TIGSource: Evacuation

Evacuation

Derek Yu — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:46:00 +0000

Brilliant idea to make a game about explosive decompression, in my opinion. Evacuation is a collaboration between Benzido (QWOP, Too Many Ninjas), the master of the one-screen Flash game, and programmer Ryan Chisholm. The goal in each of Evacuation’s 200 levels is to eject all of the man-eating aliens from the space shuttle by opening and closing the various colored cargo doors on the ship. Just be careful not to fling your own crew members into space! And there are a couple of other catches: 1. opening or closing a door will toggle other, similarly-colored doors open or closed, and 2. you must keep the captain and all officers alive or else you lose.

Because the levels are procedurally-generated the difficulty can feel slightly indeterministic. But like all of Benzido’s games, Evacuation is fast and fun and very addictive.

TIGdb: Entry for Evacuation

"Evacuation" by Graham Goring

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:02:18 +0000

Really lovely little game, this. Some little hiccups (aliens getting stuck in corners so they don’t get sucked into space) but overall a great concept and very nicely executed.

"Evacuation" by Uesugi

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:21:56 +0000

Yeah, you can go pretty far if you kill all the crew members except the captain and continually kill the new recruits before any can be promoted. Sometimes it’s hard to separate a group of them from the captain and you have to wait for them to walk to adjacent holds. And your score is based on how many people you save, so don’t count on getting a high score.

The randomness in the game is beyond frustrating. Sometimes on load a setup that can be won is immediately made unwinnable by an alien rushing through an open door to get at spacemen behind a door in the next room.

I’ve also seen the alien flying around the ship after being sucked out. It’s very amusing. At first I thought it was a bug.

"Evacuation" by Bleagle

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:20:16 +0000

Hmm, funny i managed to kill all crew members except for the captain (had no other “high-ranks”)^^. And sometimes an alien flies like one minute around the ship after its sucked into space.

"Evacuation" by Thomas Dolby

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:40:21 +0000

Love alot of things about this, but wish the dudes had a slight bit more intelligence, or perhaps there were a bit less randomness. It’s fun to play though, for sure. And I like it.

"Evacuation" by gnome

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:26:41 +0000

Haven’t tried it just yet, but I quite love the art style. Reminds me of UFO really…

"Evacuation" by Uesugi

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:49:36 +0000

Too many of the higher difficulty levels depend on luck when you’re using vaccuum to suck spacemen from compartment to compartment. Really annoying when you’ve got lots of officers and one flies faster/slower than the rest and is killed. :(

"Evacuation" by Bleagle

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:39:20 +0000

I think too that the randomness isnt the best thing. Sometimes levels are generated which cant be solved without killing a person. And sometimes the entire crew stands in a room with an “Exit” and the three other doors have the same colour. Thats a situation which cant be solved…

"Evacuation" by Sparky

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:26:55 +0000

I already said this on the forums, but I really like this game. Like mots said, a 2x or 3x version would be great!

"Evacuation" by mots

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:51:37 +0000

cute little puzzle game.. I think it would be better on a bigger scale ( not more rooms, but a bigger window size )

"Evacuation" by AmnEn

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:19:05 +0000

I enjoyed venting the humans more. They made funny noises when they were tossed out.

"Evacuation" by Mark

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:04:48 +0000

This is great! I enjoy venting the aliens.

"Evacuation" by Uesugi

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:03:23 +0000

Man, this game is crying out for a well thought out succession of ever trickier levels. I love procedurally-generated content but it’s all over the place here. Stick in 50 solid levels and then call the randomly-generated rest “bonus” levels or something.

"Evacuation" by shinygerbil

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:47:06 +0000

This is fantastic :>

I think I suck though. :<

"Evacuation" by Uesugi

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:42:53 +0000

Argh. It crashed Firefox. :(

Was fun up until then.

"Evacuation" by Super anon

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:31:35 +0000

This game is great. I’m hooked :)

"Evacuation" by Eclipse

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:26:03 +0000

nice concept but the gameplay is just too random

"Evacuation" by Benzido

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:05:57 +0000

Cheers, Derek!

"Evacuation" by cm

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:04:56 +0000

Thanks… Brett.

"Evacuation" by BMcC

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:42:33 +0000

Haha, this is so cool! I was going to bed, but…