Welcome to April’s development update!

We’re back with another DevLog showcase to discuss recent ongoings and everything that the team’s been up to! Without further delay, let’s get right into it.



Contrary to other months, April was mainly spent working behind the scenes on necessary parts of the game such as automatically setting visual quality on initial startup and ensuring that things like terraforming work as intended in the built game. Whilst we started adding the backend support for animals, the team also got their hands on a fresh new development build!

For this reason, we partly focused on documenting potential quality of life improvements from our internal testing to minimise issues early on. From here on, we assessed the next focus areas of development to bring new usability improvements to the game.






Whilst not as hot as last month’s island, the team thinks our next map is pretty cool! Packed with trees and exceptionally long in its terrain, the boreal environment is the second coldest climate in the game.









From the towering peaks to the flat, gravel-filled shorelines, this map allows for a variety of ways to build your park on its sloped, diverse terrain.


Working alongside Byron to implement one of the most important pieces of UI in the game, Mau painstakingly developed the Nursery during April. With a fresh look and visual-functionality that completely blows the demo’s design out of the water, this is by far the most complex menu currently implemented in the game due to all of its functions under the hood.



When an animal is selected we showcase an animated 3D model that corresponds to the skin that’s been chosen for the creature (yes, you can still spin it around!). This area in particular has become far more visual than the demo and is something we’re quite proud of.



Adding new animals and their skins to the Nursery is a breeze thanks to the dynamic nature of Mau’s system. Climates, habitat statistics, and skins are easily defined while all animals can be sorted into five specific filtering options; clade, climate, period, diet and rating! If you’re extra stuck or want to get specific, we’ve included a search bar at the top to find exactly what you’re looking for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGD3TgbAU_Q


In regards to animal growth, the new ontogeny system is roughly halfway done. This time we’re taking performance into account to try and reduce issues from the demo such as distance “popping” when moving away from a creature.



The new system allows us to set growth and size changes across animals and skins, meaning that alt. species can have a different physical appearance and drastic changes to sizing.


On the technical side of the game, our best boy Matt has been working hard polishing and reworking aspects of the game to improve both performance and the visual fidelity.

To achieve this we’ve began implementing impostors for many of our high poly in-game objects. Unlike traditional billboards, impostors use a series of images from multiple angles in order to create the illusion of a 3D model. It looks great, runs great, and becomes virtually indistinguishable from actual geometry at a certain distance. Don’t believe us? Check out our “hotels” in the video below!



(high quality version: https://gfycat.com/oddoccasionalirishwolfhound )

This technique carries over into the foliage, too! Distant trees will always appear full and fluffy in order to provide players with constant eye candy; no more weird shadows and shading!



The game’s grass received some love for the first time in a while! This newer iteration offers neat visualization for grass height blending between climates along with smooth transitions to other textures like sand, dirt and rock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un5SNx4X4zQ

In addition to all of the above, certain buildings requiring the water’s edge will snap directly to the shoreline when placing them.



(high quality version: https://gfycat.com/poorevergreenhyena )


The team spent a lot of time with the game in April: building, creating and trying to find trouble spots within what we have so far. Thankfully for us, it’s going well! With some requests and changes from developers noted, we all greatly enjoyed building basic parks across the four Early Access maps.





Created by Mau.





Created by Nathan.



April flew by as we revealed another four of our creatures’ requirements. Including our first few tropical wet and dry animals as well as the showing of our first in-game feathered creature, we hope you enjoy this month’s species spotlights.









Beneath the peaks of our snowy mountains sit a variety of pines and bushes – the classic selection of a colder boreal environment.




Over the past few months we’ve been adding brand new climates with relative ease; so much so that we’ve changed our minds! With the original four climates now finished, the team is happy to announce that all eight climates will be coming to Prehistoric Kingdom at launch!

It’s important to understand that this change will not increase development time beyond our internal schedule. The addition of four new climates has very little impact on our workload and would open up even greater design opportunities for our players.



Now including 8 islands, 32 paintable terrain textures, and 64 unique plants at release, we’re sure that there’s enough here to satiate your creative desires.


Like other buildings from past DevLogs, the Gift Shop got a quality enhancement to its model and textures.




During April, Nathan prepared the Small Ornithischian rig for a highly adorable … cactus… thing.

Measuring in at just over 2.5 meters, Prenocephale is one of the smallest creatures found within the roster. With a uniquely fruit-filled diet, this prickly dinosaur is equipped with a signature dome-shaped skull.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k03kmv5HMjs




Apart from adding alarm and broadcast calls to the original Prenocephale soundset, Byron remixed the game’s audio levels to achieve a better sound balance. Everything’s far more accurate to where it should be and we’re glad to have done this early on before introducing even more audio files.


Chicken Mimics is a new animal introduction track that’s used for a variety of small-medium herbivorous dinosaurs. Creatures like the Prenocephale and Psittacosaurus will use the light version of the music (heard in this animation reel), whilst larger animals will get the full mix.

https://soundcloud.com/byronmckay/chicken-mimics-herbivore-theme




Over this past month, Cindy was tasked with altering our feathered animals with a new technique in order to get even better results. We’re incredibly happy with how these new iterations have come out and we’re sure that you’ll agree. With some proper fluff and feathering, take a look at Guanlong wucaii and Yutyrannus huali!




For anyone who’s played our old demo, you’re probably familiar with the “gorgeous” Dryosaurus. Like other old critters, Mau’s given our long-legged friend an adjusted model and brand new designs based off the older skins. Thanks to Cindy’s handy work, the team is delighted to reveal our revamped Dryosaurus altus.



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Thank you for reading April’s Devlog!

This has been an incredibly fulfilling month, bringing every system a step closer to being finished. In the upcoming months we are going to look into implementing the first animals in the game, and getting some basic AI going! Exciting stuff!

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Welcome to March’s development update!

The Prehistoric Kingdom team have been working consistently this past month to continue making our game the best it can be. With some revitalised energy, let’s get into one of the chunkiest updates yet.



March was a great month of consistent work that ultimately allowed us to make fantastic strides with implementing new assets, improve visual fidelity and tidy up the existing systems.

At this point in the time, we’re working on getting fences and terraforming (water/tree painting) completely polished. Ensuring that the process of building exhibits is a great user experience is one of our biggest priorities for the project.

Over the coming weeks, Matt will be developing advanced path and monorail systems while Mau adds in functionality for the Nursery in addition to a pretty new main menu. Once everything regarding creation itself is out of the way, we’ll be moving onto the animals in order to get them moving, roaring and needing!






We don’t like to gloat, but the next map is pretty hot. Roughly half the size of Tropical Wet, our Semi-Arid island is currently the smallest map in Prehistoric Kingdom. Despite this, there’s still a lot of space to build freely! We’re sure that players who enjoy a challenge will find the more limited size appealing to work around, not to mention the sunsets are gorgeous.










Moving onto further functionality, Matt polished up the vegetation painting so that it works across all climates and feels great to work with.



As a base, each climate comes standard with 8 types of paintable vegetation that can be individually placed or grouped together to quickly paint a large forest. It’s super easy to use and the ability to change brush intensity for placement and removal makes perfecting your landscapes just that little bit easier.

https://youtu.be/R0EojkEQzvw


Much to the delight of our Baryonyx and wetland lovers everywhere, water painting is here! Equipped with fidelity and three paintable types of water in addition to editable depth; what’s not to love?



The addition of water painting opens up an entirely new realm of creative possibilities for exhibit design that we cannot wait to see played with by the community. Keep in mind that it’s a work in progress, but to “wet” your appetite, here’s a little preview:

https://youtu.be/k1OV7IjRRLA


After getting pushed back for a while due to more important programming matters, selection and demolition finally progressed further towards their completion. While removing fences and paths will come once they’re finished, Mau’s gotten buildings to function as intended.

https://youtu.be/s2NUTmP0nAw


Throughout March, we continued to tweak and refine various parts of the game’s visual fidelity. As you can see in the comparison between now and last month, we’ve made great strides in improving the shadows, foliage rendering and terrain shader!




With the combined efforts of Nathan’s modelling, Mau’s programming and Byron’s sound design, the Shipping Harbor is in the game! This is by far the largest building in Prehistoric Kingdom and rightfully one of the most detailed.

You can preview the cargo unloading effect below, currently just a simple visual effect that is eventually going to be linked up to shipping management mechanics.

https://youtu.be/WfvYg3lEKoA

For additional detailing, Nathan’s buildings and plant pots received their various shrubs, bushes and trees from selection of our climates so far. Although slight, the greenery amongst the structures is a definite welcome.





If you’re already following us on Facebook, Twitter, or Discord, you’ll be familiar with our recent species spotlights that are released once every Thursday (EST).

These infographics feature the animals inside their respective climate alongside the in-game environmental needs of the presented species. With four down and another forty-six to go, please enjoy this menagerie of some of our Semi-Arid and Mediterranean creatures!









With the implementation of feeders in the game, Nathan has whipped up some new habitation assets that’ll certainly be of interest to all players. If there’s one thing that you won’t run out of, it’s fences!



Basic yet durable, the wooden chain link fence is a staple of any park tycoon’s first exhibits. Although suitable for quite a few creatures, we recommend upgrading along the way.



The concrete wall is a great tool for designing private exhibits and fleshing out your general park environment with alleys and walls. Including a glass panel variant, this wall is great for more skittish creatures, however its skinny nature might prove difficult in containing larger behemoths.



