Unstable Medicine

by loveapplegames

Overall:★★★★★★★★★★3.30(#1036)

Fun:★★★★★★★★★★3.20(#993)

Innovation:★★★★★★★★★★3.50(#547)

Theme:★★★★★★★★★★3.28(#982)

Graphics:★★★★★★★★★★2.88(#1232)

Audio:★★★★★★★★★★2.69(#924)

Humor:★★★★★★★★★★3.15(#615)

Mood:★★★★★★★★★★2.93(#1205)

You are being attacked by zombies. You have tried to find a cure for the zombie plague, but all you get are side effects.

Use the side effects to save your population from being infected by zombies! This involves sacrificing individuals to save the group (just like Lemmings).

Left mouse or Z: explode effect. Middle mouse or C: block effect. Right mouse or X: lure effect.

Comments17

fishtaod5 Oct 2021, 14:23

Interesting idea. Wo doesn't love sacrificing a couple of Lemmings to fight off the apocalypse. :)
Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out how to change tools. I was stuck with the explosion side effect.

simex5 Oct 2021, 16:54

this was a lovely little package! I love the idea of introducing a new concept each level to keep things fresh. unfortunately I'm might be an idiot, or there is something wrong with my setup because I could seem to use any other ability, which made the game really hard!

LDJam user 2431936 Oct 2021, 11:07

After some tries, I finally figured out that I need to inject the humans instead of the zombies.
The exploding serum was good level but for the rest, I may need to try harder to get it right.

elmismopancho8 Oct 2021, 21:24

Great concept and had a lot of fun playing the game. It needs some polish, maybe the difficulty curve is a bit too steep, but this game has potential.

FedeGelo8 Oct 2021, 21:31

I really like this idea, but I'm really bad at it. I got stuck with the second level, felt the lure a bit useless, and my mouse wheel button is not working properly so the next levels were kind of impossible.

loveapplegamesauthor9 Oct 2021, 08:48

@fedegelo Good point about the mouse wheel. I've taken the freedom to add keyboard controls (Z,X,C) in addition to the mouse buttons.

Quoc9 Oct 2021, 08:50

Really interesting game. Like the others said it needs some polish but still it was fun to plax

Phlip459 Oct 2021, 16:00

Really liked the game. Didn't realize that there was a limit to the different serums at first, and kinda wish there weren't. Then it would be about keeping track of your main resource, humans. Maybe that could be easy mode? = P. Still a fine game!

Itzemii9 Oct 2021, 16:10

Nice idea. And adding different side effects make it more interesting.
It was a bit challenging actually hitting humans with the needle.

loveapplegamesauthor9 Oct 2021, 20:14

@itzemii A tip for if you have trouble jabbing: hold down the key / mouse button as you swipe over the human you want to jab.

EvokeSoul10 Oct 2021, 08:27

I love all the different types of mechanics you have but there is a learning curve to figuring out the goal of the game but I did really enjoy the little run animation!

bramreth10 Oct 2021, 16:59

The animations are remarkably endearing ^^

Derek Volker10 Oct 2021, 19:06

Very impressive concept. A bit creepy regarding the current situation of the world, but still a fun game. I think it lacked a soundtrack in order to complete the game's atmosphere, but the gameplay is still nice.

Congrats on developing this game!