Dino Quest

Client
Sining Ship Entertainment
Team
Sinking Ship Interactive
Roles
Strategy, Creative Direction
Launched
2018
The hit kids TV show Dino Dana brings you this dino-riffic Augmented Reality (AR) app. You'll see dinosaurs come alive in the world around you through your phone or tablet. In single-player mode your device will automatically place buried fossils for you to dig up to find your dino. In multiplayer mode you can hide digsites wherever you want and then pass your phone to a friend for them to search and excavate hidden dino bones. Once you've dug up the bones, they'll come alive into a snorting, stomping dino, that looks amazing whether you're outside in the park or at home in your living room. Control your dino to make roar and stomp at passersby!
Dino Quest AR Trailer

The App

After choosing either single-player or multiplayer mode, the user selects the dinosaur they want to find.

A baby triceratops gives the player hints on where digsites can be found.

Once a digsite is found the player begins excavating the fossil.

Next the user must carefully chip away the rock. The user can physically walk around the fossil to uncover areas that need to be uncovered.

After the rock is removed from the fossil, it must be brushed and cleaned.

Finding all the fossils creates a living dinosaur on screen that the user can control.

TEAM
Gavin Friesen - Creative Director
Sean Hamilton - UI/UEX Design
Alex Gordon - 3D Artist/Animator
Alex Bethke - Developer
Kevin Gan - Developer
Christopher Coey - Game Designer
Adriano Bertuzzo - SFX
Geordie Telfer - Writer/Producer
Ronald Ruslim - Project Manager
Mark Cautillo - Technical Director