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* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Clear communication skills, short-term memory (or a pen and paper), and being able to read quickly (but correctly) are vital.
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* MissionControl: The bomb defusal experts.
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** While the bomb manual is mostly written fairly, it constantly mentions crucial information regarding a certain instruction AFTER the instruction (paraphrased: Push "Next" to continue to next step. Do not press "Next" until correct button is pressed.). This is certain to trip people up if the experts try to read directly from text and the operator does what it says in order.
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** While the bomb manual is mostly written fairly, it constantly mentions crucial information regarding a certain instruction AFTER the instruction (paraphrased: Push "Next" to continue to next step. Do not press "Next" until the correct button is pressed.). This is certain to trip people up if the experts try to read directly from text and the operator does what it says in order.
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* ProceduralGeneration: The bombs are generated this way. Prelease builds of the game also randomized the manual but remained static for the final release.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: And the clock speeds up if you make a mistake.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: And You need to be faster than the timer on the bomb, and the clock speeds up if you make a mistake.
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* TheLoad: If there are multiple experts, anyone who misreads instructions or contradicts the others will be this.
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* TheLoad: If there are multiple experts, anyone who misreads instructions or contradicts the others will be this.end up making the team worse.
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*** It also helps if you know that [[Literature/BookOfGenesis Ur was a city in ancient Sumer]].
* BuffySpeak: The Keypad module often has defusers resorting to terms like "smiley face with a tongue out" and "looks like a caterpillar" to describe unfamiliar symbols. Knowing proper names is fine, of course, as long as both sides are on the same page; if one player knows it and the other one doesn't, you might still have to resort to crude descriptions.
* BuffySpeak: The Keypad module often has defusers resorting to terms like "smiley face with a tongue out" and "looks like a caterpillar" to describe unfamiliar symbols. Knowing proper names is fine, of course, as long as both sides are on the same page; if one player knows it and the other one doesn't, you might still have to resort to crude descriptions.
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* BuffySpeak: The Keypad module often has defusers resorting to terms like "smiley face with a tongue out" and "looks like a caterpillar" to describe unfamiliar symbols. Knowing proper names is fine, of course, as long as both sides are on the same page; if one player knows it and the other one doesn't, you
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This game would be something really simple if it weren't for it's [[https://ktane.timwi.de/ massive modding community.]] With over 1,600 modded modules created for the game, there's no shortage of ideas. From [[https://ktane.timwi.de/HTML/Algebra.html advanced math]] to [[https://ktane.timwi.de/HTML/Forget%20Me%20Not.html modules that require you to create a code through the entire bomb]], practically every concept under the sun has been made into a module.
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This game would be something really simple if it weren't for it's [[https://ktane.timwi.de/ massive modding community.]] With over 1,600 1,800 modded modules created for the game, there's no shortage of ideas. From [[https://ktane.timwi.de/HTML/Algebra.html advanced math]] to [[https://ktane.timwi.de/HTML/Forget%20Me%20Not.html modules that require you to create a code through the entire bomb]], practically every concept under the sun has been made into a module.
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* SignificantAnagram: The modded modules [[https://ktane.timwi.de/HTML/Anagrams.html Anagrams]] and [[https://ktane.timwi.de/HTML/Insanagrams.html Insanagrams]] both require the players to decrypt an anagram.
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This game would be something really simple if it weren't for it's [[https://ktane.timwi.de/ massive modding community.]] With over 1,600 modded modules created for the game, there's no shortage of ideas. From [[https://ktane.timwi.de/HTML/Algebra.html advanced math]] to [[https://ktane.timwi.de/HTML/Forget%20Me%20Not.html modules that require you to create a code through the entire bomb]], practically every concept under the sun has been made into a module.
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* GameMod: There are ''[[https://ktane.timwi.de/ over 1,800]]'' additional modules and missions available via the Steam Workshop, as well as such craziness as double-decker bombs (allowing for up to ''23'' modules on one bomb, not including the timer). Some custom modules on their own send the game straight into HarderThanHard territory (for instance, the Morsematics module. Have fun performing complex addition and subtraction using letters in Morse code!).
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* GameMod: There are ''[[https://ktane.timwi.de/ over 1,800]]'' additional modules and missions available via the Steam Workshop, as well as such craziness as double-decker bombs (allowing for up to ''23'' modules on one bomb, not including the timer). Some custom modules on their own send the game straight into HarderThanHard territory (for instance, the Morsematics module. Have fun performing complex addition and subtraction using letters in Morse code!).code! And that's considered easy by today's standards!).
