Evacuation

January 9, 2009 1:01 PM

Friday Flash Fun: Evacuation is a puzzle game about explosive decompression. Save the crew! Eject the aliens into space by opening the spaceship's doors! The catch: doors of the same color all open together.

By the people that brought us Too Many Ninjas! Via the always excellent TGISource

posted by Rinku (17 comments total)

Thanks . . . Brett
This is good stuff!
posted by arcanecrowbar at 1:16 PM on January 9, 2009

They don't call her Madam Airlock for nothing
posted by The Whelk at 1:17 PM on January 9, 2009

The sound effect when one of your guys is ejected is priceless. I hope if I were ever explosively decompressed I'd make such a cute sound.
posted by localhuman at 1:28 PM on January 9, 2009

Why do they have to name the guys who get sucked out? I just thought they were random dudes but now I feel bad for letting Keene get killed.
posted by Burhanistan at 1:45 PM on January 9, 2009

It's a lot easier once the crew is dead.
posted by Johnny Assay at 1:56 PM on January 9, 2009

My strategy of letting the crew slowly slide towards the doors as I let the monsters out stopped working when I had a crew of 5 and 2 officers.
posted by garlic at 2:10 PM on January 9, 2009

This is mad sweet.

Btw Foddy is a bioethics fellow at Princeton. He is known for his research into when it's okay to vent someone into space.
posted by grobstein at 2:21 PM on January 9, 2009

I keep doing well...until the urge to flush em all into space gets too strong and then WOOSH!
posted by TungstenChef at 2:29 PM on January 9, 2009

How the hell do you do Level 8?
posted by spiderskull at 4:30 PM on January 9, 2009

The levels are computer generated, so everyone's level 8 will be different. Sometimes, though, you have to eject a few spacemen. You can also close the doors again while the aliens or crew are in motion, and if they're still inside, they'll be safe.
posted by Rinku at 4:35 PM on January 9, 2009

This game sucks!

in a good way
posted by eriko at 4:45 PM on January 9, 2009

Alas, poor Brown, and Keane, and Yang, and Meier, and Murray...
posted by malocchio at 5:21 PM on January 9, 2009

Supposedly the game has an ending. Level 200? Holy crap.
posted by yeoz at 5:44 PM on January 9, 2009

I also liked QWOP.
posted by treepour at 7:38 PM on January 9, 2009

Ok. It doesn't actually end at level 200. I got to and past level 201, and it just keeps going. Dangit.
posted by yeoz at 8:49 PM on January 9, 2009 [1 favorite]

Gaaaah. After playing this for a while, I'm now worried whenever I click on a link that I've missed some door somewhere and instead of loading a page all my guys will get sucked out into space or eaten by purple squid/anglerfish things. Thanks,... Brett.
posted by hattifattener at 10:49 PM on January 9, 2009

That's exactly what I found. Now every attempt to open my e-mail leaves me anxious that I will send McLean and Chen cartwheeling down some overlooked pathway and out into hard vacuum.

Has anyone else notice that occasionally aliens will crouch in the corner closest to the viewer and seemingly become immune to being pulled out?
posted by ricochet biscuit at 5:47 AM on January 10, 2009