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Players control the titular hero, Explodemon, a superhero that uses his ability to blow himself up in order to destroy enemies and objects, propel himself through the air and solve environmental puzzles.
The developers have described the game as "a loving parody of badly translated action games and everything that they embody".[2]
Development
Design director Jonathan Biddle, who created the original Explodemon! prototype in November 2005 in his spare time,[3] describes the game as "what Treasure would create if they mixed Yoshi’s Island with Half-Life 2, and is inspired by elements from games as diverse as Street Fighter II, Halo, Super Metroid and Bangai-O".[2]
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^Mastrapa, Gus; Heisler, Steve; Agnello, Anthony John; Nelson, Samantha; Kaiser, Rowan; Williams, Christian; VanDerWerff, Emily; Robinson, Tasha; Teti, John (21 February 2011). "February 21, 2011 (Explodemon)". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
