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From Dust

By tater-hater

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall5962.6021
Fun5732.5721
Innovation6112.1021
Theme5952.5020
Graphics4972.9421
Audio4302.7321
Humor4711.8617
Mood4113.0019

Comments

bohmann 2022-04-04 16:35

Score 550. Quite atmospheric game with good art. Especially horse :))) fantastic, like real. Overall good one google dinsaur time skipper. Music is enjoyable, good too, ahh wild west atmosphere. Rate my game pls too

infecsean 2022-04-04 19:56

music is great, art is cool, overall nice game would definitely play over google dino.

noobman64 2022-04-04 20:03

I made it home! Well done, I particularly liked the dust/sand effect on the left side of the screen

kurrik 2022-04-04 20:14

What a great theme! Got score 700 (would be good if the game showed you the score before reaching the end, maybe if you lose all your lives). Hitboxes are a little punishing, I'd suggest shrinking them a little so it doesn't have to be quite so exact.

david-york 2022-04-06 23:58

I am really happy to see you included a distance to home. That gave me a clear goal to work towards and a sense that the game wasn't going to be endlessly repeating. Also the graphics were very charming.

nick-rafalski 2022-04-08 20:39

I liked the gameplay and the tie in to your grandfather, very humbling. I also liked how the music was kinda melancholy to fit the theme. Nice job!

diego-escalante 2022-04-11 01:35

It took a few tries but I was able to beat the game with a score of 550! I think the game is well rounded, the animations, the scrolling scenery, the dust, the music, it all ties together nicely. Perhaps the gaps between some of the obstacles is a little too tricky.

Also, if you want to go for bonus points in the future, this game is a great candidate for some jump buffering to make it really feel good to play. :)

lesinvisible 2022-04-13 15:39

The music is very good, but the game itself feels limited gameplay vise, stiff and not very refined. It could use a little polish or more gameplay variety.

rvenson 2022-04-14 23:34

I missed some shoot's feedback, but the game is fun. I tried it until I finish =)

hmightypirate 2022-04-15 20:48

I cannot finish the game after many attempts so I cannot see my score but I was close (9 to home). I don't like that you can chain multiple hits. A good addition will be to add an invulnerability time after one hit.

lmb 2022-04-18 00:34

Incredible how good your game looks even though the individual sprites are especially pretty! This is some talent! (Serious!) My main suggestion would be to have some feedback about hunting the birds, because as far as I could see, it made no difference hitting them or not.

Otherwise, a nice simple game. (Oh, and a nice source of inspiration!).

kjscott 2022-04-18 10:22

For a compo entry you're supposed to add a link to the source code (I think the jam is more flexible and doesn't require the source code).

I liked how the dust cloud appeared infront and behind the player, trying to manage shooting and jumping was an interesting challenge which I've not encountered really encountered in this particular style of runner game before. Overall not a bad entry!