Swarm

by cosinep
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.75
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.37
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.37
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.11
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.89
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.47
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.19
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★35%
In swarm you play as just another monster, with low hp and not a powerful weapon. You must take on the hero!

Taken directly from the intro (If you're gonna play you can skip).

Enter: The hero. Welcome hero. Hero has valiantly offered to take back the lands of the triflappers! It was taken away long ago by the evil swarm... Brutal monsters of unknown origin. He strode in flapping his triangular wings wielding a weapon of blue triangles.

Here is a swarmy. He's all spirally and cruelly round. Just look at the thing. Now surely he will attack! Hero is ready though. He prepares his triangle. What's this? Why is he not moving? Surely it can't be... that the swarmy is your conciousness! Wouldn't it be awful if you were this awful thing? If you moved with "WSAD" / ",AOE"? Oh no! The swarmy can shoot! And you are causing this with the mouse! How evil!

Swarmies are pack hunters. If one dies his conciousness is transferred to another. Like all creatures in Bright Land, they fade as they lose health until they disappear forever.

Comments12

bwafflecone24 Aug 2015, 06:26
Cool swarm effect! A little difficult to get your bearings when you spawn though since there are so many other swarmies around.
Jani Nykänen24 Aug 2015, 17:08
Confusing, I barely had idea what was happening, heh. But a good concept, anyway.
razavidn24 Aug 2015, 17:16
Good concept, but I need a little feedback on what's happening. When I...I guess change levels? I don't know but sometimes I teleport.
snooze82
snooze8224 Aug 2015, 17:16
I didnt really get it, but this swarm thingy is nice :)
Tigris24 Aug 2015, 17:17
Pretty
DarkStar24 Aug 2015, 17:19
interesting. i wasnt sure if i was killing it or dieing. can be a little disorienting spawning in. was fun once i got used to it
mincrmatt1224 Aug 2015, 22:00
Interesting, but I don't get the objective
3CGames24 Aug 2015, 22:01
Nice concept, very confusing to play though. The hero blends in with the background.
Phil Strahl
Phil Strahl25 Aug 2015, 21:28
I had my troubles playing this one because I didn't really get the controls. But from what I gathered I was playing as being part of a swarm which was really unusual and like a breath of fresh air, concept wise. Didn't really feel like a monster, though, cause the hero had it coming ;)
Blobo
Blobo28 Aug 2015, 00:28
Really cool idea, but a health bar would be nice on the target.
Zeriver
Zeriver29 Aug 2015, 12:33
Pretty cool idea and execution! I like how you just become another swarmy and you are immediately back in action. Gameplay might be a bit chaotic at start but player can quickly get use to it.
Lianne Booton14 Sep 2015, 08:57
I haven't got the foggiest clue what's going on in this or what is supposed to be going on in this, sorry :<

Other games by @cosinep

Found a bug?
Tell us on Discord