Battle Robots

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About the game


Robots Battle Robots is a voice controlled Massive Online Multiplayer (MMO) game where you can build your own robot army and fight against other players in the Battle Arena. It works on any compatible Alexa-enabled device.

Level up and upgrade your robots to put them in the multiplayer Battle Arena and fight against your opponents. Challenge your friends and fight against foes! Get experience, fame and credits for winning the fights - use them to get better gear and create your ultimate robot army. Time plays a crucial role in the game so come back regularly to check on your robots, start new upgrades, collect resources, experience and bonuses. You are rewarded for staying active, however your robots get involved in fights when attacked even when you are not online and can earn experience and credits for you.

Your game state is preserved while you are offline, and you can continue playing from any device on which you are logged into your Amazon Alexa account. However, if you remain idle for more than 6 months, you will be removed from the leaderboard to make room for new and active players - you can re-join the leaderboard when you become active again but will need to fight your way again through the ranks.

Advance through the leaderboard to become the Master of the Arena!


How to play


To start playing, say to your Alexa device open Battle Robots or open the Battle Robots skill.

On Alexa+, if you hear that "Battle Robots is not supported on this device", you might need to enable it first by saying enable Battle Robots or enable the Battle Robots skill.

If it is the first time you are playing, you will be taken through a short tutorial demonstrating the basic machanics of the game. So... you do not need to read this tutorial, just start playing and let the game guide you! Continue reading this section if you want to know more, or are confused about something in the game.

Workshop You start in the Workshop, where you spend time upgrading your robots and preparing them for battle. Your first robot is Alpha, which you can use immediately. You can say go to the arena to start fighting, or upgrade your robot by saying upgrade robot. You can also say check upgrades or check progress to see which upgrades are already installed, and which are in progress. The game will navigate you through the upgrade process, allowing to chose from 3 upgrade categories: weapons, armor and mods. See the upgrades section for more details as each type of upgrade has its own set of options. Within each category, you can chose to start upgrades which are available depending on the level of the robot. Upgrades take time, and you can have only one upgrade of each category running at a time. You can either wait, or say speed up to try to speed up the upgrade process. Upgrading (and speeding up) costs credits, which you earn by winning fights in the arena, or through the Marketplace. Once you have more than one robot, you can switch between them by saying switch robots or switch to 'robot name', and each robot can be upgraded independently.

You will also be prompted to chose a nickname for your robot. This is used to identify you in the leaderboard. It is advised to do this at the start of the game but you can always set or change it later by saying change nickname.

Arena Once you are ready, you head to the Arena. Say go to the arena, or simply arena, to start fighting. You will be taken to the Battle Arena, which is where your robots fight against other players' robots. When you join the arena for the first time, you are placed at the bottom of the leaderboard, and you will need to fight your way up to the top in order to become the famous and powerful Master of the Arena!

The game will tell you your rank, which is your position in the leaderboard, and might, which is the sum of your 3 main stats (see the Robots section). You will also be presented with a list of 3 opponents ahead of you in the leaderboard. The game will tell you how much stronger or weaker each opponent is, and before the fight you can also optionally say look at 'robot number' (the number is the position of the listed opponent, between 1 and 3) to get to know their detailed stats, and what is your chance of winning the fight.

You can then say fight 'opponent number' (the number is the position of the listed opponent, between 1 and 3) to start a fight against them, for example fight 1 to fight against the first listed opponent. Alternatively you can say higher or lower to get a list of opponents with a even higher or lower might than the ones listed. That way you can either fight your way through the ranks faster, or if you are not ready yet then you can fight opponents that are closer to your might. Note that you gain less experience for winning against opponents significantly weaker than you, and more experience for winning against opponents stronger than you.

After the fight, you will be informed about whether you won or lost, and how much experience and credits you have earned. You will also be asked if you want to fight another opponent, note that each robot can fight in the arena only 3 times per every 6 hours, after which it needs to go to the Workshop for maintenance. If you have more robots, you can however switch to them by saying switch robots or switch to 'robot name' to continue fighting. If you have more robots than Alpha, each of your robots gains some small amount of experience when another one wins a fight, so by having more robots you can not only fight more in the arena but also make faster progress.

You can always say workshop or go to the workshop to leave the Arena and go back to the Workshop.

Note that your robots can be challenged even if you are not online, and they will fight for you even when undergoing maintenance (which does not count towards their 3 fights per 6 hours limit). This is a great way to earn experience and credits even when you are not playing - you can only win experience and credits, you do not lose credits or experience when you lose a fight.

