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Exhibyte [developer] Oct 15, 2020 @ 8:56am

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Exhibyte [developer] Oct 15, 2020 @ 8:58am

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Last edited by Exhibyte; Mar 19 @ 5:25pm

Exhibyte [developer] Oct 15, 2020 @ 9:00am

For the last week and a half I haven't put out any updates because I have been working on upgrading the game world to be much larger than it is currently.

I finally got a larger map that we can use. Everything is operational. The old map was 4,000 x 4,000, this new map is 36,000 x 36,000. That ends up being 80 times more area than our old map? I scaled the dinosaurs, nests, and eggs to 50% size to make the dinosaurs take up less space too. I'll adjust the plant and tree sizes as I work on biomes. Overall we should have a good sized area to play in.

Now I need to add some biomes to it, some dinosaur and nests, and get a glitch worked out that has to do with shadows flickering on the terrain then I'll be ready to put out the update.

Thank you all for your patience.

JagerWulf66 has Primeval

Oct 15, 2020 @ 7:13pm

Originally posted by Exhibyte:
For the last week and a half I haven't put out any updates because I have been working on upgrading the game world to be much larger than it is currently.

I finally got a larger map that we can use. Everything is operational. The old map was 4,000 x 4,000, this new map is 36,000 x 36,000. That ends up being 80 times more area than our old map? I scaled the dinosaurs, nests, and eggs to 50% size to make the dinosaurs take up less space too. I'll adjust the plant and tree sizes as I work on biomes. Overall we should have a good sized area to play in.

Now I need to add some biomes to it, some dinosaur and nests, and get a glitch worked out that has to do with shadows flickering on the terrain then I'll be ready to put out the update.

Thank you all for your patience.

+100

Exhibyte [developer] Oct 25, 2020 @ 6:58am

After three weeks of working on making the first large map for the game I managed to get the game's system memory usage under 8gb, with room to spare. I was also able to make the map larger than the expected 36,000 x 36,000 map. I was able to get a 64,000 x 64,000 map working. That's approximately 256 times more space than what the game currently has. I think the game will have plenty of room for the addition of new content and features now. This new terrain is still a work in progress. I spent most of the last three weeks working on the technical aspects of the new map and not the artistic side. I'm ready for a change of pace for a little while so I want to get the new map released before the end of this upcoming week and then I'll make improvements to it over time.

Exhibyte [developer] Nov 10, 2020 @ 6:37am

Dinosaurs now earn experience from kills and this experience is used to gain damage, health, and speed bonuses. There is currently no cap on how many bonuses you can gain.

Last edited by Exhibyte; Nov 10, 2020 @ 6:42am

Exhibyte [developer] Nov 10, 2020 @ 6:40am

Dinosaur progress is now saved on a per-species basis so you can continue where you left off in another play session. Perma-death still applies to all dinosaurs.

Dinosaur growth stages are now unlockable through gameplay so when you make a new dinosaur of a species that has growth stages unlocked that dinosaur will be advanced to the chosen growth stage. This feature costs evolution points to use.

Last edited by Exhibyte; Nov 10, 2020 @ 6:44am