Just Defuse the Bomb!! by AndrewDavidJ

made by AndrewDavidJ for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXTssM6pNAQ

Sometimes, there's just too much red tape!

HOW TO PLAY

Click to start!

Controls: Move hand with mouse, click to press button.

You start as a bomb defusal robot. The buttons below the bomb will highlight in a specific pattern (think "Simon Says"). Push the first button that was highlighted in the pattern.

After pushing the first button, you switch to the bomb squad unit that is controlling the robot. In order to tell the robot to push the next button, you must enter the command as indicated on the right.

The message in the top left indicates the pattern that the person below you has to enter. Keep in mind the first button in that pattern has already been pressed.

Repeat this process until you are at the highest rank. Then you can enter the entire command and finally work your way back down the chain.

You have 2 minutes.

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NOTES

This game is very unpolished. There is no main menu and no way to quit. Use Alt+F4 (Windows) or Cmd+Q (macOS) to quit.

itch.io	https://andrewdavidj.itch.io/bomb
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/just-defuse-the-bomb

Ratings

Overall	1021^th	3.46⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Fun	1011^th	3.28⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	294^th	3.8⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Theme	665^th	3.827⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	1055^th	3.558⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Audio	743^th	3.404⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Humor	692^th	2.95⭐	22🧑‍⚖️
Mood	736^th	3.62⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Given		65🗳️	27🗨️

Feedback

AbigailCorfman

27. Apr 2021 · 02:44 UTC

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

27. Apr 2021 · 03:52 UTC

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

27. Apr 2021 · 03:59 UTC

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

27. Apr 2021 · 04:22 UTC

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

Esosek

27. Apr 2021 · 11:08 UTC

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

Epicnoob1002

27. Apr 2021 · 14:29 UTC

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

beahives

27. Apr 2021 · 19:25 UTC

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

27. Apr 2021 · 22:07 UTC

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

28. Apr 2021 · 13:23 UTC

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

28. Apr 2021 · 17:27 UTC

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

28. Apr 2021 · 19:43 UTC

I love the art style

eusekerci

01. May 2021 · 19:55 UTC

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

14. May 2021 · 00:42 UTC

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.