History VideoGame / JurassicParkBuilder

* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: The Aquatic Park has ''Ammonite'', ''Colossal Squid'', ''Baculites'' and ''Orthoceras''.

* PowerUp: The 'fang'/'claw' tokens, which are needed for the arena battles. They can either be used for the 'Block' move (which [[BlockingStopsAllDamage blocks all damage]]), or the 'Special' attack (which [[ForMassiveDamage deals MASSIVE damage]]), but are limited in quantity.

* StockDinosaurs: Played straight AND averted. While you get plenty of stock species, the game also offers plenty of not so famous ones, several of which are mentioned here on this page. Interestingly enough, some popular animals like ''Styracosaurus'', ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and ''Megatherium'' are absent from the game.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Hoo-boy, where to start with? Ignoring the mistakes carried over from the novels and movies, the ''Pterodactylus'' is basically a smaller differently colored ''Pteranodon'', ''Albertosaurus'' has three fingers instead of two, ''Carnotaurus'' has arms way too big, the ''Giganotosaurus'' is a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' with spikes on its' back and head, the ''Amargasaurus'' has one sail instead of two(as well as being incorrectly shaped) and the ''Ouranosaurus'' looks more like a pelycosaur than an ornithopod. The Glacier Park seems to be hit worst with this: ''Smilodon'' has a long tail, ''Gastornis'' is classified as a carnivorous terror bird, while many other animals have incorrect proportions, bios, names, diet, or just cannot exist there in the first place. Did we mention this game was made in 2012? See the other tropes here for specific examples.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Hoo-boy, where to start with? Ignoring the mistakes carried over from the novels and movies, the ''Pterodactylus'' is basically a smaller differently colored ''Pteranodon'', ''Albertosaurus'' has three fingers instead of two, ''Carnotaurus'' has arms way too big, the ''Giganotosaurus'' is a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' with spikes on its' back and head, the ''Amargasaurus'' has one sail instead of two(as well as being incorrectly shaped) and the ''Ouranosaurus'' looks more like a pelycosaur than an ornithopod. The Glacier Park seems to be hit worst with this: ''Smilodon'' has a long tail, ''Gastornis'' is classified as a carnivorous terror bird, ''Andrewsarchus'' looks like a mesonychid instead of an entelodont, while many other animals have incorrect proportions, bios, names, diet, or just cannot exist there in the first place. Did we mention this game was made in 2012? See the other tropes here for specific examples.

* TheMarvelousDeer: Not supernatural in any way, but ''Megaloceros'' is one of the cloned animals in the Glacier Park. Alas it's a very weak fighter, though the ''Synthetoceras'', ''Macrauchenia'', ''Aepycamelus'' who share its' moveset and act simular are much better stats-wise.

* ShownTheirWork: While there is some artistic license used, the amount of research and detail Ludia put in making the whole game and animals is impressive. If one visits their Facebook page or reads the messages which appear in-game whenever an animal hatches or evolves, they could learn quite a lot about the creatures and prehistory in general. Even the ''Indominus'' bio is faithful to its' source material.

* TacticalRockPaperScissors: The battles are turn-based, with the combatants having 15 seconds to choose one of 6 moves, which waste a turn: Charge, Bite, Swipe as well as Change Animal, Block or Special Attack. Every animal has a weakness to one of the three attack types and choosing the right one will deal 100% damage, but making the wrong choise will deal either 50% or 25%. A Special Attack deals a whopping '''150% damage'''. However, playing the Block option will nullify all damage, even from a Special Attack.

* Turn-BasedCombat: How the battles are played. Each opponent has 15 seconds in which to make their move. When it's the enemy's turn, the player has a 3 seconds chance to react fast enough and block the attack. Of note is that in the Tournament mode it's possible for the enemy to have the first go, which may give the player a huge disadvantage.

* TyrannosaurusRex: The second most powerful (and expensive) carnivore in the game, after the ''Indominus''.

** Slippy-SlideyIceWorld: Glacier Park, unlocked at level 20. Located in the frozen wasteland of Patagonia.

** Also, all of the animals are noticeably oversized when compared to the in-game scenery (trees, buildings, the park vehicles and gate/fences, etc). Even small animals like ''Dryosaurus'' are as big as a Jurassic Park tour jeep, while large ones like the ''Indricotherium'' are practically Kaiju proportions-wise. Though this is excused by the fact that the game is designed for mobile devices in a 2.5D overhead isometric view(only the animals, vehicles and battle arenas are 3D). Granted of course like in all mobile apps, the player can zoom in and out as much as he/she wants in order to get a better view.

