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Dino Run 2 Progress Update

Hello all,

The Dino Run Kickstarter Campaign is going pretty well so far - almost 54K rais...

The Dino Run 2 Early Access Kickstarter Is Live! Important Info For Paid Members

Hello All,

The second and final Kickstarter campaign for Dino Run 2 is here! Check it out:

2025-09-05 12:57:33 +0000 UTC View Post

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. S...

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...

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...

  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:

2025-04-29 19:50:26 +0000 UTC View Post

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 fro...

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 ...

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 co...

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 ...

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://pi...

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 gam...

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 h...

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 b...

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)
...
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 envi...

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:

2023-10-10 13:49:04 +0000 UTC View Post

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, fo...

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 lon...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ad...

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...

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...

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 di...
  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 t...

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 si...

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 water...

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 mont...