Heavy Bullets

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Heavy Bullets
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Developer(s) Terri Vellmann
Publisher(s) Devolver Digital
Composer(s) Doseone
Engine Unity
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
Release
  • WW: 18 September 2014
Genre(s) First-person shooter, roguelite
Mode(s) Single-player

Heavy Bullets is a roguelike first-person shooter video game developed by Brazil-based indie developer Terri Vellmann and published by Devolver Digital. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux on 18 September 2014.

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Gameplay

Heavy Bullets is a first-person shooter video game. The player character is armed with a pistol and a low amount of ammunition which can be retrieved upon firing. [1] The player's objective is to battle through 8 levels and reset a security mainframe. [1] [2] [3] Levels are procedurally generated. [1] Killing enemies rewards the player with money which can be used to purchase usable and passive items. [1] Upon death the player will not respawn, a new play-through must be started. [4] Money can be deposited in a bank and will carry over to the next play-through, the player can also purchase insurance to save money and items if they die. [1] [2] [4]

Development

Vellman originally began working on the title as part of a game jam. [4] [5] The game uses the Unity engine. [5] Music and sound was composed by American rapper Doseone. [5] An early access build of the game launched on Steam on 15 May 2014. [5] The full version of the game was released on 18 September 2014. [6]

Reception

Aggregate review websites Metacritic and GameRankings assigned scores of 72/100 and 74% respectively. [7] [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Woolsey, Cameron (23 May 2014). "Heavy Bullets Early Access Review". GameSpot . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 Davison, Pete (16 May 2014). "Heavy Bullets is Another Attempt to Mash Up the Roguelike and FPS Genres". USgamer . Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Prell, Sam (19 May 2014). "Heavy Bullets is an FPS that makes you recycle your ammo". Joystiq . AOL Inc. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Farokhmanesh, Megan (12 June 2014). "Heavy Bullets adds roguelike difficulty to a colorful first-person shooter". Polygon . Vox Media. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Graft, Kris (28 May 2014). "Heavy Bullets is modern day indie game development dressed in 90s neon". Gamasutra . UBM plc . Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  6. ↑ Ben, Lee (19 September 2014). "Roguelike shooter Heavy Bullets launches on PC, Mac and Linux". Digital Spy . Hearst Corporation . Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Heavy Bullets for PC Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  8. ↑ Cooke, Caitlin (8 October 2014). "Review: Heavy Bullets". Destructoid . Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Heavy Bullets for PC". GameRankings . CBS Interactive . Retrieved 2 April 2015.
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