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Welcome, Park Testers!

This PTB release adds a work-in-progress version of the cave bear, improves animal viewing behaviour for guests and addresses some feedback for the updated building tools. The bear will be receiving additional sounds, animations and vocalizations very soon!

We will continue polishing Update 13 before its release in a few days. Thank you for the help so far!



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Season's greetings, park managers!

To celebrate the festivities, Prehistoric Kingdom is on sale for up to 30% off. This comes just in time for Update 13 which will be releasing in a few days!

This patch will be adding two new species: the Cave Bear (Ursus spelaeus) and the Irish Elk (Megaloceros giganteus). Alongside these creatures are improvements to the building experience, a revamped park rating system and more. In fact, existing owners of Prehistoric Kingdom can jump onto the ... Read more

Welcome, Park Testers!

This PTB release features a work-in-progress look at Update 13's content, including the reworked building toolbox, building experience, park rating rework, guest sitting and biome updates. Please note that Megaloceros and Ursus are not included in this pre-release and will be available once the patch is completely finished.

Here are some specific things that we'd like to get feedback on:

• Balance and Park Rating Changes: The conditions and various thresholds required to achieve higher park ratings have been changed, with goals that are laid out in the new rating UI.
  
• Building Toolbox and Building Experience: Help us find any oddities, bugs or experience...

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Welcome to the November Development Update!

In this blog post, we’ll be taking a quick look at the remaining parts of Update 13, including a brand new animal. Oh deer! We’re also 25% off on Steam right now, so if you’re yet to support us, it’s a great time to jump in!

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Welcome, Park Managers!

This patch improves stability and introduces notifications that tell the player about one-time events such as finished research, animal unlocks and excavation changes. The next major release will be Update 13 in December!

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

Steam Autumn Sale (25% off!)
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Welcome, Park Managers!

This hotfix resolves additional issues reported by the community as well as expands the Help menu with a new section for Park Issues.

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


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Welcome to the October Development Update!

Update 12 is out now! In case you missed it, this latest release introduces 3 new species, brand new basic tutorials, a new map, building, staff training, official prefabs and more. You can find the ... Read more

Welcome, Park Managers!

This hotfix addresses various issues reported by players, as well as some small audio changes. Thank you to everyone who has reported thus far!

Over the next few days we will be fixing bugs relating to animal and staff AI after receiving a large number of valuable reports.

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

Full Patch Notes
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Welcome, Park Managers!

This hotfix addresses some of the common issues experienced with the initial release of Update 12. We will continue working to resolve other reported issues!

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

Full Patch Notes
Bug Fixes

• Crashes
  • Enabled tracing for safety issues regarding navigation updates
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Welcome, Park Managers!

Update 12 is now available! This releases introduces 3 new species, brand new basic tutorials, a new map, building theme, staff training, new official prefabs and more.

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



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Update 12 is coming soon on October 28!

New Animals

This upcoming release introduces three new fan-requested animals: the armored Ankylosaurus and two large sauropods, Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus. These creatures can be accessed immediately in the game’s Sandbox mode or by completing Excavations in Challenge mode.

New Content

• REDWOOD VALLEY MAP & COASTAL BIOME
  A diverse playable space, inspired by the California coast. Features varied terrain heights, unlike most other maps in the game.
  
  This map is best complem...

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Welcome to the September Development Update!

Update 12 is chugging along! As the last pieces of art start to come through, we’re focused on developing tutorials and getting the update finished. You can expect a trailer in October announcing its release date, showing the main features and dinosaurs in action. For now, however, let’s look at some new content!



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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.

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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

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

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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Welcome, Park Testers!

This latest patch for the PTB introduces staff, random excavation events, and two species of Plateosaurus! We've written some basic guides below to help players find their way around the new mechanics while we renovate the help menu, notifications and park issues. For a detailed look at staff and their new buildings, check out the latest Dev Diary.[... Read more