Pandemia

benjamin_soule • 2018-06-24*2018-06-24 12:17* •

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Pandemia

by benjamin_soule

Cart #53763 | 2018-06-24 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA

This is my entry for Alakajam #3
> alakajam page

--- GOAL ---

Your goal is to spread your virus among the different species
At the end of the game the player with the most virus win the game
In solo you have to cover 100% of the screen with a minimum number of turns

--- HOW TO INFECT ---

Select <z> one of your target in the bottom line
If there's no creature of this shape or color around your virus, you can infect any creature of this type
When the game start you have no virus so you have to infect a new creature
Infect is good way to explore new area but it's slow, you can infect only one creature each turn

--- HOW TO SPREAD ---

Select <z> one of your target in the bottom line
If you select a creature shape or color that is near your virus you can propagate your virus among many creatures at once.

--- HOW TO REGENERATE ---

Each spread or infect action spend your target
If you need more targets select the draw option at the end of the bottom line.
You can draw up to 6x options at the cost of one turn.

alakajam

Cabledragon • 2018-06-24*2018-06-24 17:34*

This is quite cute. Love a good puzzle game. <3

Also "Credits:1" adorbz.

joealarson • 2018-06-24*2018-06-24 18:58*

One problem, once someone has 50% there's no point to keep the game going. They've won. Of course with 3 or 4 player games that's for 33 and 25%, but still.

~firefly~ • 2018-06-25*2018-06-25 05:56*

Actually, for 3 or 4 players, the point where someone is guaranteed to win is still 50% in abstract. It lowers during the course of the game : for example, if all 4 players have conquered 20%, all that is left is 20%, so winning half of that guarantees victory at 20+10 = 30% of the total.
But you might want to keep playing to see how the other players rank among themselves.