History VideoGame / Robocraft

* WaveMotionGun: Rail Cannons start out as small-scale versions, but gradually get big enough to fit the trope wholesale, and they hit every bit as hard as one. Rails will easily punch through a robot lacking on armor, possibly even scoring a OneHitKill if you can nail their Pilot Seat. These take quite a while to recharge after their energy is expended however, so be ready to run and hide after you're delivered your payload.

** More goodness with Tesla Blades is that if you have enough of them, the game recognizes your robot as "Tesla <insert mobility type here>". This can be, and often is, used to conceal the ''actual'' weapons on the robot; in most cases these are [[BattleMedic Nano Disruptors]], but some people can surprise you with the other weapons.

* BattleMedic: Most people wielding Nano Disruptors will also compliment them with Tesla Blades. In addition to healing teammates, these robots can use the disruptors to rip off an enemy's guns while tearing off whole chunks of armor with the blades, a very effective combination with the right build.

* BeamSpam: Multiple [[HealingShiv Nano Disruptors]] (up to six) can look like this.

** The overall effectiveness of your weapons peaks at having six of them total - firing rate for [=SMG=]s, number of rounds for Plasma Cannons, "Ammo" count for Rail Cannons, and number of heal/damage beams for Nano Disruptors. It's worth having extra though in case some are shot off.

** Nano Disruptors are also this. They fire a continuous, auto-targeting beam that either heals allies or damages enemies. Like SMGs, they lack the raw power of Plasmas or Rails. Unlike SMGs, they have a very short range.

* TankGoodness: With the recent addition of tracks, expect to see a lot more heavy tank bots around.

* GameBreakingBugs: As the game is still in beta, there have been a few. These include: falling through the floor under certain circumstances,

* Downplayed further in the latest update, which adds a "Hero Bonus": if you die, but your team still win, you gain extra RP and TP to make up for it.

* BottomlessMagazines: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since all the weapons use energy and not ammunition. It's worth noting however that only the [=SMG=]s can fire endlessly, the Plasma Launcher and Rail Cannon must recharge after use. The Rail Cannons in particular have a brutal recharge time of ''20 seconds''.

** The overall effectiveness of your weapons peaks at having six of them total - firing rate for [=SMG=]s, number of rounds for Plasma Cannons, "Ammo" count for Rail Cannons, and number of heal/damage beams for Nano Disruptors..

** Nano Disruptors are also this. They fire a continuous, auto-targetting beam that either heal or damage enemies. Like SMG, they lack the raw power of Plasma or Rail. Unlike SMG, they have a very short range.
* FutureCopter: Hoverfans provide control by tilting in order to vector thrust, though the vast majority of robots use more tiltrotors than the two used in traditional futurecopters.

** Nano Disruptor are also this. They fire a continuous, auto-targetting beam that either heal or damage enemies. Like SMG, they lack the raw power of Plasma or Rail. Unlike SMG, they have a very short range.

*** Nano Disruptor fires a continuous beam that auto-targets to [[HealingShiv heal teammates]] or [[CombatMedic damage enemies]], though it has a very short range.

** [=SMG=]s are fast-firing and can be accurate at a range, but still have huge accuracy falloff the more distance there is between the shooter and the target.
** Plasma Launchers do monstrous damage that [[AreaOfEffect spreads out along their explosion]], though you have to combat the arc and recharge time after every shot.
** Rail Cannons excel at sniping and punching through select pieces of cubes, though they take a long time to recharge and have ''horrible'' accuracy issues if you're [[DoNotRunWithAGun moving whilst shooting]].
** Nano Disruptor fires a continuous beam that auto-targets to [[HealingShiv heal teammates]] or [[CombatMedic damage enemies]], though it has a very short range.

** Nano Disruptor fires a continuous beam that auto-targets to [[HealingShiv heal teammate]] or [[CombatMedic damage enemy]], though it has a very short range.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Ahaha, '''[[AvertedTrope no]]'''. The game is actually quite unrelenting when you die: aside from assist kills from a teammate avenging you, you only gain experience, RP and Tech Points for things done while you were alive. There was also a repair cost paid in RP for the parts destroyed, which could outweigh the match rewards in higher Tiers if you died without doing enough damage/capping. The repair system was later removed so you never ''lose'' money from playing.

