>Russinindy

First-person? What?

>Jason C/Wes/Halminator/bluhoteyes/BertO/Hal/smw73/moo/NeedleDodger/Fred

Look, it’s obviously intended to resemble a urinating phallus(really, is it hard to see where they were going when they put a water spout between the ‘bot’s legs and had it protrude slightly?), don’t ignore the obvious. If you saw someone peeing in a crowd, what would you think of them?

>trixx/BrianZachary/Revelation 23

You have to pee in the hole to make it pop up, then you have to quickly jump over before it can pop up again.

>Johnnied

People like you confuse me. Just because something’s free doesn’t automatically make it worth playing. If a restaurant served you a plate of dirt for $12.75, I know that you would complain. But add the magic word FREE, and you’d gobble it up and thank the chef. Oh, and just because I’m “negative”(meaning that I said that I didn’t like the game), I don’t like anything else? If you had an XBOX, and someone anonymously gave you a copy of Drake of the 99 Dragons, while someone else gave you Halo, would you throw out both?

>Fred

"Music - It could certainly be better, but I defy you to show me a game which has pleasant music you’d like to actually listen to."
Okay. The Neverhood, Platypus, Jets 'n' Guns, Incoming, Cave Story, Knytt...the list goes on.

I wish I had never dowloaded this game!
It has caused my computer major problems so I uninstalled it and then had to use system restore. Thing still aren't back to normal yet!
I DON'T like this game at all!

Except for some startup strangeness the first time or two, and no way to end the game except via task termination, I haven't had problems with this. Mostly, I agree with #56, Fred, and the control response is also fine on my PC. Some people may be confuxed by the Options screen--it's not showing your current settings, it's showing what your OTHER options are (will be if you select them). For this type of game, the graphics look fine on my system, and windowed mode also works.

Here's how I get past the Claw--I go the edge, squirt some water which causes the claw to snap, and immediately jump over.

Just a wee addition to my previous post... I played it in windowed mode and it still hiccuped where the 'pile drivers' were present but it didn't crash like it did in the full screen...hmmm maybe it is my PC?!? I managed to get to the point that explains why one uses the space bar to jump... you need the up arrow key to control the toaster in another level.

As for the claw.... you must jump over as soon as the claw recedes. It seems harder to do on the way back to the lab once one has the batteries. The big bruiser at the city gate... just keep watering his foot and avoiding his ammo.

The toaster has to collect all the batteries from the "caves". I've managed to get the valve turned on but the "fan depot" is difficult to say the least. I may never win this game and save mankind from a fate worse than "windows system" but I'll have a fine time trying! LOL :)

Giant Claw hint.

You have to keep shooting oner the crack to make the claw stop snapping at every movement.

Well, the comments today reached a new low.

A robot urinating? Where exactly are you getting this ludicrous fantasy from?
The game CLEARLY explains it is a water spout on the coffee machine, get a life you pathetic losers! There's ABSOLUTELY no reason to have made even a minor issue of this.

Now on to the game iteself:

Installation - It requires a password, so what? The readme file CLEARLY explains this, maybe you'd try reading it next time before just complaining about nothing?
As for the game itself, I haven't had any crashes or any problems running and exiting the game several times.

Controls - keyboard ONLY! The way it should be for a side scroller-type game; mouse control for this type of game is useless.

Control reactions - I have not had any problems with delays between the time I press the control and the game reaction.

Language Choice - My game highlights English, I choose that and that is what it then displays, so no idea what the rest of you are doing?

Jumping over the claw - also easily done, watch out for the pile of blocks coming up and don't fall down there btw.

Music - It could certainly be better, but I defy you to show me a game which has pleasant music you'd like to actually listen to.

Desktop Shortcut - It doesn't install one, but you can easily drag one from the start menu, so that is not a major shortcoming. Personally the less icons the better imo.

Conclusion - The game does require some work, esp in the English translation area and some improvement in the graphics. I haven't advanced too far in the game so I am unable to comment on total gameplay however.

Most of the complaints today were completely unrelated to the game's functionality and were mere moaning and groaning about nothing at all or were due to the person's incompetence.

My thanks to the VERY few who did give relevant comments!

