aim to acquire skills for. When utilizing a combined color, you have the flexibility to select skills from both parent colors, further diversifying your gameplay options.

Swatches

The second feature you unlocked is the swatches function, situated to the right of the color changer. Swatches serve as a means to permanently enhance the potency of your bar filling—a pivotal aspect of gameplay progression.

Your swatch collection is where you’ll find these color-specific bonuses. Each swatch offers a unique effect, and you can equip up to nine swatches at a time. Equipped swatches bestow bonuses during your runs, contributing to your overall performance. To obtain swatches, you’ll utilize splotches, represented by the four paint drops in the upper-left corner. Splotches are earned by successfully clearing bars.

To expand your swatch collection, you can utilize splotches by pressing the plus sign button, thereby adding new swatches to your arsenal. Dodatkowo, you can enter upgrade mode to enhance the effects of your existing swatches using splotches. Początkowo, you’ll have enough splotches to mix two swatches. Your first swatch will always be Nigh White, which grants a universal bonus to all widgets. The second swatch will be randomly selected from the core set—a collection of swatches designed to provide a diverse array of bonuses for experimentation.

Once you complete the core set of 49 swatches, the plus sign button evolves into the enhanced version, granting access to swatch mixers. These mixers allow you to obtain random swatches from different sets, offering more varied and potent bonuses. Jednakże, acquiring swatches from these mixers is considerably more challenging, as they require different materials. It’s worth noting that duplicate swatches obtained from mixers are converted into extra splotches, further facilitating your progression.

As you delve deeper into the game, these mixers become more accessible, encouraging experimentation with different swatches to discover and refine your preferred playstyle.

Reaching Bar 200

Your primary objective is to reach bar 200, a milestone that may require several attempts or could be achieved on your initial try, depending on a combination of skill and luck. Mimo wszystko, consistent play will yield progress. Upon reaching bar 200, you unlock the machine menu, a crucial component of your advancement.

To navigate your journey to bar 200, strategic widget selection and tactical gameplay are paramount. Aligning your widget choices with your build and employing strategic foresight to avoid being out-scaled by opposing widgets are key tactics. Dodatkowo, leveraging events is essential for reaching higher bar numbers.

At the conclusion of every bar ending in 0, you’re presented with the opportunity to choose an extra widget, bolstering your capabilities. Podobnie, bars ending in 5 (excluding bar 5) offer the chance to select an event. The most common choices are between the allied bar event and the augment pod event.

The allied bar event functions akin to a shop, where you can purchase augments at varying prices and access unique services tied to the color of the allied bar. These services have limited availability and persist between events, while the assortment of augments changes with each visit.

Z drugiej strony, the augment pod event grants you a random augment for free, with common augments being more prevalent.

It’s crucial to note that while each bar features a randomly assembled opposing force, certain bar numbers remain consistent across runs and pose increased difficulty. Preparing for these specific bars, especially as you progress further, becomes vital, as they can present significant challenges. Four particular bars along the path to bar 200 demand careful consideration and preparation.

Bar 50

• Bar 50 marks the introduction of danger, necessitating a cautious approach. Tutaj, you’ll encounter the invalidator widget, exclusive to the maroon faction. This widget poses a threat by targeting two widgets, destroying them if their level is lower than its own, set at level 10. To safeguard against this, it’s advisable to elevate your key widgets to level 10. Bądź pewien, any widgets destroyed will return in the subsequent bar.

Bar 100

• Upon reaching Bar 100, the challenge lies in the formidable power of the widgets present. Swoiście, the hypervalue instigators, exclusive to the maroon faction, pose a significant threat. These indestructible widgets drain the bar by substantial amounts. To overcome this hurdle, ensure you’ve established a robust foundation of widgets and devise a strategic plan to outpace the opposition.

Bar 150

• Bar 150 introduces the lock-on discharger, another maroon-exclusive widget. This adversary targets your lowest level widget every 30 towary drugiej jakości, posing a constant threat. To counteract this, deliberately keep less essential widgets underleveled. Dodatkowo, tesla coils will attempt to impede your progress, adding to the challenge.

Bar 200

• Bar 200 signifies a significant milestone as you unlock the machines mechanic. Jednakże, it’s not without its dangers. Among the threats present, the most perilous is the allender. This widget gradually charges itself, and once it reaches a threshold of 10,000, it annihilates all widgets on the bar. Your objective is to complete the bar before this catastrophic event occurs or devise a strategy to circumvent destruction.

Gratulacje! With the unlockment of machines, you’ve gained access to a vital mechanic essential for progressing in Bar.

Maszyny

Machines represent significant boosts attainable through the assembly of various materials acquired throughout your journey in Bar. Different materials appear on different bars, becoming more abundant as you progress further.

Let’s explore the capabilities of each machine:

Power Chamber

• Constructed from gears, a material obtained from the Berkana bar, the Power Chamber amplifies the magnitude of all positive values filling the bar. The degree of augmentation depends on both the machine’s level and the cumulative levels of every swatch in your possession. Zatem, investing in all swatches proves beneficial, irrespective of their individual effects.

Caliber Tower

• Crafted from pillars, sourced from the Dagaz bar, the Caliber Tower serves to elevate the level cap of your widgets, contingent on its level. This enhancement expands the potential capabilities of your widgets, allowing for greater versatility and power.

Antimatter Dynamo

• Fabricated from nails, acquired from the Berkana bar at higher bar numbers, the Antimatter Dynamo enhances the size of positive values filling the bar, unrelated to widgets. The augmentation factor hinges on the machine’s level and the total number of 100s achieved in your personal bests for each bar type. Więc, reaching high bar numbers grants enduring buffs, enhancing your overall performance.

Liquid Promoter

• Fashioned from paint bottles, gleaned from the Algiz bar, the Liquid Promoter augments the number of splotches acquired upon completing bars, proportional to its level. This augmentation provides increased resources, facilitating swatch acquisition and further progression.

Each machine offers unique benefits, contributing to your overall strategy and progression in Bar. Strategically utilizing and upgrading these machines can greatly enhance your capabilities and expedite your journey towards success.

Reaching Bar 500

With machines unlocked and a significant investment in swatches, reaching bar 500 becomes an achievable milestone. Bar 500 marks the introduction of the second type of bar, Dagaz, which offers materials crucial for increasing your widgets’ level cap, thereby extending the duration of your runs. Along the journey to bar 500, several notable bars warrant your attention:

Bar 300

• This bar poses a challenge for those specializing in effect application strategies due to the presence of the spray bottle and wyres, coupled with the limited time before widget destruction. Overcoming this challenge involves ensuring the presence of an led or another unreactable widget, supported by cardboard to render it indestructible. This strategy guarantees eventual completion of the bar despite the obstacles.

Bar 450

• Bar 450 presents a heightened difficulty compared to bar 200, with the ant farm ensuring the bar remains empty if most widgets are destroyed. This bar demands resilience and strategic planning to navigate effectively.

Bar 500

• Possibly one of the most perilous bars until bar 750, bar 500 features the apex reamer, which uninstalls your lowest level widget every 25 towary drugiej jakości. Uninstallation results in the permanent loss of the widget, necessitating swift and decisive action to counter this threat.

Awesome news! You’ve hit bar 500, unlocking the next bar type. But hold on, the adventure doesn’t end here! There’s a whole world of possibilities awaiting you in Bar. My suggestion? Aim for the stars and aim to reach each main color to bar 300 next. Keep pushing those limits!