☣️ SURVIVOR PROTOCOL: BIO-OUTBREAK ☣️

**Survivor Protocol: Bio-Outbreak** is a fast-paced, highly addictive 2D Top-Down Roguelite Horde Survival shooter – built natively for PC and modern Web Browsers!

Guide your chibi operative with his iconic flapping yellow scarf smoothly using the mouse cursor (or classic WASD) through an infected metropolis. Demolish hundreds of charging mutants with 6 concurrent weapons, vacuum entire arenas of XP crystals with Field Magnets, detonate screen-clearing tactical nukes, and evolve your gear into game-breaking EVO super-weapons!

### KEY FEATURES

- 🖱️ **Zero-Delay Mouse Following Locomotion**:

- Responsive top-down movement that smoothly follows your cursor (with a jitter-free deadzone) alongside optional WASD support!

- Tactical pneumatic dash granting invulnerability frames (i-frames) on [Space] or [Right Click].

- ⚡ **Authentic Survivor.io Evolution (EVO) System**:

- **Spirit Shuriken** (Kunai + Boots): Continuous Gatling stream of hyper-velocity homing laser shurikens!

- **The Defender** (Guardian + Armor): 6 permanent giant buzzsaws creating an impenetrable perimeter with massive knockback!

- **Blue Hellfire** (Molotov + Overclock): Massive sea of radiant blue ghost flames burning hostiles at double tick speed!

- **Pressure Radiator** (Disruption Field + Stim): Huge permanent radioactive dome dissolving surrounding swarms!

- **Sharkmaw Torpedo** (RPG + Magnet): Heavy thermonuclear torpedoes triggering 200px screen shockwaves!

- **Thundervolt Matrix** (Lightning + Overclock): Chain lightning storm electrocuting all visible enemies simultaneously!

- 🧲 **Pure Dopamine Drops & Satisfying Soundscape**:

- **Field Magnet**: Instantly vacuums all EXP gems across the entire battlefield directly into the player!

- **Tactical Nuke Bomb**: Annihilates regular swarms, instantly transforming them into bountiful crystals!

- **Roast Meat Medkit**: Restores 50 HP immediately.

- **Ascending Musical Chimes**: Collecting gems triggers an ascending pitch ladder for ultimate satisfaction!

- 🧟 **4 Telegraphed Enemy Archetypes & Boss Health Gauge**:

- **Infected Walker**: Relentless cartoon-eyed swarmers with dramatic knockback flight.

- **Prowler Hound**: High-speed flanker telegraphing a 0.4s charge with red warning line (interruptible!).

- **Acid Spitter**: Bio-mortar halting to glow lime-green before lobbing toxic spit.

- **Titan Goliath (Boss)**: Armored juggernaut with an upright overhead Boss Health Bar and ground slam!

- 💥 **Crunchy Combat Feel & Floating Damage Popups**:

- Floating arcade damage numbers (white for normal, bouncing gold for critical hits).

- Dual-layer Ghost Health Bar with catch-up lag.

- Multi-tier dynamic combo counter (*SAVAGE!*, *RAMPAGE!*, *GODLIKE!*).

- Micro-hitstop & trauma screenshake.

- 🎛️ **Live Parameter Tuning [TAB / F1] & Instant Run Reset [R] in < 1 Frame**.

- 🔊 **20 Procedurally Synthesized 16-Bit Audio Tracks** (Zero External Dependencies).

### CONTROLS

| Action | Key / Input |

| :--- | :--- |

| **Movement** | Mouse Cursor (Follows cursor) or `W`, `A`, `S`, `D` |

| **Tactical Dash** | `Space` / `Shift` / `Right Mouse Button` |

| **Instant Restart** | `R` (Instantaneous in < 1 frame) |

| **Pause Menu** | `Escape` |

| **Debug & Tuning** | `Tab` / `F1` |