frib 2022-10-03 18:06
Neat mechanic! Love the theme changes on each robot. Good stuff! I missed an in-game map, but saw it on the itch page so it was all good.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD51 → ADHDroids
By snakemuho
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 325 | 3.23 | 23 | |
| Fun | 425 | 2.73 | 23 | |
| Innovation | 156 | 3.52 | 23 | |
| Theme | 112 | 3.92 | 23 | |
| Graphics | 145 | 3.73 | 23 | |
| Audio | 82 | 3.69 | 23 | |
| Humor | 203 | 2.75 | 22 | |
| Mood | 267 | 3.14 | 23 |
Neat mechanic! Love the theme changes on each robot. Good stuff! I missed an in-game map, but saw it on the itch page so it was all good.
@frib thanks! I was planning on adding the map, but ran out of time before I could implement it
Interesting idea for switching the characters, I like that you had to remember what each was doing. It was a bit buggy for me - I guess my robots died (but there wasn't much indication) so every time it "switched" back to the same one. Then there seemed to be no ending when the last one died (think you failed to account how bad I am at the game :smile: ). But you did a great job on the sprites. One of the best looking games I've seen in the Comp.
@anxiousgamedev Yeah, when a character dies, the game plays a sound and tries to switch to another character, and if just one remains, you still get a chance to collect some resources and rebuild broken ones at the station.
:sweat: I completely forgot about the restart button, I guess the workaround would be to pause the game (on Esc), go back to menu and start again, then pause and unpause again.
I could only play 2 robots, was that normal?
@castitatis yes, you have to craft other ones at the station
I believe I encountered a bug where Mel could no longer mine Metal after the Red droid (Chris?) died. Other than that, I like the idea of switching between Droids every 10 seconds. I'm not a huge fan of the crafting gameplay, but it was engaging to try to figure out how to get things done quickly and remember what my plans were for each droid when switching back. It seems like the optimal strategy is just to have a droid mine enough resources to escape the planet and build the other droids, build the next droid, then have the droid who has mined everything get killed so you don't have to worry about them anymore.
Interesting concept and fun game! 😁
Cool concept and fun!! I love collecting resource games, and it was a great version of it. The robots were cute as hell and using the same melody with different vsts was genius in general, but also as a time saver for the jam. On the negatives, I had absolutely no idea why my little guys were getting hurt, just sometimes they would suddenly die seemingly from nothing. Also the end game can drag since you mostly have all teh other resources you need, and are waiting for it to cycle to meat or whatever to finish it off Overall I loved the entry though!
@codsalmon thanks! You're right, I missed the bug where characters sometimes can stop moving when others die, I'll try to fix it. Your optimal strategy is pretty much intended :full_moon_with_face:
@stesproject appreciate it :smile:
@bosco thank you! My camshake is very glitchy and doesn't trigger most of the time (including when you get hurt), I'll look into it. The endgame can be speed up by the strategy @codsalmon mentioned :new_moon_with_face:
Interesting idea. But i feel like 10 sec is not right option for this game. Any way nice entri!
The control station seemingly stopped working when I tried to put in resources?
This is an interesting resource gathering game. I got up to a green robot, but it became very tedious after that waiting for the other characters' turns (which I didn't need) and then desperately trying to collect grass in 10 secs before waiting again. I also kept getting lost, and had some robots randomly die, so I didn't end up finishing it unfortunately. But it's an interesting concept and I like the art and music. Nice work!
Nice game! I like the idea of switching between the characters every 10 seconds but I did end up finding it a little tedious to just have to wait to cycle back to the character I need.
Cool game. I like your approach to the jam's theme. The game looks and plays really well. Nice work.