Hollybound

Hollybound is a top-down shooter in which you fight a radioactive invasion across wide-open maps. Play as one of 12 friends who accidentally trigger a radioactive explosion and must save their town, Wayfield, from creatures unleashed through radioactive portals.

Story

On the first night of summer vacation, the friends gather on Holly Lane for paintball, soda and drawing. When they try to soften rock-solid ice cream, they heat silver spoons in a microwave, wrapped in drawing paper and set for 10 minutes. The radiation reacts with the spoons and drawings, causing an explosion. Creatures resembling the drawings emerge from the flames, and LORD OPPTAVIOUS calls on his army to invade. The friends take up their paintball guns to stop the creatures and keep their parents from discovering they caused the apocalypse.

Clear each map

You begin at a deactivated portal and collect the amount of radiation shown beneath your HP display. Radiation is scattered around the map and also comes from defeated enemies; an enemy gives an amount corresponding to its health. Once you have enough, an arrow points you back to the portal so you can complete the level.

Finding radiation and damaging or defeating enemies also earns points. Your points are added to your total score when you finish a level, and you can spend them on upgrades at the shop on the level-select screen.

Stamina and movement

A full stamina wheel lets you use your character’s special move, which differs for each hero. An indicator shows when the move is available; another indicates when you can dash. Dashing requires half a stamina wheel and can help you cross busy streets or escape enemy hordes.

The heroes

The 12 characters have different health, speed and attack ratings, as well as distinct special moves:

• Josh: Health ★, speed ★★, attack ★★. Draws four cartoon allies that target and attack enemies.
• Colin: Health ★★, speed ★, attack ★★. Summons Grody the monkey to attack and knock back enemies.
• Damian: Health ★★★, speed ★, attack ★. A fedora orbits him, damaging enemies and spawning weaker fedoras that target nearby enemies.
• Ethan: Health ★★★, speed ★, attack ★. Summons scissors that quickly target and damage enemies.
• Teddy: Health ★, speed ★★, attack ★★. Two vinyl records orbit him; when one hits an enemy, a loud music blast hits a wider area.
• Edward: Health ★★, speed ★★, attack ★. Places a dungeon master screen at the cursor, which spawns two goblins to attack nearby enemies.
• Trey: Health ★★, speed ★, attack ★★. Throws a guitar like a boomerang, leaving a trail of damaging musical notes.
• Aiden: Health ★, speed ★★★, attack ★. Becomes a fast-moving ball that can damage enemies while protecting him from damage.
• Jacob: Health ★★, speed ★★, attack ★. Rolls a die; the number rolled determines the damage dealt to enemies.
• Kyle: Health ★, speed ★★, attack ★★. Serves a volleyball that damages enemies and creates a small blast around him.
• Sammy: Health ★★, speed ★★, attack ★. Places a camera at the cursor, where its flash damages enemies.
• Brady: Health ★, speed ★, attack ★★★. Throws a mighty axe like a boomerang to damage enemies.