With three different texture variants (brick, sandstone, cobblestone), the stone wall is a thick and sturdy ally for a secure park builder. As a bonus perk, we’ve found it to perfectly suit our semi-arid island.



A classic staple of any modern zoo, the electric steel pole fence is perfect for containing medium and large animals due to its electrified cables.



Although animals can drink from painted water in their exhibits, the small water dish and artificial watering holes are ideal for small enclosure designs and a necessity for creatures that aren’t too fond of having water in their paddocks.



As the second of a few vehicles coming to Prehistoric Kingdom, the Ranger Chopper is essential in tracking down and subduing escaped creatures.


During March, Mau worked on animating the tall sauropod rig. Due to its colossal size, it was important to capture the sheer weight and enormity of these creatures.

As a true titan of the Jurassic, Brachiosaurus is one of the largest animals in Prehistoric Kingdom. With a neck that cranes along the tallest trees, this is truly a five star specimen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=froV0uFdt6Q



In terms of sound design, Byron primarily worked with Mau to integrate new sound effects and variations for both the demolition system and vegetation placement. Since the demo, we’ve developed a heavy emphasis on including feedback and interaction sounds for the player’s input and interaction with the world.


In addition to more feedback sounds, we began implementing ambience for all maps and climates. Thanks to a lot of nifty programming from Matt, the game is able to recognize dense foliage and play the forest sound of a painted climate if it’s thick enough! Areas close to the ocean will of course sound like an ocean (now with 100% less seagulls) and a flat prairie will sound as expected.

https://youtu.be/ESGp5gE9bQw


Presenting the player to the creatures of Prehistoric Kingdom, Creation was written specifically for the animal selection menu that appears right before entering the island in challenge mode. What kind of park will you create? The choice is yours.

https://soundcloud.com/byronmckay/creation




Cindy painted up a handful of the last new skins for our more toothy bestiary; theropods! There’s some still additional creatures to go after this month, but please enjoy Ceratosaurus nasicornis, Carnotaurus sastrei and Acrocanthosaurus atokensis.





In addition to its larger cousins, Dilophosaurus received a much needed update to its default skin and model!





Home to most of Prehistoric Kingdom’s bestiary, North America holds a total of 31 different creatures (including alt. species). From terrible tyrants to longhorn bison, this continent is the go-to place for dinosaurs and mammals.





Since we’ve last spoke about animal habitation and enclosures, quite a lot has changed! Whilst everything here can be disabled in sandbox, it’s important to consider the environmental conditions of a given species within Challenge mode.




To begin, every component of animal habitation makes up an individual’s total exhibit satisfaction. By doing this we can ensure that purposely ignoring something like foliage density for the sake of paddock design will not cause an animal to rampage by itself but will contribute to lowering the mood of the creature.




Every animal species has its own minimum recommended paddock size. Within the UI, players can also see the enclosure’s population – a percentage that fills up as creatures of different sizes are added into the paddock. If the player exceeds 100%, the exhibit will be deemed too small and its inhabitants will try to escape to find more space given enough time.


Foliage and water density allows us to better represent an animal’s unique environment or living conditions despite sharing its climate with the modern world. From a gameplay perspective, it’s the difference between a swampy mediterranean for Baryonyx and the drier, coastal mediterranean of Plateosaurus. As developers it allows us to present a unique challenge to players for every creature whilst still offering creative flexibility in designing the paddock.

Within the context of the game, an exhibit’s foliage and water density will always be calculated in direct relation to the size of the paddock; something that’s visible to players while terraforming.




The social group of an animal corresponds directly to its own species, nothing else within the paddock. If an enclosure is larger than its base value, the social group tolerance of a species will scale alongside it to compensate – meaning that groups will retain their original herd size regardless of exhibit space.



Juveniles/offspring are not included in the social group until they reach sexual maturity or need to counted in order to satisfy the group needs of a lone adult.


To calculate privacy, an exhibit accounts for the fence types used and any attractions that may be placed in, alongside, or through the paddock. If a player builds their enclosure with a highly visible fence and includes an attraction such as a safari tour, they’ll need to satisfy the independent privacy value of an animal with sufficient shelter coverage, better fencing or intelligent attraction placement.



Placing an elevated path over a paddock will also lower the privacy within an exhibit.


If an animal’s security recommendation is less than or equal to a fence’s security value, it’ll be able to escape the paddock when rampaging or stressed. Always consider the materials you’re building with to ensure the safety of your park.


Thermal Modulators are a minimalist range-based enrichment object that can be placed to raise or lower a paddock’s temperature to better match the preferred climate of any creatures within the enclosure. By default, an exhibit’s temperature is set by the climate of the map the player uses, meaning that the more extreme a map is the more challenging it’ll become to maintain upkeep from Thermal Modulators.

Animals are able to live within a temperature range from their preferred climate that’s visualised by a thermal falloff in the UI.



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Thank you for reading March’s Devlog!

We all worked incredibly hard this month, but there’s no time to rest: we look forward to polishing existing features throughout April, as well as adding ulterior functionality to paths and monorails. Stay tuned!

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Welcome to February’s development update!

While this devlog isn’t as gameplay-filled as last month’s, we still have a lot of in-game goodies to keep everyone hooked! Ready to dig in?



February saw the celebration of Prehistoric Kingdom’s 5th birthday anniversary; something that seemingly came out of nowhere!



The team and project alike have changed greatly since its inception in 2014, altering and evolving to get us to our current goals and work environment. The love and support of our fans, backers and oldest prehistoric veterans means a lot to us, so thank you for sticking with us along the way.

Behind the scenes we’ve mainly been working on polishing up currently implemented features and continuing to improve the user experience but of course there’s always more to that!






Since finalizing most of our Tropical Wet island, Mau started work on the next climate; Mediterranean!

This time around there’s dozens of tiny archipelagos to the north of the island, with sloping hills and flat terrain across the main surface. With a few buildings placed around the park it’s easy to see how much building space there is!



Once we get the game into your hands, our Greek archipelago is sure to lend itself to some creative monorail tracks and park layouts!








Seeing a bit of development love from our coding wizard Matt, the path system is currently in its early days. There’s still much to do in the way of polishing and making them look nicer with borders, however, it’s a good start!




Like we did last month for the terraforming and fences, we’ll be sharing a demonstration video once we’ve made them nicer to use. Stay tuned!


Much to our composer’s delight, ambient tracks will now morph between full or light versions of a given piece depending on the time of day. Thanks, Mau!

https://youtu.be/wxGVclkCheA

Due to the length of month cycles and music frequency in testing, we’ve had some amazing sunrises accompanied by our own swelling orchestra. Since this system is so flexible, we plan to give the same functionality to animal introductions and breakout music.




Although there weren’t a whole lot of new structures this month, our shipping harbour got a total makeover to better suit the quality of recent buildings using Nathan’s excellent workflow techniques. Cleaner and sharper than ever, we’re greatly looking forward to creating its in-game animations and UI!




The Visitor Dock received some extra love with higher quality textures, more detail and an adjusted mesh that now includes lights and benches!





Since the release of SpeedTree 8 we’ve been able to get a hold of some excellent tropical and mediterranean foliage assets to populate our islands with. Big palms, little palms – we got ‘em!

Tropical Wet Foliage






Mediterranean Foliage






Some climates like the Tropical Wet will naturally include ferns on their grass surfaces to better match their real world counterparts and get auto-generated when terrain painting with the right texture.


Like last month, Mau and Nathan both worked in unison to successfully create the animations for the dromaeosaur rig. With its intimidating size and large sickle claws, Utahraptor has quickly become one of the most fascinating species in the animal roster.

Cunning and full of bird-like influence, we hope you enjoy February’s animation reel!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP7h6e3XwCY



In the sound department, Byron’s been working on brand new sounds for our Utahraptor in addition to new tracks for various parts of the game. Across all title pieces, ambient tracks and event cues, the game is going to have quite a bit of music!


Straight from our last animation video, Chaos Theory is a new track that will play (and loop) during an animal breakout! Loaded with percussion and some feisty brass, your guests will be running in no time.

https://soundcloud.com/byronmckay/chaos-theory

Bronto Burgers is another of our bespoke looping pieces written specifically for a building in the park. As the title suggests, this funky food theme can be heard from Fast Food Kiosks while they’re active.

https://soundcloud.com/byronmckay/bronto-burgers-extra




Before jumping into the last handful of theropods and oddities, Cindy prepared the remaining alt skins for our defensive Thyreophorans; Miragaia longicollum, Edmontonia rugosidensis, Sauropelta edwardsorum and Ankylosaurus magniventris.






In addition to the thyreophorans, Utahraptor received its final skin from September’s DevLog!





With the second largest number of dig sites available on a single continent in Early Access, Asia features a diverse range of extinct fauna from the Jurassic, Cretaceous, Paleogene, and Quaternary.





The inbox is where you’ll find all your incoming messages from the outside world and get a monthly summary of how your park’s operating.


Offers make a return from tycoons of the past as a way for players to complete optional objectives and earn rewards for their accomplishments.

Organisations, museums and other eager entities may approach your park with requests to see certain animals or different objectives completed in order to present the player with a variety of benefits like money, science points and even positive park reputation.



Some excavation teams and museums can even offer their excess findings in favour of adding living, breathing specimens to the park!




Once a dig team has finished, their findings from an active site will be sent to the player’s inbox.




