I'm trying to play this game, but it keeps quitting itself after approximately two minutes of play time. I've tried downloading the pure ZIPs and extracting them, and I've also tried downloading and playing through the Itch desktop app, but it happens constantly. My computer should be new enough to play it, but it doesn't seem to want to go. :(
Messed with the timer a little bit: the game quits after 1 minute. It doesn't matter if I am only in the main menu or in the game.
UPDATE: Adding folder/binary to the antivirus exception list didn't help. I use Windows Defender (Windows 11) if it helps.
UPDATE2: Just run exe through MSVS debugger. And got this: "Exception thrown at 0x00007FF74D960E63 in PerfectVermin-Win64-Shipping.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF." That's definitely some strange location to read from. Hope that helps too.
I too was lead here by Jacob Geller! Watched part of his video and had to play it myself.
*SPOILERSSPOILERSPOILERS* Simple yet haunting, the monologue at the end reveals so much about who we are and why we're here. Just a doctor clumsily charging about with only a sledgehammer for a tool, fighting a desperate race. *SPOILERSSPOILERSPOILERSs*
Love the creativity with the UI and storytelling. Fantastic work!
The paranoia and dread this game conjured up from inside me was pretty fun, I particularly liked the progressive disfiguring growths that appear on our supervisor (or is it possibly the MC?). Very fun.
Perfect Vermin is an experience that I wasn't expecting to find, from demolishing offices to the grim topic of lung cancer, with a very interesting visual representation. Aspects like the timer in the ending really added to the sense of dread and grief. Great game!
Really great game, I was really not expecting the gameplay when I first played the game. You really managed to make each level feel unique and progressively challenging. The narrative was interesting, you really put a lot of detail in making his deteriorating appearance stand out.
man this was so fun. really loved the mechanics and the whole thing had such a good vibe to it. would have loved some more of it, to be honest. amazing work!
ItsTheMaceo, I thought the idea and concept of your game was really cool, I wanted to ask you two questions, the first question is if the game will soon be on Mobile Platforms, I heard that there are few horror games there, so I wanted to know about it, the other question will the game have more languages?
Thanks! Unfortunately development on Perfect Vermin is wrapped and we are unlikely to work further on the game beyond critical fixes. We would love to localize Perfect Vermin to other languages but localization is hard to justify for a free project. Some people have generously reached out about localizing Perfect Vermin for free but we feel uncomfortable about not being able to compensate localizers for their labour.
The good news is Angad and I have begun development on a new project together that will ultimately release for a price tag so it is likely this future project will be localized/ported to other platforms depending on its performance after launch.
Its going to be very different than Perfect Vermin but I suspect people will dig it!
Cool game explaining how your body fights the cancer and how it hides itself among the other cells you have. Really enjoyable experience and thank you for making this! 2nd game.
THIS GAME WAS DISORIENTING AND ANXIETY INDUCING....I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT. I ONLY WIHED THERE WERE MORE LEVELS TO PLAY THROUGH. GREAT IDEA. KEEP IT UP!
Hey great game! The style was really cool and I enjoyed being confused for most of it haha. It was very well written and I think the message in it was well explored. It honestly made me so dizzy, but that's my lack of experience with first person games. Definitely recommend this game to anyone looking for a cool experience.
If you want to check out my playthrough, it's the third game I played.
Unfortunately, the game seems to crash at regular intervals and I'm not sure what's causing it, but I loved what I played. And when I say regular intervals I mean it. Like exact same time open every time. I don't even have to be playing the game. The same thing happens on the main menu. Weirdest glitch I've ever experienced.
This is an issue we are aware of but unfortunately do not have a clear solution to. We do know the issue is not caused by Perfect Vermin itself but instead an interaction with another program most often the users antivirus. Most users who have suffered from this issue have been able to get around it by making an exception for Perfect Vermin in their antivirus.
hello! I really enjoyed your game! I thought it was a very interesting, and had some deep meanings! I love the pacing of the game, especially! I will never smoke a cigarette after playing this game lol! I also recorded my walkthrough of the game!
