Story

In runaway corruption you play as the last survivor of a group of mages. The land is corrupted and the corruption has destroyed everything. You are trapped in a field with corruption all around. From the corruption ghouls emerge and attack you. Even if you can fend off the ghouls, the corruption is toxic and will harm you if you get too close.

Mechanics

Ghouls emerge from the corrupted tiles. The more tiles you have, the more ghouls will come out--making the game significantly harder.

There are temporary upgrades for the mage's abilities. As well as hearts to replenish his health.

Exploding a bomb with 'space' will remove the corrupted tiles, helping you manage the number of ghouls that spawn.

Feelings

I wish I had been able to add more content to this, like other types of enemies. However, the game I made on Saturday was pretty horrible, so I pivoted and made this game instead. As such, I only had Sunday for working on it. I'm still pretty happy with the result. At least it looks better than most of my games and I learned a lot from both the failed attempt on Saturday and the successful attempt on Sunday.

Plans

I don't know how much I will work on this after the jam. I'll probably fix things that people notice and add a little more content.

I had some ideas for other types of mages--like one that grows foliage to push back the corruption. Maybe I'll add stuff like that.