It is beyond anything you have ever experienced or imagined
Contrasaurus Launch
It’s finally here, the day we’ve all been waiting for. A Legendary Hero is born: Contrasaurus.
Synopsis
You are a dinosaur. The year is 3,700 B.C. You are summoned into the future to save America from the dark Communist forces that are amassing in Nicaragua. After you complete your mission and become the most decorated top-secret military dinosaur in history, you discover a terrible truth. Finally you seek out those whom you depend on most, only to have them confirm your darkest suspicions.
Gameplay
Experience humanity’s greatest dream: to be a dinosaur covered in weapons blasting through enemies. A carefully modeled and animated T-Rex. Six levels with beautiful parallax backgrounds. Five epic boss battles. A machine gun, flamethrower, laser monocle, and much more!
Technology
This game was painstakingly created with blood, sweat, tears, and HTML5. The core matrix transform library was spun out as Matrix.js. Additionally many of the core language extensions, sprites, sounds, and canvas libraries are working their way into The Pixie Game Platform.
Credits
Programming
Daniel X. Moore
condr
Artwork
Backyard Ninja Design (Sprites)
My Name is Wool (Backgrounds)
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