Comments on: Demolition City!

Demolition City!

Eideteker — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:17:04 -0800

Set the charges, and stand well back. No cell phones, please. This is very dangerous work, but it's been a long week for you, hasn't it? You deserve to spend your day working in Demolition City.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:21:20 -0800

Is this a game? I hope it's a game!!

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:22:24 -0800

It's a game! Centered on blow-upitude!

By: yiftach

yiftach — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:24:58 -0800

Thank you, Eideteker, for 'sploding my Friday productivity.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:30:52 -0800

The game is much easier when you realize you can use more than one dynamite!

By: specialagentwebb

specialagentwebb — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:30:54 -0800

Level 5 was great fun. I'm half-tempted to go back and see if I can find more ways to make it topple.

By: Pantengliopoli

Pantengliopoli — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:33:34 -0800

Oh man, this is the best game ever. My employer does NOT thank you.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:35:43 -0800

I believe in you, agentwebb.

By: ShawnString

ShawnString — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:38:02 -0800

fucker. stuck on 13

By: cmoj

cmoj — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:47:36 -0800

I can't wait for the sequel. This game was great, but short. And once you get the hang of it, they don't really get much harder. moar?

By: yiftach

yiftach — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:48:43 -0800

Mine goes to 11. Stuck for now.

By: specialagentwebb

specialagentwebb — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:50:16 -0800

The "Do not hit the building" ones are definitely the hardest. Great game, though.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:53:42 -0800

I hope the sequel has timed/sequential demolition. Like red dynamite that blows first, yellow that blows next, and green that blows last. Rather than limiting how much dynamite you can use, they could make it so you have to buy your dynamite. I think that would give you more flexibility than "ok, on this level you get 2 red, 1 yellow, and 1 green" and then you're like "OH, so that's how you solve it!"

By: Skorgu

Skorgu — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:54:25 -0800

$260,484

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:06:03 -0800

That is to say, most of these levels have multiple ways to win, and that's how I like it.

By: tybeet

tybeet — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:07:06 -0800

19 had me for a while, and those "do not hit" levels were definitely the most fun (because OMG real scenario!). Would be fun to have them on both sides in higher levels.

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:09:23 -0800

DemCity?

By: yiftach

yiftach — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:21:42 -0800

OK, I just had a really disturbing thought: Working on a couple of the levels of really tall buildings, especially the ones with the Do Not Hit next to them, I realized (after figuring out the trick) that I was using the 9/11 scenario to bring them down (blow up the beams on the top floors so their weight will bring the whole building down). I mean, the progression was, Experiment with dynamite placed in different places on the tougher taller buildings-> Figure out that blowing up top floors will bring bldg. down rather neatly-> Think to myself, "Awesome! Next level!"-> Subconscious reminds me where I've seen that before-> "Oh, GOD! What's wrong with me?"

By: DU

DU — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:22:17 -0800

I wish there were more levels.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:23:30 -0800

Great game! I wish there were a reward for the most dramatic demolition. I love watching the little BOOM, then the building sway, slowly, until it collapses. I hear if you enter the Konami code you get the secret World Trade Center level. 9/11 Truth!

By: bzbb

bzbb — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:24:03 -0800

$268,432

By: ShawnString

ShawnString — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:27:38 -0800

ok finished it...$281,645. Fun, but then I am also in the middle of Red Faction: Guerrilla, so i have been in "Blow Shit Up Mode" lately.

By: Thorzdad

Thorzdad — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:32:05 -0800

Hmmm...I get the "Play" screen. But nothing but a blank, white screen after that.

By: yiftach

yiftach — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:32:54 -0800

Just under $237K, but I wasn't paying attention to maximizing damage, just to bringing them down. and trying not to feel weird

By: @troy

@troy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:41:40 -0800

I tried it but much more prefer the author's Crush the Castle effort. I looked at his code and he's using the Squirrel physics engine, which is obviously pretty sweet.

By: the bricabrac man

the bricabrac man — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:56:35 -0800

Most of the levels are pretty easy, but even so it's mighty satisfying to watch it all come tumbling slowly down.

By: maggieb

maggieb — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:19:14 -0800

Fun game!

By: sexyrobot

sexyrobot — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:21:27 -0800

this reminds me of my long-time dream of buying the empire state building, removing all the interior floors, filling it with big tanks of LOX and LH2, packing the basement with rocket engines, and flying that mother-fucker to the moon.

By: Sova

Sova — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:22:16 -0800

Hmmm, I prefer games with storeys. You know, a more concrete narrative. I won't play it now, as I have to get some food, but after I dine I might.

By: Evilspork

Evilspork — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:22:56 -0800

Reminded me of Armadillo Run. And was it just me or did it feel like the music was taunting my demolition failures?

By: schleppo

schleppo — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:26:33 -0800

$254,385

By: dhartung

dhartung — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:29:40 -0800

I thought this was going to be a sequel to Stunt City.

By: Avelwood

Avelwood — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:01:56 -0800

DO NOT HIT THE OTHER BUILDING

By: schwa

schwa — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:32:52 -0800

$283,364 I get shit done.

By: maudlin

maudlin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:36:46 -0800

Finished with $284,023 -- but boy, did I ever have a horrible mental block about level 19.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:14:12 -0800

Thanks for the suggestion, @troy. I do prefer that one.

By: Glee

Glee — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:00:48 -0800

$291,097 yay finished! Pretty cool game, but level 19 started to piss me off around attempt 12.

By: Mister Moofoo

Mister Moofoo — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:21:49 -0800

I always tried to blow them up using the least number of charges I could. Usually had plenty of boomboom left over.

By: Schlimmbesserung

Schlimmbesserung — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:02:23 -0800

Damn easy, but damn fun. Hooray explosions!

By: Spatch

Spatch — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:58:02 -0800

Oh god this game is as satisfying as Stair Dismount.