[p]We are absolutely thrilled to announce that our official Paleo Pines Trading Cards have launched and are available right now![/p][p]This has been a passion project for a long time, and we're so excited to share these high-quality collectibles with you all. Get ready to start your collection![/p][p][/p]
Why Trading Cards? A Peek Behind the Project
[p][/p][p]For those wondering why we chose to create trading cards, it comes down to four key reasons:[/p]
[p]1. A Blast from the Past! Just like Paleo Pines itself, trading cards are a nostalgic throwback to our childhoods. We grew up collecting everything from Garbage Pail Kids to classic sports cards, and there's an unmatched joy in cracking open a pack to find that one rare, shiny card. We partnered with the lovely folks at CREO to ensure these cards are a premium collectible.[/p]
[p]2. Supporting Our Amazing Artists We're always looking for ways to keep our incredible team creating! These cards became a special project for our concept artist, Elain Chen, who poured her heart into bringing our dinos to life on cardstock. The designs are breathtaking, and this project gave us a chance to celebrate her talent and hard work![/p]
[p]3. More for the Community to Share This isn't just about collecting; it's about trading, sharing, and connecting! We designed these cards to be shared so you can hunt for every single dino to complete the set. We can't wait to see our community trading and helping each other track down that elusive last card.[/p]
[p]4. Funding a Brighter Future for Paleo Pines Here's the really important part: sales from these trading cards will go directly toward funding further research into wholesome gaming and implementing a special, experimental feature into Paleo Pines. We are committed to using 100% of our Kickstarter funds strictly for rewards and development goals, so this provides a separate stream of income to keep our passion project, The Power of Peaceful Play, moving forward. Every pack you collect helps us make Paleo Pines an even more nurturing and innovative place to spend your time. [/p]
[p]The cards are available now! Which dino are you hoping to pull first? Let us know in the comments![/p][p]As always, thank you for your incredible support and generosity![/p][p] The Paleo Pines Team
P.S. Keep an eye on our social media channels for details on upcoming trading card set giveaways![/p]
We’re In The Steam Autumn Sale!
Howdy folks! 👋 Leaves are falling, windows are fogging up, the smell of pumpkin spice is starting to waft through the air; that can only mean one thing ... IT'S TIME FOR THE STEAM AUTUMN SALE! 🍂🎉
Paleo Pines is on sale for a whopping 70% off, and Spooktacular and Trick or Treat DLCs are 60% off 😲 and with our work on the Spinosaurus and other updates being underway, there’s no better time to dive in! 🦖
Lots of love, The Paleo Pines Team 💚🦖
Lucky Hoodie, Competition, and Seasonal Merch 💚🦖
Howdy Ranchers! 👋 While we're working away behind-the-scenes on our Players' Choice updates, we wanted to run a quick competition on our socials to celebrate the kind folks over at Makeship extending our campaign!
Our Makeship campaign is an absolutely delightful Lucky-themed hoodie this time around, and we wanted to do something a little different for a competition to tie in with that. The prize for the winner will be a cosy little hand-crafted poncho for their Lucky plushie (or any other Lucky-sized plushies they may have!) 🤗
Makeship Lucky Hoodie and a Surprise Competition 🍀 The lovely folks at Makeship extended our Lucky Hoodie campaign until September 30th! 🎉
So we thought we'd celebrate with a little competition! You could win a mini handmade poncho for your Lucky plushie (or any other cute plushie that's Lucky sized you may have) by entering on our socials (check them all out here on our Linktree!)
Entries close on 30th September at 11PM GMT! Good luck! 🍀 (P.S. That's when the hoodie campaign ends too!)
If you wanna get your hands on your very own Lucky-themed hoodie, you can check out the Makeship page here! ⌛
Halloween Merch Drop 🎃
The spooky season is almost upon us!👻👻 So lets get the party started a little early shall we? Our Halloween shop is now LIVE! 🎃 Check out some classics from previous years, and some new items created this year!