In addition to an on-screen popup, the park rating recap shows all new unlocks and available research.



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Thank you for reading February’s Devlog!

March will oversee the near completion of one of the first large builds of the game, one we’re gonna make sure to showcase as soon as it becomes available.

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Welcome to January’s development update!

We hope everyone had a lovely New Year’s Eve and 2019 so far. Like always the team’s been super busy working on the game and we’ve even managed to get a few short live-streams out in the meantime.



For January we prioritized the integration of pre-alpha content and worked closely together on our tasks. After many laughs and frequent cheer, the future is bright and the team has never been more excited about the project!

As detailed in the following post, we’ve made great progress on core systems and are incredibly eager to get even more into the engine in early 2019.

On a different note, however, we’re happy to confirm that all eligible backers have been included in the credits! There’s a lot of names but we’re quite confident that everyone’s in there.







As we mentioned, this month we put considerably more work into the game’s core mechanics and visuals, as opposed to past months, so we are incredibly happy to be able to include such a lengthy programming section in this post. Get ready for a read and the occasional eye-candy!


We can finally say: “I own an island”! The flat, small, square test terrain was bound to get old so we decided to put our focus into creating our first island: complete with smooth and rocky shores, mountain chains and flat plateaus to build on!

While the level itself isn’t completely finished as we still have to fully figure out plant and water placement, we felt that we’ve brought the game’s graphics to a complete enough stage to be showcased in the devlog.

Please note that position of foliage is temporary! We’ll be increasing the vegetation variety as well as fine tuning its displacement across the island.








Not to mention our brand new water shader actually looks like water and runs incredibly well.





To coincide with our brand new island and terrain shader we’ve also overhauled the ambient lighting system by incorporating volumetric lighting, clouds and fog into the game.



Our colours for day and night are far more dynamic and transition well together (unlike a certain demo!) – not to mention how deliciously fluffy our clouds look.


En garde! Our spectacular systems programmer Matt has been working super hard on our fencing system and we’re blown away by the results!

To provide players with maximum creative flexibility we’re offering three placement modes; Freeform, Curved and Arc. Combined with the additional development efforts of Mau, Nathan and Byron to add polish, new fences and sounds, we’re very pleased with the outcome. Please note that trees have been disabled for clearer presentation purposes. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/wBudkthijhs


Terraforming is finally here! Super performant and incredibly smooth, we’ve finally come to a solution that ultimately works better for the game as a whole.

https://youtu.be/_1VE4aIT6II

As you might have noticed, we’ve decided to not integrate a voxel terrain system into Prehistoric Kingdom. Beyond the creation of caves and arches, there was no guarantee that pathfinding would have been able to navigate successfully nor did it significantly impact gameplay beyond the tools that are available to players now.

Our new terrain system is far more performant and ideal for the game we’re making, so we hope that you understand our choice.


Between our busy programming development we managed to briefly begin work on our new animal shader.



There’s a lot of work that needs to be done in order to fit our requirements, but we’re pleased with the results so far. Ensuring that our animals look as good as they should is one our priorities!


A lot of our time this month has been spent getting assets into Unity and making them both look, feel and sound polished. Some temporary but rather lovely looking shaders help give structures so much more life and fidelity than what was last seen in the demo.




Overall we’ve added 16 new structures to the game in January – complete with LODs, foundations, personalized sounds/music and even animations for specific structures like the Gift Shop and Ranger Station.

https://youtu.be/PbDKReFvCuw

They’re not quite ready to be shown off yet, but Matt is also making some great strides with setting up the monorails, too. The track, pillar, and train assets will be updated in the future to meet a higher graphical standard.



Even though it’s still a work in progress, all these little things have started to really come together; the perfect park is almost within our reach!






For the past month Nathan has focused on creating new structure assets, as well as revamp old, outdated ones for an overall higher quality.


The wooden stable is a large, basic shelter designed to hold a variety of animal sizes.


Perfect for the modern zoo aesthetic, the iron bar fence takes cues from a handful of city zoos to help make any park look more refined.


The reinforced metal fence is the most secure way to enclose large animals in Prehistoric Kingdom. Enormous in both size and electrical consumption, this fence is capable of holding most sauropods.


Holding up to 1000 visitors, the Grand Hotel is the largest building in Prehistoric Kingdom. Its design is sharp and modern, including a tennis court, decking and a pool.


In order to get old assets up to scratch with recent additions, Nathan has provided some fantastic updates for us!


The Gazebo Shelter received some big changes to its colour and materials, making the overall structure feel way more rustic and grounded in the park.


The Restroom was remade with a new mesh that allows for a far more detailed appearance along with crisp textures and additional signage.


The Fast Food Kiosk was altered to encompass a slightly larger area, fit more detail into its texture and change some of the materials of the building. Its unique blue roof provides great contrast to other structures in the park!


Initially appearing quite similar to the original Ranger Station, the building was retextured to make better use of the available space. With an additional animated antenna on the tower, the Ranger Station is one of our favourite structures!


As you might have noticed, a much larger amount of work has been put into the gameplay side of the game this month compared to previous months, which leaves less time to art, in contrast. Due to this, this month’s animation reel comes as a result of a joint effort between our two animators (Mau & Nathan), who have been taking turns at giving our ceratopsian rig its much needed attention. A 5 star attraction, Triceratops moves with surprising agility for its majestic and imposing nature.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70TSsSVvDo4



Along with producing a variety of new interaction and environmental SFX (over 50 unique sounds across all placement modes!), Byron’s been busy composing new tracks for the game.


Genesis is a new ambient track that’s quickly become one of our favourites amongst the team. Contextually we think it’s going to work great as a calm background piece to play amongst your dinosaurs and we hope that you agree!

https://soundcloud.com/byronmckay/genesis

Defenders is the fifth introduction track to be revealed – this time for our large armored and horned dinosaurs such as Triceratops and Ankylosaurus.

https://soundcloud.com/byronmckay/defenders




Cindy started our year off strong with the completion of some familiarly long-necked creatures. Please enjoy a look at the new skins for Plateosaurus engelhardti, Diplodocus carnegii, Brachiosaurus altithorax and Argentinosaurus huinculensis.






Now that our gentlest of titans have their alternate skins done we think it’s only appropriate to show off our Sauropodomorpha in all their glory:



Next stop; theropods!



European and African dig sites in Early Access include a handful of classic animals from the Mesozoic.





With an incredibly large list of animal species ready to be available at launch, we’re posed with the interesting conundrum of handling the early game roster in challenge mode.


Animal selection is performed at the very start of a new challenge game via the world map. Sharing the same appearance as our Fossil Hunting menu, it is here that players will select up to four species from any digsite to begin their park with.



Creatures with a rating above three stars are unavailable in the starting roster when playing on Normal or Hard difficulty settings.




Prehistoric Kingdom is a game with an extremely large roster of animals that lend themselves to an extended variety of park designs and exhibits. For us, we didn’t like the idea of having preset animals or randomising them without the option of player input. The beginning of a game can greatly impact the choices a player might make when building their park so it was only natural that we try to lean into that when designing the system.

Technically, yes, providing choice may create an easier or unbalanced experience depending on what creatures are chosen. Despite this, we feel that this was the right choice for our Challenge Mode and we hope to make the early game as balanced as possible over time.


Star ratings determine the popularity of an animal and often reflects its pricing within the Nursery. To create an even-scale between all creatures, our choices were developed under the following criteria:

• Size.
  
• Appearance.
  
• In-universe popularity (not real world) with vague pop-culture influence.
  
• Gameplay balance.

Animals affected by albinism will automatically gain an additional star.

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Thank you for reading January’s Devlog!

2018 has been one hell of a year and we are ever so hopeful that 2019 has got great things in store for the community! Personally we believe that we’re off to a great start and cannot wait to continue delivering content for all of our backers and fans!

- The PK Team

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Welcome to the 12th devlog for Prehistoric Kingdom, officially marking one year from the release of the first content-filled, monthly progress blog post! Coinciding with this festive period, this post will celebrate our successes and accomplishments as a project, while also serving as a reminder of what’s yet to come.

Since this is a special month, we decided to skip over the ‘State of Development’ chart, replacing it with a year-round inclusive review of what has been done so far, right towards the end of this post.

That being said, we hope you’ll enjoy seeing more gameplay than post months. We are ready to start talking progress!




This month we put a lot of focus into making our building system feel and sound polished. Our second SFX designer (Byron) worked closely with our gameplay programmer (Mau) to ensure that every piece of player interaction had some sort of feedback for the player.

https://youtu.be/Q_Q-Cuxw2uM

Compared to the demo, we put a lot more into making Prehistoric Kingdom feel responsive and sound great. Through many revisions, we are super happy with how the core elements are shaping up.


It’s hard to believe that we first created our scaffolding system all the way back in October of 2016! A lot has happened since then so it’s only natural for us to try and overhaul its performance and aesthetic.

https://youtu.be/b6_VQ7LTHDY

This system had a lot of unsolvable issues which led to some pretty hefty performance hits whilst also not looking all that great, either. To remedy past problems our team looked at small real world construction sites to create brand new assets and find a much less taxing way of implementing a runtime scaffolding effect. Below is the result we found most satisfactory, please keep in mind the ground is part of a simpler test level.

https://youtu.be/9NWwlRsQygQ


In Early Access we’ll be introducing a simple and easy way to select multiple objects. To achieve this, simply hold the left mouse button down and drag the selection box over all structures and decorations that you might to move, duplicate, or delete.



