Story

The Hive Mind’s invasion was repelled by Earth’s heroes. 

Now, the Hive Mind has planted a fake hero spy
— you —
to sabotage the city from within. 

On a battlefield watched by civilians and broadcast across the world, 
pretend to be a hero, reassure the people…and
secretly unleash monsters to bring the city to ruin.

Pose as a hero.
Destroy the city from the inside.

Fake Hero is a score-attack action game where you secretly sabotage a city while pretending to protect it.

You don’t attack directly.
You don’t control combat.
You only move.

Everything else happens automatically.

Your form changes based on civilian sight

Seen → Hero
Unseen → Villain

As a Villain, you spawn monsters and accelerate civilian deaths to gain score.
As a Hero, you eliminate monsters and reduce Anxiety — but gain no points.

The more score you chase, the more risk you take.

Core Gameplay

Fake Hero is built around risk management and self-contradiction.

• Villain Form increases score — and Anxiety.

• Hero Form stabilizes the game — but stalls progression.

• You lose if Anxiety reaches 100% or drops to 0.
  

You must constantly decide:

Do I stabilize… or do I escalate?

Your goal is simple

Eliminate as many civilians as you can within 5 minutes.

Submission for the Pirate Software - Game Jam 18.

We are a 4-member indie game team from South Korea, brought together for this game jam.

We worked hard in a short amount of time — we hope you enjoy playing our game!

Feedback is always welcome in the comments!

Action Design: bjKang
Environment Design: HwangTaeJu
Art: MGB
Programming: KimJaeUn