GERM

by jharler
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.33
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.67
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.33
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.00
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GERM is an old DOOM style FPS where you play as a white blood cell on a mission to destroy all attacking viruses. Standard WASD + mouse controls apply. Hold CTRL to sprint. Avoid touching any viruses as one touch destroys you. Don't let that happen!

Can you get to the end and defeat the super virus?

Hints: Listen carefully around corners. It could save your life. You can sprint to save time, but it can be risky!

Notes: The shot collision detection is slightly buggy. It works 99% of the time, but occasionally a bullet will fly through an enemy. This only happened in my final release build, so I didn't have time to address it before submission.

Made with the following tools: Visual Studio 2013 (using my custom C++ game library), Photoshop CS 5, Blender 2.7, Audacity 2, FL Studio 12, Notepad++.

Thanks for playing and rating/commenting. Constructive criticism is welcome!

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Comments8

pixlark
pixlark24 Apr 2017, 01:55
What engine did you use to make this? It only says Visual Studio, does that mean it's from scratch? Because if so, that's damn impressive.
🎤 jharlerauthor24 Apr 2017, 03:13
It's in C++ using my custom game library.
Rombus
Rombus24 Apr 2017, 03:27
Looks awesome! does it run on Linux?
🎤 jharlerauthor24 Apr 2017, 03:36
Unfortunately not. My library has been designed to support multiple platforms, I just haven't gotten that far yet.
Jupiter_Hadley
Jupiter_Hadley26 Apr 2017, 14:16
Neat virus graphics! I included it in my Ludum Dare 38 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :)
Jupiter_Hadley
Jupiter_Hadley27 Apr 2017, 00:07
So, in my last video, your game had no commentary. I fixed that and included it in this video!
pragmascript
pragmascript10 May 2017, 13:18
Nice one :) custom engine, old school shooter good combo.
SimplePotential13 May 2017, 19:13
At first I wasn't really impressed with this game. But after reading that this is a a custom game engine, I actually think you should be pretty impressed with this outcome.

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