EVERYONE IS A WINNER
Two dollars at an estate sale on Pell Road. A shoebox marked M. VOSS – DO NOT PLAY. Inside, one tape: PLINKDOWN – CH.9 – 10/17/94.
PLINKDOWN aired at 3 AM on WKNT Channel 9, a UHF station that barely reached the next town over. The ratings diaries say forty thousand households were watching. Press play.
DROP. LIGHT. MEET YOUR QUOTA.
Aim the dropper, release the orb, and light every peg it touches. Amber stars build your multiplier, skulls explode, green clocks buy you another drop, and the pail at the bottom gives the orb back. Meet the quota before you run out of orbs, or the signal is lost.
BUILD SOMETHING TERRIBLE
Between segments, spend your winnings at the Commissary. 36 orbs, 88 charms, and services to polish, copy, fuse or throw out what's in your bag. Lean into a family (bombs, lightning, gems, splitters, ambers, money, pebbles or the eyes) and watch the shelf start leaning with you. Fuse a boomball with a gemstone and a chainball. Polish a turd until it becomes a diamond. Take a sponsor's deal if you can stomach the terms.
THE AUDIENCE IS WATCHING
The eyes on the board belong to them. Light one and they pay, but it costs you an orb, and they look back. Contestants who went before you break into the broadcast. The host smiles a little too long. Somewhere past level 12 the tape keeps going.
FEATURES
A 12-tape story broadcast with two endings, on three difficulties (Matinee, Prime Time, 3 AM)
Endless Broadcast with five starting kits, studio perks and deep tapes hidden far past the finale
A Daily Tape everyone plays on the same seed, plus seeded and custom runs
36 orbs and 88 charms across ten build families, with cursed items for the brave
77 achievements, including a few you'll earn by accident (and one you'll earn with a turd)
The Vault and the Wardrobe: permanent unlocks, plus 42 visual unlocks for pegs, trails, droppers and the tape itself
Mouse, controller and touch support
Comfort options: jumpscares and flashing can be switched off, with a calmer comfort mode
CONTENT WARNING
Contains jumpscares, loud sounds, stylized blood and flashing images. All of them can be turned off in Settings.
CREDITS
A game by Mega Bite Games
Lead coding: MrCreepyPasta
Dialogue: MrCreepyPasta and Vincent V Cava
QA testing: MistressTeaWitch, GeneralDrowned, MyHatIsBlue
Music: "Water Caves", "Night Chip", "Black Energy" and "Night Drive" by Darren Curtis
Some artwork provided by Zed Nope, and used with permission.
Comfort-mode Audience artwork by MyHatIsBlue
Fonts: Analog Mono Plus by Andrew Gleeson; VCR OSD Mono and VHS UI Pack by 7-WaysStudio
Crosshair Pack by Kenney
Sound effects: Analog Horror VHS SFX by Pixel Pack Rat
Additional art: Icon Godot Node pixel icons, Abstruse Rituals image pack, The Walls Have Eyes asset pack
Made with Godot Engine
