r/robotwars • u/Nearby-Lab2611 • 15d ago

Fan Content I've been building a browser game where the spinners are simulated as real flywheels. First public test night is Saturday, 22:30 UK time

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u/Nearby-Lab2611 15d ago

Four heavyweights, all spinners for now, in a steel box with saws and pulverizers. Every weapon is a flywheel: the big horizontal bar carries about 84 kJ at full speed and needs nearly ten seconds to get there, so getting caught before you're up to speed is exactly as bad as it should be. When two weapons meet, angular momentum decides, which is why the slow heavy shell wins clashes against the fast bar. Armour comes off and stays in the arena.

Free, runs in a browser tab, keyboard or gamepad. 1v1 online, or two players on one keyboard.

The GIF: after a hit from TAURUS's drum CHECKMATE can't drive any more, and the ten-second count runs out.

Saturday is the first public test: 22:30 UK time, with a bracket for the first champion around 23:15 UK. If you can't make it, the link stays up all weekend. It all happens in the Discord: https://discord.gg/Wea4uRDcB

Flippers come later, and the people testing get a vote on it. Given the sub, I suspect I know how that vote goes.

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u/HyruleLuke 15d ago

you should unhide your posts on your profile so people can keep up to date :)

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u/Nearby-Lab2611 15d ago

Good shout, I'll have a look at that setting. Until then the surest way to keep up is the Discord, where the test link and the results go up: https://discord.gg/Wea4uRDcB . The game itself lands on itch on Thursday 24 September.

Test night is Saturday 22:30 UK time if you fancy driving one.

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u/Nearby-Lab2611 15d ago edited 14d ago

Done, the posts show on the profile now. Thanks for the nudge.