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DSL TC Showcases / Newbluud's Showcase of New-Blood Non-talent
« on: June 23, 2016, 09:03:01 AM »
Introductions are in order. My name is Newbluud and I grew up on Robot Wars UK.
I got the game two days ago and have blown my free time on it as much as humanly possible. I looked into tutorials and read a few, but have thus far tried to be hands-on and experimental in my learning. After all, I wanted this new game to be fun, not a top-heavy learning exercise. But, after this long period of around six hours playtime, I think it's time for me to git gud, or whatever the equivalent term is in this community.
So, I went through a few of the showcases and picked up a few things. I then promptly decided that all of my bots thus far would probably get me a link to a tutorials master list and a friendly pat on the rear in that direction. I got working and tried to follow the IRL guidelines to make something worthy of critique.
With that, I introduce Dispatchwerk:
Middleweight, reasonably agile and a weapon that can end a would-be competitor in seconds provided I abuse the AI pathfinding and don't have to fight a shell spinner, Dispatchwerk is a solid 4/10. Also, it's invertible - kinda. I can list parts if it is too difficult to see the guts, I know I've not made the easiest bot to see inside.
I'm quite aware that I've a lot of ground to cover, but ADHD can make it pretty damn hard to sift through the War and Peace of internet tutorials and leave ten times as able as I am now. So, I come looking for some focused pointers.
Disclaimers:
Bonus image taking out suppressed emotional baggage on my least favourite bot of all time:
I got the game two days ago and have blown my free time on it as much as humanly possible. I looked into tutorials and read a few, but have thus far tried to be hands-on and experimental in my learning. After all, I wanted this new game to be fun, not a top-heavy learning exercise. But, after this long period of around six hours playtime, I think it's time for me to git gud, or whatever the equivalent term is in this community.
So, I went through a few of the showcases and picked up a few things. I then promptly decided that all of my bots thus far would probably get me a link to a tutorials master list and a friendly pat on the rear in that direction. I got working and tried to follow the IRL guidelines to make something worthy of critique.
With that, I introduce Dispatchwerk:
Middleweight, reasonably agile and a weapon that can end a would-be competitor in seconds provided I abuse the AI pathfinding and don't have to fight a shell spinner, Dispatchwerk is a solid 4/10. Also, it's invertible - kinda. I can list parts if it is too difficult to see the guts, I know I've not made the easiest bot to see inside.
I'm quite aware that I've a lot of ground to cover, but ADHD can make it pretty damn hard to sift through the War and Peace of internet tutorials and leave ten times as able as I am now. So, I come looking for some focused pointers.
Disclaimers:
- I have no delusions of grandeur. I'm well aware my little bot is pretty sucky, even for a first attempt at IRL.
- If I ask "Why" to advice, it is not because I disbelieve you or am trying to be standoffish, it's simply because knowing the reasons behind things will help me apply it in different contexts
- I've hated Razer from childhood to the present day.
Bonus image taking out suppressed emotional baggage on my least favourite bot of all time: