An Entire Game About Exploiting the Pause Screen

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  • Опубліковано 13 тра 2024
  • Pause To Play - this is a very creative puzzle game about intentional "bugs" and exploiting a pause screen to solve puzzles!
    ecremprown.itch.io/pause-to-play
    Timestamps by axerity, the #1 baba is you level creator :)
    0:00 Level 1 - Pause?
    0:32 Level 2 - A way up
    1:05 Level 3 - Here it is
    1:32 Level 4 - Outside the box
    2:02 Level 5 - A smaller perspective
    4:50 Level 6 - Brightness
    5:55 Level 7 - A button and some stairs
    7:21 Level 8 - Light box heavy box
    10:23 Level 9 - Tight squeeze
    14:19 Level 10 - No control
    19:16 Level 11 - Feed the dragon
    22:35 Level 12 - Screen wrap
    24:47 Level 13 - And gate
    27:35 Level 14 - Door stopper
    29:29 Level 15 - B o x
    Short games playlist: • ALL Short Games / One-...
    "secret" discord: / discord
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  • @ecremprown
    @ecremprown 10 місяців тому +951

    Dude this video made my popularity score go up by like 30 spots, massive W. And GG this was the most fun I had watching anyone play!

    • @alphachiu
      @alphachiu 10 місяців тому +12

      cool

    • @Aykes_
      @Aykes_ 10 місяців тому +10

      amazing idea

    • @xfgdf
      @xfgdf 10 місяців тому +15

      Nice game btw

    • @MatheoZ14
      @MatheoZ14 10 місяців тому +14

      you made the game ? your coding is smooth !

    • @GoodTato
      @GoodTato 10 місяців тому +1

      Really interesting take on the jam theme, great job

  • @want-diversecontent3887
    @want-diversecontent3887 10 місяців тому +625

    Death by spike = Full reset
    Death by wall = Player reset

  • @iantaakalla8180
    @iantaakalla8180 10 місяців тому +336

    I knew the “force high-contrast lines” forcing Too Complex in Baba is You was foreshadowing!

    • @zlodevil426
      @zlodevil426 10 місяців тому +4

      What? How does this work?

    • @williamdrum9899
      @williamdrum9899 10 місяців тому +38

      Yeah I saw that. When I saw what the speedrunner was doing I thought "How does this cause "Too Complex"?" but I find the technical explanation is a bit interesting. The game's "Infinte Loop" and "Too Complex" statements are, in fact, outright lies. It's impossible for any computer program to prove either condition has been met, so the game uses an internal variable and upticks it every time a rules change occurs, and if enough happen quickly enough to lag the game, the game displays the message. This is why on the Switch version there is a noticeable lag spike before an infinite loop happens- without this failsafe the game would simply freeze.

    • @cool-128
      @cool-128 10 місяців тому +1

      @@williamdrum9899 i have switch version lol

    • @maxiawesomekid899
      @maxiawesomekid899 10 місяців тому

      Χ

    • @williamdrum9899
      @williamdrum9899 10 місяців тому +11

      And for the actual explanation: Toggling on and off "force high contrast lines" in settings causes rule updates even when paused despite not advancing the gamestate. So do that fast enough and you trick the game into saying "too complex"

  • @fiascopeanut420
    @fiascopeanut420 10 місяців тому +221

    to get the star on level nine you are probably meant to use the "your text here" thing to get across

    • @RubyPiec
      @RubyPiec 10 місяців тому +5

      ohh that makes sense

    • @ReeseHosgood
      @ReeseHosgood 9 місяців тому +3

      @@RubyPiec oh, I thought you just had to make the player really small with low grav but, I suppose that's easier.

  • @edward9487
    @edward9487 10 місяців тому +164

    There was a similar concept, except it's on a short time limit, and all momentum is kept while the game is "paused." I don't remember the name, but it was a very, very well made game.

    • @koraidonfan19
      @koraidonfan19 10 місяців тому +10

      I remember playing that one, I got stuck on the 1 second levels.

    • @alecwareing5177
      @alecwareing5177 10 місяців тому +25

      I believe the game you refer to is called "Pause Ahead"

    • @SonicLoverDS
      @SonicLoverDS 10 місяців тому +11

      Pause Ahead?

    • @gregoryderpwrld111
      @gregoryderpwrld111 10 місяців тому +15

      Fun fact: Toby Fox wrote some of the alternate dialogue for that game

    • @stm7810
      @stm7810 10 місяців тому +5

      Pause ahead, still on newgrounds working with the new player.

