Viscera Cleanup Detail

Viscera Cleanup Detail
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Developer(s)	RuneStorm
Publisher(s)	RuneStorm
Engine	Unreal Engine 3
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Genre(s)	Simulation
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Viscera Cleanup Detail (commonly referred to as Viscera, officially abbreviated as VCD) is a science fiction simulation video game where players are tasked to clean up the bloody aftermath of a successfully repulsed alien invasion. The game was developed and published by South Africa-based indie developer studio RuneStorm and was released on April 4, 2014 through Steam Early Access, with the full release available on October 23, 2015.

Gameplay

In Viscera Cleanup Detail, players are given the role of "Space-Station Janitors", tasked with cleaning and repairing facilities that have been the scene of bloody battles during an alien invasion. Tasks include gathering and disposing of debris, including, dismembered bodies of aliens and humans, spent shell casings and broken glass, restocking of wall-mounted first-aid kits, repairing bullet holes in walls, and cleaning of blood splatter and soot marks from floors, walls and ceilings.

To accomplish these tasks, players carry with them a mop, to help clean up any blood pools or soot found around the station, and a sensor device, to detect traces of biological or non-biological messes. Players may also interact with debris and other items with their empty hands. Another addition in a recent patch added to the game, a broom, which players could find lying around every map of the game to help sweep up those pesky bullet casings or other trash deemed worthy of sweeping.

Deployed throughout each level are janitorial machines in which the player must make use of to complete the cleaning operation: An incinerator for disposal of debris, a bucket dispenser which is the only source of clean water, a dispenser for bins that can be used to carry multiple smaller items such as cans, casings and even body parts, a welding device for repairing bullet holes in the walls, and an item vending machine where the player can get additional items such as lanterns, first aid kit restocking supplies, "wet floor" signs and flares. Occasionally, bucket and bin dispensers may malfunction and instead dispense one or more pieces of bloody debris, resulting in additional debris and blood stains to be cleaned up.

It is also possible to spread blood by dropping debris, spilling used buckets, or by the player tracking blood on the bottom of their boots, so some amount of care and planning is necessary to avoid re-cleaning the same area multiple times.

Players may "punch out" at any time to end the level. There is no set time limit, but there are penalties for not fully completing the level.

Stand-alone xpansions

During the development of Viscera Cleanup Detail, RuneStorm created two stand-alone expansions of their own game, which featured the same mechanics but different settings.

• Viscera Cleanup Detail: Shadow Warrior is set in the first chapter of Flying Wild Hog's Shadow Warrior, cleaning up the mess Lo Wang left in the original game. It was released on October 11, 2013 and published by Devolver Digital, who owned the rights to Shadow Warrior.
• Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa's Rampage takes place on the North Pole, inside Santa's workshop. The players find themselves in the aftermath of Santa gone crazy, murdering his elves and reindeers. It was released on December 13, 2013.

Downloadable content

On 17 July 2015, during the game's Early Access phase, RuneStorm released a DLC for Viscera Cleanup Detail, which includes the complete soundtrack that is played by the in-game radio in the main game and both stand-alone expansions.

On 29 October 2015—just six days after the game's full release—a Halloween DLC pack entitled Viscera Cleanup Detail: House of Horror was put up on Steam, featuring a crime scene of a house, where an unsolved mass murder has happened, while the player gets to uncover it during the gameplay.

External links

• Official website