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** Modded modules, as above, take this even further. There's Perplexing Wires, Wire Placement, Wire Spaghetti...
* WrongWire: Cutting the wrong one earns you a strike. Too many strikes and the bomb explodes. Usually you get 3 strikes but some bombs will explode on any mistake.
* WrongWire: Cutting the wrong one earns you a strike. Too many strikes and the bomb explodes. Usually you get 3 strikes but some bombs will explode on any mistake.
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* GameMod: There are ''[[https://ktane.timwi.de/ over 1,500]]'' additional modules and missions available via the Steam Workshop, as well as such craziness as double-decker bombs (allowing for up to ''23'' modules on one bomb, not including the timer). Some custom modules on their own send the game straight into HarderThanHard territory (for instance, the Morsematics module. Have fun performing complex addition and subtraction using letters in Morse code!).
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* GameMod: There are ''[[https://ktane.timwi.de/ over 1,500]]'' 1,800]]'' additional modules and missions available via the Steam Workshop, as well as such craziness as double-decker bombs (allowing for up to ''23'' modules on one bomb, not including the timer). Some custom modules on their own send the game straight into HarderThanHard territory (for instance, the Morsematics module. Have fun performing complex addition and subtraction using letters in Morse code!).
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* SongsInTheKeyOfLock: The modded module Piano Keys, although there are way more that are related to music. If you didn't figure it out, you need to play the right song on the module to solve it.
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* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: The bomb defusal expert is literally this in real life, if you are playing the PC version over Skype or similar VOIP program.
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* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: The bomb defusal expert is literally this in real life, life if you are playing the PC version over Skype or similar VOIP program.
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** Taken UpToEleven with the unofficial Crazy Talk mod, with such entries as "blank", "literally blank", "the word blank", "nothing", "there's nothing", "no, literally nothing", "no comma literally nothing", "the word nothing", and "the phrase the word nothing".
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** Taken UpToEleven Exaggerated with the unofficial Crazy Talk mod, with such entries as "blank", "literally blank", "the word blank", "nothing", "there's nothing", "no, literally nothing", "no comma literally nothing", "the word nothing", and "the phrase the word nothing".
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* CatScare: For some reason, there's an alarm clock next to the bomb, which beeps at random until the disarmer hits its snooze button. When it goes off, even the calmest of communicators are sure to be thrown into a panic.
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* CatScare: For some reason, there's an alarm clock next to the bomb, which beeps at random until the disarmer hits its snooze button. When it goes off, players with less control of their nerves will jump into a panic, and even the calmest of communicators are sure to can be thrown into off-balance for a panic.moment.
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* ProceduralGeneration: The bombs are generated this way. Prelease builds of the game also randomised the manual but remained static for the final release.
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* PressXToDie: Sometimes the Needy Vent Module will ask if you want to vent gas to prevent the bomb from exploding, and you're supposed to say Yes. However, sometimes it will instead ask if you want to Detonate the bomb. If you say Yes, that's exactly what happens.
* ProceduralGeneration: The bombs are generated this way. Prelease builds of the game alsorandomised randomized the manual but remained static for the final release.
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* WireDilemma: Three modules, Complicated Wires, Wires, and Wire Sequence are this. You must cut the right wire(s) on them, or you get a strike. Complicated Wires in particular involves multiple colors and styles of wire to the point where the manual page for it can be an OhCrap moment all its own.
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* WireDilemma: Three modules, modules: Simple Wires, Complicated Wires, Wires, and Wire Sequence are this. You must cut the right wire(s) on them, or you get a strike. Complicated Wires in particular involves multiple colors and styles of wire to the point where the manual page for it can be an OhCrap moment all its own.
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* FailedASpotCheck: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIxkEbc8GsA Didn't even notice that some of the needy vents read "Detonate?" rather than "Vent gas?"]] '''''BLAMMO'''''!
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* FailedASpotCheck: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIxkEbc8GsA com/watch?v=KIxkEbc8GsA&t=173s Didn't even notice that some of the needy vents read "Detonate?" rather than "Vent gas?"]] '''''BLAMMO'''''!