  • @sighmon5640
    @sighmon5640 10 місяців тому +48

    theres actually a really cool flash game with a similar (ish) concept called Pause Ahead, its on newgrounds and you can play it with their player

    • @IcelyPuzzles
      @IcelyPuzzles  10 місяців тому +9

      yeah I was definitely getting those vibes playing this :D

  • @JayBrunner-yh4pk
    @JayBrunner-yh4pk 4 місяці тому +6

    You being afraid your plan would fail, is why you didn't collect that star at the end

  • @HoiBro
    @HoiBro 10 місяців тому +290

    Pause Battle Advanced

    • @TheAdhdGaming
      @TheAdhdGaming 10 місяців тому

      thats my job pls,

    • @rewertot
      @rewertot 10 місяців тому +6

      More like Pause Button Abuse

    • @calinacho7704
      @calinacho7704 10 місяців тому +1

      where did this joke come from

    • @xaigamer3129
      @xaigamer3129 10 місяців тому +3

      @@calinacho7704chess battle advanced

    • @TheAdhdGaming
      @TheAdhdGaming 10 місяців тому +2

      @@calinacho7704 chess battle advanced

  • @PolishProgrammer
    @PolishProgrammer 10 місяців тому +29

    Icely raging is one of the funnies things ever

  • @utubeiskaren7796
    @utubeiskaren7796 10 місяців тому +35

    I like how Level 3 uses the wallpaper from Level 0 of The Backrooms, which makes sense since the level has no apparent exit

    • @thebacongodfather777
      @thebacongodfather777 10 місяців тому +8

      the backgrounds have randomly generated colors and it has a lil easter egg with the backrooms wallpaper
      it can happen at any level

    • @sylvanhrowberry
      @sylvanhrowberry 10 місяців тому +3

      yeah but i think it was a random chance thing as the next time level 3 was shown it didn't have that wallpaper

    • @oTheooooooTeho
      @oTheooooooTeho 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@thebacongodfather777😢😊

    • @oTheooooooTeho
      @oTheooooooTeho 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@thebacongodfather777oop i had a stroke

  • @DccToon
    @DccToon 10 місяців тому +13

    hi! when i was making a platformer game, i had a bug where the settings menu can be exploited as a platform, its great to see that a game is built around this mechanic!

  • @aceae4210
    @aceae4210 10 місяців тому +11

    a cool game I ended up playing for a little bit is "detective gui"
    it's a little long but is similar to baba is you in a way with subverting expectations

    • @aceae4210
      @aceae4210 10 місяців тому +3

      it's by a person called joqlepecheur on itchio

  • @michaelbecker7288
    @michaelbecker7288 10 місяців тому +16

    This is very similar to an old flash game called pause ahead. That game was really fun to move around in

  • @carpyet9507
    @carpyet9507 10 місяців тому +17

    I always thought about a game like this, some sort of puzzle or platformer but you have to use the settings to beat the levels. I recall you played a level back, which required you to change the contrast in order to win, and there were seven flash games with a similar concept. They all remind me of this.

    • @Flameonoodle
      @Flameonoodle 10 місяців тому +2

      Not sure if it has a stage like this, but my absolute favorite 4th Wall breaking game, and one of my favorite flash and puzzle games, The Only Level. Or something like that, The sick-ass elephant puzzle game where you do cool stuff to open doors.

    • @carpyet9507
      @carpyet9507 10 місяців тому

      @@Flameonoodle Exactly! In fact that was the flash game I was referring to. I remember needing to change the volume settings on that.

    • @ellayeryt1303
      @ellayeryt1303 9 місяців тому

      theres a very epic game called "That Level Again", it also makes u solve thta kind of puzzles and messing around with even the device settings as mute or airplane mode

    • @Flameonoodle
      @Flameonoodle 9 місяців тому +2

      @@ellayeryt1303 Oh yeah! That's a really good fangame series, 1 and 2 are really good, 3 is pretty bad cause it tries to go for a groundhogs day kind of thing, which makes it REALLY boring until you find out how to break the loop. And 4 is honestly just confusing. But first two are amazing.

    • @ellayeryt1303
      @ellayeryt1303 9 місяців тому

      @@Flameonoodle yep, i have finished the 3rd ones but 4th is just not good

  • @FredTheRed27
    @FredTheRed27 10 місяців тому +7

    Love seeing new and creative ideas like this! Always pushes the genre forward :)

  • @gstudios8682
    @gstudios8682 10 місяців тому +5

    how didnt he notice the backrooms?

