History VideoGame / Covetous

* EpilepticFlashingLights: In the last level, the background rapidly flashes between red and white.

''Covetous'' is an [[IndieGame indie]] SurrealHorror game. You play as some kind of parasitic creature (probably a fetus) living inside of your brother's body and eating him from the inside. You gradually get bigger and bigger the more you consume, and with each level of size growth you get creepy messages telling the story of the parasite.

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* GreenEyedMonster: You can become this is you choose life for yourself instead of your brother.

The game can be played [[http://dagobah.net/flash/Covetous.swf here]].

-->--'''The Protagonist'''

''Covetous'' is an [[IndieGame indie]] SurrealHorror game. You play as some kind of parasitic creature (probably a fetus) living inside of your brother's body and eating him from the inside. You gradually get bigger and bigger the more you consume, and with each level of size growth you get creepy messages telling the story of the parasite. At the very end, you are big enough to [[ChestBurster burst out of your brother]], killing him in the process. You can choose either to break out of your brother's body and live instead of him, or you can choose to give up and die, allowing your brother to live on.

* AlasPoorVillain: You feel bad for the fetus, since all that it wanted was to simply live.

-->-- ''The Protagonist''

* {{Angrish}}: In one text screen, instead of a usually coherent message, it says, "FUCKAND EAT YOU CUNT SHITPIG/[sic]" .

->''"I NEVER DESIRED WEALTH OR STATUS. ONLY EXISTENCE."'''

* {{Angrish}}: In one text screen, instead of a usually coherent message, it says, "FUCKAND EAT YOU CUNT SHITPIG/" [sic].

->''''"I NEVER DESIRED WEALTH OR STATUS. ONLY EXISTENCE."'''''

It's full of NightmareFuel and manages to be pretty creepy despite, or maybe even because of, its poor 8-bit graphics. It focuses little on actual gameplay (you just use the arrow keys to move and eat) and more on the story and theme of the game.

The game can be played on Newgrounds [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/542658 here]].

%%* BodyHorror

%%* ChestBurster: The Good Ending.
%%* EatenAlive: The brother.
%%* EvilTwin: The fetus.
* GreenEyedMonster: You can become this is you choose life for yourself instead of your brother. "O, existence, let me be known."

%%* SurrealHorror

* BodyHorror

* ChestBurster: The Good Ending.
* EatenAlive: The brother.
* EvilTwin: The fetus.

* SurrealHorror

* {{Angrish}}: In one text screen, instead of a usually coherent message, it says, "FUCKAND EAT YOU CUNT SHITPIG/".

* GreenEyedMonster: You can become this is you choose life for yourself instead of your brother.

'''''"I NEVER DESIRED WEALTH OR STATUS. ONLY EXISTENCE."'''''

* CainAndAbel: You can become this trope if you choose to live yourself and let your brother die.
* ChestBurster

-->- ''The Protagonist''

* {{Angrish}}: In one text screen, instead of a usually coherant message, it says, "FUCKAND EAT YOU CUNT SHITPIG/".

* HeroicSacrifice: You can choose to die so that your brother can live.
** "In the end, I couldn't do it. I couldn't put myself to steal from another what was once stolen from me."

* NightmareFuel

* AlasPoorVillain: You feel bad for the fetus, since all that he wanted was to simply live.

* AmbiguousGender: The fetus, although in the second-to-last level it appears to be wearing a dress.

* IDontWantToDie: The player character wants desperately to survive.

''Covetous'' is an [[IndieGame indie]] [[PsychologicalHorror psychological horror game]]. You play as some kind of parasitic creature (probably a fetus) living inside of your brother's body and eating him from the inside. You gradually get bigger and bigger the more you consume, and with each level of size growth you get creepy messages telling the story of the parasite. At the very end, you are big enough to [[ChestBurster burst out of your brother]], killing him in the process. You can choose either to break out of your brother's body and live instead of him, or you can choose to give up and die, allowing your brother to live on.

''Covetous'' is an [[IndieGame indie]] [[PsychologicalHorror psychological horror game]]. You play as some kind of parasitic creature (probably a fetus) living inside of your brother's body and eating him from the inside. You gradually get bigger and bigger the more you consume, and with each level of size growth you get creepy messages telling the story of the parasite. At the very end, you are big enough to burst out of your brother, killing him in the process. You can choose either to break out of your brother's body and live instead of him, or you can choose to give up and die, allowing your brother to live on.

* Angrish: In one text screen, instead of a usually coherant message, it says, "FUCKAND EAT YOU CUNT SHITPIG/".

'''''I NEVER DESIRED WEALTH OR STATUS. ONLY EXISTENCE.'''''