* AnimalsNotToScale: Many of the creatures are inaccurately proportioned. Besides ''Velociraptor'' being oversized, the ''Albertosaurus'' is taller than the ''T. rex''. Most humorously of all, the ''Procoptodon'' is tall enough to look an ''Indricotherium'' in the eyes.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The caretaking or diet of some creatures is mind-boggling. The marine reptiles and mammals have no access to oxygen since the Aquatic Park is situated at the sea's bottom facing a trench, while the Glacier Park in the frozen wastelands of Patagonia has cold-blooded animals besides warm-blooded ones. The ''Mosasaurus'' is depicted as a crustaceavore and the ''Gigantopithecus'' as a carnivore. Worst of all, the Aquatic Park has ''Koolasuchus'' (a freshwater amphibian) and the Glacier Park has ''Arthropleura'' (a Carboniferous giant millipede). Both animals couldn't survive in the conditions of these parks and would instantly die. Better to chalk it off with the MST3KMantra...

* BearsAreBadNews: Despite not being a bear, this is how ''Sarkastodon'' is portrayed. Curiously, the ''Diprotodon'' (Giant wombat) and ''Castoroides'' (Giant beaver) have the same 'bear' animations and sound effects, despite being a marsupial and a rodent respectivelly. The game lacks actual prehistoric bear species, like the cave bear and the short-faced bear.

* BoxingKangaroo: The ''Procoptodon'' for the Glacier Park appears to move, behave and attack like a proffesional boxer.

* GottaCatchThemAll: This game is more or less Franchise/{{Pokemon}} meets ''Franchise/JurassicPark''. You have a total of 130 various prehistoric animals to obtain, care for, evolve and use in combat, some harder to unlock than others. Good luck.

* GuestFighter: The ''Indominus rex'' from ''Film/JurassicWorld'' appears as a purchasable animal from [=InGen=]. It is one of the five animals which must be bought with RealLife money (the other being ''Euplocephalus'', ''Edestus'', ''Castoroides'' and ''Arthropleura''). However the other four can also be unlocked from winning a DNA Tournament, whereas the ''Indominus'' is available for purchase '''only twice in a year''' (on Easter Day and on Christmas). Many of the creatures for the games' roster were decided via fan polls and were obviously inspired by other prehistoric animal media, for example ''WalkingWithDinosaurs'', ''VideoGame/ZooTycoon'', ''Series/{{Primeval}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/IceAge''.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Hoo-boy, where to start with? Ignoring the mistakes carried over from the novels and movies, the ''Pterodactylus'' is basically a smaller differently colored ''Pteranodon'', ''Albertosaurus'' has three fingers instead of two, ''Carnotaurus'' has arms way too big, the ''Giganotosaurus'' is a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' with spikes on its' back and head, and the ''Ouranosaurus'' looks more like a pelycosaur than an ornithopod. The Glacier Park seems to be hit worst with this: ''Smilodon'' has a long tail, ''Gastornis'' is classified as a carnivorous terror bird, ''Andrewsarchus'' looks like a mesonychid instead of an entelodont, while many other animals have incorrect proportions, bios, names, food, or just cannot exist there in the first place. Did we mention this game was made in 2012? See the other tropes here for specific examples.

* MovesetClone: As already mentioned on some of the tropes here, many animals share movement and attack animations. Justified in several cases like the pterosaurs, plesiosaurs and proboscideans for being relatives, but some unrelated animals do it too (''Titanoboa'' and ''Arthropleura''). Some related animals however have different movesets(e.g. ''Albertosaurus'' and ''Yutyrannus'' use the spinosaurid/abelisaurid animations, instead of tyrannosaurid). Also some animals have unique movesets (for example ''Indominus rex'', ''Colossal Squid'', ''Gigantopithecus'' and ''Procoptodon'').

* CanonImmigrant: A lot of the creatures in this game have never appeared before in the franchise(with some small exceptions in the form of cameos), in particular the Glacier/Cenozoic era animals. The same applies for the [[VideoGame/JurassicWorldTheGame sequel]].

* SerialEscalation: New released creatures as well as all Limited Edition animals are better than the ones the player starts with, which means that the Bronze and Silvers you have will become worthless in the Battle Arenas once you level up enough. The best option to win is to unlock/buy/level up/max out '''ALL''' the Gold animals, since eventually those will be the only ones you will use in battle. And since they happen to be harder as well as more expensive to get and evolve, well...

