Space Dino — Press Kit

FACTSHEET

TITLE: Space Dino
DEVELOPER: TODO: your name
BASED IN: TODO: city, country
RELEASE DATE: TODO: launch date
PLATFORMS: Web browser (desktop, phone and tablet), installable as an app (PWA) that plays offline
PRICE: Free (optional tip jar; no ads, nothing to buy that affects play)
WEBSITE: spacedino.app
CONTROLS: Keyboard (three layouts), touch screen, gamepad
LANGUAGE: English

ABOUT THE GAME

SHORT DESCRIPTION

Space Dino is a free retro pixel space shooter: strap a jetpack on a baby dinosaur, blast through ten worlds of rubber-hose cartoon bosses and stop the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. Plays right in your browser.

LONG DESCRIPTION

In the year 3024, Professor Tockstein finishes a time machine and goes back 66 million years to stop the Extinction Asteroid. He crash-lands, meets a hatchling, straps his jetpack onto it and sends it up into space.

What follows is a bullet-dodging shooter drawn as a 1930s cartoon in crisp pixel art. Ten worlds on a star map, each with a few asteroid stages, a mini-boss and a big, Cuphead-style boss: a grinning sun called Mr. Scorch, a pinball-wizard Saturn, a cosmic whale who swallows you whole, a pirate octopus on a galleon, a mirror-image of yourself from a broken timeline... and at the end of the road, Grandpa Rex, the legendary old dinosaur who taught you to fly in the first place.

Bouncing fireballs reward bank shots, every boss has parryable pink bullets, and a Smash-style special button turns one key plus a direction into a flamethrower, an eye laser, an uppercut, a meteor stomp or a tail spin that chain into combos. Between fights there's a story told in cutscenes and radio calls, a shop of hats and jetpack colours paid for in coins, endless Infinite mode and a one-on-one Versus mode against the CPU.

FEATURES

Story mode: 10 worlds on a star map, 37 stages with star challenges, 10 mini-bosses and 10 multi-phase bosses, ending in a three-stage soulslike final fight.
Cartoon bosses with real gimmicks: eclipses, tides, tractor beams that steal your power, pinball bumpers, a whale's stomach, a ship you sink piece by piece, a boss who replays your own inputs.
Infinite mode: endless waves that speed up every minute, five difficulty presets or a fully custom setup (speed, spawns, hearts, hazard mix).
Versus: dino vs dino against a CPU, with your choice of moves and arena.
Moves that feel good: dash, a Dune-style shield, parries, a sidekick pterodactyl, five specials that chain, combos and a screen-clearing Final Smash. Lenient input buffering throughout.
A story with heart: animated cutscenes, a bedtime story, radio calls between worlds and a rewatchable MEMORIES gallery.
Cosmetics only: hats, glasses, fireball trails and jetpack flames bought with coins you earn. Nothing for sale changes gameplay.
Play anywhere: keyboard, touch screen (floating stick and big buttons) or gamepad; installs to the home screen and plays offline.
Made from scratch: every sprite is drawn in code and every sound effect and song is synthesised live in the browser.
Tutorial and assists: Grandpa Rex teaches every move, and there are comfort and accessibility settings.