Dredd Speed and the Robot Rebellion

Dredd Speed and the Robot Rebellion's title screen

Dredd Speed and the Robot Rebellion is a bullet hell twin-stick shooter video game created by one-man independent game developer Mike "Jamul" Hommel of Hamumu Software for the Boys' Life magazine (now known as Scout Life). It was originally released on October 1, 2012, and taken down from the official Boys' Life website in 2020 when Flash was shut down.

Dredd Speed and the Robot Rebellion is currently available through Hamumu's public source code archive, where it is stored under the file name dreddspeed_unlocked.swf. It has also been archived as part of BlueMaxima's Flashpoint, a nonprofit webgame preservation project.

Gameplay

Controls

Dredd Speed and the Robot Rebellion is played like a typical twin-stick shooter. Players can control Dredd's movement by using their keyboard and Dredd's weaponry by using their mouse.

Movement

Key pressed	Action
↑ 8 W	Move Dredd upward
← 4 A	Move Dredd leftward
↓ 5 S	Move Dredd downward
→ 6 D	Move Dredd rightward

Combat

Key pressed	Action
Mouse press	Fire Dredd's weaponry
CTRL SPACE Q E 7 9	Use Dredd's backpack/jetpack (only applicable once his ability has recharged)

Constructomat 2700

“	Drag collected junk items into the four green construction hexes. The resulting item can be equipped by dragging it to the Equipped Gear. This will destroy your current item in that slot! You can't have two of the same type of junk in an item, like two Coils. Junk lower in the grid is more powerful.	”
—In-game manual

The Constructomat 2700 is where the player can view the junks they have collected, the gears they're currently equipping, as well as a construction area, in which 4 types of junks can be combined into a single gear.

Junks

There are 8 types of junks available in the game, all of which are obtained from destroying enemy bosses. 34 different junk variants are present in total.

Junks
Type	Coil	Capacitor	Plating	Cable
Code	0	1	2	3
I	Copper	Electron	Steel	Fiber Optic
II	Platinum	Megawatt	Vanadium	USB
III	Ion	Solar	Dual Layer	Monofilament
IV	Plasma	X-Ray	Ablative	Ion-Shielded
V	Warp	Cortical	Biomimetic	Nanofiber

Junks
Type	Crystal	Reactor	Processor	Catalyst
Code	4	5	6	7
I	Sleestak
II	Quantum	Thermal
III	Dolomite	Fusion	Deuterium
IV	Fusion	Gigaflux	AI	Alpha
V	Galaxium	Gamma Pulse	Quantum	Omega

Gears

A total of 30 gear variants are available in the game: 10 helmets, 10 guns, and 10 backpacks. Combining 4 eligible types of junks in the Constructomat 2700 will allow the player to create a specific gear.

A gear's tech level is determined by the class of each junk used. For example, four Class-III junks will create a level-12 gear, while two Class-I junks and two Class-II junks will create a level-6 gear. The gear's tech level will then influence its stats and overall effectiveness.

Helmet

Dredd Head
	｟Combination: 0124｠	"Dredd's classic helmet! Offers basic upgrades."

Tech Level	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Armor	1	2	3	4	6	7	8	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Damage Boost	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	8.12	11.25%	14.37%	17.5%	20.62%	23.75%	26.87%	30%

Nanorepair Drone
	｟Combination: 0125｠	"An automated drone follows you around, repairing damage."

Tech Level	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Recharge	10s	10s	10s	10s	10s	10s	10s	10s	10s	10s	10s	10s	8s	6s	4s	2s
Repair	1.75	2.5	3.25	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Armor	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	5	6	7	7	7	7	7

Blast Buddy
	｟Combination: 0235｠	"Gives you a laser-blasting buddy bot!"

Defendo-Hat
	｟Combination: 0146｠	"Stylish, and it surrounds you with an energy shield for a short time whenever you're hit!"

Targeting Goggles
	｟Combination: 0156｠	"Don't use the force - flip down your visor and let technology do the work! Your attacks will have a chance of doing extra damage."

Hot Head
	｟Combination: 1246｠	"When two guns aren't enough, wear one on your head too!"

Proximity Laser
	｟Combination: 1347｠	"Fry enemies that get too close with this handy helmet."

Fishbowl
	｟Combination: 2467｠	"The Arcturian Goldfish is known for its unique ability to survive in a vacuum. They also swarm in circles. Let some swarm around you and take hits for you! The other great thing about them is that they explode when shot!"

Charge Inducer
	｟Combination: 2345｠	"Generates a constant pulse of zero-point energy, causing your Jetpack equipment to recharge more quickly!"

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Gun

Dredd Blaster
	｟Combination: 0123｠	"Dredd's classic blaster! A simple but effective energy bolt weapon."

Missile Pod
	｟Combination: 1234｠	"Rapid fire homing rockets, to show the robots how you feel."

Swarm Storm
	｟Combination: 0135｠	"Disperses a constant stream of deadly swarming darts!"

Dual Shock
	｟Combination: 0245｠	"Electrocutes nearby enemies constantly. Twice!"

Laser Beam
	｟Combination: 0126｠	"Every spaceman needs a laser beam! Burns right through enemies."

Shock Orb
	｟Combination: 0356｠	"Fires a slow ball of lightning that electrocutes badguys as it passes them."

