Karlson (3D)

"***Hello, Karlson.***" -Generic Milk Company Name

***DO NOT SPOIL THIS GAME***
Karlson (3D) (sometimes stylized "K A R L S O N" or "KARLSON") is a game Dani is currently working on. The YouTuber Jotaro Music told Dani he can’t make a 3D game and so Dani went to prove him wrong.

As of now, there is no precise release date for it, but it’s speculated it's coming at some point during 2025

## Story mode

*See KARLSON Possible Story.*

You play as Karlson and you're a prisoner and a test subject. You also have a robot companion named Billy. Your only objective is to get to the milk as fast as you can. (This is all of the official story we know as of now.)

### Abilities

The following is a list of abilities Karlson can use:

* Wallrunning and walljumping
* Vaulting
* Crouching, crouch-jumping and sliding
* Grabbing objects
* Grabbing deceased enemies
* Shotgun and explosion jumping
* Breaking glass (causes slow motion)
* milk o' milky bottle
* bo'o'milk
* Breaking doors (requires enough momentum, also causes slow motion)

### Weapons

The following is a list of weapons:

* Pistol- The default weapon. A Glock (34 Generation) pistol was used, housing 7 rounds in its chamber and dealing 2 damage (5 on crits).
* AT-48- The more powerful counterpart to the pistol, with longer reload time, faster fire rate, and greater recoil.
* Shotgun- A spreadshot weapon that fires multiple bullets at once. When fired at the Blue Pads, the player will receive a large jump boost.
* Boomer- Effectively a grenade launcher. The grenades fired will explode, likely dealing large clouds of AoE damage. In the beta, people could jump on grenades before they exploded.
* Sword- The replacement for the Grappling Gun, the Sword is one of the most prominent melee weapons in the game, along with being able to grapple to Grapple Points.
* Knife- The base melee weapon exclusive to the Multiplayer build of Karlson 3D. A bug would cause it to shoot projectiles. Not much is known about this weapon.
* Banagnum- A powerful weapon resembling a revolver encased in a banana peel that can be used as a sniper rifle. Deals 10 damage (20 on crits).

#### Beta Weapons

* Grappling Gun- A grappling hook attached to a gun. The Grappling Gun cannot shoot bullets or projectiles. Replaced with the Sword and Grapple Points.
* Machine-pistol- A larger version of the Pistol that has automatic fire rate but low accuracy, best used to clear crowds, and not recommended for sniping enemies.

### Enemies

The following is a list of enemies:

* Evil Guy- The Evil Guy will follow the player and fire weapons at them.
* Rocket Launchers- Rocket Launchers will spawn Rockets.
* Rocket- Rockets will home in on the player before exploding and dealing AoE damage.
* Robots
	+ Robot- A basic robot with a firearm embedded into their arm.
	+ Big Robot- Has more health and deals more damage.
	+ Milk Bot- A fan-made idea, the sizable Milk Bot can climb walls.
* Cardboard Cutout- A training enemy to demonstrate killing a robot.

#### Removed enemies

* Yellow Guy- The Yellow Guy would run around and shoot guns at the player. Replaced by the Evil Guy.

### Bosses

The following is a list of bosses:

* Willy

No other bosses have been revealed yet, however some fans have suggested Drilly, one of Willy's siblings. Dani has taken this into suggestion, although we do not have any news about them yet.

### Objects

The following is a list of objects:

* Milk
* Breakable Doors
* Breakable Walls
* Explosive Barrel
* Lava
* Grapple Points
* Rocket Launchers
* Bounce Pads
* Blue Pads (activated by Shotgun)
* Buttons
* Tables
* Cabinets
* Computers

### Levels

We don't know anything about the order for the levels yet, but we have seen several level maps in the devlogs, some of which were only test levels.

#### Levels from the free demo

Dani once released a free demo of the game and here are the levels:

* Tutorial (introduces us to simple wallrunning, sliding and using bounce pads.)
* Sandbox 0
* Sandbox 1
* Sandbox 2
* Escape 0
* Escape 1
* Escape 2
* Escape 3
* Sky 0
* Sky 1
* Sky 2 (introduces spinning elements)

Dani revealed that after his programming license expired, he started working on making the older levels better. From a clip explaining that, we will find out that an older level might be edited to add a slanted tunnel, walls with gaps in them, ramps and whatnot, and another test level to introduce ramps, ramp angles, vault heights, pillars you can't vault on and jumping through gaps.

### Bios

In one of Dani’s subreddit videos, he showed some progress on what’s done and will be worked on, and one of those things are bios. These are likely going to be about the characters of the game. Not much else is known yet.

### Map editor

    The map editor is something Dani has mentioned multiple times in his devlogs. As of now, however, nothing of it has been made or revealed until the devlog that brought the Banana Gun (commonly attributed to Dani as the banagnum). Dani has asked his fans for level ideas to speed up the process. A sneak peek of the map editor is simply 4 walls, 2 to wallrun on, 2 acting as the ground.

## Other Modes

### Time trial mode

Not a lot is revealed about Time Trial mode yet, but it is best to assume it will be commonly used for speedruns. Dani has found a bug where the timer starts immediately and not when the player moves. It is a minor bug and has likely been fixed.

### Endless mode

Endless mode takes place in several arenas, although Dani has only revealed one to the public, where infinite waves of enemies spawn in areas that are not within the player's field of view and roam around trying to kill the player. He says he thinks it can be useful to learn basic abilities, like wallrunning and precise shooting, but the main reason he uses it is because he can "endlessly dunk on robots". It is unknown whether or not the Evil Guy will be added to arenas.

### Custom maps

Custom maps are levels created through the map editor. It is unknown how you can load an existing level, but it's most likely through a save code mechanism.

### Multiplayer

Another challenge requested by Dani's YouTube comments was to make a multiplayer game, so Dani made multiplayer as a part of Karlson 3D. Currently, the multiplayer mode consists of only FFA, one map and has only 3 weapons: a fast-firing pistol, a powerful machine-pistol, and a knife. The damage system appears to be different than in the single player, though it is subject to change.

The fast-firing pistol deals around 40 damage and kills in 3 hits. The powerful pistol and the knife are instant kills, each kill awards 10 points. The gameplay will likely change in the future as Dani modifies the game.

## Trivia

* According to Dani himself, it will release some time during the year 2069, but this is likely a joke and will probably release in 4 months to 3 years.
* The only other 3D first person games to not entirely have a bean as the character are Ogga Bogga, Re: Run, Crab Game, and Muck. (Even now, the player in Karlson 3D is still a bean with arms, although this is subject to change.)
* This game is a prequel to Milkman Karlson, more info here. (confirmation needed)
* The 3rd chapter "Rooftops" may be a reference to the books "Karlsson on the Roof" and "Karlsson flies again".
* According to Dani, he said that karlson will "probably" cost $10, but, when the karlson is released, he will give a 50% discount for a few days.
* Oh, you don't know what Karlson is? Karlson is just a little game that im working on and is currently the 19th most wishlisted game on steam, so SMASH wishlist now boners!

## External links

He Said I Couldn't Make a 3D Game... So I Made One!

I Made A 3D Game To Prove Him Wrong (Part 2)

They Said I Couldn't Make An Online Multiplayer Game... So I Made One!

I Accidentally Made An Evil Robot My Friend

Making A Game Because He Said I Couldn't

Programming A Boss Battle For My Game

Adding New Weapons To My Game

Adding A Banana Gun To My Game (Warning: This video is age restricted. [Dani, making the Evil Guy model: But the most important detail is his A\*S, which is looking kinda thin.])

itch.io page)

Steam link

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