Internet, I am proud to introduce my second freeware adventure game, “Nanobots”!
Download it here! (rar)
Or here! (zip)
Design, art, and writing by Erin “The Ivy” Robinson
Scripting by Vince Twelve
Music by Chris “Scorposer” Moorson
The story:
Groovy Greg set out to make robots that could love. He created six nanobots: Hotbot, Brainbot, Tallbot, Audbot, Strongbot, and Chembot. Each was designed with one special ability, enabling them to work together as a team to overcome challenges. There was only one problem: the nanobots hated each other.
Now, with the evil Professor Killfun threatening to give him a failing grade, Groovy Greg has almost given up on his experiment. Little does he know that his beloved bots are about to meet an even bigger challenge than they had been programmed for…
“Nanobots” is a classic-style point and click adventure game that lets you control the six different robots as they race to save themselves from being turned into scrap metal. Can they make use of their surroundings, fashion an escape plan, and avoid coming face-to-fist with Professor Killfun? Only if they give peace a chance.
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I’m eager to hear what you think of it. There’s one catch though…I’m about to disappear from the grid for about four days (you know, Canada Day). I’ve asked my friend Tim to moderate all the comments until I come back on Tuesday. So if I don’t reply right away, don’t be sad! I’ll be back and I’ll personally reply to everyone (except the spambots; they’re giving robotkind a bad name).
Hope you like it, lovelies!
P.S. If you get stuck, Audbot is pretty good at giving hints.
June 27th, 2008 at 8:50 am
[...] Head on over to Ivy’s site to download and enjoy the goodness! [...]
June 27th, 2008 at 9:28 am
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June 27th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
[...] those waiting to play the long awaited indy created adventure game, NanoBots by Erin “The Ivy” Robinson, your wait is FINALLY over! [...]
June 30th, 2008 at 7:00 am
A small bug – if you want to save a game, you open the save game menu. And save. And then… erm… you’re stuck. You can’t close it, and there’s nowhere I could find to go back to the game. On the other hand, I may be blind.
June 30th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Its a small box on the right side, below the four save areas… Its blackened out but when you go over it an X appears… Did that solve it?
Good game so far… (:
June 30th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
That’s a neat game you have there, Ivy. I found one of the puzzles diabolical but the rest were perfect. Your game worked well with my robot themed weekend (I saw Wall*e).
I noticed a few problem areas and brought them up with Vince.
Kudos all around!
July 1st, 2008 at 1:03 am
@ Cloudtle – It must have been one of my blind days. Thanks.
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Thanks for the feedback everyone!
@activationensues, thanks for driving up my traffic just a little. :)
@avi.kaye, hopefully that’s the only trouble you have with the game…if not, I’m only a comment away. ;)
@Cloudtle, I’m glad you like it!
@Danny Smooth, heh, I’m very curious as to which puzzle was “diabolical” (although maybe I can guess ;). You’ll get an easier or harder version of the game depending on how you decide to handle the objects…a variation on the “ogres and trolls crossing the river” puzzle. It’s pretty open-ended and hopefully it gives the game some replay value. Also, some of the cutscenes are different depending on which bot initiates them. :)
Hope you all make it to the ending! And keep an eye out for those two Easter eggs…
July 4th, 2008 at 7:35 am
Done! I really liked how the game all took place on one table, while still being very fun.
And I learned a hard lesson about conservation of matter in the process :)
Is there a way to play Cave Story on the computer? ;)
August 9th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
[...] So, for anyone else who shares the same love of Maniac Mansion and the Space Quest series, we have Nanobots. [...]