BOTWALK

by namuol
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.76
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.65
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.18
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.97
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.05
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.97
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★71%
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.

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Comments28

Manuel
Manuel17 Dec 2012, 04:20
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 Price17 Dec 2012, 04:41
Really slick graphics, nicely polished game.
namuol
namuolauthor17 Dec 2012, 05:14
Post your High Scores! Mine is a shameful 194477, currently.
Freakill17 Dec 2012, 05:21
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
Manuel77717 Dec 2012, 05:55
Awesome little game, loved the graphics and animations a LOT :D
mamoniem17 Dec 2012, 06:09
hahaha, funny little game, i enjoyed with the blood :)
Meep17 Dec 2012, 08:45
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
celeron5517 Dec 2012, 08:53
This is an awesome little creation. Becomes boring quite fast though; extremely fun for a while. 140513.
Casino Jack17 Dec 2012, 10:34
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!).
ParaPup17 Dec 2012, 15:11
This was fun ^_^
BlockBrains17 Dec 2012, 17:55
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
supermaximo9317 Dec 2012, 19:11
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
drizzlybear17 Dec 2012, 20:37
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. :)
loren17 Dec 2012, 21:05
Love those sound effects, great choice!
namuol
namuolauthor17 Dec 2012, 22:39
@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
robashton18 Dec 2012, 00:43
I love the stomping and the screen-shaking - very nicely done!
Jesse Freeman18 Dec 2012, 21:28
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!
gnx18 Dec 2012, 22:21
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 :)
CireNeikual18 Dec 2012, 22:50
Gotta go fast!
TDRGames
TDRGames19 Dec 2012, 05:11
Screen shake FTW!
Husky
Husky21 Dec 2012, 05:30
I like the way you use the mouse right click!
And the feeling of giant monster, awesome!
rinaka21 Dec 2012, 21:16
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.
laaph28 Dec 2012, 20:48
Cute, loved the skull that looks like an audio cassette from back in the day.
recursive frog
recursive frog29 Dec 2012, 06:25
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
azurenimbus5 Jan 2013, 01:10
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
shaneshanekavanagh6 Jan 2013, 18:27
I really felt bad for the big stompy monster destroying the city. Nice one!
RawBits
RawBits8 Jan 2013, 00:57
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.
namuol
namuolauthor8 Jan 2013, 02:13
@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!

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