Breeding dinosaurs made easy with Jurassic World: Alive

An AR app for iOS and Android will be released in spring, allowing players to collect prehistoric giants with their smartphone and breed new dinosaur species in a virtual laboratory. Unlike Pokémon Go, they don't even have to leave the house to do this.

A new augmented reality game is set to compete with Pokémon Go in the near future, capitalising on the popularity of dinosaurs instead of Pokémon. The basic concept is very similar. In particular, the map that players use to orientate themselves in the world and find new creatures looks very similar to that of Pokémon Go. As in the original game, specific types of creatures are assigned to certain areas: If you are looking for dinosaurs that live near bodies of water, you have to visit real rivers or lakes.

Those who don't want to leave their own four walls can hire a drone to search the neighbourhood. "The game is all about exploration, but we wanted to make the experience a little more flexible and give players something they can do from home," says Chris Heatherly, head of Universal's games division.

The plus: team battles

The drone collects the dinosaurs' DNA and brings it back to the laboratory. This unlocks them for personal use. There will be more than a hundred species to discover at the launch of the game, but new ones will be added over time, including those from the latest film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, which will be released in German cinemas on 7 June 2018.

The dinosaurs can also be hybridised, resulting in completely new species. The number of "hybrid" and "super-hybrid" dinosaurs that can be bred is said to be almost unlimited. Players can then compete against each other with their own dinosaur troop. Team battles are also planned. In this respect, Jurassic World Alive clearly differs from Pokémon Go, which does not yet offer battles between players, at least in the current version, even though Niantic has already mentioned this option.

Who can take a dinosaur selfie?

If you want, you can take a photo with the creatures and take dinosaur selfies. However, this might be difficult because the dinosaurs are shown in their original size and are sometimes as big as a house.

Anyone interested in the game can register on the official website register. You will then receive an as yet unknown reward at launch. Jurassic World Alive is available for iOS devices such as the iPhone and iPad, but also for Android.

Source: Vrodo / pcgameshardware