Attention, Soldiers!
The clock is ticking, and the voting for Indie of the Year 2024 on IndieDB is coming to an end! This is the final call to support Only Lead Can Stop Them and help us secure a spot in the Top 100. You don’t even need to register - just visit a link and vote for Only Lead Can Stop Them.
If you’ve enjoyed blasting through trenches, castles, and battlefields, now’s your chance to show some love for our retro FPS. Every vote counts, and your support means the world to us!
As you cast your vote, here’s a small detail from the game’s development that we wanted to share - secret levels. These unique maps gave our designers the chance to experiment with layouts and create something different from the main campaign.
Have you ever awoken from a deep slumber and wondered whether all those things you just experienced were real or not? That's the kind of fever dreams Only Lead's secret levels were based on. Sticking out quite a bit from the more grounded levels in each episode, the secret levels crank the supernatural and weird up to 11. When they were designed, they were intentionally made to divert from the rest of the episode. A map where the level designer could go a bit crazy with the structures and layouts and experiment with the assets. A place where the players would ask themselves afterwards; "Did that really happen?". The player's fever dream. Unbelievable structures and dungeons hiding just out of sight for the average freedom fighter. Some are reachable directly, if you know the path. Other hidden carefully, only found by the most perceptive minds.
The citadel walls have an old poem carved in stone that reads:
"To view the darkness, blood red must be turned to light. When all is prepared, you may descend into eternal night. Three clicks to reveal what's hidden, one to break the spell. When the woman dances to the heavens, down you shall go to hell."
