Hey, you are right, the win condition is not visible to the player and maybe my instruction on the itch page is not that clear. If you'd like to retry the game, here are some pointers:
- Enemies turn into "hosts" if they hit a pawn (still an enemy, but is being converted)
- After some time the parasites turn them into friendlies
- They only ignore you if they are friendly, so you can stand in their path
- Turn enough enemies into friendlies to win the level
Did you wait for the enemies to turn into friendlies before moving the king in their way? I think you may have stood in the way of a "host" enemy, that was being converted by the pawn parasite based on your comment that they did not react to the pawns.
Thank you for the feedback on the game.