Time Trial Mode (the other modes are unfortunately not finished and cannot be unlocked):
You are a giant worm of death.
Citizens are happy in HappyTown.
You need to consume the citizens as quick and stealthy as possible. You can also destroy buildings. Optional but fun.
If a citizen sees or hears one of these below: a. a destroyed building b. the giant worm c. another citizen panicking That person will panic and run for the gong. Note: The citizens only see/hear things in their close vicinity!
If a citizen gets to the gong before you consume them, the suicide bomber will be called. The bomber spawns in the tall building in the north, and he will chase you until you die. The bomber can always see you, and is able to kill you even if you're hiding below ground. He might have x-ray vision or something.
Keep the citizens from spreading panic and calling for the bomber, while also trying to consume them all as quickly as possible!
If struck by the bomber, you will get to see how fast you were (or how long you survived) and how many citizens were still alive when you died.
'Xbox 360 Controller' Controls: Left Stick - Control the Worm A-button - Leap out of the ground, devouring anything above you when you leap out and then anything below on the way down
Keyboard Controls: WASD - Control the Worm Space-bar - Leap out of the ground, devouring anything above you when you leap out and then anything below on the way down
Your goal, in this early version of 'Small People Problems', is to consume the citizens of HappyTown. These people spend their time running around and being generally nice. If anything disturbs the peace of their ignorant utopia, like seeing destroyed buildings, another citizen panicking or maybe witnessing a giant worm of death leaping out in their close vicinity, they will panic.
Panicked citizens run for the gong placed in the center of town. If one citizen strikes the gong, the special force(s) of HappyTown is unleashed, a licensed suicide bomber. This person resides in the humble building north of town, and he is capable of ending your short worm life. He will find you even if you're hiding below ground, i.e. stay away from the person with the explosive personality or you will suffer the consequences. Consume as many citizens as you can as quickly as possible.
Can you consume them all without the bomber being called? Even if he's called, you can still try to consume the last citizens, but it'll be more difficult!
I love this game so much! I've noticed when the bomber is chasing after you its really easy to trap him behind a building for a bit, I don't know if that's supposed to be a thing but it made the game a lot easier. All in all it was really fun!
Pretty fun game! I ate all the people, but the other modes didn't seem to unlock or anything. (I did get blown up eventually during the ending sequence, did that make me lose?)
Excellent fun. I had better luck just rampaging rather than being stealthy. I had some issues where there was a delay in popping out the ground, but that might be the machine I playing on (emulating Windows in Parallels). Despite that this was fun, hilarious, and all around well done.
@Roboboy: The bomber getting stuck is.. let's call it a feature.
@uvwar: Good job consuming all those people! We didn't have time to finish the other modes unfortunately. I should clarify that in the description, thanks for the comment! When you're presented with the time and amount of citizens left, the round is over. You blowing up after shouldn't affect anything. But the monster dies, so maybe in a way the citizens still won? ;)
Amazing game. Fantastic graphics, smooth gameplay, had skill involved (to dodge the bomb guy), good audio, the works. Well done! A great pleasure to play.
Holy broccoli! I don't know how there's not more review on this game. The game is very polished and is freaking fun to play. Also, giant worm + eating people + destroy buildings. What's not to love about it ? And it's perfectly executed. Great job to the team!
Great entry, the idea is original, very fitting to the theme and really polished. I love how the citizens feel really alive and panicking, they remind me a bit of Cyanide and Happiness :D
Really cool and funny game, simple but solid gameplay. Nice work guy's ! NB: If you play for more than 3min+, all the villagers runing in front of an house, that's hilarious to watch x)
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@uvwar: Good job consuming all those people!
We didn't have time to finish the other modes unfortunately. I should clarify that in the description, thanks for the comment!
When you're presented with the time and amount of citizens left, the round is over. You blowing up after shouldn't affect anything. But the monster dies, so maybe in a way the citizens still won? ;)
Well done! A great pleasure to play.
Awesome job!
NB: If you play for more than 3min+, all the villagers runing in front of an house, that's hilarious to watch x)
"Oh my God, I love their run animation!"
Pros:
Holy crap this is fun!
Excellent use of theme.
Controls are smooth, it feels so refined.
Graphics looks great, audio is wonderful.
Cons:
No way to zoom in or out.
Umm...the worm didn't have laser beams.
Final Thought:
"Oh my god, I love their run animation!"