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NnB: Nuts n' Bolts by squigglez

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made by squigglez for LD34 (JAM)
You are a rogue robot fighting against the robot empire. This was my first Ludum Dare. Made with Gamemaker: Studio.

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br7f8ASkZ0Q
Windows (includes source) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-jtpx6oPTkocFpCWkNNdGdZOTQ/view?usp=sharing
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=64769

Ratings

Coolness 56% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.14 682
Fun(Jam) 3.14 532
Innovation(Jam) 3.00 603
Mood(Jam) 2.80 790
Theme(Jam) 3.59 600

Feedback

Jupiter_Hadley
15. Dec 2015 · 20:49 UTC
Neat concept, growing on the bolts your enemies drop. Nicely made! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out :) https://youtu.be/HyS0oGo3sGY
DesignerNap
15. Dec 2015 · 20:55 UTC
Great stuff! love the audio and feels fun to play. Can't ask for much more¬!
rd127p77
18. Dec 2015 · 19:16 UTC
Good Job, This was an excellent use of both themes
RoynLimb
21. Dec 2015 · 18:48 UTC
Wow, I did not expect this to get so hard. Even if you don't move and just keep shooting you get overrun fast. Great job.
fafastudio
21. Dec 2015 · 20:32 UTC
Nice audio, nice take on the theme.
Surprisingly hard.
Nice game =)
Null DIES
21. Dec 2015 · 21:50 UTC
Windows Defender says the exe is a "Trojan:Win32/Spursint.A" O_o
Anybody else got that?
Modoc73
22. Dec 2015 · 02:26 UTC
Good job, I liked the collection of the bolts, wish the robots spawned at random locations not just set ones. Nicely done.
hyperscope
22. Dec 2015 · 03:27 UTC
Would have been nice to see more variety in the spawner. I rather enjoyed how opposed to getting your score based on kills it was based on growth. Nice use of the theme and simply as a game mechanic. More variety in the background would have been a nice bonus.
GGraca
22. Dec 2015 · 19:48 UTC
Great concept! Spawn and IA could be explored to make it even better
phi
24. Dec 2015 · 11:59 UTC
Nice, simple concept, good difficulty balance. I liked the boss fight, too.
Maybe next time, could you include the game executable in the download? Most people don't like installing things, especially when they're only going to use it once.
SkullPixel
24. Dec 2015 · 15:41 UTC
Clever agar.io concept, but with ranged weapons. Nice job!
🎤 squigglez
26. Dec 2015 · 00:59 UTC
@phi thanks for feedback. sorry i did not have exe. I was not aware that i could export like that in game maker studio. will have that next time
synthetic-entropy
27. Dec 2015 · 21:12 UTC
Great idea! Spawn points were really predictable, and we found that you could camp one side of the map, let the robots build up on the other side (unmoving) then fire at them every once in a while for massive free health boosts. :)
Alphish
04. Jan 2016 · 17:59 UTC
Pretty cool concept, though grows a bit stale after a while (and I don't think that's the sort of growing you wanted to include in the game). It could benefit from larger variety of enemies, maybe larger variety of what the main character can do or something? With shooting and movement using the same cursor the movement becomes unneeded after a while, since you're better off taking down the enemies anyway, and moving towards them just makes you even easier target. Also, the enemies could spawn around the entire game area instead of 8 predefined points. ;)