Search & Destroy

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.10
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.93
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.97
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.94
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★57%
* CONTROLS *

Move: LEFT + RIGHT Arrow keys
Jump: UP Arrow
Fire: SPACE
Reload: RETURN

* NOTES & ADVICE *

You can jump higher if you shoot all your ammo
Agents take 3 hits to kill
If you get hit by an agent, you lose an ammo slot
Get power-ups to add ammo slots & clear DMCA takedowns
You must use a unique search term every time!
Images come from Flickr - full image credits if you win!

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The NSA are trying to take away your 2nd Amendment right to carry weaponised mobile search engines

Destroy them by hunting down top-secret documents and exposing their evil plan. Use your browser gun to download ammunition & take down the evil agents.

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Created by Mike Cobb (@mcobb) and Darren Perry (@darrencperry)
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Genres: platformer

Comments24

Sim00n21 Apr 2015, 00:10
I love that upon entering "murica", "freedom", "eagle", and such, appropriate pictures appeared. Besides that it was kinda hard to figure out what to do and how to jump high enough for the walls. The music was a tasteful touch :)
Destruktorrr21 Apr 2015, 00:20
I LOVE the concept. The game was very fun, funny, and well made. Great job!
gene-z21 Apr 2015, 00:20
Good Game
Firefox21 Apr 2015, 00:22
It was interesting how you could jump on your ammo infinitely. I managed to go too far forward and glitch out the game! :D The music got annoying quickly because of the odd instruments and repeating. It did add to the mood of the game though. `MURICA!! YEAH!!
RARoadkill21 Apr 2015, 00:23
Really enjoyed searching for all the different kinds of ammo. kept getting shot by people off screen, which was a little annoying. and it seemed like the ammo got in the way of my jumps. But a very innovated take on the theme
emmelineprufrock
emmelineprufrock21 Apr 2015, 00:23
Fun music, good sense of humor and interesting concept. Good work.
syawqy
syawqy21 Apr 2015, 00:35
great idea
but, kinda hard when facing more than 1 enemy, because you must type fast to reload another ammos
KCrimson21 Apr 2015, 00:47
Good fun and a good idea. Reminded me a little of Scribblenauts.
internetpaulicy21 Apr 2015, 00:59
Man this is really fun. I'm not sure that it finds just anything that im looking for in its search engine but perhaps thats better for screen shots. The control is fun and bouncy it reminds me of earthworm jim circa sega genesis days. I hope the NSA don't give you any trouble.
SmilingCat21 Apr 2015, 01:10
Great graphics, awesome job. Is it actually hitting a search service to find the pictures?
scumbly21 Apr 2015, 04:12
Ingenious mechanic! Search results in the game are brilliant.
roving-stone21 Apr 2015, 10:05
Concept was good... Music was absolutely terrible. Nothing I searched came up properly.
shimage21 Apr 2015, 10:10
Very nice! It stimulated my creativity.
darrencperry21 Apr 2015, 10:35
The music is sooooo bad. (I made it...)
Zeriver
Zeriver21 Apr 2015, 10:45
Creative idea, solid game. Well you can type "asd" "as" etc and still get ammo but i suppose if type that in google you will also get some results.
Wilhelm scream is a nice touch :D
refreshcreations21 Apr 2015, 11:26
Cool concept, glad to see the finished game, with ending :) I must admit, I cheated a bit by jumping on the ammo ;P
Dickie21 Apr 2015, 19:54
very original concept, one of the most interesting implementations of the theme I've played.

the search system introduces its own humor and tenseness to the combat though screw the bit by the server where you throw multiple enemies at once is very punishing
HotBoxGames
HotBoxGames22 Apr 2015, 22:48
Haha funny and pretty cool :D
Ghen
Ghen23 Apr 2015, 11:58
'MURICA!, hahaha, really great idea and execution!, love it, especially that search ammo even though i didn't get the point xD
nice one !
chikun Dev Team23 Apr 2015, 12:04
Video games masquerading as biting anti-authoritarian social commentary! I'll admit I spent a while seeing what, if anything, I could get past the radar of the ammo search service, but no dice - looks like Google SafeSearch has served your game well!

The music got a tad repetitive though.
mildmojo24 Apr 2015, 05:53
Really clever ammo system using search terms. Not allowing reuse was a good decision but makes it that much harder. Thankfully most strings of characters produce search results.

I thought at first the ammo count was dependent on the number of search results or popularity, later realizing it's based on health. Given how your mobility's restricted when you're carrying ammo, I think the capacity/health penalty is a little stiff.

That anthem music comes on really strong. It fits the theme, but might be better used sparingly.

The level layout seemed good and the game over screen was funny. There could be a little more visual feedback when you take a hit so you know when the game over's coming.

Keep it up!

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