Thanks for reading folks, we hope you all have a great day! Lots of love, The Paleo Pines Team 💚🦖
Players' Choice Poop Scoopin' Progress 🌈 And Stretch Goal Two Details
Howdy Ranchers! 👋
We are so delighted to tell you that we’ve nearly achieved our first stretch goal!! 💩🎉 We’re less than £200 away from an end to our poop scooping woes, yippee!
With 16 days left in our campaign and so close to hitting our first stretch goal, we want to bring your attention to our next Stretch Goal: Dino Skin Tracking! 🗺️ While the main focus of this stretch goal is to introduce a new journal page to track all colours, patterns, and rarities of each dino species, it includes improvements to Mari’s dino storage for better filtering, sorting, optimisation, and the long asked for ability to remove dinos from Mari’s dino storage permanently! Once you’re not scooping so much poop, you’ll have more time for befriending those URs! 🧁
Also included in this stretch goal:
🧭 A compass to find NPCs, nearby dinos and region transition points on screen.
🌜 An option at the ranch house to skip to different times of day.
🎒 Unlockable inventory expansion.
💭 Improved discoverer dino AI.
🏆 New Rewards launched! 🏆
Just yesterday we launched a new selection of rewards that are based on requests from the community including new stickers, enamel pins and a new Spino Pyjama and Plushie Ranch Decor Set. Check out these gorgeous concepts for some of our new add-on rewards! As with all concept art, these are subject to change, but we couldn't resist showing you where we're at currently!
Those are our pride, Spino, and swamp themed clothing and decor items! Concept art is by the wonderful Elain Chen.
In case you missed it, we also revealed our Kickstarter Outfit and Ranch Decor Item concepts from Elain! These are available as add-on pledges to any tier, and we hope you love them as much as we do! 🌈🦖🌿
From all of us at Paleo Pines, thank you so much for your support for this campaign 💖 It truly is the Players’ Choice Kickstarter.
Want a chance to win a free dino plushie? 👀 Check out our socials! 🎉
Win a FREE Plushie & support an indie game?! Say no more! 🚀 Our Kickstarter is the key to bringing even more to our game, and our incredible community makes it all possible ❤ To say thank you for the immense support so far, we wanted to give you the chance to win a plushie of your choosing! Who will you decide on between the sweet Strawberry T-Rex 🍓 or the spooky Albino Styracosaurus 👻? 👀
Want to help us grow and snag a sweet new dino pal while you’re at it? 😚 Check out our social media account of your choice for full instructions! Sorry we can't host this one directly on Steam, but unfortunately Steam forums aren't suited to this particular type of competition ☹ Hyperlinks lead directly to the competition post 🙌
Show your support for indie games and win yourself a new super cute dino pal 🤗 The winner will be chosen randomly from across all platforms on July 17th at 4pm BST 🦖
Lots of love, The Paleo Pines Team 💚🦖
Paleo Pines Players' Choice Kickstarter is LIVE FOR EVERYONE 🤩🥳
From yesterday's VIP early access launch we're already at a whopping 75% FUNDED! 🤯
The climb isn't over yet though! We still have some way to go if we want to fly past our stretch goals! 💪
Our team are here to answer any questions you might have - so feel free to chuck em at us and check out the FAQ section on the Kickstarter! 📣
Prices are displayed in GBP, and payment will only be taken at the end of the campaign provided it is successful!
Lots of love, The Paleo Pines Team 💚🦖
Full Kickstarter Rewards Reveal, Discord AMA, and Why A Kickstarter?
Hello Ranchers! 👋
We wanted to give all of our Ranchers a sneak peek into what to expect from the Kickstarter which launches on July 1st at 8am PT. 💪 We thought the easiest way to do this would be to share the preview of our actual Kickstarter page with you so you can get a sense of the funding goals and rewards we have on offer. Some caveats:
This is a PREVIEW of the page, which means you can’t see all the details you will be able to on launch. 👀
We’ve included a complete list of what each Reward Tier includes below 👇 because we know this is what many of you will be really curious about.