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* GameMod: There are ''hundreds'' of additional modules and missions available via the Steam Workshop, as well as such craziness as double-decker bombs (allowing for up to ''23'' modules on one bomb, not including the timer). Some custom modules on their own send the game straight into HarderThanHard territory (for instance, the Morsematics module. Have fun performing complex addition and subtraction using letters in Morse code!).
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* GameMod: There are ''hundreds'' of ''[[https://ktane.timwi.de/ over 1,500]]'' additional modules and missions available via the Steam Workshop, as well as such craziness as double-decker bombs (allowing for up to ''23'' modules on one bomb, not including the timer). Some custom modules on their own send the game straight into HarderThanHard territory (for instance, the Morsematics module. Have fun performing complex addition and subtraction using letters in Morse code!).
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** The manual has appendices demonstrating what kind of labels or ports can appear on the bomb. This serves mostly no purpose other than distracting the experts as most of them have nothing to do with any of the modules.
** The manual contains a complete Morse code dictionary for that module, but the numbers will never come up and several letters won't either. This is mostly a distraction to experts not already fluent in Morse.
** The manual contains a complete Morse code dictionary for that module, but the numbers will never come up and several letters won't either. This is mostly a distraction to experts not already fluent in Morse.
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** The manual has appendices demonstrating what kind of labels or ports can appear on the bomb. This serves mostly no purpose other than distracting the experts as most of them have nothing to do with any of the modules.
modules. (Unless you're playing with modded modules; odds are they're ''[[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail very]]'' [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail important.]])
** The manual contains a complete Morse code dictionary for that module, but the numbers will never come up and several letters won't either. This is mostly a distraction to experts not already fluent in Morse. (Again, there are some modded modules where ''all'' letters and numbers are important to know.)
** The manual contains a complete Morse code dictionary for that module, but the numbers will never come up and several letters won't either. This is mostly a distraction to experts not already fluent in Morse. (Again, there are some modded modules where ''all'' letters and numbers are important to know.)
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* YouDidntAsk: There's going to be a lot of this going on, since even minor details on the modules or bomb (the color of the button, the number of batteries, what order the wires are in) often change up the entire solution. Best thing to do? Focus on one module at a time and describe it fully. However, don't be so verbose that you waste time.
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* YouDidntAsk: There's going to be a lot of this going on, since even minor details on the modules or bomb (the color of the button, the number of batteries, what order the wires are in) often change up the entire solution. Best thing to do? Focus on one module at a time and describe it fully. [[note]]Unless you have one of the modded modules that care about the other modules on the bomb.[[/note]] However, don't be so verbose that you waste time.
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* WireDilemma: Three modules, Complicated Wires, Wires, and Wire Sequence are this. You must cut the right wire(s) on them, or you get a strike.
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* WireDilemma: Three modules, Complicated Wires, Wires, and Wire Sequence are this. You must cut the right wire(s) on them, or you get a strike. Complicated Wires in particular involves multiple colors and styles of wire to the point where the manual page for it can be an OhCrap moment all its own.
-->'''[=ARavingLoon=]''': This one has a Venn Diagram!
-->'''[=ARavingLoon=]''': This one has a Venn Diagram!
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--> '''[[WebAnimation/{{Hololive}} Inugami Korone]]:''' Oh. I'm die. Thank you forever.
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* WireDilemma: Three modules, Complicated Wires, Wires, and Wire Sequence are this.
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* WireDilemma: Three modules, Complicated Wires, Wires, and Wire Sequence are this. You must cut the right wire(s) on them, or you get a strike.
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* YouDidntAsk: There's going to be a lot of this going on, since even minor details on the modules or bomb (the color of the button, the number of batteries, what order the wires are in) often change up the entire solution. Best thing to do? Focus on one module at a time and describe it fully. However, don't be so verbose that you waste time, though.
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* SongsInTheKeyOfPanic: The music accelerates and gets more dramatic when timer gets closer and closer to detonation.
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* SongsInTheKeyOfPanic: The music accelerates and gets more dramatic when the timer gets closer and closer to detonation.
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* FailedASpotCheck: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIxkEbc8GsA Didn't even notice that some of the needy vents read "Detonate?" rather than "Vent gas?"]] '''''BLAMMO'''''!
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* WireDilemma: Three modules, complex wires, simple wire, and wire sequences are this.
** Modded modules, as above, take this even further. There's perplexing wires, wire placement, wire spaghetti...
** Modded modules, as above, take this even further. There's perplexing wires, wire placement, wire spaghetti...
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* WireDilemma: Three modules, complex wires, simple wire, Complicated Wires, Wires, and wire sequences Wire Sequence are this.
