Contra Tentacula

A game created for the 14th Pirate Software Game Jam!

Background: 

• You are 4 squads on a off-world colony tasked with fighting back an infestation of mutating alien plant life sprouting up in domes

Win conditions: 

• Reach 100% research

Lose conditions: 

• HQ is overrun by infestation when infestation countdown reaches 0 OR
• All 4 research domes are lost OR
• You lose 10 of the 15 domes on the board

Controls:

• 1 - Select Scientist squad
• 2 - Select Pyro squad
• 3 - Select Botanist squad
• 4 - Select Engineer squad
• Q - Select "Move" action (squad will move, but not fight)
• W - Select "Special" action
• E - Select Fight action
• Left-click - Select highlighted squad (game piece or UI button) or select respective action from UI button
• Right-click - Issue command to selected squad (default action is Fight)
• P / Spacebar - Pause game
• M - Main menu
• The player CAN issue commands while paused!

Squads:

1. Scientists
   1. Special - Generate research in infested dome where no fighting is occurring in same dome
   2. Passive - Slow infestation growth by 50%
2. Pryos
   1. Special - 4x infestation fight speed (Uses 1 Food, 2 Fuel)
3. Botanists
   1. Special - 4x infestation fight speed (Uses 2 Food)
4. Engineers
   1. Special - 4x infestation fight speed (Uses 1 Food, 2 Parts)

Domes:

• HQ (red antenna) - Produces 1 Food per cycle, instant loss if enters "Lost" state
• Neutral - Does nothing but get infested
• Food (plant top) - Produces 1 Food per cycle
• Fuel (cloud top) - Produces 1 Fuel per cycle
• Parts (gear top) - Produces 1 Part per cycle
• Research (flask top) - Produces 1 Research per cycle IF Scientist is researching

Infestation:

• Infestation will pop-up randomly and scale down/up in pop-up rate as more/less domes become infested
• Fully infested domes will spread roots to connected domes and increase chances of spawning infestation in those domes
• Fully infested domes will be lost after 60 second without fighting it back

Known issues:

• Infrequently, when playtesting on web, squads got stuck in the middle of domes, unable to receive commands. Root cause was not able to be determined before Game Jam submission

Credits (* = name from Pirate Software discord channel):

Game dev by Tristan A. (Tjoav*) and Cameron A. (CMAvelis*)

Music and SFX work by stinkoid*

Art by madbunnyscientist*

In-game voices by each of the above

Play-tested by friends and family (Shoutout to Ben D for extensive playtesting)!