Swarm Me

Swarm Me is a top-down survival game where players defeat massive enemy swarms by luring them into traps, hazards, and environmental kills, relying on movement, items, and positioning. Swarm Me was inspired by the late-round experience of Kino der Toten from Call of Duty: Black Ops, where enemy health scales beyond conventional killing and survival depends entirely on movement, positioning, and environmental traps. The project set out to capture that specific feeling of controlled panic found in high zombie rounds, when weapons become ineffective and only smart use of traps, crowd manipulation, and limited high-impact tools can keep the player alive. Instead of recreating a shooter, Swarm Me distills that late-game tension into a standalone system where direct damage is optional. Enemies are meant to overwhelm, not be cleared efficiently, pushing the player to think and move spatially and tactically. Over time, the design expanded to include multiple modes, usable items, bosses, and optional weapons, while keeping the core philosophy intact: survival through control, not firepower.