Baldur's Gate 3 gameplay
VOICE-FIRST GAMING BUDDY

Stay in
the game.

Stuck mid-fight? Tap your talk keys, ask out loud, and the answer comes back in seconds while your game keeps running. You skip the alt-tab and the spoilers that come with it.

PICK A GAMEBALDUR'S GATE 3ELDEN RINGSATISFACTORY
BALDUR'S GATE 3 · DETECTED
CTRL+SHIFT+KTAP TO TALK
BUDBUD0.6s
Its AC is low and it resists basically nothing. Rush it down with melee and it never gets room to breathe.
VOICE REPLY · IN YOUR HEADSET

PRESS CTRL, SHIFT, OR K. THE CAPS MOVE.

SCROLL TO WATCH A SESSION
LIVE QUESTIONS
How do I beat the Spectator? Radahn keeps one-shotting me. Best coal power layout? Where's the Blood of Lathander? Take a note. Parry timing on Genichiro?
01 · WHAT BUDBUD DOES

Fast help. Zero alt-tabs.

No alt-tab, no second screen, no phone in your lap.

Knows the game you're in

BudBud sees which game is running and answers for that game, not for a search page. It follows your whole library, so jumping between titles needs no setup.

BALDUR'S GATE 3 · DETECTEDELDEN RING · IN LIBRARYSATISFACTORY · IN LIBRARY
"Radahn keeps one-shotting me."

Ask mid-fight

Tap your talk keys and ask out loud. The fight keeps running while the answer comes back through your headset.

"Remind me to sell the gilded chest."

Voice notes

Say "take a note" and BudBud writes down the build, the route, or the loot spot before it falls out of your head.

OVERLAY · HIDDEN UNTIL CALLED

Out of your way

A quiet overlay that appears when you call it and stays out of the frame the rest of the time.

"Parry timing on Genichiro?"

Built for games

Trained on how players actually ask about bosses, builds, quests, and crafting, and kept current as games patch and metas shift.

02 · HOW IT WORKS

One session, start to finish.

SCROLL AND THE SCREEN PLAYS ALONG

Baldur's Gate 3 combat encounter
IN-GAME OVERLAY · LIVEASK MODENOTE MODE
CTRL+SHIFT+KTAP TO TALK
How do I beat the Spectator?
BUDBUD0.6s
Its AC is low and it resists basically nothing. Rush it down with melee before it gets going.
"Take a note..."
NOTE · TRANSCRIBING
"Poison arrows in the chest behind the altar. Grab them before the boss."
BUDBUD · NOTESSAVED
· Spectator: grab poison arrows first· Respec Withers · 100g· Sell the gilded chest in camp
STEP 01 · ASK

Tap to talk

The game keeps running while you talk. Tap once to open the mic, tap again when you are done.

STEP 02 · ASK

Ask anything

Ask the way you'd ask a friend on the couch, about the boss, the build, or wherever you're stuck.

STEP 03 · ASK

Keep playing

A short answer comes back through your headset a few seconds later, and the fight is still going.

SWITCHING TO NOTE MODE
STEP 04 · NOTES

Say "take a note"

Found something worth remembering? Skip the screenshot you'll never open again.

STEP 05 · NOTES

Say it out loud

Say the build idea, the quest step, or where that merchant was. BudBud writes it down while you play.

STEP 06 · NOTES

Pull it up later

Your notes are waiting next session, exactly where you left them.

Cheapest respec in Act 2? Smelter ratio for early steel? What does the Spectator resist? Remind me to sell the gilded chest.
03 · WHO'S BEHIND IT

Built by gamers who got tired of alt-tabbing.

We kept losing momentum to alt-tabs. BudBud is the friend on the couch we always wanted, so we built it.

The wiki spoils the next boss, the guide video runs eleven minutes, and the magic of the encounter is long gone by the time you get back.
Ishaq Khan
CO-FOUNDER · PRODUCT
Omid Ghiyasian
CO-FOUNDER · ENGINEERING
WATERLOO, CANADA
04 · FAQ

Big questions, quick answers.

01

What is BudBud?

A voice assistant for gaming. You talk to it while playing, and it answers questions and saves notes for you.
02

Does it work while I'm playing?

Yes, that's the whole point. It runs alongside your game so you never tab out. It's pre-alpha though, so expect rough edges and fast changes.
03

What can I ask?

Anything you'd normally alt-tab for: boss strats, builds, quest steps, crafting, puzzles, "where was that merchant again." If you want the whole guide, it will point you at one.
04

Which games does it work with?

It follows you across your library. Jump between games and ask the same way everywhere.
05

Is it listening all the time?

No. It's push to talk. The mic opens when you tap your talk keys and closes once the answer lands, so you pick every moment it hears you.
06

What do I need to run it?

A Windows PC and whatever headset you already game with. It sits beside your game, so there's no second screen and no phone in your lap.
07

How do I join the beta?

Hit Beta Sign Up, which takes you to app.budbud.io, and follow the steps there.
08

Where do updates land?

The Discord gets everything first: progress updates, patch notes, and beta drops.
05 · GET IN

Ready to stay in?

The beta is rolling out now. Grab a spot, bring your backlog.

TAP TO TALK. ASK AWAY.