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Dino Escape

By nima

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2563.5329
Fun1273.7429
Innovation5762.4829
Theme2633.7229
Graphics3823.2429
Audio3053.1829
Mood2753.3129

Comments

very-bad-bunny-studio 2022-04-04 01:57

Your link to itcho is offline. If I can answer when it's ok I will play!

nima 2022-04-04 02:33

@very-bad-bunny-studio Hopefully it should be working now!

very-bad-bunny-studio 2022-04-04 13:28

Great music and graphics! I played for almost 25 minutes and it lasted quite a while! A change in the land sprite when it was hit (or a different sound) would be nice, sometimes I missed it but I didn't know why.

Congratulations!

sam-horner 2022-04-04 13:56

This goes from a difficult survival challenge to a full on power fantasy! I love it!

roryh 2022-04-04 14:02

Nice! Movement and shooting feels just right. Gets super hectic late in...

Amusing aside but you can continue playing when the game over screen is up

eboatwright 2022-04-04 18:43

Fun game! Not to be rude, but the graphics kinda hinder the fun. Mainly because all the pixels in the images are different sizes, so everything looks kinda out of place. Another thing, is the shooting sound effect get's a little annoying after a while. I would suggest randomly changing the pitch of the sound each time you play it, so it sounds a little different each time.

nima 2022-04-04 19:25

@eboatwright Thanks for the feedback and I'm glad you enjoyed the game!

nima 2022-04-04 19:26

@roryh Let's say being able to play when the game over screen is up is a feature and definitely not a bug :) Thanks for playing!

nima 2022-04-04 19:27

@very-bad-bunny-studio I'm happy you enjoyed playing it!

nima 2022-04-04 19:28

@sam-horner Thats pretty much what I was going for. I glad you enjoyed it!

anonymouspanda 2022-04-04 20:12

Although there was no dinosaur to be seen in this game, it was nice to know I did something to make them live a little longer! Game was classic space shooter just the way I enjoy them the most. Great job!

aarimous 2022-04-04 20:14

pew pew pew x5000 love it. The upgrades felt so good. Only wanted more upgrades so it could keep getting more ridiculous. But I loved what you had. Each speed upgrade gave me a good laugh and rush of excitement. Thanks for making with and sharing with us. cheers!

nima 2022-04-04 20:15

@aarimous Yeah I wish I could have added more powerups, but I ran out of time. I'm glad you enjoyed!

vgel 2022-04-04 20:15

Really dig the aesthetic, it's cute and the sound effects fit in well, though I agree with @eboatwright about the pitch variation. It would be cool to see a bit more of an upgrade tree where certain upgrades are mutually exclusive, in a future update.

nima 2022-04-04 20:16

@anonymouspanda I was gonna add a cut scene with dinosaurs, but ran out of time. I tried making the ship look like a triceratops with three horns, but it didn't really translate well into pixel art. Thanks for playing!

nima 2022-04-04 20:19

@vgel It was my first time working with sfx so I appreciate the feedback. Cheers!

owca 2022-04-04 22:20

I enjoyed playing it. Especially after the game was over - then it turned into a zen shooter - just hold the mouse button and watch everything explodes :D

I had one issue with the UI when playing fullscreen (2560x1440). It's better to anchor the side UI elements to border of the canvas instead of the center (deafult).

jesse-martin 2022-04-04 22:23

Its a shame I couldn't save all the dinosaurs, might be helpful if selecting the upgrades was in a pause state.

nima 2022-04-04 23:56

@owca Thank you for the tip! and I'm glad you enjoyed!

algebruh 2022-04-05 01:45

Wow, really good work. It was interesting to play for a while.

nima 2022-04-05 02:15

@algebruh I'm glad you enjoyed!

sirikan 2022-04-05 04:33

Nice work. was fun.

d00kl1 2022-04-05 05:03

Good game, especially after the inevitable 'Game Over' overlay popped up. Somehow my powerups felt more powerful when playing in the Game Over mode.

Fits the theme too.

giardi 2022-04-05 15:11

Very fun game. I really enjoy it. The game fits the theme very well and the sound is simple, but not bad. Nice work.

castitatis 2022-04-05 22:26

It feel sooo good when you get some upgrades and you blow all these rocks :D Really good game :)

castitatis 2022-04-05 22:26

sorry for all the messages! Some bug on the website I guess... :D

castitatis 2022-04-05 22:26

It feel sooo good when you get some upgrades and you blow all these rocks :D Really good game :)

castitatis 2022-04-05 22:27

It feel sooo good when you get some upgrades and you blow all these rocks :D Really good game :)

castitatis 2022-04-05 22:27

It feel sooo good when you get some upgrades and you blow all these rocks :D Really good game :)

castitatis 2022-04-05 22:27

It feel sooo good when you get some upgrades and you blow all these rocks :D Really good game :)

sdelay 2022-04-06 09:27

Nice game, easy and interesting! Could you add "restart a game" button/option when we fail ?

gonutz 2022-04-08 21:51

Great game! I really like the fact that you can continue playing after the game is "over", I destroyed a whole bunch of asteroids after that!

This feels like a mix of Asteroids and Pang, very nice creation. I like that you get straight to the game, put all your instructions and buttons on one screen and off we go. This is very pragmatic and I like it. Perfect for a jam game.

The music and sound effects were nice, too, the music could have been a little darker, more destruction-of-the-earth-like. This music gives the game a nice and light feel so this is not a big thing, I like the music.

The best part is the level-upping of the weapons. I always like these in games and at the end you feel pretty powerful with your fast and wide triple bullet hell gun.

Overall a great game, nice job, very well done! I am looking forward to your future creations! :v:

binaryprinciple 2022-04-12 23:57

Very fun and catchy game! Keep you on your toes and the controls although sometimes to floaty they are good enough to chase those pesky rocks. My recommendation is to add some power ups that spawn sporadically that will allow you to boost your speed, explode all rocks in the screen or stronger bullets. The power ups only last for a few seconds. It would give you more change to get more skill points.

m2tias 2022-04-15 17:57

Haha, what an entry! At first I was flying around stressed trying to get the asteroids. Then I realised that I can just shoot through everything so I stood in one place. It was fun :D