Happy New Year everyone!
I hope you've had a good time since the last update! I had a great end of 2019; here's to 2020 being even better.
Now, though, it is time to return to regular development.
I'd like to talk about the plan for the upcoming February update to Dinodrifters.
It will be v1.2.0. and will come with a lot of new content not seen yet in the base game. While this is subject to change as development goes forward, I feel comfortable in telling you what to expect next month.
v1.2.0. will feature:
- A new region based on the Judith River Formation of Alberta, North America [76 Mya], as well as several contemporary adjacent sources. This new region will have new terrain, landscapes and features to explore!
- Dozens of new animal species to inhabit the new region, featuring Dromaeosaurus, Albertosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Corythosaurus and Deinosuchus! The total amount will be no less than 40, but probably more still than that!
- Updates to all existing maps, in particular the coding of the extremely small animals such as bugs and fish, will be changed to make them appear more often and lively.
- Graphical upgrades to the landscape and horizon system to vary the appearance of several maps more.
This update is currently under development and is planned to come out sometime in February. I'll update you all with a concrete date as soon as possible.
That's what will come in the near future. However, I do have plans beyond February. In particular, I have several regions I'd love to make and I consider a high priority. While I cannot say when they will come, the following are maps I am considering adding in the coming months, in no particular order:
- Kayenta Formation - Arizona, Early Jurassic - 193 Mya, home of Dilophosaurus
- Santa Maria Formation - Brazil, Late Triassic - 240 Mya
- Wessex Formation - England, Early Cretaceous - 130 Mya
- Camadas de Guimarotai - Portugal, Late Jurassic - 150 Mya, home of Compsognathus
- Central Europe Formation - Switzerland, Late Triassic - 230 Mya, home of Cymbospondylus, Nothosaurus and Tanystropheus
- Noibrara Formation- Nebraska, Late Cretaceous - 83 Mya, home of Tylosaurus, Archelon and Xiphactinus
- Qasr el Sagha - Egypt, Early Paleogene - 36 Mya, home of Basilosaurus and Andrewsarchus
- Great Rift Valley - Ethiopia, Late Paleogene – 3.3 Mya, home of Odobenocetops, Dinofelis, Deinotherium and Megalodon
- Lecho Formation - Argentina, Late Cretaceous - 70 Mya, home of Saltasaurus and Carnotaurus
- Hateg Island - Romania, Late Cretaceous - 70 Mya, home of many small, dwarf species of animals
- Cedar Mountain Formation - Utah, Early Cretaceous – 115 Mya, home of Acrocanthosaurus and Deinonychus
Bare in mind, through, that I cannot promise that these will come for sure this year, but these are the regions I am seriously considering adding. Let me know if there's any here that sound particularly enticing!
For now, Judith River comes first.
There are some upgrades to current gameplay systems I'd like to make, too. Especially to improve underwater and aerial gameplay. Maybe if I get to make some of the above regions, I'll bundle the update will some of these upgrades. We'll see.
Well, that just about covers it for this update.
I won't be posting news every week like I did during Early Access going forward. More of when I feel like I have something to share, be it an update, thought or plan.
Have a great 2020, everybody!
- Jake