Arrow Keys to move. Hold spacebar to mind control. Keep holding spacebar to blow up mind controlled enemy. Press E to flick switches. Press R to reset the current screen.
UPDATE: I've taken the downloads down since the game was more broken and buggy than I initially thought! Better luck next compo I guess.
As for the theme you can take over the mind of a spider and use it for pulling levers or kill it, but you can't really use it as a weapon.
I like the idea and concept, but the levels are really basic and doesn't use it to the full extend. It would be awesome to create some sort of puzzle games where you had to take over the spiders and pull the right levers in order to get pass some obstacle. You have some great elements.
The idea was interesting, but there just wasn't all that much going on, unfortunately. I also found the controls a bit weird - mind controlling felt kind of awkward and I found myself having to keep jumping to get over things instead of just getting over it smoothly. Hopefully you can turn this into something a little more complete eventually!
I didn't the way the rooms reset when I left them. I walked off one screen with three spiders on it to a dead end, then when I went back, I got killed at the edge of the screen before I could do anything. I think the game would have benefited from continuous scrolling, since the "levels" were so tiny in real terms.
Ok, renamed it with the file browser, but then I get this error: "no gluegen-rt in java.library.path". There doesn't seem to be a "gluegen" package in Arch Linux repos...
Valid idea, but the game doesn't really use it. Beyond flicking the second switch, mind control is only used as a really slow smart bomb to kill everything on screen. Might have been more fun if you could make the spiders jump at each other and attack. Perhaps also if the environment enabled other spiders to slowly crawl/climb towards your helpless guy, so you would have to get others to chase them down and stop them before it's too late.
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As for the theme you can take over the mind of a spider and use it for pulling levers or kill it, but you can't really use it as a weapon.
I like the idea and concept, but the levels are really basic and doesn't use it to the full extend. It would be awesome to create some sort of puzzle games where you had to take over the spiders and pull the right levers in order to get pass some obstacle. You have some great elements.
It's short, but quite good.
Too bad the spiders can't attack, though...
Still, nice art style and some interesting ideas.
It sometimes took too long to mind control enemies, which could lead to a deathloop on the room with three spiders.