Friendly neighborhood parasite

by nitrik
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.19
You are a sentient parasite, an unconventional

weapon crafted for one purpose: to find and kill

the nefarious Baron von Tophat!

You have no control over your host, but may jump

to other nearby life forms. Your lifespan is 110

seconds; after this time has elapsed, you will

automatically kill your current host.

Use the left and right arrow keys (or [A] and [D]) to switch hosts.

I would have liked to add more interesting things for the hosts to do, and many more "dead ends", but time constraints are time constraints. I think this idea would be fun to spend a bit more time on, and maybe flesh out the characters a bit more by adding more animations/interactions.

(Note: built using Unity, therefore web link may not work in chrome)

Font credit: Style-7

http://www.1001fonts.com/double-pixel-7-font.html

screenshot

Comments8

Garris20 Apr 2015, 22:05
Interesting concept, and good use of theme. Some kind of background music would have been nice, as well as a little more direction as to where we are supposed to end up, or where the target was.
dusho21 Apr 2015, 18:01
nice idea
could use more people to jump at..
Squeka
Squeka22 Apr 2015, 01:20
Amazing idea, especially I like the dead message xD.
A restart feature (I had to reload each time) would be nice. Also, a fast forward especially to see more of the dead messages which are fun to read xD.
kristof28 Apr 2015, 17:14
The pixel art looks very good! I also like the idea of jumping hosts, but I think the gameplay needs some more work. Some more interactions with the world would make it more fun I think. Still, nice work.
flummox3d1 May 2015, 10:03
Awesome little game, needs music though :)
Sergi Montaner
Sergi Montaner4 May 2015, 19:21
Nice idea and graphics.
My critic is that sometimes you can't do other things but wait, which is frustrating.
SledKnight7 May 2015, 02:26
Very nice entry! Killed the smoking man... lol Enjoyed.

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