Dinosaur Jr. vs the 1960's by devi ever

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made by devi ever for LD27 (COMPO)
NOTE : If you want to play this in windowed mode, just press F4.

My first real LUDUM DARE!

Thanks to everyone for the awesome love and support that made this first LD so fun, inspirational, and an unforgettable experience!

One final note about DIONAUR JR. vs THE 1960's... Even though I consider this game complete, given more time I would have liked to create two additional levels, one where you, as the Dinosaur, kill JFK, and another where you stop the moon landing. Maybe if enough people really enjoy this I'll consider expanding it with some free dino dlc. :)

Ratings

Coolness 77% 2
Overall 3.65 103
Audio 3.74 34
Fun 3.75 56
Graphics 4.11 52
Humor 4.32 6
Innovation 3.30 325
Mood 3.61 79
Theme 3.48 260

Feedback

Drakonid
25. Aug 2013 · 13:59 UTC
Dinousaurs that should rainbow beams? =D
Only one level? D=
epiplon
26. Aug 2013 · 01:33 UTC
Haha, funny game. The style attracted me, beautiful psychedelic colors.
Too bad it's that short.
DantronLesotho
26. Aug 2013 · 01:38 UTC
That was fun! I kept hitting enter though and missed the credits screen twice :(
mactinite
26. Aug 2013 · 01:49 UTC
OH MY GAWD WHAT JUST HAPPENED. This made me laugh I liked it, though the text screens gave me a headache :(
SilentBunny
26. Aug 2013 · 01:56 UTC
Great colour!
Keevor
26. Aug 2013 · 02:39 UTC
This was the game everyone was looking forward to playing.
Gameplay was fun, although the instructions were kind of hard to look at because of the colours.
ericdpitts
26. Aug 2013 · 02:41 UTC
Awesome color scheme and graphics, loved the sfx too, good job!
anjack
26. Aug 2013 · 02:41 UTC
Must! Eat! Music! Legend!

"I have a big head... And little arms..." - T-Rex
archaeometrician
26. Aug 2013 · 03:37 UTC
Hahaha Nice game ! SO that's what you did with that funny dinosaur animation ;) Great work !
shohs
26. Aug 2013 · 03:39 UTC
Well, it's definitely a unique concept! I really enjoyed the graphics, especially the color scheme. I would have liked it to be a bit longer though.
theholychicken
26. Aug 2013 · 03:39 UTC
That was awesome on so many levels. How can you not love a game about a blue dinosaur noming on concentrated crowds of people.
mirzasan
26. Aug 2013 · 04:14 UTC
Epic I love this
TheDreik
26. Aug 2013 · 04:14 UTC
Very fun game! It is a pity that the fun ends with a victory so quickly.
Rabbits...
26. Aug 2013 · 04:21 UTC
Great concept
josefnpat
26. Aug 2013 · 06:57 UTC
What a twist ending!

I spent a few minutes asking why this gust of wind wasn't letting me eat the stage, and I realized, I didn't eat enough patrons!

Fantastic colors and fun pixel art!

Perhaps adding a way to turn the dino around, or get the fans that are in the lower left corner of the stage would be good?

