Robo forge

Robo forge is the result of attempting to make a game for 4 game jams at once in less then 48 hours.

Prompts  

1- Current - https://itch.io/jam/swap-jam-3

2- Underground - https://itch.io/jam/micro-jam-021/rate/2926486

3- Build during the day, defend at night - https://itch.io/jam/trijam-284/rate/2926486

4- Two Button Controls - https://itch.io/jam/solo-dev-game-jam-4/rate/2926486

Current

The characters and story are going to be tech centered. You will be playing as an old digger bot that’s last order was to protect and charge your master’s forge while you try to keep yourself charged as well. It has been many years and there are now much newer model robots that are trying to take over the forge.

Underground

The story is going to take place in a hidden underground forge that enemy robots are trying to find and take for themselves. As a digger robot you will be digging holes underground to act as pitfalls for you enemy to fall in and use their part to maintain the forge. To protect your home, you have started participating in underground trading. Trading the scraps from other robots to upgrade yourself.

Build during the day, defend at night

There will be a day and night function for you to end the day and start the night but don’t rush things you only have energy to dig and buy upgrades during the day.

When night comes, so will your enemies. You must try and trick your enemies into falling into the hole you dug during the day. As well as taking the parts from robots that fell into holes and putting them into the forge, so you don’t run out of power before morning comes.

Two Button Controls

In the game you will be playing as a very old digger robot doing a task it was not built for as a result you have manually change what task you are doing by changing task nodes.

Input 1 will oversee all your basic actions such digging, picking up, dropping and moving.

While

Input 2 will oversee all interactions such as interacting with the merchant and delivering Scrap to the forge.