I have always wanted someone to make a game where I could choose any time period in Earth's past and experience surviving as any prehistoric animal, from infant to adulthood. A game like Dinodrifters. The first ever computer game to allow you to travel to every period in geological time. And it's REALLY fun! Dinodrifters is a point and click survival game. The game mechanics are simple but addictive. You manage your survival stats (the usual stats of thirst, stamina, health etc), until you have grown to adulthood. To reach adulthood, you must eat 100 points of food for each stage: infant, juvenile, subadult and adult. You click around the map, searching for animals to hunt/scavenge (carnivore) or plants to eat (herbivore). As a carnivore, you enter into classic RPG turn-based battle with other animals. You can watch where carnivores (red arrow) and herbivores (green arrows) are located in proximity to you on the mini-map. This is crucial because if a carnivore pops up with a "red ey...
Dinodrifters
$9.99
- Release Date:
- Dec 20, 2019
- Developer:
- Jane Wilson
- Publisher:
- Trywelyn Productions
- Platforms:
- Windows
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About This Game
An adventure like no other!
Discover the prehistoric world with DINODRIFTERS! Explore the ancient past as one of the Dinodrifters; a team of time-travelling rangers who protect prehistoric life from the evil Roguedrifters. Drift through every time period in earth’s history, from the arid plains of Wyoming to the frozen forests of Antarctica and beyond! Encounter a stunning myriad of creatures both great and small, including Tyrannosaurus, Liopleurodon, Gigantoraptor, Arthroplura and many more! Do you have what it takes to survive the most dangerous natural environments the world has ever seen?
FREE MODE - play an animal, grow to adulthood, thrive and multiply
PLAY AS A DINOSAUR
Free Mode allows you to play as any animal in any of the time periods. Start as a hatchling and survive all the way to adulthood. Do you have what it takes to secure a mate and continue your progeny?
EXPLOSION OF LIFE
Meet the most famous and ferocious animals ever to walk, swim and soar across the earth! Dinosaurs, giant insects, sea scorpions, terror birds – a myriad of menaces await you!
PREDATOR AND PREY
The eternal conflict between predator and prey is an evolutionary arms race, with apex predators at the top of the food chain. These intelligent animals are capable of tracking you down and making you an easy meal. Beware!
PORTALS THROUGH TIME
Strange and powerful Time Anomalies can burst through at any moment, offering a way to another time and place. Take the plunge into a new world or wait for animals from another time to appear from the other side!
STORY MODE - play a Dinodrifter, conduct missions into the past, save the world
STORY-DRIVEN CAMPAIGN
Create your own character and immerse yourself in a 21-episode story arc featuring unique missions and cutscenes, where your actions decide the fate of history both present and future.
MASSIVE TIMELESS WORLDS
Explore hand-crafted environments from every geological time period – from the Cambrian to the Jurassic to the Quaternary and beyond! Drift through frozen tundra, forests, deserts, deep oceans and azure skies across the timespan of the earth!
RANGERS IN TIME
As a Dinodrifter, use a suite of advanced gadgets to turn the natural order on its head! Use your Tranqchanger to change your Drifter suit and then tranquilise animals using powerful Drift Cards to sedate, placate and influence their actions.
RUN A PREHISTORIC RESERVE
Gather examples of prehistoric life and hold them in Blackhill Reserve! Earn reputation depending on how exciting your exhibits are to unlock new powerful Drift Cards!
Drift into the past, define the future!
Discover the prehistoric world with DINODRIFTERS! Explore the ancient past as one of the Dinodrifters; a team of time-travelling rangers who protect prehistoric life from the evil Roguedrifters. Drift through every time period in earth’s history, from the arid plains of Wyoming to the frozen forests of Antarctica and beyond! Encounter a stunning myriad of creatures both great and small, including Tyrannosaurus, Liopleurodon, Gigantoraptor, Arthroplura and many more! Do you have what it takes to survive the most dangerous natural environments the world has ever seen?
FREE MODE - play an animal, grow to adulthood, thrive and multiply
PLAY AS A DINOSAUR
Free Mode allows you to play as any animal in any of the time periods. Start as a hatchling and survive all the way to adulthood. Do you have what it takes to secure a mate and continue your progeny?
EXPLOSION OF LIFE
Meet the most famous and ferocious animals ever to walk, swim and soar across the earth! Dinosaurs, giant insects, sea scorpions, terror birds – a myriad of menaces await you!
PREDATOR AND PREY
The eternal conflict between predator and prey is an evolutionary arms race, with apex predators at the top of the food chain. These intelligent animals are capable of tracking you down and making you an easy meal. Beware!
PORTALS THROUGH TIME
Strange and powerful Time Anomalies can burst through at any moment, offering a way to another time and place. Take the plunge into a new world or wait for animals from another time to appear from the other side!
STORY MODE - play a Dinodrifter, conduct missions into the past, save the world
STORY-DRIVEN CAMPAIGN
Create your own character and immerse yourself in a 21-episode story arc featuring unique missions and cutscenes, where your actions decide the fate of history both present and future.
MASSIVE TIMELESS WORLDS
Explore hand-crafted environments from every geological time period – from the Cambrian to the Jurassic to the Quaternary and beyond! Drift through frozen tundra, forests, deserts, deep oceans and azure skies across the timespan of the earth!
RANGERS IN TIME
As a Dinodrifter, use a suite of advanced gadgets to turn the natural order on its head! Use your Tranqchanger to change your Drifter suit and then tranquilise animals using powerful Drift Cards to sedate, placate and influence their actions.
RUN A PREHISTORIC RESERVE
Gather examples of prehistoric life and hold them in Blackhill Reserve! Earn reputation depending on how exciting your exhibits are to unlock new powerful Drift Cards!
Drift into the past, define the future!
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User Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
2 user reviews
100%
Positive
User #733611
english
7 hrs at review
User #757121
english
6 hrs at review
I like the game but what happened to this game? it been dead since 2020 the dev has gone no one has been playing the game it's just one of those indie games from the late 2010s to early 2020s that is just dead as a dodo other than that the games really good.
System Requirements
Minimum
Minimum:
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel Core i5 Series
- Memory: 500 MB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated Graphics
- Storage: 1 MB available space
Recommended
Recommended:
- OS *: Windows 8.1
- Processor: Intel Core i7 Series
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDEA Geforce 660 Ti
- Storage: 1 MB available space
FAQ
How much does Dinodrifters cost?
Dinodrifters costs $9.99.
What are the system requirements for Dinodrifters?
Minimum: Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i5 Series Memory: 500 MB RAM Graphics: Integrated Graphics Storage: 1 MB available space Recommended: Recommended: OS *: Windows 8.1 Processor: Intel Core i7 Series Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDEA Geforce 660 Ti Storage: 1 MB available space
What platforms is Dinodrifters available on?
Dinodrifters is available on Windows PC.
Is Dinodrifters worth buying?
Dinodrifters has 100% positive reviews from 2 players.
When was Dinodrifters released?
Dinodrifters was released on Dec 20, 2019.
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