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Defeat The Drones is a metroidvania-style platformer shooter where you play as a soldier stranded in an abandoned post-apocalyptic world. Defeat the drones and survive. Hard Mode plays more like a horror game.

BALANCED AND UPDATED FOR BETTER GAMEPLAY

Controls

• Press ENTER or E to read notes (you must be right next to a note) written by a mysterious person that provides detail on the lore of the world and on upcoming features of the complete game. The notes are in the form of a dialogue system so press E or Enter to progress through it. You can use LeftMouseButton to quickly speed through it but its not recommended.
  
• Press Left-Click to shoot, WASD for movement and Spacebar to Jump.  You can double jump to reach higher areas! Will come in handy.
• Press the escape key to go back to main menu at any time! -> USE THIS TO GO TO MAIN MENU AFTER ENDING

Tips and Gameplay

• General tips: Don't run around the map immediately as it will activate alot of drones overwhelming you. Don't trap yourself in a corner if drones are chasing you. Move through the map, collect coins and take down drones step-by-step.
• In Hard Mode , your only way of navigating the world is through the lights of signs and the lamp you carry. The map is significantly darker. Go slowly and carefully. There are more drones but you can see their light when they are idle, however once they are alert they will hide their light. Shooting them, however, shows a faint light of damage which could be useful.
• Drones become alert once you go near them or shoot them, once they become alert they will chase you down and explode if you shoot them 3 times (2 in hard mode) or touch them. Your health will be reduced if you are near the blast radius.
• To win the game, collect the 10 coins scattered around the map in both modes.

Endings

If you want to see the endings again, you can view them in the Main Menu. It's recommended and preferable to acquire them through gameplay. This was created so that players can see the True Ending even if they are struggling with Hard Mode.

AI was used for the Ending Monologues.