Playdough School
Injecting wholesome stop-motion charm into the zombie survival genre, Playdough School drops players into a vibrant, clay-molded schoolyard crisis. After spilled modeling dough turns the faculty into doughy ghouls, your goal isn't violence - it's curing every teacher using makeshift schoolyard gadgetry. Featuring a handcrafted Brazilian stop-motion visual design, an open-ended neighborhood to explore, and a faithful canine companion, this adventure seamlessly blends sling-based shooting, vehicle crafting, and multiplayer antics.
Schoolyard loadouts and stop-motion cure mechanics
Saving your transformed faculty requires mastering makeshift launchers and managing ammo types on the fly.
Clay-cleansing weapons and ammo swaps
Rather than lethal hardware, your arsenal features clever classroom contraptions. Rapid-fire chalk launchers strip away hardened clay shields from aggressive principal mobs, while hand sanitizer sprayers melt dough armor at close range. For heavy crowd control, charge up your giant clay-ball launcher to splash cure gel across entire groups of wandering teachers, instantly restoring their human forms.
Neighborhood exploration and companion systems
- Loyal hound support: Your canine companion spots hidden crafting junk, distracts roaming clay zombies, and retrieves stray launcher ammo.
- Open neighborhood quests: Venture past school gates to explore suburban streets, complete neighbor favors, and discover secret weapon blueprints.
- Handmade clay aesthetics: Enjoy tactile, frame-by-frame stop-motion visuals that make every environment feel like a physical craft project.
Junkyard robot pilot crafting, kart racing, and boss battles
- Mech assembly: Scavenge scrap metal across the neighborhood to assemble a piloted giant junkyard robot to crush dense zombie barricades.
- Kart racing minigames: Hop into customizable go-karts to tackle neighborhood time trials or challenge friends in online multiplayer races.
- Story mode boss battles: Face off against giant mutated faculty bosses in multi-phase encounters requiring strategic weapon swaps.
Pro tips for schoolyard heroes
- Save hand sanitizer sprays for tight hallway encounters: Close-range sanitizer bursts clear clay zombie mobs faster than precision slingshot shots.
- Let your dog draw aggro before firing heavy launchers: Wait for your canine buddy to distract faculty mobs to line up multi-cure clay-ball hits.
- Scour scrap heaps early for robot upgrades: Gathering extra junkyard parts before story boss fights makes heavy boss phases vastly easier.
Controls
- Move: WASD / arrows
- Look: Mouse
- Shoot: Left click
- Aim: Right click
- Switch weapon: Mouse wheel or 1-5
- Reload: R
- Run: Shift
- Jump: Space
- Use / talk: E
- Ability: F
- Talc bomb: G
- Heal: Q
- Scooter: V
- 3rd-person camera: C
- Menu: Esc
