Our second team recently finished ZooKeeper - a low-poly classical tycoon game. We wouldn't be ourselves if we didn't put dinosaurs in there as well! :) So now you can also build dino park in that game.

On the occasion of ZooKeeper release a new bundle: Dinosaur Zoo was created:

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/27565

We also encourage you to follow the premiere of our friends' game itself:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1027810/ZooKeeper/

We hope you will enjoy this game as well :)

Dinosaur Zoo Bundle includes:

- ZooKeeper
- Dinosaur Fossil Hunter

ZooKeeper - Become a Zoo Keeper, manage and build the zoo of your childhood dreams! Take care of the animals and create ideal conditions for them. Grow your zoo, add extraordinary species and prepare amazing attractions for visitors.

Dinosaur Fossil Hunter - Become a real paleontologist, explore various environments and search for dinosaur fossils. Dig for and study the remnants of these majestic creatures to learn about their evolution. Build your own museum and experience an immersive background story.

At last, we can present to you...



In celebration of the Update's release, we have prepared a discount for all the aspiring paleontologists:
20% off Dinosaur Fossil Hunter until August 30! If you haven't tried the game yet and you're wondering if it's a game for you, read on and see what is waiting for you! :)





Trailer gives a good overview of all the new content, but let's skim through it all once again:


Grizzly Mountains location is now available and open for exploration! And there is a lot to explore – it's a vast area, which should meet expectations of the most advanced paleontologists. Fields, hills, rocky mountains, wetlands... this place will require all of the skills you've earned so far in order to uncover its secrets!








There are four new dinos waiting to be discovered and 11 new skeletons to find and assembly!! What are the new dinos? Perhaps you were able to spot them in the trailer above. If not, let us unveil this mystery!



The dinos waiting for you are...

• Gorgosaurus libratus
  
• Parasaurolophus walkeri
  
• Stegoceras validum
  
• Styracosaurus albertensis

Is your favourite dinosaur among these? There can never be enough dinos, so we hope these will bring you a lot of joy and you'll be proud to showcase them in your museum!



New journey requires a new car! Time to take this new pickup for its first ride!
Adventure awaits!





It's vital to have enough room to showcase your finds and that's why you have an additional museum hall at your disposal!





They're fascinating finds! They come in all sizes and shapes, they store remains of small extinct animals, plants, they don't take much space in your museum (meaning you can fit a lot of them in one room) and now that the Update is here, there are even more of them to collect!





More dinos, more space in your museum, more small fossils... It's only a given that you would also get more decorations to add even more diversity to your museum! We can't wait to see which ones will be featured in your newest expositions! :)



New game mode - unleash your creativity in the Sandbox Mode! Use the decorations and dinosaurs unlocked during campaign mode to create many new unique versions of your museum!





New achievements have been added aside from the previously fixed achievements.



Aside from this, numerous new fixes have been applied to the game as well. We've also added some new game mechanics! One of them is picutred below. You'll be able to mark rocks you examine with paint – red stands for an ordinary rock, which doesn't contain anything worth noting, while the light green color marks rocks with fossils inside.






Fixes:

• fixed bug with counting prestige points
  
• fixed issues with autosave files
  
• fixed few spawn points positions
  
• fixed table position at the garage
  
• fixed missing/wrong colliders
  
• fixed position of some bones inside stones, to make inspection easier
  
• fixed issues with digging tools, which occasionally caused tools to be blocked while digging
  
• fixed bug with inactive buttons after finishing prologue
  
• fixed FPS drop while digging underwater with pump
  
• fixed FPS drop caused by museum camera bug
  
• fixed possibility to block drone delivering fuel after changing its destination place
  
• fixed crates icons at minimap
  
• fixed some UI issues (wrong UI elements scale, position, added missing icons etc.)
  
• fixed crate falling into exposition area
  
• fixed truck physics when driving through mud
  
• fixed issues with stone outline
  
• fixed missing/disappearing environment stones
  
• fixed an issue with water not disappearing gradually when using a pump on excavation area (all of the water would disappear at once)
  
• fixed issues with unresponsive drone button
  
• fixed issues with collectible items at the garage (items and descriptions position)
  
• fixed issue with very dense fog (improved visibility in foggy areas)
  
• fixed issues with “skeleton” crate position at the museum (crate occasionally overlapping with skeleton ghost position)
  
• fixed medium bones autoclean, now it’ll be available from the stage of plaster removal
  