Additional items can be added to the selection by holding shift and clicking on the desired building. Think of it like manipulating files on your desktop; pretty easy, right?




What good is any business without clientele? To top October off, we continued producing assets for our visitors, with the middle age group in mind this time. The adults will serve as the ‘mainstream’ category in Prehistoric Kingdom, being the most common guests in the park with the most well-rounded needs of any group.




To respect the tradition set last month, Nathan has been hard at work producing wholly new animations for the medium-sized theropod rig. While the showcase video features Allosaurus in particular, you can expect these animation to apply to animals such as Yutyrannus and Ceratosaurus, albeit slightly changed in order to better fit the target animal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLUIkHL8CGc




Much like what’s been done for our dinosaurs, mammals will also be getting their own introduction tracks. Primigenius has a larger emphasis on drums, winds and horns than what is usually found in our music.

https://soundcloud.com/byronmckay/primigenius-mammal-theme

In addition to this, Byron also finished up an old breakout piece; Tantrum-o-saurus rex. Filled to the brim with familiar orchestration and Prehistoric Kingdom motifs, this track is sure to set in some nostalgia and panic as a hungry theropod runs rampant through your park.

https://soundcloud.com/byronmckay/tantrum-o-saurus-rex




Small access buttons on the corner of the screen offer a handful of various tools and shortcuts for important management views in addition to features like screenshot mode or the park map.



A global list of all recently bred animals is also accessible so that players don’t need to head back to the Nursery when populating their park.




This month we started working on our notification popups – something that we’d like to be mostly out of the way and provide clear contextual information. Certain actions like unlocking new animals will be a bit more exciting, however, as seen in our work in progress animation below.





All popups can be disabled in the options menu.


As a fitting departure to 2018, our animal and building information panels have reached a final pass before moving onto UI implementation within the game itself.



All UI elements and icons will have tooltips when hovered over.



After a long process of iteration, it’s satisfying for us to finally put down the concept stage for these elements and say “This is it. This is the one.”


Screenshot mode got some pretty major reworks to allow for a far greater degree of flexibility when trying to get that perfect shot. We considered implementing the Ansel tool but decided on creating our own system due to compatibility issues with AMD cards in addition to some new features like time of day and fog settings.



We’ve opted for a vertical redesign reminiscent of third party solutions that’ll be more out of the way than what we had previously.




The end of the year brings a bunch of new fully realised alternate skins to life. As our holiday treat, please enjoy the finished alt skin sets for Edmontosaurus regalis, Parasaurolophus walkeri, Iguanodon bernissartensis, Allosaurus fragilis and Megaloceros giganteus!











In addition to the other three creatures, our Tyrannosaurus has received remakes of the Blackbeard and Ginger designs. To better fit a more contemporary feathering on T. rex, we’ve adjusted the location of feathers on the Ginger skin to remove excess fluff.







In the past we have talked about our plans for the general fossil system, but since so much time has passed since then, we felt it was a good idea to revisit our design in more detail, helping you visualize it with even more interface art.


Fossil formations are located all around the world, featuring dozens of unique extinct fauna. Like in past games, this is where players will find the remains of 50 different prehistoric creatures at launch.

South America, for example, features the Ensenada, Huincul, and La Colonia formations:



Example of our South American sites at launch.




Once a team has been assigned to a dig site they’ll send their findings back to the player at the end of each designated site’s digging timer.

However, if waiting around isn’t your cup of tea-rex, the Fossil Market is perfect for you! Donated from private collections, auctions and museums alike, the catalogue refreshes every month with new animals and specimens each yielding varying degrees of DNA.



It’s a little pricier than traditional digging though it offers the benefit of hand picking creatures and instantly adding to their total DNA viability.


Once a creature has reached 50% of its true genome it can be bred within the Animal Nursery. It’s important to note that anything created in this state will have a weaker immune system and lower fertility chance.

Despite this, additional coloration and physical alterations still need to be unlocked by acquiring 100% of the DNA. Certain creatures like Thescelosaurus and Tyrannosaurus can even have their integument changed depending on which genetic skin has been unlocked.



Alternate skins are unlocked in challenge mode by completing genetic milestones for each animal.



2018 was a big year for us as a team; a colossal year. Between planning, drafting, designing, redesigning, and working on different facets of the game, it’s been a huge year.


This year began with the strong partnership between Shadow Raven Studios and our publisher Crytivo. With them we’ve been given many new opportunities such as convention showcases and access to additional resources like the lovely Martin Fyris who helped conceptualise many of our buildings during production.

Officially, we started development on Prehistoric Kingdom in late March of this year after releasing the Jurassic Patch for our public demo. We would’ve liked to have started sooner but were held back by the short term nature of the codebase and implementation of new features like better AI and implementing new assets including animals and fences.


Even before Kickstarter, we had a very clear idea of where the project should head and what its direction would entail for our creative process. We knew we wanted to approach production through the aid of 3 well-defined development stages, delineating the progress of the game clearly: creation, management, and progression. In the 9 months since we started working on what is eventually going to be the released game, we were able to create an enormous quantity of art assets needed for all 3 phases. Never in the history of the project have we had so many ‘props’ to fill our game world with, and we are incredibly proud of that.

When it comes to gameplay, there’s been the expected ups and downs. While we have revamped every creative aspect present in our 2017 demo, effectively putting our past work to shame, we also had to depend to some extent on third party assets that would improve upon the engine we are using, allowing us to truly create the product we wish to publish. As such, we weren’t yet able to complete the first phase we set, but considering the work put in it thus far and the technical complexity that comes with it, we definitely feel like we’re on the right track, albeit slowly so. On a practical standpoint, we have the following:




Celebrating our accomplishments for this year, we realize that it’s also time to think about the future. 2019 is the year we’re gonna start seeing true, substantial leaps in progress, with one or more phases of our alpha plan possibly seeing completion during this time-frame. As we stated in past blog posts, our top priority right now is bringing the ‘creation’ phase up to speed by developing all the tools necessary to unleash every player’s creative potential.

Early on in the year, we are gonna make it a point to complete our level design so that we can start bringing all our systems together to create polished and user-friendly builds. We are going to finish our fence and path systems, and delve into fleshing out our animals, from the animation system, to the AI that drives all their actions.

Sounds complicated? That’s because it is, quality takes time. With that in mind, we think that at this pace the other 2 phases should take far less development time. One way or another, we will definitely have something to show for our work in the year to come, and we know you are gonna love it!

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2018 has been one hell of a year and we are ever so hopeful that 2019 has got great things in store for the community!

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November’s Devlog is here!

For our eleventh (yes, eleven already!) monthly progress post, we prepared some more in-game sneak peeks, as well as long awaited reveals, so let’s just jump straight into it!



Keeping on the trend started last month, we’re going to present charts expressing development progress for each respective month. In November, our programmers got more involved in furthering the important systems needed to complete the ‘creation’ phase of the game.

Not only did we begin polishing our building system and create the necessary interface layouts for it, but we also started cracking down on more complex construction features, such as fences and paths, which we are going to show more for in the months to come. Our intent for this late part of the year and the early part of next year, is to keep developing and polishing our creation mechanics in sight of the first pre-alpha build completion.






Like we mentioned earlier, all our programmers got more involved in the game-making process, resulting in an increased progress pace all across the board. While we still have a long way to go before our creation systems are completely finished, here’s a sneak peek at our early building system. In the near future, we would like to add more visual indication of building placement; you can count on particle effects and even construction site effects. Moreover, the building models themselves will get more love: plants, custom path foundation and even their own animations (e.g. a full restaurant would be buzzing with guests).

Please keep in mind these clips were recorded on a test level and are NOT representative of final graphics.

http://prehistorickingdom.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/BuildingTest.mp4?_=1

Obviously the building system wouldn’t be much without proper demolition and selection, so here’s a reminder of the mechanic vision we’re going for when it comes to these two features. In the next couple of months our 3 programmers are going to be busy with bringing these concepts to life, dividing their workload in 3 main tasks: fence/path making (Matt), building, selection, demolition and assorted visuals (Mau) and finally level design and shader work (Victor).




As we explain in more detail in the ‘Audio’ section of this blog post, we have gone great lengths into adding audio features to the growing game. Here’s a short video to illustrate:

http://prehistorickingdom.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/RestaurantSoundscape-1.mp4?_=2


Our gameplay programmer has finally gone ahead and turn all those lovely GUI concepts into actual, functional game interface. It might not look like much progress from the demo, but the quality increase is definitely there, compare and contrast.

http://prehistorickingdom.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/UISFX.mp4?_=3



As always, our art staff has been super busy with asset creation. It’s actually kinda scary how quickly they are cycling through their assignments: soon enough, we’re gonna run out of cool things to show.


This month would oversee the completion of 67% of the buildings bound to appear in the Early Access release. As such, we are excited to show more of the park’s future scenery, as well as some fences and other important structures.


A variety of lamps and light posts can be used to decorate your pathways during storms and night time.


A classic staple of any zoo, players can use tables to create their own parks and sitting areas.


Sturdy and tall, the electrified metal fence is great for containing some of your most precarious creations.


The wooden cable fence is used to contain small animals and is recommended for exhibits with moats or trenches. Whilst functional, some unhappy creatures may find it easy to escape if not cared for correctly.


Akin to designs found on farms, this fence provides high visibility at the cost of lower security.


