FAQs

[Ellen | MaxEnt Brand Manager]

Game/Gameplay

When will the game be released?
Paleo Pines is scheduled for release in 2023!

What consoles will it be on?
It will be released on Steam, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch. Wishlist now on your console of choice!

How can I support the development of Paleo Pines?
We are so excited you want to get more involved! The best way you can support us is to follow us on social media @PaleoPines, wishlist and follow the game on Steam, and share our development with all of your dino-loving friends!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1202200/

Will the game be multiplayer?
Paleo Pines is a single-player game.

Will the game be in real-time? Will I lose my dinosaurs if I don’t play for a while?
In Paleo Pines, dinos will only run away if you neglect them during active gameplay, so please be nice to your dino friends!

Will the game have mod support?
Currently it is not in our plans to include mod support for the game.

Will Paleo Pines be available in other languages?
Paleo Pines will be available in English, German, French, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Japanese, and Brazilian Portuguese.

How will taming work?
A collection of cheeky dinosaurs roam the wild areas waiting to become your friends, as well as ranch helpers. Coax them by mimicking their calls with your flute, then seal the deal with a tasty treat and trustworthy nose boop! Then gain their trust by creating cozy pens and learning what keeps them happy. Dinos move around and some are harder to find than others, or may appear only under special conditions. Check out the Dino Journal to learn all about the creatures that roam the island.

Will Paleo Pines be free?
Paleo Pines is a premium game experience. We haven’t announced a price yet but will as soon as we can!

Will Paleo Pines have dating elements or relationships with the NPCs?
We are not currently planning on adding dating elements to the game. However, you can complete questlines for the NPCs and affect a positive change in their lives!

Will Paleo Pines also be available on Mac?
In the current plans, Paleo Pines will not be available on Mac.

Are there plans for early access?
There will not be early access, but we will be releasing a Steam demo this summer!

Will there be seasonal changes in the game?
There are three seasons in the game which can affect the weather, available crops, and dino migration patterns. Triassea is a time of new crops and new life, where pleasantly cloudy days are broken up by occasional light and pleasant rainfall. Jurrasos is a hotter, more tropical time of year. It is rarely cloudy, and never stormy, perfect for beach picnics! Cretumnus is the blustery time of year, normally cloudy with rain showing up a bit more frequently.

House/Player

Will we have to build up the ranch from scratch?
You start with a simple ranch and a little bit of land, and as the game progresses you can turn the neglected land into a beautiful and friendly home

What will be customizable in game?
Paleo Pines is a place where you can express your individuality and creativity; no two ranches are the same! You can use decor to build a romantic garden, give your ranch a cozy woodland vibe, or go full-on-farmer with rows and rows of tilled soil. You can decide where to grow produce, or which spaces to dedicate to your dinos, including how big and what shape you want their pens to be. Your dinos can move around freely, so feel free to make communal areas too!

Furthermore, you can customize your character as you like with a variety of features, curate a colorful collection of clothing and change your style using the wardrobe!

Will dinosaurs be adjusted if their depictions are drastically updated?
We love the latest science as it unfolds. Natalia, our paleontology adviser, is a key part in keeping us in the loop. If something exciting is revealed, we'll try to incorporate it if possible!

Can dinos at the ranch get sick?
The dinos cannot get sick, but if you forget to feed and take care of them, they might decide to leave your ranch.

Are dino genders fixed or randomised?
Most dinos do not have genders, except what you choose to imagine. However, some of the NPCs have their own trusty steeds who at times are referred to by their gendered pronouns.

Will the dinos come in different colors/patterns?
Yes! Each dino will have a small selection of skins as well as a select pool of colors. These different colors/patterns will be spawned procedurally in the game!

Can my dinosaurs die? What happens if I forget to feed them?
Dinos will never die or kill each other. If you do neglect your dino, it will simply leave your ranch.

Is there a limit to how many dinos the player can have on their ranch?
You can have as many dinos on your ranch that you are able to keep happy! But keeping a dino happy in the long term requires a dreamstone, and there are a finite number of dreamstones in the game.

Will there be a chance of random mutation?
Since there is no breeding in the game, dinos will not mutate. However, there are various combinations of dino patterns and colors, some that are more rare than others.

Can we name our dinos?
Yes! All dinos can be named and renamed, except Lucky.