Shredder
	｟Combination: 1345｠	"Spits out a wild burst of razor sharp spikes, shredding everything in sight."

Plasma Cutter
	｟Combination: 0267｠	"A handy tool for cutting robots in half, with a continuous plasma flame."

Rebounder
	｟Combination: 0256｠	"Recent advances in flubber technology resulted in this pistol with bolts that bounce off of walls and enemies."

Heavy Blobber
	｟Combination: 0127｠	"Outlawed in nine systems, this gun lobs massive bombs... very very slowly."

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Backpack

Dredd Booster
	｟Combination: 0134｠	"Dredd's classic jetpack! Activate to rocket at high speed."
Level Speed Duration Recharge 4 (lowest) 50% 2s 30s 20 (highest) 400% 10s 10s

Boombox
	｟Combination: 0234｠	"Nothing safer than strapping a thermonuclear warhead to your back! Activate to blow up everything."
Level Damage Recharge 4 (lowest) 20 90s 20 (highest) 100 30s

Crystalis Pod
	｟Combination: 0145｠	"Surround yourself with an impenetrable crystal shell for a short time!"
Level Duration Recharge 5 (lowest) 1.06 60s 20 (highest) 5 10s

EMP Device
	｟Combination: 0345｠	"Vaporize all enemy bullets and inflict some damage to boot. This also disables enemy weapons for a few seconds."
Level Damage Disable Recharge 5 (lowest) 20 1.12s 40s 20 (highest) 100 3s 10s

Missile Pack
	｟Combination: 1456｠	"Launch a massive barrage of missiles all over the place!"
Level Missiles Damage Recharge 7 (lowest) 10 15each 75s 20 (highest) 40 25each 30s

Medpack
	｟Combination: 0236｠	"Technically this repairs armor, but it's really classic to call it a medpack."
Level Repair Recharge 6 (lowest) 3 60s 20 (highest) 16 30s

Chrono Trigger
	｟Combination: 2456｠	"Lock all enemy robots in a stasis field for a short time."
Level Duration Recharge 7 (lowest) 1s 67.5s 20 (highest) 6s 30s

Minelayer
	｟Combination: 1346｠	"Lay high-explosive charges, then hope the robots run into them!"
Level Damage Recharge 6 (lowest) 37.5 20s 20 (highest) 90 5s

Ultraburner
	｟Combination: 0257｠	"This specially modified jetpack emits a beam of devastating energy instead of a jet to move you around. Fry the robots!"
Level Damage Duration Recharge 8 (lowest) 60/s 0.5s 60s 20 (highest) 90/s 3s 20s

Berserker Device
	｟Combination: 1567｠	"Supercharge your weapons to fire faster for a short time!"
Level Fire Rate Duration Recharge 10 (lowest) 170% 2s 75s 20 (highest) 200% 6s 30s

Star Map

As seen in the Star Map, there are 40 "sectors", or levels, available in the game, with each sector containing a single robot core. Defeating a sector's core will cause several random junks to be dropped. The game will not end until the player has collected every single loot.

Should the player lose a round in this game, the player will be sent back to the Star Map with only their progress in that sector wiped out.

Storyline

Introduction

The player is first greeted with the news that the robot SpyNet has gone haywire, thus causing multiple robot cores to go rogue. The player character, Dredd Speed, is sent on a dangerous mission to eliminate the threat, starting from Sector A-1 and slowly climbing their way to SpyNet, the final boss.

Victory

Spoiler ahead! Caution is advised.

Victory screen

“	You know... Maybe SpyNet wasn't such a good idea after all. But nice work, Dredd! You saved the galaxy!	”
—Victory message

By beating SpyNet at Sector E-8 (unlocked after Sector D-8 or E-7), the player will be rewarded with a special victory screen. It isn't necessary to beat all the remaining sectors to get to this stage.

Do note that achieving victory will not reset the player's progress at all.

Development history

Hamumu's Develog

The development of Dredd Speed and the Robot Rebellion was showcased in several of Hamumu's develog videos.

Develogs
Develog number	URL	Showcased features
1	https://youtu.be/QQZisDqEi7U	-
2	https://youtu.be/JneIXX7w7CY	-
3	https://youtu.be/V-abVXr0eGE	-
4	https://youtu.be/9F1SEHOdncA	-
5	https://youtu.be/-2gHjfEywDI	-
6	https://youtu.be/YWo4cmsiKjE	-
7	https://youtu.be/6BRCgnSbGTA	-

Music

Dredd Speed and the Robot Rebellion features two tracks originally composed by Deceased Superior Technician of nosoapradio.us, both of which were licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

Deceased Superior Technician has since taken down their music archive due to an unknown reason; a mirror can currently be found here.

Tracks
Title	Length (in-game version)	Length (original version)	Download links
RockitFlareX	3:27	3:27	In-game version
			Original version
TacticalSpace	2:34	3:41	In-game version
			Original version

Trivia

• Dredd Speed and the Robot Rebellion is one among many Flash games created by Hamumu Software for the Boys' Life magazine. Among these games are Pedro Kicks Back, Scouts Vs. Aliens!, Pee Wee’s Nightmare!, Pedro and the Pearls of Peril, Ollie Goes to Town, Pedro and the 100-Year Quest, Mad Planet, Pedro’s Space Adventure 2.