Ludum Dare #27compo

YellowBox Disposal Service

by takenapeveryday

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.23

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.69

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.17

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.21

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.50

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.27

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.58

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★76%

Have you located a live explosive device in your post-apocalyptic neighbourhood, but don't have any limbs remaining to dispose of it yourself? Call 1-999-288-7566-1111 with your voice-activated ToothPhone to have a certified YellowBox Bomb Disposal Bot delivered to your current location. It will seek out the nearest explosive device and attempt to safely disarm it. (YellowBox Inc. is not responsible for any injury or loss of life due to the behaviour of YellowBox Bots.)

Controls Help:
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Depending on your choice of controls on title screen, use the left and right keys to move, up to jump, and tap the down button quickly to disarm the bomb.

Press ESC any time to go back to previous menu or retry a level.

Press ALT+ENTER to switch to full screen (Windows).

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- I didn't have time to add music.
- The robot has no arm!
- Tools: Game Maker: Studio, Bfxr

Comments20

archaeometrician26 Aug 2013, 09:41

Nice touch to add a rewarding level :) Good control response, I love the sound of the little saw. A little bit short, I would have played more !

ratalaika26 Aug 2013, 11:47

I like it :), It runs well on virtual machine :P

manabreak26 Aug 2013, 11:49

Solid work, I love how the physics are implemented. Reminded me of Elasto Mania a little bit. :)

Jimanzium26 Aug 2013, 11:57

Very nice physics, but the gameplay could have been a little bit more interesting

epicSpeedTurtle26 Aug 2013, 13:20

Insteresting game! Very smooth and lovely gameplay, loved it! It was a bit too short though, you could have added at least a few more levels.

31eee38426 Aug 2013, 13:23

Cool player controls, but agreed, it seems like this could have been more than a simple platformer. Really cool player graphic, too.

doonay2126 Aug 2013, 13:28

I love this one-wheel-yellow-thingy! :D Nice small game. You forgot to lock levels 2-4, I mean despite they have "Locked" image you can choose them.

TakeNapEverydayauthor26 Aug 2013, 14:20

Thanks for the comments! The need for more/larger levels is noted.

@doonay21: Oh yeah! Nice find. I made a mental note to prevent loading locked levels in the last few hours, but it must have slipped my mind. :P

kunzbe26 Aug 2013, 15:30

wonderful game, thank you sir!

Gaspard_26 Aug 2013, 15:41

Short and sweet, cool graphics!

unusualcadence27 Aug 2013, 18:10

The movement in this is really sweet, it's a shame the levels are so slight as I was having a good time romping around! Level 4 should show there's a bigger game to be made out of the yellowbox controls

Kragnir28 Aug 2013, 01:52

Nice platformer. The tapping part seems unnecessary.

mollymus28 Aug 2013, 09:15

I like the graphics! I just wish there'd been more levels, and I kind of wish moving sideways would be a bit more responsive:/ Nevertheless, great job!:)

matthias_zarzecki29 Aug 2013, 08:50

Ha, nice idea! love the character and the disarm-mechanic :)

nddrylliog30 Aug 2013, 17:56

Appreciate the polish even in such a short game :) Nice sync between the sound and the movement. I didn't understand at first how the jump height worked - I don't think it's exactly right to bind it to the speed, but anyway, after a while I got the hang of it.

Congrats, and looking forward to your next entries!

panurge30 Aug 2013, 20:18

It was a little too short and simple which is a shame because the concept is nice and the controls and style are really cool.

OneL3gend30 Aug 2013, 20:22

Tried in chrome, the game ran alright, but bomb defuse was not possible.