Ohhhh this scratches an MMBN Itch something fierce. TBH if you polished this up a bit and maybe made it a bit longer, you could totally sell this on steam and I'd 100% throw a couple of bucks at it. Love the intro dialogue and premise, and once I got a handle on moving and attacking, I started going to town. I really wanted to beat the game before I made my post, but I keep getting destroyed by the claw crew, even with a claw of my own. I enjoyed experimenting with the different weapon types, but I was a little bummed to realize you HAD to take one, cause that would often leave me with gaps in my strategy. If i got two attacks, I'd have to either lose some defense or replace a weapon i like with one I don't like as much or one that doesn't fit into my strategy. There were also a lot of weapons that it felt like you had to work a build around (The energy blast one or energy hog NEED energy regen or else you're a sitting duck) but given how short the game is, you don't have many chances to get to that point where you can start really building. I got the energy crank in at least 3 runs and saw NONE of the really powerful energy weapons that would have gone with it. It was also sorta frustrating if you got whittled down to your last robot and it had, like, hand crank or something and you just had to sit there and take it. On the topic of the bots, I feel like even though the bots are said to be disposable, that that I need to prioritize the bomb- I that If I lost even one bot it was over for me. Every fight having 4 enemies means that even if I lost even one, the enemy could just snowball me and I would have no way of coming back without taking serious damage myself. I feel like the robots should be revived between fights with half health no matter what, because that would encourage the player to have to pick and choose who to tank and who to protect a little better.
I know I just said a lot of things that I would change, but that's only because I enjoyed the core of the loop so much that I really really wanna see it shine! You guys seriously have something special here! Art, music, and sound all were great and were really the cherry on top of an experience I already enjoyed. Great work !