Welcome to Sonic: Lock & Load!
Get Sonic: Lock & Load v1.4.1 "Vibrant Horizons"
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Sonic: Lock & Load is a hyper-fast stylish action first-person shooter based on the Sonic the Hedgehog series of games and built on GZDoom.
It's heavily inspired by the high-speed platforming of Sonic Robo Blast 2, the heavily movement-based FPS gameplay of ULTRAKILL and the stylish action of Devil May Cry.
The current version of Sonic: Lock & Load is v1.4.1 "Vibrant Horizons", part of Season 1: Chaos. See the versions page for a detailed log of each season and version.
Community
You can find Sonic: Lock & Load at these places.
- Official YouTube Playlist: A sort of devlog of the game, where I post updates whenever I feel like it.
- "In The Wild" YouTube Playlist: This is a self-curated collection of other people's videos on the game.
- Sonic Fan Games HQ: This is where I shared S:L&L with the world through SFGHQ's Sonic Amateur Games Expo, both at the SAGE 2022 event and the Christmas SAGE 2023 event.
- ModDB: This is where most people nowadays find it, as a DOOM II mod.
- itch.io: It's also here, for some reason. I forgot why.
- ZDoom Forums: This is the first place I publicly posted about S:L&L, but the thread is inactive.
- Doomworld: This is where I secondly posted about it, but the thread is also inactive.
Author & Support
Sonic: Lock & Load is a solo project by Arsalan "Aeria" Kazmi, released as free software under the GNU General Public License v3, and you can view the source code at GitHub.
If you thought there was a team behind this or something, then, uh... no. Just me.
Sonic: Lock & Load is very much still in its early development stages, despite having come so far. I'm just one guy, and I'm not a miracle worker.
If you want to help with Sonic: Lock & Load or you have some passing comments or questions, send me a message on Twitter at @AeriaVelocity (oh, sorry, """X""") or Sonic Fan Games HQ, and we can work something out. Probably don't reach out on itch.io or Doomworld because I'm never on them nowadays.
If you don't like either of those platforms (and that's entirely fair) email me at sonicspeed848@gmail.com.
I'm currently looking for sprite artists (HUD sprites, weapon sprites, enemy sprites) and level designers, so if you think you can help, feel free to give me a shout.
License
TL;DR: Sonic: Lock & Load is free and open source. You can share it with anyone for free, but you have to stick with the GPL-3.0, and you can't sue me if it breaks.
Copyright (c) 2021-2024, Arsalan "Aeria" Kazmi
Sonic: Lock & Load is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Sonic: Lock & Load is distributed in the hope that it will be fun, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
The GNU General Public License version 3 is available at https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html and is not bundled with copies of Sonic: Lock & Load.
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