CiCi's Pioneers Shotgun

A double-barrel shotgun for White Knuckle. First item-addition mod for the game.

Features

Starts in your inventory at the beginning of every run
Double-barrel: two shots before you need to reload
Buckshot: 8 pellets per shot in a tight spread — lethal up close, weaker at range
Uses flare ammo: pick up flares to reload (one flare = one shell)
Hand-drawn pixel-art sprites for loaded, recoil, and empty states
Custom sound effects for fire, dry-fire, reload, break-open, break-close, and pellet impacts
Leaves pixel hit marks on walls so you can see where your pellets landed
Corner-friendly pellets: shots can reach targets masked by nearby geometry

How to use

The shotgun spawns in the player's inventory at the start of every run along with a pair of flares. Fire it like any other item — the usual left/right mouse button depending on which hand is holding it. Empty it, then press the reload button (with a flare in your other hand) to break it open and reload.

What's new in v0.2.0

Fixes

Fire animation plays cleanly — no more empty-sprite flash on the last shot
Fixed the "second shot eats the shell without firing" bug
Added a shot cooldown so rapid-clicking no longer cancels the fire animation
Pellets no longer self-damage the player in tight spaces or during a double jump.
Pellets now land on smaller targets reliably (cockroaches, barrels in corners)

New visuals and audio

Proper hand-drawn sprites replacing the old model-screenshot look. (By me: Li-0 on Discord)
First-person hand pose matches the shotgun grip (requires a hand cosmetic equipped to render correctly)
Pellet hits leave a short-lived yellow mark on walls that fades to black
Full sound pass: custom fire, dry-fire, reload, break-open, break-close, impact

Known issues

Marionette bug For some reason white hands are bugged and replaced with the marionette variant. For now use any gloved hands. Working gloved hands (Best: "Leather Gloves", Second best: "Work Gloves (Any)", Winter Gloves).

Credits

CiCi — art, design, sound collection, mod direction
Model made in Blockbench
Source available on the Thunderstore page "Source" tab

For other modders

This is the first item-addition mod for White Knuckle. The Thunderstore page's Source tab shows the decompiled code — everything is open for reference.

Planned features for v0.3.0

Add it to the trinket system
Possibly add custom shells
Custom animations
Custom Grip (With cosmetic support. Vanilla cosmetic hands only)

Features

Starts in your inventory at the beginning of every run

Double-barrel: two shots before you need to reload

Buckshot: 8 pellets per shot in a tight spread — lethal up close, weaker at range

Uses flare ammo: pick up flares to reload (one flare = one shell)

Hand-drawn pixel-art sprites for loaded, recoil, and empty states

Custom sound effects for fire, dry-fire, reload, break-open, break-close, and pellet impacts

Leaves pixel hit marks on walls so you can see where your pellets landed

Corner-friendly pellets: shots can reach targets masked by nearby geometry

How to use

What's new in v0.2.0

Fixes

Fire animation plays cleanly — no more empty-sprite flash on the last shot

Fixed the "second shot eats the shell without firing" bug

Added a shot cooldown so rapid-clicking no longer cancels the fire animation

Pellets no longer self-damage the player in tight spaces or during a double jump.

Pellets now land on smaller targets reliably (cockroaches, barrels in corners)

New visuals and audio

Proper hand-drawn sprites replacing the old model-screenshot look. (By me: Li-0 on Discord)

First-person hand pose matches the shotgun grip (requires a hand cosmetic equipped to render correctly)

Pellet hits leave a short-lived yellow mark on walls that fades to black

Full sound pass: custom fire, dry-fire, reload, break-open, break-close, impact