Security cameras are used to monitor and notify Park Rangers of escaped animals. Players should be conscious of their directional properties as the small security camera can only see one perspective.




The Visitor Dock allows guests to enter the park via ferry transport across the ocean. One way in and one way out – what could possibly go wrong?




Thriving with entertainment and hungry patrons, the restaurant serves as a place to eat for guests of all ages. Squint and you might just catch some easter eggs inside the top floor!


We are excited to reveal the first in a series of animation showcases, the Edmontosaurus using the Hadrosaur rig! We have been hard at work creating the base animations that are gonna help outline the animal’s future behaviour in the game, making sure the movements match not only the animal’s look, but also its size and presence. Keep in mind most of these animations will be used again for the other hadrosaurs in Prehistoric Kingdom, albeit with slight variations and adjustments. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/7mJp70Snc6w




This month was unusual for our musical composition, as we experimented more with the game’s music pieces that add to the soundscape, but aren’t ultimately part of the main soundtrack, persay. The restaurant needed some love, so Byron thought of composing two jazzy tracks to complement the structure’s atmosphere. They are the kind of music you would expect in restaurant, lobbies, and assorted fancy places (such as elevators, they are undeniably fancy). We had a lot of fun with this experiment especially, since it allowed us to play with variations of our main theme that would otherwise not see the light of day.

https://soundcloud.com/byronmckay/a-merry-little-kingdom

https://soundcloud.com/byronmckay/jurassic-jazz


On the sound design front, we have been making progress with general SFX, preparing sound files for every part of the first alpha build. When it comes to environment, we have been breaking audio queues to fit the different climates we have, as opposed to the broader sea-plain-forest system we were using. Following comes a taste of the tropical wet sound design. Keep in mind we would like our in-game system to feature different sound zones depending on the current climate implemented.

http://prehistorickingdom.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/PK_DevLogAmbientScape.mp3



Last month saw the last of our Early Access receive their default skins. Seeing as how that means we have no more modelled animals to reveal, we will be focusing instead on each species’ alt skins, infant skins, and genetic variations.


We have shown the new Trike designs last month, and since, our animal texture artist has been hard at work bringing those renditions to life through the revamped Triceratops! Enjoy all the 4 skins, 2 for each species!







With that in mind, we decided to give our other ceratopsians some well deserved love. Welcome the remaining alt skins for Protoceratops and Psittacosaurus, as well as a reworked 3rd alt skin for Styracosaurus!







All this new content gave us a great opportunity to take a family picture, for no less than the ceratopsian family and relatives! Enjoy Prehistoric Kingdom’s Marginocephalia!




It’s time! Like we announced in our previous blog post, we would be revealing the design for the first confirmed animal to make it into Prehistoric Kingdom after the initial 50 animals, Spinosaurus aegyptiacus! While we won’t actually start production for this animal until soon after the initial release, we are excited to present our take on this large carnivore’s design, hoping that you’ll be as fond of it as we are, and hoping that it may put some curiosities to rest.

Check its Artstation presentation for a better look at the lit and flat colored versions of the concept.


The peculiarly short-legged Spinosaurus will make for a fine addition to any park it is put in.

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We’re gonna continue working towards meeting all the internally set goals for our first pre-alpha over the coming months, effectively making this our #1 priority. The creation part of the game is the most challenging by a large margin, but each month we get closer and closer to the expected results. Stay tuned!
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Welcome to a very special Q&A Event!

Firstly, we’d like to thank everyone who submitted their questions to all four categories from our social media accounts. We found this level of community engagement to be highly rewarding as developers and we are extremely excited to provide answers to your burning curiosities!

While every question below is taken as a direct quote, please understand that we may have had to make some changes to encompass multiple questions.




Q: “What inspired your amazing Dinosaur designs? I mean, your Tyrannosaurus and Velociraptors look amazing, almost as if you went back in time and actually saw the animals.”
A: “Looking at modern animals and especially modern relatives of said extinct animals as a reference goes a long way when it comes to making a design feel grounded. We like us them natural looking animals (except when we go full-on wacky with our designs, we tend to do that).”
– Mau

Q: “Which animal was the hardest to design? The most fun?”
A: “The hardest to design title would probably go to any of the ankylosaurs, they are tough ones and break my spirit. As far as most fun, it would have to be the 2 newest additions to our design roster, Triceratops and redacted. Those 2 were really fun.” – Mau

Q: “How important is accuracy to you? It will be nice to finally see an accurate dinosaur tycoon-style game.”
A: “Most of us on the team are paleo enthusiasts, so accuracy is definitely high on our list of what we want. However, from a pragmatic standpoint, we can only take it so far – new theories, papers, and discoveries come out nearly every week, and if we were to follow the trends and leading thoughts exactly, we’d never finish the game!” – Cindy

Q: “How many skins per species have you planned?”
A: “TOO MANY. But to answer your question with some actual numbers and technical jargon: for most animals, they will have a default skin and two alternate skins, so three. Some animals, such as Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus, have four skins. On top of that, each animal has an albino and a melanistic – so the total is now five or six.” – Cindy




At least a couple million people asked these very two same questions, so we condensed all of those into a few lines down below:

#1 MOST ASKED QUESTION
Q: “How advanced will the AI be? Will animals have any worthwhile or interesting behaviour to look at?”
A: “Our AI-building process will be iterational, which means it starts basic and receives more additions to it as time goes along. We obviously do want to make our animals feel as alive as we possibly can, and we believe a proper looking herd and pack behaviour is going to add much to that. Add hunting, a somewhat dynamic fighting system, and breeding to the mix, and you got yourself a lively bunch of prehistoric animals.” – Mau

#2 MOST ASKED QUESTION
Q: “Will the animals be able to reproduce?”
A: “Yes, animal reproduction is something that we’d love to develop in the future. We are hoping to include basic breeding at launch if possible!” – Byron

Q: “Will theropods be possessive while eating like we can see in modern big cats?”
A: “Potentially. Animal behaviors are something we still need to ‘flesh’ out completely (haha, get it?), but you can be sure to expect some messy, aggressive eating animations for our Tyrannosaurus, that’s for sure.” – Nathan

Q: “Will albino and/or melanistic animals require special care?”
A: “Our plans regarding mutated animals aren’t solid at the moment but we feel that it’d definitely add an additional layer to animal care and management. Much like the real world, we’d like albino animals to be more susceptible to disease and weaker than other members of their species – potentially dying off at a younger age. Because of this, objects like shelters and stricter habitat requirements will be more necessary to keep albino creatures healthy. Typically, melanism has less health impairing effects than albinism so they would be easier to care for but don’t quite offer the same level of park bonuses that might be seen with albino critters.” – Byron




Q: “What about the Pterosaurs? When will we see the start of development on the Supreme Master Race?”
A: “We’ll begin working on pterosaurs and marine animals (anything that doesn’t use the current locomotion system, really) after we release our Early Access build. We’re expecting all these to be pretty time consuming, so we are leaving them for later, probably in the form of one or several big free updates.” – Mau

Q: “Will live prey, such as goats or fish, be added into the game for carnivores to eat?”
A: “Live prey has always been something we’re interested in. We always wanted to have a system where live prey has a chance to alter the aggression of animals feasting on them and also has the potential to upset visitors, but it’s much better nutritionally for carnivores and keeps them entertained as it serves as a form of enrichment. It’s something we’d like to do in the future!” – Nathan




Q: “Are there any specific features from the demo that will not be in Early Access?”
A: “Early Access is definitely meant to bring updated and overhauled systems from the demo into a far greater range of player accessibility. However, we’ve decided to move away from in-game characters to opt for more standardised notifications (though some may still be referenced through Easter eggs!). Apart from this change, there are no major demo features that are being discontinued.” – Byron

Q: “Will we be able to walk around our own park?”
A: “While not expected for launch due to the development time required, Ranger Mode will allow players to traverse and interact with their park from a third or first person perspective.” – Byron

Q: “Can we port our parks from one gamemode to another?”
A: “The ability to change the gamemode of a park is determined by however the player chooses to start their game. When starting a sandbox park, the gamemode can be freely changed along with the gameplay settings. Challenge mode parks cannot be altered as they’re made of parameters set by us to ensure a fair but difficult game.” – Byron

Q: “Will there be potential to build indoor exhibits?”
A: “Whilst we’re not planning a system specifically for building interior exhibits, it may be possible to build them nonetheless with a combination of walls and elevated paths, serving as walls and roofs respectively, then placing objects inside. Can’t really give a concrete answer for this until the game’s ready though.” – Nathan


Q: “Will there be a sustainable ecosystem?”
A: “That’s something that we would like to do and something we’ve thought about. Ecosystems really come down to balance, at the end of the day. This question is something that we can’t really answer until the game is done, or almost so. Technically, it might be possible, as animals will breed, so as long as you can keep a healthy population of animals going, an ecosystem might be possible! It’s not a priority, obviously, as this is a park building game and not a nature sim.” – Nathan

Q: “Zookeepers forming bonds with individual animals?”
A: “Bonds can be created by breeding young creatures and quickly introducing a keeper into their paddock, reducing the chance of an attack from an animal later in its life. Similar effects can be achieved by hiring workers with a higher skill level. This trait may carry over into future generations, though we’ll see!” – Byron



