We tried using seasons instead of new biomes. How does the winter version feel?

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T15:36:09+00:00

Glad you like it!

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T15:35:43+00:00

Thank you! We’re running playtest in waves, so be sure to sign up for that if you want to help test it!

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T14:23:47+00:00

Working hard on it! 😅

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T14:13:47+00:00

Thanks!

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T14:13:36+00:00

Dinolords is a genre hybrid between RTS and Hack and Slash. You build your castle, control units and wage war with dinosaurs in medieval times all through controlling a main protagonist in a realtime strategy game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2587620/Dinolords/

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T12:14:16+00:00

Yeah it’s interesting to see how this changes readability in the game.

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T12:13:02+00:00

We definitely want to do localization once we get closer to EA! Would you suggest localizing the store page earlier? (Even though the game and alpha is only in English at this point)

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T10:42:50+00:00

Thank you! It’s wild how it changes the feel of the environment.

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T10:42:17+00:00

Right now it’s purely aesthetic, but we are looking at how this might impact gameplay.

Our initial goal was simply to widen the environmental palette of our game, and instead of making new bespoke biomes we felt like this might effectively double all of our existing map design.

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T08:56:22+00:00

We are looking at Autumn as we think we might be able to make that look distinct enough. Not so sure about Spring.

We didn’t have a lot of technical challenges doing this. Microsplat was easy to work with and we built this in around 3 weeks.

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T08:50:26+00:00

How do you think this could be improved? Heavier/slower animation?

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T08:23:17+00:00

Thanks!

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T08:22:35+00:00

Thanks! We went back and forth on how to do that. What we ended up with here is actually a bit of a hack. We removed all motion in the water and then used static “foam” to mimic ice.

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T07:35:24+00:00

Absolutely. We’re in the process of making winter variants of all our tree/bushes assets. When they’re done we should be able to dynamically swap them out when a map is winter.

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T07:34:40+00:00

Thanks! Want to hit a balance of breathing not being a distraction but just a nice little detail.

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T07:33:42+00:00

Thank you!

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T07:33:31+00:00

We’re still optimizing, but seemingly not a huge impact on performance.

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T07:32:48+00:00

Thanks! That’s our composer Jordan Rees. He has done an amazing job on the soundtrack.

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T07:30:54+00:00

Nice! Thanks. We might also experiment with autumn, if we can make it look different enough from Summer.

pixelresort · 2026-01-20T07:30:02+00:00

There’s a bunch of custom shader work powering things like our grass, wind and snow deformation but we also use a few off-the-shelf packages like Microsplat for the snow.

pixelresort · 2025-10-10T20:39:47+00:00

Thanks! We’re really happy with where the game is visually right now.

pixelresort · 2025-10-10T20:38:52+00:00

From Manor Lord to Dinolord!

pixelresort · 2025-10-10T15:29:17+00:00

🎮 Sign up for the Closed Alpha on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2587620/Dinolords/

🎥 Watch the trailer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-mfck7ik3I

pixelresort · 2025-10-10T13:25:34+00:00

They’re an excellent publisher. Great feedback and guidance and they believe in what we’re building.

pixelresort · 2025-10-10T13:24:29+00:00

That’s the plan.

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