Very good game GGOTD! It installed without a problem. I admit I had to go back to the read me file and copy/paste the password. I used the enter key for almost all the intro stuff. The idea of the lives and ammo never running out is always good especially for someone like myself... not a pro at these games. The weapon is the key where the "claw" is concerned. It seems to slow down after grabbing water a few times. After getting through the culvert with the bat-bots the dogs are easy to deal with. The first 'pile driver'? is not much of an obstacle but once I got to the "twin pile drivers' it started to hiccup and pop. Yep, the whole screen was bouncing and flashing with each hit then it just refused to respond. I had to call up the program manager to shut it off. If they could fix that problem, it would be a great game. I want to know what I'll run into in the next screen. I gave it a thumbs up for ingenuity and originality. It promises to be a very good game if they fix it. I have XP/SP2, 700+ ram and NVIDIA card so I don't think it's my PC.

As for those who seem to be having a problem with the robot's weaponry .... it says "water" at the beginning. Personally, I wouldn't trust a robot to have anything more powerful than water in its arsenal anyway.:)

that may not be pee, but the spout is pretty evocativly placed. if a game is going to embrace this level of interaction it has to be beyond reproach. the perspective didn't make any sense, it remained to be isometrically drop down when the robot was above eye level on a crate. the jumping was clunky and had no weight, I'd expect there to be some more physical gravity to a robot driven game ( like robots! )

I'm not the most mature guy, but I can't play a game where I'm peeing on enemies, that's pretty sick. great to see games from other countries and would love to see more good examples from overseas! graphics had a lot of potential but this will never be played again based on content and game controls.

Lol at the remarks here... my, how controversial. I'd just like to know one thing: how can someone with the screen name "bumblebutt" talk about private parts as being offensive, real or imagined in the brain of the beholder. LOL! And yes, I deleted it because I couldn't change the key controls. Thanks anyway, GAOTD... luv your range of game offerings here.

Huhhh, where are you WhiteRabbit???
With so many different opinions, still don't know if this game is worth it or not... Hoping the troubles w your computers are resolved soon!
Miss you

garbage. junk. worthless.

Fun game, easy install and registration...it's not pee, it's water...get a life people...this game will keep a kid happy for a while...thanks gotd for the good game.

I agree with #34 pirelli--not for casual players. However, I need to be able to save my progress myself. I don't like having to restart so many times while learning how to get through the levels. Plus, the game definitely needs options for volume control and a controller other than just the keyboard. The window option is a nice touch.

IMO, the artwork is very good; The music is good for such a game (although not at a loud level); And the gameplay worked well for me, although I might have destroyed my keyboard banging on the keys so hard and fast! :P

I'll keep the game, but restarting so much is so frustrating I probably won't finish it very soon.

Thanks DevilishGames & GGAOTD for something different and interesting.

Trash game. Downloaded and installed fine, but has funky controls, crappy music and no way to escape the game. Definately a game for the round file.

My goodness people, it's free!
I have no problem with installing or running the game, I bet all the negative people here will return their (free) Christmas gifts also.

100% agreed BertO. lol Look out, it's a peeing robot. hahahaha People need to get a life. Where is the offence at? I don't see any.

This is my weapon, this is my gun,

This is for shooting and this is for fun...

Blah. Even my 5 YO thinks this is too childish a game. He said, "pop pop, this is boring. You can uninstall this."

GONE

This isn't really my kind of game, but I decided to give it a shot anyway.

I won't add any more to the robot's weapon of choice but to say that it's understandable why some people have made an issue of it.

As with bluhoteyes, I keep on getting gobbled up when trying to jump over the crack in the ground. The controls could be better, the translation, while far from perfect, is certainly NOT the worst out there (even among GOTD offerings, see Destiny Architect for one), graphics are okay-ish and the music is decent enough, but not something everyone would like.

I just don't know if it's worth trying to make it any further in the game.

Now i have actually tried the game, i will comment on it.

1st- how the event of the options of "english/spanish" being backwards and passing software development is beyond me. If you select english-> it shows spanish, and vice versa. The directional signs inside the actual gameplay are in spanish [but thats ok because sometimes missions take us into other parts of the world where "places" have their own name.

This game has really nice "pre-rendered 3d graphics"-> they kinda look like they are maybe [800x600 resolution only thou]. This is not a side scroller. When you get to the edge of the screen, it slams a whole new screen on there for ya. kinda reminds me of a few types of games i saw about 10 years ago.

gameplay itself uses only keyboard keys [wich is alright for this old school veteran]. I only played the game for about 10 mintues, because i am more interested in leaving a post here, and starting my day.

