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The Stomping Land is a multiplayer survival game where the player must hunt dinosaurs to survive. Tame dinosaurs, such as the Ankylosaurus, and ride them into battle against the ferocious T.Rex! Use the Star Map to hunt dinosaurs and bring back meat for the tribe. But be careful. With death you lose everything you've worked so hard to obtain.

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The Stomping Land just hit the 1 year mark of development and with it came a week of updates filled with new information about the anticipated indie title. The updates gave a peek at tracking and taming dinosaurs, character customization, a new weapon, the bolas, and new dinosaur models.

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The Stomping Land just hit the 1 year mark of development and with it came a week of updates filled with new information about the anticipated indie title. The updates gave a peek at tracking and taming dinosaurs, character customization, a new weapon, the bolas, and new dinosaur models.
As a hunter-scavenger surviving on an island with dinosaurs the player must track the dinosaurs for food keeping a keen eye out for prints while listening for the threatening sounds of predators in the distance. The player must be always on their guard for everything on the island can kill the player in an instant. The player may also look to the stars to track large dinosaur movements across the island. Each large dinosaur has it’s own star that follows its movements. When two stars are near one-another a dinosaur battle is about to take place which will leave one large dinosaur injured, vulnerable to other players seeking to salvage it for Heavy Meat. Heavy Meat provides the player with ample sustenance while killing and salvaging small dinosaurs will yield Light Meat which will provide mild sustenance but will not fully satiate the hunters hunger for food. The hunters primitive weapons are unable to take down the large dinosaurs of the island.
In addition to salvaging meat from felled dinosaurs the player also receive Expertise. The more Expertise a hunter has the larger the dinosaur they can tame. Taming requires more than surviving for days, the hunter will also require a healing herb found inside of caves black as pitch. If the hunter has the Expertise requirement and the healing herb they may tame an injured dinosaur instead of salvaging it for food. Taming large dinosaurs means the hunter can take on other large dinosaurs head on engaging in mounted dinosaur battles!
Riding an Ankylosaurus is a powerful feeling but be careful not to become too arrogant. Dinosaurs are tough and powerful. One wrong move will lead to instant death, erasing any Expertise earned. To help navigate the island without being eaten, The Stomping Land has introduced customizable player cosmetics. As the hunters trek the island they’ll find foliage, flowers, shells, gems, etc on the ground. The hunters can stop to pick these up and place them on their person wherever they choose. Each piece added to the hunter grants a stealth bonus independent of design allowing the player to create anything from a beautiful headdress to a full Ghillie suit. The freedom to manipulate the location of these items in full 3D space provides even greater creative freedom. If sneaking around doesn’t work the hunter has a small arsenal of primitive weapons to deal with threats in a variety of ways. First, the bow for dealing with threats from a distance. Custom arrows can be crafted to deal with different scenarios: The Smoke Arrow to cover an escape. The Paint Arrow to reveal enemy hunters hiding in the brush. The Whistling Arrow to draw the attention of a large dinosaur away from you and towards an enemy group of hunters. The Multi-Shot arrow which empties the remaining arrows in the hunters quiver in a volley.
Quiver size is limited and making new arrows takes time. Once the quiver is empty the hunter will switch to the Spear. It is more powerful than the bow, delivering one hit kills if the attack is not dodged. If killing isn’t the hunters goal, the bolas is the latest edition to the hunters arsenal and ideal for disabling hunters and small dinosaurs alike to do with as the player pleases. The world of The Stomping Land is dangerous and the environment doesn’t make it feel any safer. There is a day/night cycle with dynamic lighting, fog that restricts vision and rain that washes away tracks. Each of the campsite models have been revamped and the cage was introduced to house small dinosaurs and prisoners.
Look out for gameplay videos and streaming updates in April on the official Twitch channel. News of early access will be discussed soon on the official The Stomping Land forums.

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