Mush (video game)
Mush was a browser-based free-to-play multiplayer game by the French company Motion Twin. The game was first available in French on 14 January 2013. From August 2013, the English version of the game was in closed beta phase, which ended before 5 November 2013 when the game went live.
The plot of the game, wherein an alien entity takes over some of the 16 people on a spaceship and the players attempt to uncover their identities, has been compared to John Carpenter's 1982 film The Thing.
As of 24 November 2023, the publisher's website reported that the game was no longer available. An open-source remake named eMush was released after closure by the community-run non-profit association Eternaltwin.
Plot and Gameplay
Players choose from a roster of characters, each with specified roles and skills, and must work together with fifteen other players to complete various tasks on the spacecraft Daedalus. Two of these players are secretly infected with the "Mush", a malevolent alien parasite. The goal of the Mush players is to covertly conquer and infect the rest of the ship, or slay every living human. Human players must find and eliminate the Mush, then pilot the ship either to their homeworld Sol, or to the utopian colony of Eden.Each player is allotted a set number of action points and movement points which are recharged every "cycle". Players also have health and morale points, which they must maintain at risk of death.
The game's graphics utilize pixel art and Isometric graphics in [video games and pixel art|isometric projection].