LittleBots by Joe Cowman
Rusty we need your help! The city is running out of power and lights are going out fast! We need you and the little bots to help bring power back to the city!
Just shoot the little bots through the hoops to recharge, but hurry! Time is running out!
The little bots supercharge not only the city, but Rusty too! Throw them to gain a running boost into the air.
Controls: * Left or right arrow to move in either direction * Control key or right mouse click to pick up the little bots * Shift key or left mouse click to throw the little bots
Credits: * Dev - Joe Cowman * Art - Kali McCord * Music - Paul Circo


| HTML5 (web) | https://joecowman.itch.io/littlebots |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/littlebots |
Ratings
| Overall | 626th | 3.05⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 481th | 3.05⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 112th | 3.7⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 726th | 2.9⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 464th | 3.4⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 429th | 2.9⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 173th | 3.15⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 578th | 2.895⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 22🗳️ | 24🗨️ |
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Also, nice goofy looking bots, liked them.
Summarizing, great gameplay and concept, cool song and an top notch art, a great game, I loved !
What a shame you currently don't have enough votes, please keep trying to bring up your vote count because this game is really one of my favorites!
I got stuck.
I think you are going to have people complaining a lot about how difficult it is to shoot the little bots into the rings because they don't realize they can pick up more than one bot at a time. I was going to give this a low rating myself until I read on of the comments that mentioned you can pick up more than one bot at a time. Nowhere in your instructions do you say that you can stack the bots, so the first time I played I was just picking up one bot, trying to throw it in the hoop, picking up the next, trying to throw it in the hoop, etc.
Yes you have a screen shot that shows you can pick up multiple but it didn't register with me before the game because I didn't really know what I was looking at before playing. Having your core mechanic mentioned somewhere in the in-game instructions is a must.
That aside, graphics and music were great. Some simple sound effects would have been nice. The game is super fun once you realize you can stack a bunch of bots and then fly around all over the screen. It is pretty hard to control which would be an issue in a longer game, or one where you actually needed to complete more complicated tasks. As it is, a game doesn't last longer than a few minutes and the whole time it is just silly fun. Great job!
Aiming is tough due to the loose physics and the fact that it is constantly raining little bots usually blocking your shots. That is a nice challenge, but I never quite got the hang of it to really feel good about the exercise.
The sudden ending is a bit aggravating. There should be some sort of an effect to show you that you are low on power and a small window of last moment opportunity before the power completely runs out (i.e. it should drain slightly slower when near 0).
Good work.

I really liked it! The graphics look nice, the physics are good, a jump button would be nice but overall very solid gameplay! The audio was fitting, the story is acceptable, and the whole controls thing just adds up to the challenge of the game!
Very nice game! Well done! :smile: