Slug Friends

UPDATE 1:

Fixed crash

Fixed alarm looping on title screen

Fixed some missing sprite frames, tiles and text

Fixed guard non-reaction to electric floor

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Use brain slugs to control guards, solve puzzles, climb on rungs in an undersea facility.

CONTROLS:

WASD + SPACE player controls, arrow keys to control guard, TAB to select controlled guard, E to use, F to throw/retrieve slug

F7 for infinite energy if you want

Volume control with - and = keys

INSTRUCTIONS:

First switch does require you to jump to push it, sorry. Its a little bit off the ground

Sorry for lack of indication, I did not have play testers. prayge

Pick up a slug (inventory max of 2) and throw it while standing on a platform or jumping. Must hit head of the guard to attach. Failed throws mean retrieving the slug with the throw key.

ENEMIES:

Guards cannot jump or climb, some objects can only be interacted with by controlled guards.

Guards are briefly dazed when they lose their slug.

Guard Alert Level

White pips are suspicious guards, being too close or landing near a guard causes them to be suspicious. Red pips guard is aggressive, they will attack.

SLUGS WILL NOT ATTACH TO AGGRESSIVE ENEMIES

RED SHOOTERS

Only red guards have scanner access. They can walk through security barriers. When alarm is pulled they will patrol quickly and attack on sight,

BLUE WALKERS

These patrol and when aggressive will run to the alarm. This is their only ability.

DARK BLUE MELEE

These ones become aggressive faster.

They only fight in melee range, they will close the range if aggressive.

OPERABLE DEVICES:

Alarms are only operable by walkers and slug controlled guards.

Switches are operable by players and slugged guards.

Levers can be operated by players only.

Pressure plates have two different types, some can only be operated by the player and slugged guards only. Some by everyone.

Scanners are operated by slugged red shooter guards.

Security gates can only be passed through by red shooter guards when active (red), everyone when disabled (green).

Power switches can be operated by players and slugged guards.

Brain Slug Cage, drops its slug when the player walks over the pressure plate. Can be disabled by power switch.

Fan vents, these blow slugs off off guards when they walk by!

Electrified floors zap you!

Slug Extractors are for removing attached slugs from guards and storing them. Player then uses it to retrieve slug.

CLIMBING:

You can climb wall and ceiling rails to hide from guards.

GLHF

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Spoilered walkthrough if you don't want to play the game :D