Invasion of the Cutie Bots [iOS Universal] - Work in Progress

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You play as Gritch and Zitch and you defend your creepy world from the onslaught of cute animal robots brought forth from the evil Dr.Whiskers. You slash your way from cute sparkplugs and Candy gorillas and you climb candy coated walls as you try to reclaim your world. Will Dr. whiskers take over your world or will you stop him?

We wanted to make a serious platforming game where you had two characters with different abilities. So Gritch is the big red guy he's got the stronger attack and can also double jump but is slow. Zitch is the smaller green guy whose faster and can attack at a distance but does less damage.

So between those we have a mix in the levels where you need to switch back and forth in real time and we wanted to give a pretty crazy dark but cute environment. Anyway check out the screenshots and I'll keep this thread updated as we make progress.

If you guys have any questions or suggestions please let me know!

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  • TheGabfatherTheGabfather Member Posts: 633
    edited August 2013
    Pretty sick! :) An explosion of colours in every scene, it seems. I hope you'll find a way to make the main Character pop some more because he seems to get swallowed up in all the detailed elements on screen at any given time.

    The health meter could also use something like an outline or glow, just to make it still visible when the health is at a low level. You don't really look at all the metrics on screen (e.g. health, ammo count, etc) when you're focused on the gameplay -- you just sort of use your peripheral vision for that, so you gotta make sure it pops and is distinguishable even when you're not looking at it directly.

    Good job, keep it up, can't wait for more updates from you guys! :)
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  • Gamelover456Gamelover456 Member Posts: 378
    looks like a rip-off of Mega-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Mario, all in one package.
  • VolontaArtsVolontaArts Member Posts: 510
    i like it and agree with gab father...thats the first thing i said to myself was the character needs to pop. actually second first thing i said was those enimies are kickass! lol
  • OskarDeveloperOskarDeveloper Member Posts: 533
    The art looks messed up, sorry
  • Goodnight GamesGoodnight Games NYCMember, PRO Posts: 184
    @TheGabfather Dang we had brightened them in order to make them pop a bit better we'll have to go back in and mess with it some. Good call on the health meter I'll get on that.

    @BurberryArts Well then that settles it we'll have to make it pop more. Thanks!

    @OskarDeveloper How so?
  • Goodnight GamesGoodnight Games NYCMember, PRO Posts: 184


    Here's some gameplay footage it's a bit choppy from the recording but we've tried to make the characters pop a bit more. The backgrounds and some art isn't in yet so the black background and the white actors might be a little weird. Let me know what you guys think!
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    looks like a rip-off of Mega-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Mario, all in one package.
    There's no need for that really, is there?
    Let me know what you guys think!
    I think the teddy bear boss looks pretty epic :D

    QS =D

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  • mataruamatarua Auckland, New ZealandMember Posts: 854
    Looking good and retro vibing it. Love the big bear and his wiggly nose - so cute and yet so deadly. Haha. Yep some fine tuning to do I am sure but it's a solid WIP :)
  • TheGabfatherTheGabfather Member Posts: 633
    That boss battle's looking pretty sweet :) you're not supposed to be able to pass through that blue barrier, right? At 2:40, maybe you should decide when to spawn one. Maybe give the character a slight push (e.g. shockwave) so you end up to the left of the barrier when it's spawned.

    And yes, that wiggly nose.. haha! :O)
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  • kinzuakinzua Member Posts: 554
    edited August 2013
    the boss is kewl.. seems like out of a nightmarish toy horror story. Very surreal. I like the colors and the treatment. At some places the art seems awkward. Like the yellow dots in the background. I thought they were some kind of obstacles before the hero ran over them. Overall nice work and a solid WIP. Get in some more polish in the treatment and i believe it'll be one of the hotties at the app store.
  • Goodnight GamesGoodnight Games NYCMember, PRO Posts: 184
    @quantumsheep Thanks!

    @matarua Thanks! Anything stand out to you from what was posted?

    @TheGabfather Whoop! Yeah that's a problem I didn't notice till you just spotted it. Fixing that right now.

    @kinzua Yellow dots have been killed I was going for a lantern glow but it didn't seem to work out that way. Thanks for the support!


