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Dinosaur Jr. vs the 1960's

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Humor64.32
Coolness277
Audio343.74
Graphics524.11
Fun563.75
Mood793.61
Overall1033.65
Theme2603.48
Innovation3253.30

Comments

2013-08-25 14:04

Dinousaurs that should rainbow beams? =D
Only one level? D=

epiplon 2013-08-26 01:38

Haha, funny game. The style attracted me, beautiful psychedelic colors.
Too bad it's that short.

dantronlesotho 2013-08-26 01:43

That was fun! I kept hitting enter though and missed the credits screen twice :(

mactinite 2013-08-26 01:54

OH MY GAWD WHAT JUST HAPPENED. This made me laugh I liked it, though the text screens gave me a headache :(

silentbunny 2013-08-26 02:01

Great colour!

pixel_phased 2013-08-26 02:44

This was the game everyone was looking forward to playing.
Gameplay was fun, although the instructions were kind of hard to look at because of the colours.

menderslan 2013-08-26 02:46

Awesome color scheme and graphics, loved the sfx too, good job!

anjack 2013-08-26 02:46

Must! Eat! Music! Legend!

"I have a big head... And little arms..." - T-Rex

archaeometrician 2013-08-26 03:42

Hahaha Nice game ! SO that's what you did with that funny dinosaur animation ;) Great work !

shohs 2013-08-26 03:44

Well, it's definitely a unique concept! I really enjoyed the graphics, especially the color scheme. I would have liked it to be a bit longer though.

theholychicken 2013-08-26 03:44

That was awesome on so many levels. How can you not love a game about a blue dinosaur noming on concentrated crowds of people.

mirzasan 2013-08-26 04:19

Epic I love this

thedreik 2013-08-26 04:19

Very fun game! It is a pity that the fun ends with a victory so quickly.

rabbits 2013-08-26 04:26

Great concept

josefnpat 2013-08-26 07:02

What a twist ending!

I spent a few minutes asking why this gust of wind wasn't letting me eat the stage, and I realized, I didn't eat enough patrons!

Fantastic colors and fun pixel art!

Perhaps adding a way to turn the dino around, or get the fans that are in the lower left corner of the stage would be good?

Truly gruesome! Great game!

donan 2013-08-26 07:10

Laughed a lot :D
Really cool game ^^

rezoner 2013-08-26 08:52

[Mark of approval]

panuo 2013-08-26 10:58

That was a fun little game, altough i would have appreciated a windowed mode. The instructions were bit harsh for eyes on 24" monitor :)

timtipgames 2013-08-26 15:24

Awesome. Nothing to add.

misfit 2013-08-26 18:30

I Did IT! We need more levels! :D Cool psychedelic 60's color palette. Good job.

tony-pe 2013-08-26 23:21

Wonderful

kunonooni 2013-08-26 23:59

ROFL! I wish I could give it more than 5 stars, that was hilarious! Great Job!

dantronlesotho 2013-08-27 01:04

LOVE the Jimi Hendrix midi.

flyingbear 2013-08-27 01:34

Ok, that was way awesome.

loolpolo 2013-08-27 02:42

OH MY GOD... EPIC!

gus 2013-08-27 02:50

[spoiler]
Did I just Rainbowned Jimi Hendrix?
[/spoiler]
60's psychedelic timetravelling nonsense? I love it
One of best entries in here, definetely.
I would totally play other episodes to come (moon landing's one mostly)
P.S.: "OR PRESS ESC TO ADMIT DEFEAT"
NEVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!

timkaidem 2013-08-27 03:59

Bhahahh, that's sick :D

wertle 2013-08-27 05:59

RAINBOW!!!! Great visual feedback. The fans were delicious.

rujomarco 2013-08-27 07:46

great game!
should be game of the year if it wasn't for mine ;)

01101101 2013-08-27 11:05

Haha I laughed out loud when the dinosaur shot his beam ^^
Sure it's only one level, but it's fun like that :)
Graphics and all are good too!

tifu 2013-08-27 11:59

Pretty funny, and I do love squishing people as a T-Rex! Did fail it several times, cos the game says I've to eat Jimi, so I just ran to the stage and tried to eat him without realising there was a different goal.

sirdorius 2013-08-27 15:06

Awesome idea, and the graphics are great. But it should have a challenge factor.

withoutpillow 2013-08-27 15:56

<3

nezzhil 2013-08-27 16:29

I failed a lot afted I tried to eat a lot of people, ha ha.
The ending twist is great.

