This is an entry for the Pirate Software Game Jam 2025

Save Me! is a top-down shooter with strategic decision-making. While defending yourself from enemies,
the cost of defending is a part of the limited health you have. In order to regain the lost health,
enemies can be killed or farms can be used. These farms will either produce enemies when corrupted, or health
when they are not corrupted. Make sure as many farms as possible are not corrupted by staying close. You
can also upgrade these farms to increase the production of health, but this will also cost you a part of your
health. You therefore need to manage your health in a strategic way, in order to survive as long as possible!

Theme

The theme of the game jam is ‘You are the weapon’. The game is based around the concept of animals defending
themselves by making a specific kind of weapon which is intrinsic to the type of animal. Think about a honey
bee that can only sting once and dies afterwards. Another example is the motyxia millipede, which uses
cyanide to kill predators. These two examples show that an animal can use itself as a weapon, which was used
in the game.

The character in the game is a mix between the two animals mentioned before and by declining health
when defending itself, a defence mechanism is simulated. To make it more interesting to recover
the health lost, farms are used. These farms are loosely based on beehives.

Controls