Hi everyone! I passed my final exams last week (phew!), so that's freed me up to make some fixes to the demo. I have a few quality of life updates to the demo based on problems I've noticed through your amazing feedback, and by watching streams. The big points:
- The default sensitivity for the cleaning game has been lowered significantly.
- Input in the opposite direction of the truck velocity will now cause the truck to brake (a lot of players didn't realize that "space" is the brake button but now if the truck is moving forward, "S" also works!).
- The player can exit the truck at slightly higher velocities now.
- The truck handling has been modified slightly there should be less fishtailing, however the truck may flip more easily. I'm sure this is going to take more troubleshooting, but I hope it's moving in the right direction.
- There is now a slight delay after talking with an NPC to avoid situations where players accidentally restart the dialogue (I hate it when that happens!).
- Dig crew member will now mention sleep the first time you deliver a needed item to reinforce that idea.
[ 2024-12-19 07:16:30 CET ] [ Original post ]
Hi again! Just wanted to drop in and say that the discord server for Goodlands is up and running! Join if you'd like to keep updated on development or chat more about the demo, dinos, etc. We hit 1,000+ unique players on the demo today, too! Really cool stuff. I'm also thinking that sometime in the next month or so I'll do a beta test for a new-and-improved version of the fossil cleaning minigame. Thanks to all of you for being so supportive. I hope to see you in the server soon :)
[ 2024-12-10 02:45:57 CET ] [ Original post ]
Hi everyone! I've heard from a lot of people that the mouse/look sensitivity kinda sucks! I've messed around with the settings and I think I've got the sensitivity to a much better place. One player who reviewed the demo pointed out that the mouse seemed to be clamped to a maximum speed (which was true!). So I've switched to a different setting for the camera, along with new sensitivity values, and I think it feels better. You may still need to adjust the sensitivity (and there is still no separate x vs. y slider), but I hope that the camera feels less unwieldy at this point. For those of you who have already played some, the camera sensitivity will be set to the new mode the next time you load the game. I hope it makes the demo more enjoyable/playable :) Please let me know if it feels worse, or if it's still not in a place that you would like! Thank you to all of you who have tried the demo and given me feedback! You're amazing! Additional changes in this patch:
- Y-Axis inversion is no longer the default (sorry about that!)
- Ann gives a button prompt the first time she radios you
- Tori at the camp tells the player to sleep when they run out of fuel
[ 2024-12-07 19:56:42 CET ] [ Original post ]
Hi all! Thanks for playing the demo I hope you're having a good time with it :) Two players alerted me to a bug with the invertebrate fossil achievement: despite finding 8/8 invertebrate fossils, the steam achievement was logging it as 7/8. This patch fixes that issue, and it also should award players who have found all 8 invertebrate fossils with the achievement the next time they load their save file. If there's any issues with this, please let me know! Thanks for all the support, Josh
[ 2024-12-07 06:07:10 CET ] [ Original post ]
Play as a paleontologist trying to revitalize a decrepit museum by filling it with beautiful fossils straight out the Cretaceous.
FEATURES:
- A cast of cute dinosaur townsfolk
- Discover 20 fully-realized vertebrate fossils
- Discover a total of 500 invertebrate, teeth, and plant fossils
- Drive across a curated open world and explore environments inspired by real-world dig sites
- Uncover the geological history of the region with puzzles
- Discover hidden content and easter eggs!
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04+
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