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Blight is the third area in the second part of the game, accessed by getting through Gloom. It is the Future version of Overflow. The area got flooded even more by the ongoing hard rain, washing away the toxins and bringing new dangers. Blight introduces one new enemy, not encountered anywhere outside of The Future (Steven prophesies) prior to this point.
Blight's main path consists of 21 level. Most of the area's levels are altered versions of Overflow's levels, with Blight 21 being the Future version of The Split.
Blight contains 8 secret levels, in which 1 cartridge, Pus-Man, can be collected.
Getting through Blight leads Ash to Ruin.
Enemies[ | ]
Blight houses 9 enemy types:
- Glubs - fleshy, lumpy blobs that can be seen stuck to walls and floating in water all over Blight. They are functionally identical to agonyias from other Future areas, acting as passive obstacles.
- Mother - a mass of flesh, covering some of Blight's levels. When Ash gets close enough, Mother begins to expand in his direction, following Ash indefinitely as long as he is in range. If Ash gets far enough away, Mother will start retracting to its original position. Touching the flesh will kill Ash.
- Thistlefish - hostile fish which will chase Ash in the water. Thistlefish will approach Ash slowly if he is far away and quickly dash towards him within certain range. If the fish manages to jump out of water and onto a solid platform, it will flop around unpredictably, attempting to get back into water. Touching the thistlefish kills Ash.
- Paraslags - spiky slug-like creatures which stick to floors and ceilings of the area and remain stationary until Ash approaches them and either walks underneath them or jumps over them. When that happens, paraslag will dash up or down in a straight line, attempting to catch Ash, and will stick to the next surface in its way. Any contact with a paraslag kills Ash.
- Floasts - floating creatures, similar to hoasts. Their head is also covered by a human skull and a small fleshy tail can be seen sticking out at the bottom. Much like hoasts and other enemies with skull shells, floasts are "bouncy". Jumping on top of a floast allows Ash to bounce off of its skull shell. Touching the sides or the bottom of a floast will kill Ash.
- Musks - relatively large flying blobs, marked by a cross on their head. After noticing Ash for the first time, the musk will start following him. When close enough to Ash, the musk will charge towards him with a loud growl. Touching the musk kills Ash. Musks fly over solid blocks, but can't see Ash through a solid wall initially. Only one of them appears in this area, in Blight 19.
- Turret (static, single-shot) - a stationary turret firing relatively slow-moving bullets in one direction at even intervals. Touching a bullet or the turret itself kills Ash.
- Turret (tracking, single-shot) - a rotating turret which tracks Ash's movement with a slight delay and fires relatively slow-moving bullets at even intervals, as long as it can see Ash. This turret type and the one below only appear in the secret under Blight 12, but not in any of the main levels.
- Turret (tracking, rapid-fire) - a rotating turret which tracks Ash's movement with a slight delay and fires a continuous stream of fast-moving bullets, as long as it can see Ash.
Secret entrances[ | ]
- Blight 4 (upwards secret) - 1 NPC. Accessed by swimming up through an opening in the ceiling.
- Blight 10 (upwards secret) - 1 NPC. Accessed by climbing up from the top left of the level.
- Blight 12 (downwards secret) - 1 cartridge (Pus-Man). Accessed by breaking through the breakable blocks in the left wall.
Characters[ | ]
Blight contains 3 NPCs. Click on "Open" to see their dialogue.
Mini-Steven in the secret above Blight 4:
hey fellow me! odd seeing you here i see we are at it again adventures and such i assume it will end as it always does though if you are lucky maybe a piece of you will drop off and run away . . . maybe choose the path more traveled? look at me . . . being some kinda oracle anyway GET IN THE BOX! or whatever . . . right?"
Gish in the secret above Blight 10:
oh hey i didn't see you there do you remember me? back when life was simple we would just hang out being sticky but now you gotta be all deep and brooding you've changed man . . . lighten up! seriously go outside or something it's time to take a break no one likes someone who's all doom and gloom at least add some humor to lighten it up a bit you didn't even add any poo jokes dude!? wtf here i got one for ya have you heard the one about the constipated mathematician ? he worked it out with a pencil . . . and there you go!
Skeleton in Blight 21:
THE END IS NIGH! this time it's for real! no joking! you go down there you die! we all die! WE ALL DIE!!! . . . fucking finally right? it's time to close the book on this horrid memory let the earth open and the mother take us into forever!
Trivia[ | ]
- Mini-Steven, the NPC in the secret above Blight 4, references Edmund's game Time Fcuk, which was the first game in which Steven appeared as a character.
- Gish, the NPC in the secret above Blight 10, is a reference to Edmund's game with the same name.
- The presence of turrets in the area may be explained by Mother carrying pieces of The Machine with her during her expansion to Blight, or carrying pieces of Ruin up.
- It's reasonable to assume that the lonely musk appearing in Blight 19 escaped from Golgotha.
Gallery[ | ]
Gallery of Blight's main levels[ | ]
Gallery of Blight's secret levels[ | ]
Individual level pages[ | ]
Links to individual level pages