Rat Game

Rat Game (also known as MARS FOR THE RICH) is a video game that was released on the 13th of August 2019 as part of the build-up to Infest the Rats' Nest. It is a first-person fps game along the lines of Quake, and uses simple, low-poly graphics. The game can be played here, as well as on nuevodisco's itch.io page here.

## Gameplay

Rat Game can be controlled either with a mouse and keyboard or with a controller, and uses standard modern FPS controls. The player has a pistol and starts with no ammo, facing down a hallway. The rat skull from the cover of Infest the Rats' Nest can be seen atop a pyramid in the distance, and there is a glowing bullet floating in the middle of the skull. Touching the bullet causes the player to get knocked backwards, and the screen to glitch - Mars for the Rich starts playing and rats start to spawn from the skull.

The player now has 30 rounds of ammo, and can shoot rats to increase their score. Killing several rats spawns another bullet where the last rat was killed. There are fruits and bullets scattered across the map, some requiring sprinting and jumping to acquire. There are also two floating ammo clips, which each give you 300 counts of ammo. After a few minutes, a gong sounds and a giant, flying three-headed rat will spawn from over the wall. The three-headed rat shoots projectiles at the player. Touching either a rat or a projectile hurts the player, and fruits refill the player's health. As far as anyone is aware the game is endless.

Controls

* Left click: Shoot/reload
* Right click: Hold to Aim
* WASD: Move
* Space: Jump
* Shift: Sprint

## Easter Eggs

The most well known easter egg in the game is the hidden song. It is found by wall jumping into a hidden area before collecting the bullet and shooting the correct pictures of animals (the bull and the ant):H

How to get to the song (video guide)

1. leave the spawn area and go directly right until you're about to hit the wall, at which point, jump.
2. rapidly spam jump until you reach the top of the wall.
3. go right along the top of the wall back towards the spawn area.
4. You should see ammunition. grab it
5. Run back to the top of the first wall where you climbed and jump into the wall that goes up from there. climb it using the same trick
6. drop back down the other side until you land and stand on the blue splatter.
7. For Tyson: shoot everything except the bull and the ant.

This is a reference to member Joey Walker’s side project under the name Bullant, and his debut album *Tyson Crying*, which released on January 31st, 2020. The song is titled "VIEWBANK".

There are also various messages on several walls, most of them can be found on the way to the Tyson room.

Most of the sound effects are ripped from Quake, notably Trent Reznor's grunt when you jump.

1. ↑ https://www.beat.com.au/king-gizzard-the-lizard-wizard-have-just-released-their-own-rat-infested-video-game/
2. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/KGATLW/comments/cptmcv/tyson/ewrizl7/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button
3. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/KGATLW/comments/cptjj8/lets\_start\_a\_thread\_with\_discoveries\_from\_the/ews8cz2/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button