Q: “How do you plan on keeping the game interesting after all objectives of building a park have been completed?”
A: “That’s a very hard question to answer as this is an issue with pretty much every park building game; once the park is “finished”, what else is there to do? First of all, it’s in our best wishes that the management features that we will include in the game will prolong your journey and keep it more interesting as you work your way to 5 stars and a finished park. Once you have reached the “final goal”, we’re hoping to shift focus more on to maintenance of those 5 stars. There’s always dangers that can happen to ruin your success, for example, natural disasters, dinosaur breakouts, illness, bankruptcy and more. Additionally, we’re hoping our creativity tools and building variety will keep you imaginative enough to continue to find new ways to build plazas and unique exhibits. Another thing is the animal behaviors themselves, as we’re hoping to keep them varied enough to keep you watching for pretty extended periods of time. Animal behaviors will be especially cool once we implement the genetic traits system, as you’ll be able to have pretty diverse behaviors… imagine a hyper aggressive Psittacosaurus nipping your guests!” – Nathan

Q: “Do some animals and buildings need to be unlocked through a progression or research mechanic, or is everything available from the get-go?”
A: “In the challenge game-mode, only a handful of structures will be unlocked to start building with. You will be able to unlock more through the research feature once you gain science points… we will talk more about this in a future devlog. And of course, when it comes down to the animals, you will be unlocking them through the fossil hunting system, which we have also talked about here.” – Mau



Q: “What climate effects will be implemented in the game and how it will affect the park, visitors and dinosaurs?”
A: “‘Climate effects’, the information there is quite foggy. Bad puns aside, we do want to include thunderstorms, hurricanes and blizzards and some other minor weather types… hopefully in the EA release! These will stress out animals, damage infrastructure, injure guests and more. It’s more or less a balancing act when it comes to including weather types in the game, as we’ve got to really test what works and what doesn’t in a way to not make them simply frustrating.” – Nathan


Q: “Is there going to be mod support?”
A: “Mod support is a mixed bag. If by that you mean developing and adding specific implementations to streamline the modding experience, then not initially (though not off limits for the future!). If you are however asking whether we will prevent people from messing with the game, then definitely not. For all intents and purposes, mod away!” – Mau

Q: “I know many developers that do this with their games, but do you guys use console commands (I.e. Money cheat, Dino happiness cheat, etc.) when playtesting the game? If so, will they ever be released to the public for standard use in the game?”
A: “When developing the game we tend to set keyboard shortcuts and commands to test new systems quickly. A player will be able to edit a lot of the values and gameplay systems inside the options menu rather than a console – effectively allowing us (and you!) to “cheat” while in the correct gamemode via a much prettier interface. As you suggested, this involves things like giving yourself more money and animal happiness, for example.” – Byron



Q: “Has the release of recent dinosaur tycoon games changed any aspects or the direction of the game?”
A: “We were already pretty set and confident on the project’s general direction before they were announced, as we started distancing ourselves from the classic Jurassic experience pretty early in the game’s history. So in a broader sense, no, not really. What it did do however, was giving us a quality wake up call, encouraging us to strive for the best we can possibly do.” – Mau




Q: “Will textures and models of animals be better (higher poly) than in demo? Renders look awesome, but in engine they don’t look good.”
A: “Yes, all our demo animals are pretty old models, and we have remade some and updated others to fit the look of our newer, better models. Our animation work has also greatly improved, contributing to a better overall look. Generally, our new models will see a huge visual improvement in-game, as you can see here.” – Mau




Q: “How are the animals sound effects (being) produced?”
A: ” Traditionally, sound effects design for creatures is done by layering together several sources of sound (human, animal and/or artificial in origin) into a single artistic construction that represents a new sound all on its own. I usually take s look at the animals before I start working, so I can paint a mental picture of what they would sound like. Meticulous listening and vivid imagination is required to make the character of the sound effect match the outwardness of the animal it’s being used for.” – Aleksa

Q: “I’m getting into game dev, and I’m just curious to know of the workflow for the models.”
A: “The concept art usually doesn’t come into play up until we start working on the colors, unless there’s some unusual features in the animal’s structure, that is. We start off with a low poly blender model and pass that off to our texture artist, to be sculpted and painted in Mudbox. Once that is done, the low poly version of the model goes back in blender with all its respective maps, where it receives its ontogeny-related blend shapes, and finally gets rigged. Hope this little insight into our process may be of help!”- Mau


Q: “To each team member, what is the most enjoyable part of your job in the game?” and “… What has been the least enjoyable part?”
A: Here’s a handful of thoughts from some of our team members!

Aleksa: “When you’re working on extinct animals, you build an animal’s personality from the ground up, and take everything about it into account. I definitely love it when all the layers I’ve been digging for come together and just click. Then you know the work’s been worthwhile.”

Byron: “The community interaction and excitement around blog post time is a great payoff for the weeks we spend writing and preparing all the content. Although, trying to balance multiple roles can be tricky. Nowadays I’m often assisting in graphic design, music, blog posts, writing, and community interaction. It’s definitely a lot of work and can be stressful if not managed correctly but the delightful comments I get to read after working hard on a multitude of jobs around the game is worth it.”

Cindy: “I get to tell people I work in video games making dinosaurs and that is one of the best icebreakers at parties. Oh and I guess the satisfaction of being in a talented team making the game every paleo nerd has been dreaming of since that one Michael Crichton novel got published.”

Maurizio: “The creation process is an enticing thing, I love the idea of being able to produce something people will enjoy. In particular, I most enjoy implementing interface and shaping the user experience to its greatest. As for the least enjoyable part, it would probably have to be Nano (Byron). Nobody likes that guy.”

Nathan: “Most enjoyable part? Well, I’m pretty fond of coming up with small details to include in the designs for buildings and whatnot, as I really have to think “What would go here? Why?” and then I have to think of a good way to include said details in a way that works technically well for me. Same applies for animation, it’s quite fun to think of ways to make animals show personality in their animations and to imagine how movement would go; I can’t stress how many times I’ve ran around in my living room as a dinosaur to try and figure out how movement should work. My least favorite part is obviously putting up with Mau, that’s a given.”

Victor: “Hardest part is getting the realistic branch growth patterns of trees down within a reasonable performance budget.”

Q: “Are you all eating well? Blink twice if you need help.”
A: What is ‘food?’




Q: “What inspired a game revolving around extinct animals specifically, rather than a general animal park game?”
A: “I don’t believe there’s a single person on the team who hasn’t had some nostalgic experience with dinosaurs or management simulation games that makes them so endearing to us. Whether it was hours spent with the Zoo Tycoon series or Operation Genesis, there’s something magical about the combination of park management and extinct animals. As there hadn’t been a new entry in the genre for so many years it was only appropriate for a bunch of paleo nerds and tycoon fans to try their hand at making something they love for others to enjoy.” – Byron

Q: “How many species do you intend to add post Early Access?”
A: Keep reading to find out.


Q: “Where can Kickstarter backers talk with developers about submitting skin designs?”
A: “On Discord, of course! Please join our server and message a moderator or developer with the appropriate credentials if you were a backer above $500 (skin tier) so we can add your exclusive VIP Role.” – Byron

Q: “The $100 Kickstarter support level lists both Beta and Alpha access as part of the reward, but the Crytivo $100 level only lists Beta access but otherwise matches the Kickstarter rewards. Is this a change due to the Crytivo arrangement resulting in a loss of Alpha access or is it an error in the Crytivo reward listing?”
A: “This is indeed an error in the reward listing as Alpha is included within the tier description. Apologies for the confusion, we’ll try to have the issue resolved as soon as possible!” – Byron


Q: “Will you release the beta on Steam?”
A: “The beta is expected to be released privately on Steam via unique codes for backers and early buyers. Windows and Mac versions of the beta will be available.” – Byron

Q: “Will the extra content (like the soundtrack, ranger book, etc.) that are listed on the Crytivo page also be available for Steam?”
A: “Too early to make a definitive answer, though we’d to include them on Steam.” – Byron

Q: “Is the Recently Extinct Animals pack still being considered as something to add down the line as a paid DLC, if not a free addon?”
A: “Too early to know for sure but we’ll see.” – Byron


Q: “Ya like jazz?”
A: Yeah, it’s alright.



Once again, thank you to everyone who submitted their responses.
Over the three day submission timeline, we had a total of 375 questions – that’s insane!

Unsurprisingly, the animal category was by far the most submitted question type:



We understand that not all questions were successfully answered so be sure to keep an eye out for future events and other Q&A panels!

This past month we’ve been working extremely hard to get the game even closer to a more playable state – something that doesn’t look like a mishmash of development levels and independent functions. Because of this, we’re kind of hoping that you aren’t expecting any big news drops until the next DevLog.









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Welcome to October's development update!

It's time to get extra spooky as we delve deep into another content filled DevLog! We have some important information and updates to share this month, so get ready to read!


The only day of the year we are allowed to be edgy. We took full advantage.



We reached out to our Kickstarter backers earlier in the month to clarify the state of development and answer a few questions regarding our release.

To provide a brief summary of the discussion, we mainly focused on talking about our unfortunate reliance on third party assets and software (such as SpeedTree and Unity) to update before we can proceed with certain elements like fully integrating our new foliage rendering system.

Our progress is better illustrated on a monthly basis through a milestone graphic to maximise transparency. The graphic below will be updated every update to clearly reflect where we are with core gameplay systems so that everyone has a solid understanding of the game's overall progress. We feel that this is an honest way of presenting the current state of development and also illustrates the importance of completing certain components against other tasks.

