Sweepy Bot: first look
The best-looking robot vacuum game I've tried, and AI-made. Dodging the homeowner is a genuinely good idea, but the levels repeat.
- Made by
- NINA Studio
- Play it on
- MakePlay
- Made with AI?
- Directed with AI on MakePlay
- Time played
- One short session
Sweepy Bot has the most detailed 3D home of any robot vacuum game I’ve played, and the robot itself is full of personality.
The homeowner
The human wanders around and gets in your way a lot, which is annoying at first. But working out how to clean around them becomes a small puzzle of its own, and I enjoyed that more than anything else in the game.
Oddly, there’s a button to “ask out” the owner. It sends them out of the house (not on a date). That skips the most interesting part, so I’d rather the game didn’t offer it.
Controls
Mouse control is awkward because I often clicked outside the game area. WASD works much better.
Variety
Apart from the homeowner, the cleaning felt much like Falcon’s Robot Vacuum Cleaner. The third level was so similar to the first that I lost interest. Other players have also said the first level is too big and slow to hook you.
Verdict
A polished, likeable AI-made game with one genuinely good idea. It needs more variety between levels.
This is a first look from a short session. Scores will follow after a longer play.