Nuts and Volts

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.46

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.74

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.32

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.75

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.86

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.66

Nuts and Volts follows the adventure of a little robot named Dos-Bot trying to deliver a battery.

He faces foes and challenges along the way and must keep the battery charged at all costs.

When Dos-Bot runs out of his health he starts draining from the battery he carries. Dos-Bot can recharge his main health but not the secondary battery. The Special EMP attack uses a charge of the second battery to wipe out most enemies around you.

Left-Click - Fire Laser

Right-Click - Special EMP Attack

Shift/Ctrl - Dodge

R - Reset to Hub (just in case of a bug)!

Tags: #2d, #pixel art, #singleplayer

Genres: adventure

Tools: Unity

Comments13

chris-pugliese5 Apr 2022, 01:41

Pretty fun game, but didn't see much connection to the theme. I wanted the green lasers to light up the area a little more, and I found myself rolling into danger more often than out of it - because movement options are fun.

Escarpoulpe5 Apr 2022, 01:41

I dont rlly understand how the theme is used but the overall is cool

haztro5 Apr 2022, 01:58

Great entry.

Pros:
- It was super fun moving around the level the dash feel great.
- Sound really added to the experience and the music was perfect for this kind of shooter/dungeon crawler.

Cons:
- Would have been good if the battery slowly depleted or something to push the theme a bit more.
- The pink enemies were a bit hard to see - they didn't contrast against the floor that much.

There's a bug where if you shoot the hole, it'll trigger the level change.

Overall, fun game, nice work :)

FulminDerek5 Apr 2022, 02:12

Not bad overall, though visual feedback on enemies taking damage could be a bit better. Most of the enemies dying in one hit made it clear that they turn grey when they die, but I thought the big brute enemies that take multiple hits were just impervious to damage until I shot them enough.

PizzArt645 Apr 2022, 16:29

Music goes hard

n-studios6 Apr 2022, 01:45

I'm going Nuts

Charred Axolotl6 Apr 2022, 01:54

I was a little confused about how the charge system worked, even after reading the itch.io page, but I got through fine regardless. There's a good level of polish and the controls feel nice. The music adds another layer of atmosphere as well. Didn't think the theme was super present in the gameplay, but I at least understand the thought process. Overall really good work, especially for such a short time frame.

TERNOX6 Apr 2022, 11:40

Control in the game is good, it is pleasant to play. Cool music.

I was missing a few things:
1) At least some pumping or character development
2) Impact from damage to enemies.

b3b06 Apr 2022, 19:13

This game looks and sounds great! This is one of the few from this jam that I actually beat. Didn't feel like death was very inevitable in this one, but I had a good time. Keep up the awesome work!

bodCodes8 Apr 2022, 08:46

Super animated pixelart/lighting and dynamic soundtrack/effects - satisfying EMP effect. Good gameplay and control. Love the game title :laughing:

RustyMonky9 Apr 2022, 19:27

Love the pixel art, the music, and the sounds of attacks here. The light moving with the lasers and illuminating the ground / enemies it passes over was a very nice touch! I think a great improvement would be an indicator of impact when the player or enemies get hit aside from when they explode -- like a screen shake or the laser colliding and exploding. Well done!

spadekHemoglobiny14 Apr 2022, 10:10

Great job, I found it hard to tell whether i actually hit an enemy or not, so I would add some sort of indicator for when your shots connect and make the dodge a bit more snappy, because right now I feel there is too much delay between the input and the actual dodge so I preferred to just strafe around the enemies

LDJam user 24970516 Apr 2022, 10:27

Fun entry. The audio and art was really good. Shooting felt a little clunky though.