  • @777omen
    @777omen 10 місяців тому +24

    I played this already, it's really well made, and there are so many things to do.
    It's just that I gave up at level 8 because of it keeps resetting when I hit a spike

  • @howdytherestranger2139
    @howdytherestranger2139 2 місяці тому

    Oh, man! I found your channel from Jimi can’t read and I wasn’t able to find it again. Now you’re back on my feed! So hype rn!

  • @duis9972
    @duis9972 3 місяці тому +2

    I believe the hint meant to make the door so big the top peeks to the other side and thats how you touch it, but anyways thanks spaghetti Monster

  • @caseymays776
    @caseymays776 9 місяців тому +2

    This is a very sneaky game

  • @balls_gaming
    @balls_gaming 9 місяців тому +1

    honestly I thought this would be a video like that Carry time travel thing, but this is just as good

  • @God_Slayer1
    @God_Slayer1 9 місяців тому

    This concept is amazing

  • @chloedutton8937
    @chloedutton8937 10 місяців тому +1

    I didnt realise how early i was too this, his lower case raging has become my new favourite thing

  • @titan1070
    @titan1070 10 місяців тому +1

    keep up the content like this and you'll be at 10k in no time! you're doing great.

  • @happyboy07685
    @happyboy07685 10 місяців тому +1

    This is a cool concept!

  • @rouxrp4506
    @rouxrp4506 10 місяців тому +4

    Underrated channel not ganna lie!

  • @ynguyennhan6948
    @ynguyennhan6948 10 місяців тому +5

    if a puzzle made you say"oh that that is possible" means it already decimated you

  • @CDCHexaku
    @CDCHexaku 10 місяців тому +2

    i love how when your head hit a something it plays a bonk sound and your cute lil blob go > < and when you win he go ^ ^
    tha't so cute :3

  • @KenjaTochi
    @KenjaTochi 9 місяців тому +1

    Can't wait to see EazySpezys run on this

  • @deleted-something
    @deleted-something 10 місяців тому +2

    Affecting time gravity and zoom all at once is pretty cool

  • @Orange_the_furry
    @Orange_the_furry Місяць тому

    it was fun to watch!

  • @NotQuartz
    @NotQuartz 10 місяців тому +13

    So the pause menu does everything in the game… except pause it?

    • @Axcyantol
      @Axcyantol 10 місяців тому

      Come on, if it did its job you wouldn’t be able to beat the levels

    • @A_Hexagon
      @A_Hexagon 10 місяців тому

      @@Axcyantol Plants VS Zombies I, Zombie Endless mode also requires you to exploit the pause button to get streak 100 and the pause button actually pauses!

    • @Axcyantol
      @Axcyantol 10 місяців тому +2

      @@A_Hexagon yes but in this game the pause menu must be used as platforming, in that game it must be used for Professional Pause Strats

  • @Namchok
    @Namchok 10 місяців тому

    This game is pretty good!
    I didn't figure out level 7 and had to stop, will try again later I guess.

  • @ThatGuy-ot1gt
    @ThatGuy-ot1gt 3 місяці тому

    What a cool, creative game!

  • @awesomemanx1official
    @awesomemanx1official 10 місяців тому +2

    Such a cool idea wow

  • @umbra0rpng173
    @umbra0rpng173 10 місяців тому +7

    What if there was a puzzla game that uses chess mechanics, but some rules are made for some pieces or tiles?
    You know what, Chess battle advanced. Break the chain and icely will delete that reply.

  • @sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555
    @sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555 10 місяців тому +3

    13:41 jumpscare moment

  • @lizardduck123456789
    @lizardduck123456789 10 місяців тому +2

    6:22 "My size isn't good enough" me too man...

  • @neothekingyt6960
    @neothekingyt6960 10 місяців тому +1

    UNBELIEVABLY UNDERRATED…

  • @daffa_fm4583
    @daffa_fm4583 10 місяців тому

    the algorithm has blessed one of icely's videos once again

  • @novaluename
    @novaluename 10 місяців тому +2

    AM I HALLUCINATING OR DID I JUST SEE THE BACKROOMS WALL PNG WHATEVER THAT IS?

