gosh I actually might have to make at least three mech games to cover the basic genres, they are not the same I guess 1. super mech (gundam) 2. wwii mech (battletech) 3. psychomech (evangelion) - ThreadSky

unormal.bsky.social • 1 day ago

gosh I actually might have to make at least three mech games to cover the basic genres, they are not the same I guess

1. super mech (gundam)
2. wwii mech (battletech)
3. psychomech (evangelion)

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gkop.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Meat mech

n00sh.bsky.social•1 day ago

Smoosh Super Mech + WW2 mech together, add some rainbow 6 and you'll get Zeonic Front!

babykelp.bsky.social•1 day ago

I tend to group mechs into three like
1. sitting inside a big robot (battletech)
2. sitting outside a big robot (aliens power loader)
3. sitting inside a big flesh robot (evangelion)

which is similar but feels distinct. there is also whether there is some sort of psychological angle to the piloting

unormal.bsky.social•1 day ago

this is a political matrix

waterplant.bsky.social•1 day ago

I would support you so much in this endevour

kavidevs.bsky.social•1 day ago

Next 15 years of your life planned out eh?

unormal.bsky.social•1 day ago

though you can blend them in interesting combinations

zetazetan.bsky.social•1 day ago

Calling Gundam "super mech" is a bit confusing because in SRW and the like they're usually used as the iconic "real robots" example - "super robot" is usually more like Mazinger Z.

(Ofc since Gundam is huge there are exceptions, like G Gundam.)

begemot.bsky.social•1 day ago

All of those kind of exist in Gundam. Heck, in the UC!

Ough... mech game based on Turn A, where different nations are digging out mechs from different eras of history... that would be sick....

phokal.bsky.social•1 day ago

Looking at that literally, these are the StarCraft factions, aren’t they….

unormal.bsky.social•1 day ago

tegiminis.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'd actually argue gundam is more psychomech; super mech / robot to me is more like tetsujin or giant robo or big o

andrewcarl.bsky.social•1 day ago

Technically, Gundam is a Real Robot series with sci-fi elements because they're military machines that usually explain how they work in terms of real-world physic & limitations with some sci-fi thrown in. Voltron is Super Robot because they're space magic.

borgmamel.bsky.social•1 day ago

sufficiently advanced Real Robot is indistinguishable from Super Robot

moultano.bsky.social•1 day ago

You might be able to squeeze them all in one game as different size classes. Just have the mechs keep getting bigger.

modernmodron.itch.io•1 day ago

Hmmmm, where does "repurposed work mech" sit?

wpham.bsky.social•1 day ago

i'll buy them all but i really want to play a psychomech game where your mech's limbs can get ripped off and you can pick up an enemy's limb and graft it on as a replacement

the mechanism by which this occurs is not important, but the sound effects are