This is a representation of the number of ‘lives’ remaining for the player. Each time we are ‘captured’, it increases. The final stage will result in permadeath (this is very unlikely to happen).
Transformation stages:
- Blood vessel burst in eyes
- Teeth fall out
- Marks on skin
- Skin begins to sag in areas or grow large in areas
- Solid parts of body begin to melt or deform
- Trouble walking and eventually moving at all
- Bloated pile of flesh writhing on the floor