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DuckJump

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Hehe chrome dino game lookin game, Up arrow to jump, Down arrow to slide, Right arrow to speed up, R to restart, Update: added two new music tracks, added a prompt to restart incase you didn't read the description, at start picks a random song and plays next song in list on restart, on restart the game starts without having to press up, more consistent pixel size, less birds more rocks

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The dinosaur game was my first thought. It's quite similar yet different.

– Mostly consistent, appealing visuals. But try to keep consistent pixel size – the world has large pixels, the up arrow has smaller, and the score has the smallest. That doesn't look good; a pixel in a pixel art game should have the same size everywhere.

– Awesome accompanying music

– There is no immediate visual response to pressing the right arrow to speed up, so you initially have no idea if it even did anything. It could do some speed-up effect as a response.

– Since you can slide infinitely, the birds don't pose much danger. You don't care how high they fly, you can boil the game down to “keep sliding all the time and jump over rocks”.

– Sometimes I encountered obstacle combos that seemed impossible (a bird between two rocks close together), but perhaps it just needed a very precise timing.

– The score doesn't grow at a rate that feels good; you can run at lightning speed and the number increase doesn't seem to match your “speed thrill” very well

– This in no way belongs under the “Visual Novel” genre

– It would be nice to track your high score; it would give you more reason to play for longer

– The hitboxes aren't all that precise, sometimes you get a game over showing you not touching anything, just because the invisible colliders larger than the sprites grazed each other. But well, it's a pixel-art game, inaccurate colliders are more or less a staple of retro games.

It's a cool little game that remains enjoyable for a good while; well done.

someguy323 responds:

I have changed the genre, at the time I didn't see an endless runner genre so I chose the most opposite thing I could find, but I found a genre similar enough to endless runner so I changed it

Simple but fun. The hitboxes feel a bit janky though, and I would consider this game something like "skill-avoid", not "visual novel". All in all, pretty good. Plays nicely.

While clearly a chrome dino game clone, I think you did a really job capturing the core mechanics, and I enjoy the various songs that shuffle upon each restart.
Also paired with the slightly less forgiving momentum.
Fun stuff!

Basic, but fun. Music is good! When you die, show a picture of the "R" key so people know to start over.

Keep up the good work!

Fun. I got to 98, hit the top of a rock and the game froze. Is that how it ends or a glitch? If it's not a glitch, I would suggest adding a Restart button or at least automatically restarting the game.

Oh yes, it looks like you accidently set the genre to Visual Novel, which is kinda the opposite of an infinite runner.

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Sep 6, 2024
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