We’re back with the next development update! We’re hard at work to deliver to all of you the best experience possible. We’re still improving the core mechanics of the game while also implementing stretch goals from our Kickstarter campaign.
Without further ado, let us give you an insight into the newest additions!
Let the Adventure Begin!
As you may already to know from our previous DevLog #14, we’ve recently added the Night Mode with electricity management as a part of “Let the adventure begin” Kickstarter stretch goal. You can see a new development screenshot below. It’s really dark out there, isn’t it? If a lamp is not enough, just grab a flashlight and you’re ready to go! Paleontologists tend to work in various environments, including wandering about at night. Fossil hunting may be difficult in those circumstances, but who else but you can undertake this challenge? :)
Along with the Night Mode, “Let the Adventure Begin” stretch goal includes new tools. One of them, pictured below, is Geiger counter which greatly helps with locating the fossils! We hope it’ll be of use to you!
Drive to Dive!
Another Kickstarter stretch goal that is already making its way into the game is the “Drive to Dive” stretch goal. For those of you who may have started to follow us more recently, we want to expand the area of exploration and let players… Dive! Of course, extracting fossils from underwater requires sufficient new tools.
This is where our new gasoline water pump comes in! It has 2 different uses depending on a place it’s used in. It can dry out wetlands or rinse stones while diving.
What else?
Apart from adding features from our Kickstarter stretch goal list, we’ve also been working on a big museum! This museum is still WIP so please keep in mind that the screenshot below doesn’t represent final results.
Stay tuned for upcoming updates, and keep following Dinosaur Fossil Hunter on Steam!
Join our Discord community and talk with us there, too! We post sneak peeks every now and then, so it’s a great way to stay up to date with development progress. You can throw us some feedback or suggestions regarding the game – we’re always happy to hear from players. :)
In celebration of Perseverance rover’s recent landing on Mars, we have released a new DLC for our other game, Rover Mechanic Simulator. Meet Percy!
The Dinosaur Drawing Competition ended, and we have the winners! All the drawings submitted by players are amazing, and we must say that it was hard for us to choose the best ones because each of the pictures has its own unique style. After the discussion, our Jury decided to award two 1st places! ːsteamhappyː
The Winners:
🥇 1st place ex aequo: @Sillyway & @Windoog 🥈 2nd place: @GiggaG 🥉 3rd place: @pinkfloydfan42069
Congratulations to all the winners! The winning drawings with credits will be added to the Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Early Access, which means that you will be able to see those drawings once the game becomes available. The winners also won video games from our Publisher PlayWay.
Thank you for taking part in our drawing contest! We will definitely host another competition in the future, stay tuned! :) You can take a look at all the drawings on our Discord.
Best Regards, Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Team
Dinosaur Drawing Competition!
Dear Paleontologists!
We're so impressed by the creativity of the Dinosaur Fossil Hunter players that we’ve decided to host a Drawing Competition! 🖌️🦖
The drawing competition starts on January 22 and ends on February 4!
Post your drawing on our Discord on #🎨-community-creations channel and type Dino Drawing Competition.
🏆 the 3 most unique and creative drawings will be added to the game! 🏆
Our marketing team together with the Art Director will choose 3 most unique and creative drawings that will be added to the upcoming Early Access of the game. The winners will also get a small surprise - three game keys from our publisher PlayWay!
We will announce the winners on February 5th and share their fanarts on our Social Media channels! Drawings with credits will be added to the Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Early Access, which means that you will be able to see your drawings once the game becomes available.
Before taking part in our competition, make sure to check the rules:
The drawing contest starts on January 22 and ends on February 4.
You can only submit 1 drawing.
The best 3 drawings will only be chosen from screenshots posted on Pyramid Games Discord on #🎨-community-creations channel between January 22 - February 4.
If you already have a nice drawing you can submit it and take part in the competition.
To take part in the competition, you must be a member of the Pyramid Games Discord server and have a Dinosaur Fossil Hunter role.
Drawings containing content that is not all-age appropriate or inciting violence will be rejected.
The 3 winners will be announced on February 5, and we will share their fanarts on our Social Media channels: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Discord and Steam
If you have questions regarding the competiton, please contact Aika_PyramidGames on Discord.
Unleash your creativity and show us your Dino Drawings!
Good cars are essential for travelling to the dig site. It will often be very tough to get there due to the uneven terrain. You will encounter different obstacles in each excavation area, and choosing a proper vehicle before hitting the road is highly recommended.
There will be four different cars available in the game:
off-road vehicle,
grandpa’s pickup,
advanced exploration vehicle,
heavy truck.
In short, those vehicles are capable of crossing challenging terrain thanks to mud-terrain tires and will allow safe transportation of precious fossils in a special trunk. Each car has its own unique features that make accessing the dig site easier, you will find out about them soon while playing the game.
Which car do you like the most? Let us know in the comments section below! ːsteamhappyː
Join our Community!
If you have any ideas and suggestions, don't hesitate to post them on our Discord server! Let's talk about the game and paleontology!
Stay tuned for upcoming updates, and keep following Dinosaur Fossil Hunter on Steam!