You may need to be logged into a Kickstarter account to be able to see this page, but I hope not.
There is space on this preview page to leave comments 💬 but we would prefer you to send any feedback directly to us to avoid a lot of clutter on the page.
We are still adding a few final touches onto the page, so there might be minor errors 🤐 If you happen to see any, please let us know!
Don’t be worrying about the duplication of VIP and non-VIP tiers. These will disappear on launch and you will only see the non-VIP tiers on July 1st.
If you’ve got any questions about any part of the Kickstarter or Paleo Pines in general, I’d love you to join in our Discord AMA this Thursday at 8pm BST 🥳 If you’re not able to make it to that, please feel free to send your questions directly to us through any of our socials. You can join our Discord server here!
Once again, thank you so much for supporting the development of our Players’’ Choice Expansion Pack! 💚🦖
What is a Reward Tier?
The primary goal of our Kickstarter is to fund an expansion pack for Paleo Pines. As a way of saying Thank You for your pledge towards this goal, we have created multiple awards that you can choose from depending on the pledge level you can afford. Please do not pledge higher than you feel comfortable with and please under no circumstances do we want you to go into debt. We’d rather 100 people pledged lower amounts than causing anyone anxiety about finances.
What’s Included in each Reward Tier?
Note: Prices are listed in GBP.
Supporter Pack (unlimited) £10
The perfect entry point to support us in our expansion development or to build your own custom tier with add-ons.
🌌 Expansion Pack Released on All Platforms for Free! 💻 Discord Role as a Supporter 📱 Digital Phone Background featuring the Spino! 🥰 A heartfelt :heart: THANK YOU :heart: from our Dev Team!
Experienced Rancher Pack (unlimited) £30
Gorgeous digital rewards and your name in the credits!
🕺 Chosen Name in our Credits 🎨 Digital Art Print of Spinosaurus 🛒 20% Off in the Paleo Pines Merch Shop 🌌 Expansion Pack Released on All Platforms for Free! 💻 Discord Role as a Supporter 📱 Digital Phone Background featuring the Spino! 🥰 A heartfelt :heart: THANK YOU :heart: from our Dev Team!
New Rancher Pack (unlimited) £45
Perfect for new Ranchers or those who want to gift a copy of the game to a future Rancher!
🎮 Digital Game Key for Steam 🕺 Chosen Name in our Credits 🎨 Digital Art Print of Spinosaurus 🛒 20% Off in the Paleo Pines Merch Shop 🌌 Expansion Pack Released on All Platforms for Free! 💻 Discord Role as a Supporter 📱 Digital Phone Background featuring the Spino! 🥰 A heartfelt :heart: THANK YOU :heart: from our Dev Team!
Creative Rancher Pack (unlimited) £120
For Ranchers who love dino merch!
👕Spino Campaign T-Shirt - Inclusive Sizes Available 📌 3 Pin Pack - Enamel Pins of Spino, Bernard, and Lucky 🎁 Sticker Sheets - 1 each of ‘Dino & Friends’ and ‘Plushies’ A5 💫 Digital Art Poster - Kickstarter Exclusive 📫 Digital Concept Art Postcards (Set of Three) 🌌 Expansion Pack Released on All Platforms for Free! 📱 Digital Phone Background featuring the Spino! 🎨 Digital Art Print of Spinosaurus 💻 Discord Role as a Supporter 🛒 20% Off in the Paleo Pines Merch Shop 🕺 Chosen Name in our Credits 🥰 A heartfelt :heart: THANK YOU :heart: from our Dev Team!
Lucky Plushie Pack (100 available) £250
Already a collector's item - this is your last chance to get an original Lucky Plushie!