• fixed drone list order at excavation laptop
  
• fixed camera movement while setting up exposition at the museum
  
• fixed controls blocked after changing panels
  
• fixed incorrect tools descriptions
  
• fixed excavation crates rotation issues
  
• fixed issue with missing crates after autosave at the first museum
  
• fixed possibility of freezing the car after quick entry
  
• fixed issues with achievements
  
• fixed FPS drop after re-entering a large location
  
• fixed possibility to send fossils to prep room during cleaning stage
  
• muted car sound on scene loading
  
• “prologue” skeletons and skeleton parts removed from main museum
  
• added some missing translations
  
• blocked possibility to save empty exposition
  
• blocked possibility to open trunk while driving truck
  
• blocked possibility to duplicate dinosaur skeleton at exhibition
  
• blocked possibility to place wrong dinosaur description
  
• blocked possibility to edit water on an exposition other than the one we are editing
  
• blocked possibility to inspect rock with opened game menu
  
• blocked possibility to move camera during cutscenes
  
• blocked possibility to upload empty museum to Steam Workshop
  
• added ability to extract stones hanging in the air

Features:

• added Creative Museum Mode
  
• added new skeletons, car, decorations, museum hall, achievements, dinosaur statues, newspapers etc.
  
• added color markers after stone inspection (can be turned off in game settings)
  
• added continuous operation mode, turning on/off with single click, to cleaning tools at the museum (can be turned off in game settings)
  
• added drone timer in tablet menu showing how long it’ll take for a drone to deliver fossils to the museum
  
• full controller support
  
• Steam Deck support
  
• loading time optimisation
  
• materials and vegetation optimisation
  
• colliders optimisation
  
• dinosaur skeletons optimisation
  
• overall visual polish
  
• renamed autosaves to make navigation between each autosave easier
  
• particles visual polish, added new particles
  
• working elevators in the museum halls
  
• added saving of GPR flags at the excavation area
  
• added possibility to skip lector dialogues
  
• added/updated some sounds
  
• save files cleanup and optimisation
  
• changed T. Rex skeleton at the “prologue” museum to make it more anatomically correct
  
• and more!

Like always, if you find an issue during your playthrough that this patch hasn't fixed, please let us know! Steam forums work well for that – we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
You can also contact us via email address dinosaur@pyramid.games and send us your game files such as your save file and log file, which are very helpful for investigating your issues.

Both save files and log files can be found in the following directory:
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\LocalLow\PyramidGames\Dinosaur Fossil Hunter
AppData folder is hidden, which might make it difficult to access it through File Explorer. In that case, try one of these methods to locate your files:

1. Copy and paste full directory into the bar of your File Explorer.
2. Copy full directory, press Windows + R and paste this directory into the field of the box that shows up.

Once you do any of the following, you should be redirected to Dinosaur Fossil Hunter folder, where you can find:

• Your save file – entire GameSaves folder
  
• Your log file – text file named "Player" or "output_log"

You can also zip and send us entire Dinosaur Fossil Hunter folder if you prefer – we’ll figure out the rest!

That's it! For this update, of course. ;) We hope this new update will bring at least a few hours worth of fun to your playtime.





If you have some time to spare while your game is updating, we invite you to our live stream that is starting now on our Twitch & YouTube channels. Unfortunately, due to ongoing issues with Steam streaming we weren't able to bring our stream to Steam this time around.

Watch on Twitch
Watch on YouTube



For now, we're awaiting your feedback and further suggestions! We'll continue improving Dinosaur Fossil Hunter for you all and for now, we'd like to learn more about your current impressions of the game, so we can take them into account while planning next updates and patches.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2065550/Dinosaur_Fossil_Hunter__Designer_DLC/

Other than that, there is a Designer DLC🎨 in the works and as soon as we have a release date set for it, we'll let you know! Referring to some of the feedback we've received from players, we'd like to assure you that the statue model currently used in promotional materials will be changed – as with the actual game, we'll make sure it's more anatomically correct and closer to its real life counterpart.

Now, all that's left is to wish you fruitful exploration! Pack your equipment, take a seat in your new car and start your adventure in Grizzly Mountains!


Learn more about the Major Update:
https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/864700/announcements/detail/3370400292103288152
https://steamcommunity.com/games/864700/announcements/detail/3333241790207007445

Best Regards,
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Team

We can finally give you the long awaited news – we have a definitive release date for Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Major Update!


One week more and you’ll be able to enjoy the new content we have been preparing for you for these past 2 months! It’s been a longer ride than expected, but we can’t wait to make it all available to you! 😀



What can you expect from this Major Update?

• Grizzly Mountains – a vest new location with more dig sites and dinos to find!
  
• 4 new dino species & 11 new skeletons
  
• More museum space for your expositions
  
• More small fossils & collectibles
  
• A new car
  
• Creative Museum Mode
  
• New achievements
  
• Fixes, fixes and even more fixes to make sure all of the above work as intended!

In fact, why don’t we show you this new content in action? 😉



For a detailed overview of upcoming new content see this devlog:

https://steamcommunity.com/games/864700/announcements/detail/3333241790207007445

We hope this Major Update will bring you even more joy and things to discover!
Which features are you looking forward to the most? 🤠

See you in a few days!
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Team

Due to prolonged testing time, we have to postpone the Major Update from July until August.

