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[Taky]

We were having a LOT of trouble when our "internal playtest" (ie. our friends) had people really stuck on how to feed the food bucket. Having an inventory (unlike many tycoon games) threw people off. They pulled items from their inventory into the world in an effort to fill buckets. So - we added that as a method, but will encourage people to have their vets do the work for them. Also it'l become much easier if you get a lot of food buckets. It's an interesting experiment.

[Taky]

Going back to making some more Dino specific items that are re-searchable. Dino cone of shame was voted on in our Discord, and I love it.

[Taky]

Ok - the full set of hats from our Discord vote are in. The hats are a lot of fun to make, I must be honest. Good to work on as a break from fixing bugs.

[Taky]

Starting to really get the kinks out for dino escapes & people panics. Of course, then I see we have a lot of banana garbage around the sushi shop ()

[Tusky]

Love the look of this. The low poly top down graphics work nicely & looks like good fun.

Could I just ask is the primary victory condition / strategy to make the visitors & dinos happy? i.e. If the visitors are happy it means that more arrive?

[Taky]

Could I just ask is the primary victory condition / strategy to make the visitors & dinos happy? i.e. If the visitors are happy it means that more arrive?

I'm not entirely sure what the victory condition is exactly. But, keep your dinos happy makes the visitors happy, which earns more money. More money means you can build more, thereby increasing the "worth" of the park, at which point more people will come. So I suppose the strategy is to maximize your dinos, and then all good things will follow.

[Taky]

Starting some serious work on guest reactions during dinosaur breakouts. Apparently their fear mechanic is over-rided by their desire for wontons...

[Tusky]

Apparently their fear mechanic is over-rided by their desire for wontons...

Pretty much like in real life, then. 

[Taky]

We've done a complete first pass on dino destruction. This is a sneak peak - the rest is a bit rough, but all the hard integration is done. Fewwwwf.

[Taky]

Implementing the first method of dino re-capture. Hire security guards to do it for you. At the moment we're playing with calm dinos for re-capture...

[Fuzzy Branch]

I thought it was tranquilizer darts at first.... poor dino 

[alexis56]

The eyes of dinosaurs are so cute, lol, I've already wishlisted it in my steam account, and I'll definitely buy this game when it comes out.

[Taky]

I thought it was tranquilizer darts at first.... poor dino 

Interesting. They are tranquilizers; the dino falls asleep at the end.

Feedback question: What made you think they were not tranqs? Muzzle flash?

[Taky]

The eyes of dinosaurs are so cute, lol, I've already wishlisted it in my steam account, and I'll definitely buy this game when it comes out.

Thanks! The eyes ended up being one of our most prized shaders - they blink and everything.

[Fuzzy Branch]

I thought it was tranquilizer darts at first.... poor dino 

Interesting. They are tranquilizers; the dino falls asleep at the end.

Feedback question: What made you think they were not tranqs? Muzzle flash?

It's mostly my fault for being a little dumb, but I think it was a combination of:
-The muzzleflash
-The way that the dino collapses really fast and poofs, maybe it could have some time of slowing down its movements before collapsing?
-maybe subconsciously I read hire security guards and associated that with guns rather than for example a park ranger?

My initial interpretation was tranqs, so it is a bit weird that I thought it was a regular gun at one point.

[Taky]

It's mostly my fault for being a little dumb, but I think it was a combination of:
-The muzzleflash
-The way that the dino collapses really fast and poofs, maybe it could have some time of slowing down its movements before collapsing?
-maybe subconsciously I read hire security guards and associated that with guns rather than for example a park ranger?

My initial interpretation was tranqs, so it is a bit weird that I thought it was a regular gun at one point.

Interesting stuff, if we have time we might change the muzzleflash to be less "gunny" and more "poppy", like a blow dart. I love the suggestion for the slower collapse (plus it's cheap to do) and LOVE the name change. I think we're going to roll Park Ranger into the game.

Great stuff.

[Taky]

Implementing suggestions from you all re: improving science building upgrade set.

[qMopey]

Adorable looking dinosaur with plastic visor. 

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[jctwood]

This is really gorgeous!

[Taky]

Adorable looking dinosaur with plastic visor. 

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Oh wow, I don't know if you meant this but a dino hat (we have many) that is one of those old lady giant green plastic visors is freaking a-mazing. Adding it to the list.