{"author_link":"\/author\/udo\/","author_name":"udo","author_uid":"6821","comments":[{"author_name":"Wulo","author_uid":"25653","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:18am","epoch":1377565980,"text":"Pretty cool puzzle game, some were even pretty hard. Good Work."},{"author_name":"Qaterknan","author_uid":"11181","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:29am","epoch":1377566640,"text":"Nice entry, definitely works with the theme. Also nice graphics."},{"author_name":"mamoniem","author_uid":"18142","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:03am","epoch":1377575880,"text":"The gameplay is a bit new for me, i enjoyed playing your game for a while, until i fail to win :D every time i take a screenshot for the edits i entered and then refine it next time :D\rGood luck, and make the music less loud ^_^"},{"author_name":"Reicher","author_uid":"24716","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:45am","epoch":1377592800,"text":"Best puzzle game I played this ludum dare yet!"},{"author_name":"udo","author_uid":"6821","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:50am","epoch":1377593100,"text":"Wow, thanks Reicher! :-D"},{"author_name":"eckcz","author_uid":"25699","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:00am","epoch":1377593700,"text":"Cool consept. Write program inside a program inside a program. I love it. programception"},{"author_name":"Doctor Broccoli","author_uid":"15882","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:09am","epoch":1377594240,"text":"Really neat game. I do feel like some things could be explained better though (like that you can turn whilst moving or that you don't need to face something in order to activate\/kill it.) Still really good overall though."},{"author_name":"Reicher","author_uid":"24716","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:53am","epoch":1377600480,"text":"Ever played the board game "Robo Rally"? Reminds me a bit of that!"},{"author_name":"RHY3756547","author_uid":"7339","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:04am","epoch":1377601140,"text":"goodbye killbot :'( she was my best friend\r\rReally smart gameplay, the graphics and audio were really well done too! My favourite puzzle game so far."},{"author_name":"udo","author_uid":"6821","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 11:13am","epoch":1377601680,"text":"Reicher: I haven't played it (yet), but people told me before this was kinda like that.\r\rRHY3756547: ah, you had the sad ending... :-D \rThanks a lot, I'm glad you liked it!"},{"author_name":"kbm0","author_uid":"20498","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:44pm","epoch":1377614340,"text":"The concept is innovative, though it is very hard to control. I would really like to see a next version of it."},{"author_name":"truiton","author_uid":"25030","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:54pm","epoch":1377614940,"text":"Great game mechanic! It will be better if we can stop de program and restart when we want."},{"author_name":"torvik88","author_uid":"27021","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:56pm","epoch":1377615060,"text":"Love the gameplay and the game itself. Nicely done."},{"author_name":"wtfrara","author_uid":"24886","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:00pm","epoch":1377615300,"text":"I failed some levels just because I didn't notice the robot defaulting back to the first bot instead of the killbot. Made it frustrating to have to start over and tedious to select the robot I was currently using each time. I think if it just defaulted to the last moved robot (per user, not order) it would be better. Otherwise, really fun!"},{"author_name":"Nizan","author_uid":"5374","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:06pm","epoch":1377615660,"text":"Brilliant. A genuinely great game. :)"},{"author_name":"udo","author_uid":"6821","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:07pm","epoch":1377615720,"text":"wtfrara: you're absolutely correct, that was suboptimal. I noticed that too as I was testing, but forgot to change it."},{"author_name":"kannas","author_uid":"18332","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:39pm","epoch":1377617640,"text":"nice game. it's sad that i suck at puzzle games, and i stopped after the third level :P good work :D"},{"author_name":"Jason","author_uid":"25089","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:37pm","epoch":1377635520,"text":"Fun game. The first game thats actually made me think!"},{"author_name":"tompudding","author_uid":"12467","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:33pm","epoch":1377638880,"text":"This is the first game I've rated, and I hope they're all this good! Great concept (I love games with programming!), really fits the theme well trying to get the instructions done in time. If anything I'd say the last few levels were too easy, but extremely impressive overall."},{"author_name":"udo","author_uid":"6821","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:38pm","epoch":1377639180,"text":"tompudding, thanks for your feedback. I know the levels are pretty easy, I wanted to make sure people could play it through in a short amount of time. More and more sophisticated levels would be interesting, I'd be down with that."