🍀 Lucky Plushie - Rare 1.0 Original from Makeship 👕 Spino Campaign T-Shirt - Inclusive Sizes Available 📌 3 Pin Pack - Enamel Pins of Spino, Bernard, and Lucky 🎁 Sticker Sheets - 1 each of ‘Dino & Friends’ and ‘Plushies’ A5 💫 Digital Art Poster - Kickstarter Exclusive 📫 Digital Concept Art Postcards (Set of Three) 🌌 :Expansion Pack Released on All Platforms for Free! 📱 Digital Phone Background featuring the Spino! 🎨 Digital Art Print of Spinosaurus 💻 Discord Role as a Supporter 🛒 20% Off in the Paleo Pines Merch Shop 🕺 Chosen Name in our Credits 🥰 A heartfelt :heart: THANK YOU :heart: from our Dev Team!
Parsnip Plushie Pack (100 available) £250
Complete your set with Parsnip - our Ankylosaurus Plushie!
🥕 Parsnip Plushie - Original 1.0 Plushie from Makeship 👕 Spino Campaign T-Shirt - Inclusive Sizes Available 📌 3 Pin Pack - Enamel Pins of Spino, Bernard, and Lucky 🎁 Sticker Sheets - 1 each of ‘Dino & Friends’ and ‘Plushies’ A5 💫 Digital Art Poster - Kickstarter Exclusive 📫 Digital Concept Art Postcards (Set of Three) 🌌 Expansion Pack Released on All Platforms for Free! 📱 Digital Phone Background featuring the Spino! 🎨 Digital Art Print of Spinosaurus 💻 Discord Role as a Supporter 🛒 20% Off in the Paleo Pines Merch Shop 🕺 Chosen Name in our Credits 🥰 A heartfelt :heart: THANK YOU :heart: from our Dev Team!
Dino Designer Pack (20 available) £350
Work with our dino artists to get your unique colour scheme into the game! Not only do you get to choose which dinos* your colours will appear on, but you can choose rarity and a special video will be created for you! *Excludes spino.
🌈 In-Game Dino Colour Selection (Excludes Spino) 🎥 Digital Promo Video Featuring your Colour Selection 🦖 Dino Designer discord Role 👕 Spino Campaign T-Shirt - Inclusive Sizes Available 📌 3 Pin Pack - Enamel Pins of Spino, Bernard, and Lucky 🎁 Sticker Sheets - 1 each of ‘Dino & Friends’ and ‘Plushies’ A5 💫 Digital Art Poster - Kickstarter Exclusive 📫 Digital Concept Art Postcards (Set of Three) 🌌 Expansion Pack Released on All Platforms for Free! 📱 Digital Phone Background featuring the Spino! 🎨 Digital Art Print of Spinosaurus 💻 Discord Role as a Supporter 🛒 20% Off in the Paleo Pines Merch Shop 🕺 Chosen Name in our Credits 🥰 A heartfelt :heart: THANK YOU :heart: from our Dev Team!
Plushie Designer Pack (2 available) £750
Want to see your favourite dino as a plushie? You'll join our design team as we bring your plushie to life with Makeship! Exclusions include all existing plushie species, spino, carnotaurus, archeopteryx, and psittacosaurus.
🧶 Plushie Dino and Colour Selection (Exclusions Apply) 🧵 Plushie Designer Discord Role 👕 Spino Campaign T-Shirt - Inclusive Sizes Available 📌 3 Pin Pack - Enamel Pins of Spino, Bernard, and Lucky 🎁 Sticker Sheets - 1 each of ‘Dino & Friends’ and ‘Plushies’ A5 💫 Digital Art Poster - Kickstarter Exclusive 📫 Digital Concept Art Postcards (Set of Three) 🌌 Expansion Pack Released on All Platforms for Free! 📱 Digital Phone Background featuring the Spino! 🎨 Digital Art Print of Spinosaurus 💻 Discord Role as a Supporter 🛒 20% Off in the Paleo Pines Merch Shop 🕺 Chosen Name in our Credits 🥰 A heartfelt :heart: THANK YOU :heart: from our Dev Team!
