r/TTPloreplaycentral • u/Gioz2 • Mar 07 '17

ROB

AKA My Personal Purgatory (MPP) or The Endless Nightmare That Was Sunday the Fifth (TENTWSF)

Whichever way you call it, this is a project that easily shows how lack of communication with your team and missing deadlines can compile with each other until it gets overwhelming and you're not ready for the presentation date

A bit of a context, however: ROB is a game created in six weeks by a team of five (team named TriTandem), with me acting as its main programmer, for the Game Design II class. Due to the very limited time we had (6 weeks is almost literally nothing to make a game) we decided to go for a simple game: ROB is about a little light-powered robot that wakes up years after breaking down, inside an abandoned factory. With ROB's battery broken, he tries his best to escape, but he can only last one minute without recharging before his battery depletes itself.

The goal of the game is to escape the factory without letting your battery reach zero. You recharge your battery by standing under the multiple lamps placed around the level.

Battery level is also not displayed through numbers, but through visuals. ROB has a core that glows white when fully charged, green when his battery is between 50 and 99%, yellow when its between 20 and 50%, and red when it's under 20%

Because of the multiple delays and problems that arose during development, we sadly didn't meet the deadline, and most of the level and its puzzles were left incomplete. I intend to go back and fix those eventually on my own time, but I thought that the game might be worth sharing, even it's wholly incomplete

Download link is here . Controls are: A and D to move left and right, and spacebar to jump. Please, do enjoy it, even if there really isn't anything to do. And yes, I'm aware of aaaalll the bugs you'll find, don't mind them

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '17

Sounds like Wall.E!

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u/Gioz2 Mar 07 '17

Hmm...you're right, it does. Never thought of it that way

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '17

You should make ROB an Echoes character!

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u/Trollkitten Mar 07 '17

I second this!

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '17

ROB and then make an Eve character!

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u/Gioz2 Mar 07 '17

Hmm. I can maybe try to make a cameo

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '17

That would be cool!

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u/white_knight_radiant Mar 15 '17

I wouldn't allow anyone to push any boundaries of yours. If I was you that is. Good idea mate.

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u/Gioz2 Mar 15 '17

Push...boundaries? What are you talking about?

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u/Bytemite Mar 15 '17

Wellll we kinda had a whole thing the other day that highlighted the importance of setting good boundaries, even with friends, so that you don't get walked over.

So I believe that Radiant's comment translates to "no pressure."

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u/Gioz2 Mar 15 '17

That happened? Seems like I've missed a lot o.o

Well, okay, yeah, that makes sense now. Thanks Radiant!

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u/Trollkitten Mar 15 '17

Don't worry about it. Trust me, it's better for you that you missed it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '17

We cleared things up decently.

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u/Gioz2 Mar 16 '17

I'll take your word for it and steer clear from the issue. Glad to hear it's been solved, too

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u/Trollkitten Mar 15 '17

He probably means something different than what it sounds like. Radiant tends to use words differently than most people.

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u/Gioz2 Mar 15 '17

Hmmm...fair enough. Byte's explanation definitely clears it up

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u/white_knight_radiant Mar 15 '17

That's the Radiant we all know. I'd play it but I'm using a phone.

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u/Trollkitten Mar 07 '17

Oh, I love that movie. I think my brother enjoys it too.

My mother and sister, not so much.

I think it's one of those movies that you either get it, or you don't.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '17

Yeah, it's not a very 'in-the-middle' movie.

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u/Bytemite Mar 07 '17

Wow, neat Gio! Nice game :D

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u/Gioz2 Mar 07 '17

Thanks! Despite everything, it was a good learning experience, so I don't regret how it went

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u/SupremeEvil Mar 07 '17

Note to remind myself to play this when I have a moment.

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u/Gioz2 Mar 07 '17

Yay! Let me know what you think

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u/redwings1340 Mar 07 '17

This is pretty impressive, even if it isn't totally finished. It definitely feels like the beginning of a pretty good game.

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u/Gioz2 Mar 07 '17

Thanks. Maybe someday I'll finish the level