Ion Fury Aftershock

Ion Fury is a first-person shooter starring Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison, a bomb-disposal expert for the Global Defense Force. When Dr. Jadus Heskel unleashes his cybernetic cult on the streets of Neo D.C., Shelly sets out to stop him, fighting through seven zones of hand-built levels filled with enemies, branching routes and secret areas.

Shelly’s campaign

You move through multi-path levels, ducking, jumping, climbing and swimming as you fight Heskel’s forces. The levels are hand-made, with no procedural generation, and feature multiple routes, complex set pieces and seamless transitions. Health does not regenerate, so you need to keep moving rather than rely on cover. Combat includes locational damage and headshots, along with physics and interactive environments.

The game world uses over 10,000 hand-crafted textures and sprites. Its soundtrack is made up of tracked module music in FastTracker 2 (.XM) format.

Weapons and combat

Shelly’s arsenal includes weapons with alternate fire modes and different ammunition types. Her tri-barreled revolver, the Loverboy, fires single shots or uses an Old West-style hammer-fanning action. You can also load buckshot into a grenade launcher, and use Bowling Bombs and heat-seeking smart bombs.

Tools and modes

The game includes an accessible level editor and other development tools, and its full source code is available. The Aftershock add-on adds a second campaign and Arrange Mode, a mirror-world remix of the original campaign that incorporates Aftershock’s enemies, items and weapons while changing map progression, item placement and enemy encounters.