MUSHNET DEFENDER

A game about mushrooms, robots, and breaking free of loops.

Introduction:
On a planet far away, a mushroom grove has developed a unique superconsciousness empowered by a mycelium-based digital networking framework: MUSHNET.
Unfortunately, the unstoppable mechanical REAPER CORPORATION have learned of this grove, and are in an INFINITE LOOP of seeking and harvesting natural resources!
But the robots sent to destroy the grove, when combined with MUSHNET's digital infiltration abilities, might find a way to break that loop for good...

Gameplay (Skip if you want to find out for yourself):
1. Defend the central Mycelium Core against incoming Robots. If the Core is destroyed, you lose, and must try the loop over again!
2. Robots have different sets of abilitie:  Melee, Lasers, and/or Rockets. While 'infecting' a Robot, you can turn their weapons against other Robots. Some Robots also have experimental hardware granting faster movement or greater strength.
3. If your Robot is destroyed, or you choose to Eject, you can select any other defeated Robot to infect them.
4. When you defeat enemy Robots, you gain XP. When you have sufficient XP, press the 'REPROGRAM' button to select a new ability. Abilities carry over across robots, but might only be relevant to some enemy types!
5. When enemy Robots traverse Mycelium, they take damage and burn it. Infected robots take damage on blighted ground, but also restore it to health.
6. Survive 4 wave to reach the final boss and defend the grove. Good luck!

Controls:
- WASD to move
- Left-Click on a defeated Robot to infect it
- Left-Click or press K to fire a laser (if infecting a robot that has one!)
- Right-Click or press L to fire a rocket (if infecting a robot that has one!)

Credits:
A submission to Mini Jam 156: Mushrooms
Programming, Design, Writing: Matthew Marsland
Art, Design: Jordan Reece
SFX: Ellen Kate Malpas