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A jam submission

Dinopult (DINOJAM #1)View game page

Dinosaurs on catapults!
Submitted by Sander Vanhove (@SanderVhove) โ€” 4 days, 17 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#13.8153.815
Theme#14.3854.385
Fun#23.3853.385
Audio#23.9233.923
Creativity#33.7693.769
Graphics#33.6153.615

Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Main theme
Yes, it's all about a little dinosaur wanting to be bigger.

Additional theme
Yes! In two fold: 1) The size of the little dino doesn't matter because he made his own catapult. 2) In the end he learns that his size really doesn't matter.

Team size
1

Engine
Godot 3.3.3

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Comments

(+1)

I thought this game was adorable! Like it came straight out of a children's book! It had a nice story that size doesn't matter, the voice acting was great, and the visuals were simple, but it worked out better that way. As for the actual gameplay and controls, I was so confused at first. I flung myself from the "catapult" (which is actually a "slingshot") and my character flew off screen to never be seen again. After I realized that you're supposed to turn directions mid-air, it made a little more sense. But this game would've improved a lot if the character just respawned back at the slingshot. There have been times where I would just barely not make it to the slingshot and I'd have to restart back at the beginning.

Overall, a very cute game with a nice story, but the controls definitely have room for improvement. I might be being a little generous because I have a soft spot for cute games, if this was any other game with the same controls I'd give it much less. Personally, I'd give this game 3 out of 5 stars.

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Developer

Thank you so much for the feedback Bunny ๐Ÿค—

You are right that it is a slingshot, in Dutch both a catapult and a slingshot are called a โ€œkatapultโ€, so it was from that translation that the wrong nomenclature was born. Although I hope that didnโ€™t take away from the experience ๐Ÿ˜œ

Getting back to the slingshot is the only real challenge in the game, if you would always automatically re-spawn there is no difficulty in collecting all the leafs. But it is true that I could have experimented with other means of returning the character or make returning to the slingshot more fun and satisfying.

Appreciate your feedback and you playing though my little game ๐Ÿ˜

Host(+2)

I was very bad at it at first, but once I understood how it works it was okay. Your voice acting is with no doubt really cool and that cute little story makes it a really cute fun short game. Well done! ^^


Developer(+1)

Thanks Sleeping Panda ๐Ÿค—

Submitted

I found the player controls a little strange but that might just be me. The game does have a nice vibe though. 

Submitted(+1)

Nice gameplay, cool story, no reading. Very nice game.

Submitted(+1)

Nice game, I really liked the voice over!

Developer(+1)

Thanks JM, I really love doing voice overs ๐Ÿ˜›

Submitted(+1)

I really like the concept of the game to play with little children. Great job.

Developer

Thanks Misterm, I was thinking โ€œletโ€™s make a childrenโ€™s bookโ€ ๐Ÿค—

Submitted(+1)

This was really fun and a very polished game. Great stuff! The story was so cute!

Developer

Thank you for the kind words Manisha! ๐Ÿค—

Submitted(+1)

Super polished. And fit's the theme insanely well. Very nice!

Developer(+1)

Thanks blue sheep! ๐Ÿ˜Š