History VideoGame / Compound

* DifficultyLevels: The game has three: Easy, Medium, and Hard, with the main difference being the player's maximum health.

* RogueLike: Levels, enemy, and item placement are randomized each time you play, meaning you'll never experience the exact same playthrough twice. The only level that is consistent with every playthrough is the rooftop boss. Taken UpToEleven with the addition of the Chaos Compound mutator, which randomizes the order of the floors as well as giving you a random loadout each floor.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: As if M-Corp's actions weren't proof enough of their CEO's corruption, he serves as the final boss of the game in its current iteration, fighting the player from a helicopter while constantly bemoaning how much money the player has cost him getting this far.

** Since ammunition for all weapons except the two blue pistols is limited, every level is littered with [[InCaseOfXBreakGlass "emergency weapon" boxes]]. These boxes hold a pistol with infinite ammo in them in case you run out of ammunition and still have enemies to fight.

* RogueLike: Levels, enemy, and item placement are randomized each time you play, meaning you'll never experience the exact same playthrough twice. The only level that is consistent with every playthrough is the rooftop boss.

* RealityEnsues: Dual-wielding is fun, but reloading a gun with one hand isn't really feasible, meaning you'll be forced to holster or drop one of your weapons to reload the other.

''Compound'' is a 2018 VirtualReality video game developed and published by Bevan [=McKechnie.=] It makes intentional use of [[RetroGaming retro-stylized]] graphics similar to those found in early PC games from the 1980s and 1990s, such as ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' and ''VideoGame/BlakeStone'', but also carries some traits of a RogueLike game in the form of randomly-generated levels. Its [[ExcusePlot simplified story]] consists of the player fighting their way through the enemy-infested floors of the eponymous compound belonging to the mysterious "M-Corp" while collecting a variety of weapons, and blends elements of {{Dystopia}} and {{Cyberpunk}}.

Like the old [[FirstPersonShooter first-person shooters]] that inspired its design, the game's plot only serves to provide basic world-building. The story takes place in an undefined future where corporate greed runs amok, and the player's only goal is bringing down a [[EvilInc corporation that not only creates a virus, but also sells the vaccine for said virus at a premium.]]

* CasualDangerDialog: While the boss' taunts are anything but casual, at one point when you deal enough damage to his helicopter, he complains because you made him spill his wine.
* ChallengeRun: Mutators are available that change the way the game plays. One of them makes it so that all enemies die in one hit, but so does the player. As a reminder, this is a game with [[NintendoHard no checkpoints or save feature.]]
* CheckPointStarvation: The game has no checkpoints or saving, meaning you have to complete it from start to finish in a single go. Of course, in the game's ''current'' state, that only takes an hour or so.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: The description given for The Accountant indicates that it was a combination of boot licking and back stabbing that earned him enough rank and salary in M-Corp to afford his fancy weapons and deflector shield.

* CrapsackWorld: People are infected by a man-made virus that is manufactured by the same company that sells the vaccine for a premium.

** Averted with The Accountant, introduced in v0.5.10, whose face is visible.

* MoreDakka: The machine pistol has an high rate of fire, though it depletes its magazine quickly and is too inaccurate to be effective beyond short range. The laser rifle has an even higher rate of fire, but it has a SpinUp before it begins firing.

* TheVirus: The game's main plot revolves around storming the HQ of an [[EvilInc evil corporation]] that is producing an infectious virus, as well as the vaccine for that virus.

* HitScan: The rail gun and laser rifle both instantly hit whatever they're aimed at, eliminating the need to adjust for moving targets.

* RailGun: This serves as the game's equivalent to a sniper rifle. It has a scope, a slow rate of fire, and a small magazine, but is a pinpoint-accurate HitScan weapon that deals high damage.

* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The rail gun is a unique deviation from the game's color-coded ammunition types as it is the only standard orange weapon that fires solid projectiles instead of energy blasts. This is likely because other bullet-based weapons tend towards low damage and high volume of fire, and it was easier than creating a new ammo type for just one weapon.

