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While this should be no surprise to anyone who has played past Pangea games, humor once again plays a large role in Otto Matic. Artist and level design Duncan Knarr considers this a crucial element of the game: “[Humor is] extremely important to me. Although I like other genres, I sometimes get tired of ‘serious’ games that come across too heavy-handed. If you look at even the most serious movies, there are always some humorous elements thrown in to make them more human. I think game designers could learn from that.”
Skiing Otto style.
So if your favorite kind of game is one that has its tongue firmly planted
in its cheek and is 100% fun, go buy Otto Matic, load it on your
Mac, and take on the alien hordes. To really get in the spirit, you might want to have Santa Claus Conquers the Martians playing on your TV in the background.
Around we go.
Here’s a partial list of the creatures in the game: 
 Re-animated corn, onions, tomatoes, and tractors on the farm planet Slime creatures on the slime planet Mutant aliens and robots Big-headed brain aliens Giant lizards and insects Killer clowns Flying fish Radioactive snake pods “Boss” monsters including a flame monster, an ice monster and a giant pitcher plantHere’s a partial list of the weapons Otto can use to deal with the alien rabble: 
A stun laser that puts enemies to sleep A freeze gun that will allow you to freeze enemies, then smash them to bits. Note: this is not always the best approach! A flame gun for melting monsters made of ice A one-use “supernova” charge that zaps anyone in range Heat Seeking Flares And a whole lot more!
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Otto Matic is currently being developed only for the Macintosh. Expected minimum system requirements are: Mac OS X version 10.1 or Mac OS 8.6 or higher 266MHz PowerPC G3 processor or faster 96MB of RAM ATI Rage 128 3D accelerator or better OpenGL 1.2.1 or higher |
