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Super Robocade by VoEC

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made by VoEC for LD24 (COMPO)
Super Robocade is an arcady retro platformer.
Your goal is to survive the endless onslaught of ever-evolving robots. To keep up with them you need destroy the automatons and salvage their parts to obtain their powers and get stronger.

This was my first ever participation in Ludum Dare, but I hope you still like my entry.
These past two days have been really fun and also really exhausting!
Any kind of feedback, bug reports and criticism is very welcome.

Windows (Flash) http://www.mediafire.com/?w38hvm30qbdwvbq
Web (Flash) http://www.swfme.com/view/1272712
Kongregate http://www.kongregate.com/games/VoEC/super-robocade
Source (FlashPunk) http://www.mediafire.com/?5w7qw0p6k5a356r
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=12412

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.54 100
Audio 2.95 184
Fun 3.47 91
Graphics 3.83 88
Humor 2.23 311
Innovation 2.47 536
Mood 3.33 94
Theme 3.12 287

Feedback

pereubu
26. Aug 2012 路 20:57 UTC
like the supercrate box concept, love the art, what else :D
AlrionsAlright
26. Aug 2012 路 21:05 UTC
Love the concept. I thought I should let you know that even after the EMP block disappeared it still worked as if it was just invisible. Overall cool game.
馃帳 VoEC
26. Aug 2012 路 21:09 UTC
@AlrionsAlright
That was certainly a bug. I couldn't recreate it though, but still: Thanks for letting me know!

@pereubu
Thanks!
kyyrma
26. Aug 2012 路 21:20 UTC
Love the graphics! The game feels like Mario Bros. with a cute robot, which I figure was what you were aiming for? The gun could be a wee bit bit faster though!

Oh and the EMP block still exists although the sprite disappears for me too.
rodrigomotta
26. Aug 2012 路 21:29 UTC
I love this game. =) But, really, EMP has a bug, it dont disappear. But, with a ghost EMP the game look more funny. ;D
馃帳 VoEC
26. Aug 2012 路 22:00 UTC
Ok, I found the problem with the EMP. It was something stupid I overlooked. It should be fixed now.
Hopefully that's the only bug that was still in there.
Thank you everyone for the help and your feedback, I very much appreciate it!
Sakuyan
26. Aug 2012 路 22:34 UTC
Cool addition to a great game :D
dtConfect
26. Aug 2012 路 22:43 UTC
I like the graphics. And I like the mario meets supercrate box meets bubble bobble concept. Too slow for my liking though.
PAMVllo
26. Aug 2012 路 23:24 UTC
Great Game! a good tribute for Mario Bros game
pjchardt
27. Aug 2012 路 08:24 UTC
Endearing style, I appreciate the retro look and mechanic. I also like how you innovated on the old school mechanic with upgrades/evolution. On the downside it is repetitive, nothing very surprising seems to happen once I understood the game.
eyehawk
27. Aug 2012 路 08:37 UTC
Excellent game dude! Just like classic GBA - I bet this would make a legendary mobile game. Is there more than one level? If you could vary the environment a bit it would be even better :)
Orni
27. Aug 2012 路 08:55 UTC
wow, easily the best game I've played so far

love everything about it, concept, design, polishing, gameplay ... beatiful!

