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Dice Dinos [Jam Edition]View game page

A slightly-chaotic multiplayer game

Submitted by Spruce Studios — 14 hours, 33 minutes before the deadline

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Results

Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Presentation	#465	4.013	4.013
Enjoyment	#1117	3.237	3.237
Overall	#1408	3.275	3.275
Creativity	#3499	2.575	2.575

Ranked from 80 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
Dice are the main weapon in this game. They play a big "role" (geddit?) in the dino-verse where this takes place. There's also a spinning dice on the titlescreen for an added bonus :D

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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LukasWhoSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Aaaw, those dinos are cute! And I love that each of them has their own unique sprite and it's not just a recoloring.

Unfortunately my girlfriend tended to blow herself up so I was denied the enjoyment of killing her myself. Still, my impression is that the powerup density maybe should be a bit higher, at least in 2 player mode. At the moment it just seems a bit hard to deliberately kill another player. Also, maybe the fuse timer is a bit long? It felt like often, I was just standing around, waiting for something to happen.

Small nitpick: If you've placed a die and collect the bonus die powerup afterwards, you don't get to place the second die until the first one exploded.

Still, this is a very promising start and I do think with a bit of balancing, this could turn into a pretty fun party game!

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Roll of the Dice's Cottontail

Spruce StudiosDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you so much for the feedback :D Yeah, the code for how many dice you have left is a little hacky, I couldn't get it to work properly before the jam ended. I'm going to keep working on the game, though. Maybe even add an easy mode where your bombs only blow up other players, not you :P

RuddyGoodProductionsSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Nice one! Me and my flatmate played a couple rounds and had fun, classic bomber-man style vibes. Love it.

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Spruce StudiosDeveloper2 years ago

Glad you liked it :-)

wastedfoxSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Played with my brother and we had a great time!
Art style is charming and I really like the dinos vibing in Main Menu :>
Have been watching your progress throughout the Jam in Discord and your results are amazing!

It is nice to see so many cozy and sweet games this Jam!

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Dice King Journey

Spruce StudiosDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Thank you so much! :D

Space Cat StudioSubmitted2 years ago (1 edit) (+2)

I played it bymyself :( im a loneley dinosaur. its really cute tho.

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GUARDIAN OF DICE [GameJam Version]

Spruce StudiosDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you! Sorry you didn't get the full multiplayer experience. Hope it was fun -- uh -- walking around?

Space Cat StudioSubmitted2 years ago

blowing myself up :) but i can imagine its very fun with a friend

fluguduSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Nice to play !

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Spruce StudiosDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks!

NamekianSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Good game!

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Spruce StudiosDeveloper2 years ago

Aw, thanks!

Reversal GamesSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Super cute, love the pixel art! I would have liked to see the gameplay iterate a bit more beyond the classic Bomberman formula, but impressive none the less!

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Spruce StudiosDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you very much! I did have a bit of time left over at the end, but I wanted to spend it making the submission page look really good. Some people just used the default itch.io theme. Not saying that's not okay, but I just wanted to make sure my game stood out from the crowd, so I spent some extra time doing that :D In the future, I'll keep working on it, adding new tiles, cosmetics, gamemodes, etc. Glad you enjoyed it though :)

baiaoooSubmitted2 years ago(+2)

i would play this with friends! great
I miss an AI tho

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Spruce StudiosDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

I'm working on an AI right now actually, for release after the jam :) Glad you like the look of it.

joshpinto6Submitted2 years ago(+1)

An AI would definitely be a really good way to improve the game!

DeMaLawSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Dino Art!! For the Win. Love it. Bomberman is always a fun time. You guys did great on the art and gameplay. Really Enjoyed my time here. Theme was a little there but didnt feel like there was any randomness. (I could have misunderstood.) still great job. Keep it up! would love to hear what you think of our little game.

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Spruce StudiosDeveloper2 years ago

Of course I can check out your game :D As for randomness, the only random things are the map generation and when and where powerups spawn. But hey, the theme didn't say anything had to be random :P Thank you for the positive feedback!

DeMaLawSubmitted2 years ago

Dude the levels were random. Thats awesome! respect.

dudifSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Really enjoyed playing it and had good laughs especially when trying to grab the power up!

Good job

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Spruce StudiosDeveloper2 years ago

Ah yes, the powerups do require some fast-paced movements later into a round. Glad you enjoyed it :D

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Spruce StudiosDeveloper2 years ago

Tysm! The one player mode was something I didn't have enough time to do, but I may expand the game in the future and add it :D Glad you enjoyed.

ZidrocsSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Very cute little multiplayer game!

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Spruce StudiosDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you so much! Hope you enjoyed it :)

ErizuxSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Interesting way to use the theme, I loved the artstyle and the music was great

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Spruce StudiosDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you so much!

MaverickHornSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Sadly I have no friend to play. But I like the look. However didn't rate, because it's not a fair chance.

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Spruce StudiosDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you :D

Dodgy JammersSubmitted2 years ago(+3)

Very addictive, but I wish the dice had been more prominent. Very enjoyable though!

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Spruce StudiosDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you so much :D

TheNando2 years ago(+1)

To bad there are no dice mechanics.

Spruce StudiosDeveloper2 years ago

There are, they actually explode! Just place one and wait, but don't stand in the way...

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