Welcome new and old friends! We out biggest update EVER available today; so expect this post to be longer than normal. There is tons of new content to talk about, but briefly:
Gameplay
- Sickness & Medicine
- Hats with Powers
- Chain Light Overhaul
- Dinosaur Food
- Bank
- Dino Toys
- Park Map
- Employee Updates
- Robbers & Security
- Portal Enhancements
- Build Under Bridges & Arches
- Info Booth Director
Campaign
- Episode 3: 4 More Missions
- Reset Ship Parts & Reset Campaign
Quality of Life
- End of Day Major Change
- Office Computer Redesign
- Build Lower Tier Buildings
- UI Redesign
- Bug Fixes!!#!
- Ambient Slider Control
- 24 Hour Clock
Sickness & Medicine
On occasion your dinosaurs become sick. Now it is up to you to determine the best treatment, and to keep up your dinosaur's overall health.
Also, who doesn’t love giant syringes?
Hats with Powers
First: The same Hats are now wearable by both dinosaurs (when adults) and employees! Each hat has a unique set of buffs for either your dinosaur or employee. Be warned though, some hats will change the desired biome of your dinosaurs. Hats can be researched, rewarded, or found in unique hat chests found while digging.
Chain Light Overhaul
There are now more ways for your park to look amazing at night. Also, major improvements to the controls of placing lights (it was pretty bad before). A full post can be found here:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/591460/announcements/detail/1706237789316924617
Dinosaur Food
Different food types for different dinosaur sizes. The perks on your feeders have also been updated so choosing the correct feeder makes a big difference to overall dinosaur happiness. A full post can be found here:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/591460/announcements/detail/1708492123024465185
Bank
This is a personal favorite of mine – the Bank in town is now OPEN for business. You can now exchange between currencies: Money, Science and Hearts. Very helpful!
Dino Toys
We added a lot more dinosaur toys! This is a great way to increase the Enrichment of your dinosaur friends.
Park Map
An overall Map of your park can be found in the office including Guest Heat Maps for all your guests. You also can simultaneously see the heat maps of all guests if you select All Guests.
Employee Updates
Lots of little changes have gone into Employees with most notably being the assignment of skill points and new skills available.
- Robbers & Security: Security now picks up your crates! Also, they help reduce crime in your park.
- Portal Enhancements: “R” now rotates all dig shapes! Your employees can bring different skills to each dig.
- Build Under Bridges & Arches: Long requested, water flows under bridges and you can build under arches
- Info Booth Director: We will make a post about the Info Booth. Briefly: you can help direct your guests around the park based on desire!
Campaign
- Episode 3: 4 more Missions that hopefully each teach and provide a new challenge.
- Reset Ship Parts & Reset Campaign: You can now fully reset how you have spent your Ship parks.
Quality of Life
- End of Day Major Change: This was our #1 complaint by the community, and I’m hoping we addressed this. You can now seamlessly play into the next day, and skip the End Screen altogether if you desire. A full post can be found: https://steamcommunity.com/games/591460/announcements/detail/1698355219501610639
- Office Computer Redesign: The Office Computer at the end of the day has been redesigned to provide you with actual useful information and to be more efficient. Check out the full post here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/591460/announcements/detail/1707364957702526234
- Build Lower Tier Buildings: Now when you upgrade an item, you can still build the older tiered item if you desire!
- UI Redesign: We redesigned the UI to provide more real estate space and consolidate the important information.
- Bug Fixes!!#!
- Ambient Slider Control
- 24 Hour Clock
- More stuff that I forgot!
Thanks for reading this far. Please remember there could be bugs since this is such a big update! For a full list of updates and fixes (well, most of them) check out:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/591460/discussions/0/1644292549023387189/
Thank you for all your community suggestions, bug reports and support.
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- Tell your favorite streamers to play our game
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- And most importantly, love your animals with all your heart
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