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Experiment #31415 - The Takeover by RedSponge

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made by RedSponge for Ludum Dare 46 (COMPO)

Welcome to a very interesting experiment

This experiment revolves around a newly made virus, which is able to take control of a human being, so that another person from a different reality could control them with their fingertips, therefor - The Takeover.

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Your goal in this game is simple - Don't let the virus die. It will die if its host dies. It will die if its host is healed. You will do what you must to keep the virus alive.

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(And as a bonus, if that's your thing, you could try to kill as many people as you can while keeping the virus alive - whatever works for you..)

Instructions

Move with the arrow keys, use Z and X to take over people and attack them (In-Game tutorial included :slight_smile:)

Details

This game was made using the LibGDX framework and the following tools:

Sprites - Aseprite

Sound Effects - Audacity

Music - Bosca Ceoil

IDE - Intellij IDEA

System Requirements:

To run the game you must have Java 8+ installed.

Youtube https://redsponge.itch.io/the-takeover
Youtube https://github.com/RedSponge-jams/KeepItalive
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/experiment-31415-the-takeover

Ratings

Overall 379th 3.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 379th 3.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 377th 3.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 432th 3.763⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 789th 3⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 300th 3.389⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 582th 3.132⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 15🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

CodingNinjaJoas
20. Apr 2020 · 11:01 UTC
Good game, it is a really interesting but fun concept
ToC
20. Apr 2020 · 11:08 UTC
Enjoyable game! Jumping between people is a lot of fun. With the inclusion of a tutorial, it really feels like a complete package.
If only real diseases were so easy to kill :laughing:
Tenik
20. Apr 2020 · 14:52 UTC
Really nice game! Love both the audio and the game mechanic of switching between characters. Reminds me of my favorite game Driver San Fransisco. Not really much to point out that's wrong, probably the most complete game I've played so far.
Hcursino
21. Apr 2020 · 13:10 UTC
Huh, this game really surprised me. Different concept, smooth game play, challenging design and interesting mechanics. Usually I complain a lot, but I can't find anything wrong about this game, really well done.
oscarglo
22. Apr 2020 · 13:57 UTC
Very nice concept! A bit hard to control, also hard in general, but I really liked the idea. The tutorial was a nice touch.
Slurp1e
23. Apr 2020 · 20:52 UTC
Very Cool! I love the graphics!
JonasPK
24. Apr 2020 · 16:27 UTC
The game was really fun. Made me feel like a sneaky virus ninja, a good challenge too. Great job!
meelo
25. Apr 2020 · 01:45 UTC
This is definitely one of my favorite games I've found so far in the competition - it took me a bit to realize all the mechanics (especially that you could cycle through targets), but after I did, the controls seemed really nice and fluid and generally fun to play with. The tutorial was really excellent - I somehow had a bit of trouble and ran out of syringes before the immune person arrived the first time I played the tutorial (and so couldn't finish), but, that aside, it was a very well executed tutorial. It really starts to heat up when the doctors start becoming immune. I wouldn't mind a greater variety of challenge - maybe some "higher tiers" of doctors with special abilities (e.g. shielding nearby people from disease) - but it's quite fun even as it is. Well done.
Kaisean Games
25. Apr 2020 · 20:50 UTC
While I don't appreciate the timing of making a game about a virus killing people while so many people in the world are suffering in the pandemic, the game was executed quite nicely.

The recorded sounds is a cool touch :smile:

And the fact that there's some tutorial is nice as well.

Keep up the good work.
KeyVote
04. May 2020 · 22:17 UTC
It was really fun when you got the hang of it. A cool idea too.
🎤 RedSponge
08. May 2020 · 12:12 UTC
@codingninjajoas - Thank you very much!

@toc - Thank you so much for the feedback! I guess we could only hope

@tenik - Thank you very much!

@hcursino - I'm glad I could surprise you :grin: Thank you for the feedback!

@oscarglo - Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!

@slurp1e - Thanks!

@jonaspk - That's the feel I was going for :laughing: I'm glad I delievered and that you liked it!

@meelo - Thank you for the feedback! If I ever expand this game I'll be sure to add some higher tiers of doctors :smile:. I'm very happy to hear you enjoyed it!

@kaisean-games - I had a bit of a dillema whether or not to make this game in this time, but it was the only thing that came to mind. Nevertheless, thank you very much for the feedback :smile:

@keyvote - Thank you!