A lot of us take on multiple jobs or responsibilities within the team, so we thank you deeply for your patience.





Sadly this month we don't have much to show on the programming front, as most of the work being done is laying the foundations for the future management systems. On the other hand, we are experimenting more and more with the spline-based path and fence systems while we are waiting on third-party assets for some terrain system fixes. All in all, progress is most definitely being made, albeit slowly.



For October the art department decided to get extra spooky and make a whole bunch of new assets!


Finally, we are down to the last few pieces of concept art for our Early Access structures.




Counting all building models shown off in the past and this month, we are currently 53% of the way through the modelling of the Early Access structures that will be included in the initial release! If you'd like to send our building modeller some love, check out his other work on his ArtStation page!



The Gift Shop allows guests to purchase an assortment of merchandise with prices that are sure to send your inner capitalist wild.


Vending machines are a great way to provide small momentary snacks to your guests around the park.


Benches! Guests know them, guests love them. Place these along the edges of paths to give visitors a place to rest. Coming in a variety of seating options, the bench is an essential part of every successful prehistoric paradise.


Guests hate dirty parks! Trash cans allow patrons to dump their rubbish into a selection of bins instead of your lovely pavement. Once full, Maintenance Workers will swiftly empty the garbage and clean any loose scraps.


Featuring four of the most iconic prehistoric creatures, the Mascot Statue is a decorative object that's perfect for any large plaza.


Let there be light! Solar panels create electricity for your park during hours of sunlight and are made less effective during periods of darkness.


The wind turbine, water pump and solar panel are the first three utility buildings to be included in Prehistoric Kingdom’s Early Access launch.

The last two animal feeders were also modelled this month in addition to a plethora of enrichment objects that will be a welcomed exhibit accessory for many animals.


The wooden and metal feeding trough is a classic staple of any zoo simulation game. All five food types can be placed inside these large containers.


Designed for animals of all heights, the tall feeder is recommended for creatures like Paraceratherium and large sauropods. Smaller creatures can graze from the vegetation at the base of the tower.


The scratching post is usable by animals both big and small. Suspended by two large concrete pillars this enrichment object will provide relief for the itchiest of animals!


The tire and log swing puts your animal's strength to the test with this interactive challenge for medium-large creatures.


Enrichment toys come in a number of options. Activity balls and sturdy allow critters to chase or gnaw on a variety of materials.


This month we began to create the first set of visitor models that’ll be wandering your park. Using a basic facial shape of six different meshes and texture sets a lot of the variation will stem from clothing items worn by guests.

Here is the first look at the youngest of our three guest demographics; the teenagers!



Younger and more full of life than their older counterparts, teenagers have a need for excitement and will more often than not insist on an abundance of attractions to visit.


Smilodon received a few of its basic locomotion movements this month and this is certainly one kitty that you don’t want to touch!







Our composer's back at it again with a finished version of the snippet shown last month! The Island is another playful track that will play in the background as players build or look over their parks. Featuring some more world instruments such as the shakuhachi, this piece takes on flourishes of colour and interest from various cultures while incorporating variations on some familiar themes.

https://soundcloud.com/byronmckay/theisland

For every piece of ambient music written for Prehistoric Kingdom an additional "ambient mix" will be created: a lighter and more minimalist version of the main track. This way we can create trigger points within a player's game that tells the music how to behave. So, for example, if it's night time or the player has a limited number of guests in their park the game will decide to play the light version of any given track. Once your kingdom is bright and bustling the complete orchestral score kicks in!



Enhancements and new iterations continue as our UI designer brings our old interface elements back up to our new post-Kickstarter standard.

The options menu received a most needed amount of loving with a new coat of paint and expansive list of togglable features.





The interface settings allows for customization over the UI scale for larger screens and colour options for the main HUD/coloured panels. For those who experience difficulty reading text, the opacity of the colour can be manually changed to suit the individual needs of a player.



We've looked into features that older games of the genre have been missing and found that many users often try to replace or add new music files from popular films and television shows. While our composer quietly sits in the corner, we're offering full flexibility over the frequency of ambient music and the ability to add brand new tracks to the game's existing playlist!


After many iterations the team finally agreed on the best way to display our expansive animal list within the Animal Nursery whilst offering a lot of flexibility for sorting or finding a certain creature.



As a standard we’ve now split every animal into distinct family groups that can be easily distinguished and identified without the need of excessive horizontal scrolling like in the demo. Players can also find a new set of parameters depending on a creature’s environmental and social needs.




Along with spooky, scary fossils, October also brings the final four species - Daeodon shoshonensis, Hyaenodon gigas, Megatherium americanum and Paraceratherium bugtiense!







After many months of hard work we’re incredibly delighted to say that every animal in our launch lineup has their model, rig, ontogeny, and default skin set done with at least half the animals having all of their alt. skins completed! Next up on our list is texturing all remaining alternate skins for our Kickstarter creatures to completely finalise every critter but until then please enjoy this render featuring every animal coming to Prehistoric Kingdom.

You can support our animal artist's hard work by checking out her ArtStation page here!




Much like our previous development updates we’ll continue to produce group renders of some our different extinct families. Although they aren’t exactly scaly murder birds, our mammals are sure to be a hit amongst your guests!


All the mammals making an appearance in the Early Access release.


Our scientists have observed new mammalian ontogeny processes in the park - most notably recording the angry piglet, not-a-hyena, sloth, and one lanky boi.







Similar to Tyrannosaurus, the equally loved Triceratops will receive a visual update since it’s one of our oldest creatures. Keeping inline with the colour palette used in some of our other iterations of Triceratops, this month we present four brand new skins given to our horridus and prorsus alternate species.

For a better look at the detailed art, you can check out each design concept individually here!





We’ll be discussing some recent additions to our game plan regarding visitors and their effect on your park, bringing in some rather exciting gameplay opportunities. If you’d like to check out our last post featuring Visitor Needs from August, click here!


Originally intended to be a purely cosmetic change, Prehistoric Kingdom features three main age demographics within its core visitor gameplay: teenager, adult, and elderly.
We felt that including different age groups would immensely add to the management experience as players work to create a park that appeals to their target audience and public perception. Whilst offering a way to make crowds look more diverse, the three age groups also come with unique gameplay variables:


Examples of differences in guest types.


Proficient park managers will be sure to regularly check the time of year to maximise their profits!

The holiday season (November-January), for example, is capable of providing huge amounts of income through guest influx around certain months. With a range of teens, adults, or elderly coming to visit the park it’s extremely important to ensure that your park has the appropriate facilities and attractions ready to facilitate their needs.



In a future development update we’ll touch on the advertising system and its effect on guest demographics!

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Thank you for reading October's development update!

We're hoping to make November more eventful in the programming department and of course continue chopping away at our more than extensive list of art assets as we push the game further along. It's a very big project that is going to take a lot of time but it will all be worth it over the coming months!

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Welcome to September’s development update!

It’s that time again for another look into some of the things that were worked on during the last month. Some non-project related events meant that some of our team members had other matters to tend to in September but nonetheless everyone is doing okay and we are back to show some of our exciting content. This update is a little shorter than usual, but we hope that its content more than makes up for that!



Programming has been back into full-swing after our unexpected and continued waiting on SpeedTree and some other third party tasks. While the development schedule may have shifted, we have been doing our best to continue working on other components and features in the meantime.

With some better news, however, the foliage and water painting are almost complete! Although we currently can’t import the new trees and foliage due to lack of Unity support, our programmers have been experimenting with some stock pieces and we’re blown away by the results.


In-Engine environment painting work-in-progress result using stock and old demo assets.

Please keep in mind that everything used is a placeholder development asset and will either be replaced or made far prettier in the future!


For reference, here is the foliage painting system that currently exists in the pre-alpha demo:



While it wasn’t necessarily bad, it didn’t behave as expected and resulted in players having to click over and over again. Foliage rendering caused a substantial drop in frame rate which meant that dense forests were hard to create smoothly. Thankfully, these issues have all but been eliminated.

Today, we’d like to present the foundations of Prehistoric Kingdom’s new foliage rendering system.





As you can see below the intensity of the brush can be altered, resulting in an increasingly sparse placement of trees.



And of course we couldn’t forget the ability to place individual trees by lowering the brush size to its minimum value.




Yes, it’s finally here! Eagerly awaited by fans and developers alike, the water brush is a quick and easy way to paint water directly into an exhibit.





It’s definitely taken some time to get to this stage, but we think that everyone can agree in that it was worth it purely for the results.


Now with a short and less gif-heavy update, we decided to jump ahead while waiting for SpeedTree to get started on the framework for the new and improved resource system. It’s mainly mathematics and programming at the moment but once we get some UI hooked up we’ll be ready to show it off!






The Off-Road Safari allows your guests to get up close and personal with animals by driving directly through exhibits via a set path.



Building a Restaurant is a great way to avoid queues and serve quality food to your hungry patrons. With a warm two-story design and plenty of seating options, the atmosphere is sure to light up your park’s night life. Players can rename the sign on the building in the properties window.



In the “unlikely” event of an emergency, the Large Underground Bunker is capable of holding up to 500 guests. Much like its smaller counterpart, injured guests can be treated for wounds.

Like our past buildings, any improvements or adjustments from the concept art will be made in the modelling process so everything above is sure to look even better!




In our continued efforts to improve the look and feel of the game, our UI designer has gone back and tidied up the main HUD elements.