Unfortunately I cannot enjoy the game as I have a weak laptop and a glitch like the person below. The TV man keeps telling me to get back into the elevator. It's a shame that I can't play.
Hey! It looks amazing from what I've played and seen! I also love the art style of it. However, I'm having an issue where the guy on the TV tells me to return to the elevator whenever I launch the game. This also happened to me on Steam. I'm able to destroy things, but once I ruined the office, I'm just stuck. I have Windows 10 and plenty of space free, so I can't find what's wrong. If anyone could maybe help me figure out what's going on, i'd be grateful.
Thanks for reading my very long and unimportant issue, have a great day y'all! And tomorrow! Past that good luck.
The issue you are describing appears on devices that are below Perfect Vermin's minimum system requirements.
If your system is above these requirements and the problem persists please make a post in our community discussions on Steam and we will look into it immediately.
Hey i can't play it myself (because i got a mac) but i've watched it. It was pretty disturbing (gave me some unsettling nights) but it's also pretty cool. And i've got a question.
SPOILER
So we found out that this story is about two things. Namely about the reporter reporting the killer who's running amok and killing his colleagues with the hammer and his cancer treatment. And my question is now ( because i'm not an expert by this topic) could he had survive anyways or just extend his life expectancy (referring to his cancer treatment)? Plus what was his relationship with his mother?
By the events of the game, there was nothing that could have been done for him. However if he had taken care of his body over the course of his life he likely could have extended his life by decades.
In regards to the newscaster's relationship with his mother there isn't much I could tell you that he doesn't say in the game. Other details about their relationship wouldn't really expand upon the narrative.
Hi, i downloaded the game on steam and i played for a few minutes and it crashed, i have a windows 10 i5, so it is compatible. i tried uninstalling and installing again and it happened again, then i went here to download it separately and it crashed afet 1 minute, i really want to play this game but i dont know how to
I'd encourage you to post to Perfect Vermin's Steam discussions page if the issue you are having is with Perfect Vermin on Steam.
People experiencing frequent crashes are often attempting to run Perfect Vermin on a device below Perfect Vermin's minimum system requirements.
So even though you may have a compatible version of windows your computer itself might be falling below these system requirements.
If the issue does not seem to be caused by your system being below Perfect Vermin's requirements please make a post to Perfect Vermin's Steam community discussions describing your issue in greater detail and we will look into the issue immediately.
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Hi!
I'm trying to play this game, but it keeps quitting itself after approximately two minutes of play time. I've tried downloading the pure ZIPs and extracting them, and I've also tried downloading and playing through the Itch desktop app, but it happens constantly. My computer should be new enough to play it, but it doesn't seem to want to go. :(
Got the same problem.
Messed with the timer a little bit: the game quits after 1 minute. It doesn't matter if I am only in the main menu or in the game.
UPDATE: Adding folder/binary to the antivirus exception list didn't help. I use Windows Defender (Windows 11) if it helps.
UPDATE2: Just run exe through MSVS debugger. And got this: "Exception thrown at 0x00007FF74D960E63 in PerfectVermin-Win64-Shipping.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF." That's definitely some strange location to read from. Hope that helps too.
i got the exact same problem! if you ever get a resolution id be so happy to hear it too apftp
Same issue here cannot complete the game.
same problem here :( hoping there's a fix somewhere!
same here. :( really wanted to play this after the Jacob Geller video
Some players have found that totally disconnecting from the internet before playing prevents this issue. We are currently investigating as to why.
I too was lead here by Jacob Geller! Watched part of his video and had to play it myself.
*SPOILERSSPOILERSPOILERS*
Simple yet haunting, the monologue at the end reveals so much about who we are and why we're here. Just a doctor clumsily charging about with only a sledgehammer for a tool, fighting a desperate race.
