We've started referring to them as Jane (subadult), Jordan (juvenile) and Chomper (hatchling), based on the specimens each primarily references. Jake continues to make progress bringing Tyrannosaurus growth stages to life.Borealosuchus and Basilemys have both been rigged and animated and are awaiting Henry's fine touch with AI.Thanks to Bryan, Pachycephalosaurus and Triceratops are effectively complete in terms of animations. Acheroraptor, Dakotaraptor, Pachycephalosaurus, Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus are all complete enough to be usable in current development builds.Here's a short list of some of the work we've done recently: We haven't neglected the other animals in Hell Creek. We also shared some of Francisco's sound design work for Dakotaraptor: In sum, the decision to focus on Dakotaraptor makes sense on several levels, and we're excited to continue working to bring the Ghost of the Floodplain Forest to life. While we are capable of this, it would very possibly result in very high minimum spec requirements to play Saurian, something that we want to avoid. There are technical and performance issues behind this decision as well as we showed in the stream, an adult Acheroraptor is dwarfed by most of the foliage, meaning that we would need to commit to very high detail plant models and textures to retain a high quality visual experience for all playable animals and their growth stages. We did not come to this decision lightly, but ultimately, everything we wanted out of Acheroraptor's gameplay was possible with young Dakotaraptor, with the added benefit of much greater interactive potential with the entire ecosystem as an adult. We apologize for the inconvenience, but you can still check out Part 1 and Part 2 on our Twitch account for the next week or so.Įnough bad news, on to the good stuff: Playable Dakotaraptor! As we revealed in the livestream build, Dakotaraptor will be completely replacing Acheroraptor as the first playable dinosaur available to the public.

As luck would have it, due to some unforeseen issues with Twitch, we wound up with a livestream recording that resembled our picture a bit more closely than we intended.We've also had issues with uploading to our Youtube account and unfortunately, we won't be able to post the stream. Truth in advertising is a beautiful thing isn't it? On April 1st, we posted the above picture on our Facebook page announcing Dakotaraptor as our newest playable dinosaur.

Saurian dakotaraptor animation