Spino Designer Pack (5 available) £1,000
A brand new dino needs some brand new colours! Work with our dino artists to bring your spino to life and also receive an original Spino Plushie from Makeship!
🌟 Spino Colour Selection 🧸 Spino Plushie from Makeship 🎥 Digital Promo Video Featuring Your Colour Selection 🎇 Spino Designer Discord Role 👕 Spino Campaign T-Shirt - Inclusive Sizes Available 📌 3 Pin Pack - Enamel Pins of Spino, Bernard, and Lucky 🎁 Sticker Sheets - 1 each of ‘Dino & Friends’ and ‘Plushies’ A5 💫 Digital Art Poster - Kickstarter Exclusive 📫 Digital Concept Art Postcards (Set of Three) 🌌 Expansion Pack Released on All Platforms for Free! 📱 Digital Phone Background featuring the Spino! 🎨 Digital Art Print of Spinosaurus 💻 Discord Role as a Supporter 🛒 20% Off in the Paleo Pines Merch Shop 🕺 Chosen Name in our Credits 🥰 A heartfelt :heart: THANK YOU :heart: from our Dev Team!
Items that can be added on to any pledge pack:
Add on Reward (unlimited) £20
🧍♀️ In-game outfit and ranch item. Kickstarter exclusive.
Add on Reward (unlimited) £20
🅱 Access to Beta Test Group for Expansion Features.
Add on Reward (unlimited) £10
📚 Digital Art Book
Add on Reward (60) £30
🖋 Signed poster by original dev team.
Add on Reward (unlimited) £8
📍 Individual pins
Add on Reward (unlimited) £11
🌌 Copy of Paleo Pines Game with Expansion Pack (Steam Key)
Add on Reward (unlimited) £5
🧁 Digital Poppin Recipe Cards
Add on Reward (unlimited) £20
👕 Spinosaurus T-Shirt
What's Next?
👇 We’ve got our Discord AMA on Thursday, June 26th at 8pm BST! The AMA will take place in the Paleo-Pines-Discussions channel, and if you're not a member of the Discord yet, you can join here!
Why A Kickstarter?
We've had some questions surrounding WHY we're doing a Kickstarter for this content, which we've added to our Kickstarter itself, but we'll share it here as well to make sure folks can see it easily! 🤗
It's completely understandable to wonder why a studio with a game like Paleo Pines, which many consider a success, would need a Kickstarter. This has been one of the toughest communication challenges we've faced as an independent studio, and we want to be as transparent as we are able to be.
While Paleo Pines has indeed been a wonderful success story in terms of its reception and reach, the unfortunate reality is that the financial benefits of that success have, so far, primarily gone to our publishers. Our merchandise sales, while appreciated, don't generate substantial income due to high costs and thin margins. We have managed to get to this point primarily through the sales of our plushies, determined as we were to keep on trying to secure other forms of funding.
The current landscape of the games industry is incredibly tough. Funding opportunities for independent developers have been drying up at an alarming rate. This makes it incredibly difficult for studios like ours to secure the investment needed to continue our work, especially when it comes to creating expansions and updates for existing games.
Last year, when we shared our financial struggles with our community, our main hope was to find a new publishing partner. We poured countless hours into this effort, approaching over 50 different publishers in a desperate attempt to secure the resources that would allow us to keep our dedicated team together and bring new content to the game. Despite our best efforts, we were met with disappointment at every turn.
It was in this moment of uncertainty that our incredible community stepped up, with a huge number of players urging us to try crowdfunding. With no other viable options on the horizon, we decided to listen to your voices and embrace this path. This Kickstarter isn't just an option for us; it is truly the only way we can bring the Players' Choice expansion to life. Your support means the world to us, and it's what will allow us to continue building the world of Paleo Pines.