this would have been a great gameboy game back in the days (with more levels of course)
ubear
27. Aug 2012 路 08:55 UTC
Great game. Boring a bit.
jamezogamer101
27. Aug 2012 路 09:02 UTC
pretty cool pipes kind of remind me of mario
madpew
27. Aug 2012 路 09:21 UTC
7460. Love the gameboy colors. Some chiptune would have been awesome and enemies making some more sounds. Love the evolving part. Will play again. Well done.
Erephy
27. Aug 2012 路 09:33 UTC
I always loved the GB palette and always wanted to make some pixel art with it, but I am very bad with low color palettes.
So when I played your game, I loved it from the very title screen. Good job and well done!
Edd Morgan
27. Aug 2012 路 09:47 UTC
Cool game! Nice graphics, and it worked very smoothly. Controls were a bit awkward, but that might just be a personal preference. Good job!
Sanguine
27. Aug 2012 路 09:47 UTC
I liked the graphics and the concept, but it felt a bit sluggish.
bvanschooten
27. Aug 2012 路 09:57 UTC
A superior rendition of the original Mario Bros :-)
Andrei Barsan
27. Aug 2012 路 10:02 UTC
Nice and polished, I really enjoyed it!
I got 6430! :D
It feels really nice and cozy!
Krobill
27. Aug 2012 路 10:57 UTC
Nice gameplay, tight controls, polished visuals. Pretty nice result overall! Maybe some collision detection problems with enemy bullets ? not sure though...
SpectreNectar
27. Aug 2012 路 11:04 UTC
Super awesome.
Only little thing I had was that evolving didn't feel like it made you so powerful.
My score: 5980
Bemmu
27. Aug 2012 路 11:19 UTC
A nice version of a classic game with a great minimalistic art style, suitable sounds and the characters have cute animations too. Took a while to realize I had a gun!
AdventureIslands
27. Aug 2012 路 11:33 UTC
I like the idea of mario bros like gameplay but with shooting and evolving abilities, nice work! My only complaint is just that it's kind of slow paced, atleast in the beginning.
jijaweb
27. Aug 2012 路 11:40 UTC
Nice done on a classic game. Like the graphics. Thumbs up! :)
saint11
27. Aug 2012 路 12:16 UTC
Wow, this game is awesome :D Really simple and spot on!
jplur
27. Aug 2012 路 13:35 UTC
Oooh this is a good one, could definitely spend an hour playing this if I didn't have so many entries to test ;)
davidllanos22
27. Aug 2012 路 13:38 UTC
I really enjoyed this game! Nice retro graphics and classic gameplay with a twist! I scored 4670 :)
pardue
27. Aug 2012 路 13:54 UTC
This is a fun game, I like the graphics. The gun was a little frustrating but I enjoyed it. :)
sclark39
27. Aug 2012 路 14:11 UTC
Cool little game. Very tight design. I was led astray by the familiarity and tried to jump on enemies heads before I found out I could shoot. The evolution portion was very minor in the gameplay, I felt. If you leveled up faster it would probably be more fun.
ncannasse
27. Aug 2012 路 14:11 UTC
Nicely done :)
sgehlich
27. Aug 2012 路 14:23 UTC
Very well done, I love the style!
Ligh7zIncrement
27. Aug 2012 路 14:32 UTC
Very good, I loved the graphics and the ability to knock things from underneath
Ragzouken
27. Aug 2012 路 15:24 UTC
The game looks great, but movement and reload time were too slow for me - made it very frustrating.
K1NET1K
27. Aug 2012 路 15:43 UTC
Nice artwork, and cool that you kept it all in the same tone. The controls are a bit slow. Decent little sounds
Th3dz
27. Aug 2012 路 15:43 UTC
Nice graphics. A bit slow to move but overall good.
RobProductions
27. Aug 2012 路 16:03 UTC
Cool, I liked it, but it's a little too difficult for me, maybe the evolved enemies should move slower or something.
cacciatc
27. Aug 2012 路 16:28 UTC
+1 GB palette. Great visual feel.
Kortuga98
27. Aug 2012 路 16:39 UTC
Great game! Like an amp'd up version of the original Mario... I like it. Good job.
fruitfly
27. Aug 2012 路 16:50 UTC
nice. i loved super mario bros. but actually harder then the original.
Pixelulsar
27. Aug 2012 路 16:55 UTC
It was very fun. I like you added evolution into that old Mario game.
nate427
27. Aug 2012 路 18:40 UTC
Great game, love the color palette!
Spaceoff
27. Aug 2012 路 18:46 UTC
Really fun and addicting. Enjoyed playing it, love the graphical style. The menu music is a bit dull though, and the game proper could really have done with some music.
CaptainIcy
27. Aug 2012 路 19:01 UTC
Oh, I really like this! The graphics are so simple and nice. Gameplay is fine, and the concept proves to be hard and fun!
Good job.
emveyh
27. Aug 2012 路 19:11 UTC
I LOVE those graphics :D Awesome work!
JaJ
27. Aug 2012 路 19:34 UTC
Gameboy-like graphics are aways a plus. I liked that you didn't hide how this is basicly a super mario bros clone with a twist.
mappum
27. Aug 2012 路 19:38 UTC
Nice Mario Bros knockoff. Not the most innovative, but you did a good job with it. I really liked the graphics style.
Thurig
27. Aug 2012 路 19:46 UTC
Really nice Mario Bros clone. Makes me feel old. At least it is better then Mario Bros on the Atari 2600!
Jeremias
27. Aug 2012 路 19:50 UTC
Nice concept and graphics. In my opinion the movement of the character is a bit too slow.
LuizHGMonclar
27. Aug 2012 路 20:00 UTC
7250! Man, I really enjoyed this one, one of the best for me so far, quite enjoyed it. Great Mario Bros reference. I think you got me mostly because of that in the beginning, but as it progressed it started to have its own feel.

