Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD32 → PALBOT
By hotboxgames
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 1 | 100 | ||
| Overall | 160 | 3.67 | ||
| Audio | 196 | 3.47 | ||
| Innovation | 261 | 3.49 | ||
| Fun | 264 | 3.39 | ||
| Mood | 288 | 3.39 | ||
| Graphics | 361 | 3.59 | ||
| Theme | 527 | 3.34 | ||
| Humor | 646 | 2.59 |
Nice idea, music and graphics. Makes for a great little arcade except for the text popups - them pausing all action and making me move my hand to enter and not being able to skim through kind of breaks you out of the game. I pushed through the tutorial, but got really pissed when they kept coming during the game.
Really cool and polished game! Looks like a serious work made in not 3 days, but in a long time.
Grats on making a cool game, 5/5
It feels like a complete game.
I like the graphics, this pixelated ground textures mixed with the "bluring"threes are fantastic.
I see a lot of work here.
All very good calibrated.
You are good!
Hey guys, thanks for the awesome feedback! :D
Just so you know, the intro popups only appear on the tutorial and first level to introduce you to the controls and enemies - from there on you'll be on your own to face the carnage :)
Unfortunately pressing space to skip text caused some issues that we weren't able to fix in time, agree this would be better than having to press enter!
Thanks again, we'll make sure to play + rate all your submissions!
Oh wow, much content in this one. Great mechanics, really good music and what not. i'll play this for longer later.
The idea and the sound is good, probably speeding it up a little would help to keep the gameplay faster and funnier, good job. Keep working on it!
really awesome game! 5/5 except the controls. Congrats!!
Great game, it was fun to go around killing things but it didn't really seem to progress anywhere.
You managed to include a pretty nice tutorial into the game. That's impressive. Game play is also pretty fun too. Enjoyed it.
quite an impressive amount there for a jam, feels pretty fleshed out.
Idea's quite a good one but you guys needed a bit more time to balance the game. after a while I realised it was way way easier to just stroll past everything with basicly nothing giving chance.
otherwise add a bit of polish and you've basicly got a full game there
Controlling yourself and the Palbot simultaneously was a really cool and unique gameplay element. Very well made -- a very impressive total package, especially having been made so quickly. Great job!
Good job guys. This was really well put together, graphics, gameplay etc. I also checked out your team image and it looked like you guys had nice hack going on! :D
Great graphics and tutorial setup! I felt prepared to take on the game once I got through the tutorial. Good simple AI for the follow script. Would fit better with the theme had it been Companion instead of Unconventional Weapon, but it still fits :) It definitely felt different to have a character you control and move, but then fire from some other location. I found myself running around and avoid the enemy fire while I also had to work with PALBOT to defeat the enemies. Good work!
Cool concept. Nice tutorial, it really helps you get right into it.
Very cool little game, the art was fantastic. I loved the mix of attack and defence :D
I enjoyed this. The way I was shooting with one character while dodging with the other made for a unique way of playing. Nice!
This is so well made! It's insane you manage to do all this within 72 hours!
Well made game, you made great use of your 72 hours!
This would also have been a fine entry if the theme of the jam would have been 'companion', the one which I was hoping to win ;)
I couldn't stop playing this game. Lots of fun. Great concept for a top-down shooter. The tutorial was done well.
It was rather text heavy (if there was a way to skip through the text in the tutorial then I didn't find it) but other than that I have no complaints. It played pretty well and had a nice retro vibe going on.
Congratulations on making an ambitious game and doing it justice in the limited time.
Very interesting concept. Graphics are very good. This mix between the background and the foreground style makes the important stuff really pop out. This reminds me of some digimon game I used to play :)
Good job!
The text gets to be a little tedious after a while, but overall you definitely achieved what you set out to do - and you added a little innovative twist of having to control both the human and the PALBOT too!
Wow, the environment graphics in this game are huge and amazing! I like how the girl keeps burping after she dies.
this felt like a pretty complete and polished game. graphics were nice, mechanics were smooth, and the tutorial and narrative system added a lot to it.
Wonderful game and complete - amazing for all 3 days of work. I really like the way that you implemented the tutorials. The gameplay is quite fun and love the graphics.
The background images and music in this game are quite nice. I feel like the switching between modes and special attacks makes the combat a bit clunky.
Very nice and fun game. would love to play a full version with more levels !
