Extraction roguelike game about gathering resources before... the Thing gets to you

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You are humanity's last robotic hope against the robot uprising.

Pick up enough fuel to get through the abandoned villages on your hot air balloon, reach the final antenna and deactivate all evil robots!

On the road, make sure to pick up some scraps and upgrade yourself to survive the dangers ahead. But be careful: you don't have room to carry everything.

And remember, if you linger too long... something is coming.

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Use W, A, S, D for moving. Move the mouse to aim, charge your shot with left click and release it to throw it. Keep in mind that a fully charged shot does double damage!

Cancel your throw with right click and select the item to throw with the mouse-wheel.

Press E to pick up items and to exit the village on your hot air balloon when you have enough fuel.

And don't forget to use the space bar to dash through enemy attacks and get away from them.

Can you survive the five villages and save humanity?

Pssst, the maps are randomly generated, so don't hesitate to try your luck again with a new session!

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The Pickup Protocol was made for the 2026 GMTK Game Jam. Rank us on our game jam page if you like it!

For the game's design, we drew inspiration from Spelunky, Mark of the Ninja, and just about any extraction looter shooter around.

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Assets used

• Tree sway: https://godotshaders.com/shader/2d-wind-sway-tree-grass-motion-shader-2/
• CRT: https://godotshaders.com/shader/lightweight-crt-effect/
• Screen distortion: https://godotshaders.com/shader/simple-crt-bulge/
• Rain: https://godotshaders.com/shader/simple-rain-snow-shader/
• Dodge: https://godotshaders.com/shader/acceleration-effect/

Credits

• Rodrigo Moreno: Design, Programming, Art
• Ignacio Rassol: Programming, Design
• Nicolás Uriel Navall: Programming, Design
  
• Matías Palumbo: Programming, Sound, Music, Design
• Sebastián Zimmermann: Programming, Design