Thanks for all your support, Lots of love, The Paleo Pines Team 💚🦖
Players' Choice Kickstarter Launch Date 🎉 and VIP Programme Closed
Make a note in your calendars folks, Paleo Pines Players' Choice Kickstarter is going live on the 1st of July!
For those of you who've never used Kickstarter before, payments are only taken at the end of the campaign if the campaign is successful.
We know we've been hammering on about this, but we want to make sure that no one who wants to help support the future of Paleo Pines misses out on this chance 🤗 We're truly hopeful that with your help, we'll be able to add some of our players' most repeated requests to Paleo Pines, starting with our main goal: The Spinosaurus!
If we hit that goal, we're prepared with our first stretch goal: Poop. It's a lot, we know- When you've got one of those end-game ranches with every dreamstone assigned to a dino, it's a chore that seems to never end... Unless we clear our main goal, and hit this stretch goal, anyway! 💩🧹
And finally for this little update, our VIP Programme to go along with our Kickstarter is now closed for new VIPs! Existing members will continue to get all the perks they signed up for ✨
Lots of love, The Paleo Pines Team 💚🦖
Players' Choice Kickstarter Goal 🎉
So we've hinted quite a bit with this one, but just in case you weren't sure 👀 We would like to address the elephant in the room, or well… the ✨ spino ✨ in the room 🤩
GASP! 🤯 THAT'S RIGHT! We're so excited to announce that if our Kickstarter is funded, we'll be bringing our Spinosaurus home to Paleo Pines 🎉🥳 (and adding a way to get more of those lovely dreamstones 🌟)
Follow our Kickstarter here (or by searching for Paleo Pines on Kickstarter) to be alerted when it goes live!
Keep an eye out for more details to come 🤗 Lots of love, The Paleo Pines Team 💚🦖
Image text reads: "]Let's get the Spino in the game!
You've been asking for the might Spinosaurus for some time now, and they can't wait to meet you!
This goal includes significant optimisation across the entire game to allow the new features to run smoothly!
Plus, another dino means more dreamstones! Yep you read that correctly, we're adding more dreamstones too!
This is our main goal with the Kickstarter, but we have tons of stretch goals coming up!"
Players' Choice Pre-Launch Kickstarter Page is live!
Howdy Ranchers 👋 You've asked, you've dreamed, and you've inspired us every step of the way! Now, we're thrilled to announce that at Paleo Pines Kickstarter, driven directly by YOUR incredible ideas and requests, is officially on its way! 😍🌳🧭
We know you've been eager for more biomes, new dinos, and exciting gameplay. But, getting new content off the ground in today's games industry is incredibly tough. Despite all the love for Paleo Pines, securing traditional funding for a big expansion proved to be a monumental challenge. While Paleo Pines has been incredibly popular, the financial benefits haven't trickled down to the studio in a way that supports ambitious new development due to the industry standard publisher-studio model. 💔
That's why we're turning to our amazing community who made Paleo Pines what it is! This expansion is for you, and with your support, we can make it a reality. ✨Plus, in a true reflection of the spirit of Paleo Pines, the expansion pack will be released free on all platforms when completed.
We're gearing up to launch our Kickstarter campaign soon, but we need your help to build unstoppable momentum right now! 🙌 We've just launched our early Kickstarter Pre-Launch Page, and we need every single Rancher to follow it! 🤩
By clicking "Notify me on Launch," you'll be the first to know when the campaign goes live, AND it sends a massive signal to Kickstarter that there's huge interest! 🤯
Can't back financially? NO PROBLEM! Your support is still vital! Please still follow the Pre-Launch Page and SHARE our social posts far and wide! 📣 Tell your friends, family, fellow dino-lovers – anyone you can think of! Every share helps us reach more people and makes a monumental difference in helping us hit our goal!
Your support means the world to us. ❤ Lots of Love, The Paleo Pines Team 💚
P.S- You can check out our lovely trailer on Youtube!
