Prehistoric Kingdom Dev Tracker

Welcome to the August Development Update!

In this post, we’ll be going over the upcoming improvements coming in Update 12 and taking a look at the latest developments along the way.





Since the last dev diary, we’ve been working to address a number of sore spots reported by new players and to improve what was introduced in Update 11.

To start, camera controls for p... Read more

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Welcome, Park Managers!

This patch brings additional quality of life improvements to staff, Sandbox and Challenge mode, and plenty of other changes. Thank you for all the feedback so far!

Features

New gameplay options have been added to Sandbox mode, allowing players to customize their staff and logistics experience. The existing dung toggle being changed to account for Update 11's logistics functionality.

Please note that a Staff Center MUST be placed in the park for cashiers to be auto-hired as they are integral for kiosks to function! When staff welfare is off, newly hired cashiers will auto-teleport to any existing or new kiosks that require staffing.

New Sandbox Gameplay Settings

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Welcome, Park Managers!

This follow up patch to Update 11 addresses some of the more immediate feedback given by the community. Additional patches are soon to come!

Features

Amongst various changes to balance, guests and staff (particularly regarding travel speed and exploration distance), we've added a Sandbox conversion tool to Challenge Mode! This should help players whose parks are impacted by balance or calculation adjustments made throughout Early Access.

Going to Settings > Gameplay will now display the sandbox conversion button.



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Welcome to the June Development Update!

In case you missed it, Update 11 is out now on Steam! This is by far our largest update and adds a bunch of exciting changes to better the future o... Read more

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Welcome, Park Managers!

Update 11 is now available! This massive releases introduces 3 new species (2 genera), staff, logistics, revised excavations, overhauled human art, the beginnings of our GUI overhaul and much more. This is definitely our biggest update ever!

Please send feedback and bug reports to our Discord server's[discord.com] appropriate channel.



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Welcome, Park Testers!

This PTB release targets a few of the last major issues with Update 11, notably guest donations and guests reacting to animals. After a final round of fixes, we will be releasing Update 11 IN A FEW HOURS and following it up with hotfixes!

How to Access the Public Testing Branch (Experimental!)
The Public Testing Branch (PTB) is a version of Prehistoric Kingdom that can be opted-into on Steam, containing experimental and potentially breaking changes. With the help of the community, we're able to hunt down various issues and gather feedback before pushing a an update to the public version of Prehis... Read more

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Welcome, Park Testers!

This release aims to address some of the issues reported by users on our Discord server and adds the last staff type for Update 11, Cashiers! These workers will manage the register at kiosks around the park, changing shift when additional cashiers are available. They are real, physical staff, just like Laborers and Keepers.

By default, Cashiers will be auto-hired from the Staff Center when the game detects kiosks that have no one assigned to them. This behavior can be disabled from the Park Services menu, or players can choose to manually hire Cashiers, just like the other staff types.


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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.