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Heavy-Load

The score goes up. The cost does too.

A satirical browser arcade game about the distance between being rewarded and doing good. Bright medals and bigger aircraft lead toward a much less comfortable final report.

2Dbrowser arcade
6aircraft stages
Localrun history + leaderboard

The reason it exists

An arcade loop with something to say.

Harry B. Droppin begins inside a familiar game loop: fly, hit a target, receive a medal, unlock something bigger. The cheerful presentation invites the player to chase a better score. The statistics start asking whether that is the right thing to chase.

Escalation changes the meaning of success. Greater firepower can make collateral damage unavoidable even when the player is accurate. At the end, the game places the official rewards beside their consequences and asks the player to reconsider the campaign.

Inside the project

Where the work shows.

Skill meets escalation

A timing interaction influences the outcome of a drop. Early precision can help, but later equipment deliberately exposes the limits of solving a systemic problem with better timing.

Two versions of success

Between-level praise and medals contrast with a growing consequence tally. Public approval is part of the satire rather than a conventional game-over meter.

A report worth reconsidering

An on-device leaderboard records official scores alongside their hidden cost. The final campaign can also be saved as a report-card image.

Room for an original voice

The game includes separate voice, music, and sound-effect systems, plus replaceable aircraft art and cutscenes. These are production hooks; the documented audio slots still need their finished assets.

From intention to action

The workflow.

  1. Fly

    Enter the arcade challenge.

  2. Earn

    Receive praise and upgrades.

  3. Escalate

    Face the consequences of greater power.

  4. Reflect

    Read the campaign’s other score.

Engineering notes

A small web stack with a deliberate point of view

HTML, CSS, and JavaScript keep the game browser-based. Keyboard and touch controls, persistent settings, and shape-coded target options support different ways to play. The game logic has focused tests around scoring, outcomes, and endings.