  • @hilton_chloe.e
    @hilton_chloe.e 10 місяців тому +2

    His laugh at the end showed trued agony

  • @happymario3223
    @happymario3223 10 місяців тому +3

    You just got GMTK 2023'd

  • @bartek1887
    @bartek1887 9 місяців тому

    I remember a LittleBigPlanet level where you could pause your character but the world kept going, it was really cool. Wish I could play that game again

  • @Mizai
    @Mizai 10 місяців тому

    thats a cool concept

  • @BintangGaryo
    @BintangGaryo 10 місяців тому +5

    Are you okay man? You laughed like you're hiding your pain

    • @IcelyPuzzles
      @IcelyPuzzles  10 місяців тому +2

      while that happens to be true in some ways, I think it's because of mic settings and weird filters
      lol

  • @Khusyasy
    @Khusyasy 10 місяців тому +14

    this is a p2w game

  • @Therealnugget69
    @Therealnugget69 29 днів тому +1

    This Looks Cool

  • @user-ms7zz5uy8c
    @user-ms7zz5uy8c 2 дні тому +1

    18:20 icely: i hate it alll

  • @username5155
    @username5155 10 місяців тому +4

    11:13 My life in a nutshell

  • @WitherDuck
    @WitherDuck 10 місяців тому +1

    Wait I thought you had at least 50k. Nice content

  • @danilocastro9144
    @danilocastro9144 10 місяців тому +2

    Pause button advanced (i got the one frame of baba is you in the video 34:02 )

    • @GoldenMysticat._
      @GoldenMysticat._ 10 місяців тому +1

      I don't see it

    • @danilocastro9144
      @danilocastro9144 10 місяців тому +2

      @GoldenMysticat._ it's one frame, go back to 34:01 or 34:00 if you can't see it

  • @Upgraded_titantb987
    @Upgraded_titantb987 8 днів тому

    25:43 i like how the text completely matches with the button lol

  • @RP744TehObjectThingy
    @RP744TehObjectThingy 9 місяців тому

    When I did the Brightness level, the background was the wallpaper of the Backrooms

  • @denischen8196
    @denischen8196 10 місяців тому +5

    Can you get the last 2 stars, then write a 1-star review with the video attached to the developer?

  • @tanveshkaviskar442
    @tanveshkaviskar442 Місяць тому +2

    Now imagine if it was an online game. Would it be the first online multiplayer game which lets us pause it?

  • @evenaxin3628
    @evenaxin3628 10 місяців тому +1

    That final door was cheese.

  • @MatinKase
    @MatinKase 8 місяців тому

    The laugh at start was personal💀

  • @dragweb7725
    @dragweb7725 Місяць тому +1

    i love meta games like this one

  • @Oofer_ItzDum
    @Oofer_ItzDum 10 місяців тому +2

    Bro passed trought a door to the Backrooms

  • @David2073
    @David2073 5 місяців тому

    "The game where you pause as a game mechanic"
    Every game is like that if you are a speedrunner. Super Mario 64, pause buffer for BLJ. Super Meat Boy, alt glitch

  • @yourlocalcommenter9948
    @yourlocalcommenter9948 10 місяців тому +4

    21:15 Chess advanced dies and then dies

  • @pixelator5312
    @pixelator5312 10 місяців тому +3

    but where does the bumpscosity slider come into play

  • @kbhasi
    @kbhasi 10 місяців тому

    I can only imagine that being ported to Switch (probably as a homebrew game for modded consoles) and players having to press the + button frequently.

  • @rachelkessler5901
    @rachelkessler5901 10 місяців тому +2

    that exact wall paper is the backrooms

  • @cmnog2167
    @cmnog2167 10 місяців тому +1

    Really reminds me of Sam Hogan's game.

  • @happyboy07685
    @happyboy07685 10 місяців тому +1

    13:42 what even happened here and why did he have like no reaction at all

  • @ramaicatseye
    @ramaicatseye 10 місяців тому +1

    This is creative

  • @user-cx4ih4oz4s
    @user-cx4ih4oz4s 5 місяців тому

    The game that you are playing reminds me of a game called "Superliminal"

  • @jaisenroa4219
    @jaisenroa4219 9 місяців тому +1

    i swear that i've heard your voice *somewhere* before but i cant quite place it

  • @mickassmallworld
    @mickassmallworld 10 місяців тому +1

    I paused the video to watch the video

  • @atlassuxx
    @atlassuxx 3 місяці тому

    i love how youtube thinks this is baba is you

  • @vitowidjojo7038
    @vitowidjojo7038 10 місяців тому +2

    ... Icely... Struggles?