The game looks polished :D
Really nice idea and fun gameplay. The music really fit the game well. It was a nice touch to add in the tutorial. Overall, the game felt complete. I only had one issue when I was playing; when circling enemies and firing PALBOT I ended up losing control of my character, causing her to run down continuously until I hit the spacebar. Tried to reproduce a second time, but did not happen.
It would be great to see all the features mentioned on the website included and a totally complete game to play in the future. Hope to see continued work on this game! :D
Great work! Trying to Multitask with Palbot is quite fun!
Wow! Very impressive art and music. I really liked the idea of the game. I think there is some bug where you can't get healed or where my palbot could not get healed either but maybe I misunderstood something. I felt like there were some over powered strategies like places your palbot right next to enemies and then walking far away from the enemy to dodge the slow bullets and there was no way to die. Overall, I was very impressed! I think this game could be developed further on to make a full game(as if it wasn't full already).
The mechanic was nifty. I liked the graphics as well. The game was pretty good overall, but I think it may have been more fun to have more enemies, but a higher amount of killing power to compensate as the pacing felt a little slow at times. Still, good job!
Oh man that was great. The hibrid turret/companion mecanism, what an awsome piece of thoughts food... and great fun too !!!
Really good job, gave you my new highest rating.
Cute little game.
I like the variation in the Wizards.
The Palbot/Drone idea is quite fun.
Graphcis and music were good. Great game!
That's a lot of content for a jam game, good job :) I like to skip tutorials so it would be nice to be able to but I think it's better than not having it. Hard game, good game, good luck!
Wow, there's a lot of content in this. The story is presented really well and the controls, although slightly fiddly at first, are really intuitive when you get used to them. A very impressive entry!
Loved the music. There is probably a cool game in there but I had a hard time understanding what to do and I found the controls a little awkward.
I can't believe how good this is! It truly feels just like a full game. One thing that I didn't get: why does PALBOT have attack mode? It just feels a lot better to have him by your side so it's easier to dodge spells and everything. Anyway, it looks like you have been prepared a bit more for a theme "companion", haven't you?
But whatever, it is really awesome game, good job!
P.s. thank you for porting to Linux, it works great :)
Really cool game!
Whoa really awesome! Plays well and is fun! My biggest bit of criticism would probably be that I would have liked to have seen enemies more varied so I'd have to approach them with different strategies...but of course 72 hours and all :)
actually just had a lot of fun abandoning my robot and running around, until I got trapped by lasers and had nothing left to do but die. Pretty fun idea but I think it got repetitive a bit quick because the enemies did not have much variety. Music was a bit repetitive but I think fit the theme and the gameplay was pretty solid with the exception of enemy variety being a bit down. Graphics were top notch as well.
actually just had a lot of fun abandoning my robot and running around, until I got trapped by lasers and had nothing left to do but die. Pretty fun idea but I think it got repetitive a bit quick because the enemies did not have much variety. Music was a bit repetitive but I think fit the theme and the gameplay was pretty solid with the exception of enemy variety being a bit down. Graphics were top notch as well, I have a feeling that you had this idea for if the Companion were to be voted as theme (it was the expected choice) but decided to stick with the idea for this one, well, it worked if that's the case :).
I enjoyed the mechanics and I loved the amount of detail you've put into the tutorial.
This was a lot of fun! Seriously, it controlled very well and the design brought about some very interesting combat scenarios. I had a lot of fun with this one. I also enjoyed the music.
The only thing that could use some work is art, particularly the environment artwork. That said, it didn't hold back this game from being enjoyable in the least. Very nice work!
Very interesting mechanic and a good take on the theme! Had fun, although gameplay seemed a little slow after a while. Overall great job
This concept was pulled off exceptionally well! I think I've played this game longer than any other game I've downloaded.
Congrats, awesome graphics
Yeah this game is great! I really like the gameplay and also the art is good! Well done!
Wow, really polished game all-around, I found the controls smooth and responsive, and the inclusion of a story for this kind of game with so little time to develop is something to be greatly appreciated! One of the best games I've played so far in this jam, well done!
Very nice idea and execution, I love the Palbot's AI.
Great terrain graphics, nice controls and fun to play. I would have liked for the space bar to continue text instead of enter since space closer to my hand position during play. My one recommendation during play is a better indication of when the PAL bot gets hit and better/more consistent ways of telling when the enemies are actually dead (aside from a barely audible audio cue). A couple times I started to walk off on one I thought was dead that wasn't. The game does so many other things so well that this little hiccup stands out more than it may have otherwise.
