Run, Robot, Run: The search for power by SnipZ

made by SnipZ for LD 39 (COMPO)

Run, Robot, Run, a thrilling experience about being the last robot alive, being hunted by humans, losing battery life and while all that is happening you need to find chests that hold batteries so you can stay alive just a little bit longer. Also this is my first LD.

--CONTROLS--
W: Move Up
A: Move Left
S: Move Down
D: Move Right
E: Interact

--OBJECTIVE--
Find Chests and avoid humans.
Get to the end of the last level to obtain a nuclear reactor to win the game.

--NOTE-- Bug: There is a bug where a Human may be able to jump 2 spaces and thus kill you quickly, if this happens either try quitting the game and restarting, or refresh the page. Because of this bug I had to remove a level the bug should be gone and you should now be able to complete the game.

UPDATE: Fixed Camera, the camera is now locked to the player and there is no delay.

--Tools--
Unity 5.6.2
Visual Studio 2017
Paint.net
Audacity
Audiotool.com

HTML5 (web)	https://snipz72.github.io/LD39
Source code	https://goo.gl/jkQMZz
Windows
Windows
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/run-robot-run-the-search-for-power

Ratings

Overall	632^th	2.556⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Fun	643^th	2.056⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	623^th	2.222⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Theme	398^th	3.389⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	628^th	2.056⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Audio	361^th	2.722⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Mood	611^th	1.778⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Given		28🗳️	3🗨️

Feedback

DragonZlay

31. Jul 2017 · 19:14 UTC

Personally, I think the game wasn't very fun because it was extremely repetitive and provided no real challenge. However, you did closely follow the theme and had a good music track.

Larx

31. Jul 2017 · 19:19 UTC

While I didn't love the game I think with more time and more challenging content it could be fun. I thought it was interesting, that it's turn based, but it's not really obvious where the squares are on which you stand and the camera moves in a slightly delayed and annoying way.

spliter

31. Jul 2017 · 21:52 UTC

unfortunately I'm unable to download this, when I try to it just shows an empty page that says
"Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network. Please try your request again later. Why did this happen?"
You might want to host it somewhere else like on google drive, or itchio.

quantumpotato

31. Jul 2017 · 22:20 UTC

It's frustrating to tap each time to move and that the game restarts every time you lose. Keep improving.

Zelos

03. Aug 2017 · 01:29 UTC

Not bad, but I feel like it's a bit clunky.

The way the camera moves is really distracting. Sometimes you don't even know where you are anymore because it's so sudden and at seemingly random times. The constant tapping to move also pretty annoying because of the level design. I don't mind turn-based games, but the levels are far too big and open with nothing in them for this to work.

The levels also look very similar. I didn't even know if I progressed or the level restarted sometimes.

Overall it's a good attempt, but needs a lot more polish. Good on you for finishing it though.

morphine

09. Aug 2017 · 00:53 UTC

So I'm not sure why you opted out of humor because I was going to score you high on that "filthy humans"

The controls are passable, but man the camera made me nauseous. It seemed as though time progresses when you move so if you stop, the "filthy humans" stop as well. Or maybe that was just random.

Overall not a bad entry at all.

wh05herlock

09. Aug 2017 · 03:34 UTC

This is an interesting game.

The only things are that the movement is a bit clunky, and it's quite easy / short.

It certainly has potential though, and if it was longer, and got progressively harder as you went on, this could be quite fun.

Well done on completing your first ludum dare! And good luck for all future ones :).

quadtree

14. Aug 2017 · 06:05 UTC

Good work for your first LD! It did seem a bit short though (although part of that is the fact that you had to delete that one buggy level), and pressing E seems a bit redundant. There are no cases where you wouldn't want to pick up a chest that I can see. Additionally, something like a minimap or a human direction finder might be a good addition as well.