    I should also mention it's running all choppy in the video because like a dummy I didn't set the capture software to high quality. More screenshots soon! You guys rule with all this great feedback!
  • mataruamatarua Auckland, New ZealandMember Posts: 854
    @neondevil - perhaps the explosions should be a bit more like the character change - they seem too multicoloured at the moment. I understand the style is very illustrative but I almost would like some proper explosions in there. It looks a little like they are pinatas - not sure how you spell that. It's also a little hard to tell with the choppy recording. Seems pretty good so far :)
  • Goodnight GamesGoodnight Games NYCMember, PRO Posts: 184
    @matarua yeah it's settled I'll have to get a better recording soon. Hmmm I'll have to enlarge those a bit there's an explosion in the animation so that should fix that. Hopefully. Thanks!
  • Goodnight GamesGoodnight Games NYCMember, PRO Posts: 184
    Got a better recording for you guys with the first two levels:



    Sound is still going in so I'll just be doing my best Bob Ross impression.
  • TheGabfatherTheGabfather Member Posts: 633
    edited September 2013
    Just finished watching Level 1 gameplay, I have to pause it first so I can comment -- HILARIOUS BEAR DEATH ANIMATION!!! =)) Good job with that, did not expect it.

    It's a pretty big game, I hope you guys are already doing Ad Hoc testing, even if you're still doing initial debugging.

    Also for the health pick-ups, I hope you can implement an animation sequence that is more pronounced :)

    Needless to say though, awesome job you guys -- the effort is evident.

    edit: Pretty sick 2nd boss. Definitely looks challenging -- and regarding your comments as to his mood adjusting his attacks, did you mean that or is he just following a pre-encoded pattern based on his health level? :-?
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  • Goodnight GamesGoodnight Games NYCMember, PRO Posts: 184
    @TheGabfather Haha thanks! Yeah it's crazy ambitious for our first big game we've been doing a ton of testing sessions as we go both formal with people thanks to the IGDA and just hanging around the office.

    Hmmm def agreed on the health I'll make that guy burst.


    Part of me wants to be like "Oh we did this complex algorithm where he changes mood based on real human emotion patterns!" but yeah when he hits half health he switches to a different set of moves based off an integer and a timer.
  • ikhoataikhoata Member Posts: 53
    Classic and fantastic.
    Attracts me on the first look at the screen shots.
    Can't wait to deal with the deadly bear.
    :ar!
  • Goodnight GamesGoodnight Games NYCMember, PRO Posts: 184
    @ikhoata Thanks for the support!
  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    Love the name of this game :) looking cool too.

    Darren.
  • BoomshackBarryBoomshackBarry Member Posts: 712
    The more I see of this the cooler it looks :) I love that the graphics have that kind of Adult Swim vibe going on. Very adventurous game by the looks of it, good luck!
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  • ikhoataikhoata Member Posts: 53
    edited September 2013
    @neondevil You're welcome.
    When I see someone release a game, first thing come to my head is "Oh man, these guys must have been stayed up late for months!".
    Seeing games released every month gives me motivation.
    Thanks...
  • Goodnight GamesGoodnight Games NYCMember, PRO Posts: 184
    @DeepBlueApps Thanks!

    @BoomshackBarry Awesome! I will take that compliment!

    @ikhoata Go out and get it dude, nothings stopping you from getting a ton of games out. If you ever want help on anything message me.
  • ikhoataikhoata Member Posts: 53
    @neondevil I appreciate :D
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188

    Part of me wants to be like "Oh we did this complex algorithm where he changes mood based on real human emotion patterns!" but yeah when he hits half health he switches to a different set of moves based off an integer and a timer.
    Quote of the year right there! :D

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  • Goodnight GamesGoodnight Games NYCMember, PRO Posts: 184
    So we're now looking at an official release date of September 22nd if I didn't post it before on iPad. iPhone coming very soon after.
  • Goodnight GamesGoodnight Games NYCMember, PRO Posts: 184
    Whelp we've started final testing and wouldn't you know it the game crashes as soon as you go into any of the levels. Now I'm wondering what the main causes of crashing are because I can't really get much feedback on this from the program itself.
  • Goodnight GamesGoodnight Games NYCMember, PRO Posts: 184
    Another update. We've got some crazy bugs going on, turns out our images were a little bigger than gamesalad could handle and we've got a case of magically shrinking players.


    So we're going to move the release date to October 3rd. I'll have a trailer and some promo codes this coming week.
  • Goodnight GamesGoodnight Games NYCMember, PRO Posts: 184
    We're now live and up on the app store with the iPad version:

    https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cutiebots/id716250837?ls=1&mt=8
  • Ali_WoodAli_Wood Member Posts: 52
    I must say this looks really impressive stuff!

    When i look at other peoples games the first thing i think is "How long must that of taken"

    So well done and a great job... I think i'll buy it tonight to see what other people can achieve using GS
  • CodeMonsterCodeMonster ACT, AustraliaMember Posts: 1,078
    is it for iphone yet?

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