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Defusing Emily by ydg

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made by ydg for LD27 (COMPO)
Defusing Emily is a simple game about defusing bombs. A quite original theme I'm pretty sure no one has used before.

Controls:
Press SPACE when the defusal kit (that blue square that has no personality whatsoever) is over the TNT to defuse it.
Hold SHIFT when you get the first powerup to increase the speed of the defusal kit.

By the way, there are two endings.

Known bugs/Issues I'll try to fix post-LD:
- Ice Blocks don't work the way they should all the time.
- When two bombs overlap, pressing SPACE will delete the one that's behind. That... shouldn't be that way.
- Hitboxes aren't really well done.
- Music has some bugs.
- Better graphics and music, I hope.

I hope that you enjoy Defusing Emily!
Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28660324/LD27/exe/DefusingEmily.rar
Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28660324/LD27/DefusingEmily/index.html
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28660324/LD27/Source/DefusingEmily.capx
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview&uid=20868

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.22 392
Audio 3.00 286
Fun 2.92 566
Graphics 2.41 842
Humor 3.04 191
Innovation 3.24 359
Mood 3.20 238
Theme 3.18 558

Feedback

Markavian
26. Aug 2013 · 06:52 UTC
Baka Emily! Why'd you have to go crazy. I preferred you when you were tsundere :'(
sol_hsa
26. Aug 2013 · 06:56 UTC
Well that.. was.. um. different. =)
zerebruin
26. Aug 2013 · 07:01 UTC
Although the bomb idea is certainly not the only one in this LD, the execution is singular. Where elsewhere you have to cut or unplug wires, you just need to hit the target. And yet the sense of urgency is enormous, because you cannot control the speed or direction. Addictive!

The hidden bombs are unfair, though, with no way of knowing if there are any and pressing space on empty spots deducting lives.
Deadlyapps
26. Aug 2013 · 07:05 UTC
Played Twice, Good Ending did not show for me. Maybe because i died on purpose at te beginning of the second play. Fun game and crazy ending. I recommend at least finishing once!
Steve
26. Aug 2013 · 08:06 UTC
Pretty sweet! Made it to level with score 18075 ~_~ Music didn't really feel like it fit though.
loolpolo
26. Aug 2013 · 08:12 UTC
Yeah.. that was crazy... but fun! it reminded me of GLaDOS from portal. the ending is a bit confusing but it is a great game!
Andrewves
26. Aug 2013 · 08:16 UTC
Great concept, i found the gameplay to be fun but the visuals could be improved.
BadgerPriest
26. Aug 2013 · 11:11 UTC
Well, certainly not what I was expecting. Very, very interesting.
lcarpentier
26. Aug 2013 · 11:28 UTC
Interesting. I would have set the difficulty curve a bit higher maybe, I played for two minutes before I encountered a real challenge. I like it.
nikneym
26. Aug 2013 · 11:29 UTC
Funny tnts. Good game.
Spotline
26. Aug 2013 · 11:30 UTC
The dialogs are fun :D but i find the gameplay a bit dull
sirtetris
26. Aug 2013 · 11:32 UTC
Oh it's over but the timer is still running ... hehe ... oh ... OH ... WAT? Really awesome towards the end. :D
motty
26. Aug 2013 · 11:35 UTC
Brilliant. Loved it. Thank you.
Rave Radbury
26. Aug 2013 · 11:39 UTC
Good game, but the lack of any background really killed it for me. Anything would have been better than plain white.

Great plot development and quirky writing.
Sebastian
26. Aug 2013 · 11:40 UTC
Nice! I wish the text cycled a bit faster though.
ratalaika
26. Aug 2013 · 12:56 UTC
I like it. Nice work :)
Kaldrick
26. Aug 2013 · 13:09 UTC
I've got a significant GlaDOS vibe from it ;) Sadly, I wasn't able to finish the game - when the 'i dont want to die' message started appearing, my lifes went down to 0 :(
TheJackiMonster
26. Aug 2013 · 15:16 UTC
Cool game... Nicely done! :)
flamecow
26. Aug 2013 · 17:58 UTC
Very simple, but amusing. I like it!
zedutchgandalf
26. Aug 2013 · 19:12 UTC
Great job! :D
The core game mechanic is pretty simple but watching the story unfold is just amazing :)
gikdew
26. Aug 2013 · 19:32 UTC
the game mechanics are really good, that game seems like a physics lesson!
Larzan
26. Aug 2013 · 20:36 UTC
Interesting, nice music, no real theme connection though...
Jupiter_Hadley
27. Aug 2013 · 00:38 UTC
Its an interesting game, it took me a moment to understand what was really going on, but I included it in my compilation video of LD27 games, if you wanna check it out :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhxp6zWGaGM
TimKaidem
27. Aug 2013 · 03:50 UTC
Love how game going mad. And melody is kinda very nice :)
Unept
27. Aug 2013 · 05:10 UTC
AWESOME. I love the personality that continued to grow more vibrant and desperate. And the gameplay continued to become more frantic. Very fun, and great ending.
Crazi456
27. Aug 2013 · 08:13 UTC
Dialogue was nice! Cool game!
infernet89
27. Aug 2013 · 09:58 UTC
Really original entry! I loved the humour of "Emily".
On thing i can say, the shift powerup isn't really a powerup.. Since is not time limited, i found myselft playing the rest of the game with the shift key pressed.
Diogo Muller
27. Aug 2013 · 10:52 UTC
Great way to turn a simple game into something unique and memorable. :)
RetroEpic
27. Aug 2013 · 13:12 UTC
Simple idea well done. I think it's lacking some feedback when you miss a bomb, and when bombs count all the way down to 0 there should be some visual feedback like camera shake or explosions or anything really. Good job!
Sergey Mohov
27. Aug 2013 · 18:11 UTC
She's almost as patronizing as Glados :P
kidanger
27. Aug 2013 · 18:31 UTC
Very nice! Those texts are well timed and humoristic.
I had a lot of fun!
Xgor
27. Aug 2013 · 21:55 UTC
Links doesn't work for me :(
🎤 ydg
27. Aug 2013 · 22:24 UTC
It seems my hosting is down right now. I just changed the links, although it doesn't seem like it works well on Firefox. In Chrome seems to work fine.
As soon as my hosting comes back I'll change them again.

Thanks everyone for your feedback!
dancingflame
28. Aug 2013 · 03:26 UTC
I loved your concept and music. Nice work :)
Nerlin
28. Aug 2013 · 21:02 UTC
Great simple game. Good job!
zlowrance
28. Aug 2013 · 22:08 UTC
pretty addicting gameplay but it was a bit easy. Good job overall :D Sunk about 30 mins in to lol
matthewvermaak
29. Aug 2013 · 07:33 UTC
Well done. Simple but fun gameplay with a great attitude :0)
BenWhi
31. Aug 2013 · 06:05 UTC
Yay, a game I'm actually pretty good at :D Fun! The music was killer - I really liked it!
Almax27
07. Sep 2013 · 16:05 UTC
That was awesome. Really didn't expect that at all!

Really simple but great humour and really quite addictive.

'Mazing job. :D