Battling Viruses
In this submission to Ludum Dare, the player can control hordes of minions that fight their way through enemies towards the enemy base. But be wary - the minions might unexpectedly mutate some of their stats!
Requiring you to adapt on the fly and change your strategy in the heat of the moment, this concept of a RTS replaces the PvP with the need to play around your own troops.
Requiring you to adapt on the fly and change your strategy in the heat of the moment, this concept of a RTS replaces the PvP with the need to play around your own troops.
Genres: strategy
Comments5
Noirox6 Oct 2021, 17:01
@ghost-wave Yep, we definitely overscoped this time, especially after a rather long break from programming. Turns out AI is hard and making watching blobs fight fun is even harder lol. Glad you enjoyed it a bit nonetheless! And regarding the mutations: We debated that option but that ultimately felt too plannable and not unstable enough.
robbietaco10 Oct 2021, 15:05
Cool game! You got the basic ideas down really well here, I would love to see it expanded upon further! I think a clearer indication of mutations for each virus would be cool to see, and I think that a lot could be gained with the creation of a few more map types! Thanks for submitting!
Alexthehuman210 Oct 2021, 15:13
I can see how the concept works, however, the player troop's spawn rate was kinda too high to the point where the beginning stage it's almost a guarentee to win. But yea! A decent submission with an aspect of the theme incorporated into the game! well done!
huntthewumpus10 Oct 2021, 15:14
Definitely an interesting idea, having your viruses mutate and fight other mutated viruses.
It wasn't always clear what lead to what mutation and why. Also a lot of the time i could just win the level by not doing anything.
It wasn't always clear what lead to what mutation and why. Also a lot of the time i could just win the level by not doing anything.
It's just a bit complicated to play, I didn't manage to finish the tutorial,
When I played a standard game it was fun tho.
Maybe you could let the player choose the random mutations, there could be different strategies depending on the mutations you choose.