Nanobots
Diego Rodrigues · 2016 · Casual, Action, Indie, Strategy
PC
Mixed64% · 11 📉 Recent reviews down 50%
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About Nanobots
Nanobots is a fast-paced casual game about destroying self-replicating nanotechnology robots.
You have to reduce the standing population to zero in order to advance to the next level, as even one overlooked Nanobot can replicate itself and bring you back to square one in a matter of seconds.
The world was devastated by a dreadful war against intelligent machines. You are a survivor, and your greatest skill is to hack into machine cores and destroy them. But something unexpected happens. A sentient software named ADNA trespasses your local security, only to ask for your help.
Your mission is to exploit a newly discovered vulnerability. Machines use Nanobots (nanotechnology self-replicating robots) to repair themselves and keep their temperature low. By destroying them, a chain reaction causes entire systems to halt, even before they can identify the cause of the failure. It is your greatest chance to end the war.
Are you up to this task? Can you move fast enough without sacrificing precision and strategic decisions? If so, the world needs you!
Your main ability is a small Magnetic Pulse that instantly destroys closeby Nanobots. Move the cursor as fast and precise as you can to obliterate all on its path.
Secondary abilities are:
- Static Charge (right click): Disrupts a small area with a permanent electric field that prevents Nanobots from replicating.
- Electric Surge (alphanumeric 1): Increases the area of effect of Magnetic Pulse (your main ability) for a few seconds.
- Malware (alphanumeric 2): Injects a malicious code that causes every newly replicated Nanobot to be destroyed after a few cycles.
- Discharge (alphanumeric 3): Drains the energy from nearby power plants, causing all cycles to be delayed.
- Prismatic Beam (alphanumeric 4): Places a vertical and horizontal high-energy stream that divides the area temporarily.
There are 60 levels available!
- Move the camera: WASD, Arrow Keys or middle click and drag
- Zoom in/out: Mouse Wheel or Q/Z
- Abilities: Mouse left and right, and alphanumeric keys
All keys can be remapped.
Music by: Mark Sparling - www.marksparling.com
You have to reduce the standing population to zero in order to advance to the next level, as even one overlooked Nanobot can replicate itself and bring you back to square one in a matter of seconds.
Lore
The world was devastated by a dreadful war against intelligent machines. You are a survivor, and your greatest skill is to hack into machine cores and destroy them. But something unexpected happens. A sentient software named ADNA trespasses your local security, only to ask for your help.
Your mission is to exploit a newly discovered vulnerability. Machines use Nanobots (nanotechnology self-replicating robots) to repair themselves and keep their temperature low. By destroying them, a chain reaction causes entire systems to halt, even before they can identify the cause of the failure. It is your greatest chance to end the war.
Are you up to this task? Can you move fast enough without sacrificing precision and strategic decisions? If so, the world needs you!
Gameplay
Your main ability is a small Magnetic Pulse that instantly destroys closeby Nanobots. Move the cursor as fast and precise as you can to obliterate all on its path.
Secondary abilities are:
- Static Charge (right click): Disrupts a small area with a permanent electric field that prevents Nanobots from replicating.
- Electric Surge (alphanumeric 1): Increases the area of effect of Magnetic Pulse (your main ability) for a few seconds.
- Malware (alphanumeric 2): Injects a malicious code that causes every newly replicated Nanobot to be destroyed after a few cycles.
- Discharge (alphanumeric 3): Drains the energy from nearby power plants, causing all cycles to be delayed.
- Prismatic Beam (alphanumeric 4): Places a vertical and horizontal high-energy stream that divides the area temporarily.
There are 60 levels available!
Controls
- Move the camera: WASD, Arrow Keys or middle click and drag
- Zoom in/out: Mouse Wheel or Q/Z
- Abilities: Mouse left and right, and alphanumeric keys
All keys can be remapped.
Music by: Mark Sparling - www.marksparling.com
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
[h1] Frantic gameplay where you have to hover and jerk your mouse to get rid of ever growing horde of nanobots. More frustrating than fun. [/h1]6 found this helpful
I think it requires a bit too much precision, and otherwise could have been a very fun and unique game. It's a neat idea, but it required far more precision with a mouse than I apparently possess far too soon for me to recommend the game. With some difficulty options or options to change the size of your reticule, this would be an easy thumbs up, but as it is now, it's a thumbs down if you don't care to be frustrated too early to actually see the fun looking levels.2 found this helpful
Lame/boring gameplay. All you do is left click and move your move in precise in order to beat nanobots from growing. The gameplay might be enjoyable if you own touch screen monitor or there's easier difficulty option.1 found this helpful
I can't move my mouse precisely enough to play. If I could slow it down slightly then maybe. As of now it's just an excercise in frustration.1 found this helpful
Mixed feels right for the review score, but I'll give this a "recommended". Very unique concept. Gameplay-wise, it plays exactly like it looks like - drag the mouse to delete triangles and prevent them from restoring adjacent triangles. Your wrist does get very sore, and there is no way to pause a level besides forfeiting/restarting. I had to take breaks a few times simply because my hand did not have the energy to make the movements to beat a level. Level 3-9 is where I got stuck the most (but I got past it, thanks to this comment https://steamcommunity.com/app/449120/discussions/0/385428458160155275/#c3043858879876868829 proving that it's possible) The last level was a kinda neat idea for a boss battle, [spoiler]hover the mouse over a moving boss to damage it, in between times when all the nanobot triangles are destroyed[/spoiler].
This game looks like it would be fun if I could get past stage 1-11. The only difficulty options being normal, hard, and very hard, it looks like the tutorial levels are all of what I get to experience. I can't shake my mouse across my desk fast enough apparently. An easy setting or skip button would be greatly appreciated.
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