Dinothing Defender
Oh, look at all those colourful shapes falling from space. They look so pret- OH NO, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE! Careful, they look like they can poke your eye out! We really need to get rid of them...The only one who can exterminate them is this pink-feathered, uh, dinosaur-like... creature... thing... (or "Dinothing" for short) and some deadly lasers. (Pew pew.)
Controls
Left stick or D-pad can both be used for gamepad directional controls.
Menus
Action | Keyboard | Gamepad |
Move cursor | Up/Down Arrow Keys | Up/Down |
Change setting | Left/Right Arrow Keys | Left/Right |
Confirm selection | Enter | Start |
In-game
Action | Keyboard | Gamepad |
Move | Left/Right Arrow Keys | Left/Right |
Shoot | Z | Button 3 |
Dash | X | Button 1 |
Pause | Esc | Back |
How to Play
Shoot the floating enemies to make them explode and earn points. Each shape has its own unique shrapnel pattern, which can hit other shapes in a chain reaction and subsequently increase their point values.
Touching an enemy or a piece of shrapnel will make you lose 1 health point (HP). The game ends when you've lost all your HP. You start with 3 HP and they regenerate automatically as long as you don't take damage. Dashing can help you pass through enemies and shrapnel without taking damage.
Credits
This was a solo jam project for LOWREZJAM 2020, so pretty much everything was done by me, M.S.T.O.P.: game design, programming, art, sound design, and music composition. There is one exception:
- "Bike, Bell Ding, Single, 01-01.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org
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Install instructions
Having trouble running the standalone game on macOS? Try the following:
- If you extracted the game in your Downloads folder, try moving it to another directory (e.g. Applications).
- Try opening the game by Control-clicking it and select "Open" from the pop-up menu. Click on "Open" again in the dialog.
- If all else fails, you can still play the game here in browser.
Development log
- v.1.1.0 ReleasedAug 30, 2020
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