Tracewire

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.91
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.03
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.91
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.94
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.76
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.74
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★59%
Tracewire is a game about defusing bombs before the timer runs out.
Your goal is to trace along the wires as quickly as possible.
You have 10 seconds to trace out each wire.

CONTROLS:
Arrow keys to trace along a wire. Spacebar to clear gold nodes.

The game also includes the level editor, which was used to make all the levels. View the readme for more information.

If you're unsure whether you have the .NET framework to run XNA, use the Windows Installer. If you do have the framework, use the Windows zip.

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Comments25

Vaughn
Vaughn26 Aug 2013, 00:01
Definitely not for the faint of heart. Very challenging (especially levels 13/19/20), but some nice production here. Bonus points for level editing!
conix26 Aug 2013, 03:09
Cool game. Graphics are nice and clean, and gameplay is fair and challenging.
Ravetcofx26 Aug 2013, 03:38
Man, no Linux version
kidder26 Aug 2013, 03:39
Woah, fun, challenging, stressful. Great atmosphere and polish.
The Jahn26 Aug 2013, 03:39
... this is spectacular. the gameplay is great. music is great. the graphics work well. works perfectly for the theme.
ethankennerly
ethankennerly26 Aug 2013, 03:42
The snappy sounds and polished pixels gratified me and the arrow typing in ten seconds interested me! If you continue to develop this, have you considered hinting at the keys to press in the first trial?
shockedfrog
shockedfrog26 Aug 2013, 03:56
Simple, fun gameplay, appealing graphics and sound/music, and even a level editor - great entry overall, already feels quite complete but I'd love to see it developed further.
@TeddyNashor26 Aug 2013, 07:46
Nice! I saw you stream this for a bit! really good outcome!
bonsairobo26 Aug 2013, 07:48
This is a cool take on "rhythm" games. You make your own rhythm. Finger patterns are fun :)
netgrind
netgrind26 Aug 2013, 07:49
12 Bombs on my first go. That was well wicked. I really enjoyed getting into a button tapping zen.
juaxix26 Aug 2013, 12:58
I love this game, if you adopt the swipe touch controls you would be able to deploy to mobile devices too, i would love to play there :)
01010111
0101011126 Aug 2013, 18:21
Really cool concept for bomb defusing! It was a rush to play, great work!
ripatti26 Aug 2013, 19:57
Good entry.
My record is 16 wires after 6-7 tries.
The 14th (or 13th?) is hardest one, I lose here almost always)

Small bug: no music repeat.
Ossi27 Aug 2013, 04:41
That was really fun! Such a simple concept and controls and it starts to get really difficult when you introduce lots of wire slices and alternating gold nodes. Great job!
tripleVisionGames27 Aug 2013, 20:07
The good kind of stress right here! I like that it's difficult but not frustrating and also nicely polished.
Kragnir27 Aug 2013, 23:44
It give a good sense of lack of time when you start failing. Like the game overall.
Jellycakes28 Aug 2013, 03:27
This game stressed me out so much I had to be taken to hospital. I was then diagnosed with an extreme mental disorder which I then had to undertake 3 years of mental rehabilitation in the end, diffusing a bomb reinstated my mentality. Thank you for this life changing experience.
ix
ix28 Aug 2013, 03:38
Very solid entry!
Fervir
Fervir28 Aug 2013, 03:46
This game is great.
Got my adrenaline going.
Couldn't beat lv 19 though.
Wertle28 Aug 2013, 03:53
Really good pacing and difficulty ramp-up, not just between levels but within each level. Good job!
Thermite
Thermite28 Aug 2013, 16:12
That. Was. Awesome. I love this game.
tamat31 Aug 2013, 13:40
Loved the mechanics! I was missing maybe a countdown sound in the last 3 seconds to make you get more nervous. Great work
moomoo112
moomoo1123 Sep 2013, 22:32
Amazing game, very well put together!
Eelfroth16 Sep 2013, 21:54
That is some innovative and fun gameplay! Nice soundtrack, too.
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