GERMS: A Ghost Story by matt
Control a germ as you try to kill a person.
To win, kill the big red square in the guy's stomach.
Controls:
WASD - Move
Mouse - Aim and shoot germs. Hold down to charge up.
Notes:
1) Parts of the game sometimes break, like germs disappearing when they shouldn't and the germs you shoot not doing damage when they should.
2) The purple square that follows you doesn't do anything. The idea was that this is medicine that kills you if it catches up to you. It gives you a sort of time limit that's more than just a clock on the screen. It also keeps you from just collecting germs in the beginning where white blood cells can't hit you. I thought that this was a cool idea, but I didn't implement it because I didn't feel like it.
3) I haven't really tested the difficulty of the game so it might be very hard(or easy) to beat.
To win, kill the big red square in the guy's stomach.
Controls:
WASD - Move
Mouse - Aim and shoot germs. Hold down to charge up.
Notes:
1) Parts of the game sometimes break, like germs disappearing when they shouldn't and the germs you shoot not doing damage when they should.
2) The purple square that follows you doesn't do anything. The idea was that this is medicine that kills you if it catches up to you. It gives you a sort of time limit that's more than just a clock on the screen. It also keeps you from just collecting germs in the beginning where white blood cells can't hit you. I thought that this was a cool idea, but I didn't implement it because I didn't feel like it.
3) I haven't really tested the difficulty of the game so it might be very hard(or easy) to beat.
Ratings
| Coolness | 100% | 1 |
| Overall | 2.89 | 477 |
| Audio | 2.27 | 511 |
| Fun | 2.57 | 572 |
| Graphics | 2.38 | 691 |
| Humor | 3.09 | 112 |
| Innovation | 2.98 | 407 |
| Mood | 2.74 | 387 |
| Theme | 3.74 | 90 |
I didn't like the controls, more acceleration would make them easier.
Pretty fun game that fits the theme.
Is it a bit grindy, like other players said.
I also couldn't kill the white blood cells. Was I supposed to hurl germs at them?
And yeah, you're supposed to shoot germs at the white blood cell cannons. It's pretty buggy though and sometimes doesn't work.
As for the grind, I just didn't feel like fine-tuning things on Sunday because I'm lazy. I think it could be fixed in a few ways, like adding germs and making the player move faster.
I thought the difficulty spiked really hard at the big red square.
What is the big red square? Is it his self-doubt? Pancreas?