History VideoGame / PerfectVermin

* DropTheHammer: The player character wields a sledgehammer to crush vermin with.

* FreudianExcuse: The newscaster apologizes for his behavior and explains that it stems from his mother, whom he hated and [[YouAreWhatYouHate fears he is becoming like she was]]. Given the full context, [[spoiler:it's implied that he inherited his smoking habits from her.]]

** Your attempts to destroy the "vermin" is mindlessly brutal, usually leaving the offices a wreck. [[spoiler: Just like how cancer cures kill cancerous and healthy cells alike.]]

--> '''The Reporter''': [[spoiler:I was cruel to you before. Your task was always impossible. My hope was never fair... Do not worry yourself with the timer. [[YourDaysAreNumbered It is not for you]]. I am being unborn. And once again, I am amused by the simple beauty of colours. Such abstract and fleeting things, I will unknow them. It was good to live. It was good. If only I had more time...]]

''Perfect Vermin'' is an indie [[HorrorVideoGames horror game]] by Maceo bob Mair and Angad Matharoo with sound design by Chris Dang and a music score composed by Daniel Shypilov. There is also an ( InUniverse) InMemoriam to Harold A. Shpitz.

''Perfect Vermin'' is an indie [[HorrorVideoGames horror game]] by Maceo bob Mair and Angad Matharoo with sound design by Chris Dang and a music score composed by Daniel Shypilov. There is also a(n InUniverse) InMemoriam to Harold A. Shpitz.

* FinalSolution: The reporter eggs you on to kill all vermin you come across, insisting to you that they have no feelings and should be exterminated as quickly as possible. While it is seemingly setting up a WhatMeasureIsANonHuman conclusion, [[spoiler:they are actually a double metaphor for both cancer cells and the victims of "the massacre downtown"]].

** Not only do the number of "no smoking" signs increase, [[spoiler:but so does the number of cigarettes in the ashtray every time it cuts back to the news reporter]].
** The plants which appear as props look suspiciously like [[spoiler:parts of the diagrams in the doctor's office]].

* FreudianExcuse: The newscaster apologizes for his behavior and explains that it stems from his mother, whom he hated and [[YouAreWhatYouHate fears he is becoming like she was]]. Given the full context, [[spoiler:it's implied that he inherited his smoking habits from her]].
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: The reporter is a GlorySeeker who wants to write a newsworthy piece, [[spoiler:but he is slowly dying and fears that his inevitable death will be ignored]].
* InterfaceScrew: One level has the screen split into two with the player controlling both characters at once and finding the right amount of vermin on both sides, [[spoiler:with the reporter's diseased and bloated body in between]].

* WhamLine: In the "chaos level", after explaining his FreudianExcuse:

* WombLevel: The [[spoiler:flesh tunnel after the chaos level]]. One can easily interpret [[spoiler:the ''entire game'' as this, as well.]]

* AdultFear: The game ''very much'' plays up the existential terror of [[spoiler:nobody knowing you existed after you pass away, as the conversation between the reporter and the doctor shows]]:
--> '''The Reporter''': [[spoiler:No one will care about my death if I don't prove to them that I lived.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Harold A. Shpitz is dying of lung cancer due to his smoking, and wants to desperately write a piece for people to remember him with, but there is no time left. Given that the game starts with an InUniverse InMemorium to him, he passed away sometime after the game's events.]]

* WalkingSpoiler: Most of the spoiler tags are because of the newscaster more specifically. [[spoiler:Even the fact that he is Harold A. Shpitz. from the InMemorium is a spoiler.]]

** The plant that appears as a prop suspiciously looks like [[spoiler:part of the diagram in the doctor's office]].

* WalkingSpoiler: Most of the spoiler tags are because of the newscaster more specifically.

* FinalSolution: The reporter eggs you on to kill all vermin you come across, insisting to you that they have no feelings and should be exterminated as quickly as possible. While it is seemingly set up to a WhatMeasureIsANonHuman conclusion, [[spoiler:they are actually a double metaphor for both cancer cells and the victims of "the massacre downtown"]].

* FinalSolution: The reporter eggs you on to kill all vermin you come across, insisting to you that they have no feelings and should be exterminated as quickly as possible. While it is seemingly set up to a WhatMeasureIsANonHuman conclusion, [[spoiler:they are actually cancer cells]].

** The mimics are red and fleshy beings that explode into bloody viscera out of the object they are hiding as.

* TheCanKickedHim: One of the most common spots for the mimics to hide is in a bathroom stall. Amusingly, you can tell if one is in there or not if the door says it is occupied.

** The mimics often keep appearing in the same locations over and over again despite having been gotten rid of before. [[spoiler:Much like cancer cells.]]

* InterfaceScrew: One level has the screen split into two with the player controlling both characters at once and finding the right amount of mimics on both sides, [[spoiler:with the reporter's diseased and bloated body in between]].

The game is free on [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1416130/Perfect_Vermin Steam]] and available with naming your price on [[https://itsthemaceo.itch.io/perfect-vermin Itch.io]]. The soundtrack is available on [[https://undervalium.bandcamp.com/album/perfect-vermin-ost Bandcamp]] and [[https://soundcloud.com/user-308137278/sets/perfect-vermin-ost SoundCloud]], but be wary of unmarked spoilers in the song titles.