Adventure Game Studio

Puzzle Bots is a joint venture between Wadjet Eye Games (http://www.wadjeteyegames.com) and Lively Ivy. (http://www.livelyivy.com)


The robots are escaping.

There’s a big secret at Dr. Hugo’s Factory for Making Robots. When the inventors aren’t looking, their tiny robots go on big adventures. They never expected to stumble onto a plot so diabolical it threatened their very existence. With lasers.

It all starts when Zander - possibly the world’s most absent-minded inventor - trips over a metal box buried outside the factory. When no-one can figure out how to open it, the robots sneak out and try it for themselves. What they discover is the first step to a grand adventure, leading to a mystery as old as the factory itself.

Join the robots as they outwit mischievous children, curious animals, and dysfunctional inventors in their quest to find the truth. Will the robots solve the mystery before it’s too late?

Find out by visiting Dr. Hugo’s factory yourself!

Price: $14.99

(http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/mayoco/project/media/button_buythisgame.gif) (http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/puzzlebots.htm?page=purchase)

(http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/mayoco/project/media/button_getfreedemo.gif) (http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/mayoco/project/media/PuzzleBotsDemo_Setup.exe)

Reviews:

"If you don't like it, YOU'RE A FLIPPING ROBOT!" - Gaming Daily UK (http://www.gamingdaily.co.uk/2010/puzzle-bots-review)

"Puzzle Bots is a game that has been lovingly put together." - Geeks.co.uk (http://bit.ly/d5b1z8)

"An incredibly charming adventure, packed with plenty of humor and some deviously clever puzzles."[ - Gamezebo (http://www.gamezebo.com/download-games/puzzle-bots/review)

Screenshots:

(http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/mayoco/project/media/PB_shot8.png)
A strange device awaits you in the courtyard.

(http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/mayoco/project/media/PB_shot7.png)
The bots get ready to storm a toy castle.

(http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/mayoco/project/media/PB_shot9.PNG)
Nature and technology don't always mix.

(http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/mayoco/project/media/PB_shot10.PNG)
What is the mystery at the heart of the factory?  

‘Puzzle Bots’ is a light-hearted adventure game guaranteed to put a smile on your face.  It’s got quirky characters, laugh-out-loud dialog, and brain-tickling puzzles.

Help the robots save the day - play Puzzle Bots now!

Here are some of the many delights that await you!

* devious and original puzzles
* robots and rayguns
* a geeky love story
* vibrant cartoon graphics
* an evil plot just dying to be foiled!

Gameplay

* Play as 5 different robots, each with their own abilities and quirky personalities
* Help the bots work together as a team to solve puzzles
* Bomb, burn, push and swim your way through 17 intricately designed levels
* Explore the hidden secrets of a crazy robot factory
* Unwittingly meddle in the humans’ lives

For more details on the game (like character info, trailers, and other goodies),  please mosey over to the Wadjet Eye Games website. (http://www.wadjeteyegames.com)

Congrats on completing this.  I'm definitely looking forward to playing this one.

Ps: don't forget to add it to the database and your profile this time. :P

Also Dave, it'd be easier for all of us to put a download link to the demo, as you did in the WIP topic of Puzzle Bots!

Yes! Yes!  Yes!  It's finally Friday!!!   ;D ;D  I am so excited to try out my new game!!  Thanks for all you & your team's hard work to make such a beautiful and quirky game!


**ok, at the risk of getting shot (which I know I will!), is there a walkthrough planned for this game??  I know it's jumping the gun but I'm THAT weirdo who likes to play a game with my trusty hintbook by my side.  Oh wait, there is a "hint" button on this game, is that right?   :o


~Sarah

Edited to add:  yep, I see it right there, clear as day on the screens.  Sorreeeee!  :)  (I still like a walkthrough though, I'm odd like that  ;))

The only thing better than this game would be a robot puzzle adventure game made by Ivy and Dave G... oh wait!

I haven't even started the game, but already stumbled upon a bug... are you guys kidding me?

Installation program sais the game requires at least 1560 MB  :o
Well... okay... but the game folder is only about 800 MB. Where's the rest? Who #$%ng stole half of my game?  :D


UPD: and also, you are using Starcraft mouse cursor... is Blizzard aware of this?  ;D

Hi CW.  I'd love to help, but I'm not sure what your problem is exactly.  You unpacked the installer and only received half the files?  It the executable file there? If so, what happens when you try to run the game?

Lol sorry, I was just kidding  ;)
Game is run properly. I am playing 1st level right now.

Seriously though, it feels like installation app doubles the actual size of the data it is about to install; as I mentioned above it told me I must have at least 1560 MB free space on my hardrive, while game is only about 800 MB.

Whoops, I found a smaaal glitch.
When game tells that you have no games to load, the text of this message does not fit one line and is wrapped. However, the message "pane" is positioned so, that it allows only 1 line of text to be read.

Apart from that - a very cute game. I'll keep playing now and not bothering you with any bug reports.  :)

The demo runs for 10 minutes at my computer and than freezes.