Hendrix, I defeat you!!!!

wintermute 2013-08-27 22:28

So great but so short! I want more! I want to eat more rockstars and more audience!
Graphics: 5, it's a dinosaur!
Audio: 5, it's jimi!

pierrec 2013-08-28 06:17

Woah! This is an awesome fist entry! Love the graphics, love the twist! I laughed

davidwparker 2013-08-28 06:20

Looks cool- make a web version please!

nickw 2013-08-28 06:21

Excellent post-mortem and excellent game

devi-ever 2013-08-28 06:25

Thank you everyone! :D

@davidwparker : I've been considering getting into something like flixel... more and more and I am thinking game maker might be a poor platform to spend more time on. :/

nickw 2013-08-28 06:27

Really managed to capture Hendrix's look. Nice work.

crazi456 2013-08-28 06:31

Funny game! The instructions were quite blinding though.

shubshub 2013-08-28 06:32

Great Game :)

ghostonline 2013-08-28 06:34

Definitely one of my favourites!

alvaroh 2013-08-28 06:38

Cool graphics!

ddionisio 2013-08-28 06:39

omg, yes! I don't think I ever lived until I experienced being a time-warping psychedelic t-rex! Thank you!

kohijin 2013-08-28 06:43

Hillarious setting and fell as you stomp through the crowd! When I found out how to finish the game, i was a bit confused though. Felt a bit random to me, but it suits the humorous tone i guess.

netmute 2013-08-28 07:00

I would love to play this, the art looks ace! Maybe consider a Mac version?

rujomarco 2013-08-28 07:29

@devi ever:
if you want to go on something more similar to game maker but with a web output(html5) go on "Construct 2" its a really good software.

zerkruemler 2013-08-28 07:34

Cool and psychedelic. The crowd simulation and the sounds are really cool. Also the graphics and the fonts. Really good work.

flavio 2013-08-28 08:23

Hahaha ! This was completly psychedelic !
LSD TRex carnage !
Loved the crowd running away :)

mrspeaker 2013-08-28 08:51

DAMNIT! I'm a lowly Mac user and can't play this game - but it looks like the best game ever made ever. Do you have a video of it? Looks so freakin' cool. Plus... Dinosaur Jr!

paulloz 2013-08-28 10:05

Damn you psycho T-Rex, why don't you eat Jimi Hendrix once and for all?

Nice idea and realisation, but please think of the azerty keyboard users...

udrian 2013-08-28 10:11

If you made a collection of 10-second challenges like this and put it on Steam, I'd pay upwards of a few euros for it. A few euros!

laguna 2013-08-28 10:21

Such a great game! I had really fun playing this one! Just freaked out enough to make me really laugh!
Graphics are strange but set the mood perfectly.

teamflare 2013-08-28 10:24

Great psychedelic stuff :)

p4nurge 2013-08-28 10:56

Short and sweet. Playing this painted a big smile on my face from start to finish. Perfect graphics and audio. Also the most satisfying stomping and eating mechanic since Rampage! Excellent work!

sengi 2013-08-28 11:30

A knew it would be awesome from the beginning) And I was right)

rawani 2013-08-28 13:15

nice graphic but there is no replay value ...
good job .

pereubu 2013-08-28 14:13

Oh my god oh my god oh my god what have I just played to D8
friggin cool, now add more lazers and screenshake and rocket launchers and shotguns and space and unknown dimensions and aliens and else ...

paperblurt 2013-08-28 19:30

This is an awesome idea and graphics are delightfully bright and neony!

psychomonster 2013-08-28 19:33

Haha that is so funny... I like this game... :) What about a next level, where dino has to eat the Rolling Stones :D

ellipticaldoor 2013-08-28 20:55

If dinosaurs_in_a_game == true then win = true end

cobrajs 2013-08-28 22:24

Heh, very cool game. I have no idea how I got the rainbow beams though. Graphical style is excellent.

gabriel 2013-08-28 22:53

This is very funny! For some reason it reminded me of McPixel (which is a great thing). Loved the nonsense feel, really feels like one of those old MTV crazy ads. I definitely think you should consider expanding it a little bit, at least so that it sums up to a 20 min experience or so. I would definitely play it! :D
Congratulations, really loved it!

finnegan2100 2013-08-29 06:03

Awww, this was great! The Hendrix music had me laughing :D Great graphics + play.

unorthodoxgames 2013-08-29 09:37

Yep, this game GETS ME.

christinaneofotistou 2013-08-29 13:41

Awesome AWESOME scene, I forgot it was 2D for a little while! Wow!