The team did their best to deliver you the promised content on time, but as we’re only a few days away from the end of July, it has become clear that we’ll need more time to wrap everything up. We know how important it is to get rid of the issues that you all have been reporting, so while working on the fixes and the new content, we want to make sure we bring you the update of the best quality possible.

Once we know the update is ready for release, we’ll let you know about the exact release date.

We apologize for this delay and we hope to have everything ready for you in the next few weeks.

Kind Regards,
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Team

It's been a lot of work, but at last, we're ready to announce the Major Update! 🦖

Along with the fixes, this update comes with a lot of new content we hope you'll enjoy :)

Coming in July as a free update to the game! 🔥 See the Updated Roadmap:



Let's skim thorugh them one by one!


Remember the famous Grizzly Mountains mentioned in the game? The time has come for you to set up an excavation site there! This Giant location features 11 dig sites with new Dinosaur Skeletons!



Four new Dinosaur species are now waiting to be discovered! For a total of 10 species in the game so far!



Overall, there are 11 new skeletons added to find and assembly!

Did you find your museum too small? Maybe not until now, but all these new dinos need their own vast expositions, after all! :) That's why with this update, you can expand your museum with another room!



There are even more small treasures you can find and put in your museum to add more diversity to your expositions! You can find them... Wait, we can't spoil you that! They are well hidden and waiting to be found!





New game mode - unleash your creativity in the Sandbox Mode! Use the decorations and dinosaurs unlocked during campaign mode to create many new unique versions of your museum!




New achievements have been added aside from the previously fixed achievements.


Aside from this tons of fixes have been made. We've also added some new game mechanics which will make it a lot more enjoyable! We will present the full changelog on the release of Major Update which is coming in July!



but that's not all...


Introducing The First DLC for Dinosaur Fossil Hunter coming later this year! The Designer DLC adds 10 statues of 10 dinosaur species with the painting mode which will let you create lifelike dinosaur statues. Use your imagination and paint life-sized figures to make your museum exhibitions even more interesting! Make sure to add it to your wishlist!



https://store.steampowered.com/app/2065550/Dinosaur_Fossil_Hunter__Designer_DLC/

Best Regards,
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Team

It's time for another Steam Summer Sale! This year Dinosaur Fossil Hunter is participating in it for the first time. That's why we've set up a -12% discount on our recently released game!



Stay tuned as we are preparing some exciting news for you regarding updates for the game!

We will publish more information in a few days!

Best Regards,
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Team

We have joined forces with Live Motion Games and brought together Dinosaur Fossil Hunter and Builder Simulator in one bundle! Bundle comes with 15% discount, so you can get both games at a lower prize than if you were to buy them separtely – great deal if you've been keeping an eye on those games. :)

Check out the Fossilized Construction bundle here:

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26317/Fossilized_Construction/

Have fun!

It's been a while since the last Dinosaur Fossil Hunter update, but we made sure to make use of all this time and today we present to you Update v1.1.2! This patch introduces many important fixes, which should eliminate most of known issues you reported to us.

Here are the most important ones:

- missing bones/bone sets should be available on the tablet
- skeletons that are not on display should be on the computer in the exhibition hall
- most of the excavated stones that are hanging in the air should unlock after reloading the scene (save/load)
- stones held in the air by fragments of the soil/rock should be able to be dug out when you get close
- all locations should be accessible (no blackscreens, no endless loading)

Fixes:

- fixed blackscreen after exiting car
- fixed car hanging in the air after entering the Dinosaur Canyon location
- fixed car issues after fast travel

- fixed non interactive crates with skeletons appearing in the middle of the museum
- fixed overlapping skeleton supports
- fixed locked travel to museum and locked possibility of placing empty displays (empty exhibitions will be removed, skeletons will be available at exposition controller)
- fixed disappearing of bone set after quick pick up of similar set
- fixed disappearing of bone set after museum upgrade
- fixed disappearing of bone set placed at skeleton after the beginning of autoclean of a similar set
- fixed blocking of bone sets after they have been completed
- removed too many Ornithomimus bones/skeletons in main museum

- fixed colliders of some decorations to avoid having them stick out of the display
- fixed triangular holes on the edge of the display
- fixed water disappearing from displays

- fixed uninspected stone status
- fixed single stones hanging in the air after being completely excavated - most of them should unlock after re-entering the location (save/load)
- fixed achievement after discovering an ornithomimus (further fixes for other achievements will be available in the next update)
- fixed renewing soil/rock ground in the excavation area when the player returns to the location

- fixed V-sync settings
- fixed issues with “missing key”
- fixed issues with radial menu
- unlocked walking with tablet
- other small fixes and polish

Features:

- Dinosaur Canyon scene optimisation
- longer tool range to extract stones held in the air by voxel
- added possibility to put assembled skeleton fragments into museum storage
- added automatic change of postprocess on small bones cleaning station to make work easier
- faster player movement speed on maps

If this patch doesn't address an issue you have encountered in the game, please contact us via email address dinosaur@pyramid.games and let us know about it by providing us with a detailed description and your game files such as your save file and log file.

