Empty Clip
Empty Clip is a top-down shooter action RPG.
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Features
- Utilize over 15 different weapons, including melee, pistols, shotguns, rifles, rocket launchers, crossbows, and miniguns
- Fight thousands of zombies, spiders, bats, skeletons, demons, aliens and more
- Discover rare items and secrets that sprawl across dungeons, woods, caves, cities, desert, hell, and alien worlds
- Customize your character with skill points and over 25 different equipment mods
- Play through the 10 level campaign multiple times for an increase in difficulty and rewards
- Complete eight achievements for an even greater challenge
- Free and open-source software licensed under GPLv3
Trailer
Screenshots
Playing the Game
After launching the game, click Play to show the character select screen. To create a character, select an empty slot.
Once your character is created, click Play.
Movement
Once in the game, press the keys ESDF to move your character. Move the mouse to look around. All controls can be changed in the options menu.
Your character moves slower when walking backwards, so try to keep your mouse cursor in front of where you want to move.
Holding the A key allows you to sprint at the cost of stamina.
Interacting
To open doors or manipulate switches, face the object and press Spacebar.
Inventory
Nearby items can be picked up by pressing Spacebar.
Press C to open your inventory. Items can also be dragged from the world into your inventory with Left-click. To drop an item, drag it outside the inventory screen. You can also press Ctrl+Left-click or Middle-click.
Press Right-click to quickly equip an item from either the world or backpack. Press Ctrl+Right-click to equip a weapon onto your off-hand slot.
Melee
Press Mouse Button 4 to attack with your melee weapon. Melee weapons are useful for hitting smaller monsters and crates.
Firearms
Press Left-click to fire your weapon.
Holding Right-click aims your weapon and reduces recoil at the cost of movement speed.
Weapons are color coded by the type of ammo they use. Your ammo capacity is shown in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
Skills
When you gain enough experience points (XP), you'll level up and earn five skills points.
Each skill increases two different stats, usually at different rates.
Hold Shift to spend five points at a time, or Ctrl to spend one hundred.
Mods
Mods are items that can be used to enhance your weapons and armor. Compatible items will be highlighted in green while dragging the mod.
Mods can only be removed with special items, so make them count!
Item Levels and Quality
As you progress through the game, you will find higher levels of items. The level of an item determines the amount of damage or defense it has, and how many mods it can hold.
The quality of an item is random and affects most of its stats. Quality ranges from -15% to 15%, with a small chance of being even higher.
Special items
Upgrade items can be used to enhance your gear and extend their lifetime.
- Whetstones increase item quality and can also be applied to mods.
- Wrenches are used to increase an item's level.
- Pliers remove the lowest quality mod from an item.
- Hammers can be used to demolish an item and release all of its mods.
- Dynamite destroys an item and creates upgrade items based on its total quality.
Gameplay Tips
- If you are having problems staying alive, try putting more skill points into Fortitude.
- Shotguns are good at pushing back monsters and smaller bosses.
- The Spear is useful at choke points, since it hits more monsters and has a longer range than the knife.
Glossary
Accuracy
Determines the size of your reticle.
Accuracy Regen
The rate at which your weapon's reticle size gets smaller.
Aiming
When holding Right-click, your gun handling is increased at the cost of movement speed.
Critical Hit Chance
The chance of an attack doing extra damage.
Critical Hit Damage
The amount of damage done when you get a Critical Hit.
Damage Block
Reduces incoming damage by a flat amount before any other reductions.
Damage Resist
Reduces incoming damage by a percentage after damage block is applied.
Drop Rate
Increases the number of items found by monsters or crates.
Fatigued
When your character is completely out of stamina, you won't be able to sprint for a short time.
Handling
Modifies the amount of recoil and accuracy regen for a gun.
Maximum Accuracy
Determines the largest size your reticle can get.
Minimum Accuracy
Determines the smallest size your reticle can get.
Penetration
The number of monsters a weapon can shoot through or pierce.
Penetration Damage
The damage multiplier for each subsequent penetration.
Recoil
The amount your reticle size increases after firing or getting attacked.
Reticle
The white circle around your cursor that represents your current accuracy. Critical Hit Chance is doubled when the reticle is yellow.
Stamina
Determines how long your character can sprint for.
XP
Experience points.