Crowd Control

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.89
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.56
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.63
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.22
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.52
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.88
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★49%
I managed to finish, though the game is a bit lacking... I now officially hate my alarm clock.

Instructions:

You are Cthulhu. Some pesky humans have decided to wake you up from a nice nap and the only fitting punishment is death and madness.

By being in close proximity to you, humans will go mad. When humans reach a certain level of insanity, they will start attacking each other, and the most insane of them all will join a cult worshipping you.

Your goal is to drive everyone insane in the shortest time possible.

I had planned to include two skills which would vary the gameplay a bit, but a bug that refused to go away when I had 20 minutes left stopped me from doing so, unfortunately. You can see what I had planned in the Instructions menu.

Also, I didn't have time to animate the sprites. Just pretend that Cthulhu is taking large, earth-shattering steps . ;)

(Use the arrow keys to navigate the menu.)

screenshot

Comments9

Somfunambulist17 Dec 2012, 05:31
This game is very simple, but very satisfying! Seeing the number climb as my minions spread out was extremely gratifying. And even though the sprites weren't animated, I thought they looked very nice.
ZwodahS17 Dec 2012, 05:46
I thought the map is kind of big =)
loren17 Dec 2012, 06:12
fun!
Xheis17 Dec 2012, 06:12
Awesome game. Couldn't agree more with Somfunambulist, watching the numbers rise is very satisfying. I did however come across a bug where the sound and music stopped, and the timer stopped. After a period of time, the sound and timer game back but not the music.
Jezzamon
Jezzamon17 Dec 2012, 06:14
This game is too long, IMO. Should be either shorter (i.e. less people), or more interesting. People need to move onto other games. XD

The graphics were quite average... I think you should aim for a theme, like a restricted palette, or pixel graphics in the future.

The sounds were quite average too. I'm not a big fan of that music generator... it's a bit over used. I don't know if it would be better than nothing though.

And yeah the map is way too large.

Still, good job!
lucars83
lucars8317 Dec 2012, 06:22
I would drive someone insane go to a different part of the map, come back and they would still be killing people. Satisfying.
Casino Jack17 Dec 2012, 20:40
I took some satisfaction in seeing the people go crazy and kill eachother...Is that weird?
CireNeikual19 Dec 2012, 16:48
Nice idea, but it needs a threat of some sort.
leafo
leafo7 Jan 2013, 06:20
Nice concept. Some way to move faster or charge would be great.

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