Overview
Guillotine is a fast-paced, high-stakes first-person shooter where survival hinges on delivering critical packages in a hostile, unpredictable cityscape. Every mission forces players to navigate shifting identities, evade relentless enemies, and face the physical toll of hand severance, all while racing against time.
The player starts in a penthouse, receiving a mission through an eye-implanted hologram. Their goal: deliver packages to a destination. Both hands are cuffed to the packages, but every 5 minutes, the character's hands are guillotined and their entire body is replaced with a new identity. This cycle continues randomly until one identity "synthesizes" at special checkpoints, allowing the player to keep their hands and complete the delivery. During each delivery, the deliverer has a bounty of 10 million dollars placed on their head. The city turns desperate and leads countless mercenaries and other players to seek out the delivery man. Every NPC becomes a deadly obstacle and no one is to be trusted.
Gameplay and Mechanics
Identity Shifts: Players start their missions in randomized locations through a 40km2 cityscape. They receive objectives via an eye-implanted hologram giving them a location and a bounty offer. As they deliver packages, their hands are cuffed to the payloads. Every five minutes, players experience a gruesome hand severance and their body is replaced with a new identity, forcing them to adapt quickly to the ever-changing landscape. If you don't find ways to synthesize your payload to your player, you'll be forced to restart and you'll need to find the new payload deliverer.
High-Stakes Delivery: With an enormous bounty placed on their head during each mission, players become prime targets for both NPCs and other players, leading to intense, chaotic encounters. Trust is non-existent, and survival depends on quick reflexes and strategic thinking. If you're lucky, you'll find other plays willing to help but don't place your bets on it.
Levels
Urban Battlegrounds
As players venture into the city, they encounter a myriad of hostile NPCs and mercenaries, each intent on claiming the delivery bounty. The city’s layout is designed for verticality and chaos, providing multiple paths and hiding spots.
Synthesizing Identity Checkpoints
Throughout the city, special checkpoints allow players to "synthesize" their current identity. Here, they can keep their hands and regain a semblance of control, but the environment remains dangerous, and enemies are always lurking.