The Reload (LudumDare 58)

Forget cozy burger-cooking simulators! How about cooking… ammo? Crafting explosives?

And using your handmade arsenal to hunt down monsters — collecting the rarest resource of all: Slime Hearts!

You can only carry one item at a time, so plan your actions carefully and prioritize wisely.

🎮 CONTROLS

LMB – Use / Shoot

RMB – Check gun / Drop item

F – Pick up / Drop

ESC – Menu

How to play?

 (Read the clues on the walls)

Take a shell of any color (LMB). Move close to the gunpowder until it’s highlighted and press LMB again (the gunpowder will be added to the shell).

Now you can select a bullet (tip). Each bullet only affects one enemy type (see the clues above the ammo boxes).

With a bullet in hand, approach the gun and press LMB to load it.

You can place a shell next to it by pressing RMB.

How to use C4?

Pick up C4 and place it in the monsters’ path. (RMB) Return to the house to pick up the detonator. Press LMB to detonate it. You can then throw it away (RMB).

How to use a landmine and bear trap?

Simply pick them up (LMB) and throw them in the monsters’ path (RMB).

Loot

If a monster drops a large orb, you need to take it to the storage room and hang it on the wall.

(Remember, you can only carry one item at a time.)

🏆 WIN CONDITION

Collect a full set of 5 Slime Hearts

You can use either gunpowder or cordite — there’s no difference in this version. (Originally, cordite was meant to clog the barrel faster, requiring more frequent cleaning. However, there’s more cordite in your stockpile than gunpowder.)

The bullet tips near the C4 are purely decorative — they are inactive in this version of the game.

You can follow the game’s further development on my YouTube channel or on Telegram.

• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DenOvsyannikov
• Telegram: https://t.me/arta1asky

(I made this game alone)

🩸 TOOLS USED

Game Engine - Unity 6

3D - Blockbench

2D - Aseprite

Sounds - https://sfxr.me/

Music - Suno.com

Font - “Nineteen Eighty Seven”