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Virulence

Virulence is a 2D top down metroidvania / Zelda-like action RPG, where the player will explore the human body as a virus species and infect other cells in order to survive. The player can control an individual virus or command a whole population.

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Kamal Patel
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Kamal Patel
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Virulence is a 2D top down metroidvania / Zelda-like action RPG, where the player will explore the human body as a virus species and infect other cells in order to survive. The player can control an individual virus or command a whole population.

  • Explore the human body as a vast interconnected world of different organs, body systems and cells
  • Organs act as major dungeons which need to be conquered in order to fully infect the host body
  • Complete organ dungeons according to your own path
  • Virus populations abilities can be upgraded in order to survive within the human body, increase virus movement speed or virus health or even acquire various environmental modifiers
  • Infect host cells in order to replicate and grow population, as well to upgrade abilities
  • Control an individual virus or move an entire population viruses as a flock
  • Dynamically switch to any virus of your choosing, either by proximity to current virus or by cycling through entire population
  • Face numerous enemies from the bodies own immune cells, to other pathogens such as bacteria, parasites...
  • Survive the harsh environmental conditions which exist in the human body!
  • When virus population reaches zero its game over!
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