EvolBots (not EvilBots) by vigrid
The original idea was a lot more complicated:
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/08/25/project-generations/
It was my first attempt at making something that was not a tutorial in Unity. Turns out it's quite a good technology.
The controls and the goal of the game is explained on the webpage. Just read it while it loads.
Enjoy!
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2012/08/25/project-generations/
It was my first attempt at making something that was not a tutorial in Unity. Turns out it's quite a good technology.
The controls and the goal of the game is explained on the webpage. Just read it while it loads.
Enjoy!
| Web (Unity) | http://db.tt/ZkDWlI0B |
| Source | http://db.tt/F65coRkq |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=10441 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 75% | 2 |
| Overall | 3.07 | 316 |
| Audio | 2.26 | 418 |
| Fun | 3.02 | 252 |
| Graphics | 3.26 | 237 |
| Humor | 2.07 | 368 |
| Innovation | 3.37 | 156 |
| Mood | 2.68 | 346 |
| Theme | 2.30 | 592 |
On the other hand, I never really figured out what was going on besides the swarm/unswarm mechanic. The mutations were supposed to be negative, but I never saw any meanigful effect.
(though I do have to say that image looks like a testicle with a face draw on from the thumb nail)
The theme definitely wasn't used very well here; there was no obvious effect the evolution played on the robots. I just kind of roll them around and grab stuff regardless.
Also, one of the bots got stuck in the world on the purple valley level, so I had to quit :C
Comon' Unity 4.0!
Thanks for playing my game!
@dallthemanl: thanks for playing - the swarming is inspired by... "Swarm" on PS3.
@Desi Quintans: I am planning to develop this game further. Probably even implement from scratch. And the puzzler would be the genre.
Th3dz: Thanks for playing! I wanted the game to feel weird :)
@agersant: I know about the camera. It's kind of tricky to develop camera that will follow dozens of objects and will frame them in a reasonable way.
@cappelnord: I think 3D is fine for this. It's the level design that I messed up.
@Dakota: LOL at the testicle :) You're kinda right, it's similar.
@panzermancer: Golfballs from hell - yep :D. The original plan for the game was a bit more complicated.
@ElScootro: It's tricky to get it right. At least for me.
@josefnpat: I can't wait for Unity 4, too! Sorry about you not being able to play, next time, for sure :)
I couldn't figure out what the mutations were.
The game is fun to play!
@Dark Acre Jack: Thanks, I used MaPZone from Allegorithmic to create them.
@davidllanos22: Thanks - the graphics are just what I could do as a programmer, so that means a lot to me.
@Jacic: It was supposed to get harder and harder to control, but I think I may have overdone it.
@tcstyle: The mutations are subtle. You notice them when you actually observe a single bot for a while. They actually affect how hard is it to control the swarm. Tricky to get the camera to frame everything that counts.
@Eniko: Yes, the delay was a bit too challenging, and it is definitely missing feedback. I made the green stuffs quicker to pick up. Camera... Yep, I know...
@BumpkinRich: Haha, angry mob noises? That wub wub is teleport ;)
@yettatore: I'm just learning Unity and had no experience with sound at all. I just made it play. Sure, I could probably spend a couple of minutes on balancing it.
Thanks all for playing!
Not sure how you'd fix the camera without changing the gameplay significantly. Still, that's a puzzle for you to work on ;)
I ended up stopping because some of my bots got stuck on canyon walls, and I couldn't finish the level (the first one with lava) :(
I liked the design of the levels much more than the design of the swarm.
It need an onscreen mapview badly to see where are the bots scattered, where are the waste and is the exit open allready. When they are scattered you can see the level but you can't see the wast or if the bot near it is capable of eating it.
One big problem is even with 'Q' pressed they are hovering in the air. You just can't get the wast with them.
And even if the bot can eat and its on the wast it struggles to get it. It may need a bigger hitbox or something.
On the non-boxy levels they can stuck up on the hills.
Swarm mechanic is good and if you did this for the first time than you did really well in 48 hours but why it tends to send them into the air?
Sorry, maybe I don't understand something but in this case you need some ingame hints on the first 2 - probably intented to be tutorial - levels.
Really liked the swarm/unswarm mechanic.