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How does your game meet GBJam's theme
In our game you travel back in time to slay dinosaurs to harvest their oil in the future when they have decomposed. Oil is also called black gold, and what is older than dinosaurs? Together that gives "gold gold"
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what a charming game! the theme is really unique and i love dinos. fun music too. good job!
Hell yeah, I need me some of that sweet dino oil!
This was a unique take on the Old Gold theme, so kudos on that.
I like how the game uses the same map but on each level/objective there’s different things to do. The Zelda-esque movement and map transitions helped give off a good amount of Gameboy feel.
My the best part about this entry is probably the bosses – great work on making a good amount of variety and behavior for each one, that can sometimes be difficult to pull off with limited time. My favorite boss was the one underwater near the bridge.
My constructive feedback would be that I easily get stun locked a lot. Some more invulnerability duration would have been better. Although it could just be a skill issue on my end.
Keep it up!
The game is super fun, and I love how much everything in the environment moves, the trees, the bridge, and so on. The animations are great too! One thing I didn't really like was the palette switching, which I found a bit unpleasant. But other than that, it's an awesome game!
I really like how you implemented the theme! The graphics are also really nice, and I like the soundtrack and SFX as well.One problem I encountered is that when you defeat a dino and the defeat animation starts, you can still get hit during the animation if you walk into it.
Futher great submission
Thank you! Yes that is a known problem, that we sadly weren't able to fix in time, but apparently its a frame perfect thing, so congrats for getting the frame perfect damage bug!
Hell yeah! slayin some Dinos for that sweet oil, what is there not to love!
This was really good, ye had a whole map to explore, multiple hunts, narrative! A package filled with goods!
I also manage to leave boss arenas by having the dinos pushing me out, happened when I fought the velociraptors!
Thank you! And there's another bug for the list, im glad you still enjoyed it!
Now that’s a cool interpretation of the secondary theme!
I liked that each mission had you going to different parts of the map.
I do wish there were a bit more “invincibility frames” after getting hit, or maybe a stronger knockback, so that the player is pushed out of reach of the enemies.
Other than that, the art is very nice and the story and music are fun, this is a nice entry overall!
Thanks! Yes i agree I-Frames would have made at the very least the Velociraptor boss significantly less frustrating.
I love how alive it looks, everything is moving in the background. Art is amazing. Good game
Thanks for the kind comment!
That’s a really cool interpretation of “old gold”! I loved the variety of the map and the boss encounters. Well done!
Thank you so much!
Loved dashing my way across the map and fighting dinos. The bosses were a lot of fun, only complaint I have is that there aren't any more to fight :)
Thank you! We had plans for about 3 more bosses but since were absolute pixel art(and normal art) beginners we already spend the majority of our time drawing the sprites we have in the game now and sadly didn't have time do draw those too.
ahahaha, that 'you made the dinoes extinct' was great. I loved the joke.
Thanks! Thats what happens if you mess with dinos in time travel :)
So THAT'S how they went extinct! Honestly didn't see that one coming. Great sense of humor and variety throughout. You kept it snappy. The one change I would suggest is that if the player takes a hit, they should get a tiny little moment when they can't get damaged again, these dinosaurs would chomp me too bits in a fraction of a second! But I can see it was balanced with that in mind, and swiftly chopping dinos before could get me was a fun challenge.
Thank you! Yes i agree we should probably have added I-Frames, watch some people test the game the velociraptor swarm was kinda frustrating.
I absolutely loved this game! The humour and premise is amazing. I really appreciate that each scenario required different gameplay. That's quite a feat in a jam! A+
Thank you very much!
Cool idea! I really liked the dinosaurs!!
Thank you^^
Nothing like getting oil directly from the source. It was fun! If feedback is important... I think the last boss might be too easy, but besides that it was well balanced.
Thank you! And feedback is always welcome :)
It reminded me a lot of Monster Hunter, it’s like a Game Boy version of it. The game feel is amazing, and I also really liked the typewriter sound effect :) During the Spinosaur section, I went to the upper part of the map and couldn’t get back (I’m not sure if it’s a bug or if I was supposed to do something else). Really great game, congratulations!
Thank you for the feedback :) And indeed you did find a bug. Apparently we activate the boss border of that boss in the wrong level :/ I hope you could still enjoy the other levels, sorry for that!