** Modded modules, as above, take this even further. There'sperplexing wires, wire placement, wire spaghetti...Perplexing Wires, Wire Placement, Wire Spaghetti...
** Modded modules, as above, take this even further. There's
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* ProceduralGeneration: The bombs are generated this way. Demonstration versions of the game also randomised the disarming rules but remained static for the main release.
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* BuffySpeak: The Keypad module often has defusers resorting to terms like "smiley face with a tongue out" and "looks like a caterpillar" to describe unfamiliar symbols. Knowing proper names is fine, of course, as long as both sides are on the same page; if one player knows it and the other one doesn't, you might still have to resort to crude descriptions.
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The manual has no colour whatsoever, which is ''so'' helpful for things like Complicated Wires.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Taken to an extreme. Said 'red' when you meant 'blue'? It won't end well. It also doesn't help that the modules are designed specifically to invoke this. For example the "Who's on First" module requires describing buttons with labels like "Your", "UR", "You Are" and "You're". Better be really careful what you say.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Taken to an extreme. Said 'red' when you meant 'blue'? It won't end well. It also doesn't help that the modules are designed specifically to invoke this. For example the "Who's on First" module requires describing buttons with labels like "Your", "UR", "You Are" and "You're". Better be really careful what you say. The Memory module can also result in this unless you're damned clear about whether you're talking about the fourth button or the one with the number "4", especially in languages where the distinction isn't as clear.
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* RuleOfThree: Three mistakes on a bomb and [[GameOver it's lights out.]]
* RuleOfThree: Three mistakes on a bomb and [[GameOver it's lights out.]]
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->''"One player is trapped in a virtual room with a ticking time bomb they must defuse. The other players are the “Experts” who must give the instructions to defuse the bomb by deciphering the information found in the bomb defusal manual. But there’s a catch: the experts can’t see the bomb, so everyone will need to talk it out – fast!"''
''Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes'' is a co-operative party game where one player is trapped in a room with a bomb, with no idea how to disarm it. The other player or players have a manual that explains how to dispose of the bomb, but cannot see the bomb itself. Players must communicate in order to figure out how to disarm the bomb in time.
The game was originally designed for the UsefulNotes/OculusRift, but also supports monitors. It was released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on October 8th 2015 and on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on August 16, 2018.
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!!This game provides examples of:
* ActionHero: The name of the achievement for disarming your first bomb, suggesting the defuser is one.
* AllThereInTheManual: The whole point of the game, actually. There is a [[http://www.bombmanual.com/ literal bomb defusal manual]] that you can print out that includes instructions on how to disarm everything; all of its information is accurate, although it's definitely not simple the first time you read it. For example, in the "Simon Says"-esque module, if the yellow light is flashing twice, you can be pretty sure that the yellow button is the one you DON'T press. The color button you DO press depends on whether the bomb's serial number contains a vowel and the number of strikes you currently have against you (if any). To make things even trickier, depending on the color that is flashing and the previous two conditions mentioned, you might actually have to press the same color button as the flashing light.
* BilingualBonus:
** Integrated into gameplay. While it is not required, knowing the language of some of the symbols in the Keypad module (like Cyrillic script or Greek) saves you the trouble of trying to describe weird-looking characters. The bomb-defuser knowing Morse code can make that module MUCH easier.
** Both the expert and the defuser knowing any second language (as long as it is the same) can be very useful when dealing with the "Who's On First" module, as homophones can be referred to by their translation in the other language. This can save a lot of time that is usually needed to clarify just which of the same-sounding words they are referring to.
* CatScare: For some reason, there's an alarm clock next to the bomb, which beeps at random until the disarmer hits its snooze button. When it goes off, even the calmest of communicators are sure to be thrown into a panic.
* ContinuingIsPainful: If you fail the memory module, you have to start it over from the beginning. On harder bombs, you might as well just restart, because the time loss is too big to overcome.
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Happens easily with the Needy Vent Module.
--> '''"Vent Gas?"'''
--> '''>Yes'''
--> '''"Vent Gas?"'''
--> '''>Yes'''
--> '''"Detonate?"'''
--> '''[[YetAnotherStupidDeath >Yes]]'''
* ExactTimeToFailure: The timer tells you this, although strikes speed up the timer a bit.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Want no one to explode? Keep talking. Averted with the giant buttons, while what they say matters for figuring out how to solve them, you have to press the button, [[ViolationOfCommonSense even if it says "Detonate"]].
