I really liked the visual style, although the clickable objects should have been made more readable. I didn't realize right away that the keyboard keys could be pressed. It would have been better to switch screen modes using two buttons right next to the screen for scrolling forward and backward. The idea is cool. I even got hooked. But I think the game is broken. I tried playing about 10 times, and not once did the symptoms match the actual parasite
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Yeah, I definitely didn't explain the concept well enough in the tutorial, so I can understand the confusion!
The idea is that a parasite takes control of one of the characters and forces them to kill the other survivors in the shelter. You first have to figure out the parasite's identity by looking at the pattern of the victims' deaths. Then, among the survivors, you have to determine who is infected by looking at their symptoms.
All characters can have random symptoms, but only the character carrying the parasite will have both symptoms associated with that parasite.
So if you were trying to match a single symptom to the parasite, that would definitely make the game seem broken 😅. Thanks for the feedback! I really should have explained this mechanic much more clearly in the tutorial.