The only problem that i have with the water spout is that-> it seems to me that maybe there arent any power ups or ways to better the weapon system. I kinda like upgrading weapons in a game. I do give them credit for creativity-> even throwin bananas has been done a hundered times by now.

the music is ok to me.

Its kinda hard to get goin in the game-> you gotta press [ENTER] to go through menus before starting and stuff.

Over all-> I can already tell that it is one of those games that i will go back to from time to time to try to pass "that level i was last stuck on" thanks to a periodic automatic save feature. Why would i go back to a game like this and try to finish it? Because the graphics and rendered artwork is actually very good. Yup, and stuff like that will bug me to want to see it all.

Price $12.46? that is to low of a price.
I look foward to playing this game from time to time over the next year... maybe i will finish this hard game before it is put back on here again next year.
thankyou.

It would have been nice to have been informed that you have to put a password in just to install this game. Most games will install and play, even as demos for a short time.

Then I had to go to the game's program folder to locate the file and create a shortcut on the desktop. Most games automatically add a shortcut to the desktop or at least give you the option, but not this one.

And if someone can please tell me how to get pass that stupid giant claw that pops out of the ground it would be greatly appreciated.

For once I have to disagree with most. I had no problems so far with install and game initiation. Well, almost no problems. I initially tried to copy and paste the passkey but it would not let me copy it. Installed on a 900mhz processer with WindowsME and 320 ram.

I don't see how mouse control would enhance a side scrolling platformer, but I guess that is to taste. With to jump and to fire, the buttons are conveniently placed.

funy game that boys should find funny. I did not get to far into it because I could not master faking out the "Crab Claw" and It is getting late here.

So the pissing robot might be a bit of low-brow humor, meh. I guess that makes it a bit of a niche game, but fun enough nonetheless.

LOL!!! This game is hilarious! I hate using the keyboard, but for this I must if I want to play and to get a good laugh. As someone else said, it is a good indie, not the casual gamer type. Thanks GAOTD!

My review of Nuts 'n' Scrap:

The developer's name, DevilishGames, is perfectly apt. No other game that I have played, save Santa Claus, has been as infernal as this one. Do you want proof? Read the rest.

The very first thing that I noticed after clicking Setup was the password entry box. "Wow," I thought, "if they're so concerned about piracy that you need a password to install the game, it must be good, right?" WRONG. After installing it, and opening the application(game is too good a word to describe it), I was greeted with a prompt to "Selects your language." "Fine," I thought, "it was made by Germans, so it must be good, right? German goods have high quality standards, right?" WRONG, AGAIN. After I "selects" my language, the screen was filled with a YouTube-resolution intro with obnoxious music that ended with...a robot with a phallus? Ecch. Needless to say, that turned me off immediately, but I hoped for the best and waited for the main menu to display.

The menu itself was obviously influenced by the same kind of "extreme" marketing that sells chips and soda. I had no bearing on the actual atmosphere of the game itself, which was more like...hrm...well, it certainly wasn't "extreme". After about two minute's worth of reading badly-translated dialogue detailing the game's backstory(apparently, people have become infertile due to pollution, so they're all crammed into one sterile city, which has fallen under attack by their robotic former servants), I was treated to a tutorial. Aside from the weird controls(space to jump and alt to fire?), what was really weird was that the robot actually pees with his, erm, weenie. It was like those annoying Vesicare commercials with the pipe people, but this guy actually peed. Supposedly, it's your "tap water" and you have to use it to short out your enemies, but I think that the designers were just being juvenile.

Did I say that the controls were weird? Sorry, I meant BROKEN. This has got to be the first game that I've ever played that felt like the main character was wading through molasses. The controls aren't just slow, though, like in Santa Claus, but they're actually delayed. If that wasn't bad enough, when he changes direction in midair, he stays pointed the same way, which is frustrating when you're trying to "short-circuit" the trainer bot, which flies all over the screen and has way too much health. This also has to be the first game that I've played that doesn't let you shoot, or move(or do anything, really) while ducking. I lost many lives trying to get past the first enemies because I could only shoot while standing up, exposing myself to enemy fire. Actually, that wouldn't have been so bad if it didn't take me a half second to duck and stand. In short, the controls are simply horrible. To top it all off, there's no scrolling.

