Contraband Critters: A Tactical Transporter

co-authored: @drfallos
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.37
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.34
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.18
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.83
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.69
The team of robotic animals must deliver critical cargo inside a malfunctioning office building, while avoiding rogue security robots and keeping their team intact.
As the delivery dispatcher, you control the robotic animals from a distance by issuing commands. You must select the start point for each animal, give commands for when to move or use skills, and can pause movement as needed.



Controls:

Phase I:
1 - to place Scout to position
2 - to place Tank to position
3 - to place Support to position
After picking hero 1,2,3 - to select points of start
You can change postions of heroes infinity times
After you finish preparing press Space to start operation

Phase II:
You don't controll heroes. You can just start or stop them by 1,2,3 and use their abilities by Q,W,E.

After one of heroes deploy package - Press SPACE to send them to the car.
The more heroes will return the more score you will get.

Teamwork is the key! 😄
Tags: #tactical
Genres: action
Tools: Unity

Comments16

Weston Goggins
Weston Goggins1 May 2023, 22:11
The game looks cool, but make sure to add a link!
Fiinrii
Fiinrii1 May 2023, 22:12
Loved the art for the robots, found the game and objective quite confusing. Didn't need to use any strategy, just sent em all in and 2 of them made it out. Fun game and music, the robotic voice gave me a slight fright when it first played, didn't expect it.
Weston Goggins
Weston Goggins1 May 2023, 22:34
@drfallos Ah, I must have just scrolled past it lol. I love the concept of a strategy game with semi-autonomous units, and it's executed really well!
DrFallos
DrFallos1 May 2023, 22:39
Thanks a lot!!!!!
rohanmoon1 May 2023, 23:15
I love the art and music, the concept seems really cool, but I really struggled to progress at all. My robots just kept dying and I feel like I'm missing some core concept. At one point one of my robots just disappeared.
manmantas2 May 2023, 18:06
the music still has a voice about licensing :D. It was a good pick of music though. The UI looks great but the game is confusing, didn't really get it
Zerovirus2 May 2023, 18:53
Never managed to get more than two robots out, or really master proper usage of the robots' skills. I had the best results when I just sent everyone in at the same time and hoped for the best. Still, congrats on the proof of concept!
chompdev
chompdev3 May 2023, 01:27
Fun game concept! I like the ability to stop/start units at any time. It feels a bit like old school Rainbow Six where you plan which units start from certain locations, and then execute the plan and make changes in realtime. The robot stats are cool, and feel distinct enough to create some cool strategies if you end up adding more levels after the jam. The physics getting thrown around as you move is a nice touch, too. Great work! :)
F1Krazy
F1Krazy4 May 2023, 17:20
I'm not entirely sure where the strategy comes into play here. You send your robots in, they get swarmed by the enemies and die, rinse and repeat. It doesn't seem to matter which entrance you go in from, or how much you spam their abilities, they just get massive chunks of health ripped away in five seconds flat no matter what you do. Looking at the previous reviews, I'm not the only one.

Graphically, this looks excellent, except for some of the text (like the description of Dr. Pi's ability) being cut off mid-sentence. In terms of gameplay, though, this is crying out for some kind of tutorial that walks you through how to play, or at the very least, some re-balancing so it's not so difficult. Right now it just feels like sheer trial and error, and that's not fun.
LCStark
LCStark4 May 2023, 19:36
Interesting concept! It's like a crossover between a tactical game and an auto-battler. It's fun watching the bots pushing boxes in front of themselves and use them as cover. :P
asfdfdfd6 May 2023, 18:41
Well, this game is officially hard.
JimmyMcGinger
JimmyMcGinger7 May 2023, 21:14
Really enjoyed the graphics and vibe (shame about the robot lady telling me about music licensing over and over but I get why it was like that), like others I found the gameplay quite confusing but I like the ambition and attempt to do something really different.
ljol312 May 2023, 02:13
I always like autochess style games, but i felt pretty powerless given none of our attacks actually hurt the bad guys

But im also a sucker for mecha bunnies
Ausstein
Ausstein18 May 2023, 21:02
I just ran in with the scout and ran back out lol
arron-fowler
arron-fowler19 May 2023, 07:15
I got it complete at least. I think there is something really cool that has been set up here but it fells like it needed more time. I was very confused and just needed to be helped with it more. A tutorial would have gone a long way. I never full felt like I understood what was going to happen and why, thus I could not really develop my strategy beyond blind guess work. Robots are cool though

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