I Liked the pacing. The difficulty curve keeps increasing consistently, and it feels really good when you kill a robot.

AWESOME job. Cheers!
dalbinblue
27. Aug 2012 路 21:25 UTC
Nice adaptation of Mario Brothers. Found a bit of a glitch (cheat). You can actually knock out an enemy after if falls off the edge of a platform if you hit the platform just as the enemy is next to it. It make it a lot easier to knock out the enemy because you just need to walk over a block instead of jumping up.
SiENcE
27. Aug 2012 路 22:17 UTC
The Gameboy Art Style is stunning!
Zccc
27. Aug 2012 路 22:18 UTC
Very good...
Vordux
27. Aug 2012 路 22:18 UTC
Nice implentation of old school gaming styles with the theme. Graphics were a pleasure and so was the audio, the overall game tied in really nicely together. Good job.
Lucariatias
27. Aug 2012 路 22:46 UTC
So it's a Mario bros clone... in Flash... with lovely green visuals and bleepy sounds and evolving robots! What's not to love?
If anything had to be improved, I'd say add more difficulty levels. It's kinda easy if you know Mario Bros, given the advantage of a gun as well...
chardish
27. Aug 2012 路 22:53 UTC
Love the minimalist graphics and the polish on this one. Good work!
MrDanH
27. Aug 2012 路 23:03 UTC
Great, very reminiscent of the old Mario Brothers arcade game but with your own spin on the gameplay. Graphics and audio were a good fit as well
saguaro
27. Aug 2012 路 23:09 UTC
GameBoy <3 Fun game, enjoyed it.
jprogman
28. Aug 2012 路 00:48 UTC
I'm mostly more interested in games with original or new concepts. Still, while this game borrows the concept of "Mario Bros.", this is fun.
mdkess
28. Aug 2012 路 01:01 UTC
Solid take on a classic game - simple, polished, balanced. Really liked this one!
thewiseguy99
28. Aug 2012 路 01:05 UTC
Great game. Enjoyed playing, especiall once I figured out how not to be killed at first when your movements are slow. Stay with it and get speed upgrades! Simple, but effective graphics. Overall a really good job!!!
Aaron San Filippo
28. Aug 2012 路 01:47 UTC
It's like Mario Bros, but with monocrome graphics and clunky controls :)

Seriously though - nice job! I like the enemy upgrades.
TravisChen
28. Aug 2012 路 02:23 UTC
Awesome work! Classic Mario Bros
Maxium
28. Aug 2012 路 04:07 UTC
Definitely pulled off the retro graphics :)
josefnpat
28. Aug 2012 路 04:22 UTC
Brilliant Hommage to the smb versus level! I love it.

POW!
gustavodort
28. Aug 2012 路 04:58 UTC
Well, it's not very innovative, but the game is well polished and the graphics are neat :)

