''The DinoHunters'' is an
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First-person shooter (FPS) is a sub-genre of shooter video games centered on gun and other weapon-based combat in a first-person perspective, with the player experiencing the action through the eyes of the protagonist and controlling the pl ...
and
machinima
Machinima, originally machinema () is the use of real-time computer graphics engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation. The word "machinima" is a portmanteau of the words ''ma ...
series created by
Kuma Reality Games
Kuma Games is an American video game developer, specializing in developing free episodic and first-person shooters (FPS) since 2004. The company has also created a number of machinima movies for their games, particularly The Dinohunters.
Kuma ...
. Using
Valve
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's
Source
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* Historical source
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for its engine, ''The Dinohunters'' is distributed in free downloadable
episodes
Episodes may refer to:
* Episode
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for the PC. The first
episode
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The noun ''episode'' is derived from the Greek term ''epeisodion'' (), meaning t ...
was released in 2006 through
Kuma Reality Games' game client. Accompanying comedic
machinima
Machinima, originally machinema () is the use of real-time computer graphics engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation. The word "machinima" is a portmanteau of the words ''ma ...
movies were also created to bring the player closer to the world of ''The DinoHunters'', as well as advertise for ''The Dinohunters'' real life sponsors such as
Schick, which was replaced later by
Jeep
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(in levels, there are S.U.V.s that have license plates that say Jeep on them).
The story of ''The DinoHunters'' is centered on a fictitious reality show on the Total Hunting Channel and sends a crew of washed up celebrities into the past to hunt dinosaurs for sport and big ratings. The crew consists of Australian stunt-man and actor Roger Wallaby, country singer Harlan Davis, native New Yorker Shaw, and their sexpot producer Candace "Candy" Spencer.
''The DinoHunters'' is one of the pioneers in the
advergaming
An advergame is a form of advertising in video games, in which the video game is developed by or in close collaboration with a corporate entity for purposes of advertising a brand-name product. While other video games may use in-game advertising (s ...
space of the video game industry. For its first episodes
Kuma Reality Games
Kuma Games is an American video game developer, specializing in developing free episodic and first-person shooters (FPS) since 2004. The company has also created a number of machinima movies for their games, particularly The Dinohunters.
Kuma ...
partnered with
Schick to promote its Schick Quattro Razor.
Kuma Reality Games
Kuma Games is an American video game developer, specializing in developing free episodic and first-person shooters (FPS) since 2004. The company has also created a number of machinima movies for their games, particularly The Dinohunters.
Kuma ...
uses partnerships like this to also keep their other published games free:
Kuma\War
''Kuma\War'' (stylized as ''KUMA\WAR'') is a tactical shooter game created by developer Kuma Reality Games. ''Kuma\War'' is an episodic game that re-creates real-world conflicts in video game format using information culled from news accounts, mi ...
and
The History Channel's ShootOut!: The Game.
Gameplay
''The DinoHunters'' is a first-person shooter that uses Valve's
Source engine
Source is a 3D game engine developed by Valve. It debuted as the successor to GoldSrc in 2004 with the release of '' Counter-Strike: Source'' and '' Half-Life 2''. Updates to Source were released in incremental versions, with the engine being su ...
.
DinoHunters – Valve Developer Community
/ref> Featuring single- and multiplayer modes, the game features a variety of different weapons and enemies for the player to encounter. ''The DinoHunters'' currently features 6 playable episodes and 6 machinima episodes. New free episodes are released periodically.
Machinima
Along with the game, ''The DinoHunters'' is also a machinima
Machinima, originally machinema () is the use of real-time computer graphics engines to create a cinematic production. Most often, video games are used to generate the computer animation. The word "machinima" is a portmanteau of the words ''ma ...
series.
References
External links
''The DinoHunters'' official website
Kuma Reality Games
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2006 video games
Advergames
Video games about dinosaurs
Episodic video games
First-person shooters
Machinima works
Windows games
Windows-only games
Windows-only freeware games
Source (game engine) games
Video games developed in the United States