Friendly neighborhood parasite by nitrik

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made by nitrik for LD32 (COMPO)
You are a sentient parasite, an unconventional
weapon crafted for one purpose: to find and kill
the nefarious Baron von Tophat!

You have no control over your host, but may jump
to other nearby life forms. Your lifespan is 110
seconds; after this time has elapsed, you will
automatically kill your current host.

Use the left and right arrow keys (or [A] and [D]) to switch hosts.

I would have liked to add more interesting things for the hosts to do, and many more "dead ends", but time constraints are time constraints. I think this idea would be fun to spend a bit more time on, and maybe flesh out the characters a bit more by adding more animations/interactions.


(Note: built using Unity, therefore web link may not work in chrome)

Font credit: Style-7
http://www.1001fonts.com/double-pixel-7-font.html

Ratings

Coolness 0% 2469
Overall 3.53 243
Fun 3.00 580
Innovation 3.88 99
Theme 4.19 41

Feedback

Garris
20. Apr 2015 · 22:00 UTC
Interesting concept, and good use of theme. Some kind of background music would have been nice, as well as a little more direction as to where we are supposed to end up, or where the target was.
dusho
21. Apr 2015 · 17:56 UTC
nice idea
could use more people to jump at..
Squeka
22. Apr 2015 · 01:15 UTC
Amazing idea, especially I like the dead message xD.
A restart feature (I had to reload each time) would be nice. Also, a fast forward especially to see more of the dead messages which are fun to read xD.
Dining Philosopher
23. Apr 2015 · 14:41 UTC
Yay, Icecream!
kristof
28. Apr 2015 · 17:09 UTC
The pixel art looks very good! I also like the idea of jumping hosts, but I think the gameplay needs some more work. Some more interactions with the world would make it more fun I think. Still, nice work.
flummox3d
01. May 2015 · 09:58 UTC
Awesome little game, needs music though :)
Sergi Montaner
04. May 2015 · 19:16 UTC
Nice idea and graphics.
My critic is that sometimes you can't do other things but wait, which is frustrating.
SledKnight
07. May 2015 · 02:21 UTC
Very nice entry! Killed the smoking man... lol Enjoyed.