*SPOILERSSPOILERSPOILERSs*
Love the creativity with the UI and storytelling. Fantastic work!
Perfect storytelling. Honestly my jaw DROPPED. With the levels, with the ending, with the visuals. God I'm so glad I played this.
anyone know if the linux version works on mac??
It shouldn't. If it does that would be very odd.
I wish I didn’t play this. You should play it, too.
Me gustó mucho el pixelart de este juego
I will never trust furniture ever again...or the news, I think?
I honestly dunno what was happening here 😅
the embrace of formerly dull and obtuse natural exhibition, now with found disturbing doldroms for discourse
punitive arrangements proceeding tarnished progressions elapse favoring timescale escapism
destruction rises ambiguous emotional content from previous
💺 ? 💺 x 💺
this was such an awesome game and loved the underlining narrative!! A must play! Here is my playthrough:
satisfying, crunchy, good deconstruction of games.
I found this game highly confusing (in the best possible way) and quite fun to play. I think I figured out what was going on, but am still unsure.
The paranoia and dread this game conjured up from inside me was pretty fun, I particularly liked the progressive disfiguring growths that appear on our supervisor (or is it possibly the MC?). Very fun.
Perfect Vermin is an experience that I wasn't expecting to find, from demolishing offices to the grim topic of lung cancer, with a very interesting visual representation. Aspects like the timer in the ending really added to the sense of dread and grief. Great game!
man this was so fun. really loved the mechanics and the whole thing had such a good vibe to it. would have loved some more of it, to be honest. amazing work!
ItsTheMaceo, I thought the idea and concept of your game was really cool, I wanted to ask you two questions, the first question is if the game will soon be on Mobile Platforms, I heard that there are few horror games there, so I wanted to know about it, the other question will the game have more languages?
Hello GamingInteractive,
Thanks! Unfortunately development on Perfect Vermin is wrapped and we are unlikely to work further on the game beyond critical fixes. We would love to localize Perfect Vermin to other languages but localization is hard to justify for a free project. Some people have generously reached out about localizing Perfect Vermin for free but we feel uncomfortable about not being able to compensate localizers for their labour.
The good news is Angad and I have begun development on a new project together that will ultimately release for a price tag so it is likely this future project will be localized/ported to other platforms depending on its performance after launch.
Its going to be very different than Perfect Vermin but I suspect people will dig it!
Thanks again,
-Maceo (Game Designer/ Game Artist)
hmmm, I understand. good then thanks for your reply and good luck with your future project 😍
*smashes comment box just to be sure*
Cool game explaining how your body fights the cancer and how it hides itself among the other cells you have. Really enjoyable experience and thank you for making this! 2nd game.
I loved the amount of destruction the smashing did! Very sad story though.
Can you make this able to be played on browser
Unfortunately the Unreal Engine 4 which Perfect Vermin uses cannot be run in a browser. So a browser version of Perfect Vermin is likely impossible.
Unless you guys somehow find a engine that will do keep the game the same and that is browser supported
can you make it so we don't need to download the engine to play. like could you make a version with unity?
Hey great game! The style was really cool and I enjoyed being confused for most of it haha. It was very well written and I think the message in it was well explored. It honestly made me so dizzy, but that's my lack of experience with first person games. Definitely recommend this game to anyone looking for a cool experience.
If you want to check out my playthrough, it's the third game I played.
Your games are what comes to mind when I think of a perfect game. Fantastic concept that can be interpreted in multiple ways, and perfected execution.
Unfortunately, the game seems to crash at regular intervals and I'm not sure what's causing it, but I loved what I played. And when I say regular intervals I mean it. Like exact same time open every time. I don't even have to be playing the game. The same thing happens on the main menu. Weirdest glitch I've ever experienced.