* GameMod: There are ''hundreds'' of additional modules and missions available via the Steam Workshop, as well as such craziness as double-decker bombs (allowing for up to ''23'' modules on one bomb, not including the timer). Some custom modules on their own send the game straight into HarderThanHard territory (for instance, the Morsematics module. Have fun performing complex addition and subtraction using letters in Morse code!).
** Even more ridiculous: The Centurion, a bomb casing for ''101'' modules. In case that still wasn't enough, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlnSaBVUDKg here's]] Twitch handling '''two''' of them at the same time!
** Oh, you think THAT was ridiculous, you've seen nothing, boy! Presenting, [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z0tesS-J-s THE PRAETORIAN.]] You thought the Centurion's 101 modules was insane? The Praetorian has 161 MODULES, SON!
* GuideDangIt: By design. There's no way to disarm the bomb without the information in the manual, so you better be able to communicate with your bomb defusal experts!
* InformalEulogy: The game has a tendency to become a vehicle for roleplaying scenarios when all seems lost or a failure at defusal ends up particularly egregious.
--> '''Creator/{{Totalbiscuit}}:''' We have twenty seconds, we're gonna die. Everyone's gonna die. This bomb's in a school. The children... they didn't know.
--> '''[=MattShea=]:''' We dead. We super dead. No, we're dead! We're dead! We exploded! Goddammit you're so late to the party; I'm DEAD! Stop talking to me!
--> '''[=GenerikB=]:''' B-Dubs... it's your old buddy, Generik-B... I'm in Heaven now... there's no copyright strikes in Heaven...
--> '''[[WebVideo/SteamTrain RubberRoss]]:''' R.I.P. Arin Robot
* JustInTime: Often ends up this way, although the game doesn't artificially force it to happen.
* LastWords: Players generally have a tendency to give up and bring every single trope under this category into play when they see that they don't have anywhere near enough time to complete remaining modules.
--> '''LetsPlay/JackSepticEye:''' We're so dead. We don't have time. Tell my mom I love her! Two strikes! If I die, tell my brother not to touch my Playstation! GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD!
--> '''LetsPlay/SeaNanners:''' Chilled, just... I want you to listen to me here for a second. I am going to die. Now I need you to tell my family I love them very much, OK? I also need you to pretend to be me for the rest of your life.
* TheLawOfConservationOfDetail: Deliberately averted - an important part of the game is figuring out which details matter and not wasting time discussing the ones that don't. For example, for Complicated Wires, a red or blue wire striped with white is functionally the same as just red or blue (i.e. white only matters if the entire wire is white).
* TheLoad: If there are multiple experts, anyone who misreads instructions or contradicts the others will be this.
* TheMaze: One of the modules involves navigating one... only the defuser can't see the walls, and a strike is given each time a wall is hit.
* MissionControl: The bomb defusal experts.
* NervesOfSteel: You'll need them. Being able to calmly relay and understand information verbally even as you watch the timer tick down is vital to success.
* NowYouTellMe:
** While the bomb manual is mostly written fairly, it constantly mentions crucial information regarding a certain instruction AFTER the instruction (paraphrased: Push "Next" to continue to next step. Do not press "Next" until correct button is pressed.). This is certain to trip people up if the experts try to read directly from text and the operator does what it says in order.
** This happens the other way around: sometimes the expert may give instructions to the best of their knowledge but the bomb defuser fails because [[YouDidntAsk they neglected to mention a small detail that's actually relevant]].
* OneHitPointWonder: Some of the harder bombs instantly explode if you mess up, no strikes allowed.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Taken to an extreme. Said 'red' when you meant 'blue'? It won't end well. It also doesn't help that the modules are designed specifically to invoke this. For example the "Who's on First" module requires describing buttons with labels like "Your", "UR", "You Are" and "You're". Better be really careful what you say.
* PuzzleGame: The game is one big one, with a twist that the defuser needs to describe the puzzle to the experts, who have to then solve it and relay the solution back to the defuser. And it must all be done under a strict timer and using only verbal communication.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: And the clock speeds up if you make a mistake.
* RedHerring:
** The manual has appendices demonstrating what kind of labels or ports can appear on the bomb. This serves mostly no purpose other than distracting the experts as most of them have nothing to do with any of the modules.
