Parasite is a roguelike survival horror game about possession set in a modern-day setting. Currently in development, each session is set to be medium length (around 2-3 hours to complete). The game is fully completable to the end but needs GUI work, balancing and polish.
Current features include:
Current features include:
- A whole generated modern-day city to explore and survive in.
- A single story scenario that starts with the main protagonist alone, scared, and without any memories in a hostile human world.
- Possession mechanics that is crucial to the player's survival (see, you just die very fast without a host).
- Robust host inventory, skills and knowledge system.
- Player evolution unlocking new improvements and body features for the possessed hosts.
- Building and improving habitats to rest and recuperate.
- Separate difficulty settings for all key parts of the game that will be prompted organically during its course.
- Event timeline investigation to piece together both what has happened before and what to do next.
- A dangerous and proactive group of opponents that is tasked with finding and destroying threats to humanity (you).
v0.18.1 - Bug fixes
Fixes:
This is a bugfix release. Demo was updated to this version as well from the ancient 0.6.
Changes:
- Changed menu theme to a new one (Maxstack: "I've never really liked the old one, pls update")
- A few more menu backgrounds
- Added short sandbox mode pedia article
- Changed wording for event on ambush evasion (when not in microhabitat)
Fixes:
- Fix for black screen after rebirth with potential game crash
- Hosts with maximum consent will not be discovered on despawn
- Police will always have clues in event area
- Area draw exception (another black screen fix)
- Panicking hosts will not run when parasite is attached to them (from panic gas, etc)
- Disabled mouse inventory actions when inventory is not yet learned about
[ 2025-01-21 19:10:39 CET ] [Original Post]
Minimum Setup
- OS: SteamOS 3 or Ubuntu 16
- Processor: 7th Gen Intel Core i5 or Zen+ AMD Ryzen 5
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1650 or AMD RX 570
Recommended Setup
- OS: SteamOS 3 or Ubuntu 20
- Processor: 8th Gen Intel Core i5 or Zen2 AMD Ryzen 5
- Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 2060 or AMD RX 580
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