How will the dinos sound? Realistic or more cute?
It’s going to be more cute than realistic or terrifying. For example, large dinos have big low honks and small dinos might have chirps or trills. We’re also designing for melody to be important in the game, which will tie in to the sound design of the dinos.

What do you think the appropriate age to be able to play Paleo Pines will be?
We want to have the game accessible to as many people who want to play it as possible. We will try to keep the controls simple and intuitive to make sure everyone has a playing experience that is fun whilst still giving you lots of options and things to do in the game.

NPCs

What is Pippin’s Gender?
Pippin is a non-binary character who uses they/them pronouns. It has always been our vision for Paleo Pines to have a diverse, inclusive community with characters that may reflect any player’s identity or orientation.

Dev Questions

Which game engine is the team using?
We are developing in the Unity game engine.

Will there be controller support?
Absolutely! Actually, this is how a lot of us are testing the game already.

What program do you use for 3D modelling?
We use Blender for our 3D work. We do regular streams over at https://www.twitch.tv/paleopines showing you how we make our beautiful models.

Where can I follow Paleo Pines' development?
Our Discord channel (https://discord.com/invite/t4HEMRv) is the best place to be for news and updates about the game. If you want to see other fun stuff and join in on social media you can find us here:

https://twitter.com/paleopines
https://www.instagram.com/Paleo_Pines
https://www.facebook.com/PaleoPines

[Italic Pig]

Additional FAQS

Why was Lucky chosen as the main dino?
We wish we had a better answer other than it's always been Lucky and we've never for a second considered another dino as she has always just felt perfectly right.

She is an embodiment of what Paleo Pines is all about - friendship and exploration. Even after years of developing the game, we still feel happy when we look at her and that's the emotion that we hope is shared by others when they play!

Is there any promotional content?
Not yet, but we hope there will be. Not DLC but we are working on some surprises.

Is there anything permanently missable, even rewards for fulfilling specific conditions?
Nothing aside from cases where this is desirable. For example: Granny comes to your ranch the day after you receive your farming tools.
- If you haven't used the tools yet, she will give you a farming tutorial, and give you seeds.
- If you have already used them, she comments on how you seem to know what you're doing, and give you seeds.
- Either way you get seeds. But you can only see one of the two possible dialogues - the other is missable.

Is this game identical on all platforms, including the Switch version having an in-game achievement system?
Currently platform-specific features/meta features are only supported on a per-platform basis. Specifically there is not an in-game achievement system for Switch.

Are there any bonuses for having save data from a different video game?
There are no bonuses for other game saves at present.

How were different sounds chosen for dinos, and how were they created?
At first everything in the game beeped and booped, and the dinos sounded like instruments. This did not have... um... the intended result. It made all the dinos feel like robots. Then we decided to go a different way. We asked our paleontologist advisor Natalia for more information on what dino sounds actually sounded like. So we started looking at various different kinds of sounds, animal sounds, and synthesising sounds. This was also a dead end. The dinos sounded... well we’re not sure how to describe it. But definitely NOT cute. And then... we recorded Nina making cute dino sounds as an example of what she thought they should sound like... To be honest the quality was horrible! But! It set us on a new path. And since then, every dino has had their own dino voice actor. A lot of them were voice acted and recorded by Cassie (especially the tiny cute ones) and honestly she's done such an amazing job! We can't wait for everyone to hear them!

I was wondering if there's a certain number of color combinations each dino will have, like if they will all have 5 or some will have 6 or some will only have 2?
We’re aiming for around 8 colours for every dino but it's possible some might get more than others. Some dinos will also have multiple patterns on launch. Not quite as many as we would like, but we had to draw the line. If you think dino patterns are easy - they definitely are much easier on paper in 2D than they are in 3D!

Do the dinosaurs have varying personalities or all pretty much the same depending on their species?
There are a few different personality types, and any species can have them. But the species themselves have got bags of personality in their animations. So for example all the gallis look so... bonkers. So if you get a lazy galli for example, it still feels a bit different compared to lazy therizinosaurs.

[вιηєy01]

are there (many) secrets?

how big is the map?

how many species are there?

are dlcs planned?

[Laura Dragonite]

Will there be settings for the overall brightness of the game? I and two other people are having issues with how the game gives us eye strain and headaches when we look at the game for too long.
I find it quite concerning (and a bit irritating) that no developers have responded to ANY of the threads on the Discussion page. I understand you guys are busy, but not everyone has/wants to use Discord just to be able to get answers to their questions.

