Automobaton (BETA)

"AU-TOM-O-BAT-ON"

Created by: Aftermarket Arduino Studios at The University of Northampton.

The Setup

The game is set in a Cyberpunk-Dystopian future where sports has peaked with use of Automatons with advanced AI's being built and sent to fight to the death. The Automatons are kitted with some of the most advanced weapons in the world that are legal and are often built with Upcycled Automatons or in some cases even stolen or illicit government Automatons...

The Gameplay

Automobaton is solely a multiplayer couch co-op needing two players to play fully. This game is a controller based game so 2 controllers are needed to play. Once you boot up the game and get to the menu you will be greeted with a handful of options that are self explanatory but to start the game itself you must select play from there you will be taken to a arena select. Upon selecting your desired arena to fight your opponent in you will be then taken to the robot selector where player 2 will be prompted to connect to the game once connected you and your opponent will choose your robots you wish to fight with. The game consists currently of 3 core robots with the hopes of more to be added to the future. These are:

• Wall-Breaker-E
• Aerate-Sovereign
• Combine-Shredder

The Instructions

The controls of the game are as follows using a standard Xbox controller       

• Left Joystick Up & Down - Forward and Backward Movement
• Right Joystick Left & Right - Turn Left and Right
• Right Trigger - Shoot
• Left Trigger - Melee

The Credits

Project Manager - Max Smith
Lead Designer and Programmer - Thomas Welchman
Lead Artist - Rowan Hawkins-Oldfield
Lead Animator and Secondary Designer - Keir Mackenzie
Lead Sound and VFX Designer - Alex Miturca
Assistant Programmer - Gintaras Kvederas

References

Jishenaz (2013) File:Xbox Controller.svg, Wikimedia Commons. Jishenaz. Available at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xbox_Controller.svg (Accessed: January 8, 2023).

Alejandro Magaña (A. M.). (N/A). Ode to Synths. [Online]. MixKit. Last Updated: N/A. Available at: https://mixkit.co/free-stock-music/tag/electronic/ [Accessed 9 January 2023].