Don't BET your LIFE away! by jandourek

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made by jandourek for LD 44 (JAM)

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Changelog:

5/1/2019 - We added an easy mode version, it's completely the same as the original except the player now shoots faster than the enemy robots. This is intended for players who had trouble with beating the original version, but we encourage you to try the original version first! :)

5/1/2019 (a few hours later) - We remastered easy mode to now feature a health bonus for the player. This along side a few pre-unlocked parts should hopefully allow for a more fun experience when dying to the DREADED FIRST ENEMY! Do you even dare to look the final boss in the eyes? >:3


About:

Welcome to DON'T BET YOUR LIFE AWAY! The only game show where robotic contestants fight each other to take the opponent's body parts!

Before each fight, contestants choose one of their own parts to bet on their victory. If they lose the fight, they will lose that body part as well. But if they win, they receive the body part that their opponents betted. Robots can then equip those body parts to create powerful fighters or absolute freaks of ~~nature~~... robotics?


Features:

  • 36 different* body parts to unlock, equip, bet and lose. Including heads, arms, legs, torsos and a potted plant!
  • Fight against randomly but still fairly generated robots! You can also fight two at once for double the reward!
  • Fight against 8 different champions to unlock new parts!
  • Exchange two parts you don't need in THE SHOP for a better one!

(*Well... some are at least graphically different.)


Good things to know:

  • Use your momentum to launch your projectiles further, by walking towards the enemy when shooting.
  • Keep distance!. Try to stay outside the opponent's fire range and shoot them from afar.
  • Keep spare parts in your inventory, you will probably lose a lot, so it's always good to have some replacements.
  • SPD - Speed
  • JMP - Jump
  • HP - Health
  • DMG - Damage
  • RNG - Range
  • RLD - Reload speed
  • BLS - Bullet speed

Controls:

A and D - Movement

SPACE - Jump

LEFT and RIGHT MOUSE - Attack


Ratings

Given 18🗳️ 19🗨️

Feedback

p0nce
30. Apr 2019 · 22:51 UTC
Looks excellent but couldn's pass the first fight :(
NinjaCatz
01. May 2019 · 05:53 UTC
The first robot just dominates me, because he shoots immediately after reloading)) 1 loss - almost no chance of winning. Soundtrack funny ^^
Zesix
01. May 2019 · 07:19 UTC
Funny - great job with the mood! However, the game's difficulty level seems overtuned. Were you the only one testing it? You might have made it harder as you got better haha.
LANIK2000
01. May 2019 · 07:28 UTC
@zesix
Yes...
We were xD
Tho we though it was ok, as we tried to make it possible to beat the first few enemies with just simple movements and spammend fire.

Tho I guess we learned something along the way new players don't get to.

@ninjacatz
@p0nce

So we added a post LD44 easy mode update.
It just buffs the player a little bit.
Hopefully this helps you enjoy the game just a bit more.
randdir
01. May 2019 · 09:52 UTC
Nice concepts guys ! Really like hte way you handle the theme unfortunatly even the easy mode is hard for me, can't even kill the first one. But really enjoy to try. Keep it up !
LANIK2000
01. May 2019 · 11:04 UTC
@randdir

God damn it! xD

I don't like nerfing the game, but people not being able to see what we made is even worse.

Hopefully EasyModeV2 will be better.

Next time we'll definitely add a gallery mode or something similar.
Thanks for the feedback.
Curled Leaf
01. May 2019 · 12:16 UTC
Good! I win first robo fight and then second one but the champion killed me until i lose every part of mine! Fun and humor game. I like it. And sounds are crazy :D
Pyrian
03. May 2019 · 23:27 UTC
I really liked the idea, but I felt the combat wasn't fun enough and the items weren't interesting enough. It seemed like there's a lot of items that don't do anything? Like the light bulb and soldier legs.
Telepinu
05. May 2019 · 19:17 UTC
It's a good concept.

Its hard to control the projectiles you're firing, making the fight feel unfair.
OddSocks
06. May 2019 · 08:24 UTC
An interesting concept. Pretty hard, but that’s probably my ability rather than a problem with the game itself. The betting of body parts was a really great idea. Plus it sounds like you managed to add a lot of content in a short time. Congrats on a great entry 🙌