Truly gruesome! Great game!
donan
26. Aug 2013 · 07:05 UTC
Laughed a lot :D
Really cool game ^^
rezoner
26. Aug 2013 · 08:47 UTC
[Mark of approval]
panuo
26. Aug 2013 · 10:53 UTC
That was a fun little game, altough i would have appreciated a windowed mode. The instructions were bit harsh for eyes on 24" monitor :)
timtipgames
26. Aug 2013 · 15:19 UTC
Awesome. Nothing to add.
Misfit
26. Aug 2013 · 18:25 UTC
I Did IT! We need more levels! :D Cool psychedelic 60's color palette. Good job.
tony.pe
26. Aug 2013 · 23:16 UTC
Wonderful
KunoNoOni
26. Aug 2013 · 23:54 UTC
ROFL! I wish I could give it more than 5 stars, that was hilarious! Great Job!
DantronLesotho
27. Aug 2013 · 00:59 UTC
LOVE the Jimi Hendrix midi.
flyingbear
27. Aug 2013 · 01:29 UTC
Ok, that was way awesome.
loolpolo
27. Aug 2013 · 02:37 UTC
OH MY GOD... EPIC!
Gus
27. Aug 2013 · 02:45 UTC
[spoiler]
Did I just Rainbowned Jimi Hendrix?
[/spoiler]
60's psychedelic timetravelling nonsense? I love it
One of best entries in here, definetely.
I would totally play other episodes to come (moon landing's one mostly)
P.S.: "OR PRESS ESC TO ADMIT DEFEAT"
NEVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!
TimKaidem
27. Aug 2013 · 03:54 UTC
Bhahahh, that's sick :D
Wertle
27. Aug 2013 · 05:54 UTC
RAINBOW!!!! Great visual feedback. The fans were delicious.
rujo
27. Aug 2013 · 07:41 UTC
great game!
should be game of the year if it wasn't for mine ;)
01101101
27. Aug 2013 · 11:00 UTC
Haha I laughed out loud when the dinosaur shot his beam ^^
Sure it's only one level, but it's fun like that :)
Graphics and all are good too!
Tifu
27. Aug 2013 · 11:54 UTC
Pretty funny, and I do love squishing people as a T-Rex! Did fail it several times, cos the game says I've to eat Jimi, so I just ran to the stage and tried to eat him without realising there was a different goal.
sirdorius
27. Aug 2013 · 15:01 UTC
Awesome idea, and the graphics are great. But it should have a challenge factor.
withoutpillow
27. Aug 2013 · 15:51 UTC
<3
Nezzhil
27. Aug 2013 · 16:24 UTC
I failed a lot afted I tried to eat a lot of people, ha ha.
The ending twist is great.

Hendrix, I defeat you!!!!
wintermute
27. Aug 2013 · 22:23 UTC
So great but so short! I want more! I want to eat more rockstars and more audience!
Graphics: 5, it's a dinosaur!
Audio: 5, it's jimi!
Pierrec
28. Aug 2013 · 06:12 UTC
Woah! This is an awesome fist entry! Love the graphics, love the twist! I laughed
davidwparker
28. Aug 2013 · 06:15 UTC
Looks cool- make a web version please!
Nick Weihs
28. Aug 2013 · 06:16 UTC
Excellent post-mortem and excellent game
🎤 devi ever
28. Aug 2013 · 06:20 UTC
Thank you everyone! :D

@davidwparker : I've been considering getting into something like flixel... more and more and I am thinking game maker might be a poor platform to spend more time on. :/
Nick Weihs
28. Aug 2013 · 06:22 UTC
Really managed to capture Hendrix's look. Nice work.
Crazi456
28. Aug 2013 · 06:26 UTC
Funny game! The instructions were quite blinding though.
shubshub
28. Aug 2013 · 06:27 UTC
Great Game :)
ghostonline
28. Aug 2013 · 06:29 UTC
Definitely one of my favourites!
AlvaroH
28. Aug 2013 · 06:33 UTC
Cool graphics!
ddionisio
28. Aug 2013 · 06:34 UTC
omg, yes! I don't think I ever lived until I experienced being a time-warping psychedelic t-rex! Thank you!
Kohijin
28. Aug 2013 · 06:38 UTC
Hillarious setting and fell as you stomp through the crowd! When I found out how to finish the game, i was a bit confused though. Felt a bit random to me, but it suits the humorous tone i guess.
netmute
28. Aug 2013 · 06:55 UTC
I would love to play this, the art looks ace! Maybe consider a Mac version?
rujo
28. Aug 2013 · 07:24 UTC
@devi ever:
if you want to go on something more similar to game maker but with a web output(html5) go on "Construct 2" its a really good software.
Zerkruemler
28. Aug 2013 · 07:29 UTC
Cool and psychedelic. The crowd simulation and the sounds are really cool. Also the graphics and the fonts. Really good work.
flavio
28. Aug 2013 · 08:18 UTC
Hahaha ! This was completly psychedelic !
LSD TRex carnage !
Loved the crowd running away :)
mrspeaker
28. Aug 2013 · 08:46 UTC
DAMNIT! I'm a lowly Mac user and can't play this game - but it looks like the best game ever made ever. Do you have a video of it? Looks so freakin' cool. Plus... Dinosaur Jr!
H-Bomb
28. Aug 2013 · 10:00 UTC
Damn you psycho T-Rex, why don't you eat Jimi Hendrix once and for all?

