Modern games are reaching previously unheard of heights in storytelling and visuals, but there is a disturbing lack of dinosaurs. Now one animator and developer is looking to give you a dino fix with his first independent game. Alex Fundora, who has game credits including Skyrim and Dungeon Defenders, has taken toKickstarter to get funding for The Stomping Land, an open-world survival adventure game where you hunt dinosaurs to survive.
The premise of The Stomping Land will appeal to fans of the Flintstones and young-Earth creationism alike. You control a primitive hunter in search of a meal. There are plenty of smaller (and presumably edible) dinosaurs around, but harvesting food from a downed animal takes time. Bigger, more aggressive creatures will descend on your prize unless you’re prepared.
Fundora has built a system of tools and traps that can be used to fight off and distract dinosaurs. This is all preliminary, but the demo is looking impressive. It’s best to give the benefit of the doubt to any game that involves riding a dinosaur. Fundora also discusses some additional ideas that could be implemented in the final game, like a game map that is made up of constellations in the sky.
Unlike some Kickstarters, The Stomping Land has set a low threshold for his goal. Fundora is only looking for $20,000 to get the game made. If that’s all he gets, this title will exist but it will be small and many of the more innovative features won’t be included. The stretch goals would allow Fundora to hire some help and make the final product more compelling.
If the campaign raises $75,000 a few part-time designers will be brought on to speed up development. At $175,000 full-time artists will be hired to expand the world and improve the graphics. At $200,000The Stomping Land will be designed with support for the Oculus Rift.The Kickstarter goes through June 6th, and judging from the early response, I don’t think he’s going to have any problem getting funded.
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