It’s not too much of a departure from what we had previously, but it certainly helps give players more screen space when building their park – not to mention its sleeker look. New overlay and access buttons have been added to the top left of the screen, as well as some new icons for fencing and funds. As always the UI colour can be changed by players in the settings menu.




Our composer was quite busy this month but he still managed to sneak in a little preview of something he’s been working on over the past week. It’s currently unfinished, untitled, and very much a work in progress but the final version should be ready for listening in the next DevLog!

http://prehistorickingdom.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/PK_TrackWIP2.mp3?_=1



This month brings one new creature and some alterations to an old classic. Please enjoy the new renders of some of our personal favourites; Dilophosaurus wetherilli and Ursus spelaeus – the cave bear!






In September we made some changes to our old demo animals to make them look closer to their fossilised counterparts.

Velociraptor mongoliensis first debuted in its current state back in 2016. Upon further inspection, our feathery friend had some definite anatomy issues that needed to be addressed!



One request we are often asked pertains to one species of a very well known genus; Triceratops. With some magical developer wizardry, Triceratops horridus will be joining the ensemble as an alt. species for Triceratops prorsus. Since we’ve decided to use textures to quickly swap between the two, no differences will be found in the frill or body. As for the general anatomy and body plan, we updated it to resemble more recent reconstructions of the creature.




Straight from the nursery and incubation chambers our park scientists have provided us with some more growth charts for a few new creatures. Today we’re proud to show off our geckos, fluff cubs, and lanky chicken bois.








With eight months worth of alternate skins shown since Kickstarter, we’re down to the very last one. There’s a few being saved for their eventual reveal on the model (such as a certain feathered tyrant), but we hope you’ve enjoyed waiting to see what Early Access design comes next!





All of our Early Access Thyreophora – including a new Sauropelta skin!

Believe it or not, we’re down to only three more animals that still need to be revealed. As the total number of finished animals begins to increase all future model reveals will be the alternate skin designs fully realised onto our critters. Stay tuned for next month’s exciting animal showcase as we unveil the last few remaining mammals!

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Thank you to our amazing backers and fans for continuing to support our project!

It seems like only yesterday that the Jurassic Patch was released and development on the full game began. We’re striving to make October even more productive and deliver on a tycoon experience that we can be proud of. It truly is a group effort and we couldn’t be doing what we are now without you.
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Welcome to August’s development update!

We’re back to the usual format this month with loads of prehistoric goodies for you to discover and share. If you’ve been keeping up with our Discord some will already know that we have a surprise animal announcement to be made, but you’ll have to read on to find out more!




Our shader artist has been designing our new terrain shader from the ground up to work with the voxel terrain. In its basic state the shader is already capable of producing a more detailed look than what was featured in the demo.




With the game overhaul taking place over the last few months since the release of the Jurassic Patch, one of our focus areas has been bringing asset quality up to par with our new expectations and production standards. SpeedTree 8 allows us to work with enhanced generators, wind effects and shaders that are both better and faster than previous versions of the software.

Unfortunately, however, this means that we’re currently waiting on SpeedTree and Unity to finish adding support for SpeedTree 8 and their brand new PBR materials as detailed in their blog post from GDC 2018. While they say that it’s not too far off now, the results look superb and we cannot wait for them to push the additions.

Until the technology is available, we’ll keep progressing with general development and finalise all the art assets until they can be implemented properly.



To almost no one’s surprise, the art team continues to pump out a continuous stream of lovely content that’ll be ready to get dropped in-game.




The visitor dock is one of the few ways that guests will travel to your island. With a large ferry arriving at its port, this will act as entrance and exit to your Prehistoric Kingdom.



Increasing the land value of the immediate area, the science monument stands tall as a reminder of the genetics and power of science that brought once extinct animals back to life.




Originally featured in our pre-alpha demo, the vehicle depot redesign sports a sleek and elegant modern design with vastly improved texture quality. This garage acts as the storage facility for staff transport.




The monorail station is a quick and accessible way to get your guests around your park. Build tracks at varying heights to efficiently view animals, as well as view some in-universe advertisements.


First shown off a few months ago alongside the new mediterranean island, here’s the all tropical wet foliage! We’ve made sure to select a diverse range of plants that cover the expectations of tropical vegetation and mix well with our future climates. Palms, ferns and canopy coverage; we’ve got it.



It’s worth mentioning that for the sake of visual and creative freedom, we occasionally hybridise multiple species of foliage to create a more general and unspecified look (e.g. the canopy tree and tropical palm). With mediterranean and now tropical wet out of the way, it’s time to start work on the boreal and semi-arid climates.


While not originally intended for this update, we thought we’d quickly show off the walk cycle for our Allosaurus using the medium theropod rig. Unfortunately it didn’t have enough time to render out using our usual format, but we hope that you’ll forgive us!



Compared to our larger creatures such as the Tyrannosaurus, you can see more of a bird-like posture in its movement.




A Not-So-Gentle Giant and Tooth and Sickle Claw are the brand new introductory themes/tracks for our large carnivorous dinosaurs and dromaeosaurs. The pieces present an interesting contrast between a large and foreboding yet majestic sound for our tyrant kings to a more muted and aggressive conversation between a group of instrumental raptors. Our composer had a lot of fun coming up with these, and we hope that you enjoy them.

https://soundcloud.com/byronmckay/a-not-so-gentle-giant-carnivore-theme

https://soundcloud.com/byronmckay/tooth-and-sickle-claw-raptor-theme

These motifs will continue to pop-up across the soundtrack.




This month we’ve got an assortment of new exciting animals to reveal. Without further ado, let’s get a closer look at August’s newcomers; Torvosaurus tanneri, Nothronychus mckinleyi, Coelodonta antiquitatis, and Mammuthus primigenius!






But there is, however, one more to show…



Utahraptor joins the battle! With some surprising body proportions and a terrifyingly large skull, Utahraptor ostrommaysorum makes its way into Early Access as a replacement for Deinonychus antirrhopus.



As you can see we’ve adapted the original ‘vulture’ design of the Deinonychus into an alternate skin for our big land eagle alongside its new default.

Since we wanted to update and redo our previous version of Deinonychus antirrhopus, we ultimately decided to push Deinonychus back into a later version of the Early Access game and introduce a highly requested fan favourite to fill its role as a large raptor.


August brings us an interesting look at the ontogeny of two of Cedar Mountain Formation’s residents: the elusive mango-goat and tiny freedom bird.




Alongside the two aptly named dinosaurs are the brand new versions of our hairy big-nose and hairy long-nose friends – complete with an adorable ontogeny. Please note that our rendering software loves attempting to render flat planes and mammoth tusks, so please excuse the jagged edges which won’t be visible in-game!

https://youtu.be/W0H0n8XWg5Y
https://youtu.be/bndmfd0ysyg


Our brand new Tyrannosaurus skin has been brought over into 3D and we simply love it. As you can see it’s sexually dimorphic in its colour vibrancy, and we can’t wait for you to see how the infants look, too!



We’ve shown many, many, many alternate skin designs since February but we’re almost at the end of our time for previewing the design sheets before they’re translated into 3D textures.








For this month’s gameplay discussion we’ll be talking about our current thoughts on visitor needs and how you, the park manager, will need to respond to their various requirements and preferences. It’s important to note that all information here is subject to change through development and will be tweaked in the future.


Much like your animals, each guest has a basic need that must be fulfilled by players in order to satisfy them effectively and raise your park rating.



Buildings such as Fast Food Kiosks, Restrooms, Grand Hotels and benches can be placed throughout your park in order to allow your guests to replenish their independent needs.


Animal preferences are where Prehistoric Kingdom begins to separate itself from the rest of the herd. Previously, we chose to define guests by three main categories: thrill seekers, paleo enthusiasts, and mainstream. As this is rather broad terminology and doesn’t effectively communicate what a certain guest likes, we have chosen to instead opt for animal group preferences.

Certain guests can respond better to certain animal types whereas others may not have a preference at all. For example, a visitor who favours ceratopsian means that the guest enjoys seeing animals like Triceratops interact or fight with each other and will thus receive an increased mood bonus, rewarding the player with additional park ratings.

These preferences are not mandatory and won’t punish players designing specialised parks, but it will offer support to those creating a varied and diverse prehistoric zoo.




What’s the point in making a zoo if your guests can’t see anything? Fences can have a direct impact on visibility based on their design and visual properties, meaning that players need to find the balance between comfort for their animals and viewing areas for guests.

Attractions such as viewing platforms, lookout towers and monorails allow visitors to look directly into paddocks at different elevations. If an animal feels too exposed it’ll try to hide, decreasing the mood of onlooking patrons and potentially harming the creature from starvation.


A map stand is a placeable guest object that visitors can interact with in order to take a look at your park layout and navigate to where they want to go quickly. Without checking a map stand or purchasing a map from an Information Centre, your visitors will wander and explore your park with a lack of purpose – something that could prove fatal in the event of an emergency.


Each building in the game comes with an associated value that will either add to or retract from the immediate land value of an area. Decoratives such as the Science Monument offer a high land value bonus when placed in your park, whereas “uglier” structures such as wind turbines can retract from the park’s aesthetic if placed too close to your bustling plazas.

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Another month, another development update.

Thank you so much to everyone who has been waiting patiently for our updates to come along each month. We all know that this process takes a long time, but we are incredibly glad to have such a supportive and understanding community.

Until next time. – The PK Dev Team.
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