Kudos!
monz
28. Aug 2012 路 09:41 UTC
Great game! I liked the graphics style.
DavidErosa
28. Aug 2012 路 11:57 UTC
Great graphics!
Joker
28. Aug 2012 路 12:01 UTC
Really liked the concept.
Cell
28. Aug 2012 路 13:54 UTC
Cool
Barry Abrams
28. Aug 2012 路 16:04 UTC
I love mario bros. I own an arcade machine version of it. One of my favorite games.
Zamando
28. Aug 2012 路 16:13 UTC
Feels a bit slow in the beginning. Otherwise nice! Like the gameboy-style graphics.
bushmango
28. Aug 2012 路 16:17 UTC
good game, frustratingly hard to control at first but that gives room to evolve ... the pace is a little too slow. I would have liked it better if you leveled up faster.
cricklewood
28. Aug 2012 路 17:03 UTC
Ah Mario Bros had a timeless formula.
Vennril
28. Aug 2012 路 17:09 UTC
A classic game translated very well into Gameboy style with cute robots! Enjoyed this a lot.
My score was 9810 :)
juaxix
28. Aug 2012 路 19:42 UTC
It is fun :)
Like a mix between Mario Bross, Bubble Bobble and Pac Man with Game Boy colors ,wonderful haha
I would like that the char also kill enemies by jumping over their heads :D
Difficult is a little unbalaced due to the big amount of time it tooks each fire and another, and the quantity of monsters you have to kill to evolve, good game :)
xhunterko
28. Aug 2012 路 20:19 UTC
Really fun, nicely built platformer. Nice take on theme. You evolve to slowly I think but fun. ^^
jellonator
28. Aug 2012 路 20:31 UTC
I fell through the floor :/
Volute
28. Aug 2012 路 20:35 UTC
Great imitation of the GameBoy style !
TheSarcastic
29. Aug 2012 路 10:45 UTC
Great game! Only improve I'd recommend is making you evolve a bit faster to make it exciting faster.
flyingbear
29. Aug 2012 路 18:18 UTC
I had fun with this one, it's a nice take on a classic =) Mario Bros, with leveling up? sign me up!
amidos2006
29. Aug 2012 路 22:08 UTC
Nice game I like the idea of flipping the enemies and if u hit it again it turns again :) nice idea and game :) I like it :)
Mach60KAS
30. Aug 2012 路 16:03 UTC
Nice gameboy visuals, gamplay reminds me a lot of The original mario bros game and super Cratebox. Good job! :)
Switchbreak
31. Aug 2012 路 01:33 UTC
Really nice! Very super crate boxy, or original Mario-ish. Wish I could have shot faster.
yenz
31. Aug 2012 路 04:17 UTC
One of my favorite games so far
SaintHeiser
01. Sep 2012 路 02:43 UTC
Nice Work! I impressed how you combine mario gameplay and evolution! Really nice!
AuxiliumGames
02. Sep 2012 路 02:40 UTC
The art, and feel/mechanics of the game are so authentically retro! Your color palate is excellent, and the game is fun. Takes me back to a combination of playing gameboy, and then the original mario brothers in the arcade.
JaydenB
02. Sep 2012 路 04:25 UTC
Loved this, really reminded me of Super Crate Box but felt different from the evolving enemies. Loved it!
yosh
02. Sep 2012 路 23:00 UTC
I really like the retro-style aspect of this game. Also, the evolution system is pretty smart and fun. Nice game!
LoneStranger
03. Sep 2012 路 06:37 UTC
Nice little fun game. Very polished, and good graphical style.
Miltage
03. Sep 2012 路 12:36 UTC
A great game, I love the concept and art. Took me a while to get in the swing of it, but when I did I had tons of fun playing it.
angrygeometry
03. Sep 2012 路 15:25 UTC
this is super addictive. really fun game!
infernet89
03. Sep 2012 路 15:37 UTC
Very nice retro-arcade style. Game is good, but maybe EMP need to be refilled over time.
Evil Cult
04. Sep 2012 路 08:13 UTC
Nicely polished and quite fun after I learned how to play properly. Nice graphics and sounds too!
bobiniki
05. Sep 2012 路 11:37 UTC
Nice game 7990 score :D. So fun and there is so many ways you can play it. So many ways to kill enemies :D
gnx
05. Sep 2012 路 16:41 UTC
Nice presentation and idea. Some issues of polish:
movement and jumping stay sluggish and floaty even after upgrades,
enemies don't have a warning animation when they pop back up (they do in the game you're homaging to ;)).

And music would've made it a bit more fun when the session gets longer.

Otherwise nice execution.
darkshadow
05. Sep 2012 路 20:36 UTC
I like the remake of the super mario bros. map and the old gameboy style graphics are cool.
Haddy22
05. Sep 2012 路 21:08 UTC
I really enjoyed this one- Great work! its not easy to re-create some of these classics and you did a great job- the evolving upgrades are great too. Very well done
90sml
05. Sep 2012 路 21:35 UTC
I love the graphics and music but i would have prefered a much nervous game play for this kind of games. The game is still very fun, good job.