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6	''Paleo Pines'' is a FarmLifeSim developed by Italic Pig that released on 26 September 2023 on all major platforms. A demo was released on 19 June that same year.
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8	Set in a world where humans live alongside various prehistoric animals, you play as the caretaker of Lucky, a ''Parasaurolophus'' you raised from an egg. Hearing about an island called Paleo Pines where wild ''Parasaurolophus'' roam free, you set off to find Lucky a proper home and family, but they are nowhere to be seen when you arrive. Together with the island's human and dino inhabitants, you'll restore a neglected ranch, explore the island, and solve the ''Parasaurolophus'' puzzle.
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10	The official website can be found [[https://www.paleopines.com/ here]]. The developers also have a [[https://www.youtube.com/@italicpig5084 YouTube channel]] and [[https://twitter.com/PaleoPines Twitter account]].
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12	!!This game contains examples of:
13	* AlternateHistoryDinosaurSurvival: The Steam page used to say that evolution took the path of "survival of the kindest" in this universe, so humans live alongside easily-tameable prehistoric creatures. Most of them are non-avian dinosaurs, but there are a few others such as ''Dimetrodon'' (a synapsid), ''Desmatosuchus'', and ''Postosuchus'' (both pseudosuchians).
14	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: The dinosaurs in Paleo Pines come in a wide variety of colors and patterns, ranging from subdued greens and browns to vibrant purples, pinks, and blues. If you're lucky, you may even find dinosaurs that are albino or melanistic.
15	* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: The game mostly tries to avert this, but there are certain small things here and there.
16	** ''Wuerhosaurus'' is portrayed with the traditional short plates, which are based on a most likely broken fossil.
17	* BizarreSeasons: Paleo Pines has just three seasons, each lasting 21 days. "Triassea" resembles spring, and has mostly calm weather. "Jurassos" resembles summer, and has mostly sunny and hot weather. "Cretumnus" resembles fall, and has mostly cloudy and rainy weather. There's no season resembling winter at all.
18	* BrokenBridge: There are obstacles littered all over that require either a dino's skill or a bunch of resources to remove. The two most prominent are the boulder that blocks the road to Dapplewood, and the ruined gateway that must be repaired before Ariacotta Canyon can be reached.
19	* ButThouMust:
20	** At the very beginning, Owynn and Mari ask you if you intend to stay in Paleo Pines. The possible responses are all just increasingly-enthusiastic levels of "yes".
21	** Later, Mari will ask what Lucky's favorite snack is, with the choices being beetroot, mushroom, or tomato. They're all among Lucky's favorites.
22	* DistinctiveAppearances: Every named dinosaur sports a unique color pallet that cannot be found on wild dinos. This includes Lucky, who is the only ''Parasaurolophus'' in the game that has the "Sky Blue" pallet.
23	* DomesticatedDinosaurs: All the dinosaurs are capable of being tamed and helping you with tasks round the farm.
24	* FantasticFruitsAndVegetables: The tamablume is a flower that's full of protein, used for making cakes, and has a shiny yellow pistil surrounded by white petals. Its name sounds like a combination of tamago (Japanese for egg) and bloom.
25	* GameBreakingBug: The 1.2.2 patch gave the Switch version a tendency to crash during loading screens due to running out of memory, which could reportedly progress to the point where you couldn't leave the ranch. This was fixed in the following patch.
26	* HeartOfHappiness: Each animal's happiness is represented by a heart that gains more outlines as their relationship with the player increases.
27	* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Most of the dinosaurs in the early areas are herbivores, and they're all easily approachable and willing to help humans. However, the carnivores completely avert CarnivoresAreMean by being just as friendly and approachable to humans.
28	* MineralMacGuffin: Dreamstones, [[GlowingGem softly glowing pink crystals]] are found all around Paleo Pines. Why dinosaurs like to live around dreamstones is unknown to science; whatever the case, each dinosaur you keep on the ranch needs a dreamstone of their own.
29	* MysteryMeat: Carnivore food resembles cubed ham or salmon, but what exactly it is or where Corlan gets it from are never elaborated upon. The only description you get is that [[ShapedLikeItself carnivores eat it]].
30	* PowerUpMount: The player can ride certain dinosaurs, known as helpers, which have different abilities, such as dashing, breaking rocks, ploughing fields, and watering plants.
31	* RecurringRiff: Most of the music contains the first five notes of the main theme.
32	* RPGElements: Your helpers gain experience whenever they perform actions. Levelling up gives them more stamina.
33	* ShoutOut:
34	** A few dinosaurs can have a blue and orange colour scheme called "portals"; this is a reference to the ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' series of video games, which makes use of BlueAndOrangeContrast.
35	** The description for the gooseberry is "Untitled Gooseberry, full of attitude", a reference to ''VideoGame/UntitledGooseGame''.
36	* ShownTheirWork: The development team has a palaeontology adviser, so the dinosaur models are based on up-to-date discoveries.
37	** ''Psittacosaurus'' has quill like structures on its tail, referencing those found on specimen SMF R 4970.
38	** Theropods such as ''Gallimimus'' and ''Utahraptor'' are appropriately feathered, and looking closely at the ''Coelophysis'' model reveals it has slight fuzz in its texturing, referencing the hypothesis that feathers (or protofeathers) are a basal trait to dinosaurs.
39	* SprintMeter: Both the player and their helpers have stamina. Whenever they perform certain actions, such as destroying objects, dashing, or plowing, they lose a set amount of stamina. It doesn't regenerate automatically.
40	* ThoughtTheyKnewAlready: In one sidequest, Pippin holds a feast in Pebble Plaza which includes poppins. Pippin is distraught that nobody wants to eat them, and after Bongo the ''Gallimimus'' steals some, the other villagers explain that poppins taste terrible and they feed them to their dinosaurs. They never told Pippin this because they assumed they knew already.
41	* ThroughHisStomach: You befriend wild dinosaurs by feeding them crops and poppins that match their species' preferred flavor. Once they trust you enough to move to the ranch, you can befriend them even faster by figuring out their favorite flavor combo and feeding them snacks with that combo.
42	* VegetarianCarnivore: Downplayed; the Dino Journal mentions that several of the carnivores (eg: ''Carnotaurus'') like to eat fruit, but their diets are still listed as meat. This is reflected in the gameplay, where any carnivore will happily accept fruits or vegetables as a snack as long as one of the two flavors matches its favorite.
43	* WeUsedToBeFriends: One long sidequest is about repairing the relationship between [[spoiler:Agami and Avery. She was his ParentalSubtitute, but they had a falling out when Avery became more interested in performing than farming, and left to travel the world. As a result, Agami never attends Avery's Shenanigan festival.]]
44	* WindmillScenery: The game takes place on a rural island where people live in harmony with nature. Each area contains a damaged windmill that can be repaired in a sidequest, and they can be used to convert certain crops into crafting resources.

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