Parasitic God

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The Concept

You are a nascent god, tethered to a small tribe of followers on a vibrant, living world. Their worship is your lifeblood, their growth your only purpose. You grant them miracles, blessing them with bountiful harvests and inspiring great works.

But your power comes at a cost. Every miracle that nurtures your civilization also poisons the planet. The soil turns barren, the forests wither, and the sky darkens. You are their savior and their apocalypse.

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The Mission

Guide your people from a simple tribe to a star-faring civilization capable of escaping the dying world. Manage your resources Faith, Followers, and Production while trying to keep the planet's ever-rising Corruption at bay.

Unlock new ages of technology, build a network of cities, and perform the final, desperate miracle to launch your followers into the stars before you consume everything.

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Features

• Exponential Growth
  Watch a handful of followers grow into a massive civilization with huts, cities, and procedural road networks.

• A World That Reacts
  See the direct consequences of your actions as the vibrant globe fades to a corrupted wasteland and forests vanish based on your decisions.

• Deeply Moddable
  The entire game—from miracles and their effects to the visual tiers of your civilization—is driven by simple JSON files. If you can edit a text file, you can mod this game.

• Strategic Resource Management
  Balance the generation of multiple resources and make difficult choices. Will you sacrifice followers to purge corruption, or push for industrial growth at any cost?

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Modding Your Universe

This game was built from the ground up to be modified. You can add new miracles, create random events, and even define new visual tiers for your civilization.

Finding the Mods Folder

The game creates a Mods folder in its user data directory on first launch:

• Windows: %APPDATA%\Godot\app_userdata\ParasiticGod\Mods\
• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Godot/app_userdata/ParasiticGod/Mods/
• Linux: ~/.local/share/godot/app_userdata/ParasiticGod/Mods/

Inside, you'll find three folders: Miracles, Tiers, and Events.
The game also loads a set of base mods from its installation directory (res://Mods). Any files you place in the user folder will be added to or override the base game's content.

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Creating a New Miracle

To add a new miracle, create a JSON file in Mods/Miracles.
The filename becomes its unique ID (e.g., my_cool_miracle.json):

{
  "name": "My Cool Miracle",
  "faithCost": 100,
  "followersRequired": 50,
  "productionRequired": 0,
  "unlockedByDefault": true,
  "advancesToAge": "The Cool Age",
  "effects": [
    {
      "type": "AddResource",
      "targetResource": "Faith",
      "value": 200
    }
  ]
}

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Creating a New Event

To add a new random event, create a JSON file in Mods/Events:

{
  "id": "event_my_event",
  "title": "A Thing Happened!",
  "description": "Something unexpected occurred. What will you do?",
  "meanTimeToHappen": 120,
  "trigger": {
    "minFollowers": 100,
    "maxCorruption": 50
  },
  "options": [
    {
      "text": "Do the thing!",
      "tooltip": "Gain 50 Production.",
      "effects": [
        {
          "type": "AddResource",
          "targetResource": "Production",
          "value": 50
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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Modifying Visual Tiers

You can change the visual progression of followers, huts, and temples by editing the files in Mods/Tiers. The format is a list of tiers, sorted by threshold:

{
  "tiers": [
    {
      "tierEnum": "Tier1",
      "threshold": 0,
      "imagePath": "user://Mods/Tiers/Huts/my_custom_hut.png",
      "scale": { "x": 1.0, "y": 1.0 }
    }
  ]
}

• tierEnum: Must be one of Tier1 through Tier10.
• threshold: The number of followers needed to unlock this visual.
• imagePath: The path to the image file. Use user:// for mods or res:// for base assets.
• scale: Optional X/Y scale multiplier for the image.

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Available Effect Types

Both miracles and event options use this list of effects:

Type	Description	Parameters
AddResource	Adds or subtracts from a core stat.	targetResource (Stat), value (number)
ConvertResource	Trades one resource for another.	fromResource, fromAmount, toResource, toAmount
ModifyStat	Permanently changes a passive stat.	targetStat, op ("Add" or "Multiply"), value
ApplyBuff	Applies a temporary multiplier.	buffId, targetStat, multiplier, duration (seconds)
UnlockMiracle	Unlocks other miracles.	miraclesToUnlock (list of IDs)
DestroySelf	Removes the miracle's button.	(No parameters)
Win	Triggers the game's win condition.	(No parameters)

Valid Stat Names: Faith, Followers, Corruption, Production, ProductionPerSecond, CorruptionPerSecond, FollowersPerSecond, FaithPerFollower, ProductionPerFollower

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License

This project is open source. See the LICENSE file for details.

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Contributing

While the core code is complete for the jam, you can help by:

• Reporting bugs or balance issues.
• Creating cool new miracles and sharing them.
• Spreading the word!