Infestation Eradication

by flaterectomy

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.61

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.17

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.72

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.61

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.78

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.93

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.11

Infestation is threatening the facility, and you're locked inside! Scan for tiny little nasties, then burn them from this earth!

Infestation Eradication lets you experience the wild tedium of running in circles under the threat of fiery death!

This is my 8th text adventure Ludum Dare entry after LD47 and LD50 through to LD55, created in Twine, and my 21st consecutive Ludum Dare entry overall. While part of the jam, I was otherwise occupied on day 1, so this was made in the final 48 hours of the jam. Typo/grammar reports are always welcome.

🎮 ➡ PLAY 'Infestation Eradication' (WEB)

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:joystick: Controls/How To Play

* Find the microbial lifeform scanner to detect infestations in the facility.
* Use the experimental flamethrower to burn away the infestations.
* Sadly both these items are pretty big and heavy and you can only carry one at a time--remember where you leave your gear!
* Complete this task before the facility's computer detects 8 infestations and the incineration sprinklers turn on with you inside of it.
* Don't forget the minimap in the top-right corner!
* :musical_note: Access audio volume options in the side-panel menu on the left.

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:exclamation: Notes

* Created with Twine, using HAL v2.3.0., and audio made in FL Studio.

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:family_mmb: Credits

- @flaterectomy | code, art, writing & audio | twitter, YouTube, website, portfolio

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:notebook_with_decorative_cover: Blog Posts

* Pre-LD: Wallpaper
* Day "two" progress
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Tools: FL Studio, Twine

Comments7

Jared Saizdelamora8 Oct 2024, 16:59

This was alot of fun to play! Had to figure out juggling the scanner and the flamethrower, but it built alot of tension. Great job!

Magalek8 Oct 2024, 17:05

Nice setting, getting some Iron Lung vibes. Audio and not knowing what can happen in the next room was really selling the vibe, although I quickly realized that nothing will happen and it's just a cat and mouse game. Couldn't get to the end to see the victory screen cause it took to much walking, but overally really cool concept.

Angrybeard8 Oct 2024, 17:23

refreshing to play a textbased adventure, the map is a nice touch, witch grounds it a bit more. the infestations grew a little fast, so it was difficult to keep up, while only carrying one item.

LeBossMax212 Oct 2024, 13:58

Very cool game, I like the gameplay
It was quite hard to eradicate all the infestations
It is a bit frustrating the the buttons for moving change position when you change room, I would be nice if you could click on a button several times without moving the mouse to move in that direction multiple times

Overall it was a very good experience

Planetary13 Oct 2024, 08:45

The idea of the game is nice. The movement of the player is a little bit hard on PC (because I have to move the mouse to change the room). Maybe an idea is to move your caracter by keyboard for a better experience. :keyboard:

About gameplay, I understood the idea of the game when I entered into the room with both gears. Also, I think that creating more maps with different difficulties will be more attractive.

Overall, it's a good entry! Congratulations! :smile: