PyWeek - Hard to play?

Do you think Pedro's Robot Factory is hard to play? We'd like to know.

Playing with a touchpad is really hard, but with a regular mouse could be very fun. Give it a try, probably the first times you'll not complete the first level.

Some hints below:

How to Play

Help Pedro to manufacture his robots!

1. Left click to pick up/drop pieces.
2. Scrol Up/Scroll Down or A/D key to rotate the picked piece.
3. P key for pause.
4. F key for fullscreen.
5. Special pieces gives you bonus points!


Trivia:

1. You can also use A adn Z key to rotate the picked piece, or just the space bar.
2. There is an easter egg in level 2.
3. If you finish the three levels you'll be allowed to see the Happy Dance :)

— Juanj Conti on 2008/04/10 03:15 of 10 Roboticists from Santa Fe
— edited on 2008/04/09 22:16

Comments: (log in to comment)

By j-1 on 2008/04/10 15:50:

What I found a little frustrating was that you have to replay all levels when you lose. I suppose that is what you wanted, but still...

By Juanj Conti on 2008/04/10 17:38:

Yeap, that was the idea. Levels are short (in time) anyway. But thanks for the feedback! We'll keep in in mind for PyWeek7!

By HanClinto on 2008/04/17 16:43:

I'm on a touchpad, but even after I plugged in a USB mouse I still found it hard to control. The pieces fall extremely quickly, and once they land on the conveyer they can't be picked up again. Knowing about the pause key now is nice, and that might make it more feasible for me, but I could barely finish the first level, I have no idea how I would finish the second.

Something that might help is that it's hard to see underneath the part when you're trying to attach it, and for things like the neck piece it's hard to know which way it needs to be rotated. Perhaps when you've got an object selected it could go translucent so that you could still see underneath to aid placement?

Nice job on the art!

--clint