* Trope2000: The map that appears on a player's wrist is called the ''[=MapMan=] 9000''.

''Compound'' is a 2018 VirtualReality video game developed and published by Bevan [=McKechnie.=] It makes intentional use of [[RetroGaming retro-stylized]] graphics similar to those found in early PC games from the 1980s and 1990s, such as ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' and ''VideoGame/BlakeStone'', but also carries some traits of a RogueLike game in the form of randomly-generated levels. Its [[ExcusePlot simplified story]] consists of the player fighting their way through the enemy-infested floors of the eponymous compound while collecting a variety of weapons, and blends elements of {{Dystopia}} and {{Cyberpunk}}.

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The sewers underneath the compound have wide-open areas and hallways wide enough to fit several people shoulder-to-shoulder.

* BlackHelicopter: When you reach the roof of the building, the CEO of the compound will assault you from an attack helicopter, alternating between using a machine gun and dropping toxic gas canisters.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: As if the corporation's actions weren't proof enough of their CEO's corruption, he serves as the final boss of the game in its current iteration, fighting the player from a helicopter while constantly bemoaning how much money the player has cost him getting this far.

* FacelessGoons: All of the game's human enemies have their faces hidden. The compound's security all wear face-concealing combat helmets, and the CEO only fights from a helicopter, never revealing himself directly.

* WithholdingTheCure: Signs posted all over the compound indicate that the vaccine for the virus is expensive, and that the corporation in control of it selectively decides who is and is not permitted to receive the vaccine, openly using it as leverage to ensure obedience.

Like the old [[FirstPersonShooter first-person shooters]] that inspired its design, the games plot only serves to provide basic world-building. The story takes place in an undefined future where corporate greed runs amok, and the player's only goal is bringing down a [[EvilInc corporation that not only creates a virus, but also sells the vaccine for said virus at a premium.]]

''Compound'' is a 2018 VirtualReality video game developed and published by Bevan [=McKechnie.=] It makes intentional use of [[RetroGaming retro-stylized]] graphics similar to those found in early PC games from the 1980s and 1990s, such as ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' and ''VideoGame/BlakeStone'', but also carries some traits of a RogueLike game in the form of randomly-generated levels. It's simplified story consists of the player fighting their way through the enemy-infested floors of a skyscraper while collecting a variety of weapons.

Like the old [[FirstPersonShooter first-person shooters]] that inspired its design, the [[ExcusePlot game's plot is quite simplistic.]] The story takes place in an undefined future where corporate greed runs amok, and the player's only goal is bringing down a [[EvilInc corporation that not only creates a virus, but also sells the vaccine for said virus at a premium.]]

** Since ammunition for all weapons except the two blue pistols is limited, every level is littered with "emergency weapon" boxes akin to what you might find a fire extinguisher in. These boxes hold a pistol with infinite ammo in them in case you run out of ammunition and still have enemies to fight.

''Compound'' is a 2018 VirtualReality video game developed and published by Bevan [=McKechnie.=] It makes intentional use of [[RetroGaming retro-stylized]] graphics similar to those found in early PC games from the 1980s and 1990s, such as VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D and VideoGame/BlakeStone, but also carries some traits of a RogueLike game in the form of randomly-generated levels. It's simplified story consists of the player fighting their way through the enemy-infested floors of a skyscraper while collecting a variety of weapons.

* EndlessGame: While the game, plot-wise, has an ending, completing the game results in the player starting over from level 1 again but keeping their current weapons. The game keeps track of which loop the player is on.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Since ammunition for all weapons except the two blue pistols is limited, every level is littered with "emergency weapon" boxes akin to what you might find a fire extinguisher in. These boxes hold a pistol with infinite ammo in them in case you run out of ammunition and still have enemies to fight.

* StandardFPSGuns: The weapons available to the player include pistols, shotguns, assault rifles, rocket and grenade launchers, laser weapons, and a few more exotic options.

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