Both save files and log files can be found in the following directory:
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\LocalLow\PyramidGames\Dinosaur Fossil Hunter
AppData folder is hidden, which might make it difficult to access it through File Explorer. In that case, try one of these methods to locate your files:

1. Copy and paste full directory into the bar of your File Explorer.
2. Copy full directory, press Windows + R and paste this directory into the field of the box that shows up.

Once you do any of the following, you should be redirected to Dinosaur Fossil Hunter folder, where you can find:
Your save file – entire GameSaves folder
Your log file – text file named "Player" or "Player.log"
You can also zip and send us entire Dinosaur Fossil Hunter folder if you prefer – we’ll figure out the rest. :)

Just as we're publishing this announcement and releasing the patch, a new update is in the making. Aside from the fixes, we'd like to introduce some of your suggestions, which – we hope – will make this game even more fun.


Topics we're working on:

- add more statuses, tips and waypoints to help with gameplay
- add possibility to turn on/off cleaning tools with one “click”
- add possibility to skip lector dialogues
- unlock the autoclean option for the medium bones before extracting from plaster stage
- enable an elevator to make visiting the museum more comfortable
- polishing details (particles, SFX etc.)
- gamepad controls - full support
- polish of subscribed workshop UI
- Dinosaur Canyon location polish
- fix broken achievements
- improve the environment's design
And many more…


Other:

- development tests of a new location for the next major update



Previous changelogs are here:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/864700/announcements/detail/5523113401945007611
https://steamcommunity.com/games/864700/announcements/detail/3173359579479585894
https://steamcommunity.com/games/864700/announcements/detail/3173359579474275927
https://steamcommunity.com/games/864700/announcements/detail/3173359579465234714
https://steamcommunity.com/games/864700/announcements/detail/3173359579460060237

Roadmap:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/864700/announcements/detail/3173359579461620069

Best Regards,
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Team

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/25775/Dinosaur_and_Aquarist/

Best Regards,
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Team

Time for us to announce the winners of Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Museum Contest!



When we headed to Steam Workshop, there were hundreds of wonderful museum expositions! It took us a long time to see them all, but we didn’t want to leave out any of your creations. In fact, there were so many beautiful designs to choose from that we had trouble deciding on the winners and so, we decided to award a few more players than initially planned. ;)

So, what did we choose? Let us show you some screenshots from the best museums!


We have a winner!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2805873634&searchtext=zoeythefirst








4 participants receive the 2nd place reward ex æquo !

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2808047835&searchtext=caugh+in+time




https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2807763104&searchtext=dinoes+and+potatoes




https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2807097900&searchtext=once+upon+a+time




https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2806956687&searchtext=TIM








5 participants receive the 3rd place reward ex æquo !

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2808670314&searchtext=dinotopia




https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2805985042&searchtext=mating




https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2807231517&searchtext=my+museum+for+the+contest+2.0




https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2805436203&searchtext=the+canyon+danger




https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2807747822&searchtext=the+world+of+dinosaurs






While not on the podium, we loved how the simple design of this museum helped expositions shine in this one, that’s why we’ve decided to award additional keys to…

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2807435995&searchtext=big+dino+displays







Even if we can’t award you all, we’d like to show appreciation for your creations, that’s why as the end note, we’d like to share screenshots from some of our other favourite expositions! The authors of these expositions will receive a key to our Rover Mechanic Simulator!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2807245638&searchtext=first+look



https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2806240063&searchtext=hobbit



https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2804921473&searchtext=hunt+in+forest



https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2807593211&searchtext=museum



https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2806159188&searchtext=protecting



https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2805678274&searchtext=aftermath



https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2806517645&searchtext=Thomas+time+vault



https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2805439083&searchtext=tims+museum



https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2804445563&searchtext=Trex+Dromaeo+enclosure



Congratulations to the creators of these lovely museums! Your expositions took us millions of years back and made us feel as if we were among the wilderness with dinosaurs – a dream of all dinosaur enthusiasts for sure!

We’ll contact each of the winners on Steam soon to give out promised prizes – game keys to Rover Mechanic Simulator, Tank Mechanic Simulator and Barn Finders for authors of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place entries and Rover Mechanic Simulator key for the remaining aforementioned entries.



That said, we'd like to thank each and every one of you for participating in the Contest. Please keep these dino expositions coming!

Best Regards,
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Team