Character concepts for everyone’s favourite devonian placoderm: Dunkleosteus! Art & Designs by Exty!
We explored a bunch of different ideas for this character, but ultimately went with the writer, as we thought the juxtaposition of a marine creature trying to write with paper and ink would be super endearing! Then, we opted to explore more realistic patterns and warm colours for her and tweaked her final design to have more accurate soft tissue.
Here’s the end result!
Amber Isle’s first fish Paleofolk, our sweet and shy dunkleosteus! What do you guys think?
Desert Props! ‘Desert’ is one of the environments available for your village in Amber Isle. This allows you to invite Desert exclusive Paleofolk to permanently live on your island! You can also unlock special decor, such as ancient ruins, pottery and even dust baths for feathered Paleofolk.
However, too much ‘Desert’ area may be too hot to handle for some of your colder climate villagers, so be sure to keep that in mind when designing your island!
☕ Amber Isle Wolrdbuilding Concept ☕ Paleofolk in Amber Isle are more than just decorative villagers; each one has their own unique hobbies, occupations and personalities. Some can even open up their own stalls on your island! This guy has opened up a little coffee stall, which can be enjoyed by Players and Paleofolk alike
✨We have a trailer!!✨ Welcome to Amber Isle! Begin your new life alongside a cast of friendly, dinosaur villagers as the island’s only shopkeeper. Craft and stock items to meet the needs of prehistoric creatures, large and small. Expand and decorate your shop, customise the village to meet the needs of residents and befriend all of the Paleofolk pals!
We’re so excited to announce that Amber Isle will be part of this year’s ⭐Wholesome Direct!⭐ We’ll be showing exclusive gameplay footage & new Paleofolk characters who just can’t wait to meet you!
Celebrating birthdays in Amber Isle: BIRTHDAY BURGER!
Even Paleofolk know there’s nothing better than hanging out with good food and friends, but one of the biggest questions we faced during worldbuilding was: “How do we handle carnivorous Paleofolk?”
They certainly can’t actually eat prey animals- because those are Paleofolk in this world!
One idea we’ve been throwing around is that there’s a special fungus in Amber Isle that looks and tastes just like meat- and provides all the necessary nutrients a carnivore would need. The discovery of this funky lil mushroom could have kickstarted peaceful civilisation between all Paleofolk!
What do you think about this aspect of the worldbuilding?
Got a question about our dino village game, Amber Isle? ✨ Good news: Our ask box is open! ✨
If you have any questions about the gameplay, world or Paleofolk, send us a comment or ask and we’ll try to answer as many as possible! Afterwards, we’ll compile ‘em into a big FAQ post
Nellie is a wood merchant that visits Amber Isle every Monday. When she’s not hauling lumber, collecting funny shaped sticks or getting distracted at every possible moment, Nellie likes to practice whittling and sculpting little creatures out of scrap wood.
⭐Jophery the Velociraptor Reference Sheet ⭐ Here’s a peek behind the curtains of how we go about designing a character for Amber Isle! Jophery the Velociraptor is a big movie star, with a big ego to match. Although snobby and somewhat difficult, he’s an extremely generous Paleofolk and a lively addition to the island.
Paleo Prop Concepts! We’ve been having a lot of fun exploring prop concepts for Amber Isle. What would everyday items look like if they were designed to be used by dinosaurs? Would they be made from things like stone, shells and amber? What sort of items would a stegosaurus have in their bedroom???
☕ Amber Isle Wolrdbuilding Concept ☕ Paleofolk in Amber Isle are more than just decorative villagers; each one has their own unique hobbies, occupations and personalities. Some can even open up their own stalls on your island! This guy has opened up a little coffee stall, which can be enjoyed by Players and Paleofolk alike
✨We have a trailer!!✨ Welcome to Amber Isle! Begin your new life alongside a cast of friendly, dinosaur villagers as the island’s only shopkeeper. Craft and stock items to meet the needs of prehistoric creatures, large and small. Expand and decorate your shop, customise the village to meet the needs of residents and befriend all of the Paleofolk pals!
We’re so excited to announce that Amber Isle will be part of this year’s ⭐Wholesome Direct!⭐ We’ll be showing exclusive gameplay footage & new Paleofolk characters who just can’t wait to meet you!
Introducing Amber Isle’s newest Paleofolk, Penn the Archaeopteryx! ❄
Here are some early character concepts! Despite being 90% floof, as a Tundra resident, he knits oversized scarves & hats to keep extra warm. You may notice his sling - an accident as a hatchling damaged his wing feathers, sadly making flight difficult for our sweet, soft son :’>
Colour passes! We needed more pink in our roster, so for this lil’ fella, we looked at flamingo & cockatoo patterns for inspiration. Then in his final design, we incorporated black colouration on his feather tips, nodding to colouration evidence in IRL archaeopteryx! ✨
We try to strike a balance between colourful, stylised cartoony designs and accuracy to the real-life animal counterparts, making every Paleofolk a fun, unique design challenge. We’d love to hear what sort of Paleofolk y’all want to see from us next!
Meet Adi the Megalosaurus As development continues, we’d love to share more about the world of Amber Isle. Beginning with these Paleofolk sheets- basically everything you need to know about our characters, all in one little package! ✨ (Might want to fullscreen the image for readability OR find the text version under ‘keep reading’ ! ) Of course we’ll start with Adi, our soft orange son
Adi is the Mayor’s new assistant, with the term ‘assistant’ being used quite loosely, as it seems that he does most of the hard work. He‘s always on his feet, darting from task to task, and yet always makes enough time to stop and greet everyone along the way. He’s eager to prove himself and impress the Mayor, at any cost.
Adi grew up alongside his 24 siblings, of which he was the most small and shy. If he struggled to make his voice heard, which he often did, Adi would turn to scrapbooking and writing. He discovered it would help him clear his head and make sense of the world around him. He began a habit of scrapbooking something every day, even if it was just a receipt for lunch or a leaf he’d found.
Now, Adi is know for his excellent organisation skills, speedy thinking and warm personality, and is doing his best to keep everything in check on Amber Isle. Regardless, as the village grows it becomes increasingly noticeable how often Adi is scatterbrained, exhausted and even falling asleep on his feet…
We’ve been so humbled and overwhelmed with all the wonderful Amber Isle fanart y’all have sent our way! So much so, that we’ve created a fanart board that hangs above our desks, for us to admire and get inspired by every day ✨ Huge thank you to all the artists who’ve contributed thus far, you’re all awesome & your passion makes this whole game dev thing worthwhile!
Wow, y'all love Dunk huh? Big welcome to all our new followers!
If you’d like to learn more about the game, why not pop into our discord server? We’re almost reached 1k, and to celebrate we’ll be sharing new gameplay and animations!
