Scattered
A robot wakes up in search for the rest of its body in an abandoned facility. Help find the missing parts by solving puzzles and observing the details around you.
Note this game is DIFFICULT, so venture in at your own risk. There is a Game Guide below if you get stuck, scroll slowly through it if you don't want to spoil yourself.
Made for Zeno Jam 4, a three day game jam where the theme was "I am everywhere". True to the theme, our robo buddy is indeed everywhere; good luck piecing it back together.
CONTROLS
Movement - W A S D
Menu - ESCAPE
Menu Navigation - MOUSE
Credits
Desmazio
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Emino
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Firespark
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Intradom - Programming
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Rozhea Pascal - Tile sets, music | email: irozhea@gmail.com | channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDKkxYWMoTLQoagTCkOoMBw
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Tristan Blue - Cover art, Animation, Sounds | email: tristan@tristanblue.com
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x2xtrouble
Future Work
Thank you for playing Scatter! The current version on Itch is just a prototype; we have many more features to add to the game after the Game Jam!
-Larger, Metrovania-style map
-Additional limbs that give vastly different abilities (Arms for grappling, Jetpack for flying and hovering, Eyes for visual scanning, etc)
-Particles
-SFX
-Tuning (Smooth movement and control)
-Checkpoints with limb state saved
-Additional obstacles (patrolling enemies, acid, etc)
-Additional indicators on ability gain
-And more!
Game Guide
Getting the body
Keep moving to the right and you should come across the body.
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Getting the legs
After grabbing the body, you need to climb the stairs that you descended. If you are having trouble climbing them, try to get a running start and jump near the base of the stairs to get a boost. Proceed to the left jumping over the table, and jump off the ledge. Complete the platform jumps and you should come across the legs.
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Getting to the top floor
Getting out of the bottom floor is the hardest part of the game so far. Get on the box closest to you and move it to the left. Push the remaining two boxes over the gap so one box lands on the other side with the air vent. Push the box over the air vent and hop on the box mid-air to get a jump reset and hop out (we apologize for making this mechanic in the prototype without checkpoints) . Navigate to the right section of the main floor and get in the air vent to get to the top floor.
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Getting to the exit
Dodge the bullets and move to the left. If you're having trouble dodging, just keep sprinting the whole way and do a light jump near the table (like hurdling it) to reach the exit! The camera stays on the door to emphasize the robot's exit from its environment.
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Comments
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Very good, I most definitely wasn't in the credits section :)
So, I: (a) got the body. (b) climbed the stairs, jumped over to the platform to the right of them, and then to the stairs to its right, and went up them to the boxes. (c) pushed one of the boxes down, and pushed it over to the Big Red Jar at the end of the platform. (c) jumped over the jar and down. Now I'm floating in midair over a weird red symbol and unable to move.
I feel like something has gone very wrong here.
Second try: I got the body, went over the table and down, jumped across some platforms, and just before I got to the legs, I fell and...have to restart the whole game? I get the idea of "difficult", but I think there has to be a balance between that and avoiding outright cruelty to the player. Checkpoints, say. I'm not excited about continuing a game if I have to start from the beginning if I slip.
Thanks for the tip! We're thinking about a checkpoint system but we didn't have enough time during the jam to put it in, thanks for playing! :
Why does the door not close? The heating bill on this evil scientist lair must be outrageous.
You got to the end? Wow I am impressed. Im just gonna pretend that I didnt forget to close the door via an animation and insist that it was a “feature” to emphasize the player leave and not turning back :D
I can get to the main body easy enough, but from there, it seems like I can't go anywhere else and continue on. If I go get the legs, the 'lift' doesn't even push the robot high enough to go anywhere. and if I try to go to the right over the boxes, I just get stuck in the nook above the other lift. Am I missing something?
Hey thanks for playing! We made the game pretty difficult, I’ll be posting a video guide shortly haha. Check back soon!
Text guide is up! Hope it helps :D