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| {{Short description|2016 shoot 'em up by Pyrodactyl}} | | {{stub}} |
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| | state = expanded | | {{Header Nav|game=Good Robot|num=0}} |
| | title = Good Robot | | {{Game |
| | image = Good Robot Steam Library Cover.jpg | | |title=Good Robot |
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| | |developer=[[Pyrodactyl Games]] |
| | developer = Pyrodactyl Games | | |publisher=[[Pyrodactyl Games]] |
| | publisher = Pyrodactyl Games | | |released={{rd|2016|April 5}} |
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| | |genre=[[Shooter]], [[Roguelike]] |
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| | |systems=[[Microsoft Windows]] |
| | platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| | |modes=[[Single player]] |
| | released = April 5, 2016 | | |ratings= |
| | genre = [[Multidirectional shooter]], [[Roguelike]] | | |website=http://pyrodactyl.com/good-robot/ |
| | modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]] | |
| | director = Arvind Raja Yadav | |
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| | designer = {{Unbulleted list|Arvind Raja Yadav|Ross Zevenhuizen III}}
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| | programmer = {{Unbulleted list|Arvind Raja Yadav|Shamus Young}}
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| | artist = Mikk Luige
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| | writer = Adam DeCamp
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| | composer = Shamus Young
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| '''''Good Robot''''' is a 2016 [[multidirectional shooter]] [[PC game]] developed and published by Pyrodactyl Games. The game was released for [[Microsoft Windows]] on April 5, 2016.
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| == Gameplay ==
| | '''''Good Robot''''' is a 2016 multidirectional [[shooter]] PC game developed and published by [[Pyrodactyl Games]]. The game was released for [[Microsoft Windows]] on [[April 5]], [[2016]]. |
| ''Good Robot'' is a [[shoot 'em up]] where players assume the role of the last good robot of PyroCorp fighting on [[Procedural generation|procedurally generated levels]] against the defective robots that decided to [[Three Laws of Robotics|exterminate humanity]]. For each destroyed robot, the player earns money that can be used for upgrades or to buy hats that grant invulnerability for one hit. | |
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| == Development ==
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| In 2013, Shamus Young made a prototype of a 2D shooter inspired by titles like ''[[Descent (1995 video game)|Descent]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shamus Young's Good Robot |url=http://shamusyoung.com/goodrobot/ |accessdate=14 November 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122100526/http://shamusyoung.com/goodrobot/ |archivedate=22 November 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> However, Young decided to cancel the project in 2014. The following year, Pyrodactyl contacted him to finish the game.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Shamus |title=Project Good Robot #31: So Obvious I Can’t See It |url=https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=26133 |website=Twenty Sided |accessdate=14 November 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314180935/http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=26133 |archivedate=14 March 2015 |date=12 March 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> The game was released on April 5, 2016 on [[Steam (service)|Steam]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Shamus |title=Good Robot: Out Now! |url=https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=31452 |website=Twenty Sided |accessdate=14 November 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408085713/http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=31452 |archivedate=8 April 2016 |date=5 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was also planned to be released on [[GOG.com]], but it was rejected.<ref name="GoodRobotComing">{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Shamus |title=Good Robot #44: Coming April 5 |url=https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=31168 |website=Twenty Sided |accessdate=15 November 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316165102/http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=31168 |archivedate=16 March 2016 |date=15 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> A [[Linux]] version was also in the plans, but it was cancelled.<ref name="GoodRobotComing"/> On August 3, 2020, Arvind Raja Yadav from Pyrodactyl Games released the source code for the game under the [[MIT License]] on [[GitHub]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pyrodactyl.com/2020/08/04/11-years-of-pyrodactyl/ |title=11 Years of Pyrodactyl |last=Raja Yadav |first=Arvind |date=4 August 2020 |website= |publisher=Pyrodactyl Games |access-date=4 August 2020 |quote= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804073532/http://pyrodactyl.com/2020/08/04/11-years-of-pyrodactyl/ |archive-date=4 August 2020 }}</ref>