** The manual contains a complete Morse code dictionary for that module, but the numbers will never come up and several letters won't either. This is mostly a distraction to experts not already fluent in Morse.
** The "Who's on First" part also has word lists that are longer than they need to be. E.g. the list for "[[spoiler:left]]" has the same word as its ''second'' entry, making it impossible for the correct word to be any of the later ones. Again, this only obfuscates the solution if communication between the players is bad.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Clear communication skills, short-term memory, and being able to read quickly (but correctly) are vital.
* SchmuckBait:
** Averted. The big red button that says detonate? You have to press it to disarm the bomb.
** Played straight with the Needy Vent Gas module - it can ask you if you want to detonate the bomb. [[PressXToDie Pressing 'yes' causes the bomb to explode.]]
* ShoutOut: The Needy Vent module is basically one giant shout out to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (specifically, the episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E7KingSizeHomer "King-Size Homer"]]). Even the quip about the module in the Bomb Manual gets in on it:
-->''This job could probably be performed by a simple drinking bird pressing the same key over and over again.''
* SmashToBlack: Whenever the bomb explodes, [[GoryDiscretionShot over the sound of an explosion]].
* SongsInTheKeyOfPanic: The music accelerates and gets more dramatic when timer gets closer and closer to detonation.
* ViolationOfCommonSense: See that "DETONATE" button? You're gonna have to press it at some point to defuse the bomb, though you need to press it correctly.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: The bomb defusal expert is literally this in real life, if you are playing the PC version over Skype or similar VOIP program.
* WhosOnFirst: Invoked with the appropriately named "Who's On First" module. Two columns of three buttons each, with a word printed on each of them. A screen on the module displays a word that you have to relate to a button, then cross-reference the word with the manual to find the first button you need to press. The twist is that ''every word'' is either a homophone of another word, or something that can be used to confirm, deny or show confusion.
** Taken UpToEleven with the unofficial Crazy Talk mod, with such entries as "blank", "literally blank", "the word blank", "nothing", "there's nothing", "no, literally nothing", "no comma literally nothing", "the word nothing", and "the phrase the word nothing".
*** Crazy Talk goes a step beyond that with the phrase "november oscar space, lima indigo tango echo romeo alpha lima lima yankee space, november oscar tango hotel indigo november golf", which is the MilitaryAlphabet version of "no literally nothing". Meaning ''you can't even spell the phrase and be sure you're clear.''
* WireDilemma: Three modules, complex wires, simple wire, and wire sequences are this.
** Modded modules, as above, take this even further. There's perplexing wires, wire placement, wire spaghetti...
* WrongWire: Cutting the wrong one earns you a strike. Too many strikes and the bomb explodes. Usually you get 3 strikes but some bombs will explode on any mistake.
* YouDidntAsk: There's going to be a lot of this going on, since even minor details on the modules or bomb (the color of the button, the number of batteries, what order the wires are in) often change up the entire solution. Best thing to do? Focus on one module at a time and describe it fully. However, don't be so verbose that you waste time, though.
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->''"One player is trapped in a virtual room with a ticking time bomb they must defuse. The other players are the “Experts” who must give the instructions to defuse the bomb by deciphering the information found in the bomb defusal manual. But there’s a catch: the experts can’t see the bomb, so everyone will need to talk it out – fast!"''
''Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes'' is a co-operative party game where one player is trapped in a room with a bomb, with no idea how to disarm it. The other player or players have a manual that explains how to dispose of the bomb, but cannot see the bomb itself. Players must communicate in order to figure out how to disarm the bomb in time.
The game was originally designed for the UsefulNotes/OculusRift, but also supports monitors. It was released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on October 8th 2015 and on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on August 16, 2018.
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!!This game provides examples of:
* ActionHero: The name of the achievement for disarming your first bomb, suggesting the defuser is one.
* AllThereInTheManual: The whole point of the game, actually. There is a [[http://www.bombmanual.com/ literal bomb defusal manual]] that you can print out that includes instructions on how to disarm everything; all of its information is accurate, although it's definitely not simple the first time you read it. For example, in the "Simon Says"-esque module, if the yellow light is flashing twice, you can be pretty sure that the yellow button is the one you DON'T press. The color button you DO press depends on whether the bomb's serial number contains a vowel and the number of strikes you currently have against you (if any). To make things even trickier, depending on the color that is flashing and the previous two conditions mentioned, you might actually have to press the same color button as the flashing light.
