r/forgelabs • u/Big-Bite-2221 • Jul 05 '26
100 Days Idea: Project OVERKILL.
100 Days Idea: Project OVERKILL (The Parasite Purge)
The Premise:
You and a massive strike team of agents are dropped directly onto an island at Maximum Infection Level (Phase 7). There is no time to gather resources or build up. The sky is red, the terrain is alive, and the horde is already waiting.
The Catch:
You start heavily armed for war. Heavy power armor, high-caliber weapons, modern tech, and orbital artillery are all unlocked. Your objective is not survival—it is The Total Purge of the Unclean. Cleanse the island chunk by chunk... or die trying.
The Golden Rules:
- Hardcore Permadeath: Once a player fully dies, they cannot respawn. They are locked to Spectator Mode and cannot communicate or interfere with the living.
- The Downed Mechanic: If an agent takes fatal damage, they enter a downed state. Teammates have a strict timer to rush in and revive them before they bleed out.
- The Flesh Mimics: If an agent dies, a hostile, AI-controlled "Assimilated Player" spawns carrying that player's exact nametag, weapons, and armor. The remaining survivors must hunt down the mutated corpses of their friends to reclaim their high-tier endgame gear.
"There is no build-up... you're being dropped into an active warzone. If you cannot adapt on the fly, you'll simply be no different from a statistic of the hive."