Mimicry by WesternPlains

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made by WesternPlains for LD35 (JAM)
You are a mimic, a monster that can turn into inanimate objects. You find yourself trapped in an unfamiliar place, surrounded by guards. You must find your way back to the outside world.

The only way to progress is to learn from your surrounding, find more items to transform into, listen to each guard, and present them with that which they desire the most... and then while they're distracted, eat them.

Use WASD or the arrow keys to move, number keys 1-8 to select the object to transform into, and space to transform. Best played with headphones.

Our first foray into Unreal!

Credits:
Ben Whittaker (nebhack.ca)
Jeff Lyons
Jonathan Umar-Khitab
Joshua Santos
Tejas Gandhi (https://soundcloud.com/fenikkusu)

Ratings

Coolness 41% 1483
Overall(Jam) 3.95 71
Audio(Jam) 3.75 121
Fun(Jam) 3.85 69
Graphics(Jam) 3.48 457
Humor(Jam) 4.16 21
Innovation(Jam) 3.60 177
Mood(Jam) 3.35 344
Theme(Jam) 4.30 21

Feedback

vethan
20. Apr 2016 路 14:01 UTC
This was fun! The guards sounds were funny I liked it!
mountainstorm
21. Apr 2016 路 17:12 UTC
I like lots of the small details; text on the wall tops etc
Freank
24. Apr 2016 路 09:46 UTC
Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description
馃帳 WesternPlains
27. Apr 2016 路 20:21 UTC
For sure, Freank! Sorry I'm only getting to this now, I was at a convention. I've added it at http://www.indiexpo.net/en/games/mimicry
ConorOD
27. Apr 2016 路 21:19 UTC
The concept is pretty similar to my game! Loved this, really funny, well executed, great stuff!
ryjcio
27. Apr 2016 路 21:22 UTC
Hey, I like it very much! I was dissapointed because you didn't give a player any award after win, but the whole game is very cool and well designed!
CaptainPilot
27. Apr 2016 路 21:44 UTC
Really good game - one of my favourites I've played so far :) Nice one!
Nexus64
27. Apr 2016 路 22:30 UTC
Excellent game. In fact, so good that my browser almost crash with it (the windows version run fine).
medidog
27. Apr 2016 路 22:58 UTC
Fun game. I ran into an issue: in the corridor, where there are two guards in opposite rooms, right after i ate one of the guards, the other one caught me so i kept on spawning in that exact spot, and the guard is there still, so it just went into an infinite loop. Other than that, really nice game.
zookatron
27. Apr 2016 路 23:30 UTC
Pretty cool game! The audio lines were funny :) Nice and straightforward to learn and play, and good use of the theme. Very solid game, you should be really proud of yourselves!
rjhelms
28. Apr 2016 路 01:54 UTC
I had a lot of fun with this. The voice acting was pretty decent, and made for a nice take on the theme.
retrograze
28. Apr 2016 路 02:10 UTC
I couldn't run the game on Web for some reason...something about it ran out of memory??!?
KairosXIII
28. Apr 2016 路 02:55 UTC
Web version doesn't work, "out of memory"
gelisam
28. Apr 2016 路 03:29 UTC
The web version takes a long time to load, then displays "area for memory initializer should not have been touched before it's loaded"
馃帳 WesternPlains
28. Apr 2016 路 04:10 UTC
There seems to be a bit of an issue with the web version. We're taking a look into it, but if there's any trouble please download the game as we can confirm that the version works.
馃帳 WesternPlains
28. Apr 2016 路 05:04 UTC
Web version should be working again
mike.cullingham
28. Apr 2016 路 05:34 UTC
Hilarious sounds and on-theme gameplay. I had a good time playing this. Very nicely done.
divegato
28. Apr 2016 路 17:15 UTC
I really liked the game, good take on the theme and it was fun. The game was super laggy in web, but overall a great entry.
Dr. Funkenstein
28. Apr 2016 路 19:06 UTC
GREAT GRAPHICS AND SOUND. I HAVE DONE SOME MONSTER DESIGN IN THE PAST AND I WISH I HAD CREATED YOURS
TheCain
06. May 2016 路 03:34 UTC
The dialogue is where this one shines.