},{"author_name":"bitserum","author_uid":"24347","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:53am","epoch":1377650880,"text":"I love "programing" games! Nice one"},{"author_name":"savethejets1","author_uid":"15315","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:59am","epoch":1377651240,"text":"Cool stuff! innovative game play!"},{"author_name":"murilo","author_uid":"6882","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 12:59am","epoch":1377651240,"text":"Very good puzzle game. The best puzzle one so far on LD. The audio and graphics are kind of cool too!"},{"author_name":"manuq","author_uid":"26318","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:30am","epoch":1377660300,"text":"Excellent! Reminds me to some board games that have this setup-play mechanic. I was looking for something like this."},{"author_name":"noddy2006","author_uid":"9896","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:57am","epoch":1377679920,"text":"Excellent game! I loved it. Puzzle 4 confused me though, as I didn't realize you didn't have to face the evidence to kill it."},{"author_name":"klambrike","author_uid":"26220","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 9:01am","epoch":1377680160,"text":"Nizze puzzle concept."},{"author_name":"udo","author_uid":"6821","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 9:03am","epoch":1377680280,"text":"noddy2006: it's right there in the help text ;) but I understand why people are confused by the facing aspect. Originally I had "facing" enabled, but decided against it later during development."},{"author_name":"Colapsydo","author_uid":"3984","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 10:24am","epoch":1377685140,"text":"This game is excellent.\r\rI like how you create a unique atmosphere with sounds and graphics. And you succeeded in making alive your characters. Puzzles are nicely done.\r\rPlus, this game reminds me of a toy I had when I was a kid (Compurobot), it was programmable in the exact same way.\r\rI'm going back to see the second end."},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 4:58pm","epoch":1377708780,"text":"Nice game, great concept and game mechanics."},{"author_name":"mrspeaker","author_uid":"9199","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 6:58pm","epoch":1377715980,"text":"Looks great, but takes along time to set up the commands the for first time - i think the first levels should be reeeeally short ;)"},{"author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 7:44pm","epoch":1377718740,"text":"Clever game. :)"},{"author_name":"keyboardmonkey","author_uid":"26303","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 7:46pm","epoch":1377718860,"text":"I love this. Once you grasp how the timing of it works, the puzzle solutions explode in possibilities. The mood is fantastic and builds well around the robot characters. I feel it unnecessary to show the mission debriefing on each level restart, and the levels gets tough, quickly. But trial and error will prevail! Good work, robot overlord."},{"author_name":"imef","author_uid":"9591","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:35pm","epoch":1377721800,"text":"Cool game! It's a bit like mine but yours has much better graphics. ;)"},{"author_name":"Larzan","author_uid":"10395","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:55pm","epoch":1377723000,"text":"Great idea, looks really nice, but it doesn't work for me on chrome. The commond forward x does not what it is supposed to, the robots only move one field, independently what number x is..."},{"author_name":"udo","author_uid":"6821","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:59pm","epoch":1377723240,"text":"Larzan: that's strange. I developed this on Chrome. What version\/OS?"},{"author_name":"Larzan","author_uid":"10395","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 9:29pm","epoch":1377725040,"text":"Absolutely awesom, very captivating puzzle the second one, couldn't let it go until i got it!\rLove it, enjoyed playing a lot."},{"author_name":"mrcdk","author_uid":"25271","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 9:34pm","epoch":1377725340,"text":"Good game! I like the concept and execution!"},{"author_name":"nddrylliog","author_uid":"4598","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 9:45pm","epoch":1377726000,"text":"Really nicely done. Brain was too toast to figure out the ending, but I might play it later. Looking forward to your next entry!"},{"author_name":"theholychicken","author_uid":"25095","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 10:12pm","epoch":1377727620,"text":"Terrific concept! \rI would have preferred a horizontal flow for your program selection menu, since it would take less eye and cursor distance than the vertical flow right now.\rGreat job!"},{"author_name":"MinionStudios","author_uid":"22273","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 10:22pm","epoch":1377728220,"text":"Very difficult and fun"},{"author_name":"Crazi456","author_uid":"20961","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:05am","epoch":1377763200,"text":"Neat puzzle game. Enjoyed the artwork and sound effects. Nice work!"},{"author_name":"Will Edwards","author_uid":"10313","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:06am","epoch":1377763260,"text":"Excellent puzzle game :) Really enjoyed playing, thank you."