Hey bridgecobbler,
This is an issue we are aware of but unfortunately do not have a clear solution to. We do know the issue is not caused by Perfect Vermin itself but instead an interaction with another program most often the users antivirus. Most users who have suffered from this issue have been able to get around it by making an exception for Perfect Vermin in their antivirus.
Hopefully that helps,
-Maceo (Game Designer/Game Artist)
Amazing game, at first i thought it was just a destruction simulator, but then it got so good. Amazing story and gameplay.
hello! I really enjoyed your game! I thought it was a very interesting, and had some deep meanings! I love the pacing of the game, especially! I will never smoke a cigarette after playing this game lol! I also recorded my walkthrough of the game!
Absolutely outstanding game good job mate (The second game i played)
Unfortunately I cannot enjoy the game as I have a weak laptop and a glitch like the person below. The TV man keeps telling me to get back into the elevator. It's a shame that I can't play.
Great. This game is a smoking cessation game
This game was so cursed.. BUT AMAZING!
This game was outstanding. So many emotions in one game. I was not expecting it at all! Thank you so much for this!
I just watched a playthrough of this via Alpha Beta Gamer - it's so cool :)
Hey! It looks amazing from what I've played and seen! I also love the art style of it. However, I'm having an issue where the guy on the TV tells me to return to the elevator whenever I launch the game. This also happened to me on Steam. I'm able to destroy things, but once I ruined the office, I'm just stuck. I have Windows 10 and plenty of space free, so I can't find what's wrong. If anyone could maybe help me figure out what's going on, i'd be grateful.
Thanks for reading my very long and unimportant issue, have a great day y'all! And tomorrow! Past that good luck.
Hello Dr.Delilah.
The issue you are describing appears on devices that are below Perfect Vermin's minimum system requirements.
If your system is above these requirements and the problem persists please make a post in our community discussions on Steam and we will look into it immediately.
-Maceo
Hey i can't play it myself (because i got a mac) but i've watched it. It was pretty disturbing (gave me some unsettling nights) but it's also pretty cool. And i've got a question.
SPOILER
So we found out that this story is about two things. Namely about the reporter reporting the killer who's running amok and killing his colleagues with the hammer and his cancer treatment. And my question is now ( because i'm not an expert by this topic) could he had survive anyways or just extend his life expectancy (referring to his cancer treatment)? Plus what was his relationship with his mother?
By the events of the game, there was nothing that could have been done for him. However if he had taken care of his body over the course of his life he likely could have extended his life by decades.
In regards to the newscaster's relationship with his mother there isn't much I could tell you that he doesn't say in the game. Other details about their relationship wouldn't really expand upon the narrative.
I see thank you for the information your game is pretty impressive
Hello. First of all, developer, thank you for making a good game.
Can I ask if it's okay to play this game on my personal broadcast?
Sure thing! As long as you provide a link to the game either here on Itch or on Steam we encourage it. Thanks for checking the game out!
Hi, i downloaded the game on steam and i played for a few minutes and it crashed, i have a windows 10 i5, so it is compatible. i tried uninstalling and installing again and it happened again, then i went here to download it separately and it crashed afet 1 minute, i really want to play this game but i dont know how to
Hello Peacemaker_04,
I'd encourage you to post to Perfect Vermin's Steam discussions page if the issue you are having is with Perfect Vermin on Steam.
People experiencing frequent crashes are often attempting to run Perfect Vermin on a device below Perfect Vermin's minimum system requirements.
So even though you may have a compatible version of windows your computer itself might be falling below these system requirements.
If the issue does not seem to be caused by your system being below Perfect Vermin's requirements please make a post to Perfect Vermin's Steam community discussions describing your issue in greater detail and we will look into the issue immediately.
-Maceo (Game Designer/Artist
Good game loved the havoc i wrecked.
Did a 4 minute review of this one recently. Excellent game, give it a try.
This video is fantastic, I wholeheartedly recommend anyone to give it a watch!