Andorxor, some quick questions: does it happen every time you play?  If so, does it happen in a specific spot?

I don't know why, but I just love being able to drop inventory items around - especially such huge ones. More adventure games should allow this.

I know I am a bore, but here's a list of little bugs, or rather mistakes I found so far .
(none of them are even relatively serious though)

Spoiler

1. The first time Hero and Ultrabot escape from their habitat, the door to habitat became protected by lasers again, but the lock light is green, while logically it should become red.
2. During the Iby's test, there's a room where you must take key underwater to reveal a hole in the ground. When you do so, there's a sound of water going down, that's okay. If, however, you drop the key in the same room, and then take it again, the water sound repeats, although it obviously shouldn't.
3. When solving the puzzle with the frog on the pool, before the frog is "defeated", if you click on the fly when it sits on lily, frog tongue animation plays 2 times.

[close]

With the demo everytime and not at a specific place,the full version runs fine

I reckon I'm about halfway through, and will play the rest tonight, but just wanted to say, definitely worth the wait and the wonga so far.  Theres some neat puzzles, the dialogue is really funny, and the robots are both cute and awesome.  Pats on the back to Dave, Ivy and everone involved.

@CW, while I'm sure Dave appreciates the feedback, I don't think he wants a comprehensive list of minor mistakes clogging up the first page of his 'Completed Game' thread.  If it was me I'd rather you PM'd me instead of putting off potential customers. :)

Bam, said the lady!

Quote from: Stupot on Sat 08/05/2010 20:42:21
@CW, while I'm sure Dave appreciates the feedback, I don't think he wants a comprehensive list of minor mistakes clogging up the first page of his 'Completed Game' thread.  If it was me I'd rather you PM'd me instead of putting off potential customers. :)

Hehe, okay, sorry  :)

Game is nice and quite creative.

DaveBot just used PR Bot on yo AssBot!

Quote from: Mods on Sun 09/05/2010 01:22:26
DaveBot just used PR Bot on yo AssBot!

I so don't get that.  But I could use a PR bot.

naggynerd.com has reviewed Puzzle Bots: http://www.naggynerd.com/?p=353

Okay, I finished the game. Although it was too short :), I enjoyed it a lot.

There are two things though that I did not like, and I shall tell that frankly.

First, is music, which was too repetitive and "casual" in my opinion. I was greatly hoping that there will be more varied tracks towards the end of the game, but even if there were some, I did not notice a change.

Secondly, the storytelling part of game was rather confusing. I felt like totally distracted from the "humans" storyline while totally emerged in the robots storyline. Hence, at the end I found myself being absolutely indifferent towards the factory intrigue.

Congrats on another game out the door! I nabbed it the first day, but have not been able to play yet due to a fatal error when I try opening it after install.

I get this message:

"An exception 0xC0000005 occured in ACWIN.EXE at EIP = 0x7DF4C0E2; program pointer is -199, ACI version 3.12.1074, gtags (0,0)"

Full Disclosure: I am running this in Wine on Ubuntu 10.04 (which I know is not officially supported), but I have no clue what that message means, so want to rule out "not running Puzzle Bots in Windows" if I possibly can.


EDIT: After trying a few other games that I ran and played just fine a few days ago, I am getting the same message, so it is not Puzzle Bots itself. I guess the thing to do would be to reinstall Wine and hope that resets any settings I may have interfered with.

Sorry to hear that Disco, although I'm glad to know it wasn't Puzzle Bots's fault!

Quote from: Merte on Sun 09/05/2010 20:38:10
naggynerd.com has reviewed Puzzle Bots: http://www.naggynerd.com/?p=353

9 out of 10 rodents?  Awesome. :)

And Jay Is Games likes it too! (http://bit.ly/9fPEuH) "[Puzzle Bots] is a game for people who like fun things"

Congrats on the game being finished. It's a shame I can't play it as I lack my own computer at this time and the one I borrow uses Linux - and WINE is being a pain right now, so...

Hey guys!

I recently emerged from my game development cave to talk to Bytejacker about the game. Check out the episode! (http://www.bytejacker.com/episodes/089) We had soooo much fun making it. :)

Also relevant: the episode gives you a coupon code that temporarily knocks the price of the game from $15 down to $10. If you were thinking of getting the game, now's a good time!

(And thanks to everyone for the robot love, I've been following this thread since the get-go. :))

Hey, my CD has made it half around the globe. Nice printed, i like it.

Thanks!  I went with a professional printing house this time around instead of just using my lil printer.

This game is worth playing just for the hilarious moment when 'nature' gets into the lab. I really enjoyed the style and the puzzles. I was going to say I'd have preferred it longer and harder, but I'm not entirely happy with the phraseology. In spite of that, it certainly felt worth the price, particularly since it's sold in pretendo foreign money.

To sum up I will try to review the game in a robot friendly manner:

Funny Dialogue + Cute Robots = Goodness

Goodness > Badness

Theo's scream is the stuff of legends.