Mullet Madjack is an FPS in the vein of Post Void by developers HAMMER95 with an aesthetic heavily inspired by 80s anime. It was released on May 15, 2024.
In the year 2095 where robot billionaires have taken over the world and humans literally thrive on dopamine, there exist hired guns known as "Moderators" tasked with killing robots in exchange for that sweet dopamine. One of these Moderators, Jack, is tasked by Peace Corp. to rescue the "Influencer Princess" from a skyscraper filled with killer robots in exchange for a brand new pair of shoes.
Unfortunately he only has 10 seconds to make his way through each floor, with extra time given for kills. Between floors he's able to get new upgrades or weapons but whenever he dies he'll have to start from the last checkpoint with all of his upgrades refreshed.
- Acid Pool: Acid is a common hazard found throughout the game.
- A.I. Is a Crapshoot: The world is ruled by Robillionaires - robot billionaires - who have created an oppressive hyper-consumerist society where humanity is literally addicted to cheap dopamine hits.
- Alas, Poor Villain: One cannot help but pity Mr. Bullet. While he claims to have won by proving (or so he thought he did) Robillionaires the highest beings in existence, he was simultaneously driven to nihilistic despair knowing there is nothing save the hollow existence Robillionares such as himself had created.
- Anti-Frustration Features:
- Upon unlocking the ability to gain Level 2 or 3 weapons, said weapons will be permanently upgraded provided that you unlock them and reach the next checkpoint.
- If you find the Peace Corp. Streamer really annoying, you can mute her.
- Not a fan of the stress-inducing ten-second time limit? The "No Timer!" difficulty takes away the timer altogether.
- Benevolent A.I.: Mr. Dopamine, the AI assistant that Peace Corp. uses to resuscitate Jack from a headshot is perhaps the only non-evil AI in the game. Most notably, when encountering a checkpoint that blocks progress due to the boss already being killed, it decides to hack into the system to be the boss in the form of a Rock Paper Scissors challenge that poses no actual threat to Jack while being completely lethal to Mr. Dopamine.
- Big Bad: Mr. Bullet, a robot with a head shaped like a bullet who kidnapped the Influencer Princess as part of an arcane ritual to summon some otherworldly entity to see if there's anything beyond this world. Too bad for him that the ritual specifically called for a virgin sacrifice.
- Boom, Headshot!: An efficient way to kill enemies and a possible way to earn bonus time with the right upgrade. Jack eventually suffers this himself, requiring Peace Corp to take some time to repair up to 95% of his brain.
- Bottomless Magazines: The upgraded versions of the Handgun, the SMG, the Railgun and the Plasma Rifle give them unlimited ammo with no need to reload.
- Critical Existence Failure: Jack's physical health only has two states: "fine" and "dead". Even during boss battles, as long as he has 1% of his health remaining, he's in perfect condition to keep fighting.
- Deadly Rotary Fan: Fans are a common environmental object for the Jack to kick enemies into, resulting a bloody mess.
- Defector from Decadence: Mr. Bullet sells himself as this. Despite being the third wealthiest Robillionaire in the world, he’s audibly contemptuous of the very system he perpetuates and benefits from, and the whole point of the ritual is to summon something, anything, that has the power to break that system.
- Distressed Damsel: The Influencer Princess spends most of the game being captured by Mr. Bullet.
- Downer Ending: The ending has Jack collecting his shoes while the Streamer tells him about how Peace Corp and the Robillionaires have effectively enslaved humanity by keeping them enthralled via chasing their dopamine urges. She then declares that Jack is now her "boyfriend" and stuck in effective debt slavery.
- '80s Hair: All over the place, most notably with the titular Mullet Madjack as well as the Influencer Princess. Background materials state that Jack was born with his mullet, which necessitated a C-section for his birth.
- Expy: Jack has been stated by the developers to be visually inspired by Guts if he had a massive mullet.
- Game-Over Man: Whenever you die, the Peace Corp. Streamer will make a sarcastic comment about how they'll either harvest your organs or how they have no insurance.
- Gangsta Style: The upgraded version of the SMG has Jack holding it this way.
- A God Am I: Due to his ritual failing to work, Mr. Bullet jumps off the deep end and declares that the only gods are billionaires like himself.
- Groin Attack: Shooting enemies in the robo-balls is the same as shooting them in the head and can even earn you extra time.
- Heroic Sacrifice: In order to help Jack progress to the end, Mr. Dopamine decides to hack into the tower systems so that he can be a "boss" in the form of a Rock Papers Scissors challenge. Upon defeat, he's deleted for good.
- Hollywood Acid: Acid is bright green and corrosive.
- Humongous Mecha: Mr. Bullet pilots one for the last two boss sequences.
- Katanas Are Just Better: Comes in both Fire and Ice varieties. It can also be thrown like a boomerang.
- Life Meter: During normal gameplay, Jack's life meter is a timer that also ticks down when taking damage. During boss battles, he gets a more traditional life meter.
- Meaningless Villain Victory: Mr. Bullet completes the ritual and, upon finding nothing (albeit due to a flaw in the ritual), affirms the absolute power of Robillionaires. However, this renders Mr. Bullet mad with despair knowing there is no greater power, and by the end of the game laments that there is nothing that awaits him after death. On the other hand, Peace Corp had lost nothing save a few Robillionaires out of thousands and gained sky-high sales streaming the events of the game, and is poised to gain more from Mullet post-game.
- Race Against the Clock: Your health is indicated by a timer that's constantly ticking down that can only be boosted via kills or drinking soda.
- Shotguns Are Just Better: One of the weapons is a double-barreled shotgun. Upgrades for it make turn it into a quad-barrel shotgun as well as being able to load more shells into it via the reload button.
- Video Game Dashing: The player can dash which also doubles as kick.
- Virgin Sacrifice: The main reason Mr. Bullet kidnapped the Influencer Princess. Turns out he didn't check whether or not she actually was a virgin.
- Zero-Effort Boss: Near the end, when coming across a floor where the boss was already killed to prevent you from progressing, your AI buddy Mr. Dopamine decides to hack into the system to serve as the boss. Specifically, he challenges Jack to Rock Papers Scissors where there's no penalty for losing and you can just keep trying until you win three times.
