EDM (Extinction Dino Meteor)

by possiblyaxolotl

co-authored: @the-captain-moo

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.67

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.67

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.05

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.05

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.55

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.60

I JUST REALIZED THE WEB VERSION ALWAYS SAYS YOUR SCORE IS 20 DO NOT PLAY THE WEB VER I WILL FIX AFTER THE JAM

Despite the musical name and colourful pixel art this game is not a joyful happy experience. A meteor is headed straight towards the earth and will no doubt cause the extinction of all the inhabiting dinosaurs. You can try to juggle the meteor in the air but in the end you’re only *delaying the inevitable*.

Use the mouse to keep the meteors from hitting the ground and see how high of a score you can get!

https://possiblyaxolotl.itch.io/ld50

THE LEADERBOARD ONLY WORKS IN DOWNLOADED VERSIONS. Idk why, sorry :( -PossiblyAxolotl

Watch the devlog

Original song by The Captain Moo

Tags: #arcade, #dinosaurs

Genres: action

Tools: Aseprite, Godot

Comments18

Memes4 Apr 2022, 23:52

This was enjoyable and the art was very cute. I liked it!

Quinn_Patrick4 Apr 2022, 23:54

Did you by chance play my game Super Survival Ball from LD46? It had very similar mechanics complete with a (now defunct) online leaderboard. Your version's not bad, I suppose :P. The graphics and audio are really good. Clicking on the meteors is a little difficult when they're moving fast, which is part of why mine went with a pong-style paddle.

Jason Pitchford4 Apr 2022, 23:54

Very nice design and cute game!

TheFlanMan4 Apr 2022, 23:57

Nice design that works well with the theme! I wish there was something that told me my score.

inanimatecarbonrod5 Apr 2022, 00:07

would have given you a high score on humor if you had it in your ratings just for this meme

PossiblyAxolotlauthor5 Apr 2022, 00:12

@quinn-patrick no actually, my first Ludum Dare was number 48 but that's cool! thanks too!

PossiblyAxolotlauthor5 Apr 2022, 00:14

@theflanman There is a full leaderboard and a popup with your score in the downloaded version. I am uploading a new build that shows it in the web ver too, but the leaderboard doesn't show up as it doesn't work in the web ver for some reason.

JCMonkey5 Apr 2022, 05:37

i always lose it at 3 meteors. a suggestion could be to make the area collider bigger to allow the player more room. that would make it more fun.

Tulio5 Apr 2022, 05:38

Nice game! Poor dinos =/

Izokia5 Apr 2022, 05:49

At testament to my jitter clicking days in minecraft. I got about 4/5 on screen at once before it was too much for me. Was simple and a lot of fun!

Quackqack5 Apr 2022, 11:08

Cute! I like it.

Quackqack5 Apr 2022, 11:08

Cute! I like it.

Lucy Lu5 Apr 2022, 12:49

Hey, liked your game. It is kinda tough to appreciate the cute lil dinos, while constantly looking at the meteors. For me the dinos were to small or kinda out of sight if played in fullscreen. But other than that nice game! :v:

suvi6 Apr 2022, 01:26

Nice, I feel bad for the cute little dinosaurs and like the somber music.

PhoenixofForce6 Apr 2022, 14:47

The music was fantastic. Maybe the score is broken. One time i had like six meteors and the same score when i just had 2 meteors.

MrSchlag26 Apr 2022, 15:05

Nice entry ! The principle is very simple but very effective and quite addictive. Graphics and sounds work well in this game. I didnt manage to handle more than 4 or 5 meteors at a time unfortunatly... Thanks !

Trev3lyan6 Apr 2022, 15:49

I also went for the "keep the ball off the ground" idea, although the stakes were very different between our games. This is pretty addictive, good job!

The Captain Moo7 Apr 2022, 05:09

@phoenixofforce Thanks for the comment :D If you happened to be playing on WebGL that may be why the score didn't work. Congratulations on getting so many meteors :D

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