Virulent

Virulent is a turn-based tactical game where you are in charge of managing a global viral outbreak, and if you are lucky, save the world.

The game has four difficulty modes, a game lasts around 15 minutes. I also ported the game to Löve 2D, and documented the game code extensively - both are available on Github via the game's home page.

Virulent is a remake of an Atari game called "Epidemic!" by Steven Faber (1982).

I started the project in July 2020 for the Pico-8 fantasy console. It took 4 weekends to complete. I referenced the original game manual to derive the game mechanics. I updated the world data to reflect modern country names and statistics, and added three new countries - Madagascar, Southeast Asia and South Africa.