* BilingualBonus:
** Integrated into gameplay. While it is not required, knowing the language of some of the symbols in the Keypad module (like Cyrillic script or Greek) saves you the trouble of trying to describe weird-looking characters. The bomb-defuser knowing Morse code can make that module MUCH easier.
** Both the expert and the defuser knowing any second language (as long as it is the same) can be very useful when dealing with the "Who's On First" module, as homophones can be referred to by their translation in the other language. This can save a lot of time that is usually needed to clarify just which of the same-sounding words they are referring to.
* CatScare: For some reason, there's an alarm clock next to the bomb, which beeps at random until the disarmer hits its snooze button. When it goes off, even the calmest of communicators are sure to be thrown into a panic.
* ContinuingIsPainful: If you fail the memory module, you have to start it over from the beginning. On harder bombs, you might as well just restart, because the time loss is too big to overcome.
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Happens easily with the Needy Vent Module.
--> '''"Vent Gas?"'''
--> '''>Yes'''
--> '''"Vent Gas?"'''
--> '''>Yes'''
--> '''"Detonate?"'''
--> '''[[YetAnotherStupidDeath >Yes]]'''
* ExactTimeToFailure: The timer tells you this, although strikes speed up the timer a bit.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Want no one to explode? Keep talking. Averted with the giant buttons, while what they say matters for figuring out how to solve them, you have to press the button, [[ViolationOfCommonSense even if it says "Detonate"]].
* GameMod: There are ''hundreds'' of additional modules and missions available via the Steam Workshop, as well as such craziness as double-decker bombs (allowing for up to ''23'' modules on one bomb, not including the timer). Some custom modules on their own send the game straight into HarderThanHard territory (for instance, the Morsematics module. Have fun performing complex addition and subtraction using letters in Morse code!).
** Even more ridiculous: The Centurion, a bomb casing for ''101'' modules. In case that still wasn't enough, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlnSaBVUDKg here's]] Twitch handling '''two''' of them at the same time!
** Oh, you think THAT was ridiculous, you've seen nothing, boy! Presenting, [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z0tesS-J-s THE PRAETORIAN.]] You thought the Centurion's 101 modules was insane? The Praetorian has 161 MODULES, SON!
* GuideDangIt: By design. There's no way to disarm the bomb without the information in the manual, so you better be able to communicate with your bomb defusal experts!
* InformalEulogy: The game has a tendency to become a vehicle for roleplaying scenarios when all seems lost or a failure at defusal ends up particularly egregious.
--> '''Creator/{{Totalbiscuit}}:''' We have twenty seconds, we're gonna die. Everyone's gonna die. This bomb's in a school. The children... they didn't know.
--> '''[=MattShea=]:''' We dead. We super dead. No, we're dead! We're dead! We exploded! Goddammit you're so late to the party; I'm DEAD! Stop talking to me!
--> '''[=GenerikB=]:''' B-Dubs... it's your old buddy, Generik-B... I'm in Heaven now... there's no copyright strikes in Heaven...
--> '''[[WebVideo/SteamTrain RubberRoss]]:''' R.I.P. Arin Robot
* JustInTime: Often ends up this way, although the game doesn't artificially force it to happen.
* LastWords: Players generally have a tendency to give up and bring every single trope under this category into play when they see that they don't have anywhere near enough time to complete remaining modules.
--> '''LetsPlay/JackSepticEye:''' We're so dead. We don't have time. Tell my mom I love her! Two strikes! If I die, tell my brother not to touch my Playstation! GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD!
--> '''LetsPlay/SeaNanners:''' Chilled, just... I want you to listen to me here for a second. I am going to die. Now I need you to tell my family I love them very much, OK? I also need you to pretend to be me for the rest of your life.
* TheLawOfConservationOfDetail: Deliberately averted - an important part of the game is figuring out which details matter and not wasting time discussing the ones that don't. For example, for Complicated Wires, a red or blue wire striped with white is functionally the same as just red or blue (i.e. white only matters if the entire wire is white).
* TheLoad: If there are multiple experts, anyone who misreads instructions or contradicts the others will be this.
* TheMaze: One of the modules involves navigating one... only the defuser can't see the walls, and a strike is given each time a wall is hit.
* MissionControl: The bomb defusal experts.
