DinoSystem

Release Date: 2015-06-25

Developer: Capribyte Studios

Genres: Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Early Access

Price: 5.79

DinoSystem is a 2D top-down ecosystem and survival simulation that allows players to either manage the ecology of an evolving island (inhabited by dinosaurs) or survive in it as a human dealing with realistic survival mechanics and with a deep character progression system that tracks how your characters body adapts over time.An emergent living world:Everything on the island is subject to biological and physical rules and nothing comes from nothing: will you hunt the last dinosaur of its species for a steak or will you protect it from extinction and make sure its eggs hatch? These are the dilemmas youll face in the game as long as YOU dont get extinct.Development:To see all the features planned for the full release and the ideas we are considering please check the development roadmap and feel free to join the discussion and make suggestions!Game Modes:God: Manage the island ecology change the weather trigger devastating events and see how the ecosystem adapts.Survival: Join the island as a stranded human see how long you can survive as part of it and how your body changes in the process; the game offers the option to play either with "casual" or "hardcore" difficulty.World Features:Ecology simulation: the game simulates a Cretaceous ecosystem populated mainly by dinosaurs animals and plants dont "spawn"; they are born then grow reproduce and die.DinoSystem uses a complex seasonal model that calculates day/night length relative position of the sun and influences the weather. Seasons transition is gradual no sudden change between two seasons.Realistic weather model that takes into account variables like time of day humidity temperature and pressure; generating weather conditions like rain snow wind sand/snowstorms thunderstorm and fog.Thunders can trigger huge wildfires burning down entire forests.Realistic water cycle: rain creates puddles that can either evaporate or grow into ponds and lakes. Evaporation takes into account air humidity temperature and sun exposure.Terrain changes according to factors like presence of water weather vegetation and location. Any area can become fertile or arid new forest or grasslands may form or disappear over time.Fire (from torches to campfires and wildfires) consumes available fuel releasing heat and light and its influenced by air humidity and wind; you body and all objects near a fire are heated up. Fire can spread to nearby vegetation and trigger a wildfire if ambient conditions are favourable.Animals AI allows them to survive in their world and adapt; theyll reproduce care for their youngs look for protection or compete for food and mating.Each new island is randomized at game start based on parameters set by the player.Everything from dead animals to branches decomposes based on factors like temperature humidity and location. There is no "timer" after which an item or a carcass disappears.Survival Features:Deep complex and rewarding character progression system: metabolism body muscles and fat change according to your lifestyle and even your characters sprite changes in appearance to reflect this. Get fat to survive winter get slim to be lighter and swifter or get muscular to be stronger in combat and more capable of hard work but make sure to eat enough proteins...Needs like thirst and hunger are not just bars that drop at a constant rate: everything from performing actions to metabolism and body weight influence the rate at which you burn calories consume water or get tired. For example high temperature or intense activity make you sweat requiring you to drink more water. Dozens of skills both mental and physical that raise as you perform a particular action; but can also decay if you dont use them for a long time (only in "hard" difficulty!).Crafting system allowing you to create items and weapons advancing in technology at each step. NOTE: few items are craftable in the current Early Access build; expect many more to be added throughout the development!Foods with different nutrition values: meat is valuable because of proteins but make sure you cook it...Many more features will be added throughout the development! Again check the development roadmap and feel free to get involved and suggest new features.### NOTE FOR LAPTOP USERS ###If you have a decent graphics card and still have bad performance its possible your card is not being used to run the game. Try enabling your graphics card for run_game.exe (the game launcher) heres a guide for NVIDIA and ATI.