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Little Casualties

Guide tiny named units through deadly terrain with bridges, launchers, and questionable engineering. A chaotic Lemmings-inspired puzzle game where most don’t survive, but new generations keep trying. Sorry, Gerald.

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About the Game

"Sorry Gerald."

Little Casualties is a chaotic, Lemmings-inspired puzzle game where hundreds of tiny named units march confidently toward an uncertain fate.

Place bridges, catapults, trampolines, and parachute dispensers to guide enough survivors to the exit.
The rest are acceptable losses.

What the critics are saying:

"It's kind of depressing" - Wife

"Ugh" - Me

"Dumb" - Bro

An epic journey spanning generations.

Gerald didn’t make it. Neither did Steve, Karen, or Jorge.
But Gerald Jr. is ready to try again. Then Gerald III. Then Gerald IV.

The cycle continues. This is their story.

Features:

  • Guide swarms of tiny units, each with their own name and short life expectancy

  • Watch them scatter, swarm, and occasionally succeed

  • Place tools strategically, or just see what happens

  • Build chaotic solutions with bridges, launchers, trampolines, and other questionable engineering

  • Classic Mode with handcrafted levels and escalating chaos

  • Squad Mode with a persistent roster, permadeath, lineage, and progression

  • Memorial Wall where everyone is remembered, more or less

  • Dozens of achievements across multiple runs

  • Piano-driven soundtrack built in Sonic Pi, which is a real thing

  • Native Linux support, also a real thing

Biomes in the full release:

Outside. Sawmill. Underground. City. The Office Building. Maybe Mars.

More biomes are planned as development continues. Gerald has a lot of places left to explore.

Made by one person.
No budget. No time.

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