Lab Rat

[Theming]

For the theme of evolution, our team wanted to make evolution both a good thing and a tragic thing at the same time so we came up with the mutation stages. The mutation stages make you adapt to the given situation but also come with downsides/side-effects. The main character you play as has a special genome that allows this evolutionary mutation to occur rapidly and the scientists running tests on you want to harness it for humanity.

[Gameplay/How To Play]

In LabRat, you play as a (insert title card here) named Ratticus and your goal is to complete the puzzle to get the antidote to prevent your mutation from taking over fully while doing it as fast as possible to gain as little points as you can. You have to manage when and where you have to use certain mutation stages in order to gain their advantages and disadvantages at the right time. There is also a points counter that goes up every half-second but you don't want to have points since the more points you have, the more time you took on beating the puzzle.

Stage 1 is your base stage where all you can do is walk around and interact with things such as the hazard-button and the keypad.

Stage 2 is your 'Far-sight' stage where you can see through walls you could not see through before but operating a keypad is more difficult as you can no longer see what buttons are which numbers. (Don't worry, they don't change places)

Stage 3 is 'Brute Strength' where you can break breakable walls and push heavier boxes. You can no longer interact with the keypad and if you do, it breaks. From this stage onward, there will be a 25-second timer that progresses your mutation by one if it runs out each stage.

Stage 4 and on just make you more grotesque and warn you that your mutation is about to take over.

The orange 'hazard-button' makes it to where your mutation stage goes up by one each time you press it.

The keypad is well.. a keypad. You simply press the buttons, only four digits can be pressed and if you get it right, you open doors linked to it. If you get it wrong, you progress 2 mutation stages.

The heavy boxes can only be pushed when in 'brute-strength' mutation.

The green pressure plate opens any doors linked to it as long as the player or a box is on top of it.

[Warped Wonderland Developer Team]

> Charlie Brown

> Jacob Pierno

> Hassan Johnson

> Zack Gailey

Licenses/Properties Used:

[GRAPHICS]

Top Down Pixel Art Lab Horror by kamisama887 (Free License for Personal Use)

https://kamisama887.itch.io/horror-lab-top-down 

Hotel + Laboratory Pixel Asset Pack by DTG

https://dungeon-the-goat.itch.io/hotel-labratory-pixel-asset-pack 

Simple 2d Pixel UI Pack by ManaFrame

https://manaframe.itch.io/simple-2d-pixel-ui-stuff

[SOUNDS]

Luki's Cinematic Essentials by lukaspfeiffermusic

https://lukaspfeiffermusic.itch.io/lukis-cinematic-essentials

Free SCI-FI UI Sound Effects Pack by Hove Audio

https://hoveaudio.itch.io/free-sci-fi-ui-sound-effects-pack

Game Piano Music Pack by alkakrab

https://alkakrab.itch.io/game-piano-music-pack

FREE Horror Soundtracks Vol. 1 by Arya of Terror

https://aryaofterror.itch.io/free-horror-soundtracks-vol-1