BigKid Icarus's Forum Posts

  • Here's some footage of Buddy Bot, part Mega Man, Contra, and Mario all rolled up into an iPad game:

    Here's a link to the forum thread if you want to see more and play the game for yourself: https://www.scirra.com/forum/buddy-bot-action-platformer_t100307

    Thanks for looking!

  • Great work BigKid

    Thanks Giganten!

    I forgot to mention that I also included level cinematics when you beat a boss now too that help further develop the story. Not all the dialogue is in place yet, but it's getting there.

    Here's what you see after you beat the boss of the 3rd world:

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  • Hey everyone, a quick update. I've almost finished with the intro and ending sequences for Buddy Bot. Here are a few screens:

    The intro may or may not be a spoof on a popular NES game...

    The ending basically involves the entire world blowing up, and then I did some fun things for the credits thereafter. After the credits, I put up some vignettes showing off the cast from each world you just visited and display the names for the characters.

    As usual, here's the link to the demo if you don't want to go all the way back to the first page: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/826 ... index.html

    Make sure you clear your cache if you've already played the game once before!

    If you'd like to skip the game and go straight to the ending, access the CLEAR DATA button on the main menu, then select level 40 and press RESUME. That will start the ending sequence up right away, but you'll miss a key element that you get from fighting the final boss.

    If you'd like to skip to the final boss fight, just select level 30 instead and play the game like normal!

    You can still cheat by adding credits in the Upgrades menu by tapping on the credits in the top left to power yourself up.

    Thanks everyone!

  • Ooooh Megaman Style

    Hehe, yeah I was inspired by the HORRIBLE Megaman ports on the App Store. Did you see how they wrecked Megaman X?

    I tried to come up with a control scheme that would work for that style game, but still be fun and challenging.

  • Great graphics! What software did you use to draw? Nice game! Explosions at the right moment

    Thanks for the feedback! Those explosions may be the oldest animation in the game, but they seem to be getting the job done for the most part. I'm probably going to spice up the boss explosions a bit though...

    I just use photoshop for everything!

  • i love the loading screen! and the game is very nice too, graphics are lovely!

    will you monetize it? im sure many sponsors want to license that!

    Thanks so much for the feedback! I wanted to have a loading screen that had at least SOMETHING for the player to do, even if that something was a little silly.

    Right now the plan is just 1.99 on the App Store, so I'll just kinda see how it goes from there!

  • icarus

    Looks kinda weird but nevertheless i like it looking forward to the complete game!

    Thanks!

    "Weird" is what we're going for, so it sounds like we're heading in that direction!

  • Decent but 'buddy bot' sounds kinda gay.

    Haha! I think I may use this quote for the trailer if you're ok with that.

    The game isn't in any way meant to be serious, and the entire focus is on things that annoy people, like bad hair cuts, crying babies, bad traffic, etc.

    We actually purposefully came up with names that are over the top in there respective "lameness" to compliment the humor we're going for.

    The full (working) title is "Buddy Bot: Slayer of Sadness" which kind of gets the point across.

    I'm serious about the quote too.

  • — Icarus ... nice work!

    Check out this trick to get the browser to reload w/out needing to force user to clear cache:

    Wow, that's a great tip!

    I'll look into implementing this in the future. I may not jump right on it atm though since the game is first and foremost an iOS game.

    Thanks for the complement!

  • — Icarus

    best C2 game (graphics+gameplay) I've ever seen so far.

    10/10

    Thanks Gougth!

    I'm glad you like it!

  • Hey everyone,

    Here's the latest on Buddy Bot including the final world (based on computer viruses) and final boss fight:

    Here's the link to the forum thread so you can play:

    I'd love for you to check it out and provide feedback! Thanks!

  • Hey everyone,

    I finally have another significant update which includes the all the levels for the final (5th) world and the final boss fight.

    I've been doing a lot of balancing for the difficulty and tweaking the economy and weapons, and here's what I have so far:

    If anyone can help me out, I would LOVE feedback on the overall difficulty!

    What do you guys frustrating? What do you find the most enjoyable?

    Please keep in mind the story isn't done, and even though the professor will say the game is over after you beat the third boss, you still have 2 more worlds left to play!

    Thanks everyone!

    Here's a link so you don't have to go back to the first page: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/826 ... index.html

    Don't forget to "Clear Data" if you've already played the game once!

  • Cuteness and fun overload! Excellent,sir!

    Thanks Windwalker! Those babies went through a few iterations, but I have the perfect 9 month old inspiration for that at home right now.

    I forgot to mention that if you use the level select and skip ahead, you can add (500) credits to purchase whatever weapons/upgrades you want by pressing on the credits display in the top left of the Upgrades Menu.

  • Hey everyone,

    While I'm finishing up the last game world, I added a level select for anyone willing to test out my project:

    Access it from the Title Screen by pressing the "Clear Data" button.

    It's pretty self explanatory, just note that instead of displaying Level 2, World 3, it will say Level 14, World 3. Basically you may have to do a little math to figure out the exact level, or just pay attention to the World Number at the bottom.

    Thanks for checking it out!

    Here's the link again: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/826 ... index.html

    If you've already played, you will need to delete the cache in your browser so it will load the latest version!

  • Hey everyone, I've added a lot of content to Buddy Bot that I'd like to share with you, but first some screen shots of Crying Baby Utopia:

    For those of you wondering, no you don't fight the babies, they're just in the background. <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile">

    The last pic is actually of the boss, which is a giant angry rocking horse.

    There's a new weapon available in the new world that launches exploding pies, and all weapons currently available can be upgraded.

    Check it out and let me know what you think: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/826 ... index.html

    If you've already played, you will need to delete the cache in your browser so it will load the latest version!

    Thanks again for all your feedback!