What is Bounters
Bounters is a casual multiplayer arena shooter game.
Players are deploying into the game field with non-lethal firearm replica laser weapons.
There are lootboxes containing special coins 'Loobie'. Collect them as many as you can, and transfer to save it as your score.
The loobies collected from the field can be dropped after other player takes you down.
The player who has highest score wins the match.
Main Gameplay
Gear Up
Get your weapons that you love to use, or best to use.
Grenades, and ammos are provided when player is deployed on the game field.
Collect
Special coin called 'Loobie' are stored in containers around the game field.
Find and collect them.
Transfer them before other players take you down. If taken down, you will lose it and others can take your collected loobies.
Fight & Exit
Fight and take down enemies to survive and keep your loobies.
If you lose, you will drop all loots you got from the field.
So, either win the fight, or find safe spot to transfer your loobies before losing.
Planned Features
Custom Field Creator
Any talented or creative players can create their own Bounters field.
Player Customization
Wear various clothes to customize yourself. Also, coloring the clothes will be implemented.
Also, you can change skin color of player.
Steam Workshop
Custom fields, player clothes design, crosshair and hitmarker shape will be shared on Steam Workshop.
More Weapons
Weapons are the main component of the combat. Various weapons will make each combat more unique.
Find the weapon that you like.
More Attachments
Attachments will make the weapon easier to aim and control the recoil. Choose appropriate attachments for your desired combat.
More Customizations
Customize yourself with clothes, helmets, and armors. Become either tactical or meme. You are free to be whatever you want.
Weapon Presets
Weapon presets will reduce time to set up attachments by setting preset and load them in game.
More Tweakable Game Rules
Server host can tweak the given game rule configurations to make their own gamemodes.
More tweakable configs will make more various custom gamemodes.
Day & Night Time
Daytime and nighttime of the field will be set by either server host, or players can vote for next round.
Players might want to consider different loadout for each times.
FAQ
- Can I play it?
Yes. It is available on Steam as Demo. The Demo will be available until Early Access release.
At Early Access, it is planned to cost $11.99 USD.
- What is the current status of Bounters Demo?
In the Demo version, basic systems of core features and main gameplay loop will be implemented.
Basic system of gamemode, and custom fields are implemented to make it easier to add those in future.
Main gameplay loop is the loop of choosing weapons, deploying in game field, combat, looting the lootboxes, and transferring the loobies to score.
Basic layout of GUIs will be implemented.
- What happens to Bounters during Early Access?
More weapons with different actions and mechanics (such as Bullpup, lever action, pump action, break/hinge action, muzzleloader, belt fed light machine gun) will be added. This implementation will be the foundation of more weapons in future versions.
More attachments will be added.
More customization components (ex. helmets, armors, clothing) will be added.
Team system will be implemented.
Steam Workshop Integration for custom fields will be implemented.
Adding details on graphic assets, make better GUI designs, and optimization will be focused as well.
Translation will come during Early Access.
- What happens to Bounters during Full Release?
More gamemode configurations, more fields, and more weapons and attachments are planned.
Field editor will have new features (ex. ladder, door, interactable buttons, etc.) which will make the field more interesting, unique, and have more various strategies.