Super Velociraptor Party by Colthor

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made by Colthor for LD 41 (COMPO)

You're hosting a party, but nobody came! Never mind, that means less washing up and you can still play all the cool party games! Cover.jpg Up arrow, down arrow and space bar are all the controls you'll need!

I've been away from game jams for a couple of years, so this is just a little thing to dust off the cobwebs. And I must confess that my partner came up with the initial "Single Player + Party Game" idea. Thanks Bex!

Ratings

Overall 667th 2.595⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 645th 2.5⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 639th 2.619⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 551th 3.119⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 654th 2.31⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 119th 3.405⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 554th 2.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 27🗳️ 2🗨️

Feedback

Andreadbx
23. Apr 2018 · 15:38 UTC
it's a nice combination, but i think the difficulty it's a bit too high for this
jshaffer94247
26. Apr 2018 · 05:12 UTC
I can't figure out how to play! I opened it in Chrome then in Edge, then finally just started mashing the keys. Something worked, but I'm not sure what. Can you provide some hints on the controls?
DigNZ
26. Apr 2018 · 07:36 UTC
Interesting concept, it seems to be the simplest game that could illustrate the concept. I played it twice so it must've been fun enough :)
🎤 Colthor
26. Apr 2018 · 10:00 UTC
@DigNZ Thanks :)

@jshaffer94247 In the menu, up and down arrows move the selection, and spacebar selects it. Elsewhere, it's just up and down arrows to rotate (in hopefully intuitive directions, but if you've never played a similar type of game it might feel backwards).

@Andreadbx Difficulty is always a tricky one with jam games. After spending a weekend fighting a variably broken mess, the last minute change making it borderline playable suddenly makes it seem super easy *to the person who knows everything about how it works* 😄
Andreadbx
26. Apr 2018 · 13:31 UTC
@Colthor totally understandable, me and my team at the time did same mistake at LD35 :D
FussenKuh
27. Apr 2018 · 16:17 UTC
There's no logical reason why this game should have amused me as much as it did. By your own admission, this was "a little thing to dust off the cobwebs." There really isn't much game here, yet, I probably 'played' it for a good 5 minutes while chuckling at the hand gliding raptor. Bonus points for you!
coachsisyphus
28. Apr 2018 · 00:00 UTC
lol I love the hanggliding; nice work!
been
28. Apr 2018 · 08:43 UTC
Love the concept of a single-player party! Felt pretty bad for the poor, lonely velociraptor. Took me a few tries to get a feel for for the hang-gliding mini-game, but then I just kept on going. Is there an end to that area?
🎤 Colthor
28. Apr 2018 · 22:28 UTC
@been The terrain wraps, and there are no other objectives other than "landing" once you're done.

I think the raptor is having enough fun anyway :)
been
30. Apr 2018 · 06:02 UTC
@Colthor I thought of it as a single-player "last man standing" kind of game anyway, so that works :)
joemid
01. May 2018 · 03:14 UTC
FizzBuzz! Love it! Thanks for the Super Velociraptor Party! I had a great time.
lautregars
02. May 2018 · 23:17 UTC
Really simple concept, but working. Plus big points on humor.
jk5000
03. May 2018 · 19:10 UTC
Okay this was a short and super weird game, and the lack of music in a party game was also a bit strange.
HOPgames
03. May 2018 · 19:30 UTC
You have a good sense of humor and that reflects well in your game. But I wasn't able to understand game.
YuKey0
06. May 2018 · 18:25 UTC
Fits the theme. I really like Dinos so I came to like the picture of the Velociraptor with the party hat. It was nice and I liked the hanggliding, priceless XD, the memory game was a bit difficult I could manage up to 11 after trying a few times. Great work ^^
🎤 Colthor
08. May 2018 · 09:42 UTC
@YuKey0 Thanks :) In case you've never heard of it before, Fizz Buzz is a number game:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fizz_buzz