## About this template

Looter shooters are progress machines. Players shoot enemies, collect weapons and gear with randomized stats, and use those upgrades to access harder content that drops even better loot. The loop is addictive by design. The best ones add so much build variety that no two players approach the endgame the same way.

Build the endgame you want by describing your loot system and content structure. Summer Engine helps you design the weapon affixes, the stat systems, the activity types. The AI builds the loot engine while you focus on the things that make your game distinct: the weapons that feel amazing, the enemies that create challenge, the world players want to explore.

The gear treadmill needs a reason to run. Great looter shooters pair the progression loop with an activity mix that keeps players engaged: story missions for new players, strikes for groups, raids for the most committed. Each activity unlocks specific gear that feeds back into the next tier of content.

## Who it's for

* Teams building a live-service shooter with ongoing seasonal content and a persistent player base.
* Designers who want to create deep build diversity through randomized weapon rolls and stat systems.
* Anyone inspired by Destiny, Borderlands, or The Division who wants to build their own loot-driven universe.
* Studios planning a games-as-service model where end-game content drives long-term retention.

## Highlights

* ### Loot System Prototype  
Build a working randomized loot engine with rarity tiers, stat affixes, and a comparison system. The foundation every looter shooter needs before content design begins.
* ### Co-op Strike Activity  
Design a repeatable 3-player mission type with a challenging boss, specific loot rewards, and a difficulty tier that scales with player gear level.
* ### Open World Patrol Zone  
Build an open explorable zone with ambient AI enemies, event spawns, and scattered loot chests that rewards casual exploration between story missions.

# Looter Shooter

Build a loot-driven third-person or first-person shooter where gear rarity, build diversity, and escalating content create a game players return to for hundreds of hours. Describe your vision and Summer Engine builds it with you.

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## Highlights

### Randomized loot

Weapons and armor drop with randomized rolls. Players spend hours chasing the perfect combination of stats and perks for their build.

### Build diversity

Different perk combinations enable radically different playstyles. A player who optimizes for crits plays nothing like one who builds for area damage.

### Activity mix

Players choose between story missions, repeatable strikes, exploration zones, and endgame raids. Each activity type targets a different engagement pattern.

### Power progression

Gear has a power level that gates content. Getting stronger enough to tackle the next challenge tier is a constant motivator.

## Features

* ### Randomized loot engine  
Weapons and armor drop with a base archetype and randomized secondary stats, perks, and affix combinations. Rarity tiers (common, rare, legendary, exotic) determine how many rolls a piece can have.
* ### Power level and gear score system  
Each piece of gear has a power level. Player power level is averaged across equipped gear. Higher power gates harder content which drops higher power gear.
* ### Class and subclass system  
Players pick a class that determines their special ability. Subclass trees unlock modifiers that change how the ability works. Gear perks interact with class abilities.
* ### Activity director and enemy scaling  
Enemy difficulty scales to the current activity tier. Activity director spawns modifiers that rotate weekly to keep repeatable content feeling fresh for regular players.

## Genre fit

* Shooter
* RPG
* Loot
* Co-op
* Action
* Desktop
* Gamepad
* Handheld

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