Never Gear Up is a fighting robot management game made for Ludun Dare 46.
Game Mechanics
Keep your robot alive !
Goal
You need to win fights against other robot and gather their bounty.
Key Features
- Each part of your robot is destructible, same for your enemies - You start with overpowered gear, but you'll have to replace your body parts sooner or later, and the quality can vary from elite mechs parts to trash or spatula. - Before each fight, you can choose between 4 randomly generated enemies, some will be stronger but they will usualy also have a higher bounty. - You start with 5 consumables that can boost your stats for one fight
Great amount of work has been done for this game! Scope was probably a bit big for a ludum dare but it still works & the replace part of robots system is working really nicely! I just wished ergonomy was a bit better!
Nice graphics and fighting. Im not sure everything is working correctly, as I was unable to repair hitpoints by buying new parts, and in combat it did not seem to matter anyway. I swapped out all my parts for the lowest tier and was still able to beat the highest tier opponents. I want to play more!!
The combat system was very engaging and it remind me of "Punch Club" when it comes to the strategic depth involved. Really promising concept, I'd love to see it turned into a full game!
Haha, that was fun. I just don't understand why buying new parts don't heal it. It works when parts are completely broken, but not before. Graphics are nice, music fit perfectly, and gameplay is fun. Very good job !
this is a nice game with simple graphics and music... u are great art work style it remind me for the gladiator of dani its tooo better if u make it on online multiplayer so that everyone can play it
This was an interesting take on the robot genre, I like the idea. The style and graphics and animations for the robots are quite impressive, and well-suit the atmosphere. The one thing that I think could really be improved on is the gameplay. What I mean is that, while it's a great mechanic, you get bored of it easily. Maybe if you could beat your enemies faster, or maybe you have to press something to punch the enemy. Just to take into consideration if you want to work on this again c: Overall, a really cool game, and I would recommend finishing it pos-ld!
I understand what you say, in our mind, the interaction and the combat system came with the robot diversity, if we work on it later, maybe we will rework the consummable system and add real weapons (not just armor variety) and why not some skills that you can choose
Nice graphics, really fits into the robot fight mood, the auto fight was nice. I think the fight preparation needs a little more polishment to make the game more exciting
Nice game! I like the aesthetic a lot, though I'm not sure how I feel about the robots having a pixel art look and the UI being more realistic. The battles look (and sound) really great. The randomly-generated enemy names were charming too.
The balance is kinda weak, though that's understandable given the short amount of time. Speed felt like an overpowered stat - I invested in good legs early and was able to beat most enemies before they got the chance to even get a hit in. It didn't feel like enemies scaled much if at all over time, so before too long you get to the point where you're unstoppable and can just pick the highest bounty enemies in order to grind for even better gear.
There were some parts I was confused about - the starting equipment looks the same as the highest tier equipment, and you say in the description you start with "overpowered gear," but it definitely seems like even the lowest tier of buyable gear is a significant upgrade over the starting stuff. Also, I got the impression your robot was supposed to be nameable, but I couldn't find a way to do it.
Despite iffy balance it was still fun to play. I think this has a lot of potential. Good work.
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Graphics are nice, music fit perfectly, and gameplay is fun. Very good job !
same thing for finding all the bugs with the bought part ^^
with simple graphics and music...
u are great art work style
it remind me for the gladiator of dani
its tooo better if u make it on online multiplayer
so that everyone can play it
Overall, a really cool game, and I would recommend finishing it pos-ld!
I understand what you say, in our mind, the interaction and the combat system came with the robot diversity, if we work on it later, maybe we will rework the consummable system and add real weapons (not just armor variety) and why not some skills that you can choose
Anyway, thanks for your feedbacks !
The balance is kinda weak, though that's understandable given the short amount of time. Speed felt like an overpowered stat - I invested in good legs early and was able to beat most enemies before they got the chance to even get a hit in. It didn't feel like enemies scaled much if at all over time, so before too long you get to the point where you're unstoppable and can just pick the highest bounty enemies in order to grind for even better gear.
There were some parts I was confused about - the starting equipment looks the same as the highest tier equipment, and you say in the description you start with "overpowered gear," but it definitely seems like even the lowest tier of buyable gear is a significant upgrade over the starting stuff. Also, I got the impression your robot was supposed to be nameable, but I couldn't find a way to do it.
Despite iffy balance it was still fun to play. I think this has a lot of potential. Good work.