Cold Case: COVID
History is shaped by INDIVIDUALS who took a stand to change the world. The Bureau for Bettering Quantum Streams (BBQS) of 2671 has identified, through genetic back-mapping (™), a series of these lynchpin individuals who were present during the 2020 COVID pandemic who could have had a massive impact in preventing its spread. Your mission is to travel back to 2020 and ACTIVATE these local heroes to mitigate the catastrophic societal impact of COVID. Utilize your Time limit effectively to generate resources and invest in these LOCAL HEROES!
Objective
Invest in local heroes. Each run you are attempting to get these heroes over their tipping point to be ACTIVATED as a local hero. To Activate a hero you must complete 15 Outreach Events from their Outreach Category within a run. Once activated, you get a bonus in future runs. Unlock enough bonuses to Activate five heroes in one run to win the game!
Attributions
Drop-Drone Interior art https://infinitestars.itch.io/infinite-stars-bg-asset-dropdroneinterior (modified by Kevin Prothero)
Font - Press Start 2P https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Press+Start+2P
Arrow Icon - Delapouite of https://game-icons.net
Hero Persona Backgrounds - Noraneko Games https://noranekogames.itch.io/ (modified by Kevin Prothero)
Hero Persona Characters - Fungii Draws https://fungii.itch.io/ (modified by Kevin Prothero)
Portal Asset - Hansjörg Malthaner http://opengameart.org/users/varkalandar
The Traveler - Punch Deck https://soundcloud.com/punch-deck/the-traveler
Comments
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Really neat concept! I don't think saving works, and I can't seem to complete any of the chains except for the outdoor dining one, and that doesn't seem to unlock anything in the future. I see agent unlocks in one of the pictures on the game page, but those aren't available to unlock, maybe I can't figure out where to click or something.
I hope you keep working on this, it's really great!
30 seconds in... like it so far. Full screen hides half of your resources from view.
Thanks for checking it out and letting us know! We plan to better implement resizing when we update post-jam. :)
Full Run content is first on our list to develop then we get to work on some optimization items from there.