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OverWired
by GamesForNoobs
OverWired
Tags for OverWired
Description
You know what they say - never trust a space-snake.
After getting repairs done on my exo-skeleton, all of my systems are malfunctioning.
My body is doing things on its own. I can't walk without shooting or doing something weird.
What did they do? Leave some digital venom? Expect me to pass out and sell my biochips?
I don't wait. I'm coming down the snake pit. Someone's gonna pay for this.
OverWired is a retro cyberpunk side-scroller game.
You play using only 4 directions (D-PAD or arrows) and the rest of your abilities are wired to those keys due to the digital venom of the snake oil salesmen.
You must finish your quest to restore your space suit to functioning order.
There's a standalone version with some better performance and better audio here (Win, Linux, MacOS):
https://alont.itch.io/overwired
You should try downloading if the web version isn't running smoothly.
---- Credits:
Code + Mechanics: Alon Tzarafi
Pixel Art: Alex
How to Play
Play with either: arrow keys, WASD keys, or a gamepad.
---- Controls:
Right - Wired to shoot
Left - Wired to crouch (evades bullets)
Up - Wired to grenade
Down - Glitches everything on the screen
The glitch effects many objects, as well as augmented living beings, causing everything to malfunction or to change modes of operation.
Use it to your advantage.
Comments
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Pillboxhead
Dec. 27, 2019
Interesting concept, I'd like it better if it was either more like a puzzle game where after each set of levels you slowly improve the glitch changing how things are whacky, perhaps adding other mechanics. Or I'd like to see it as a metrividian where you slowly fix yourself as you progress kinda like KOLM or something. Nice works here amigo keep it up.
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reesylou
Dec. 25, 2019
The story caught my eye. Nice to see a game with a bit of flavour text. Interesting game play - takes a bit of getting used to. I only did a couple of levels (up to the one with the dino and 3 egg sac things in a column on the left). Will have to play more later when I have more time.
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rinky999
Jan. 08, 2020
I like the concept, but as Pollboxhead already said, the pacing is all wrong. The first levels have too many different things in it so everything is confused at once. If you introduce everything at a much slower pace then you have a winner. For example, don't let the player have all the functions at level 1, and don't do so many enemies and items on level 1. Also, the music is too loud for the sound effects.