DinoLife
DinoLife DevLog 2 - It's been a while
I am pleased to say that DinoLife is still being worked on and the most recent update has a few key changes. The AI for the NPC's has been reworked and should provide better performance, the shops now have a user interface rather than a clunky buying system.
These changes should allow for faster development of the game, I am still very open to feedback and I am happy to implement the features I can into DinoLife to make it a fun and enjoyable experience.
I am also activating a 15% Sale for a week, as I gear up to add more items and clean up the features in the game.
Happy gaming,
Swofski Games.
Saving Fixed in DinoLife
This game is still being worked on however the development is slow due to being a one man project with other obligations meaning I cannot work full time on DinoLife.
In this small update I have done my best to fix the saving issue affecting the game in doing so I have temporarily disabled DinoDale.
Happy Gaming,
Swofski Games.
Small Update
Happy Gaming,
Swofski Games
DinoLife Early Access is OUT!
After a lot of hard work I am very happy to say DinoLife is now available to buy on Steam. It has been a one man project and I would love the Steam community to drive the game forward, because of this I ask for your ideas and I will try my best to evaluate every single one.
In DinoLife you hatch and tend to many Dinosaurs, upgrade your town and Dinosaur pens all while bettering your relationship with the residents and customising your personal spaces.
Features
- Collect, hatch and earn money from different dinosaurs.
- Attempt to hatch the most appealing dinosaurs to earn more money.
- Feed your Dinos.
- Complete missions and interact with NPCs.
- Become friends with NPCs.
- Buy items to place within your house and even save to buy your own house.
In the last weeks leading up to the release I have added a few things these include:
- Fossils - Once the shovel is unlocked you can dig up mounds you find to get fossils that you can use to make trophies.
- Lost items - You can find items in the map and return them to their owner.
- Updated UI - Updated the user interface in certain areas.
- Bug fixes - A few more bugs squashed from the playtest.
DinoLife Development Log 1
How is development going?
Great, since the last playtest I got some valuable feedback which has been used to improve the game a lot. There has been a tonne of work done on an NPC update which should make the town feel a bit more alive, as well as many bugs being fixed including the rifle range balloons refusing to pop and falling through the map! Although just in case a rescue button will be added during early access, I can’t control all the Dinos!
What has been added since the playtest?
A lot of things have been added and a lot of things have changed since the playtest, most notably the NPCs when you speak with them you will now have options to choose from such as chatter, gift or leave them, as well as prompted dialogs for the story and quest interactions.
This also leads into the relationships you can have with the NPCs by talking to them every day and giving them items they like so you can become friends and even best friends with them. This will unlock different chat lines as well as quests unique to that NPC.
Egg creator changes, you no longer have to upgrade your speed to unlock the new Dinos rather now you have to complete a set of requirements in order to obtain the next level of software, those requirements can be a relationship level with a certain person or the amount of Dinos you have or whether you have completed a particular quest or not.
Changes and fixes since the playtest
Upon receiving feedback from the playtest many things have already been added into the game such as a place to see your messages you have received in addition to increased messages and alerts about outstanding quests.
Pumpkins have also been tweaked and now will spawn randomly across the map in different locations, however if you do not harvest pumpkins for a while they can build up leading to an easier and bigger pay day more useful a little later on when you don't immediately need them each day.
The Rifle Range has been updated and it actually works properly, my apologies, the hit detection should now work 100% of the time regardless of frames per second as well. In addition you can also now win prizes for getting the top score which is now too easy so expect an update to the rifle range soon.
Feature List 25/08/2022
- Dinosaur farming and making sure they are fed.
- Random Dino stats such as size and colour.
- Help residents develop their town.
- Become friends with the townspeople.
- Upgrade and manage multiple aspects of your Dinosaur farming from egg production to feeding.
- Make your room and house your own with items and furniture you buy from the shop.
- Rifle Range, test your skill each day at the rifle range, try and beat your score and earn prizes.
- Separate explorable map with all your released Dinos that wander around.
- Learn about the history of the town.
- NPC Dialogs.
- Quests.
- Plus More..