Robogenesis by JavadocMD 2013-12-18T22:54:00
I thought the story was very cute and surprisingly emotional! I think it used the theme of the contest exceptionally well as a story element, rather than a game mechanic. When stated at the beginning of the game that you only get one battle CPU, the task at hand seems trivial, like any other mindless job, but within the short span of the game, after you complete your creation and he reacts to your work, that previously trivial battle CPU has turned into the single most valuable object to the player complete with a beautiful yet fleeting emotional attachment. Why else would everyone be talking about NOT sending him off to battle in the comments? While I thought the art was cute and the game play straight-forward, the story and surprising emotional development in a short time is what truly shines in this game.
LD31 — Entire Game on One Screen (1)
Republik Power & Light by JavadocMD 2014-12-10T22:59:00
Hah.
Love the flavor text. I actually enjoyed typing in STATUS a million times. Since the act of typing one word was the key to accessing the readout, for me it created suspense simply through the lack of an easy way to access the information I needed. I messed up typing STATUS more than once because of the stress of wanting to see a more recent update.
Fun and unique game!