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[Whales]

SCHUDs are weaky. They're stronger than surface greenies, but I'd consider a Fast Zombie more dangerous.


Speaking of which, is it just me or are young fungaloids pretty hard punchers? I had to get past one and lost quite a bit of life in just two blows. (the problem being when rather than one fungaloid, you are somewhere surrounded by DOZENS. A couple of hits, pain sets in, and you can't outrun them anymore)

Young fungaloids are the "combat" life phase of the fungaloid lifeform.  The adults are the slower, weaker-hitting "reproduction" phase.

[Girlinhat]

That may be worth including in the ; view description, if it's not already.

[Whales]

While the life-cycle details aren't explicitly stated, it does say that the young fungaloids have thicker bark, are covered in thorns, and moves faster than full-grown fungaloids.

Not that anyone reads those things.

[G-Flex]

Wait, fungaloids have bark and thorns? Are they fungal or plants or what?

[Girlinhat]

I looked up "fungus zombie" and found something about these ants...  Just, google it, it's, um...  Just google it, ok?

[ChairmanPoo]

I looked up "fungus zombie" and found something about these ants...  Just, google it, it's, um...  Just google it, ok?

but high  speed videos are funnier  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8

[Whales]

Wait, fungaloids have bark and thorns? Are they fungal or plants or what?

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They're from another dimension.  They don't have to follow your ruuuules, Whittaker!

And yeah, cordyceps is badass and was the origin of the whole fungal infection thing.

[Girlinhat]

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I haxed a little and jumped through a few labs.  Fungus sprouting through the hands was mildly terrifying, and I kept vomiting spores into my 5x7 room until they were thicker than smoke.  I didn't see how I died, but I assume it involved spores in the brain.

[Flare]

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Is killing the fungal spires a waste of time? Are they just going to respawn elsewhere if I firebomb the place?

[The Merchant Of Menace]

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Killing the fungal spire cuts down on the fungal population of the area by something like 30% a day, so killing them is definitely not a waste of time

[dood_]

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They're from another dimension.  They don't have to follow your ruuuules, Whittaker!

Sounds very family to this, in some ways. Not that could tell by that wiki in but the most generalist of terms mind.

[ChairmanPoo]

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 I didn't see how I died, but I assume it involved spores in the brain.

Google "mucormycosis" :p


...speaking of which, how about spawning amphothericin in pharmacies, and make it negate fungal infection for a couple of hours? (kind of like thorazine and schizophrenia). The idea being to give the player time to break into a lab and get royal jelly.

[Girlinhat]

Anything described as an infection will be nasty.

[ChairmanPoo]

Pytiriasis is pretty tame...

[Whales]

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They're from another dimension.  They don't have to follow your ruuuules, Whittaker!

Sounds very family to this, in some ways. Not that could tell by that wiki in but the most generalist of terms mind.

Heh, that book sounds pretty cool, I may have to pick it up.

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The "destructive civil war between rival human factions" part is something I'd like to include some day.  In particular, factions that have found a way to survive the fungal infection, and view it as the next stage in evolution for humans, or perhaps a new god (Cthulhu mythos style).  They'll make every effort to spread the infection and the influence of the fungaloids, while other factions will view them as insane and dangerous.