Okay, I think that I've spent enough harping about the gameplay. How are the graphics? Well, the intro's really low-res, as mentioned before, so the game get points deducted before I'm actually able to play it. In-game, pretty much everything is done in oversmoothed pre-rendered 3D, which is either a poor imitation of Alawar's game graphics or a good imitation of Babylon 5's. Oh, and the walking animation doesn't even sync with Nuts' speed. Needless to say, I was not impressed.

As for the sound, the music drones in the background, barely noticeable, while the obnoxious sound effects are so annoying that they made me mute my speakers. You should, too.

The theme was, frankly, undiscernable. At first I thought that it was cyberpunk, but when I left the "robofactory", it abruptly switched to Wild West with robots. And sandworms. Your sidekick also happens to be a toaster(I can't figure out what he's supposed to do, though). Coupled with the main menu, I can't decide what the designers were thinking(or maybe high on) when they came up with it. When you add Nuts' "tap" to all of this, it's just stupid and random.

Overall, I give this game an average score of three and a quarter out of ten(three for gameplay, four for graphics, three for sound, and three for theme). My advice regarding this game is simple: Don't install it, and if you have, uninstall it. It's that bad.

As a small side-note, in the Credits section, it says that two brothers by the name of Farriz both designed and coded it, the music being written by their sister. It also includes a surprisingly large list of playtesters, which makes me wonder how they were able to justify selling it after the inevitably negative feedback.

I can't believe how irrelevant many of the complaints are on GAOTD. Either people are complaining that a file size is too big, that there's too much of one type of game, or when they give us something different you still find some idiotic execuse to complain.

It's a robot squirting water, why on earth should you be offended by that? People do it too you know. Devilish deserve some credit for atleast thinking a little outside of the box. The game itself is an ok platformer, but you also get to control the toaster and fly around with it, and dodge objects with your hovercar when travelling. The english translation is so so, but it's still readable and I've seen far worse. The game is pretty hard, but atleast you have infinite lives. My biggest complaint is actually that it's fairly short.

where is whiterabbit aka Stephen?we need his comments...

Thanks for this offer, but I will have to pass on this one ...

Wow. Who'd have thought such a mediocre little game would engender so much controversy. I installed it, tried it, and then uninstalled it. Both controls and story are just too quirky and erratic.

For the record, and as others have noted, robots can’t “pee”. And how in the world can someone be so upset by the placement of a water valve on a machine (an imaginary animated machine no less) as to threaten a law suit? Sexual abuse of children? Give me a break. Thanks bumblebutt; your post was the best laugh I’ve had all day.

Carry on GAOTD.

Very good indie game, very fun and very original. Not for casual players. Congratulations for gaotd.

The Download-Link dosen't work after a Day full with Problems with your Website.

Hmm, should have given the little robot a GUN, or have a spout connected to a hose or arm or hand, and not have the suggestion of it pissing whatever that is, to short out and distroy the robots. I got up to 3 killed robots, and then never could get by the Claw.. Having repeated this 5 times, i got so 'pissed' off, just as the robot was, and i uninstalled it. Better luck next time on a new game, cause i'd SCRAP it..

The game will not even install, will not unzip, whats wrong, looks like a fun game

WHAT AN OFFENSIVE GAME, HIS WEAPON IS PEE!!!! HOW GROSS AND SICK IS THAT FOR AN OFFERING???????????

Ok... This Game Was Terrible. I Didn't like the music, start menu,controls, the spelling was bad There were a lot of flaws. Sorry GGAOTD This is a Throw-Away Game.

Just posted my review and noticed we are thinking on the same line Halmanator :) Wish i had seen your review b4 posting mine , but maybe more then one will get them to thinking:) lol

Well to me it doesn't seem like a robot urinating and it does say it is water he is shooting if you read the words so don't think they will have any problems with a law suit. One thing though that caught my eye is how they are going to go after the computer genius his name happens to be setag look at what that spells backwards:) lol i didn't get very far keep getting eat up by the monster in the crack in the floor. Really though i think most have it wrong when saying his is urinating just wish they give better directions. Also thank you for the window mode and hope you get your computer fixed soon miss your reviews whiterabbit:) So thank you for the game GGAOTD and devilishgames it is much appreciated for something out of the ordinary:) also wish for mouse controls and at least to jump be the arrow up like most games .

This game is not without its charm. Yes, it was definitely written by people for whom English is a second language, but I was able to follow the dialog well enough.