How you did this in less than 72 hours is beyond me. Excellent idea and execution. I think it was unnecessary to cover all wizards in the tutorial and it would help to have a better sprite of dead enemies, like the friend above said. Great game!
Cool game, keep on working on that!
Very great entry! was a lot of fun to play! I like the graphics the music and sound and the gameplay was also fun! Great work!
Great game. It's like ready to be published.
Game was very cool!
Really very good, I love the concept and nice polished!
Very nice and innovative mechanics. Well done :D
Cool game! I dont really see how it followed the theme, but theres definitely some good stuff here.
Man I really like the idea. I kind of wish the tutorial were extended thru the duration of the first level, not very keen to the idea to explain that quantity of options straight away. Besides that, a really solid idea. Could be an awesome game with a good natural preogression.
Cheers mate
Was an interesting game, the controls were a bit clunky to use but after playing for a little while I got the hang of it. Well made game for such a short development time too. I would suggest a little more feedback for the player when they do actions such as the enemies flashing when they get hit and a simpler control scheme to begin with. Over all great game.
NIce arcade-like game. Graphics are WONDERFUL!!!
A bit hard to beat this game for me. Still can't fault it for being adorable.
Great feedbacks! And a good introduction! Good job.
Nice Idea but a bit to much reading I think
I was really impressed by how complete this game feels. The graphics are really great, and the game itself flowed well.
A lovely well thought game. The idea is fun, but the game experience is even better. Well done.
Really fun to play, superb tutorial level and introduction to the game through the story. Great job!
Very cool - although the constant text boxes quickly got annoying
Pretty good game, though a little repetitive. I never found the need to deploy the bot in attack mode, especially since its range is higher than the wizards', so it just became a regular twin-stick shooter. LOVE the music, by the way. Nice work!
This is undoubtedly one of the better games I've played from LD32. Very cohesive with qualities characteristic of a completed game. Well done!
Neat idea, polished, awesome music and graphics.
Unfortunately, confusing. That makes it hard to learn. But then you skip the tutorial, and you're ready for some action, you shoo- text popup. That makes it cost even more time to get into. Theme is ok.
However, look at all the content! It's an COMPLETE game! That's something unbelievable in 3 days.
That looked quite complete! Like, you could add more levels, but ones those exist are already great!
I didn't really like graphics. Well, they're good, but they look like a low-res image, not pixelart. But they are pretty realistic.
Controls took some time to get used to. The tutorial wasn't very useful for me. And what do these green and blue collectibles do? Oh, they're special weapons, I can see them in screenshots. Well, I just completed the game without any idea about what do they do.
I would like to heal the robot when it's not out of order completely, otherwise a killed robot is pretty much a killed player. By the way, I got the "Game over" screen twice in a row.
This game was very interesting to play. A game about wizards and robots! Who has both?
A very complete and polished game. I found the controls a little confusing, but I think maybe I'd get used to them.
I think it needs a save game, and I'm only saying this because it's one of the few games worth replaying!
I really like the concept for this game. My only changes would be to make the enemies do more than shoot stuff at you and the robot should rotate based on the cursor not the player. This made shooting kind of wonky if I was running away and unless I missed something attack mode seems useless (other than to fire special weapons)
COOOOOOL!:)
Great great great! Really enjoyed playing this. Absolutely solid entry. Well done!
I enjoyed playing your game a lot! Real fun and it felt pretty complete. Sound and music were well done, the pixel graphics too. As already mentioned text boxes should react on mouse click too, not just Enter.
Great entry!
Cool game, interesting concept. The tutorial was really useful. Great job!
Wow, really nice set of mechanics here. Nice job!
Love the companion bot gameplay, and the entire game is super polished. Had a lot of fun playing it, great job!
Very nice, controls took a second getting used to but after that it was very fun! Great job.
The tutorial was great and the game feels very fluid. Great art style, and the sound adds to the mood. The story a bit silly, but who cares, anyway.
Nice game! You made a great work with this and the game seems very polished to me :)
Fantastic game, I really like the main mechanic and it really adds a lot of strategy. It also feels quite complete. Well done!
Fun stuff! It felt surprisingly polished for a jam game, though seeing outside the level bounds was a bit weird.