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Important message to all Patrons, new and old

Hello all,

We got a few new paid patrons the last week, welcome everyone, and huge thanks, it makes a big difference for us!

I just want to remind everyone that there are probably perks and rewards that a lot of you haven't claimed. So just a reminder:

• If you haven't downloaded the latest Multiplayer Sandbox for Di...

  2025-08-18 14:00:47 +0000 UTC View Post

The Multiplayer Sandbox Is Now Ready For ALL Patrons

Hello all,

After an extraordinary amount of development, testing, tweaking, and then testing and tweaking many more times, the Dino Run 2 Multiplayer Sandbox is now ready for all patrons to experience.  Create minigames, obstacle courses, physics contraptions, decorate and get cozy, hang out, and of course RUN... with...

The Dino Run 2 Multiplayer Sandbox is about to roll out, next and final crowdfunding campaign announced

Hello Patrons,

After many ups and downs, and escaping a few doomwalls along the way, our development journey on Dino Run 2 is about to reach a major milestone:
 

• The Multiplayer Sandbox is ready to start distributing to paid patrons. We'll start with all d...

  2025-08-03 16:31:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Free Grid Ranger Steam Key for Paid Patrons!

Hello all,

Last month we released a new game GRID RANGER, a shortform shmup-like using the V99 Vector Engine:

And we'd like to offer a free Steam...

Dino Run 2 First "Run Test"

Here it is, the first official gameplay peek from Dino Run 2.

Keep in mind this is without lighting effects, weather, NPC dinos, advanced physics events, background dactyls, and all sorts of eventual polish. It's only going to get better from here.

Backers and patrons will have access to this area to experience (and build upon) w...

Dino Run 2 Updates And Some New Pixeljam Games

Hello all,

Somehow its been almost 3 months since we sent out that last Dino Run 2 sandbox update.  A lot has been going on with the dinos, but a few other things happened since then (that positively affect Dino Run 2) that I wanted to let you all know about:

NOVA DRIFT 1.0

We helped launch this g...

The Dino Run 2 Sandbox Alpha Mega-Update is Live

Hello patrons,

We're excited to announce that the latest major update to the Sandbox Alpha is live, and includes the following features/changes:

Raptor:
- Added tail whap ability (Q or Space)
- Improved raptor collisions
- Jumping is no longer delayed by a frame
- Added several new idle animations
- Ra...

Upcoming Pixeljam Games!

Hello all Patrons, both free and paid. There is so much going on around Pixeljam HQ these days that I think a general update that sums it all up would be a good idea. So here we go...

UTOPIA MUST FALL

As part of our Pixeljam Arcade project (more on that later), we started creating a lot of bite-sized games i...

Beta Test A New Pixeljam Game?

We're launching a new game soon (UTOPIA MUST FALL), and we'd like for all patrons to help us test it before it goes live. Use this link:

https://pixeljamarcade.com/game/utopia-must-fall/

And the password CEASEFIRE to play.

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Dino Run 2 Update / Help Us Beta Test An Upcoming Game!

Hello lovely Patrons,

A major update to the playable Dino Run 2 Sandbox is coming up - be on the lookout for it in the coming weeks.

In the meantime, we have also been working on a browser-based arcade of very small games. All paying patrons are going to get ad-free access to all the games, and we are very close to la...

Dino Run 2 Update

Hello all,

Here is what's been going on since we released the SANDBOX ALPHA to all Patrons in November:

- We took some time to clean up the Unity project and various parts of the code. It's always a good idea to clean house after the hustle for a big release, since it can make parts of the project kind of messy.

- We took a muc...

A special holiday treat for all Patrons

Hello all,

We are still working on the next big update to the Dino Run 2 Alpha, which should be ready for you to check out in early 2024. In the meantime, we have something else we'd like to share with you.

For the past year, we have been quietly working on something else, not related to Dino Run 2 at all.  We'll reveal the full...

Alpha Sandbox 0.2.1 Update

Hello all, we just updated the Sandbox Alpha with some bug fixes and Quality-of-Life improvements:

• It is now possible to overlap locked objects (level up your decorating game)
• Flipped objects now load correctly (bug fix)
• You can no longer place invisible objects (bug fix)
• Fixed a minor issue with loading un...
  2023-11-24 15:53:35 +0000 UTC View Post

Dino Run 2 SANDBOX ALPHA is ready for all Patrons!

