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This is just a side project I have, but let me know if you like what you see and want me to keep you updated or eventually release it; I might make an itch.io page for it if it gets enough attention.
> I really don’t have anybody to play with if that makes sense
My in-laws never play videogames, but they love ktane and ask to play every time they come over. Think of people who might like to play a board game, show it to them. You might be surprised.
You definitely need someone to play with.
Also, recently they launched an Android version, so... you can also try that. But, yeah, the PC version will run on anything.
It's available for iOS as well, and iOS and Android users can play together over local WiFi.
Here's the Android link for completeness.
The idea is very simple - you first click the bomb initial settings - if the serial number is even, if there is a parallel port, and if there are two or more batteries to set those up.
Then for each wire you click the properties it has, and the answer is generated in the far right column - if the answer is green you should cut it, else you should probably not.
Now clicking is very slow, so I made this textbox at the bottom to make it easier to input everything in, each item in the textbox is separated by a space, if the item is empty you can just have two spaces in a row, but it's easier to see if you put in a placeholder like a dot.
First you put in your bomb settings - these are identical to the manual - s for even serial number, p for parallel port, b for two or more batteries.
Then you put in the properties for each wire - r is for red, b is for blue, l is for led, and s is for star.
If you change the textbox the table will change and vice versa.
You see the source code and edit in your version here: http://jsbin.com/riwewoy/edit?html,css,js,output [warning: lazy code]
I might add some more modules later.
It may be easier to use OneDrive seeing that it's Excel.
I got a set of plastic document folders like these on Amazon. 3-hole punched the manuals, and those are secured with the brass tabs. Loose paper in the front cover's pocket. Made some self-adhesive labels with the game's logo for the front of each folder. Cheap, basically indestructible, and all my experts can pick their favorite color. Somebody absconded with the blue one so they could study up.