Dinosaur Survival Bash!! by Orni 2012-09-10T22:18:00
Really awesome man, super addicting!
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 34 | Two Button Controls / Growing | Growing Wings | compo | 519 | 3.19 | 2.57 | 2.65 | 3.90 | 3.59 | 3.33 | 2.29 | 3.81 | 39 | |
| 2013 | 28 | You Only Get One | 1Px@At | compo | 391 | 3.14 | 3.47 | 2.93 | 2.77 | 2.26 | 3.02 | 2.11 | 2.81 | 81 | |
| 2013 | 26 | Minimalism | Paranoia Painter | jam | 377 | 2.86 | 2.80 | 2.31 | 2.79 | 2.73 | 2.70 | 2.38 | 2.61 | 79 | |
| 2012 | 24 | Evolution | Catching Life | compo | 512 | 2.72 | 2.59 | 3.25 | 2.47 | 2.47 | 2.29 | 1.58 | 2.18 | 64 |
Really awesome man, super addicting!
Very funny, unfortunately hardly a game and hardly connected to evolution.
Everything I wanted to say is already said in the other comments. So I just leave my: GREAT GAME here :)
Cool gameplay, nice music, overall a great game!
Amazing game. Minimum on the evolution side, but a great experience in any other regard. Great music and possibly the best "Low Health Warning Sound" ever created!
Really great in pretty much every regard :)
Really creative, even if a little weird game. Winning is a bit random maybe, but the betting mechanic really makes it exciting to watch the simulation.
Fantastic game. Hard to believe it was created in such a short time. Very funny as well. "Praise a key" :)
That was....interesting. I have know idea what I just played. All I know it was fun and I feel a little dirty, even though I am not sure why.
Not the most innovative concept but a great combination of the evolution theme, a two stick shooter and gaming overall. Challenging, fun, one of my favorites so far :)
Really cool game. Great art-style, atmosphere and good gameplay. Barely matched the theme, but cool as a prototype. Would like to see where you can go with it, if there is more time.
Great puzzle game, lovely art-style. That was awesome!
Thanks for all the feedback :) To answer to some of you: @NiceAlexanderAS: Thanks. I actually suck at math, so I had to look some stuff up (like orbit - calculation).
@commanderstitch: I added some instructions above. You have to select the right system and quickly tap W to launch the rocket.
@Kuulog: Yeah, it's a bit off, but the slowdown-time is on purpose. I wanted to add circular movement for rotation on the XboxPad Thumbstick, but ran out of time.
@juaxix: to put it simply: tap W until the rocket goes into the wormhole. Rotating planets helps to get there faster.
@infernet89: Really? I am using German Visual Studio, so that is most likely causing it. Wasn't aware it's German everywhere. I will try to change it tonight and upload an .exe version (with a seperate XNA 4.0 Redist)
Thanks everybody for the comments and ideas. I planned for differently shaped, increasingly difficult systems (additional obstacles are also a great idea), but the problem is, that I am a pretty crappy programmer and slimmed it down as much as possible to be done within the 48 hours. I might go back to add some stuff, but I hacked/hard-coded a bunch of things in there, so I'll have to see if it's worth the time and effort. Maybe I even start from scratch for that and change some of the mechanics (like the button-tapping)
@Rawbits: Actually you can switch to Window-Mode by pressing "Shift + O" (added it last second, so it's not well documented, but I mention it in the readme).
About turning the Rockets: Yeah, close to the end I thought about changing the system slightly (i.e. rocket always going to the closest planet at any given time, not just at launch) but there was just no time to try.
Fun game, the way new levels appear is really cool. I think the "evolution" aspect is weakest part of it, because it would basically make almost every game evolution-themed.
Cool, pretty unique idea for the evolution theme. Also the visuals are pretty nice. The only thing I'd like to see is a bit more than just press to press space for the "attacks"
Great arcade-like shooter. Lovely sprites!
Awesome game! Best I've played so far. Lovely graphics, funny sounds and super fun and rewarding gameplay. I liked the simplistic strategy a lot.
Seeing the Screenshots I doubted it was created in 48 hours, then I realized that it is very unfinished. The stuff you have is still really awesome. The character looks really good, the music kick ass and the idea seems worthy to be expanded on. Would love to see more!
Really cool game! Very fluent controls that made it a very fun and satisfying experience.
Lovely style, good music, but the character movement made me absolutely bonkers. Once I saw the level popping up again after finally finishing it the first time I was ouuut.
Cool take on tower defense. Great game. Btw. JSIL? I never heard of it. You mean I can make my XNA games run in the browser?! I think I just peed myself a little out of pure exitement. :D
Great atmosphere. My brain doesn't really like isometric arrow controls, but I still managed to finish it.
Fun game overall. The jumping is a bit unresponsive some time (maybe it's missing feedback when you are actually touching the ground)
Really cool. Took me a while to figure out that HERO is actually a level and how to control. The ball feels a bit heavy at times, but it's great fun and really challenging.
@shortiris - Only for Compo, this is a Jam entry. :)
Awesome! A lot of fun. Would be great if there are enemies that don't come straight at you (for a thrilling dance of death)
Yeah, level 2 was really tedious. The sound effects are adorable and overall a cool game :)
Best one I've played so far. Greatness!
The physics go completely batshit after a while and the controls overall feel a bit sluggish. But overall a cool game!
Great high-quality fun. Juice it up a bit and I would buy that.
This is a compo entry? My brain can't even compute that. Really good!
Pretty awesome. Controls are a bit difficult as mentioned before, but I am really I don't have a buddy here right now to give it a nice full 2 player test :)
Starts off a bit slow and a bit "meh" and then I figured out how to go somewhat straight and it suddenly became really awesome. Love the sounds.
