The Nothosaurus from Camp Cretaceous.
About this image
This is a concept I made for an update and DLC for JWE2. I'm pretty sure that if this were to be made the actual DLC would be in the 15$ to 20$ range. I don’t Frontier are very likely to do this but if they did this is how I think they would execute it. I know some people on this site don’t like Mod or DLC ideas but I did genuinely put some effort into this. I tried to make it as reasonable as possible and added detail instead of just listing down creatures and calling it a day.
Features:Deep Water
Deep Water effectively functions as a brush which can be found under the water tab. Most current land dwelling dinosaurs won’t swim in it (with some exceptions) however they will drink in it. You are unable to put lagoon creatures like Tylosaurus in them. All Semi Aquatic creatures can be incubated from normal hatcheries and will even have their own search filter in them.
The Update
Creatures With New Animations and AISpinosauridsAll of the Spinosaurids can swim in deep water and have a requirement for it to be comfortable. They will also hunt some of the creatures under the water.
They can now float on top of deep water and will swoop down to catch small semi-aquatic creatures or fish.
It would require some deep water to be happy. This is not only inspired by the movie but it likely would’ve been a good swimmer in real life since it lived in.
They require a small amount of Deep water to be comfortable and will swim in it from time to time. They don’t eat from fish feeders but will hunt animals like Lurdasaurus and Parasaurolophus.
They all don’t actually need deep water to be comfortable but they will swim in deep water from time to time. This is actually a reference to the Jurassic Park River Adventure ride.
The Quetzalcoatlus not only has ai changes been made to accommodate for deep water but for it’s ai in general has been overhauled. It spends a lot more time on the ground compared to other Pterosaurs. They will also fight most creatures on the ground as well such as Deinonychus or Herrerasaurus. Unlike the other Pterosaurs Quetzalcoatlus can’t float on top of deep water however they can stand next to it and will swoop down to eat from fish feeders and other small semi-aquatic creatures. They can now eat from normal carnivore feeders.
Buildings
Works similarly to lagoon viewing stands but can only be attached to pools of deep water.
Nearly works identically to the marine fish feeder but for deep water instead.
A feeder comparable to the normal fish feeder however it will supply creatures with shrimp and crabs instead of fish.
Brushes
All of these plants can also be placed on regular water as well.
The Ancient Aquatics DLC Pack
Dinosaurs
A very small dromaeosaur. They eat from fish feeders and carnivore feeders. They would be in small packs. They require more regular water than deep water to be happy.
A small piscivores ankylosaurid.They can be put in small groups and alone. They will eat from fish, plants and crustaceans.
A medium sized iguanodontid that can live either alone or in medium sized groups. Groups.
A medium large sized, piscivores Spinosaurid because let’s be honest the game could use another spinosaurid or two. It wouldn’t be all that different from Suchomimus. It would probably need only 1-3 members to be comfortable.
A large omnivores theropod that will eat plants and will eat from fish feeders. It would probably have some similar animations to the Therizinosaurus.
Pterosaurs
It wouldn’t behave all that differently from other pterosaurs other than the fact that it would spend a lot more time in or near the water. They also exclusively feed from the crustacean feeder.
Non Dinosaurs
These two crocodilians would be some of the larger and stronger creatures in this pack.They would function very similarly to each other. They hunt by waiting in the water for creatures on the land to take a drink of and then attack them. They will drag them under the water to kill and eat them. 90% of the time once the dinosaur is grabbed they will be killed. They won’t always be able to grab prey in the first place though and will often miss. This is especially the case if the prey is smaller and faster like Sruthiomimus or Velociraptor. I don’t know if they would be highly social or not if i’m being totally honest. Living crocodiles will sometimes live in large groups but at the same time they can be extremely aggressive with each other.
They require more deep water than most of the others and are fairly social. They will spend a decent amount of time on the land but wont move around all that much. They prefer to stick by the water.
Placodus is a small Placodont it would feed from crustacean feeders. Alternatively you could use Henodus, another more well known Placodont but I think that might make for a better lagoon animal.
Yes I’m aware that in real life Tanystropheus was not a very good swimmer however it's not uncommon for dinosaurs to have outdated depictions or traits in this franchise. I feel like they wouldn't be very social, maybe 1-3 members, They also would fight other members of their species by slapping their necks together like Giraffes.
Other things I would like to mention.
So with all of that said I would be interested in knowing your thoughts, opinions and ideas.Oh and by the way here's a link to the image I used.
https://www.deviantart.com/sotojoaquin/art/Nothosaurus-927320276
8 comments
Great idea, but I doubt that Frontier is THAT incorporated in such an awesome DLC.
Edit: finally found the right word, INVESTED. I doubt that Frontier is that INVESTED in an awesome DLC.