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MacBooler by kromeboy

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made by kromeboy for Ludum Dare 50 (COMPO)

Immagine.jpg Help us MacBooler the bomb is about to explode!

This game is inspired by the Saturday Night Live sketch "MacGruber".

Here is how to play:

While is impossible to defuse this bomb you can "delay the inevitable" by performing boolean additions as fast as you can.

What is a boolean addition? Just like a regular addiction but on base two.

On each column, you have two LEDs and a switch. Led On = 1, Led Off = 0. Switch Up = 1 Switch Down = 0

Here are all the possible combinations:

0+0=0 (switch down) 0+1=1 (switch up) 1+1=10 (switch down, carry one) 1+0+0=1 (switch up) 1+1+0=10 (switch down, carry one) 1+1+1=11 (switch up, carry one)

Link https://kromeboy.itch.io/macbooler
Link https://kromeboy.itch.io/macbooler
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/macbooler

Ratings

Overall 303th 3.456⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Fun 246th 3.485⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 99th 3.809⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Theme 171th 3.897⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 431th 3.118⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Audio 100th 3.742⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Humor 82th 3.691⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Mood 252th 3.359⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Given 32🗳️ 41🗨️

Feedback

InitialPosition
04. Apr 2022 · 13:20 UTC
Big praise for the theme song alone. Took this game from a solid bomb defusing experience to one truly transcending reality. Graphics are nice, I love the randomly chosen locations and the leaderboard is a really good idea (even though I apparently suck at binary addition and can't even get close to those scores lol)

The only negative I could give is that the switches don't reset when you solve a problem, meaning you can't just go back to doing left to right addition as easily.
Delightfullymad
04. Apr 2022 · 17:08 UTC
Cool idea and interesting take on bomb defusal, mixed with mathmatics. Good work!
Rustywolf
04. Apr 2022 · 17:12 UTC
Love the audio. Once you get a hand on the mechanics it really scratches the puzzle itch.
sdelay
04. Apr 2022 · 18:33 UTC
Macbooooooler ! 125 points
good concept, stressful enough to keep tension, well done!
sirikan
05. Apr 2022 · 05:28 UTC
Lol "Macbooooler!". Fun game.
doomshmuck
05. Apr 2022 · 13:51 UTC
Perhaps my early morning brain is too smooth to understand how to do this, but I definitely struggled with understanding how the game is supposed to play (I do know how boolean math works, normally, but I just couldn't figure this one out). The sounds and music were definitely a highlight on this though.
🎤 kromeboy
05. Apr 2022 · 15:45 UTC
@doomshmuck I think i will publish a video tutorial for the game, and maybe include it in the game in a post jam version
vidarn
05. Apr 2022 · 18:22 UTC
Haha, I loved this game. The audio was relly funny, and the game was very fun to play. I love how much panic I felt as the characters kept reminding me of the time ticking down. I will admit that I switched srtrategy to "educated guessing" when I got stressed. Great idea, and a well made game!
xCarl
05. Apr 2022 · 22:03 UTC
Amazing game! Never imagined that doing binary addition could be this fun.
Joymagine
06. Apr 2022 · 07:56 UTC
MACBOOOLEERR
mrbrainfed
07. Apr 2022 · 00:46 UTC
bruh i suck at this game
candlesan
07. Apr 2022 · 07:00 UTC
That's some serious binary operations! Very difficult but fun!
mmisspelling
07. Apr 2022 · 09:21 UTC
very good for brushing up my binary operation skills, feels like something that would work well in a classroom! also the voice acting is very funny lol.
OadT
07. Apr 2022 · 09:29 UTC
:musical_note: MACBOOOOOLER :musical_note: Adore the sounds :smile: Have to say I am surprised how fun boolean addition can be
Arttu Halonen
07. Apr 2022 · 11:21 UTC
Really nice entry! Took me a solid while to understand the game mechanics, but once I did, the game felt great! If you want to continue this post-jam, an in-game tutorial would be nice, or some sort of practice mode where you can interactively see what your actions actually do, to attempt to match your set of lights with the target set of lights. A solid entry, congrats!
Pitxardo
08. Apr 2022 · 16:36 UTC
Well... not much to say! Great game and very fun to play.

Maybe a little guided tutorial stage where you have to solve some two/three column LEDs would be nice, so you let non-developers understand what to do.
ruthiepee
09. Apr 2022 · 13:09 UTC
The voice acting cracked me up. A video tutorial would definitely be useful, not only to teach people boolean addition, but to explain the interface a little better. I found myself wishing there was an untimed practice mode too. Nice graphics and the sense of urgency you get from the voice acting / flickering lights is nice. Interesting game!
tiffi
09. Apr 2022 · 14:07 UTC
Took a while to get into it, but after that it was pretty addicting. Great work!
hmightypirate
10. Apr 2022 · 09:46 UTC
Tons of fun with this game.

A very educative one. After this LD many people will have learned binary algebra XD.

The voice acting is fantastic
Madbeagle
14. Apr 2022 · 12:51 UTC
I realised my binary addition is not as strong as it could be.....once you go past one carry, sheesh!
LDJam user 267116
15. Apr 2022 · 06:16 UTC
Nice game! Melted my brain a lot more than I thought it would.
nyxkn
19. Apr 2022 · 14:55 UTC
Well, today I learned what boolean addition is :D Got to 120. Quite addicting! Pretty good and unique idea. Good fit with the theme. Music on/off button was a nice addition, but I would have liked to disable sound effects as well as it gets annoying after a while you hear the same thing!
SketchyGalore
21. Apr 2022 · 04:01 UTC
It took me a while, but once I got it, this became what might be my favorite game of LD 50! Couldn't stop until I got a leaderboard spot at 260 :smile:
johnnysix
21. Apr 2022 · 17:41 UTC
Cool concept, I was flipping all the switches but nothing seemed to happen. Sound fx / dialogue was cool though. :smile:
Ava Skoog
21. Apr 2022 · 17:55 UTC
Whew, it took me a while to get it but when I did I had a lot of fun! Definitely needs a good tutorial, yeah 😅 Familiar with MacGyver of course, so this was fun from that perspective too. Got a lot of laughs from the voice clips. Music perhaps wasn't the best I've heard but it somehow fit quite well. Textures are a bit blurry but going 3D was cool. It really is all about the gameplay and the humour in this one and you did great there. Very cool and unique!!
🎤 kromeboy
21. Apr 2022 · 18:06 UTC
@ava-skoog thaks. A better interactive tutorial will be uploaded in the Post Jam version in about two hours