Algo Bot

Traversing the ship with strings and variables

Algo Bot is a puzzle game that involves basic programming concepts through fun and visually appealing mechanics, travelling trough 6 areas of a ship, and not alone!

Greetings
Our silent and charismatic droid

So, what is the story about?

We are an Algo bot, a service droid specialized in transport and recycling, and our job is pretty straightforward, clean the inside of Europa, a pan-galactic colonisation ship, but then something goes wrong, then it goes wrong again and again!

Why is it all going wrong? maybe our companions PAL, a cantankerous line manager, and Gemini, the ship's AI, may know but this sarcastic duo are busy giving you orders, and blaming you in the meantime.

Fights
Our partners barely get along
Maybe we are a little clumsy

So, what is the gameplay?

To move around the ship we must make use of functions in a command line, but the game becomes more complex and we need more movements, for this we will make use of variables, then of conditionals, adding actions during these functions.

In several cases, before adding a new mechanic, the game takes the levels to a high difficulty and then lowers them to add them, so dont feel bad if you are stuck!

Patterns
We put the instructions to every action
Difficulty
Is getting more complicated

Is it recommended?

Yes, for puzzle lovers Algo Bot offers a nice challenge, it may be short but the goal of doing every test with the smallest amount of movements is somewhat tricky and Pal and Gemini make the game more enjoyable with their dialogues. It will depend on your wit how many hours the game lasts.

Ending
A bittersweet end
Score 8 out of 10

Offers a satisfying gameplay loop for casual players

Charming graphics and ambient music

PROS / CONS

  • Multiple solutions for a puzzle
  • Fun story
  • Good graphics to highlight the circuits of the puzzles
  • Overall the game is short
  • Sudden jumps in challenge