Pico Dino
A reimagination of Google Chrome's offline game in Pico-8!
Features an expanded moveset and reimagined graphics!
It's based off this animation I made some time ago:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PixelArt/comments/g931lk/game_boy_style_animation_of_google_chromes_offine/
Available on itch.io too: https://yolwoocle.itch.io/pico-dino
Controls:
Jump - Up Arrow / C
Crouch - Down arrow / X
Made with ♥ by Yolwoocle
Jan 2025 update: Integrated 60 FPS version courtesy of @JPshoe!
Nice! Did one quick run of 822. Really cool, nice polish in the style.
loved it! after a bit, i felt like i was just along for the ride and couldn't blink anymore. lol
graphics were cool, nicely done.
I love this! Now I don't need to shut off my internet to play the Dino Game!
Very polished, gratz! I stopped at 2279 because the game didn't seem to get any harder. The game never put me in a position that I needed to use the crouch or stomp to progress.
Lovely fun. The animation is very juicy, and great art. Better than the original!
the animation is so squishy I love it so much and the whole game play gah it's lovely
Nice and squishy remake! I'm amazed at what you have done with this cart.
Edit: Played your game on youtube!
1449! Thank you this game is very fun and the control/animation is crazy good. This is not a demake, nor a remake, it is an upmake!
lol ive never even seen anyone really pay attention to the crouching and fastfall mechanic in chrome dino game, animations are really smooth and feel quick
And I thought the original was already good. DAMN you changed my mind!! I look forward to seeing more of these upbeat animations in old games.
Great remake! Did 2 or 3 runs and got an 830, I love the animations you did and how fun and cartoonish the artstyle is. I also love how you can just slide after a ground pound, very cute and imaginative!
I'd say that this trounces the original in just about every way. I just wish that you could stomp on the enemies as shown in your original gif, it'd certainly make the game even more fun. However, I did run into a glitch, after a while, the objects get stuck on the right side of the screen and don't approach the dino anymore, meaning you can just keep running without having to worry about losing. I'm not sure if I did something to make that happen or if the game glitched out by itself.
Regardless, this is definitely the definitive version of the dino run game. And it's nice because I don't use Chrome anymore!
@PJBgamer Whoops! That's definitely a bug, although it never happened to me, that's weird. Some day I'll probably rework on this game, fix some bugs, and add some more stuff, as I still have ideas and stuff I want to do.
I really like your game, although I do hope that you will add story (like your intro gif) into the game and hopefully upgrade the idea into something new. I think this idea has a lot of potential!
@Sup3rAw3som3Gam3r Those are just tests. The tiny dinos are for an idea I had about escorting a tiny baby dino. The google chrome sprites, likewise, were for a scrapped vignette around the game.
@dw817 This is not normal, it's supposed to be the score (lol). Weirdly enough, I don't have this issue when downloading the cart. I'll look into this
I think the birds need to fly higher becouse i dont see why i need to duck.
You know Google has to step up their game when someone steps up their game.
my score is great and 1 thing: how? im just starting out and cant even make anything my coding is trash
@WoopyBoiii Hey, so the best thing I can recommend you doing is to start small, don't make any big projects. Make things that take you make a day, a few days, or an afternoon. You can start by copying other games and adding your own flair. You don't have to make anything original, or impressive, or even good! Just embrace being bad at what you're doing and don't think too much about the future. Just mess around with shit, don't overstress about it. Most important is to have fun! Focus on the joy of creating games and not the end result. Hope that helps! :)
@Yolwoocle thanks for the thing but I have no coding experience, please help.
Edit: I am also on education edition on a chromebook so I can't really do a lot for copying the game and adding a flair.
Well polished game! (Best strategy is to hold down duck, and then jump over stuff when necessary)
Awesome, currently all you need to do is jump. Reduce the jump to just enough to clear the cactus and it should require a duck to get under the med/high birds.
This is my score on Pico Dino. I like the game, but the problem is I can't see anything when the background becomes darker because my PC and phone are on low brightness. My best score is 4230, but not on another website about Chrome Dino Game. I have liked these offline games for 1 year while working in the IT sector.
I loved the game... But there are some things that I didn't like (no offense) first... When the sky gets dark there are like a lot of points, I know it's like giving the sensation that the sky It's changing tone... but... I don't know, for example, set the default colors but the color change is slower...And also some suggestions... I would like the mountains when the sky gets dark to have the same color as the sky but keep the edge light... And, i want an title screen...Thats it ;) ...
Anyone else get Gameboy colors at some point? Happened to me and I have no clue what I did.
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