Mission: Decomposition

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.42
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.11
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.11
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.63
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.42
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★37%
Welcome to parasite paradise! In Mission: Decomposition you must defend your nest of friendly maggots from attacking parasites. Eat enemy parasites to defend your adorable friends. Eat enough parasites and you'll get a chance to evolve into a fly! Be careful though, while a maggot is evolving, you also have to defend the pupa from enemies.

Use WASD or Arrow Keys or Left Stick to move. Press Spacebar or X on a controller to lunge at enemies. Press Enter, R, or Start to start or restart the game!

-Defend your nest! If you lose your nest, you lose the game.
-Eat enemy parasites by using your lunge attack on vulnerable areas of enemy parasites.
-Once your maggot transforms into a pupa, use your new maggot to defend both the pupa and your nest.
-Evolve flies from pupae to beat levels!

This game was produced in under 72 hours for Ludum Dare 35 by Sebastian Karolkiewicz (@Murder_Punch) and Dan Lance (@DanLanceGames). Music and Sound by Tyler Caldwell and Thom Strom.

Genres: action

Comments20

panurge19 Apr 2016, 13:53
Nice! I didn't know maggots were so cute or so aggressive. :) Lovely atmosphere, great presentation and slick gameplay. Good work!
MurderPunch
MurderPunchauthor19 Apr 2016, 14:04
Thanks panurge! We are super stoked that you liked it!
Fabraz
Fabraz19 Apr 2016, 18:34
Fun concept, getting a serious Edmund McMillen vibe from it.
WeaverDeveloper
WeaverDeveloper19 Apr 2016, 18:39
Cute little game. Looks like R doesn't trigger a restart though.
JALgames19 Apr 2016, 18:43
The restart button does not work for me... I had to reload the page each time to restart the game, which annoyed me after a few times, so I stoped playing (but I guess that it is probably an issue on my side...)
The art is absolutely gorgeous.
Cowa
Cowa19 Apr 2016, 18:45
Fun game! And nice graphics :)
MurderPunch
MurderPunchauthor19 Apr 2016, 18:47
Thank you all for the feedback guys! @Fabraz, that's a huge compliment! Once the competition is over, we'll make sure to incorporate some of the feedback we are getting here.
MurderPunch
MurderPunchauthor19 Apr 2016, 18:50
For those experiencing issues with restart, try hitting R after waiting for a slow count of about 5 seconds. If you hit R right away, it may not kick in. Sorry about that! Something we plan to address after the competition.
aCoupleGames20 Apr 2016, 00:21
really cute graphics. I love those colors ;)
Red_Fan games20 Apr 2016, 00:22
Looks like issac.Plays like a charm. :)
MurderPunch
MurderPunchauthor20 Apr 2016, 00:30
Thanks guys! Glad you liked it!
mrStrings20 Apr 2016, 05:23
That's cute in a weird way haha

I enjoyed the concept, the artwork and sound design. One thing I did note is that some of my attacks didn't hit the enemies as expected. Not sure if I'm missing something...

Hey! If you are interested, our LD35 entry is in my teammate's account: you can play WolfBit here:
http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=87729
abuzreq20 Apr 2016, 06:09
Good graphics, it was hard to kill the parsites though
The sounds were ..weird :P
Allthebees20 Apr 2016, 10:38
Absolutely disgusting, but in a good way? I enjoyed it and it definitely has a strong aesthetic!
MurderPunch
MurderPunchauthor20 Apr 2016, 16:04
Thanks guys! The trick with the tapeworm is to hit it at the thicker side of it's tail for an instant kill!
esayitch21 Apr 2016, 11:09
Great entry, very polished xD Who knew it owuld be so fun to control a maggot? I got a Binding of Isaac (the original) vibe from the aesthetic.

I wish there was a way to incorporate playing the flies into the game, as that would have featured the theme also in the gameplay as opposed to just in the graphics/story.

Aside from that, insanely good and polished work :) Good luck!
MurderPunch
MurderPunchauthor21 Apr 2016, 13:43
Thanks so much for the wonderful feedback! We definitely plan to add some fun fly mayhem once the competition is over ;D.
olilie1922 Apr 2016, 03:08
Pretty amazing game. cool concept, truly enjoyed it.
L-Ree22 Apr 2016, 03:11
Super addicting! The sound/music is bomb and the graphics are sleek! Never did make it to a fly though :'(
MurderPunch
MurderPunchauthor22 Apr 2016, 14:35
Glad you guys like it! We've got big plans for further improvements post comp!

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