Robot Wants Ice Cream

Robot Wants Ice Cream is a short metroidvania style platform action game. The player controls the robot moving around in a single huge map, dodging or attacking enemies, collecting power-ups and the end goal is to unlock the door to reach the puppy. The game features 8-bit style pixel graphics and sound effects.

The robot starts out with only the ability to move and jump, while the puppy is following his every move. Collect power-ups scattered throughout the map to gain abilities like laser, quick fire, double jump, rocket boost, robo-puppy etc. The level is designed in such a way that collecting the power-ups will give the player access to new parts of the map. For example you first collect the laser and by killing enemies you can reach the double jump, the robo-jets allows the robot to reach other power-ups, and so forth.

There are robots, falling bombs, tanks, spiders, black robots etc. The map is broken up in three sections. The middle part is bright and above ground, the bottom part is darker and below the ground, the top part is a big space ship structure. Throughout the map there are computers which acts as check points. Unlike the previous games you will not die instantly, instead you can take 3 hits represented by hearts. Hitting enemies adds 5 seconds to your overall time, 3 hits and you are dead. Dying will respawn the robot at the last check point. Reaching the end goal with the fastest time is a sub goal of the game.

Other elements include bosses, collecting energy from killed enemies and a secret weapon.