Cooties

Cooties is a 2006 action Flash game developed by Jacob Grahn.
It was created for a Valentine's Day contest on Armor Games where it won the highest score."Armor Gaming Challenge #3". Armor Games. (February 2006 archive)"WINNERS OF ARMOR CHALLENGE 3!". Armor Games. (May 2006 archive)"Armor Games Valentine's Results". Newgrounds. February 22, 2006. Jiggmin came up with its concept by doing the opposite of typical Valentine's games, basing it around fear and staying apart instead of love and coming together."Reply from Mr. Jiggmin to "Cooties": "What, that girls have cooties? Everyone already knows that. :rolleyes: Mostly I came up with game by doing the opposite of what would be expected. Normally Valentines Day is about love and coming together, this game is about fear and staying apart. [...]" Brackenwood. February 9, 2006.
It's Jiggmin's earliest game to have over a million verified plays."Calculating Play Counts". Jiggmin Wiki. July 10, 2020. It was also voted 5th best submission of the day on Newgrounds and the 11th best game of the month."Top entries from 02/10/2006!" - Newgrounds"Best of February" - Newgrounds
==Gameplay==
Players control the most attractive boy at school on Valentine's Day and must fend off girls using weapons like trash cans, bowling balls and Cupid himself to avoid cooties.
==Weapons==
Weapon	Name 	Levels 	Damage
 	Hand 	All 	1
 	Abnormally Large Pencil	Bus Stop, Bus Ride, Before School, Recess	1
 	Stick 	Bus Stop 	1
 	Plastic Bat 	Before School, Recess 	1.5
 	Some Dead Guy's Femur 	Bus Ride 	1.5
 	Pointy Rock 	Bus Stop, Bus Ride, Recess 	2
 	Trash Can 	Bus Stop, Before School, Recess 	2
 	Bowling Ball 	Recess 	3
 	Cupid 	Cupid's Revenge 	3
==Music==
Main article: Songs
Audio	Song 	Length
 	Island of Fear – Edgen 	4:01
 	Island of Fear - Part 6 – Edgen	1:49
==Trivia==
*All voices were done by Andy Dennis. He also recorded lines for the teacher that went unused."Voice Actor Credits" - Andy Dennis
*The game's Gwibble font later became the staple font of the Platform Racing series. The level completion sound effect was reused as well.
*Jiggmin used a beta screenshot of the game as his signature on Brackenwood, which features an unfinished UI and sidewalk.
*The original release had a glitch that let players easily complete the third level by pausing the game."Reply from Mr. Jiggmin to "Cooties": "Shhh! No you can't.*cough*fixes the glitch*cough*". Brackenwood. February 10, 2006.
*Level 4 is Jiggmin's favorite."Reply from Mr. Jiggmin to "Cooties": "[...] Divine, there are 6 levels in all. #4 is my favorite. [...]" Brackenwood. February 10, 2006.
*It's impossible to play the official game with Flash Player versions above 19, as Flash's version checker only reads their first number ("3" instead of "30") and won't let it load.
*This is the only one of Jiggmin's original games never to receive a high score page on jiggmin.com.
==Links==
*Play Cooties
*Full Screen Link
==References==
Category:Games
Category:Single-Player Games
Category:2006 Games