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YesBots by William Overton

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made by William Overton for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

“Welcome to the YesBots testing server, where we put new military AI through their paces.” “Get ready for a safer future, in the cold, digital hands of our AI!” - YesBots promotional website (2020)

Machine learning is all the rage nowadays, but what does it feel like to be an AI, having to work out everything out by trial and error? This top-down shoot-‘em’-up attempts to capture that feeling. Fight hoards of engaging enemies in challenging combat, with ten levels and a compelling narrative. Follow the AI “MorpheusV8” through his trials, and witness the trouble which comes with being an underpaid AI technician just trying to track down those last few bugs.

Gameplay

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Screenshots:

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Youtube https://willoverton.itch.io/yesbots
Youtube https://github.com/williamoverton/YesBots
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/yesbots

Ratings

Overall 417th 3.778⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 445th 3.639⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1327th 2.806⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1404th 2.889⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 560th 3.833⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Audio 467th 3.556⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 880th 2.583⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1224th 2.972⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 7🗨️

Feedback

Stefan Pijnacker GD
05. Oct 2020 · 20:39 UTC
Love the aesthetic with the glitchy effects! Well done!
cax
05. Oct 2020 · 20:46 UTC
Postprocessing makes cool feeling, Imho there should be more level progression and it will be awesome ;)
🎤 William Overton
05. Oct 2020 · 20:51 UTC
Thanks :D

Alas we only had time to make 10 levels haha
PurpledArtFrog
05. Oct 2020 · 23:01 UTC
Very well put together - congrats on the creation :thumbsup_tone1:

:purple_heart: :dart: :frog:
etrealjunior
07. Oct 2020 · 09:50 UTC
I liked your game my congratulations, I also did one if you want to know, and give me your feedback I am very grateful, this is the link https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/resurrection
TwoHands
07. Oct 2020 · 18:45 UTC
Nice Game! I quite like the shooting, well done but I got stuck in the level where the patrols were introduced. The game didn't advance me further sadly :/
Curly
08. Oct 2020 · 13:21 UTC
Nice game! I recommend it, good graphics and visual effects, good job!
tinykidtoo
09. Oct 2020 · 00:01 UTC
The effects are really good looking, I like how the screen tears in half and stretches like a computer glitch. I did notice that there is a stuttering effect on the character. This usually happens in unity when the rendering the movement are out of cycle. You might need to move the position updating into or out of fixed update.
pedrocoden
10. Oct 2020 · 00:40 UTC
Nice game! The graph looks amazing
Pedro Henrique Cesar
17. Oct 2020 · 00:51 UTC
Good graphics and good use of post processing, I wished there was more levels to play! Fun game, good job!
BlackLambert
18. Oct 2020 · 23:50 UTC
The game was fun! Enjoyed playing it. Sadly I had some graphical bugs. The whole environment was very dark. One couldn't see much.
svntax
20. Oct 2020 · 04:49 UTC
This is a really fun game and well put together. It feels like an old-school game with how the graphics, fonts, and music work together. I liked the high-score aspect of it too, which made me want to redo some of the levels for a better time.
sepee67
20. Oct 2020 · 11:49 UTC
i liked the bouncing bullets mechanic, it gave it some puzzle element insted ofjust shoot the enemies. however i found that the post processing significantly slowed the game down for me and this made it less enjoyable to play. also it would have been nice if the camera folowed the camera a bit more closely instead of trailing so far behind the player. :}