* NervesOfSteel: You'll need them. Being able to calmly relay and understand information verbally even as you watch the timer tick down is vital to success.
* NowYouTellMe:
** While the bomb manual is mostly written fairly, it constantly mentions crucial information regarding a certain instruction AFTER the instruction (paraphrased: Push "Next" to continue to next step. Do not press "Next" until correct button is pressed.). This is certain to trip people up if the experts try to read directly from text and the operator does what it says in order.
** This happens the other way around: sometimes the expert may give instructions to the best of their knowledge but the bomb defuser fails because [[YouDidntAsk they neglected to mention a small detail that's actually relevant]].
* OneHitPointWonder: Some of the harder bombs instantly explode if you mess up, no strikes allowed.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Taken to an extreme. Said 'red' when you meant 'blue'? It won't end well. It also doesn't help that the modules are designed specifically to invoke this. For example the "Who's on First" module requires describing buttons with labels like "Your", "UR", "You Are" and "You're". Better be really careful what you say.
* PuzzleGame: The game is one big one, with a twist that the defuser needs to describe the puzzle to the experts, who have to then solve it and relay the solution back to the defuser. And it must all be done under a strict timer and using only verbal communication.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: And the clock speeds up if you make a mistake.
* RedHerring:
** The manual has appendices demonstrating what kind of labels or ports can appear on the bomb. This serves mostly no purpose other than distracting the experts as most of them have nothing to do with any of the modules.
** The manual contains a complete Morse code dictionary for that module, but the numbers will never come up and several letters won't either. This is mostly a distraction to experts not already fluent in Morse.
** The "Who's on First" part also has word lists that are longer than they need to be. E.g. the list for "[[spoiler:left]]" has the same word as its ''second'' entry, making it impossible for the correct word to be any of the later ones. Again, this only obfuscates the solution if communication between the players is bad.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Clear communication skills, short-term memory, and being able to read quickly (but correctly) are vital.
* SchmuckBait:
** Averted. The big red button that says detonate? You have to press it to disarm the bomb.
** Played straight with the Needy Vent Gas module - it can ask you if you want to detonate the bomb. [[PressXToDie Pressing 'yes' causes the bomb to explode.]]
* ShoutOut: The Needy Vent module is basically one giant shout out to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (specifically, the episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E7KingSizeHomer "King-Size Homer"]]). Even the quip about the module in the Bomb Manual gets in on it:
-->''This job could probably be performed by a simple drinking bird pressing the same key over and over again.''
* SmashToBlack: Whenever the bomb explodes, [[GoryDiscretionShot over the sound of an explosion]].
* SongsInTheKeyOfPanic: The music accelerates and gets more dramatic when timer gets closer and closer to detonation.
* ViolationOfCommonSense: See that "DETONATE" button? You're gonna have to press it at some point to defuse the bomb, though you need to press it correctly.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: The bomb defusal expert is literally this in real life, if you are playing the PC version over Skype or similar VOIP program.
* WhosOnFirst: Invoked with the appropriately named "Who's On First" module. Two columns of three buttons each, with a word printed on each of them. A screen on the module displays a word that you have to relate to a button, then cross-reference the word with the manual to find the first button you need to press. The twist is that ''every word'' is either a homophone of another word, or something that can be used to confirm, deny or show confusion.
** Taken UpToEleven with the unofficial Crazy Talk mod, with such entries as "blank", "literally blank", "the word blank", "nothing", "there's nothing", "no, literally nothing", "no comma literally nothing", "the word nothing", and "the phrase the word nothing".
*** Crazy Talk goes a step beyond that with the phrase "november oscar space, lima indigo tango echo romeo alpha lima lima yankee space, november oscar tango hotel indigo november golf", which is the MilitaryAlphabet version of "no literally nothing". Meaning ''you can't even spell the phrase and be sure you're clear.''
* WireDilemma: Three modules, complex wires, simple wire, and wire sequences are this.
** Modded modules, as above, take this even further. There's perplexing wires, wire placement, wire spaghetti...
* WrongWire: Cutting the wrong one earns you a strike. Too many strikes and the bomb explodes. Usually you get 3 strikes but some bombs will explode on any mistake.
* YouDidntAsk: There's going to be a lot of this going on, since even minor details on the modules or bomb (the color of the button, the number of batteries, what order the wires are in) often change up the entire solution. Best thing to do? Focus on one module at a time and describe it fully. However, don't be so verbose that you waste time, though.
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