The graphics are fair to good. Background screens are especially interesting and well done. Music is mediocre - not bad, but not great. There is no voice acting or narration so text reading is necessary.

Mouse and joystick control do not appear to be supported and there does not appear to be an option to remap the default keyboard controls. The default controls worked well enough for me, once I got used to them, but I would have liked to remap to other more intuitive keys. For example, if the down arrow key causes the robot to duck, then why not use the up arrow for jumping, rather than the space bar?

Addressing some of the criticisms I've read in other comments, those complaining that the game keeps crashing at the start must be running it under Windows Vista I suspect. I ran it under Windows XP (SP2) and had no such problems.

Those who are put off by the fact that the robot appears to "pee" on its enemies are misinterpreting what they see, I think, although I can see how that could happen. In any case, this is certainly an unusal weapon and I give the developer points for thinking of something other than your standard energy bolt or gun.

I also did not experience any sluggishness in reacting to control inputs.

Finally, I'm with those who welcomes a game by someone other than Alawar for a change (nice though Alawar's games generally are) and something other than a match-three puzzle game. This one may not be a "classic", but I consider it a keeper.

This must be one of the worst games I have downloaded from this site. A robot that pee's on his enemies and the most annoying music possible that I could not find a way of switching off. Not mpressed.

Thank you to GAOTD for choosing a game from a company other than Alawar.
I will give it a try with an open mind, although from reading the above comments, it looks a little buggy.

Bumblebutt Fitzwalleron - Urniary waste is derived from biological absorption processes, which is something a robot wouldn't do.. therefore, the robot is not actually urinating.

Personally, I'm saddened to think that you're so incredibly offended by the act of urination. I'm doubtful that you're the only human being who doesn't engage in this act, so therefore, the concept of "he without sin, cast the first stone" would seem to apply.

I'm even more disturbed by the idea that you find urination to be sexually suggestive. I find it to be an unpleasant and unnecessary action, but certainly not sexual by any means. I've been told that there are others who have a very different viewpoint, however.

All snark aside, I agree that GGOTD should include a notice of some kind if there is something involving robotic attacks that resembles "the activating of a simulated “robot” to excrete urinary waste openly and agressively", if only because the vast majority of Western thinkers find urination to be somehow sinful, but the idea that sue or arrest GGOTD for putting this game up on their site is both laughable and laughably American in sentiment. And coming from a fellow American, that's kind of a depressing thought. Time for me to go have a good cry.

"So basically we have to save the human race using a male robot’s private parts :/ WHY!?!?!?!?!"

Whats up with the perverted thoughts? I dont notice this. Grow up a little!

Sonoro TV, the other game these guys make, looks interesting... How about it, GotD?

I'm glad there is a forum here to read about the games before downloading. I liked the robot idea but when I read about the "potty humor" part ... I will pass. I personally find this distasteful.

Installed and immediately UNinstalled. First went to options and pressed English and got Spanish, then pressed Spanish to get English in options.. and it doesn't do a dang thing except stay in the first screen. And I agree with all of the above.. looks more like he's peeing and kids don't need to see that!

What a shame, not a good game!

Nuts and s crap you say. Good name for it. Nuts to you too. The squirls would even run from this one.

Soliciting this game to children on this site renders it liable to be charged with sexual abuse of children!
Remove it AT ONCE or risk prosecution for the mentioned crime, exposing children to sexually suggestive characterizations, in a SUPPOSEDLY children's game graphically depicting obscenity in the activating of a simulated "robot" to excrete urinary waste openly and agressively! this is OBSCENE by definition and worthy of criminal charges.

The hero (robot) goes around "pissing". Nice way to save mankind! Exactly the game for a four-year-old! Uninstalled in < 5 minutes

how do you exit the room at the beginning?

5/10

went to install this game and got a "disk doesnt have enough space"
i have a 160 gb hd with 113 gb free, if thats not enuff , what is?

yeah, the translation is a little rough. i've only seen a few errors so far (like the first word). and still, his english is about as good as most people who comment on here (who are probably native speakers...)

the gameplay mechanics are solid, the music is just right (not too much, not too little), the story is cute, and it's just a fun game! it's got some cheeky aspects, which really make me smile. when the toaster dies, it pops toast out!

give this a chance. if you're running XP and have a half decent computer, it shouldn't be a problem.

this game reminds me of oddworld.