Cloud keys

Cloud keys
Overview
Ability	Provides access to bonus levels
Game(s)	Gunbrick: Reloaded

Cloud keys are pickups in Gunbrick: Reloaded. They can be collected to unlock the exclusive bonus isometric levels.

Appearance

Cloud keys are cube-shaped and green with white outlines. Each visible face has a symbol, also outlined in white. This symbol alternates between the cloud download icon and the gunbrick vehicle. The cube rotates around the Y axis and gives off a shine while also bouncing up and down. When changing its image, the cube appears "glitchy" for a brief moment.

Game information

A cloud key that has been collected.

Cloud keys are found in levels 2, 5, 8 and 11 of every main pack in Gunbrick: Reloaded. When they are first introduced, they are often found along the path the player has to traverse to complete the level. In later stages, they may be accessed through hidden passages and can require a certain degree of backtracking. Cloud keys are not tied to specific bonus levels, rather, the player unlocks each subsequent level within the bonus pack regardless of the order they obtain them in.

When the player collects a cloud key, it is replaced with a silhouette of itself. The key is retained even if the player dies within the level and has not activated a checkpoint. Once the player completes the level in which they collected the cloud key, a prompt screen will appear asking the player if they would like to go to the bonus level. If the player selects "Yes", they will immediately be transported to the extra level they unlocked. Finishing the bonus stage then loads the next stage within the main game that has yet to be played. If the player selects "No", they can still access the bonus levels by exiting to the menu screen and selecting the bonus levels pack.

Spoiler
Once all the bonus levels are beaten, the player unlocks the Flash version of Gunbrick, provided that they have already beaten all the levels of the main game.

Locations

Pack 1

• Level 2 - The key is found above the middle column of the 5x5 square of breakable blocks just before the finish pad.
• Level 5 - The key is above the lamp in the area below and to the right of the starting pad. The player should avoid pressing the button on the right side of the small area before they collect this key so that they can use the doors at the bottom to position themselves with the gun facing downwards on the bottom step.
• Level 8 - The key is above the vertical passage lined with rows of red and green blocks after passing the third checkpoint. The player should position themselves so that they can propel upwards to get the key, which may need to be done on the ground where the checkpoint is to avoid activating the buttons before the key is collected.
• Level 11 - The key is found to the left of the first checkpoint with a red block obstructing the path to obtaining it. The player should press the button to the right of the checkpoint to switch the red block off before moving into the short passage to collect it.

Gunbrick Reloaded - Pack 1 Level 2 (with key)

Gunbrick Reloaded - Pack 1 Level 5 (with key)

Gunbrick Reloaded - Pack 1 Level 8 (with key)

Gunbrick Reloaded - Pack 1 Level 11 (with key)

Pack 2

• Level 2 - The key is encountered after the first checkpoint above the second set of the three electric spheres (the ones closest to the elevated platform.
• Level 5 - The key is found just after the first checkpoint above the rightmost of the row of electric spheres, which in turn is above a row of green and red blocks.
• Level 8 - The key is in a hidden passage directly above the first checkpoint. To access it, the player must first ensure their gunbrick has the gun facing upwards when they are on the checkpoint pad so that they can destroy the obstructing blocks. They can then reorient themselves so that the gun is facing downwards to propel up into the concealed area, where the key is directly below a set of platforms among three electric spheres.
• Level 11 - The key is to the far right of the level in an alcove in the ground. It is blocked off by a column of three metal blocks, which require pressing two buttons to move. The buttons are located on the either sides of the walls where the bulk of the main level is contained.

Gunbrick Reloaded - Pack 2 Level 2 (with key)

Gunbrick Reloaded - Pack 2 Level 5 (with key)

Gunbrick Reloaded - Pack 2 Level 8 (with key)

Gunbrick Reloaded - Pack 2 Level 11 (with key)

Pack 3

• Level 2 - The key is located in an alcove to the right of the four red & green switches with the flame in the middle. The player will need to shoot the column of two breakable blocks and avoid the rocketbrick or shoot it to reach the key.
• Level 5 - The key is in a concealed passage directly above the first checkpoint. The player can directly go up without having to destroy any breakable blocks.
• Level 8 - The key is past the first checkpoint, below the bottommost button of this section. It is blocked by a long laser beam, making falling down below the button impossible. To obtain the key, the player must access a hidden passage found just before the finish pad. Aiming the gun downwards, the player should shoot the breakable blocks and then fall down the long passage indicated by the lighter grey columns. Here, they will activate a checkpoint and use magnets to get to a series of alternating short platforms and breakable blocks in order to reach the key. Once the key is collected, the player can propel themselves all the way up a magnet on a protruding part of the wall in the main level to reach the finish pad.
• Level 11 - The key is found after the second checkpoint, in a hole in the ground. The player has to navigate among a flame and rapidly changing red and green blocks. The level where the key is located at is blocked off by breakable blocks, which need to be destroyed in order to be obtained. Most of the ground area where the key is on is covered with red blocks.

Gunbrick Reloaded - Pack 3 Level 2 (with key)

Gunbrick Reloaded - Pack 3 Level 5 (with key)

Gunbrick Reloaded - Pack 3 Level 8 (with key)

Gunbrick Reloaded - Pack 3 Level 11 (with key)