Line #6 VideoGame/Covetous


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3	->'''"I NEVER DESIRED WEALTH OR STATUS. ONLY EXISTENCE."'''
4	-->--'''The Protagonist''', right before the level that decides his fate.
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6	''Covetous'' is a SurrealHorror IndieGame. You play as some kind of parasitic creature (probably a fetus) living inside of your brother's body, eating him from the inside by moving over the green and yellow patches. You gradually get bigger and bigger the more you consume, and between each level the parasite narrates its story.
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8	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.
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10	It's full of NightmareFuel and manages to be pretty creepy despite, or maybe even because of, its poor pixel 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.
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12	The game can be played [[http://dagobah.net/flash/Covetous.swf here]], though those with sensitive eyes and/or epilepsy should refrain from playing it thanks to the last two levels having some ''[[SensoryAbuse serious]]'' EpilepticFlashingLights.
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14	!!"O, tropes, let me be known.":
15	* AlasPoorVillain: You feel bad for the fetus, since all that it wants was to simply live.
16	* {{Angrish}}: In one text screen, instead of a usually coherent message, it says, "[[PrecisionFStrike FUCKAND EAT YOU CUNT SHITPIG/]]" [sic].
17	* BodyAndHost: The brother and fetus, respectively.
18	* BodyHorror: A fetus growing inside of you and eating your life force and organs, need we say more?
19	* ButtonMashing: In the final level, you have to mash the left and right arrow keys to [[ChestBurster burst out from your brother]]. Or you can choose not to, and spare your brother at the cost of your own life.
20	* CainAndAbel: You can become this trope if you choose to live for yourself and let your brother die.
21	* ChestBurster: Should you decide to kill your brother: "O, existence, let me be known."
22	* EatenAlive: The living brother, from the inside out, by his twin.
23	* EpilepticFlashingLights: In the last levels, the background rapidly flashes between red and white.
24	* EvilTwin: The fetus, whose mind is very twisted and malicious.
25	* FlatCharacter: The brother has no personality to speak of. He's only relevant by virtue of hosting the fetus.
26	* GreenEyedMonster: You can become this if you choose life for yourself instead of your brother.
27	* HeelRealization: If you end up withering away to spare your brother's life: "In the end, I couldn't do it. I couldn't put myself to steal from another what was once stolen from me." There is the implication that either the protagonist is too ridden with guilt to finish the job, or is lamenting his weakness.
28	* HorrorHunger: The protagonist must eat parts of his brother to survive.
29	* HumanoidAbomination: The player falls under this trope.
30	* ImAHumanitarian: You appear to be eating your brother's insides.
31	* NothingIsScarier: The brother's fate should you decide against bursting out of him. The game ends with you lamenting over not having the gumption/being too guilt-stricken to go through with the act of consuming him completely... but it never shows what follows as a result of having his insides get eaten over time.
32	* LastSecondEndingChoice: Depending on whether or not you follow the ButtonMashing prompt on the final stage, you either [[ChestBurster explode out of your brother]], or let yourself wither away to spare his life.
33	* OneWordTitle: Named for the idea of desire. In this case, the desire to live.
34	* SensoryAbuse: The final three levels feature progressively worse sensory assaults: the seventh stage replaces the music with a loud, high-pitched tone, the eighth has EpilepticFlashingLights in the background, and the final stage turns both of these things up to eleven with the tone becoming higher and louder while the flashing becomes much more intense.
35	* SurrealHorror: Complete with low quality graphics, creepy music, and very disturbing dialogue. It gets a whole lot worse by the end.
36	* StylisticSuck: The game has low quality pixel art and ear-grating music... and yet, it doesn't detract from the horror that is a parasite consuming one very unfortunate person from within.
37	* TruthInTelevision: Frighteningly enough, there is actually a developmental abnormality called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetus_in_fetu Fetus in fetu]] in which a fetus can become trapped inside of its twin and lives inside of the twin parasitically. This seems to be what the game is based on.
38	* TwoSiblingsInOne: A physical and literal example, in contrast to the trope's usual spiritual definition. It's not a good time for either, of course.

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