Primeval News

Fixed a bug that was keeping players from entering a multiplayer game with their creatures.

Fixed some cases of creatures not fleeing when they should have been.

Creatures will no longer look for prey or food while fleeing.

Creatures will no longer stop and attack other creatures while fleeing.

Now aquatic and amphibious creatures slowly lose toxicity build-up while swimming.

All creature species had their damage doubled to make them more dangerous.

Huge creature damage was further increased for Titanoboa, Spinosaurus, Leedsichthys, and Megalodon.

Huge creature damage was reduced for Padillasaurus and Argentinosaurus.

Growth points gained from eating after reaching the elder growth stage are no longer reduced to 5% of their normal amount. The amount gained is no longer reduced. This should result in elder creatures growing again, but slowly.

Protoceratops movement speed is now a little slower.

Eating food now restores 5% of your maximum stamina per bite.

Creatures can now only eat from plants and carcasses that are within interaction range.

Creatures can now only pick up plants and carcasses that are within interaction range.

Fixed some AI movement glitches.

Drinking fresh water now removes 5% of your current amount of toxicity per drink. This was changed from removing 5 toxicity per drink to 5% per drink to make removing toxicity buildup take longer and keep you at the water source for longer amounts of time.

Eating anemones and starfish now remove toxicity per bite just like eating clams does. Anemones remove 10 toxicity per bite, starfish remove 25 toxicity per bite, and clams remove 50 toxicity per bite.

I had been thinking about changing the name of my game for awhile now to something more fitting, something that sounded more prehistoric and dangerous. Something that was shorter and more to the point, something that felt more like it captured the essence of what the game is.

The name of the game has been changed to ... Primeval .

The tyrannosaurus rex now has a new model!
New animations and 4 new skin textures.