{"id":5410,"date":"2026-01-12T17:34:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/?p=5410"},"modified":"2026-09-09T13:26:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:26:46","slug":"dinosaur-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/dinosaur-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinosaur Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ie-dino\">\n<div class=\"board\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"readout\"><span>Distance: <b id=\"dn-d\">0<\/b><\/span><span>Best: <b id=\"dn-b\">0<\/b><\/span><span>Close calls: <b id=\"dn-c\">0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<button class=\"tap\" id=\"dn-jump\">Jump<\/button>\n<button class=\"tap\" id=\"dn-duck\">Duck<\/button>\n<button class=\"tap pale\" id=\"dn-restart\">Run again<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Clearing something narrowly is worth points<\/h2>\n<p>Pass within a hair of a cactus and the close call counter ticks up and you get a small bonus. Which means the safe enormous jump is the wrong jump, and you end up deliberately cutting it fine, and then you die. That is the loop.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Late jumps are forgiven, a bit<\/h2>\n<p>There is a fraction of a second after you leave the ground where a jump still registers. It is small, it is intentional, and it is why a run that felt impossible sometimes works. Hold the key for a full arc, tap it for a hop.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Night falls<\/h2>\n<p>Past a certain distance the colours invert and stay inverted for a while. Nothing else changes, but everything feels faster, and most people lose their run within about ten seconds of the switch.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Why a dinosaur at all<\/h2>\n<p>It appears when the browser cannot reach the network, and the joke is being stuck in prehistoric times with no connection. It lives inside the browser rather than loading from anywhere, which is the only way a game can exist on an error page. Type chrome:\/\/dino to open it without disconnecting.<\/p>\n<p>For something slower that punishes planning instead of reflexes, there is <a href=\"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/google-snake-game\/\">google snake<\/a>. For a wall to break, <a href=\"https:\/\/icon-era.com\/statistics\/google-block-breaker\/\">google block breaker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n#ie-dino{--blue:#1558d6;--blue2:#4c86f0;--blue3:#a9c4f5;--deep:#0b3aa0;--slate:#5b6675;--mist:#98a2b3;--rule:#dde3ec;--wash:#f2f6fd;font-family:ui-sans-serif,-apple-system,\"Segoe UI\",Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;color:#1a2230;line-height:1.66;margin:0 auto}\n#ie-dino ul,#ie-dino ol{margin:0 0 15px 20px}\n#ie-dino li{margin:6px 0}\n#ie-dino a{color:var(--blue);text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:2px}\n#ie-dino a:hover{color:var(--deep)}\n#ie-dino .board{position:relative;width:100%;height:min(70vh,600px);min-height:420px;border:1px solid var(--rule);border-radius:10px;overflow:hidden;background:#fff;box-shadow:0 10px 26px rgba(21,88,214,.1);touch-action:none}\n#ie-dino .board canvas{position:absolute;left:0;top:0;width:100%;height:100%;outline:0}\n#ie-dino .readout{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:16px;justify-content:center;margin:12px 0 0;font:600 13px ui-sans-serif,\"Segoe UI\",Arial;color:var(--slate)}\n#ie-dino .readout b{color:var(--deep);font-size:15px}\n#ie-dino .row{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:9px;justify-content:center;margin:12px 0 20px}\n#ie-dino .tap{background:var(--blue);color:#fff;border:0;border-radius:8px;padding:12px 20px;font:700 14px ui-sans-serif,\"Segoe UI\",Arial;cursor:pointer;box-shadow:0 4px 12px rgba(21,88,214,.25)}\n#ie-dino .tap:hover{background:var(--deep)}\n#ie-dino .tap:active{transform:translateY(1px)}\n#ie-dino .tap.pale{background:#fff;color:var(--blue);border:1px solid var(--blue3);box-shadow:none}\n#ie-dino .tap.pale:hover{background:var(--wash)}\n#ie-dino .stick{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(3,54px);gap:7px;justify-content:center;margin-top:10px}\n#ie-dino .stick button{background:#fff;border:1px solid var(--blue3);color:var(--blue);border-radius:8px;height:46px;font:700 17px ui-sans-serif,Arial;cursor:pointer}\n#ie-dino .stick button:hover{background:var(--wash)}\n#ie-dino .stick .gap{visibility:hidden;border:0}\n#ie-dino .curtain{position:absolute;inset:0;display:grid;place-items:center;background:rgba(255,255,255,.93);text-align:center;font:700 20px\/1.45 ui-sans-serif,\"Segoe UI\",Arial;color:var(--deep);cursor:pointer;z-index:4;padding:18px}\n#ie-dino .curtain em{display:block;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;font-size:13.5px;color:var(--slate);margin-top:5px}\n#ie-dino .typein{display:flex;gap:8px;justify-content:center;margin-top:12px;flex-wrap:wrap}\n#ie-dino .typein input{border:1px solid var(--blue3);border-radius:8px;padding:11px 13px;font:600 14px ui-sans-serif,Arial;width:min(280px,70%);color:#1a2230}\n#ie-dino .typein input:focus{outline:2px solid var(--blue2);outline-offset:1px}\n\n#ie-dino .board{height:auto;min-height:0;aspect-ratio:25\/8;max-width:920px;margin:0 auto}<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Distance: 0Best: 0Close calls: 0 Jump Duck Run again Clearing something narrowly is worth points Pass within a hair of a cactus and the close call counter ticks up and you get a small bonus. 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