MeatSlicer Developer
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tools/score_weapons.js ranks the arsenal with a behavior-aware model: effective DPS (bounce/boomerang/AoE/DoT multipliers), real engagement range, spread-based accuracy, and damage pool per ammo load. Tier moves: - Cleaver Cadence 0->1 (440px range + return re-hit outguns the starters) - Bile Blunderbuss 1->2 (134 effDPS + slow + pools is secretly a heavy) - The Cauterizer 2->3 (252 effDPS, highest sustained DPS in the game) - The Tenderizer 2->3 (134 effDPS AoE, outscores Spinal Tap) Tiers now: T0 repeater/marrow, T1 cleaver/saw/hemophage/eye, T2 bile/guthook/fleshmasher/trapqueen/redhand, T3 cauterizer/tenderizer/ spinaltap/swarmjar. Smoke test pins the 2/4/5/4 distribution.
MeatSlicer: A Butcher's Descent
Clear, harvest, descend.
MeatSlicer is an endless top-down arena roguelite. You are the Butcher, descending floor by floor through an infinite meat-locker hell: clear rooms of flesh-hungry horrors, draft mutations, stack grotesque passive items into a broken build, kill the boss, take the stairs. The descent never ends — the only question is how deep you get before you're butchered, and whether your score becomes the new best cut.
Documentation index
| Doc | Contents |
|---|---|
| Gameplay Guide | Core loop, controls, player stats, rooms & floors, pickups, leveling, scoring, pressure/difficulty systems, HUD |
| Weapons | All 16 weapons with exact stats, drop tiers, and damage math |
| Items | All 46 passive items, stacking/tier rules, proc numbers, synergies |
| Perks | All 23 Mutation Draft perks, XP curve, draft mechanics |
| Enemies | All 6 enemy types, elites, drops, wave and scaling formulas |
| Bosses | All 9 bosses: rotation, scaling, full attack patterns, counters |
Quick numbers
- 16 weapons (1 infinite-ammo sidearm + 15 special weapons across 4 tiers)
- 46 passive items (stacking, tier cap IX)
- 23 perks (draft 1 of 3 per level-up)
- 6 enemy types (+ elite variants)
- 9 bosses (fixed rotation, one per floor)
- ∞ floors (permadeath, endless descent, high-score chase)
Running the game
Browser (quickest)
play.bat
Serves the game locally at http://localhost:8123 and opens it. Close the minimized server window to stop.
Electron (desktop app)
npm install
npm start
Build a distributable
npm run dist
Packages a Windows zip via electron-builder into dist/.
Tests
npm test
Runs the smoke test (test/smoke.js).
Tech overview
- Stack: plain JavaScript + HTML5 canvas, no framework. Electron wrapper for desktop.
- Entry:
index.htmlloadsjs/main.jsand the game modules directly (no bundler). - Code layout (
js/):main(loop, screens),state(global state),rooms(floor gen),player,input,weapons,bullets,items,perks,pickups,enemies,bosses,hud,sprites,particles,audio,sfx,sfxbank,utils. - Persistence:
localStorageonly (best score, volumes, auto-draft setting).
The fantasy in one paragraph
Rooms lock behind you. The meat waves come in threes. Elites gleam gold and drop the good stuff. Set the Pressure Dial before you descend — the gauge climbs the longer you stay flawless, and every point of score rides it. Every boss — saw, crown, mother, flenser, choir, father, auger, scald — cycles back around, deeper and meaner, until the meat finally wins. Take the meat. Take the stairs.