DINOstruction - Evolution in a matter of seconds by Tim Kaldor

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made by Tim Kaldor for LD27 (COMPO)
Rumor has it that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a asteroid, the truth is they were wiped out by time travelling future you! Can you repeat this epic feat now that they can produce offspring in ten seconds and evolve in an instant? (spoiler: no, no you cant, but please try)

Anyway, Enjoy!

My High Score: 3187

Ratings

Coolness 50% 3
Overall 3.00 610
Fun 2.81 647
Graphics 2.74 650
Humor 2.11 633
Innovation 2.74 735
Mood 2.39 819
Theme 3.07 656

Feedback

GreenyUk
26. Aug 2013 路 15:24 UTC
Pretty cool game. Like your take on the theme. Get's a little repetitive after a while though and i think the character should move quicker.
Todnut
26. Aug 2013 路 15:26 UTC
Controls feel a bit sticky because the guy doesn't move fluidly.
wtfrara
26. Aug 2013 路 15:26 UTC
Nice retro feel to it.
proc
26. Aug 2013 路 15:53 UTC
Controls like old GTA with the same flaws and it is repetitive but you know what, it's a solid game after 48 hours that used the theme well. I had a play through not touching any eggs which put a spin on it, shift sprint became required. Plus it has dinosaurs!
馃帳 Tim Kaldor
26. Aug 2013 路 18:20 UTC
Thanks for all the feedback, it is nice to have people actually playing the experimental games I make.

I was hoping to add a second parallel set of dinos that walked about randomly, so rather than just being able to run rings around them you would also have to dodge these other dinos. Plus it was going to evolve to shoot lasers out of its eyes when you were in line with it... I think it would have spiced it up a bit but thats the nature of the game, and it was good fun.
Whiteclaws
26. Aug 2013 路 19:07 UTC
The game repetitive pretty fast , making it faster would make it better in my opinion , more eggs in less time and faster dinos from the start
Alex Shestakov
26. Aug 2013 路 19:08 UTC
497 :'(
Yeah, it would've felt better with less sticky controls, but the idea is nice!
fferro234
26. Aug 2013 路 19:12 UTC
I love the premise, murdering all the dinosaur eggs is kind of hilarious.
truiton
28. Aug 2013 路 07:40 UTC
Cool interpretation of the theme, but yeah, it will be cool if the character move quicker ^^
BumpkinRich
28. Aug 2013 路 07:43 UTC
Great way to increase the difficulty on an 'endless' game. Wondering how far things go as I could only last until 3 stages of evolution.
Dry Tree
28. Aug 2013 路 07:44 UTC
Good game and well executed. If you have time to work on it more it would be nice to see some audio, and a win condition perhaps
Marcellus
29. Aug 2013 路 14:11 UTC
nice gameplay, nice theme use, high score make replayability, reminds me of snake on nokia phones, could totally play this game on my mobile in the train to try to beat my high score (2100) :) good job !
alts
03. Sep 2013 路 04:46 UTC
I really like the idea of the enemy evolution mechanic. I just wish I lived long enough to see what was after dinosaur level 2.