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A jam submission

Dinosaur's Were Parents tooView game page

Made for Pirate Software's game jam in 5 days....last minute.
Submitted by JOEJOENIOOO — 1 minute, 32 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Artistic Style#163.9383.938
Playability#283.3753.375
Community Choice#292.5002.500
Theme Implementation#303.3123.312
Overall#323.1383.138
Game Design Document#462.5622.562

Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Link to your Game Design Doc on Google Drive.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SXjIblCYCeRNUJdCzuw7I4WTNFi1k5Lm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105006419720846198222&rtpof=true&sd=true

Have you checked that your GDD is publicly accessible ?
It should be

Is your game set to public on itch.io so we can see it?
Yes

Summarize your game!
Controls:
Movement - A/S or left /right keys
Jump - w or up arrow keys
Pick up/ drop egg - S or Down arrow key
Sprint - Shift ( can't sprint on low stamina)
Attack - Shift while running (Cant attack when holding egg,)

You are the parent Triceratops who's been alerted that an asteroid is coming to end your reign of the Earth!

Your one goal: Save your egg form extinction!

Find you egg, battle enemies, and escort back to a cave for safety, all while not going too far from your egg or it might be stolen. Everything uses stamina, some more than others, can you save your egg while racing against the clock?

Please explain how your game fits the theme.
You need to move, the price is stamina! If you move, you lose some, if you run, you lose more, if you attack an enemy...YOU LOSE A LOT! You need to also escort your egg to a safe place. the price is you cant attack enemies while doing so. The biggest price of all? Your life, you must sacrifice yourself to save your egg in order to win the game.

Did you use Generative AI to make any assets in your game?
NO!

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

I loved the art style. The graphics and animation were great. 

I felt the mechanics were not telegraphed well - I had a number of times I died to losing all of my stamina, and couldn't figure out why. The Game Over screen saying "You Ran Out of Stamina" or "You Drowned" or "You were eaten by raptors" would help clearly convey to the player what they did wrong. You could also have the game pause when the tutorial text comes up, as a number of times I had to run back to the correct spot to read the tutorial pop-up. I can see some players missing it entirely.

Finally, the chiptune music was really enjoyable, but a bit loud. An option to mute or reduce volume would really help. In addition something to add in the future that could really add to the atmosphere would be some sound effects, growls from the dinos, a collision effect when you smash a raptor, etc.

Hope the feedback is helpful and thanks for the submission! I had fun with it :)

Submitted(+1)

I also got stuck at the log because I didn’t know you could kill enemies. Maybe placing the tutorial for attacking enemies in right front of the first enemy wasn’t a good idea. I kept jumping over him from the tree which made me miss the tip entirely

The music was fantastic! That airy flute(?) sound really added to the prehistoric vibe and the fast paced drums made me feel the pressure of the approaching meteor

Loved the graphics, and the ending with the short cutscene was a nice touch.

Great job!

Developer

Sorry, but how do I submit a my GDD?

Submitted

You just have to make a google docs or anything that can be shared publicly with read access. Like this: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vl7BMvzUOhbunJrI_X1gUc6x-LAp3aaBiPwHUf27B70/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.lr899156xjnx

Submitted(+1)

I love the cute style of pixel art. The animations were gorgeous. The music is cute. Very nice visuals.

The sprint mechanic - at first ngl I did not read correctly. I was stuck by the guy on the log. The moment I realised you can sprint to attack….I won.

Very cute game. I am a good dino mommy.

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing!  I agree, the popup instructions were literally made in the last 1 hour of development lol.  I hope to broaden this game with some easier to see instructions in the future!  I'm sure you were the best Dino Mommy!

Submitted

Quick thinking for an hour of dev work!