Hello all,

We're finally ready to present to you the very first playable Dino Run 2 build - the SANDBOX ALPHA.  This is a physics playground that lets you get a feel for how the dino controls and interacts with its environment. You can place objects (subject to gravity or not) and create all sorts of contraptions, obs...

First Dino Run 2 Playable Coming Soon! Confirm Your Name For the Credits

Hello Patrons!

We are SUPER close to delivering the first Dino Run 2 playable to everyone - a Singleplayer Sandbox Alpha where you can experiment with the game's physics systems and contraption / obstacle course possibilities:

In the credit...

Big News Update + Help Us Beta Test An Upcoming Game?

Hello Patrons,

If you've followed us for more than a couple years, you'll know that we rarely work on a single thing at any given time.  While almost all of the noise we make publicly (and privately to you all) relates to Dino Run 2, for the past year or so we've been quietly tinkering with many other things behind the curtain.  ...

Dino Run 2 Development Update - July 2023

Hello all,

It's been a while! A lot's been going on around here, so let me get right to it:

We've nailed down our direction for the remainder of the year, and a good portion of next year too. Let's categorize it into short, mid and long-term:

SHORT TERM (in the next couple months)

We have discovered recen...

Dino Run 2 May Update, 2023

Hello all, here is what we've been up to since we showed the Raptor Demo last month:

In-Game Object Spawning UI

The big feature add for this month was finishing up an interface that allows you to place any object from the game, anywhere in the world at any angle.  You can also make it affected by gravity or have...

First Full Raptor Demo

We're excited to reveal the first full raptor demo, showcasing physics, animation, audio, parallax and more.

We're making steady progress now...  next video will show multiplayer, more interaction between the raptor and its environment (tail-whipping), plus some other features we're working on.

Thanks for the continued support a...

Dino Run 2 - First Multiplayer, Physics & Art Test

Hello all,

I am extremely excited to present the first actual footage of our work over the past few months, bringing together progress on realtime multiplayer, parallax scrolling, physics & object animation, amongst other things! Some additional notes:

- What you see here is peer-to-peer multiplayer involving a host & guest. ...

Dino Run 2 - Development Update, November 2022

The bulk of our progress this month has been multiplayer.  As stated before this is incredibly important to set up properly at the beginning, since so much else relies on it. We are also writing our own netcode, so we have total control of it for the long term... no dependencies on third-party multiplayer services is a good thing.

Qui...

October 2022 Update - Dino Run 2 Progress

Hello Backers,

The last month has been very productive - we've settled into a different version of Unity, a different physics engine and 2 new coders, and have been working on the core physics & dino control experience.  The way the raptor (and other dinos) traverse highly irregular terrain is key to the game feels, and we are ver...

Dino Run 2 Development Update, September 2022

Making Dino Run 2 has always been full of twists and turns, and the last few months have been no different.  Here are the details:

• Development slowed way down in April, May, June and July.  Lack of funding and also lack of direction, trying to figure out how to move forward efficiently.
• We recently accepted some ex...
  2022-09-28 20:32:51 +0000 UTC View Post

Dino Run Dev - February / March 2022 Update

Hello all, here is what we've been up to the last few months:

LEVEL EDITOR: This is pretty much "phase 1 complete", meaning it can:

- Provide us with a robust set of controls to describe almost any potential level in the game, including water, caves, elevation, required special areas, physics events, etc.

- Pie...

Dino Run 2 Dev Update - WOOPS

If you received a notification from us about a development update that seemed incomplete, it's because it was - I accidentally launched it before it was ready.  A real one is coming within the next 24 hours.

Dino Run 2 Dev Report - End of 2021

Hello all!

Above is a video describing our latest progress on Dino Run 2.  The summary:

- Our physics sandbox is coming along nicely, with support for raptor animations (all run speeds and angles) and various boulder shapes and sizes.  The control of the raptor is still in progress...  Unity physics is more of a challe...

August 2021 Update & A Treat For All Patrons

Time for a much overdue Dino Run 2 dev update, and a special treat for all patrons - jump to the end of the post if you just want the treat :)

LEVEL GENERATION

We've added lots of new placeholder terrain chunks, like waterfalls, ponds, caves, etc.  We feel the level generator is almost ready to start outputting leve...

Dino Run 2 Development Update

Hello Patrons,

Lots has been going on, and I forgot to add the March update here as well, so I'll roll the last 2 months into a single post.  Here we go...

Here is the current state of the project and roadmap for the upcoming months:

2021-04-12 20:33:24 +0000 UTC View Post