/ RoboFish
Devlog #1: Why do fish pilot the robots?
The idea behind RoboFish, and why a goldfish in a glass tank is the best cockpit we could think of.
Every mech game has a pilot. We wanted ours to be the least qualified pilot imaginable, and somehow still the hero.
The tank is the cockpit
The fish sits in a glass tank in the robot’s chest. You can always see it. When the hull takes a hit, the water sloshes. When things go really wrong, the tank cracks.
Turn-based, on purpose
Turns give you time to read the arena: crushers, cranes, ice that breaks. A good plan matters more than fast fingers.
That’s it for now. Next time: how the ice factory got built.