Matching the theme pretty well, some levels are really cool, but some are very tedious, slowing down the game a lot.
Awesome game. Love the attention to detail in the pixelart animation (especially the dancing couple). Also not easy, took me quite a few tries to finish.
Didn't believe this is a legit compo entry until I saw the timelapse. Crazy good!
Simply beautiful. I wouldn't be surprised to see you winning a couple of categories.
Wow, that's really awesome. Good to see other XNAlers out here (but I have to admit, you made the better game!)
First (after adding some DLLs to start the game) I was like "Huh, whats going on?" and it was pure awesomeness from my third or fourth death on (yep, it took me that long to figure it out...)
Lovely Experience!
Really funny ending. I'd love to see a not-so-happy "You win" screen if you manage to outrun her ;-)
Really cool game! Reminded me of both "Thomas was alone" and Ico. I am not a huge fan of the isometric Q-bertian controls, but it was alright after some getting used to.
Very well made game. The atmosphere is just great.
Really cool mechanic. It's a bit too much after a while, but there is definitely more to it.
Hey guys, thanks for the great feedback. I wanted to respond to some of the (in my opinion very fair) criticism:
@TeddyNashor: Not sure if you mean the pixel or powerup-sound. I agree the latter one is a bit loud, but I wanted the powerup to feel powerfull (ran out of time for screenshake)
Gamelabbers: Titlescreen was definitely a quick thing, but I actually think it turned out ok. Completely agree on the slow progression. I would love to balance the difficulty for all levels and allow people to skip forward a bit. The slow started to help less experienced gamers to familiarize them with the controls a lot though.
Chiguireitor: Yeah, colors are randomly selected which results in bad combinations every now and then. I myself am color-blind myself and have problems sometimes. It's not documented, but you can press 't' to re-roll the colors at any time.
Interesting game. Feels a very random, but I admire the ballsy decision of giving the player only one click. Would make a good casino-arcade game.
Fun game! Pretty hard at first, but I like how using both cannons is rewarding since they are so much more useful if both are well upgraded.
Neat game, well done. I never trusted those penguins anyway!
I played until around 120 and did not really have any challenge at all. I had maybe 3 situations overall that required the other one to stand on a switch.
Fun little game with great art. @bentog: try jumping and then dashing up.
Not sure about the theme but other than that a really great game!
I think that is the best thing made in scratch I've ever played.
Who knew the vietnam war was that adorable!?
Cool game, but those damn rockets!!!
Great puzzle game, neat idea. Well done!
Really cool game. Get's pretty wild later on (but the sound was a bit annoying towards the end)
Fantastic, soothing experience. Probably easier for musicians than for me :)
Cool game, with an easy set of rules. Tell your daughter her art is awesome!
Interesting puzzle game. Fun, but very hard.
Really great, tight controls, nice graphics, innovative idea and the first game I played that tells you "You Only Get One" and then requires you to ignore that.
Great game! I love the concept. Since you didn't list it within your inspirations, you definitely have to check out "Spy Party"
Really hard, but immensely satisfying to succeed in.
Pretty cool genre mix. Well done
Awesome game! A bit hard as mentioned before, but other than that it's da bomb. Need - Multiplayer - NOW!
Incredible work. My favorite Jam Entry so far. Looks great, plays great, just overall extremely well done!
I....am not sure how I feel about this ^^
Super-fun mechanic! Definitely something you should build on, if you have the time!
Great game, really intense. Reminds me of the last level of Starfox. Aiming seems a bit off though.
Not bad, especially if you say you quickly threw it together. You had the same idea as the guy who made "Flowing Death Fist" btw.
Really fun concept! I also had the greatest bug ever, with both characters launching out of the screen like rockets :D Overall: Intense handshaking!
I think I just got violated :) Funny game!
Cool game, really fun. Played it all the way through. Basically exactly how I imagine the real life debates playing out. One little thing you could do is limit the time you can duck, since I thought it was a bit too easy. Reminded me of one of my all-time favorites "Snowcraft"
Really cool game. Looks gorgeous. Unfortunately I am color blind so I die all the time because I confuse yellow and the other yellow ;)
Genius twist of the breakout formula! If you ever make a mobile version, I'd pay money for it!
Cool puzzle game. Took me a minute to figure out how it works, but afterwards it was great fun. The NES-cardridge picture definitely caught my eye in the games list, so well done marketing ;)
Awesome! Really fun little game :)
Amazing what you pulled off, especially in the short time. Wouldn't be able to make this if I had a year to work on it, let alone a weekend.
Cool game, very fun and to the point. Nice music as well.
Unbelievable what your were able to do in such a short time span. Sweet graphics, simple but clever gameplay and utterly enjoyable.
Really fun and generates some great looking minimalist trees.
Very pretty. It's a bit hard to control the growth with the ever changing camera angle, but it makes for nice organic trees.
That's deviously creative. Love it!
Pretty cool. Tickles my Harvest Moon bone.
Really fun little shooter with nice graphics and good choices on sounds. Took me a minute to figure out in the compo version, especially, that I can't shoot diagonally though (much better in post compo of course).
Superfun game, got to 6911 points. Great basis to build on. Btw. is that some kind of debug mode when I press down? ;)
Pretty cool, I like that it has a bit different take on two button controls except left / right. Had some problems with the "bridges", falling right through them. Also the sounds...not that nice to listen to.
Nice graphics, starts a bit slow, but picks up quickly. Pretty easy though.
Very addictive little game and great usage of the themes. I assume you also restrained yourself when it comes to scope and actually finishing the game in time, which is also something I am jealous of.