* DoNotRunWithAGun: Your accuracy takes a hit if you fire while moving in any way. It's not really noticeable with the [=SMG=] or Plasma Launcher, but the Rail Cannon suffers ''heavily'' from this.

* ViolationOfCommonSense: Despite the [[AndIMustScream obvious]] [[ATeamFiring issues]] that would arise in [[RealityEnsues reality]], there is no penalty for completely encasing your Pilot Seat in armor cubes, as you're in a spacesuit and gameplay is done in third-person from outside of your robot.

** The overall effectiveness of your weapons peaks at having six of them total - firing rate for [=SMG=]s, number of rounds for Plasma Cannons, and "Ammo" count for Rail Cannons.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Ahaha, '''[[AvertedTrope no]]'''. The game is actually quite unrelenting when you die: aside from assist kills from a teammate avenging you, you only gain experience, RP and Tech Points for things done while you were alive. There is also a repair cost paid in RP for the parts destroyed, which ''can'' outweigh the match rewards in higher Tiers if you die without doing enough damage/capping.

''Robocraft'' is a {{Freeware}} vehicular combat {{Indiegame}} developed by ''[=FreeJam=]''. The basic premise is simple: you construct a mobile robot out of blocks called "Cubes", which can be anything from bricks to shields, wheels to thrusters, radars to weaponry, etc. Once you're done building, you can then take it into multiplayer matches where two teams of people using their own creations battle it out. Victory is achieved either by wiping out the opposing team, or by [[CaptureTheFlag capturing the point they spawned in on]].

* BottomlessMagazines: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since all the weapons use energy and not ammunition. It's worth noting however that only the [=SMG=]s can fire endlessly, the Plasma Launcher and Rail Cannon must recharge after use. The Rail Cannons in particular have a very brutal recharge time.

* CompetitiveBalance: The "Ranking" stat of a cube is the defining factor of which Tier you will be playing matches in. The more Ranking your robot has, the higher its Tier.

** Rail Cannons excel at sniping and punching through select pieces of cubes, though they take a long time to recharge and have ''horrible'' accuracy issues if you're [[DoNotRunWithAGun moving while shooting]].

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Ahaha, '''no'''. The game is actually quite unrelenting when you die: aside from assist kills from a teammate avenging you, you only gain experience, RP and Tech Points for things done while you were alive. There is also a repair cost paid in RP for the parts destroyed, which ''can'' outweigh the match rewards in higher Tiers if you die without doing enough damage/capping.

* SniperDuel: Happens frequently between two Rail Cannon users, usually either ending with [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands the Cannons blown off]] or [[SingleStrokeBattle a good killshot to the Pilot Seat]].

* WaveMotionGun: Rail Cannons start out as small-scale versions, but gradually get big enough to fit the trope wholesale, and they hit every bit as hard as one. Rails will easily punch through a robot lacking on armor, possibly even scoring a OneHitKill if you can nail their Pilot Seat. These take quite a while to recharge after their energy is expended, so be ready to run and hide.

''Robocraft'' is a {{Freeware}} {{Indiegame}} developed by ''[=FreeJam=]''. The basic premise is simple: you construct a mobile robot out of blocks called "Cubes", which can be anything from bricks to shields, wheels to thrusters, radars to weaponry, and so on. Once you're done building, you then take it into multiplayer matches where two teams of people using their own creations battle it out. Victory is achieved either by wiping out the opposing team, or by [[CaptureTheFlag capturing the point they spawned in on]].

The game is currently in the late Alpha stages, and was recently greenlit on {{Steam}}. You can find the main website [[http://robocraftgame.com/ here]].

Remember when you built things out of {{LEGO}} as a child and imaging what it would be like to ride and fight with them? [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs This is pretty much that.]]

Remember when you built things out of {{LEGO}} as a child and imaging what it would be like to ride and fight with them? This is pretty much that.