  • @Wynnlol
    @Wynnlol 10 місяців тому +1

    Nice video

  • @garden6520
    @garden6520 10 місяців тому +1

    Loud Frightening sounds warning!! 13:43

  • @xcoolchoixandanjgaming1076
    @xcoolchoixandanjgaming1076 9 місяців тому

    The creator is so creative lmao

  • @UltimatePerfection
    @UltimatePerfection 10 місяців тому

    Icely done!

  • @TaytheTimeTraveler
    @TaytheTimeTraveler 10 місяців тому +2

    there was a star on level 12 there was a hidden room under the right room

    • @IcelyPuzzles
      @IcelyPuzzles  10 місяців тому +2

      yythdjjhdtjthngfdjdjc

    • @deproocho
      @deproocho 10 місяців тому +1

      @@IcelyPuzzles
      go crazy
      go stupid
      uefmisudfhs
      go crazy

  • @voltfox2466
    @voltfox2466 10 місяців тому

    This game reminds me the "That level again" or smth

  • @BerryGo.
    @BerryGo. 4 місяці тому +1

    34:00 CURSED BABA ATTACK.

  • @flaviostefangiurgi7542
    @flaviostefangiurgi7542 10 місяців тому

    the actual game where you unintendedly exploit the pause option to make the game easy is the flash game bullet bill 3. i remember when i used to play it when i was 6 and when i discovered this trick the game became a joke. even tho its a flash game its still fun asl

  • @bubbledog12
    @bubbledog12 2 місяці тому

    I was zoomed in… FOR 80% OF THE VIDEO I WAS ZOOMED IN!!!
    I didn’t even notice till you got on the mute button at 23:50

  • @lilprotoo
    @lilprotoo 9 місяців тому

    27:33 "That's a good level, but..." Probably sums up the entire game

  • @bilalmohiyuddin9555
    @bilalmohiyuddin9555 10 місяців тому +1

    bro has a literal haha laugh

  • @crafty453
    @crafty453 10 місяців тому +2

    How many times does Icely say "bonk" in this video?

  • @boredyoutubeuser
    @boredyoutubeuser Місяць тому

    Yo this game is on coolmathgames, also I quit on the 2nd level because I just couldn't understand how to beat it with the options menu.

  • @The_Balaram
    @The_Balaram 4 місяці тому +1

    sm noticed the baba is you flash at 34:00?

  • @handleslol
    @handleslol 10 місяців тому +1

    This game is just giving me TLA vibes right now

  • @b.w.s3165
    @b.w.s3165 3 місяці тому

    Please play Pause Ahead, it's an amazing old flash game by the Katana Zero devs.

  • @talkalexis
    @talkalexis 10 місяців тому

    Good video.

  • @emiaugacha9614
    @emiaugacha9614 10 місяців тому +1

    nice :D

  • @robertcain6591
    @robertcain6591 10 місяців тому

    this game reminds me a lot of TLA

  • @ghb323
    @ghb323 5 місяців тому

    physically interacting with the UI

  • @RP744TehObjectThingy
    @RP744TehObjectThingy 9 місяців тому

    1:05 He didn't even notice it was the Backrooms background

  • @Troller3000
    @Troller3000 10 місяців тому +1

    Bro nice game

  • @thearrasmaniac
    @thearrasmaniac Місяць тому

    i like your laugh :]

  • @user-fk4xt7fu7u
    @user-fk4xt7fu7u 18 днів тому

    that, was kinda long.... PEWH. that just used all my braincells

  • @David2073
    @David2073 5 місяців тому

    You literally didn't realize it was gravity when some levels ago, you said something about your jump height being slightly changed after using that button

  • @Real_Potato_Man
    @Real_Potato_Man 10 місяців тому +7

    Guys where's the gameplay? I paused the video, am i doing something wrong here?

    • @the_fire_man
      @the_fire_man Місяць тому

      Yes

    • @the_fire_man
      @the_fire_man Місяць тому

      He meant the pause screen about the game

    • @wudaheill
      @wudaheill Місяць тому

      r/woooooosh​@@the_fire_man

    • @jakeydotnet
      @jakeydotnet 18 днів тому

      ⁠@@wudaheillr/itswooooshwithfouros

    • @jasonnathanmason3547
      @jasonnathanmason3547 12 днів тому

      @@the_fire_manr/wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

  • @ERRORexe999
    @ERRORexe999 10 місяців тому

    1:11 ITS THE BACKROOMS