A fast-paced 2D top-down shoot 'em up with single-player and split-screen co-op. Pilot a drone, fight alien hordes, plant and grow bio-weapons, and survive procedurally generated battlefields in a fusion of action and strategy.
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About This Game

The B.L.O.O.M (Biotech Lethal Offensive Organic Munitions) Initiative is a fast-paced 2D top-down shoot 'em up where you pilot a drone through procedurally generated battlefields.

                                                                                                            

Design your own levels

Build, test, and play your own levels using the same editor we used for the campaign and survival modes. Orchestrate enemy waves and boss encounters with precise timing, script on-screen briefings and prompts, choose your biome, map size, and starting funds, and set objectives like survival, relic hunts, or kill targets. Drop in spawners, buildings, resources, and power-ups, toggle weather effects, and tweak difficulty and time-of-day—then jump straight into the game to playtest and iterate. When you’re happy, package it up and share it with the community via Steam Workshop.

Create your own weapons

Design weapons inside the game from thousands of combinations. Load existing builds, set a custom weapon for your loadout, or start fresh from built-in templates like Spiral, Laser, and Missile. Edit, rename, and manage your creations, delete what you don’t need, and jump straight back into play to test them with your custom levels - no external tools required. These too can be shared with the community.

Or just play the built in Campaign or Survival sets of levels..

Harvest, Build & Defend

Your mission: gather resources, plant lethal bio-organisms, and defend your bases from relentless alien and native species on the hostile planet Shlee.

           

From Training to Total War

Start in a basic training drone as you learn to build, plant, and fight, then dive into intense battles as two aggressive alien factions take an interest in your expanding operations.

           

Upgrade, Adapt, and Survive

Upgrade your drone, adapt your strategies, and survive against overwhelming odds in this fusion of action and strategy.

           

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

AI was used to generate a small percentage of the graphics.
AI was used to generate some of the sounds, specifically the voice overs for the levels.

System Requirements

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macOS
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Windows 7 SP1
    • Processor: Dual-Core
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX 10-compatible GPU (Intel HD Graphics 4000 or better)
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Storage: 120 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any Windows-compatible sound output
    • VR Support: N/A
    • Additional Notes: MonoGame 3.8+ requires .NET 6, so Windows 7 users must install .NET separately. DirectX 9 is deprecated, so target DirectX 10+ for better stability.
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 or 11
    • Processor: Quad-Core
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX 11+ GPU (NVIDIA GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon RX 560 or better)
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • Storage: 120 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Any Windows-compatible sound output
    • VR Support: N/A
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: macOS Big Sur (11.0) or later
    • Processor: Apple Silicon (M1, M2, or newer)
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Any Mac that supports Metal API
    • Storage: 120 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Standard macOS-compatible sound output
    Recommended:
    • OS: macOS Monterey (12.0) or later
    • Processor: Apple Silicon (M1, M2, or newer)
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Any Mac that supports Metal API
    • Storage: 120 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Standard macOS-compatible sound output

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