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GravityOptional

A physics-based co-op roguelite about flightless owls, crippling debt, and industrial glue. Pilot a rickety airship through acid storms, harpoon floating garbage, and build makeshift shelters out of stolen bathtubs to protect your cargo. If the package gets wet, you don't get paid.

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BlurryOwl
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About the Game

Welcome to H.O.O.T. (Hazardous Operations Owl Transport), the only logistics company brave enough (or desperate enough) to fly through the eye of the storm.

You and your squad of flightless owls have inherited a massive debt and a balloon that barely floats. To pay off your "Hangar Rent," you must accept contracts to the most dangerous biomes in the sky. Your mission: Deliver the package intact. The problem: The sky hates you.

 SCAVENGE & SURVIVE

You don't buy building materials—you steal them from the wind.

  • The Harpoon: Spot floating debris like rusty car doors, sogyy mattresses, and old pianos. Reel them in before they fly past!

  • The Build: Use Industrial Super-Glue to fuse that garbage to your ship.

  • The Defense: Build a roof out of bathtubs to block Acid Rain. Build a wall out of billboards to block Horizontal Hail. Just watch your weight—if you build a castle, your balloon will sink into the Void.

MASTER THE ELEMENTS

Every run is a fight against the weather.

  • The Rust Bucket: A zone of corrosive acid rain that eats through wood. Find metal scrap or your cargo melts.

  • The Freezer: Blizzards coat your deck in ice. Slip-and-slide while trying to de-ice the balloon with a hammer.

  • Thunder Alley: Lightning strikes the highest metal object. Build a "Lightning Rod" out of copper pipes and pray it works.

 HELIUM-POWERED CHAOS

Communication is key when your ship is spinning 360 degrees.

  • Spatial Voice Chat: Hear your friends scream as they slide off the frozen deck.

  • Helium Tech™: The ship’s PA system automatically applies a high-pitch filter to all broadcasts. There is nothing more terrifying than a chipmunk-voiced captain screaming "WE ARE GOING DOWN!"

 DRIP OR DROWN

Survive the run, get paid in Feathercoin, and return to The Roost.

  • Upgrade Your Tech: Buy auto-turret harpoons, magnetic nets, and scrap grinders.

  • Expand Your Ship: Upgrade from the tiny "Dinghy" to the massive 4-engine "Dreadnought."

  • Look Professional: Unlock Top Hats, Monocles, and Viking Helmets. If you’re going to plunge to your doom, do it with style.

KEY FEATURES

  • 1-4 Player Co-op: A test of friendship, physics, and patience.

  • Mobile Base Building: Harpoon trash and build a fortress on a moving balloon.

  • Flightless Physics: You waddle, you trip, you panic-flap.

  • The Repo Bird: Miss a payment? You don't want to know what happens.

  • Dynamic Weather: Acid, Ice, and Lightning require different building strategies.

  • The Void: It is purple. It is deep. It is hungry.

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