Crossbow

A crossbow is a short, strong bow fixed crosswise on a wooden stock.

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Shelf: Medieval
Kind: Built from a recipe
Sound: Yes
Hands-on: Yes
Licenses: CC0

How to play

Tap it to shoot a bolt; the string snaps and a new bolt loads.

Its controls

Control	Kind	Range	Start
Shoot	Tap
Shoot	Button

About it

A crossbow is a short, strong bow fixed crosswise on a wooden stock. The drawn string is held back by a catch, so it can wait until the trigger lets it go. It shoots short, thick arrows called bolts. Crossbows were used in China more than 2,000 years ago and later all over medieval Europe, and today people shoot them at targets as a sport.

Tap it: the trigger lets the string go, the string snaps forward with a buzz and the bolt flies off along its groove. Then the string is drawn back and a new bolt appears. With ✋ Hands-on on, it starts cocked: tap it to pull the trigger and the bolt flies, then pull the string back until it clicks onto the catch, and a new bolt lies in the groove.

Details

Splats: Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 59,999 at Low, and up to 230,000 at Max

Sources and credits

Work	By	License
Bow Release (Bow and Arrow) 3 (bow-and-target-release.mp3)	Ali_6868	CC0 1.0

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