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, obstacle courses, mini-games, or just decorate your cave :)

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Access the files here:

https://pixeljam.itch.io/dino-run-2

password: steg0ballin

Leave feedback on the Itch page directly, in an email/message to me, or better yet, join the Discord and chat with us directly about it in the "dr2-alpha-feedback" channel.

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While we have your attention, please Wishlist the game on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2590330/Dino_Run_2. Even though you will be getting some (or all) of the game for free, wishlisting helps boost the game's visibility to other people.

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The basics of creating things in the sandbox:

- Click the upper left tool icon to bring out the 'spawn object slab'

- Drag things out of the object slab to place them into the world

- Green things are bouncy, White things are slippery

- Double click on a world object to select it

- When an object is selected:

- click or click and drag on the white ring around the object to rotate it

- press L, or the lock icon, to toggle locking-in-place

- press ENTER/RETURN, or the checkmark icon, or double-click to place it in the world

- press DELETE or the X icon to remove it

- Control-drag on a placed object to duplicate it

- Press V to toggle "fly mode"

- Press B to toggle camera zoom

- Control-S to save your creation, Control-Shift-S to save-as

- Control-O to open a previous creation

- Trash can icon will delete *all* placed objects at once

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Through steady updates, the Sandbox will grow over time, eventually becoming the full Dino Run 2 experience. Here is a sampling of what's coming up next:

- Multiplayer sandbox

- Improved sandbox tools for greater efficiency (group select/duplicate/move, material selector, etc)

- Tail whap (throw small objects!)

- Gamification (get a boulder in a hole, score a point, etc)

- Core experience (escape the doom wall in a randomly generated level)

You can always access the latest version of the sandbox via the Itch.io page.  We'll also send updates when new major features are available.

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Finally, and this may sound odd, but feel free to share the sandbox alpha with friends! We ask that you don't give them the itch.io credentials, but rather share the zip file directly. If it spreads virally this way, we're much more likely to acquire new patrons & funders, which goes a long way to helping us accelerate the arrival of a full Dino Run 2 game.

Thanks again for the amazing support and patience.  It only gets better from here :)

-Miles @ Pixeljam