[Ellen | MaxEnt Brand Manager]

Hi there! Here are the answers to your questions below:

– There are lots of things to discover.
– In the full game, you can visit 3 areas: valley, forest, and desert.
– There will be 38 species on launch.
– We would love to do DLCs post launch but it really depends on how the game goes. Right now we just want to make the game as good as we can on launch day.

Hope this helps!

Originally posted by вιηєy01:

are there (many) secrets?

how big is the map?

how many species are there?

are dlcs planned?

:GunfireRebornlove:

[Ellen | MaxEnt Brand Manager]

Hi Laura! Thanks so much for flagging this, we'll take it for discussion with the developers.

Originally posted by Laura Dragonite:

Will there be settings for the overall brightness of the game? I and two other people are having issues with how the game gives us eye strain and headaches when we look at the game for too long.
I find it quite concerning (and a bit irritating) that no developers have responded to ANY of the threads on the Discussion page. I understand you guys are busy, but not everyone has/wants to use Discord just to be able to get answers to their questions.

[hjrogue]

Will we be able to transfer save files from the demo to the main game when it's out or not? I'm good with it ether way, I just want to know if I can save a file to continue from if I find a rare dino I want to keep, or just try for it again in the full release.

[Ellen | MaxEnt Brand Manager]

Yes, you will be able to transfer progress in the demo to the full game when it releases, but some details in the game may change as it’s not quite final yet. But your saves will work!

Originally posted by hjrogue:

Will we be able to transfer save files from the demo to the main game when it's out or not? I'm good with it ether way, I just want to know if I can save a file to continue from if I find a rare dino I want to keep, or just try for it again in the full release.

[RemyMei]

No pre-orders yet because price is still undecided? I'd kinda like to just buy it now so I won't have to worry about how my account looks in a few months...

[Garick]

Is there a known price known for this game?

[ZM3]

Will the game work well on the Steam Deck?

[KingoftheKraken]

Originally posted by ZM3:

Will the game work well on the Steam Deck?

I have played the demo on the steam deck and the controls work beautifully! I'm expecting it to be the same (or better!) for the official release!
Hope this helps!

[VaeliusNoctu]

Originally posted by Ellen | Modus Brand Manager:

Yes, you will be able to transfer progress in the demo to the full game when it releases, but some details in the game may change as it’s not quite final yet. But your saves will work!

Originally posted by hjrogue:

Will we be able to transfer save files from the demo to the main game when it's out or not? I'm good with it ether way, I just want to know if I can save a file to continue from if I find a rare dino I want to keep, or just try for it again in the full release.

What that means for me when i use the Demo Save that i start playing yesterday?

[Dana (イースVIII)]

Originally posted by Ellen | Modus Brand Manager:

Yes, you will be able to transfer progress in the demo to the full game when it releases, but some details in the game may change as it’s not quite final yet. But your saves will work!

Originally posted by hjrogue:

Will we be able to transfer save files from the demo to the main game when it's out or not? I'm good with it ether way, I just want to know if I can save a file to continue from if I find a rare dino I want to keep, or just try for it again in the full release.

I have played many games like this and I have many games like this on my account, but there is a very serious problem. This game is twice the price of other games I've played. I was expecting a price tag of 250-260 TL in Turkey. Can there be a change in price? In my opinion, this is a serious problem. If the problem is not solved, I will buy another game.

[Skaiyly]

Originally posted by Dana (イースVIII):

Originally posted by Ellen | Modus Brand Manager:

Yes, you will be able to transfer progress in the demo to the full game when it releases, but some details in the game may change as it’s not quite final yet. But your saves will work!

I have played many games like this and I have many games like this on my account, but there is a very serious problem. This game is twice the price of other games I've played. I was expecting a price tag of 250-260 TL in Turkey. Can there be a change in price? In my opinion, this is a serious problem. If the problem is not solved, I will buy another game.

Yeah every game in the market has gone in price where have you been....

[Zenuf]

I have a weird camera stuttering issues with the game. As the camera pans while moving it doesn't pan smoothly. It stutters and jerks, enough to cause me to get a little bit dizzy while playing the game. I've tried tinkering with the settings but no combination of in game settings seems to make any difference.

Any advice, i really want to play this game but i'm not sure if I can like this.