Nice idea and realisation, but please think of the azerty keyboard users...
Typedeaf
28. Aug 2013 · 10:06 UTC
If you made a collection of 10-second challenges like this and put it on Steam, I'd pay upwards of a few euros for it. A few euros!
Laguna
28. Aug 2013 · 10:16 UTC
Such a great game! I had really fun playing this one! Just freaked out enough to make me really laugh!
Graphics are strange but set the mood perfectly.
TeamFlare
28. Aug 2013 · 10:19 UTC
Great psychedelic stuff :)
panurge
28. Aug 2013 · 10:51 UTC
Short and sweet. Playing this painted a big smile on my face from start to finish. Perfect graphics and audio. Also the most satisfying stomping and eating mechanic since Rampage! Excellent work!
Alexander Ponomariov
28. Aug 2013 · 11:25 UTC
A knew it would be awesome from the beginning) And I was right)
MidCry
28. Aug 2013 · 13:10 UTC
nice graphic but there is no replay value ...
good job .
pereubu
28. Aug 2013 · 14:08 UTC
Oh my god oh my god oh my god what have I just played to D8
friggin cool, now add more lazers and screenshake and rocket launchers and shotguns and space and unknown dimensions and aliens and else ...
PaperBlurt
28. Aug 2013 · 19:25 UTC
This is an awesome idea and graphics are delightfully bright and neony!
psychomonster
28. Aug 2013 · 19:28 UTC
Haha that is so funny... I like this game... :) What about a next level, where dino has to eat the Rolling Stones :D
ellipticaldoor
28. Aug 2013 · 20:50 UTC
If dinosaurs_in_a_game == true then win = true end
cobrajs
28. Aug 2013 · 22:19 UTC
Heh, very cool game. I have no idea how I got the rainbow beams though. Graphical style is excellent.
Gabriel
28. Aug 2013 · 22:48 UTC
This is very funny! For some reason it reminded me of McPixel (which is a great thing). Loved the nonsense feel, really feels like one of those old MTV crazy ads. I definitely think you should consider expanding it a little bit, at least so that it sums up to a 20 min experience or so. I would definitely play it! :D
Congratulations, really loved it!
BenWhi
29. Aug 2013 · 05:58 UTC
Awww, this was great! The Hendrix music had me laughing :D Great graphics + play.
UnorthodoxGames
29. Aug 2013 · 09:32 UTC
Yep, this game GETS ME.
Christina Antoinette Neofotistou
29. Aug 2013 · 13:36 UTC
Awesome AWESOME scene, I forgot it was 2D for a little while! Wow!

And the CGA dinosaur, AMAZING! Top marks all around! You rock as hard as Mr Hendrix does
RHY3756547
30. Aug 2013 · 02:29 UTC
lmao that was hilarious, awesome job! It's a bit short though, could have used some more levels like you said, and it's quite easy to win... But the graphics were spot on, and I enjoyed it while it lasted. :P
Martin_Monosys
30. Aug 2013 · 22:11 UTC
Hey, I feel like I've known you for some time (some LD-Jams and stuff), but never knew about certain "details", like this : http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/devi-ever-s-fancy-new-vagina
So I guess I know nothing... that's okay, these LDs are about learning stuff... So, good luck on that INDIGOGO project, i whish you all the best!!! (Saw this in the game by ANANASBLAU, he seems like a nice guy with a beard...)

