TIGSource: Jottobots

Jottobots

Derek Yu — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:01:00 +0000

Dammit, I did not realize that the latest Attract Mode/Giant Robot gallery game was premiering last night at the GR2 store in Los Angeles. Jottobots is a team-up between the illustrious indie game developer Kyle Pulver (Bonesaw, Snapshot) and developing indie gamer and renowned illustrator J.Otto Seibold. Are there any photos up from the event?

"Jottobots" by Eddie

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:54:51 +0000

This is so awesome.

I was randomly strolling along the street with my friends when I saw some people outside the Giant Robot Store playing this game. They used a projector to beamed it onto the store wall.

I was very fun to watch.

"Jottobots" by Sparky

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:11:27 +0000

Congratulations on finishing, Xerus. The screenshots look really polished and stylish.

I didn’t see a download link anywhere, is there any way I could play it?

"Jottobots" by xerus

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:53:53 +0000

http://www.flickr.com/photos/giantrobotmag/sets/72157619657614516/

cool photos for derek yu.

"Jottobots" by strong

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:17:11 +0000

I am a genius.

"Jottobots" by strong

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:50:47 +0000

I get what you’re saying, but I still don’t really see the point of it. As long as you’re doing what you love it shouldn’t matter, really, and indie games show that.

"Jottobots" by Impossible

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:41:01 +0000

Most mainstream games are not shooters. But a lot of indie games are platformers just like a lot of mainstream games are shooters.

Also many indie platformers do not have unique personality, they tend to have borrowed personality (cute, cave story inspired pixel art), just like many mainstream shooters borrow from Gears of War or Call of Duty.

I like a good shooter and a good platformer. I’m just saying that the comparison (indie:platformers::mainstream:shooters) is a valid one.

"Jottobots" by Paul Eres

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:49:38 +0000

saying that most indie games are platformers is false. there are a whole lot of platformers, but “most” indie games are not platformers, at all – not even on tigsource.

"Jottobots" by Pita

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:02:49 +0000

Just want to say… my main iff with generic first person shooters is mainly that they all look the same, not that they just all play the same.

So… yes… most indie games are platformers, but there is also a tendency for personality that makes it just weird to equate them mainstream fps clones.

I mean, I’m not exactly going to mistake this game for something else–it looks great.

I wish I was there to play it. (photos please!)

"Jottobots" by Fail

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:11:13 +0000

Apparently populist conventions and indie games have to be mutually exclusive, otherwise they suck.

"Jottobots" by Sifu Peng

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:56:02 +0000

I was there. The game is awesome!

"Jottobots" by Arvind Narayanan

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:30:15 +0000

It’s 4:54 and time to get going!! Cool!

"Jottobots" by Gibbles

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:50:23 +0000

nobody has ever thought of that before.

ever.

"Jottobots" by pilamin

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:34:36 +0000

Oh, yeah, a lot of indie side-scrollers are good…just like a lot of commercial shooters are good. I just wanted to point out that indie games are as susceptible to populist conventions as much as, say, the creative lineup of Electronic Arts. It’s just in the indie realm, it’s offensive to bring up this hypocrisy.

That sounded more critical than I would have liked. I do love ‘em.

"Jottobots" by pach

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:07:48 +0000

Love the wordplay in the writeup. Game looks like a lot of fun. I’m loving the art style!

"Jottobots" by cecil

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:07:29 +0000

your point?

if its good its good.

"Jottobots" by pilamin

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:29:55 +0000

It looks cool but, man, side-scrollers are to indie games what shooters are to commercial games.

"Jottobots" by Kevin Gadd

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:11:15 +0000

That screenshot is gigantic and mucks up the layout of the front page.

Looks cool, though. I forgot that was happening last night - I should have gone.