Robbox (9.01MB)
The developer has created a special edition of Robbox and made it freeware. It was originally given away over on the game giveawayoftheday site back in 2007 and again in 2008. You can see my old review and comments from users from the 2008 giveaway HERE and the 2007 giveaway HERE.
The game:
Robbox is a straightforward 3D pick up objects and move obstacles out of the way puzzle; which is done in a decent enough graphic that the whole family including the children will probably love. The puzzles get progressively harder as you progress, though there are power ups such as batteries to give you extra time in the level and others such as the ghost, which enables you to walk through walls. As well as numerous others such as dynamite, radar, speed, puller and others that are detailed in the help menu and which you can check out by following the links I’ve provided below to screen captures. Each level has to be completed within a specified time which is determined by the robots battery life which is indicated by a blue bar at the top of the playing arena. You are able to change the camera view from a 3D to a top down view if you prefer that. Each level is introduced with some preamble regarding the main points of the level, such as for example warning you to avoid puddles as this will cause you to lose power quickly. Also there are in game tips which can be read by passing over the yellow question marks. There’s also a map accessible by pressing the M key. :)
I’m not sure whether the special edition is the full version, however, the installed game is larger than the original version we were given back in 2008. There are 50 levels plus numerous bonus levels. I went through 2 bonus levels within the first 5 or 6 levels. If you get stuck on a level you can run a solutions demo to help you along the way.
Images and Video:
You can see around 20 images that I took when I was reviewing the game for the first time. They include images of the menus and help section as well as in game images, though I neglected to include top down images, however I've copied some from te developers site which can be seen here in this post. You can see the original images as a slideshow HERE or all on one page HERE. You can also see 18 images HERE from the developers site and some Googled images HERE
There’s a video of the game available on you tube HERE
Conclusion:
Overall I found the game relatively easy; though I did fluff level 5 the first time - I wasn’t paying attention to the pre level instructions. This, as said already will appeal to the kids as well as adults. when I first had this game running my son Callum had just got up and in preference to his newly bought Wii he wanted to play this game after standing next to me for a few moments. Though I do think those younger than say 8 and definitely 7 will require some adult help to get through the later levels.
Judging by the bonuses there’s quite a variety of levels to work through and in my opinion this game is well worth 9 out of 10 for family fun considering it is now free.
Download:
You can download directly from the developers site, but you’ll find the games menus are in Russian, however GMMan contacted the developer and was granted permission to translate the game to English, though there are still some buttons in Russian (i.e. the Start button, which is the top button and the second button which is for selecting custom levels that you have made using the editor) I’ve linked to the developers site in the download section below because you can also download a level editor, the writing looks like gibberish, especially if you’ve not got your windows system set up to read Russian Script; however, Google Translator does a very good translation of the whole page if you want to read what they have to say about the game. I’ve also posted a link to the translated edition as well (The last link).
If you do go for the Russian version once you’ve started the installation wizard you’ll need to click on the button that says something like Aaeaa, though each of the letters has extra symbols tagged onto each letter that we are familiar with. The second window allows you to change the default installation location which is:
C:\Program files (x86)\Artfrost\Robbox (64bit)
or
C:\Program files\Artfrost\Robbox (32bit)
Again click on the button that looks like Aaeaa. The third window allows you to change the start menu shortcut position and also change the name of the shortcut from the Russian name of the game (which is Ðîááîêñ) to the English name Robbox. To go to the fourth window again click on the button that says Aaeeaa. The fourth button allows you to include a shortcut in the Start Menu program list . Just make sure the checkbox is checked. The second check-box is (I think) to have a shortcut placed in the quick launch bar. Don’t forget to uncheck this if you don’t want the shortcut placed there. If you forgot to change the shortcut name (The Russian shortcut reads Ðîááîêñ) you can change it by clicking on the title under the icon image once the game has been installed.
You can download the Russian version HERE which according to the Russian website has the ability to be edited using a map editor that’s downloadable from the link above. You can find the level editor link just a little above the first images and looks like the following:
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As usual it will be a blue hyperlink and is located within a small box that’s dated 10-04-2011, the title of the section is Созидай вместе с Роббокс! (Below the main introduction it’s the second boxed area. There’s then one more boxed area with some red writing then after that you’ll see some images.
The English Translated edition is available HERE
