Meat City

How to play Meat City

1. The camp. You look after a camp of survivors. Each survivor eats food and drinks water every day, so you go out on raids for supplies. The top of the screen shows the day, the number of survivors, their morale and your stockpiles. Pick a location on the Raid tab and tap Start raid. Before you go, check what you're carrying on the Gear tab.

2. Controls. Drag on the left side of the screen to move and on the right side to look. Hold Fire to shoot; you can drag while holding it to aim. The arc around Fire shows how much is left in the magazine. The compass at the top marks the exits: green ones are open, grey ones are closed. On a computer, use WASD and the mouse, E to interact, R to reload and Tab for your bag.

3. Search for supplies. Walk up to a cabinet, locker, crate or body and tap Use (it pulses when something is in reach). Searching takes a moment and makes some noise. Then take what you need. Your bag has limited slots and weight, and carrying too much slows you down.

4. Stay quiet. The infected come towards noise. Gunshots are loud, running is louder than walking, crouching is quietest, and melee weapons are nearly silent. Use Heal to stop bleeding and recover health.

5. Get out. Head to an exit on the compass and stand in it until the bar fills. Some exits only open late in the raid, and some need an item, such as a fuel can. If you extract, you keep everything you're carrying. If you die or the timer runs out, you lose your whole kit, and dying also costs you that survivor.

6. Build up the camp. Each raid takes one day. Food, water and parts you bring back go straight into the stockpiles. Use parts and materials on the Build tab for more beds, storage, carrying capacity and daily food and water. A watchtower and a radio open up new places to raid. The Craft tab makes ammo and medical supplies. Keep everyone fed and morale up, and more survivors will join; let it slip and they'll leave.

AI was used in the creation of this game.