History VideoGame / Cogmind

''Cogmind'' is a {{roguelike}} sci-fi game with Matrix-esque terminal-style graphics. In it, you control a mysterious robot that can repair and reconfigure itself by picking up pieces of fallen enemies. Your goal is to escape from the vast Complex to the surface, a task made difficult thanks to the Complex's innumerable guardbots and an AI that allocates more aggressive guards when you're perceived to be a threat.

** If you run out of matter and need to use it to equip a weapon, you can ram into other robots to have small amount of matter drop. This risks damaging yourself though.
** Enemies with weapons don't start out near where you enter a map. In easier difficulty modes, operators that request reinforcements when they see you don't appear nearby either.

* BreakableWeapons: All weapons have a durability stat and break when it goes to 0.

* HeartDrive: Your core, which comes with a weak engine and weak hover propulsion.
* MechanicalEcosystem: The Complex itself, and a major feature of the game. Each of the dozens of robot types has ''some'' purpose and agenda in this world, be it patrolling for intruders, scavenging debris, repairing damaged areas, hunting down known threats, or just surviving for its own sake.

* WantedMeter: The current alert level isn't visible by default, but doing things like attacking robots, being spotted by Watcher robots, failing at hacking terminals, or [[StalkedByTheBell simply lingering on a level for too long]] will cause the alert level to rise, resulting in squads of increasingly-dangerous security robots being dispatched to hunt for you.

* FragileSpeedster: Swarmer bots, who are fast and difficult to hit but very fragile.

* BreakableWeapons: All weapons and armor have a durability stat and break when it goes to 0.

* MechanicalLifeforms: Basically everyone you meet. Some robots pursue their own goals and defect from the main AI.

* MooksAteMyEquipment: Recyclers take equipment that you or destroyed robots drop, and put it in the recycling machines.

* MookMaster: Carrier bots have no weapons of their own, but deploy a squad of assault bots if they can get close to your position.

* AntiGrinding: You don't gain experience from killing enemy robots. If you linger on the later levels for too long, extermination squads will spawn and your alert level will rise, leading to increasingly aggressive assault squads.

''Cogmind'' is a {{roguelike}} sci-fi game with Matrix-esque terminal-style graphics. In it, you control a robot that can repair and reconfigure itself by picking up pieces of fallen enemies. Your goal is to escape to the surface, a task made difficult thanks to numerous guards and an AI that allocates more aggressive guards when you're perceived to be a greater threat.

* AIIsACrapshoot: Your main adversary.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: If you run out of matter and need to use it to equip a weapon, you can ram into other robots to have small amount of matter drop. This risks damaging yourself though.

* BrutalBonusLevel: The branches off of the final level
* DemonicSpiders: Hunters can shoot from further away than your base sight, can shoot through walls, are hard to track, use components helping them to evade projectiles, use flying drones to find you if you run away, and resist a damage type that most other hostile robots don't resist.
* DungeonMaintenance: Robots arrive to repair walls and clean up wreckage.

* EverythingBreaks: There's a fully destructible environment.
* GoddamnedBats: Swarmers are hard to hit and are 3 times as fast as a player with legs.

* MechanicalLifeforms: Some robots pursue their own goals and defect from the main AI.

* [[{{Upgrade Artifact}} Upgrade Artifacts]]: Certain items found in side branches
* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: As you kill unarmed AI-controlled robots, your alert level rises.

* StrayShotsStrikeNothing: Averted. Stray shots that hit reactors can result in large explosions. If they hit an engineer or conveyor, reinforcement squads may get called in. This is a gameplay mechanic that frequently increases the danger in the area.

* MooksAteMyEquipment: Recyclers take equipment that you or destroyed enemies drop, and put it in the recycling machines.

** Enemies with weapons don't start out near where you enter a map. In easier difficulty modes, operators don't appear nearby either.

Cogmind is a {{roguelike}} sci-fi game in which you control a robot that can repair and reconfigure itself by picking up pieces of fallen enemies. Your goal is to escape to the surface, a task made difficult thanks to numerous guards and an AI that allocates more aggressive guards when you're perceived to be a greater threat. Major features include:

* [[{{EasilyDetachableRobotParts}} Building and modifying yourself from parts found, or enemies defeated]]
* Dozens of robot classes, each with unique behavior within the ecosystem
* [[ProceduralGeneration Procedurally generated]] world combined with hand-crafted content
* [[{{MultipleEndings}} Seven different animated endings to uncover]]
* Multiple factions, some of which offer to help you and some of which are automatically hostile to everyone who approaches
* Matrix-esque terminal-style graphics
* Numerous particle effects and sound effects
* [[{{EverythingBreaks}} Fully destructible environment]]

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!! Cogmind contains examples of

* [[{{AIIsACrapshoot}} AI is a crapshoot]] and is your main adversary.

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: As you kill unarmed AI-controlled robots, your alert level rises.

* MooksAteMyEquipment: Recyclers take equipment you drop when you run out of inventory space and put it in the recycling machines.

* MooksAteMyEquipment: Recyclers take equipment you're about to loot and put it in the recycling machines.

* [[{{Upgrade Artifacts}} UpgradeArtifact]]: Certain items found in side branches

* [[{{UpgradeArtifacts}} Upgrade Artifacts]]: Certain items found in side branches

* UpgradeArtifacts: Certain items found in side branches

* RareCandy: Certain items found in side branches

* Multiple factions, some of which offer help to you and some of which are automatically hostile to everyone who approaches

Cogmind is a {{roguelike}} sci-fi game in which you control robots that can repair and reconfigure themselves by picking up pieces of fallen enemies. Your goal is to escape to the surface, a task made difficult thanks to numerous guards and an AI that allocates more aggressive guards when you're perceived to be a greater threat. Major features include:

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: If you run out of matter and need to use it to equip a weapon, you can run into other robots to have small amount of matter drop. This risks damaging yourself though.

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: As you kill unarmed AI-controlled robots, your alert level also rises.

* [[{{AIIsACrapshoot}} AI is a crapshoot]] and is your main adversary

* GoddamnedBats: Swarmers are hard to hit and are 3 times as fast as a player with legs

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: As you kill unarmed AI-controlled robots, your alert level also rises