BoxBorg returns home by ColonierGames

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made by ColonierGames for LD28 (JAM)
You are a BoxBorg version 0.1, whose ship just crashed. You need to get to the nearest repair station, but your OS is damaged causing you to only be able to use ONE of your limbs at a time; you either run, roll, push buttons or shoot.

It might be buggy and there are only 4 levels, but if you have time and effort, you can make your own levels, there's an editor included.

Ratings

Coolness 61% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.61 449
Audio(Jam) 2.06 426
Fun(Jam) 2.58 375
Graphics(Jam) 2.25 487
Innovation(Jam) 2.82 274
Mood(Jam) 2.65 362
Theme(Jam) 2.73 279

Feedback

ParaPup
16. Dec 2013 路 22:13 UTC
Really an adf.ly that is so cheap of you to do that.

Besides that ok game.
馃帳 ColonierGames
16. Dec 2013 路 22:16 UTC
adf.ly link was the graphics guy's idea, put direct link instead. Did you find any bugs?
David Colson
16. Dec 2013 路 23:14 UTC
Really cool idea, I've not seen a game do this before!
Sim
17. Dec 2013 路 17:52 UTC
Nice game idea! I got the game to quit itself when I opened the door in the grassy area and then it closed on top of me. Finished it after trying again.

I found switching modes to be a bit awkward - it'd be nice to have a different key bound to each. Oh and the music stopped after the title screen, which was a shame because it's nice and quite long.
馃帳 ColonierGames
17. Dec 2013 路 20:19 UTC
Yea, bugs happen when you sleep 5 hours in 3 days... I'm glad that you liked it :)
jomomomo
17. Dec 2013 路 20:28 UTC
Can't play windows games. :-(
Venks
18. Dec 2013 路 04:55 UTC
Really solid stuff. And I hear you on the lack of sleep and growing bugs. For one of the days I was awake for 26 hours straight. Probably wasn't at peak condition at that point.
john_conder9
18. Dec 2013 路 09:21 UTC
I kept crashing whenever I'd get stuck in a wall or something from changing modes :x It's paced a bit too slowly IMO, but it's a really cool idea. I agree that it would have been nicer to have each mode bound to a button. Cool game anyway
Yaru
18. Dec 2013 路 11:06 UTC
Sadly, it crashed after a few levels. But it's a very good idea!
fullmontis
18. Dec 2013 路 11:28 UTC
The concept is interesting, but switching between modes feels a little clunky. I wish the movement was little bit faster. There are a few bugs and the game crashed both times I tried to play it so I couldn't finish it, sorry...
tobbez
19. Dec 2013 路 15:12 UTC
Interesting idea but using the slow gravity as a puzzle mechanic felt really weird. Swithing between forms wasn't really used in any interesting way either but there is a good start for a game.
pusheax
20. Dec 2013 路 21:10 UTC
Good idea for a game. I think you could use height more and make falling interesting. Teleporters are not that fun, they are just obvious waypoints and sometimes you can't tell their orientation. Also I think that this game is similar to eets. The most interesting stuff could be planned beforehand and then played without user interaction. Similarly you could use 'stand', 'duck', 'jump' states and allow shooting only while standing, for example. Then user would plan moving path taking into account pits, enemies, obstacles. That would not suit the theme but it would be more interesting in my opinion. Other than that good work on graphics, level editor(!).
馃帳 ColonierGames
20. Dec 2013 路 23:41 UTC
Thanks! Bad thing is that I used half of my time to make the level editor and didn't have time to balance the game and fix all bugs :(
pele
21. Dec 2013 路 00:49 UTC
I usually don't like puzzles but I enjoyed switching my robot between multiple forms. Btw, I couldn't finish the game because it eventually crashed. Embedding an editor with your game is a huge plus (at least to me). You, sir, have my like ;)
PaperBlurt
21. Dec 2013 路 08:40 UTC
It gets emotional.
This lonely bot.
Both story and gameplay.
Even though it's not a lot, but good!
ezolotko
21. Dec 2013 路 14:14 UTC
Cool idea
Jupiter_Hadley
04. Jan 2014 路 20:19 UTC
Cute robot, love the game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 28 compilation video series, if you'd like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/tnNlwxp-9J8