And the CGA dinosaur, AMAZING! Top marks all around! You rock as hard as Mr Hendrix does

rhy3756547 2013-08-30 02:34

lmao that was hilarious, awesome job! It's a bit short though, could have used some more levels like you said, and it's quite easy to win... But the graphics were spot on, and I enjoyed it while it lasted. :P

martin_monosys 2013-08-30 22:16

Hey, I feel like I've known you for some time (some LD-Jams and stuff), but never knew about certain "details", like this : http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/devi-ever-s-fancy-new-vagina
So I guess I know nothing... that's okay, these LDs are about learning stuff... So, good luck on that INDIGOGO project, i whish you all the best!!! (Saw this in the game by ANANASBLAU, he seems like a nice guy with a beard...)

Anyway, what i wanted to say is : I didn't really get you game, but I guess that's just me, sound was cool, anyway... I always liked your music! :)

martin_monosys 2013-08-30 22:46

Sorry for talking this much, I had a beer or two...

diogomuller 2013-08-31 15:43

*Vomits Rainbow*

klianc09 2013-08-31 20:51

RAINBOWS!!

georgebroussard 2013-08-31 21:01

Liked the crazy art colors. Stomping around at the t-rex eating people was the fun part. Nice job for your first LD!

gatechgrad 2013-08-31 21:34

Nice pixel graphics, and the Mega Man warp in was a nice touch. At first I kept standing next to the stage and nothing would happen, but after a few tries I realized that you have to eat a certain number of people to trigger the "fatality" sequence.

senevri 2013-08-31 23:00

I saw you work on this on Twitch!
A lot of fun for ten seconds.

arcturusdeluxe 2013-08-31 23:13

Best god damn game. Love the trippy art! Also it has a dinosaur eating people. 5/5

cafeine 2013-09-01 01:43

Oh yes yes yes, very good! I'd love to see those extra levels you mention in you description.

Also, it's very cool seeing you here, I've been working on and off on a Disaster Fuzz clone (thanks a lot for sharing the schematics by the way).

Best of luck on your new creative endeavors!

awppy 2013-09-01 02:43

Didn't realize how to win the first couple times, but I got it eventually!

sylvain-p 2013-09-01 03:18

Very funny, but a bit too much simple.

2013-09-01 03:28

Very good, but short. I'd love to play more levels of this!

rincewind_cz 2013-09-01 10:45

After reading instructions I realized that.. Purple haze was in my brain :-D

graytest 2013-09-01 10:53

Love the concept and graphics. The game crashed on my second play through though.

tijmentio 2013-09-01 11:43

No idea what I just played, but it sure as fun whaha.

ratalaika 2013-09-01 16:06

Nice idea, and cool graphics.

lightsoda 2013-09-01 17:07

Love the style and concept, quite fun.

jellycakes 2013-09-01 21:42

That was pretty funny, the ending was hilarious, like the most dramatic ending i've ever experienced. The colours worked well for the play style and it was entertaining with very little interruptions. Nice work.

ithildin 2013-09-01 22:45

Brilliant!! I'm all for new psychedelic Dino DLCs :D

syawqy 2013-09-04 08:45

t-rex+rainbow = win

capro 2013-09-04 11:49

This is seriously fun! :)
Great work!

cosr 2013-09-08 16:24

Really short, but I loved it. The screen shake and the stompiness gave a pretty good feel to it. Nailed the whole being-a-psychadelic-rainbow-trex thing.

(I did notice the stompy screen shake still happens if you're eating and not moving. That I noticed this could be a sign I'm playing it too much, though.)

mrblade 2013-09-14 20:13

DINAS SHATIN RANBOWS OUT DEM MOUFZ. Hahah. Very nice work. Nice sounds, good graphics, all around a pretty good game. (Completely original take on the theme, too!)

mrblade 2013-09-14 20:13

DINAS SHATIN RANBOWS OUT DEM MOUFZ. Hahah. Very nice work. Nice sounds, good graphics, all around a pretty good game. (Completely original take on the theme, too!) 8/10