Randomlands

Randomlands is a first-person shooter built around fast combat and randomly generated weapons. It has over 80,000 possible guns and six mechanically different enemy types. A typical run is intended to last 20–40 minutes, but you can keep playing to pursue a high score.

Weapons and survival

You learn the controls at the start, then face enemies with little further guidance. As you progress, enemies grow stronger and drop better guns. Choose carefully: you can return to a previous weapon if you do not want the one you picked up, but you will need to remember where you dropped it.

Killing enemies earns experience. Each time you level up, you regain full health and your maximum health increases. Enemies can also harm one another: ZomGaz are especially effective at attacking other enemies, while RocketTanks can fire at foes or each other. You can use these fights to your advantage instead of relying on your own ammunition.

The fight zone

Your overlords watch from a UFO above the fight zone and prevent your escape. The landscape changes over time, so watch for opportunities to use height and avoid being caught by surprise explosions around corners.

The game has an ending, triggered by reaching round 8. Signs scattered around the map offer clues about what to do; if you work it out, you should succeed by round 10.

Score and rounds

Many actions add to or subtract from your score. To aim for the highest score, defeat as many enemies as possible before destroying the UFO, avoid taking hits and conserve ammunition by getting enemies to fight each other.