Anyway, what i wanted to say is : I didn't really get you game, but I guess that's just me, sound was cool, anyway... I always liked your music! :)
Martin_Monosys
30. Aug 2013 · 22:41 UTC
Sorry for talking this much, I had a beer or two...
Diogo Muller
31. Aug 2013 · 15:38 UTC
*Vomits Rainbow*
klianc09
31. Aug 2013 · 20:46 UTC
RAINBOWS!!
GeorgeBroussard
31. Aug 2013 · 20:56 UTC
Liked the crazy art colors. Stomping around at the t-rex eating people was the fun part. Nice job for your first LD!
GaTechGrad
31. Aug 2013 · 21:29 UTC
Nice pixel graphics, and the Mega Man warp in was a nice touch. At first I kept standing next to the stage and nothing would happen, but after a few tries I realized that you have to eat a certain number of people to trigger the "fatality" sequence.
Senevri
31. Aug 2013 · 22:55 UTC
I saw you work on this on Twitch!
A lot of fun for ten seconds.
ArcturusDeluxe
31. Aug 2013 · 23:08 UTC
Best god damn game. Love the trippy art! Also it has a dinosaur eating people. 5/5
cafeine
01. Sep 2013 · 01:38 UTC
Oh yes yes yes, very good! I'd love to see those extra levels you mention in you description.

Also, it's very cool seeing you here, I've been working on and off on a Disaster Fuzz clone (thanks a lot for sharing the schematics by the way).

Best of luck on your new creative endeavors!
awppy
01. Sep 2013 · 02:38 UTC
Didn't realize how to win the first couple times, but I got it eventually!
iterative deepening
01. Sep 2013 · 03:13 UTC
Very funny, but a bit too much simple.
JoaquinLNV
01. Sep 2013 · 03:23 UTC
Very good, but short. I'd love to play more levels of this!
rincewind_cz
01. Sep 2013 · 10:40 UTC
After reading instructions I realized that.. Purple haze was in my brain :-D
graytest
01. Sep 2013 · 10:48 UTC
Love the concept and graphics. The game crashed on my second play through though.
TijmenTio
01. Sep 2013 · 11:38 UTC
No idea what I just played, but it sure as fun whaha.
ratalaika
01. Sep 2013 · 16:01 UTC
Nice idea, and cool graphics.
lightsoda
01. Sep 2013 · 17:02 UTC
Love the style and concept, quite fun.
Jellycakes
01. Sep 2013 · 21:37 UTC
That was pretty funny, the ending was hilarious, like the most dramatic ending i've ever experienced. The colours worked well for the play style and it was entertaining with very little interruptions. Nice work.
Ithildin
01. Sep 2013 · 22:40 UTC
Brilliant!! I'm all for new psychedelic Dino DLCs :D
syawqy
04. Sep 2013 · 08:40 UTC
t-rex+rainbow = win
Capro
04. Sep 2013 · 11:44 UTC
This is seriously fun! :)
Great work!
Cosr
08. Sep 2013 · 16:19 UTC
Really short, but I loved it. The screen shake and the stompiness gave a pretty good feel to it. Nailed the whole being-a-psychadelic-rainbow-trex thing.

(I did notice the stompy screen shake still happens if you're eating and not moving. That I noticed this could be a sign I'm playing it too much, though.)
MrBlade
14. Sep 2013 · 20:08 UTC
DINAS SHATIN RANBOWS OUT DEM MOUFZ. Hahah. Very nice work. Nice sounds, good graphics, all around a pretty good game. (Completely original take on the theme, too!)
MrBlade
14. Sep 2013 · 20:08 UTC
DINAS SHATIN RANBOWS OUT DEM MOUFZ. Hahah. Very nice work. Nice sounds, good graphics, all around a pretty good game. (Completely original take on the theme, too!) 8/10