Marketplace The third area in the game is the Marketplace. Say go to the marketplace or marketplace to enter the Marketplace at any time from the Workshop. Here you can buy additional robots (for credits or money), buy additional credits, or subscribe to bonus bundles. The game will guide you through the options and through the process. Note that any real money purchases have to be authorised in the Alexa app, so you are in full control and will not be able to purchase anything without explicit consent in the Alexa app. The marketplace is optional and you can continue playing without using it if you choose so, although you can get good progress boosts through it.

The game rewards you for consistency, logging in daily builds up a daily credit bonus, lets you smoothly manage your upgrades, and maximises your arena presence. Note that you will be removed from the arena, and the related leaderboard, if you are not active for more than 6 months. You will not lose any stats and you can re-join the arena when you become active again but will need to fight your way again through the ranks.

The game will keep offering suggestions and hints of what you can do next to keep you from getting stuck. You can also say help or what can I do? at any time to find out more about the options, or be more specific e.g. help arena to get help with what you can do in the arena.

Some useful commands to remember are:

  • repeat to repeat the last thing the game said
  • workshop to go back to the Workshop
  • marketplace to go to the Marketplace
  • arena to go to the Arena
  • leaderboard to see your position in the leaderboard in the game
  • what is my score to get your current score
  • upgrade to start an available upgrade
  • check upgrades to see which upgrades are already installed, and which are in progress
  • speed up to speed up an upgrade
  • switch robots to switch to a different robot
  • fight 'opponent number' in the Arena to fight against an opponent
  • higher in the Arena to get a list of opponents with a even higher might than the ones listed
  • lower in the Arena to get a list of opponents with a even lower might than the ones listed
  • help to get help with the game
  • what can I do? to get a list of things you can do

Experiment, have fun, and enjoy the game!


Robots


You have 4 robots available. You start with Alpha and can get the others through the marketplace. Each robot can be upgraded independently, and used independently in the arena. If any of your robots wins a fight, the other robots also get part of the experience, so by having more robots you can not only fight more in the arena but also make faster progress. You can switch between robots by saying switch robots or switch to 'robot name'.

Robots have a set of stats that determine their performance in the arena.

  • Attack is used to calculate the damage they deal
  • Defense is used to minimise the damage they take
  • Energy determines how much damage the robot can take in a fight before it is destroyed

The robot's might, which determines it's overall power, is a sum of all these 3 stats.

When fighting in the arena, the robot with a higher attack stat will deal more damage to the opponent, taking more of its energy. The robot with a higher defense stat will take less damage from the opponent, as its defense stat is subtracted from the damage dealt to it. Each fight happens in several rounds, in which opponents exchange strikes until one of them is destroyed - which means its energy is reduced to 0. The first robot to destroy the opponent wins the fight.

You are always informed about the outcome of the fight in the arena including how many rounds were required, which can help you judge the actual stat distribution of your opponents. When chosing opponents in the arena, you will be informed about their might. Before the fight you can also say look at 'robot number' (the number is the position of the listed opponent, between 1 and 3) to get to know their detailed stats.

Stats can be increased by installing upgrades. Each upgrade increases one or more stats. Which upgrades can be installed is determined by the level of the robot (see the upgrades section), which in turn increases with the amount of experience the robot has. Each robot starts at level 1 with no experience, then progresses to level 2 (100 experience required), 3 (more experience required), and so on. Experience is earned by winning fights in the arena. The more advanced the opponent, the more experience you get for winning. Similarly, if you win against weaker opponents, you get less experience. The maximum level each robot can reach is currenty 32.


Robot Base stats
Alpha
Alpha is the first robot you get. It's versatile, capable and comes with a basic set of stats.
  • Attack: 5
  • Defense: 5
  • Energy: 5
Bravo
Bravo is small, fast and agile, often underestimated but deadly in combat. It comes with mid-range initial stats.
  • Attack: 10
  • Defense: 10
  • Energy: 10
Charlie
Charlie is a heavy hitter with high starting stats. It's a great choice to complement your other robots.
  • Attack: 25
  • Defense: 25
  • Energy: 25
Delta
Delta is the most capable robot with great initial stats. It's a perfect weapon, powerful and lightning fast, straight out of high tech labs.
  • Attack: 60
  • Defense: 60
  • Energy: 60

Upgrades


Upgrades can be purchased independently for each robot once it reaches the level required for the upgrade. There are 3 categories of upgrades: weapons, armor and mods. Each item enhances one or more stats of the robot as shown in the tables below. Click on the upgrade name to see all its levels and stats.

Note that some of the upgrades are avaible only if certain other upgrades are already installed. The game will guide you through which are available depending on the level and configuration of your robot.

Armor

Name Level Robot level Attack Defense Energy

Weapons

Name Level Robot level Attack Defense Energy

Mods

Name Level Robot level Attack Defense Energy


Leaderboard


Note: data is synced with the game servers every 6 hours, so recent changes may not be visible yet.