Original WebGL: https://www.primitiveconcept.com/games/ludumdare38

Updated WebGL (04-29-2017): https://www.primitiveconcept.com/games/primordialooze

Play as a primordial bacteriophage on an alien world, and take over various coccus-type microbes.

WASD to move. Left and right click to perform attacks/injection. Mouse wheel to change size.

Dash attack (left-click) to damage and immobilize enemies. While immobilized, Inject (right-click) into them to discover more enemy microbes (which can also be injected into). Each microbes contains DNA traits that can raise or lower the microbe's attributes. Inject into the nucleus to take over the host, and fight against other enemies... or just burst out of them to destroy them completely (and restore your health).

Stat changes in child microbes propagate upwards to their hosts, all the way up to the highest-level microbe. Try working your way wall the way down to the root of each enemy, raising as many attributes as you can before finally taking over the top-most microbe!

Some Tips: - The only way to kill enemies is to inject into their nucleus, and then burst out of them with right-click. - Keep injecting until you reach the bottom-most level, then activate DNA traits as you work your way back outward. - Take advantage of the enemies you take over, as they provide a good buffer against other enemies, and dying while inhabiting one will simply eject you, rather than resulting in game-over. - Be careful about simply exiting enemies (by breaking out of the cell wall) if you've raised their attributes. They'll become much more difficult to defeat depending on how you boosted them. - Consider activating max-health upgrades (yellow) last. Causing cells to grow also recreates the nucleus, shuffles the trait positions, and increases the size of the maze. - Stuck in a cell with no center nucleus? Break out of the outer perimeter walls by attacking them. Re-injecting into any cell reconstitutes its nucleus structure.