Tentacult!
Tentacult! is a chaotic swarm control game set in a modern day Pleasantville which meets Lovecraftian Horror as your "Tentacutes" make friends with the community.
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September 23, 2016
9 years and 314 days ago
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Positive36 reviews80.6%
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7 itemsAbout the Game
Looking out on Pleasantville one afternoon, Lord Cthulhu realized he was very lonely. He decides to send a single Tentacute to go make new friends with these "Bonies." After enough friends have been made, the portal to R'lyeh opens &each friend will be sacrificed. In a style that is a cross between "Hotline Miami" and "Pikmin", convert your friends into fellow cute cephalopods! The problem? All of your newly converted friends are frickin' morons that mimic your every move! Luckily with strategic planning you can manipulate them against the environment to get back to the portal home to keep Lord Cthulhu company.
PC Controls:
• WASD/↑↓→← - Move Swarm
• Space - Clump
• Mouse - Menu Navigation (not required)
Xbox Controls:
• Left Stick - Move Swarm
• Right Stick - Rotate Swarm
• A - Clump/Enter
• Start - Pause/Menu Open/Menu Close
• Control Swarm - Control your swarm in a QWOP manner.
• Feed - Convert friendly neighbors into one of the swarm.
• Form - Squish and squash your swarm into different shapes and sizes.
• Clump - Bring all your friends close together!
• Explore - What's that over there?
• Sacrifice - Send your new friends home to Lord Cthulhu through the sacrificial alter.
PC Controls:
• WASD/↑↓→← - Move Swarm
• Space - Clump
• Mouse - Menu Navigation (not required)
Xbox Controls:
• Left Stick - Move Swarm
• Right Stick - Rotate Swarm
• A - Clump/Enter
• Start - Pause/Menu Open/Menu Close
• Control Swarm - Control your swarm in a QWOP manner.
• Feed - Convert friendly neighbors into one of the swarm.
• Form - Squish and squash your swarm into different shapes and sizes.
• Clump - Bring all your friends close together!
• Explore - What's that over there?
• Sacrifice - Send your new friends home to Lord Cthulhu through the sacrificial alter.
