Ludum Dare #19compo

Dinosaur Dance-Off

by draknek

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.37

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.11

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.43

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.89

Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.62

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.98

Community★★★★★★★★★★2.50

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★6%

Build up your dinosaur and then challenge other people to a dance-off!

I would like to eventually add some bonuses for challenging others: i.e. if you win a dance-off you get 2-3 extra bones to add to your dinosaur.

Comments27

SpaceManiac20 Dec 2010, 04:15

Got a source archive anywhere? I'd like to take a look at this :)

Meep20 Dec 2010, 06:28

Was hoping flesh would form around the fossil =P

Razen20 Dec 2010, 08:40

http://www.draknek.org/dance/?dino=iyj OOO IT'S A GHOST

Awesome game! Not much else to say, it's pretty simple but I still found it kinda fun to mess with.

increpare20 Dec 2010, 11:37

http://www.draknek.org/dance/?dino=d7y

Dance off with me yeaaah

increpare20 Dec 2010, 11:37

needs music

Hellfang20 Dec 2010, 11:57

Fun to mess around with, would be nice if you could add stuff to the 'dinosaur' after it's created. Just being able to whack on googly eyes would make a big difference. Cool idea!

Zillix20 Dec 2010, 17:33

Very unique game. Would like an option to slow things down a little so I can better customize =P
The online interactivity is pretty neat!

Starspell20 Dec 2010, 17:36

Very funny and a really nice game to play around with. Needs an in-game code input to dance off against other dinos and a reload button of some sort so you don't need to refresh the page all the time.

Also where is the dino head I was promised? A good update would be to have different types of bones in the ones that are dropped. Not just normal bones but curved bones, pelvises, skulls, hands and feet. Then it would look totally crazy!

stevejohnson20 Dec 2010, 19:47

How can you have a dance-off with no music? (Other than that, I love it)

plams20 Dec 2010, 20:03

This is fun :-) Would be nice with a retry button instead of F5.

mjau20 Dec 2010, 23:13

Behold the mighty Duckboat! http://www.draknek.org/dance/?dino=28bg

SpaceManiac20 Dec 2010, 23:56

Simple yet engaging. Excellent work.

ilijabc21 Dec 2010, 00:17

nice work, it would be better with dinosaur noise on complete

Dark Acre Jack21 Dec 2010, 04:26

Hah! I laughed. Well-executed, good work.

Entar21 Dec 2010, 05:02

Heheheheh.

KoryWazHere21 Dec 2010, 14:09

ha ha, great stuff =D

Endurion21 Dec 2010, 16:26

Neat concept, especially the dance off.
Not really that much of a game though ;)
This could really use a bit more of decoration on the skeleton. Eyes, beards and pirate fledges.

ThatSnail21 Dec 2010, 22:55

REINDEER FOOLS!
http://www.draknek.org/dance/?dino=310q
SUCK IT.

This is so neat I love it.

Tom Francis22 Dec 2010, 00:29

Ha, great idea. The physics seem surprisingly good - wobbly stuff has a tendency to spaz out in a lot of games.

The ability to link your dinosaur and dance with others is ace, but I did want a bit more interactivity to make it personal.

Good job overall! Wish I knew how to do cool web backend stuff like this.

quin22 Dec 2010, 01:36

http://www.draknek.org/dance/?dino=28i3

bernardfrancois23 Dec 2010, 19:46

Nice idea. I'm wondering if twitter will help you to get more or better votes.

This was my most-dinosaur-like bone stack:
http://www.draknek.org/dance/?dino=3j4j

ethankennerly23 Dec 2010, 21:03

I think you've got potential. It's a stretch of my imagination to consider the wobbly rubble that fell the skeleton of a creature. Dancing off with others interested me. But it like at least one dino (posted above) beat me without having seeing any bones at all.

dertom25 Dec 2010, 13:27

Haha,...that one rulez!

philomory28 Dec 2010, 03:38

Made me smile.

Goofysaurus: http://www.draknek.org/dance/?dino=3vnl

k_wright30 Dec 2010, 06:35

Definitely a good time-sink I think I made about 20 different dinosaur things.

This may be the best: http://www.draknek.org/dance/?dino=3yln

joekinley1 Jan 2011, 23:11

Aw no timelapse. But you still get an extra point for community because of the dance off feature. Though your one seems to win all the time.

Very cool game. I can't add anything new to the chain of praises already been written. So yeah. I guess this is one of the top candidates.