Dino Run 2 News

After an unusual amount of development time, we are pleased to show off the first gameplay peek ever at Dino Run 2:

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Plenty of things to add still, like NPC and background dinos, more physics events, dynamic lighting, doomwalls, etc. It's getting there...

Hello all,

We recently made a major update to the Sandbox Alpha, available to all current supporters:

Raptor:

• Added tail whap ability
  
• Improved raptor collisions
  
• Added several new idle animations
  
• Raptor's feet now adapt to terrain while idle
  
• Raptor now blinks procedurally
  
• Added crouching
  
• Added pounce animation
  
• Added vanity station for changing the raptor's color palette and patterns
  

Sandbox:

• Added several new placeable objects
  
• Added several decorative placeables (Ferns, trees, etc.)
  
• Added a flavor selector for placeables (bouncy, icy, etc)
  
• Added palette swapping and flavor variations to almost all placeable objects
  

Misc:

• Expanded the start cave into a new sanctuary
  
• Added a debug console
  
• Dragonflies now come in several colors
  
• Supporters list is updated automatically
  

Check the video for what this actually looks like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXM-fPwW228

We're steadily working towards bringing this (and much more) over to Early Access sometime in 2025.

-Miles @ Pixeljam

[h3]Dino Run 2 has been a long time coming.[/h3]

We dreamt it up over 10 years ago, ran an over-ambitious kickstarter for it in 2013 (which did not reach its goal), and followed it up with a very realistic campaign in 2019, which saw enough success to get us tinkering with the game's basic systems from 2019 to 2022.



Development was rocky during that time though, to put it mildly. Mid-2022 we pushed the RESET button and started from scratch. With the help of some new team members, the success of Nova Drift and the ongoing crowdfunding campaign, we have arrived where we are now, the SANDBOX ALPHA, which is totally playable and a solid foundation to the larger Dino Run 2 experience:



However, it's not ready for Steam yet. We'll be updating the current playable over the next year or so getting it *just* right for its big debut.

In the meantime, If you want to check out the current playable build, head on over to that campaign link above :)

Here's to a great (prehistoric) future!

-Miles @ Pixeljam