In a fictional world of the future the infamous super villain Dr. Lacroix schemes to seize world supremacy with his army of robots. You take the role of Nikki and try to cross those evil plans on behalf of a secret organization. Your quest will take you to various locations: from futuristic metropolises to submarine facilities, floating islands, and even as far as orbital space.

Nikki and the Robots renders homage to the classical platform games of the eighties and nineties, while at the same time realizing a unique gameplay idea. The main character Nikki refrains from using any weapons or equipment during the whole quest, and can only jump and run around the levels. However, it is possible to hack into Dr. Lacroix's various robots and to take control of them via computer terminals. The nifty use of the robots and the combination of their characteristic special abilities enable Nikki to solve puzzles, overcome obstacles, and complete the level tasks.

The alpha version of "Nikki and the Robots" is now available!

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0 comments by qubodup on Mar 8th, 2012

Nikki and the Robots 0.5 Announcement
Here is the new Nikki and the Robots 0.5 Beta(!) release (download here).
video: Nikki and the Robots 0.5 Changes and Story Mode Peeks

We're working on a preorder web page, which is open source under AGPL and hosted here.The changes explained in the video (and some that were left out) are as follows:
 

  • Game:
    • Info terminals instead of text bubbles in tutorial
    • Falling tiles take a little longer to start falling
    • Batteries have a little less mass
    • Switches are easier to trigger
    • Added laser robots and laser endpieces
    • Cannon-robot sounds
    • Boost sound for jetpack robot
  • GUI/OSD and Controls:
    • Added keyshints in game mode
    • Allow configurable game keys (jump and context) to control the menu
    • Main menu will notify you about the availability of the story mode
    • Mac OS X: default jump key is space
    • In-game OSD shows total number of batteries in level
    • "..."-bubbles when nikki can start npc/computer monolog
    • Added "retry level" menu item to failure menu
    • Added retry-option to pause menu
  • Level editor:
    • Added gray level template
    • Better layer insert and delete control
  • Other:
    • Game art sources added to source code repository
    • Bugfixes on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows that prevented many users from running the game
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Nikki and the Robots - Alpha 0.3.1 - WinXP/Vista/7

Nikki and the Robots - Alpha 0.3.1 - WinXP/Vista/7

Jun 11, 2011 Full Version 1 comment

Latest release of Nikki and the Robots: Better OSD, no more Slow Motion Bug!

Nikki and the Robots - Alpha 0.3.1 - Mac OS X

Nikki and the Robots - Alpha 0.3.1 - Mac OS X

Jun 11, 2011 Full Version 0 comments

Latest release of Nikki and the Robots: Better OSD, no more Slow Motion Bug!

Nikki and the Robots - Alpha 0.3.1 - Linux 64bit

Nikki and the Robots - Alpha 0.3.1 - Linux 64bit

Jun 11, 2011 Full Version 0 comments

Latest release of Nikki and the Robots: Better OSD, no more Slow Motion Bug!

Nikki and the Robots - Alpha 0.3.1 - Linux 32bit

Nikki and the Robots - Alpha 0.3.1 - Linux 32bit

Jun 11, 2011 Full Version 0 comments

Latest release of Nikki and the Robots: Better OSD, no more Slow Motion Bug!

Nikki and the Robots - Alpha 0.3 - Win XP/Vista/7

Nikki and the Robots - Alpha 0.3 - Win XP/Vista/7

Jun 4, 2011 Full Version 2 comments

Latest release of Nikki and the Robots. Changes include: * Battery counter and timer inside levels * High-score display in level selection and level-end...

Nikki and the Robots - Alpha 0.3 - Mac OS X

Nikki and the Robots - Alpha 0.3 - Mac OS X

Jun 4, 2011 Full Version 1 comment

Latest release of Nikki and the Robots. Changes include: * Battery counter and timer inside levels * High-score display in level selection and level-end...

Comments  (0 - 10 of 44)
sniperduck
sniperduck Apr 7 2012, 4:14am says:

engines name please and maybe a download link or infomation about where i cna get it... thanks

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Red-Hood-Speaketh
Red-Hood-Speaketh Apr 3 2012, 5:09am says:

Tracking, interesting game

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skimorusso
skimorusso Mar 7 2012, 9:05pm says:

Hey guys, this game is perfect, I capture a video of this game, it's in portuguese :/ Youtube.com

+2 votes     reply to comment
Tobi[GER]
Tobi[GER] Mar 4 2012, 11:49am says:

nice game! i write a little (german) article about it: Topfree.de

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qubodup
qubodup Mar 5 2012, 2:43pm replied:

heh, you're faster to report about our 0.5 release than we are!

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Gatuxo
Gatuxo Feb 18 2012, 9:51pm says:

The game is perfect of your timefree, and i capture one video of the game, please look Youtube.com sorry my english.

+2 votes     reply to comment
qubodup
qubodup Mar 5 2012, 2:42pm replied:

press shift ;)

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thunderising
thunderising Jan 22 2012, 5:01am says:

tracking!

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Ulbri
Ulbri Sep 11 2011, 6:23pm says:

Cmon let us pre-order it! D:

+2 votes     reply to comment
qubodup
qubodup Sep 21 2011, 11:25am replied:

:D soooooooooooon....

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Nikki and the Robots
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