Roam a little open world, collect upgrades, and fight robots in this vehicular metroidvania shooter!
Genre: open world, shooter, metroidvania Campaign Length: 45-75 minutes expected on first playthrough Features:
Unlock four vehicles to hop in and out of: jeep, tank, boat, and helicopter
Around 20 upgrades to find for your vehicles. Various weapons and passive abilities
Some world persistence, including partially destructible terrain
Files: mechator-v1.0.zip (1.7 MB) Instructions: extract contents of the zip to root level of your SD card. Afterward, mechator.pop may be relocated as needed.
Please feel free to comment with any bugs you find, particularly if you hit crashes or softlocks. Also, if you happen to beat it, I’d love to hear your playtime. Enjoy!
Also, just a quick note about the name: it’s a reference to Crabator, a game that I really like playing on the Pokitto. I love collecting dollars and getting powerups, so I had wanted to make something in that vein. But then I also like Jackal and Blaster Master, and wanted to borrow ideas from them… So for better or worse, Mechator became what it is.
All that said, if anyone knows Rodot or thinks they wouldn’t appreciate the callout, please let me know. I kind of just started calling it that and it stuck, but didn’t really bother to ask permission or really think too much more about it. I’m happy to come up with another name (or take suggestions!) if it isn’t appropriate.
Tried it and it seems to be really well made game. You can build vehicles and that brings variety to the gameplay. You also get some helpful gameplay hints along the way. A very good game for shooter fans!