Since the beginning our goal was to create a fun Paleontologist Simulator - a unique game the world hasn't seen before. At the beginning of 2019, after long planning, we've started the production of this game and prepared a lot of content, then we decided to prepare Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Demo Version to gather feedback about the game. Thanks to this Kickstarter and the great Community, we received many ideas on how to improve the game.
The next step was preparing The Prologue with polished core gameplay and longer plot which introduced players to our game. Releasing The Prologue gave as an amazing opportunity to gather valuable feedback and many awesome ideas worth adding to the game, which would greatly enrich the gameplay.
In conclusion, after reading almost all your comments and discussing the feedback, we've decided to add some big changes to the game based on suggestions that you've posted on Kickstarter, Steam and Discord, but adding these changes and improvements requires additional time. However, we believe that this will make our game even more pleasant and satisfying.
Aside from originally planned features you will additionally find a lot of new things in the game, the most important changes we decided to add are:
Player XP progress with skill tree
Museum progress with upgrades
Ability to shorten exploration or preparation phases depending on player level
Different bone workflows for small and medium sized bones with completely redesigned, more immersive look
It wasn't an easy decision, mainly because of one important reason - it extends the production time of the game, which is inconvenient both for you and for us. We need to reach the „roots” of the game and rebuild part of the mechanics, for example to enable player progress during gameplay. This means that we will not be able to deliver the game to you as we previously planned - in December.
We hope to deliver Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Early Access to you in Q1 2021. We know that many of you are looking forward to the game and you wanted to play during Christmas. Despite these hard times, we're doing our best to deliver the game as fast as we possibly can, created by passionate players for players. After the Christmas break, we will provide you with more details regarding the development status.
We are convinced that adding those changes was the right decision and we believe that longer development will definitely have a positive impact on the game that we're creating together with you. Every day we also work on Kickstarter goals to implement as many of them as possible before the release day. Thank you for your trust and understanding.
and one more thing...
Merry Christmas!
Christmas is just around the corner! May the Christmas Season bring only happiness and joy to you and your family. We wish you a Merry Christmas! 🎄
Stay safe and take care during the Christmas Season! Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Team
Nominate Dinosaur Fossil Hunter: Prologue for the Steam Awards!
Dear Paleontologists!
The Steam Awards are here again! If you like the passion we've put into Dinosaur Fossil Hunter: Prologue, and find our game very relaxing, please nominate the prologue for the Sit Back and Relax Award!
We hope that you would vote for the prologue in the category Sit Back and Relax! However, if you love the story about young paleontology enthusiast and his passionate pursuit of success and self-determination, we would appreciate if you nominate us for the category Outstanding Story-Rich Game.
We've prepared a development update regarding the recent progress of the Early Access version. Lately, we've been busy implementing parts of some Kickstarter stretch goals and improving the core mechanics.
Dynamic Weather System
We're working on Dynamic Weather System, which will introduce a foggy morning, a hot day, and storm in the evening to the game. Changing weather conditions will definitely increase the immersion!
Stylish tool set
We've already added the possibility to change the color of many tools, so you will be able to customize them as you like!
Photo Mode - drone
We've added a special Photo Mode to the game for capturing beautiful views, landscapes and your custom museum exhibitions!
Welcome to the Command center!
We've managed to change the classic game menu into your own office, so you may feel like true paleontologist!
Let the adventure begin!
Night mode with electricity management has been implemented to the game. We're still working on that mode, and checking if everything works as expected. We're also improving driving mechanics and the camera while driving.
Trust me, I’m an interior decorator!
We've added new decorations to the game, such as triassic plants and many others, so you will be able to decorate your museum exhibitions nicely!
Underwater fossil search
We've added a new player mode and new tools for diving, so you'll be able to search for invaluable treasure underwater!
While waiting for the Early Access, you can still play the Prologue version on Steam, and share your suggestions! If you played the Prologue already - remember to write a Steam Review - this way more people will learn about our game. Don't forget to also tell your friends that they can play the game!
The Steam Game Festival - Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Demo!
Dear Paleontologists!
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter is a part of the Steam Game Festival: Autumn Edition! Play our demo version and build your own museum!
About the demo version:
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Demo is a story telling simulator where you play as a paleontologist, exploring different lands and searching for dinosaur fossil.
The demo version for the Steam Game Festival: Autumn Edition is much more improved than the version that was available during the Summer Edition - make sure to check it out!
During the event, you can expect a live stream and chat with developers. We will give you more details in a few days, so stay tuned and have fun playing our demo! Hurry up and start digging!
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Team
Prologue Update
Dear Paleontologists!
New update for the Prologue is live! This update contains bug fixes and other additional changes. Based on your feedback, we've manage to improve the Prologue version, and make the gameplay more enjoyable. Below you can see the list of changes and improvements.
Update III (20.08.2020) III Changelog
added possibility to hide controls under F1 button
added possibility to hide tablet with ESC button
added possibility to change camera distance from car with scroll
upgraded fueling speed and fixed particles at additional canisters
increased max camera sensivity value
decreased running speed at museum
fixed blocker at museum parking
fixed blocker at grandpa’s garage
fixed colliders at mine
fixed Y-axis invert for car
fixed “dot” cursor
optimized game size and performance
If you didn't try out the Prologue version yet, don't hesitate to play! We will appreciate your feedback. If you have more suggestions regarding the game or just want to talk with devs, feel free to join our Discord server!
