Battle Bots! by Tarrjue
Battle Bots is a game written in Java. The object is to defeat your enemy in a dreaded Tug-Of-War style environment.
| Windows | http://sites.google.com/site/tarrjue/battlebots.jar |
| Source | http://sites.google.com/site/tarrjue/battlebots.zip |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=18620 |
It's hard to understand who you are at first ^^
This is a great start though, and with a little polish to make things more obvious, this could be a really fun game. I could see this being played on a tablet with two players. Really great start.
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Second playthrough: What is going on? Oh, I guess I'm the guy at the bottom and I can buy extra units, I'll try clicking on a unit on the right, why isn't anything happening? I'll try clicking on the board somewhere, oh a guy turned up in that field. Oh, my opponent has a guy who I can't seem to touch who is killing me.
Third playthrough: Buy the cheapest guy and send him down the same lane repeatedly until I win.
The more expensive units seem insanely priced and unlikely to come into play here unless you played for a really long time from what I've figured out so far.
I don't really understand how this fits the theme.