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| == Reception == | | == Gameplay == |
| {{Video game reviews
| | ''Good Robot'' is a [[shoot 'em up]] where players assume the role of the last good robot of PyroCorp fighting on procedurally generated levels against the defective robots that decided to exterminate humanity. For each destroyed robot, the player earns money that can be used for upgrades or to buy hats that grant invulnerability for one hit. |
| | MC = 67/100
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| | 4P = 65/100<ref>{{cite web |title=Good Robot (PC) |url=https://www.4players.de/4players.php/spielinfo/Allgemein/37600/Good_Robot.html |website=[[4Players]] |accessdate=14 November 2020}}</ref>
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| | rev1 = ''[[IGN|IGN India]]''
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| | rev1Score = 8/10<ref name="IGN-India">{{cite web |last1=Doke |first1=Shunal |title=Good Robot - Review |url=https://in.ign.com/good-robot-android/90851/review/ign-india-reviews-good-robot |website=[[IGN|IGN India]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |accessdate=14 November 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410120245/http://in.ign.com/good-robot-android/90851/review/ign-india-reviews-good-robot |archivedate=10 April 2016 |date=6 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| | rev2 = ''[[IGN|IGN Spain]]''
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| | rev2Score = 6/10<ref name="IGN-Spain">{{cite web |last1=Rodríguez |first1=Jose A. |title=Good Robot - Análisis |url=https://es.ign.com/good-robot-pc/102403/review/good-robot-analisis-para-pc |website=[[IGN España]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |accessdate=14 November 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507122241/http://es.ign.com/good-robot-pc/102403/review/good-robot-analisis-para-pc |archivedate=7 May 2016 |language=Spanish |date=6 May 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| ''Unrest'' received "mixed" reviews according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[Metacritic]].
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| [[IGN|IGN India]] gave it a score of 8/10, criticizing the lack of [[local multiplayer]] and an arcade mode.<ref name="IGN-India"/> COGconnected also gave it an 8/10.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Plouffe |first1=Nicholas |title=Good Robot Review – A Winning Twin-Stick Shooter, Rogue-Like Mashup |url=https://cogconnected.com/review/good-robot-review/ |website=COGconnected |accessdate=14 November 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428101743/http://cogconnected.com/review/good-robot-review/ |archivedate=28 April 2016 |date=27 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Brash Games rated it 8/10.<ref>{{cite web |title=Good Robot Review |url=http://www.brashgames.co.uk/2016/04/05/good-robot-review/ |website=Brash Games |accessdate=14 November 2020 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/2020.11.14-043131/http://www.brashgames.co.uk/2016/04/05/good-robot-review/ |archivedate=14 November 2020 |date=5 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[4Players]] gave it a 65/100.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oertel |first1=Mathias |title=Test: Good Robot |url=https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/PC-CDROM/Test/37600/81783/0/Good_Robot.html |website=[[4Players]] |accessdate=14 November 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411044302/http://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/PC-CDROM/Test/37600/81783/0/Good_Robot.html |archivedate=11 April 2016 |language=German |date=8 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> {{Ill|Everyeye.it|it}} gave it a 6.4/10.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bianchi |first1=Dario |title=Recensione Good Robot |url=https://www.everyeye.it/articoli/recensione-good-robot-29173.html |website=Everyeye.it |publisher=HIDEDESIGN S.n.c. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026163808/http://www.everyeye.it/articoli/recensione-good-robot-29173.html |archivedate=26 October 2016 |language=Italian |date=5 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[IGN|IGN Spain]] gave it a 6/10.<ref name="IGN-Spain"/>
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| == References ==
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| == External links ==
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| *{{official website|http://pyrodactyl.com/good-robot/}}
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| *{{moby game|id=/good-robot}}
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| *{{GitHub|arvindrajayadav/Good-Robot|''Good Robot''}}
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| *{{Metacritic video game|pc/good-robot|accessdate=14 November 2020}}
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