UPDATE 13/12/14: Added a post-compo version, with PS4 controller support, UI improvements & balance adjustments. Give it a go!
ProtoBot is a game about a tenacious little robot getting ready for the outside world.
Decades of research have taught the robotologists at HexCorp that freshly-made robots - 'protobots', if you will - have a tendency to malfunction very quickly if not properly equipped to withstand challenging environments. The required training is fast, hard and often lethal. Many robots don't even make it past the first wave.
You are not those robots. You are *the* ProtoBot. You will survive, avoiding hostile swarms and deadly hazards, and emerge into the outside world battle-forged and ready for anything.
Failing that, you'll at least beat the first wave... Post your high score!
Music, SFX & Art - Chris (@fenixtao) Code - Jack (@jhrrsn)
The Difficulty made it more enjoyable to play and to re play, nice game! But you should implement key only movement the mouse kind of screwed me over at times. :)
Really awesome game. Challenging as the waves come in quicker. I like how the one mobs split up, pause, and then attack again. That was a cool, fun addition.
Great game, really fantastic and nice use of those pro effects too. I never did manage the first wave but I had fun dying and though I was failing miserably I was having fun. Music was really superb in combination with the aesthetics and mood.
Things to consider:
Esc to quit the game.
Have the menu/introduction disappear with mouse click or add instructions on what button to click
Add a recharge meter under the hexabot for the blast.
Maybe add some repair kits as well for us less talented players.
I like the general feel of the game, a bit on the floaty side, but still pretty responsive. I think the melee weapon should be power up in some way, aside from finishing up crowds after shooting it's kind of useless. Basically if you miss the penalization is too high. Just by running away and shooting at groups of enemies I got to wave 3 on my second try, I think, for an action game like this, having interesting risk-reward propositions results in a more engaging experience.
All I get is a black screen. I heard sounds, though. Too bad, I would've wanted to play this. I'll give this another shot with more powerful computer during the weekend.
Fun, but could use a bit of polish and more enemies/mechanics. Pretty little feedback on killing an enemy/getting hit, also gets repetitive since there were only 3 total enemy types.
Interesting MELEE arena game! I don't think I've seen that before. I keep dying and the progression is kind of slow, however :( Music is PUMPIN! and the graphics, although blurry, are really nice.
Being able to open the stock Unity graphics config would be nice, Unity does a terrible job at auto-detecting my screen size and computer power so I got to play with blurry graphics in the wrong aspect ratio (16:9 squashed into a 5:4 monitor, eww)
Nice atmosphere and music. The mouse controls are pretty hard with a track pad, but it's better with the control pad. I like how the enemies collide with each other and spawn others.
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