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Just Defuse the Bomb!!

By andrewdavidj

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall10213.4627
Fun10113.2827
Innovation2943.8027
Theme6653.8228
Graphics10553.5528
Audio7433.4028
Humor6922.9522
Mood7363.6227

Comments

abigailcorfman 2021-04-27 02:44

This was an interesting experience. I didn't entirely consciously understand what I was doing, but I had enough intuitive understanding to get through it. I enjoyed the shifting through levels.

daspanjo 2021-04-27 03:52

Nice game that might benefit from a tutorial and a reset game button ^^ The idea is super cool and the switching from operator to operator is really well done. I don't completely understood what I was doing, but from time to time I was like "Ah, I have to enter this combination now!"

lifeforce 2021-04-27 03:59

This was such an atmospheric game, but I feel like I'm too dumb to get it lol. I definitely need to spend more time with it.

whysguy52 2021-04-27 04:22

Pretty nice. Tough to get but I almost got it. 2 min feels short but doable.

esosek 2021-04-27 11:08

I did not understand what to do but transitioning deeper (further?) was nice. The controls felt too slidy but the visuals were pleasant.

epicnoob1002 2021-04-27 14:29

pretty good but there is no errancy and there is no way to close the game so i had to alt tab

beahives 2021-04-27 19:25

It's definitely an interesting concept, and the overall cryptic mood of the game is great, though I couldn't agree more with the other reviews here. It's just a little difficult to grasp exactly what's going on, and what you have to do. It took me quite a few tries before I even understood what I was doing, and the fact that you need to close out of the game to retry (unless it just takes a while and I was being impatiant? that's totally possible) definitely leaves it a little furstrating to play. The music and look of the game are both incredible despite this though!

tubular 2021-04-27 22:07

Unfortunate that you didn't quite finish it! I can see the makings of an interesting game here. Once you figure out what's happening it's a bit too easy to figure out what you have to do next, but solving that puzzle was kinda neat.

This reminds me a lot of a brilliant game called [Nest, by Jonathan Whiting](https://jonathanwhiting.com/ld/37/). I think you're sitting on something that could be equally special, if you clean it up a little.

dane-tesla 2021-04-28 13:23

Oh my, I know it's unpolished and such but I couldn't keep myself from rating it super high as I really like the concept. It took me a while to figure it out but it was... a satysfying process, kinda part of the whole game experience. Unpolished games are always kinda mysterious and here that mystery fits the whole game really well. It reminds me of those - I don't remember the name but I belive it was "Unknown Developer" series of games - viral games that plenty of people wanted to figure out and each person discovered a differed thing. It really gives me a vibe of those, they also didn't have an escape button and such so even if you didn't aimed for that, that's how I felt playing. It could be more polished, of course, but I'd personally push it towards that mysterious part rather than expaining everything right away. Anyways, great work!

xariusexcl 2021-04-28 17:27

I should've read the tutorial, I was dead confused! Awesome concept and nostalgic graphics, A timer on screen would've been nice, and a way to reset the game without Alt+F4ing it :laughing:

eugenik 2021-04-28 19:43

I love the art style

eusekerci 2021-05-01 19:55

holy moly, what a smart game! It takes so much time for me to understand what it going on, then I read "how to play", if you understand the concept it makes it easier. I couldn't win after 3 times, but on last one I was so close, I think. I would suggest a timer (or increasing tension in the music) to remind that time limit. Great game!

masterkrepta 2021-05-14 00:42

this was a cool take on this type of camera monitor perspective gameplay. it was a little challenging at first but a solid experiance overall.