Ludum Dare #28compo

Dinosaur Rush

by caranha

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.09

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.21

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.53

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.45

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.86

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.37

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.93

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★65%

(Post Compo Version Released! See below for changes)

Use your awesome "Laser Dinosaur" to defeat ever increasing hordes of aliens. How far can you go?

To help you, you have the option of 4 very powerful upgrades... but you only get one!

Did I mention your Dino is in a rocket hoverboard? AWESOME!

Controls:

WASD or Mouse: Move the LASER DINOSAUR around.

Space or Double-Click: RAWR!

Features

- Available for Windows, Linux, Mac (JAR) and Android;

- Three different kinds of enemies;

- Infinite difficulty progression;

- Dinosaurs with Lasers

- Rawr!

POST COMPO VERSION v0.2.2

- Bigger bullets are easy to see

- Rebalanced difficulty

- Much easier control on Android (no need to finger the dinosaur!)

- Other small quality-of-life additions.

Comments28

lordjosephdeburg15 Dec 2013, 21:37

Wow very hectic! I like the weapon options cool

MatrixBai16 Dec 2013, 05:51

Really funny game. I think the bullets could be bigger to get better visual effect.

cdgugler16 Dec 2013, 05:53

I think everyone can agree that dinosaurs are pretty cool. :)

mungoman116 Dec 2013, 05:57

OK, this was hilarious! I enjoyed my dino-hoverboarding session immensely. You caught the theme spot on, only one powerup :D My favorite was the shield because I lasted longerst with it. The lasers could have been bigger though.

jmcrafty16 Dec 2013, 05:57

Great job! Really liked the idea and very fun to play. Good graphics too!

ehtd16 Dec 2013, 06:00

As a dinosaur fan I loved the rawr! Nice dinosaur! Too easy to die.

MRvanderPants16 Dec 2013, 08:04

OMG is that a laser dino? Yes it is a laser dino! This game is great

CatOnMars16 Dec 2013, 08:04

Graphics are awesome! But I found that the multi-shot bullet is quite hard to recognize.

caranhaauthor16 Dec 2013, 08:54

Thanks everyone for the comments! A lot of people are asking for the lasers to be bigger and more visible. That is a great idea, I will make sure to put it on the next version of the game :-)

Hemuuuli16 Dec 2013, 09:04

Mega Beeeeam! The contrast of the game is bad for bullet recognizing, otherwise fun little game.

caranhaauthor16 Dec 2013, 09:11

Hemuuuli: Thanks, you're right. I will work on the background colors too!

TheCze16 Dec 2013, 11:27

Dinosaurs > Check
Lasers > Check
Zeppelins > Check

Fun game, had a bit trouble seeing the enemy bullets as they are a bit small.

saulopz16 Dec 2013, 11:28

This is a funny game. :) I liked so much the graphics and sound.

loxo16 Dec 2013, 19:39

I like the nice graphics, the great sound effects, especially the rawr, and the options in the game menu. Your game has everything that's needed, except a boss fight. Great game!

rnlf17 Dec 2013, 14:08

Nice one. And full of doubleclick-awesomeness :D

I also think that the bullets should be bigger.

rincewind_cz17 Dec 2013, 19:39

Most of the time I got killed was because enemy bullets are not easily visible. Making them bigger or using different distinct color would be really helpful. Music and gameplay are ok though.

Jacques_le_lezard17 Dec 2013, 20:27

Haha funny, I made a game with dinosaure too but not the same way ^^

BlazingFanfish18 Dec 2013, 03:15

i can't see the bullet

Ras Lyon18 Dec 2013, 11:42

Retro goodness! I dominated with the multi-shot! I wish that enemy bullets were easier to see. When I start to think of constructive criticisms, I have to remember one guy did all of it!! Then it's super impressive!

TijmenTio18 Dec 2013, 13:04

btw the concept art I saw on Twitter was SICK

TijmenTio18 Dec 2013, 13:04

Hahaha, so much fun man. pew pew pew

hadesfury19 Dec 2013, 21:21

Fun stuff!
Those grey bullets are hard to you see against the background...

Kyle Mac19 Dec 2013, 23:40

The dinosaur's hitbox is big as hell.

ploogle22 Dec 2013, 23:14

SICK music! A shocking number of people didn't have any music, so a groove this fine was very welcome.

Fun to play too...but the MUSIC. :)

goerp29 Dec 2013, 09:35

That was a nice game. Playing easy indeed was a bit too easy.
I like the dinosaur roar at the beginning.
Nice graphics too.
I played on Android and your finger sometimes gets in your view. Good thing you changed that.

hadesfury31 Dec 2013, 15:28

Hola, we finally found some time to make a Linux build, if you want to try it out, you're welcome !

bvanschooten5 Jan 2014, 10:00

The game works on Linux. Cute game! The mega beam was the easiest, because you need so many shots to kill most enemies with the other weapons. The controls are jittery, the dinosaur wouldn't always stay in one place or go where I wanted.

GFM6 Jan 2014, 02:13

RAWR!
Really fun game! It's a shooter with a rocket-hoverboard-riding dinosaur... how wouldn't it be? :)

It's kinda difficult to see the bullet shoot horizontally by the ground units.

Also, why would anyone want a weapon besides the MEGA BEAM? XD
(Just kidding, nice weapons! But my favorite will always be the gigantic laser!!)