BOTWALK by namuol

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made by namuol for LD25 (COMPO)
Didn't have time to make music or to add all the different types of buildings/vehicles/enemies that I wanted, but it's pretty playable. Instructions are on the site.

Ratings

Coolness 71% 3
Overall 3.68 59
Audio 3.05 157
Fun 3.76 29
Graphics 3.97 65
Humor 2.97 217
Innovation 3.65 83
Mood 3.44 78
Theme 4.18 20

Feedback

Manuel
17. Dec 2012 路 04:15 UTC
Wow, great polish. The bot really feels heavy, which makes the stomping fun. Controls don't totally work? Running with the bot is cool.
Erik Price
17. Dec 2012 路 04:36 UTC
Really slick graphics, nicely polished game.
馃帳 namuol
17. Dec 2012 路 05:09 UTC
Post your High Scores! Mine is a shameful 194477, currently.
Freakill
17. Dec 2012 路 05:16 UTC
Good game! Sometimes collisions with light cables seem not too much consistant. But despite of that the game is really funny and keeps you wanting to try it more and more times hehehe. Really nice :)
Manuel777
17. Dec 2012 路 05:50 UTC
Awesome little game, loved the graphics and animations a LOT :D
mamoniem
17. Dec 2012 路 06:04 UTC
hahaha, funny little game, i enjoyed with the blood :)
Meep
17. Dec 2012 路 08:40 UTC
Excellent graphics! I had issues with mouse controls (LMB wouldn't work for me) but I was able to enjoy it with my keyboard, nonetheless. :)
celeron55
17. Dec 2012 路 08:48 UTC
This is an awesome little creation. Becomes boring quite fast though; extremely fun for a while. 140513.
Casino Jack
17. Dec 2012 路 10:29 UTC
I really loved the graphics in this one, and the satisfying *crunch* whenever the player moved, but I couldn't figure out how I was losing lives (or maybe I'm just bad at reading instructions!).
ParaPup
17. Dec 2012 路 15:06 UTC
This was fun ^_^
BlockBrains
17. Dec 2012 路 17:50 UTC
I followed your progress on twitter and was really looking forward to see where you were going. You just floored me. Love this. Stomping never feel so good.
supermaximo93
17. Dec 2012 路 19:06 UTC
I got 155126. Fun and inventive, great work! Love the style, but the robot looks a bit detached, if you know what I mean.

Nice to see someone else using Impact :)
drizzlybear
17. Dec 2012 路 20:32 UTC
Awesome. :)
It was really hard to play the game well-- I think that if you slowed the whole thing down, pulled out the view more-- it would be a much more enjoyable experience. The tactile feel of the stomping is a really sweet mechanic and really rewarding. But-- I wanted much more to crush things, than to get really far in the level. I think an open world environment (or something closer to Super Mega Worm) would be better. :)
loren
17. Dec 2012 路 21:00 UTC
Love those sound effects, great choice!
馃帳 namuol
17. Dec 2012 路 22:34 UTC
@drizzlybear -- totally. The game's design changed along the way and I didn't really have time to change the size of things. There's no trivial way to "zoom out" with the engine I'm using, unfortunately.

I hope to add more to this and release it as a proper game, so I'll try to remember to let you know if/when that happens!
robashton
18. Dec 2012 路 00:38 UTC
I love the stomping and the screen-shaking - very nicely done!
Jesse Freeman
18. Dec 2012 路 21:23 UTC
Really nice looking game. Had some trouble controlling the robot which made it less fun. I would just use the left and right click on the mouse to control him and it would handle moving left and right as well. Graphics are great!
gnx
18. Dec 2012 路 22:16 UTC
Very polished graphics, a nice original idea, good effects work.
Controls feel a bit buggy at times and gameplay is a bit simple for how detailed the environment is :)
CireNeikual
18. Dec 2012 路 22:45 UTC
Gotta go fast!
TDRGames
19. Dec 2012 路 05:06 UTC
Screen shake FTW!
Husky
21. Dec 2012 路 05:25 UTC
I like the way you use the mouse right click!
And the feeling of giant monster, awesome!
rinaka
21. Dec 2012 路 21:11 UTC
I had a lot of fun playing this game. It's interesting how at the same time you play a giant engine of destruction and it feels like you're learning to walk. Powerful and vulnerable -- very nice! The graphics are lovely too.

Stomping is a joy, and I would often catch myself mashing hard on the keyboard as if mimicking the weight of the robot's steps.
laaph
28. Dec 2012 路 20:43 UTC
Cute, loved the skull that looks like an audio cassette from back in the day.
recursive frog
29. Dec 2012 路 06:20 UTC
I think the only criticism I have here is that I wish there were a way to enforce the player to alternate between feet. Honestly, I think the game would be just as much fun without the mayhem, because there's something inherently awesome about a giant stomping robot.
azurenimbus
05. Jan 2013 路 01:05 UTC
Nothing more fun that happy stomping. So satisfying. Nice game, and very well polished.

It reminds me of another game, from LD23. I can't remember the name now, and it's killing me.
shaneshanekavanagh
06. Jan 2013 路 18:22 UTC
I really felt bad for the big stompy monster destroying the city. Nice one!
RawBits
08. Jan 2013 路 00:52 UTC
Now this is gaming at it's finest! I love it! :)

I have issues where the guy stops walking forward sometimes and just keep stomping in place. I don't know if that is a bug or a feature.
馃帳 namuol
08. Jan 2013 路 02:08 UTC
@RawBits -- Unfortunately your mouse has to be over the smallish game window. It's something I'd like to fix in a later build, but I think I'm going to be rehashing this entirely and make it more of a "smash everything as fast as you can" sort of game. Thanks for the compliments!