RoboRob
What's RoboRob about?
RoboRob is an old school shooter featuring the epic music of Rob Hubbard, retro music maestro known for his outstanding tunes on the Commodore 64 (among others). Obviously RoboRob is very much about Rob, but it is also a tribute to some of the awesome games of my childhood. RoboRob has been sent back in time to fight the enemies of his past and must battle through 90 levels to defeat the ultimate boss.
Prepare to take a trip through memory lane in glorious hi-res explosion-vision! Not only does RoboRob pleasure your ears with over 30 of the finest c64 tunes ever made, it also features the voice of another c64 legend, Ben Daglish!
How'd you play it?
Turn on your speakers and crank them up! Click the "Run game" button above. Make sure you click on the full-screen icon in the bottom right of the game window for the best experience.
Gameplay is easy - ideally plug in a controller, it's a twin stick shooter after all: left stick to move, right stick to aim your bullets. Simples. If you don't have a controller there are a variety of keyboard options. WASD to move with left hand and Arrow Keys to shoot with right works a a treat!
FAQs
It doesn't work
You're going to need a decent, modern browser. Don't even think about running it in IE. I'd advise Chrome.
My controller doesn't work:
Ah yes. This is unfortunate, but controller support on WebGL is quite patchy. Wired Xbox controllers work pretty well and if you're on a Mac you'll need the following driver if you have an Xbox controller: https://github.com/360Controller/360Controller/releases
I have it on good authority that a PS4 controller on Mac works a treat though.
Oh, and WebGL doesn't support rumble. This makes me sad.
It's hard to see/too small
In the bottom right corner of the game there's a little full screen icon. It looks like 4 arrows in a square. Press this. Boom. Everything is better!
Where's the multiplayer?
Well that would be cool, wouldn't it. The code was built to support multiple players, but the levels would need to be tweaked to work with 2 characters.
It's not quite the same, but you can use a controller and the keyboard at the same time (yes, really). One person controls the movement, one the firing! Good for kids!
