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HARDDRIVE

A 2D Run'N'Gun shooter set in a two-way universe where Electronic circuits are at war with the world of Books. You are a hard drive miraculously surviving a battle and reborn on a pencil’s farm. Fight with sharpeners, pens and other primitives to destroy King B.

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Buttons Lake
Publisher
Buttons Lake
Release
October 20, 2022
3 years and 287 days ago
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About the Game

UNIVERSE


The world is in constant conflict between two sides that are not at all similar to each other.
On one side are the kingdoms of books and the land of pencils.
On the other hand, there are electric cities of computers and flash drives.

Each side is divided into horizontal biomes that have their own nature, population and cities. For books, these are forests, deserts and fields. Electronic ones have landscapes of microcircuits and circuit boards. The book side has a class society where books are high society and pencils are common people. Electronic ones form a kind of futuristic socialism.

STORY


You are a hard drive - a super-soldier of the electronic world.
During a decisive sweeping offensive, the Book Army used stolen technology. Almost all of your troops have been hit by electromagnetic weapons. You have been disconnected and damaged part of the memory. The electronic army was left lying lifeless on the battlefield, and then pulled apart for scrap by savage pencils. And the Books at this time are preparing a counterattack.

But sometimes chance intervenes. A bolt of lightning passes through your case and reboots the system.
Recover your data, find out what's happening in the world and destroy the Book World!

FEATURES



  • [bWorld[/b]
    Explore an unusual universe filled with different biomes such as forests, deserts, caves, metropolises, ancient gardens, electric cities.

    • Gameplay
      An action game where you have to shoot, blow up, make your way through an interesting story and decide the fate of the world. You will fight unusual enemies: pencils, books, flash drives and various bosses.

    • Graphics
      An unusual world with a variety of hand-drawn locations.

    • Act tactically
      Use a solar panel to replenish your energy. 15 additional weapons with alternative fire modes. Boosts that give temporary improvements, armor suit upgrades during the game.

    • About Button Lake Studio
      We really love the unusual setting and want you to have a great time with our stories.
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