Dynopunk
Imagine that a meteor never struck the Earth, the dinosaurs did not go extinct but continued to evolve. Millions of years later, they inhabit high-tech megapolises. One such dino is Chris, a repair shop owner, who dreams of building a Time Machine to travel to the past and find love, because he is the last T-Rex on the planet!
Dynopunk is an ironic adventure set in a cyberpunk world where dinosaurs have taken the place of humans. Run a repair shop, fix gadgets, find a personalized approach to every customer while offering them beverages and having heart-to-heart conversations. At the same time you’ll have to sort out your private life and chase your dream.
Cyberpunk dinosaurs
The pixel art pays homage to the retro games of 1990-x. Meet a cast of characters from an alternative future where predatory, carnivorous dinosaurs rule the world. Make progress with relaxing lo-fi music playing in the background while making plot-changing decisions.
Fix gadgets
Elicit relevant information from your clients to find the source of the problem and fix the gadget. Perform your work neatly and carefully—your income depends on it.
Chat with customers
Strike up heart-to-heart conversations with customers and offer them a beverage to their liking. A glass of cool fizz or a cup of hot coffee increase your changes of getting tips.
Follow your dream
You play as the last T-Rex on Earth. He tries to build a Time Machine to travel to the past and find love. Will this dream come true?
Featuring:
A branching story, driven by conversations with the customers and the quality of your repairs.
An alternative cyberpunk universe where dinosaurs inhabit neon-lit cities.
An ironic narrative peppered with jokes, easter eggs and references to famous events and people.
Pixel cyberpunk cityscapes and relaxing lo-fi music that enrich the gameplay experience.
Conversations and beverage-making simulations, as well as various mini-games, will keep you thoroughly entertained.
Game Discussion
Steam User 5
Dynopunk is a Russian indie game with a very interesting character-focused visual novel story.
I ain't a visual novel expert, but even I can tell that Dynopunk is a fun little experience worth your time.
The game is around 8+ hours long and divided into 21 unique scripted days.
Your choices DO matter and result in multiple endings and outcomes for all characters.
The gameplay is baby level easy. It is for all ages, maybe even a bit childish.
The music is a huge part of the game and shouldn't be overlooked.
Wish there was voice acting, as reading gets pretty tiring.
Btw, I personally dislike the visual novel genre but respect actually good projects that win me over with their quality like DDLC. I checked out the demo for Dynopunk which covers the first 5 or so days and it was enough to intrigue me.
I believe it is worth mentioning:
This game is not furry, in fact it is pretty humane. Cyberpunk is also only the cover of paint, take it out and the story can still persist in modern day.
Indie companies need to up their net presence, have a functional website and a wiki page.
Twitter and Discord are limited and the YT channel is abandoned. Very hard to find info on the game and devs..
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From what I found, the developers do not profess that they are Russian and instead want to be seen as nothing more than gamers. I don't know their reasons, but I can respect their patriotism to gaming.
I too long abandoned such foolish concepts and do not recognize the existence of borders or nations.
In the cyberpunk dystopia we are heading, true pure Gamers will be a class of their own ;D
Not my cup of tea, but a worthy little indie visual novel.
The heartfelt story is worth checking out.
Steam User 4
Fantastic soundtrack (Josh Lim does it again) with an amazing story and simple yet fun gameplay. The setting is also strange and fun, with the branching story lines feeling impactful and worthwhile. 'Tomato Fantasy games' has created one of my new favourite games and can't wait to see what they do next. I would recommend!!!
Steam User 4
Short review:
9/10. Good story as a 90% visual novel with minor gameplay elements.
My only complaints come with replaying the game for different endings is somewhat slow, but it's much more manageable in this game than other visual novels.
Long review:
HOLY CRAP. I haven't been able to put on socks for well over a few weeks because every time i put on a pair when playing this game, the socks go flying off somewhere.
The characters are all relatable and well written. The story has many setups and payoffs that all feel interconnected and logical-enough. The game is super consistent with writing and characters.
As said in the short review, my only real 'problem' comes with replaying parts of the game to get different endings as there is no "fast forward" of any kind, and considering that the game is already a medium-length experience it can be a little frustrating to redo an entire day because you misclicked a dialogue option.
