Larva Mortus
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Developer(s) | Rake in Grass |
Publisher(s) | Meridian4[1] |
Designer(s) | Frantisek Chmelar |
Programmer(s) | Pavel Tovarys |
Artist(s) | Frantisek Chmelar |
Composer(s) | Borislav Slavov, Victor Stoyanov |
Engine | Torque 2D[2] |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X |
Release | 13 May 2008 |
Genre(s) | Top-down shooter, role-playing |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Larva Mortus is a 2008 top-down shooter video game developed by independent developer Rake in Grass. The source code of the Torque 2D based game was made available by the developer under non-commercial usage terms in 2009.[3]
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.[4][5]
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.[6][7][8]
Reception
The game received mixed to positive reviews.[9][10][11]
References
- ^ "Larva Mortus".
- ^ http://www.garagegames.com/best-of-torque/torque-2d#larva-mortus
- ^ "Rake in Grass". 2 February 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "Larva Mortus - IGN".
- ^ "Larva Mortus (Game)".
- ^ "Larva Mortus Review". Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ "Larva Mortus Review | PC". www.realmofgaming.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
- ^ "Bytten".
- ^ "Larva Mortus". Metacritic.
- ^ "Video Game Reviews, Articles, Trailers and more - Metacritic".
- ^ "Larva Mortus (2008) MobyRank".
External links
- Official website
- Larva Mortus at MobyGames