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Casual Shapeshifting by M2tias

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made by M2tias for LD35 (COMPO)
This game tells a story about a lone shapeshifter trying to survive. It's controlled by mouse only.

How to play
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Shapeshifting is handled one organ at a time. Organ starts to transform when it is clicked.
When organ is transforming, it does not work and the related bodily functions deteriorate.

Transformation can be stopped any time by clicking and the organ starts working. However, if it is in mid way, the organ only works to a certain degree!

Task is to balance the transformation so that the host doesn't die.

Tools etc. used
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Game was created using Unity with C#.
Music was composed with LMMS and plugins that came with it.
Graphics were drawn with Paint.net.
I used a free font called Inknut Antiqua that can be downloaded from here: https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/inknut-antiqua

Edit: I dropped the embedded link, because URL was broken. Go to itch.io.
Web https://m2tias.itch.io/casual-shapeshifting
Windows http://m2.seri.fi/CasualShapeshiftingX86.zip
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pwJ5-R07hI
Source http://m2.seri.fi/CasualShapeshiftingSource.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=40135

Ratings

Coolness 68% 3
Overall 3.31 378
Audio 2.75 442
Fun 3.11 481
Graphics 2.69 641
Humor 2.20 464
Innovation 3.83 98
Mood 3.09 337
Theme 3.86 141

Feedback

BloodJohn
17. Apr 2016 路 19:55 UTC
that's creepy =)
Guard13007
17. Apr 2016 路 20:01 UTC
When I try to run it: "NoSuchKeyThe specified key does not exist."
馃帳 M2tias
17. Apr 2016 路 20:03 UTC
If you have problems with the embedded version, go to the itch.io page or download the binary. I don't know how much itch.io likes hotlinking the embedded game...
oal
18. Apr 2016 路 08:07 UTC
What an eery experience. It works, for some reason, and it's challenging. Well done, and an interesting use of the theme.
Syldarion
18. Apr 2016 路 08:09 UTC
Very solid design. The ramping difficulty was well done. I was a taken by surprise by the final level, I was so into it. I NEED MORE LEVELS. (Side note, maybe keep the percentage above at all times)
igrir
18. Apr 2016 路 08:14 UTC
It's creepy and fun at the same time :D
GAFBlizzard
18. Apr 2016 路 09:13 UTC
Very clever but very difficult. It took me forever to transform into the snake, and then I lost immediately after (which is apparently intentional).

Apparently it was addictive since I played it like an hour to beat it. :P
Jukepoks1
18. Apr 2016 路 14:43 UTC
I got to the snake. :D It's bit hard to do and needs concentration! nice!
monkeybit29
18. Apr 2016 路 16:40 UTC
I really enjoyed this game, I just couldn't get the lung across. I'm probably going to go back after the review and figure it out, i can't let this one beat me lol. gj
ohmmus
18. Apr 2016 路 16:40 UTC
Woof! fun design, I like "resource management" games, and the creepy twist on it with your game is awesome! Great work, and nice interpretation of the theme!
blockdroppers
19. Apr 2016 路 07:35 UTC
Really neat idea, I liked it
CasualCat
19. Apr 2016 路 07:42 UTC
I was confused for a minute but once I understood what was going on I had a pretty swell time. It was actually pretty challenging, I didn't beat it though because I spent a good 5 minutes trying. I think using the key board would better because sometimes I couldn't click the organ to stop it but maybe thats because I'm using the touch pad right now haha. But the game was really fun!
zoeinfp
19. Apr 2016 路 07:43 UTC
I didn't success this despite giving it a few tries...but the game is very innovative!
Aurel B铆l媒
19. Apr 2016 路 14:07 UTC
Had to try a couple of times to manage the snake shift, the timing was extremely tight. And a lovely twist at the end :)
S茅bastien Bernery
19. Apr 2016 路 19:30 UTC
Simple and efficient ! Very good game.
EdoCreate
20. Apr 2016 路 08:21 UTC
Interesting concept.
Funny and at the same time creepy )
rodobodolfo
20. Apr 2016 路 08:37 UTC
Great! Pretty challenging and fun, would make a good tablet game. It would have been nice to have the information from the start on screen at all time, like what each organ does.
Insality
20. Apr 2016 路 10:39 UTC
oh, what the idea!
nice job, interesting to play ;)
Andre Odendaal
20. Apr 2016 路 12:40 UTC
This is a very addictive puzzle game! It's a bit annoying that the organs move over each other making it difficult to click. The music added to the narrative and stress while playing. Graphics could have been easily enhanced though. I love it!
thedashdude
24. Apr 2016 路 23:28 UTC
Took me a while to figure everything out, but I loved it once I did.
ito123456789
27. Apr 2016 路 18:12 UTC
The most addictive I played this LD.
AndreSilvs
09. May 2016 路 10:53 UTC
A ver unique concept. It was not clear to me at first, but the order in which you should transfer organs depends on the distance they have to "travel" and how they affect other stats. Well done!
lkr
09. May 2016 路 16:01 UTC
That was a unique take on the theme :)
Pretty fun once I understood how to balance the different transformations. Couldn't figure out how to beat the snake level though, but had fun!
The music was creepy and stressful in a good way :)
ashdnazg
09. May 2016 路 16:03 UTC
Less casual than I thought!
It took me some time to figure where I'm wrong (which is good!) and even then there was more thinking to figure how to succeed (which is even better!).
My only beef with this game is how all organs kinda clump together in the middle, which causes some misclicks.