That being said, this game is a wholesome, fun time. Get it if you enjoy feel-good stories that let you, as a reader, feel like exploring relationships in different ways is good. Or just play it one time and enjoy your ending. The game takes itself seriously enough to care about what happens, but also knows that it's literally a bunch of dinosaurs in a neo-cyberpunk world. It's goofy, but enjoyable.
Steam User 2
This game is a true Gem and if you're a lover of True Sci-Fi & Synthwave then you will not be disappointed!
Full Story 8/7/24
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The only reason I found out about this game was because the youtuber Raptor played it last year and I loved the music so I kept it on my wishlist. This year I have really been getting into story games or games with a purpose instead of the never ending games I have in the past.
I tell you what this game should be the Platinum Standard for story games!
I have not been so taken and involved in a story via game or book since I was a tennager at Borders Books.
It is just so hard to find great sci-fi stories now a days that dont have spiritism/magic intertwined.
So I am totally biased right off the bat cause I love giving props to Devs that dont add that trash into their games! <333
Plus I absolutely love REAL Sci-Fi not the new age spiritistic sci-fi garbage
and you mix that with amazing Synthwave music that never misses a beat, my heart <3
Now I do not want to spoil anything for anyone just as nothing was spoiled for me, but I do have to say for all the games that always says "Choices Matter" because of the amazing way everything was written in this game my choices and response really did feel like they matter and because of such I even started feeling bad for the darn little sarcasm-simulator haha xD
The game also got me good twice - thought it was game over for sure!
Love all the little mini-games
I love how if you pay attention the the news articles you can get hints of lore :)
Game is just jam-packed with details & references which I am a sucker for.
I will say this
Play your first run the way you want to without worrying about achievements and just see what happens!
That is what I did, I played and responded the way I personally would have if the situation was real and went full send on the time machine because how could I not xD
And I absolutely love how the devs summed up the game in the end while giving a hint at how mny diffrnt possibilities there were in the most retro style ever!
and YES once you finish the game you can go back to any day you please! <3
Also you can just boot up the game and just have the music running, which I totally have done and will continue to do in the future.
Amazing game! By all means if anyone knows of any other games that are like this feel free to mention them.
If I come across any other games like this I will update this review with similar games.
For now, as far as I am concerned, this game is a 1 of Kind special experience you can only get from this game!
And I did paid Full price for this game which I never do but felt the Devs in this case deserved all of the $16.
Man Alive I hope these Devs make another game <3
I will put some Spoilers here in Spoiler Text, that I wasnt sure if they are spoilerish but were a nice surprise for me that I don't wanna ruin for anybody
At the end the events are displayed in an Album book with poleroid pictures for every option which I thought was a nice touch!
Everytime you buy something an amazon delivery drone visits your window, or for me it reminds me of the assasination attempt on Padmae in Episode 2 that drone getting up and close to the window to drop the bugs in XD
And opening the boxes has a super satisfying sound & action which was nice!
Also I am so glad the holiday at the end of the game was something I could actually get behind and wasnt an actual holiday - huge sigh of relief on my part
~Also if you read the news during the last half of the game and read the description of the STONKS! achievement. Which I just did and it confirmed my theory! Crazy twist and will make you look differently at the game 2nd time round.
And thats it for now :P
I hope whoever else comes across this game has an amazing time enjoying it <333
Steam User 1
Very Wholesome even if it has some issues with the writing, story and gameplay. Giving it a Thumbs Up since the Dyno Art is really well made and I like the emotion system that they made. Songs were also pretty good.
Steam User 0
yeah this is a good game n all but wehn the hot goth dino rejected me liek 3 times it kinda hurt my feelings and made me cry in the corner for liek 2 hours straight but whateverr bros its fine im fine
11/10 good gaem i like this game its ok guys i swear im ok
Steam User 0
An engaging VN in the alternate future had dinosaurs not gone extinct and progressed on to be a sentient, technological species. Alternate outcomes made me revisit content to see how things played out had I made different choices. This is definitely NOT a "West of Eden" saurian world!