Parasite
Parasite is an experimental horror text adventure game with roguelike elements and multiple narrative branches.
>You play as a wolf inhabited by a malignant parasite that controls your actions.
>Place dice into brain quadrants to invoke desired actions.
Struggle for control and survival.
This game was made in 1 week for the SCREAM JAM 2025.
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Controls:
>Click to advance dialogue and choose actions.
>Click on die to select it.
>Click on hole to place selected die.
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Content Warning:
The game contains descriptions of violence, blood, gore and sounds thereof. Themes like loss of self, invasion of the mind, and worming, writhing sensations come up.
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Credits List:
- Dialogic2
- Pixabay for sounds
- Main menu and game loop music: Obsidian001, 006
https://szajnaworkshop.itch.io/obsidian
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This is amazing
Very cool concept and excellent execution. Loved the sticky, visceral atmosphere and brilliant writing. Every choice I made felt impactful and meaningful, the story weaved around them very organically. Visually, I think, it was a bit too much, like, I'm not sure why the TV render is here and how it connects to the story (although it looks absolutely sick!), and how exactly dice are connected to the story of a wolf being invaded by the parasite, but still, these aspects were not distracting me from the experience, rather highlighting its strangness.
My only wish is that there would be an option to skip the intro section on restart or to have some checkpoints to save intermediary progress, since watching it over and over after each death quickly becomes tedious.
There must be a very unique mind behind the development of this submission.