Robotica by recursor

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made by recursor for LD27 (COMPO)
Background

It's 2110 and robots have come along way for the good of humanity, but some have evolved into criminals. As head detective at the precinct, your job is to pick wanted robots out of a lineup. But wait! You have 10 seconds to catch the offenders before they defeat the federal lockout code routines and change their appearance.

Instructions

-Look at the wanted card at the start of each level and click on it when you are ready to see the lineup.
-Once the card is displayed, the countdown timer begins, so don't spend too long memorizing it.
-Note the bottom of the card as it will tell you how many of that robot must be found.
-When you click on the wrong robot, it is counted as a miss and you can retry the level.
-The total time you spend along with the number of misses is shown along the bottom of the screen.
-Try to get as far as possible using the smallest amount of time with no misses.
-When the countdown timer reaches 3 seconds, a bell will sound every second until 0
-You can stop your game and continue it at the level you left it. Your misses and time spent will also be restored
-Pressing 'M' will toggle the music
-Difficulty starts out easy but gets more challenging as you progress (it starts getting really fun around level 30 or so)


Post your best scores (level, time spent, and misses) in the comments below!

Ratings

Coolness 89% 2
Overall 3.51 174
Audio 3.40 123
Fun 3.67 71
Graphics 2.71 664
Humor 3.02 203
Innovation 3.10 458
Mood 2.87 440
Theme 3.56 201

Feedback

Omar_q8
26. Aug 2013 · 02:21 UTC
love this game
GaTechGrad
26. Aug 2013 · 09:36 UTC
Neat game. After about level 20 all the faces started looking the same, and it seemed more like luck if I picked the right one.
Time Spent: 157.25
Level 23
Misses 9
Ghostik
26. Aug 2013 · 13:36 UTC
I got to lvl 19! Really great idea. Graphic is maybe little simple but otherwise I love it!
pythong
26. Aug 2013 · 15:03 UTC
nice work!
would have been great if I didn't have to click the 'yes' button all the time ;) (maybe a keyboard shortcut? or larger buttons)
Dioiminik
26. Aug 2013 · 15:03 UTC
reminds me of the kids game memory. Cool game :)
ezolotko
26. Aug 2013 · 15:10 UTC
Fun to play
3ndo
26. Aug 2013 · 15:17 UTC
Great game, really well presented.
lekochen
26. Aug 2013 · 15:28 UTC
time 952.78, level 36, misses 100
eye bleeding
🎤 recursor
26. Aug 2013 · 18:04 UTC
@lekochen: awesome!
The4thCircle
26. Aug 2013 · 18:34 UTC
This was great fun. I like how the robots get more and more similar as it goes on, and the layered image style is really cool.
doonay21
26. Aug 2013 · 19:35 UTC
Best audio so far! Cool game, thanks! :)
Split82
26. Aug 2013 · 20:02 UTC
The Audio really fits the style of this. I hope you are the one who recorded that bass, because I really enjoyed it. Made it to level 21 and had a lot of fun.
Colapsydo
26. Aug 2013 · 20:24 UTC
Nice face generator and the music is waow, funky !
I went till level 30 then I stopped too much grey for me ;)
Really great game.
flamecow
26. Aug 2013 · 20:24 UTC
Wow, this is a really neat idea for a game. It's very simple, but extremely fun! Nice music, too.
🎤 recursor
26. Aug 2013 · 20:43 UTC
@Split82: Yes that was me. Thanks for the compliment :)
Esenti
26. Aug 2013 · 21:36 UTC
@recursor really nice bass playing, indeed ;)
Linusson
26. Aug 2013 · 21:39 UTC
A fun little game. Quite confusing on later levels. :D

I liked how I, as the player, got to choose how to split the time between looking at the face and then locating it. :)
Sergey Mohov
26. Aug 2013 · 23:12 UTC
Had some good fun playing this. Great concept and realization. Good job!
cappelnord
27. Aug 2013 · 11:44 UTC
surprisingly fun and addicting :)
Beardbotnik
27. Aug 2013 · 11:45 UTC
Fun little game, I really liked the bass music. The 3d spins when you pick a face is cool. Though the game is incredibly simple I did find it to be a bit addicting for a while. Good job! The faces were pretty funny to look at too and the way the eyes moved helped liven things up.
grayhaze
27. Aug 2013 · 11:46 UTC
Really nice game mechanic and ramps the difficulty up steadily. By the time the faces were all grey, it started getting stressful! Nicely done.
AtomicVikings
27. Aug 2013 · 11:50 UTC
nice game. keep the good work. :-)
wally2069
27. Aug 2013 · 18:27 UTC
I really like the way the faces were made
Once Upon a Team
27. Aug 2013 · 18:28 UTC
Addictive !
Almax27
27. Aug 2013 · 19:24 UTC
Really nice novel idea for a game! Quite addictive.
josefnpat
27. Aug 2013 · 21:38 UTC
The web player doesn't work on linux, please release a linux binary!
🎤 recursor
28. Aug 2013 · 00:47 UTC
@josefnpat: Ok. I just uploaded a Linux build. I'm not at my Linux machine at the moment so I haven't tested it yet, but I will first thing tomorrow.
BlackBulletIV
28. Aug 2013 · 05:29 UTC
Nice stuff. Love the music.
zillix
28. Aug 2013 · 05:53 UTC
fantastic! takes a while to pick up, but man does it pick up.
Monoquartz
28. Aug 2013 · 10:33 UTC
Ahah remind me Mario Party on NDS! Simple but addictive game. I love the animation when you spot a robot.
ratalaika
28. Aug 2013 · 15:54 UTC
good job
josefnpat
28. Aug 2013 · 17:43 UTC
@recursor thanks, linux build works great!

Fantastic game! I love how by reducing it to similar pairs, it gets harder and harder! nice job.
Codexus
28. Aug 2013 · 20:02 UTC
Very original game, the difficulty is well paced and everything is animated. Good job!
jujule
28. Aug 2013 · 20:23 UTC
Good music and funny robots. What a good combination. I really enjoyed the game. So did my girlfriend.
ddionisio
29. Aug 2013 · 01:29 UTC
I love the presentation in this game. So awesome to see so many variations on the faces. The animation is great, adds to the personality.

I thought the game was gonna be easy until they start to all look the same. :D
TijmenTio
30. Aug 2013 · 15:29 UTC
Cool I really like the random face generation and the way the game eventually does get a little bit difficult.
Ithildin
03. Sep 2013 · 17:58 UTC
Cool idea! I like the variety of faces (oh, and music was nice as well) . From level 20 on I began having trouble recognizing robots, I suppose I should get some sleep today -_-U

Congratulations!
theholychicken
05. Sep 2013 · 08:45 UTC
lv 29!
Great concept! It's a shame that the game got less interesting once all the faces are grey and black. It was a lot more fun to play while there were a greater varieties of faces, even though it was easy at that point.
It would be great if there was a different way of increasing difficulty without creating monotony in gameplay.
Great job!
xrm0
09. Sep 2013 · 19:38 UTC
Fun
Dream Of Sleeping
11. Sep 2013 · 14:52 UTC
Brilliant fun. I really enjoyed it.