Mush (video game)

MUSH
Developer(s) Motion Twin
Release date(s) French: 4 February 2013
English: 5 November 2013
Genre(s) Simulation, RPG

Mush is a browser-based free-to-play multiplayer game by the French company Motion Twin.[1] The game was first available in French on 4 February 2013.[2] From August 2013, the English version of the game was in closed beta phase, which ended before 5 November 2013 when the game went live.[3][4][5]

The plot of the game, wherein an alien entity (the titular "Mush") takes over some of the 16 people on a spaceship and the players attempt to uncover who it is, has been compared to John Carpenter's The Thing.[3][6]

Plot and Gameplay

Players choose from a roster of characters, each with specified roles and skills (such as chef, pilot, scientist, etc.) and must work together with fifteen other players to attend to various tasks on the spacecraft Daedalus. Two of these players are infected with the "Mush", a malevolent alien pathogen. The goal of the Mush players is to covertly conquer and infect the rest of the ship, or slain every living human.[1][4] Each player is allotted action points and movement points which are recharged every "cycle" (three hours of real time). There are life points and moral points too. If one of these achieve to get to 0, the player die.[7]

The graphics utilize pixel art and isometric projection.

Reception

Mush was awarded the Originality Award at 2013’s European Indie Game Days.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Hindman, Beau (6 September 2013). "MMObility: Motion Twin's Mush conjures delightfully paranoid gameplay". Massively. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Test de Mush sur Web - 15/02/2013" (in French). Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 Khaw, Cassandra (2 September 2013). "John Carpenter's The Thing Goes Viral". USGamer.net. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  4. 1 2 "MUSH - In space, nobody hears it teem...". GamaSutra (Press release). 20 August 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Award-winning Mush is LIVE!". twinoid.com/en. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  6. ↑ Priestman, Chris (22 April 2013). "Mush: Find The Imposter Among The Crew In This Intense Social Game". Indie Statik. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  7. ↑ Rose, Mike (12 November 2013). "Mush Review". Gamezebo. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Multiplayer mystery game Mush launches today" (Press release). Gamasutra. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
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