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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Innovation | #2 | 3.771 | 4.000 |
Audio | #4 | 3.300 | 3.500 |
Overall | #4 | 3.158 | 3.350 |
Completeness | #4 | 3.064 | 3.250 |
Visuals | #5 | 2.828 | 3.000 |
Fun | #5 | 2.828 | 3.000 |
Ranked from 4 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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This was pretty enjoyable and a fun use of the theme! The doodle artstyle works great and is clear for each upgrade in the gameplay despite being minimalistic. The preview is also a nice touch to know how the robot will work. Although I didn't much impact on the the gameplay, it felt enjoyable to watch the bots go, how they reacted to the physics and creating a combination that had the best chance to win.
Generally a cool concept, much like the series "Battle Bots" where the robots are built in a certain meta strategy and fight.
One thing I will say is this is less of a game and more of a simulation. Still entertaining, but there is not much in the way of substance that makes it "playable" besides the choice you make at the beginning of each phase. I still do find this kind of fun, like betting on a horse, but that's pretty much all this boils down to I'm afraid.
Would be very interesting to do some sort of genetic algorithm test on this though to find optimal builds