Controls:
E S D F: Move
Mouse left click: Shoot
Mouse right click: Aim (hold)
A: Sprint (hold)
R: Reload
W: Switch weapon
Space: Use / interact
C: Inventory
Tab: Full map
G: Minimap
V: Flashlight
Q: Switch outfit
F1: Menu
Fight through each campaign map and reach the level exit to finish the stage.
Break open crates and search the map for weapons, ammo, armor, and consumables.
Watch your ammunition and reload before you walk into the next room, not during the fight.
Your character earns experience, levels up, and gains skill points between fights.
Spend those points and manage your inventory - guns, melee, armor, mods, outfits, and backpacks - to build the character you want.
Gear has level and quality limits, so better equipment becomes usable as you advance.
Checkpoints save your progress on long maps, and the flashlight helps in dark areas.
The HUD tracks your kills, opened crates, and secrets found.
Tip: Open every crate. Ammo and armor are what keep a run alive, and a full clip before a door is worth more than any upgrade!
Empty Clip is a top-down action RPG with real-time shooting.
You move through linked campaign maps from a bird's-eye view, fight monsters and destructible crates, and can track kills, opened crates, and found secrets on the HUD.
Checkpoints save your place on long maps; reaching the level exit finishes the stage and shows a score summary.
Between runs, your character earns experience, levels up, spends skill points, and manages an inventory of guns, melee, ammo, armor, consumables, and weapon mods.
Gear has quality and level limits that depend on how far you have advanced.
Outfits and multiple backpacks add build variety.
Optional hardcore mode makes death far more punishing.
"Beating" the game in practice means learning each map, surviving combat, looting smartly, and clearing the campaign arc.
Boss-related keys can reveal foes on the minimap.
Achievements reward strict challenges (e.g. full clear per run, fist-only or weapon-restricted runs, no lava).
