MiniBob

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Recommended, but I had some issues with the game. First off, I love the idea and how it's implemented. The themes and concept are relevant to our modern world. The presentation and art style are well done. I had some issues with the text not working consistently, sometimes leaving sentences unfinished. Also, the game soft locked at the end, so I had to tab out to close it. For free, it's worth checking out if you have the patience to deal with some minor technical hiccups.

A cute short game about a robot that can turn on your favorite music, find your missing car keys, and some more! Some grammatical/spelling errors, and I had a LOT of text boxes from Minibob that were cut off, but besides these small errors, definitely a fun experience. Love the art style and feel we need more games like this!

"MiniBob" is a student project, I think. It's a simple 2D point and click "adventure" game where you take on the role of a smart home assistant robot, click through discussions, do a few mobile/Flash tier cleaning minigames, with a somewhat needless ethical subtext stapled on clumsily. So this looks like an old 1990's Adobe Flash game that you might play in a web browser, and the problem there is obviously Steam wasn't intended to try compete with Chrome and Firefox. If it can be done in a web browser, it's not even close to a cutting edge PC gaming experience. That's a problem. There's an overwhelming amount of mediocre Visual Novel/E-book style cutscenes in this game. The developers failed one of the most basic, fundamental requirements of game design.. "Show, don't tell." So you'll spend a huge amount of time not playing the game, but clicking through endless lines of poorly written VN text cutscenes because the developers couldn't work out how to relate their narrative through the game mechanics, and decided instead it would be better to compete with reading a book for your time. We're here to play games, not read through hours of garbage intersituals. Your gaming rig …

A really cute short game.