Rustbucket Rumble

Rustbucket Rumble is a side-scrolling arena combat game where two teams of three robots fight to collect scrap and destroy the opposing base. You attack enemy robots until they become bins of scrap, then carry the bins back to your base for recycling. The scraps are the flags in this capture-the-flag-style contest.

The robot conflict

After making a mess of Earth for years, humanity leaves to find another planet to trash. The machines left behind include robots from the rival companies Robotic Engineering Depot (RED) and Blucom Discarded Plastics and Metals. With no humans to serve, the leaderless robots turn their competition into combat, each side gathering materials to build a giant robot capable of destroying the other.

Build a giant robot

Once a team has collected enough scraps, it can create El Rey Gigante Robo Jr. and unleash him against the enemy base to win.

Choose your robot

The six robot characters have different abilities, weapons and personalities:

• Clancy: This persistent grunt heals teammates or provides cover fire with an automatic rifle. He retrieves scraps with his robot arms and has no special scrap-carrying gadgets.
• Daisy: The engineer uses a mech suit to build sentry turrets and carry drones, and fights with a roller bomb launcher.
• Kasumi: The ninja uses holograms, smoke bombs and a cyber sword to take apart enemies quickly.
• Bjorn: The brute charges into danger with a flamethrower and stays alive with an energy shield. His strength also lets him toss scraps to teammates.
• Valentina: The sniper attacks from out of sight and retrieves scraps from a distance with an extending grabber claw. Stun grenades and a short-range rapid-fire pistol help her fend off enemies who get close.
• Maverick: The bombardier uses a jetpack to maneuver, fly and gain bursts of speed, and can make bombing runs by dropping bombs on enemies below. His rocket launcher helps him fight back when he gets into danger.