Bad Robot! by carlinhu

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made by carlinhu for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

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Bad Robot! is a game about a robot created by an old scientist alien that has been infected with a nasty virus!

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The scientist, with hope that he can still save his beloved creation, initiate a full system reboot in order to reset the robot's operational system to get rid of the virus. But there's a problem: the reboot takes 4 minutes to complete. Can you keep the robot's core stable long enough for him to be saved?

In order to stabilize the robot you must do short tasks to fix the machinery inside the robot's head when they malfunction because of the virus.

You can move with WASD and interact with F.

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Every time the robot says a line, a machine is broken! Malfunctioning machines will have a visual indicator that it's broken, and if the small battery next to it is shorting, you have to run to the fuse box and fix it so you can fix the machine afterwards!

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Ratings

Overall 1023th 3.31⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1114th 3.071⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1320th 2.69⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 698th 3.595⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 490th 3.881⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 382th 3.643⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 12🗨️

Feedback

Nerisma
05. Oct 2021 · 11:19 UTC
Great audio, great graphics, but I had a hard time interacting with objects. Nice stuff :)
AcidicDonkey
05. Oct 2021 · 11:19 UTC
I was very confused on how the game worked to start with, but overall great attempt at the unstable theme! good job!
Pythorogus
05. Oct 2021 · 11:21 UTC
Have a bit "Among Us" style, nive vibe
electric
05. Oct 2021 · 11:23 UTC
I'm not sure whether I understood everything, but for some reason I had trouble interacting with the fuse box. Overall I quite enjoyed this take! Has a real "Among Us" vibe to it.
BjornStahl
05. Oct 2021 · 11:26 UTC
I looks very nice, especially the little robot head moving when you move. I couldn't manage to finish the game, didn't always know what to do, felt like the machines kept showing broken when I just fixed them. Also I couldn't find a replay button at the end screen so had to refresh the page. Otherwise, well done!
Guilloteam
05. Oct 2021 · 11:26 UTC
A simple idea but well executed! The visual and music are nice, I think it would be nice to have the controls shown ingame at the start of the game :)
Well done!
pedrocoden
05. Oct 2021 · 11:28 UTC
Good work!
DevParty
05. Oct 2021 · 11:34 UTC
Great game! I really like the graphics and audio, 10/10
Heho
05. Oct 2021 · 11:38 UTC
fun little idea
mrchip
05. Oct 2021 · 11:38 UTC
controls are way too tricky for what this should be imo, and how to successfully interact with things requires ridiculously tricky placement
potkirland
05. Oct 2021 · 22:11 UTC
i liked the movements a lot but i think i couldnt figure out what to do no matter what... i interacted with things but could not prevent anything..
lekaleksay
05. Oct 2021 · 22:13 UTC
Great work, adorable character) Can't fix right-down corner thing, is that bug or my failure?
Johnathan Peres
05. Oct 2021 · 22:14 UTC
Very fun concept, the robot voice is great and the puzzles were intuiteve enough for me. Good Job!
rainbowdied
05. Oct 2021 · 22:26 UTC
audio is good
🎤 carlinhu
05. Oct 2021 · 23:09 UTC
Thank you guys!
GodDoesPlayDice
06. Oct 2021 · 08:59 UTC
It was cool to watch the character hang out like jelly, but I still didn't understand what to do in the game. But it was still fun!
Nazorus
06. Oct 2021 · 11:13 UTC
The game looks great and 3D animations are fun and smooth, especially the wobbly alien. I also enjoyed the Among Us style minigames. It took me a while to understand how to interact with elements and I sometimes had to press F repeatedly for it to work, but other than that I didn't encounter any issues.

The voice acting is a nice touch as well. Good job on this entry.
ColeSlaughter
11. Oct 2021 · 00:09 UTC
[Thanks for submitting your game to stream!](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1172137556?t=00h54m18s)

This one was wonderfully chaotic. The littly wobbly player character will never not make me laugh. :smile: Nice job!
🎤 carlinhu
11. Oct 2021 · 01:27 UTC
Thank you!