Larva Mortus
Larva Mortus is a 2008 video game developed by independent video game developer Rake In Grass. It is a top-down shooter. The source code of the Torque 2D based game was made available by the developer under non-commercial usage terms in 2009.[3][4]
Plot
The game is set at the end of the 19th century. It follows an agent who was recruited by a group which specializes on exorcism of various supernatural evil creatures. He is forced to face an evil from ancient times as it plans to capture a powerful artifact of black magic. The artifact was discovered by five adventurers and broken up between them. The agent has to find all pieces before the evil does so.[5][6]
Gameplay
The player controls a hunter of monsters. Their task is to kill all enemies in a level. There are 30 types of enemies. Missions are randomly generated. There are role-playing elements, such as the player gains experience by killing monsters.[7][8][9]
Reception
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The game received mixed to positive reviews.[10][11][12]
References
- ^ http://www.gamevortex.com/gamevortex/soft_rev.php/4592/larva-mortus-pc.html
- ^ http://www.garagegames.com/best-of-torque/torque-2d#larva-mortus
- ^ Source code of Larva Mortus on rakeingrass.com (May 1st, 2009, archived)
- ^ larva_mortus_src.zip on rakeingrass.com (2009, archived)
- ^ http://www.ign.com/games/larva-mortus/pc-14253834
- ^ http://www.giantbomb.com/larva-mortus/3030-26940/
- ^ "Larva Mortus Review". Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
- ^ http://www.realmofgaming.com/reviews/pc/larva-mortus/836.html
- ^ http://www.byttenreviews.co.uk/gamereview.php?id=292
- ^ http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/larva-mortus
- ^ http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/946341-larva-mortus/index.html
- ^ http://www.mobygames.com/game/larva-mortus/mobyrank
External links
- 2008 video games
- Action video games
- Top-down video games
- Indie video games
- Windows games
- MacOS games
- Video games developed in the Czech Republic
- Video games set in the 19th century
- Video games about exorcism
- Dark fantasy video games
- Video games using procedural generation
- Commercial video games with freely available source code
- Torque (game engine) games
- Single-player video games