},{"author_name":"aschearer","author_uid":"15160","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:04am","epoch":1377766740,"text":"It's fun to program robots :-)"},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 4:14pm","epoch":1377792540,"text":"good job"},{"author_name":"Erhune","author_uid":"26007","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 5:04pm","epoch":1377795540,"text":"Great puzzler!"},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 5:38pm","epoch":1377797580,"text":"Baffled and amused. Robots are teh skit!"},{"author_name":"VoidChronos","author_uid":"10940","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 11:11pm","epoch":1377817560,"text":"An awesome entry. The graphics are cool and the theme is used really good! Thumbs Up!"},{"author_name":"Angrycrow","author_uid":"5288","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 2:47am","epoch":1377830520,"text":"Very nice art and theme! I still can't remember the name of the icehouse game where I first saw this mechanic."},{"author_name":"klianc09","author_uid":"20290","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 9:26pm","epoch":1378070460,"text":"That's what those pesky humans get for leaving cubot and killbot alone at the ship! (For what did they have killbot anyways?) \rNice programming game, had a cleaner interface than another one I recently played. Although some things should be explained beforehand (facing and turning while moving). And the "music" and sound effects nearly drove me insane (thank you for implementing a mute button :D)."},{"author_name":"zconnelly13","author_uid":"3372","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 3:30pm","epoch":1378221900,"text":"I was really pleased with the idea behind this. It reminded me of this little toy truck I played with as a kid where you would enter a set of instructions and then hit go, I thought it was the coolest thing. The UI leaves a bit to be desired and keyboard shortcuts would have been clutch. It didn't work quite as expected either which was confusing. Also if the "play" button turned into a "reset" button after you hit play that'd be phenomenal. Great game! Would love to see a polished version :)"},{"author_name":"Gaspard_","author_uid":"25208","time":"Sep 4, 2013 @ 8:16pm","epoch":1378325460,"text":"I know this gameplay from somewhere, but it wasn't at this level. You did a great job with the "turn while you advance"!\rI wish I had the patience to play it again and see the other ending..."},{"author_name":"X-0r","author_uid":"25053","time":"Sep 6, 2013 @ 7:58pm","epoch":1378497180,"text":"Neat game! Reminds me a bit of Light-Bot (and Light-Bot is awesome, too!)"},{"author_name":"Sebby","author_uid":"2414","time":"Sep 9, 2013 @ 5:58am","epoch":1378705980,"text":"This is really cool! I enjoyed all of the puzzles, especially the one when you first get to control both bots... it was fun to figure out how to get the program the most efficient :D"},{"author_name":"motty","author_uid":"25335","time":"Sep 11, 2013 @ 1:42am","epoch":1378863420,"text":"Superb. I particularly like the way the commands overlap one another - definitely a new wrinkle in the 'program a robot' genre, at least for me. Made it a lot harder and more fun that way."},{"author_name":"Urfoex","author_uid":"5888","time":"Sep 15, 2013 @ 11:16am","epoch":1379243460,"text":"Solid entry."},{"author_name":"TammiLion","author_uid":"23930","time":"Sep 15, 2013 @ 1:28pm","epoch":1379251380,"text":"This is a cool game. Sub-theme Good Old Fashioned AI perhaps ;) One thing that bugged me is that you have to clear the program and can't really edit it in the following way: changing an operation to a forward operation only works for 1 not for x2, 3 or 4."}],"images":["ld27\/6821-b1ec7305b1fc1f9e06addc24a874ae5a.jpg","ld27\/6821-2023225467f5aebd14ba9ea0c0bbeb3a.jpg","ld27\/6821-e566329203ec4ad5db9fe929219d4c04.jpg","ld27\/6821-9756e5a001998d3b5bf8e8b10624af63.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/openfu.com\/ld27\/robots-day3\/","text":"Web (HTML5)"},{"url":"http:\/\/openfu.com\/ld27\/robots.zip","text":"Source"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/2013\/08\/26\/robots-save-the-day-is-finished\/","text":"Post Mortem"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"22770","g_author":"6821","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"22800","g_title":"Robots Save the Day","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"115","g_commentcount":"56","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/6821-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/6821-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/6821-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/6821-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"In this game, you take the role of two helpful robots trying to save a space ship in trouble. During their journey they must work together to solve a couple of problems, and they don't have much time!\r\n\r\nThe robots must solve each task within 10 seconds. As the player, you program their actions in advance and then watch as they perform their magic (or fail miserably).\r\n\r\nIt's a very short game with only 6 levels and two alternative endings. It's all very laid-back. You can play it through completely within a few minutes.\r\n\r\nThis has been tested on Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. I can't test it on IE, it most likely won't work there.","title":"Robots Save the Day"}