* SerialEscalation: New released creatures as well as all Limited Editions animals are better than the ones the player starts with, which means that the Bronze and Silvers you have will become worthless in the Battle Arenas once you level up enough. The best option to win is to unlock/buy/level up/max out '''ALL''' the Gold animals, since eventually those will be the only ones you will use in battle.

* AdaptationalBadass: All the animals are capable of things in the battle arena possible only due to RuleofCool. Sauropods can rear up on their hindlimbs, fish can spin around in a circle thus creating a whirlpool, turtles and armadillos can roll up into a ball and attack {{Franchise/Sonic the Hedgehog}}-style, elephants can stomp the ground strong enough to create an earthquake and crack it, the list goes on...

* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: he more you level up, the more expensive and harder everything gets. Also, every animal requires to be fed larger amounts of food in order to level up whenever you evolve it and unlock its next evolutionary form.

* AlternateUniverse: The game's events are stated to take place between Film/Jurassic Park III and Film/Jurassic World. However, multiple factors make it clear this is not canon, in particular the inclusion of many non-Mesozoic extinct animals, like ''Dunkleousteus'' and Woolly mammoth.

* Cap: The highest level possible for all animals is 40, while for the game/player is 120.

* AdaptationalBadass: All the animals are capable of things in the battle arena possible only due to RuleofCool. Sauropods can rear up on their hindlimbs, fish can spin around in a circle thus creating a whirlpool, turtles and armadillos can roll up into a ball and attack Sonic the Hedgehog-style, elephants can stomp the ground strong enough to create an earthquake and crack it, the list goes on...
* AlternateUniverse: The game's events are stated to take place between Jurassic Park III and Jurassic World. However, multiple factors make it clear this is not canon, in particular the inclusion of many non-Mesozoic extinct animals, like ''Dunkleousteus'' and Woolly mammoth.

* CanonImmigrant: A lot of the creatures in this game have never appeared before in the franchise(with some small exceptions in the form of cameos), in particular the Glacier/Cenozoic era animals. The same applies for the [[sequel VideoGame/JurassicWorldTheGame]].
* CompetitiveBalance: A simple, but effective one: Carnivores(Piscivores in the Aquatic Park) are [[more offensive GlassCannon]], dealing more damage but having less health. Herbivores(Crustaceavores for Aquatic) are [[more defensive StoneWall]], sacrificing damage for larger amounts of health. Though high-level and top-tier animals are always better, regardless of type. A good strategy for the Tournament mode is to first use two herbivores as 'meatshields', and then place a carnivore as a 'sweeper'.

* GottaCatchThemAll: This game is more or less Franchise/{{Pokemon}} meets ''Franchise/JurassicPark''. You have a total of 130 various prehistoric animals to obtain, care for, evolve and use in combat, some harder to unlock than others. Good luck!

* CompetitiveBalance: A simple, but effective one: Carnivores(Piscivores in the Aquatic Park) are GlassCannons, dealing more damage but having less health. Herbivores(Crustaceavores for Aquatic) are StoneWalls, sacrificing damage for larger amounts of health. Though high-level and top-tier animals are always better, regardless of type. A good strategy for the Tournament mode is to first use two herbivores as 'meatshields', and then place a carnivore as a 'sweeper'.

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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: When an animal is level 21 or above it will be vividly colored, while before it was a dull monochrome with occasional stripes or spots. Some of the color schemes are pretty bizzare, for example the ''Iguanodon'' can become purple with star-shaped spots.

* GuestFighter: The ''Indominus rex'' from ''Film/JurassicWorld'' appears as a purchasable animal from InGen. It is one of the five animals which must be bought with RealLife money (the other being ''Euplocephalus'', ''Edestus'', ''Castoroides'' and ''Arthropleura''). However the other four can also be unlocked from winning a DNA Tournament, whereas the ''Indominus'' is available for purchase '''only twice in a year''' (on Easter Day and on Christmas). Many of the creatures for the games' roster were decided via fan polls and were obviously inspired by other prehistoric animal media, for example ''WalkingWithDinosaurs'', ''VideoGame/ZooTycoon'', ''Series/{{Primeval}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/IceAge''.

* BearsAreBadNews: Despite not being a bear, this is how ''Sarkastodon'' is portrayed. Curiously, the ''Diprotodon'' (Giant wombat) and ''Castoroides'' (Giant beaver) have the same 'bear' animations and sound effects, despite being a marsupial and a rodent respectivelly.

* PantheraAwesome: ''Smilodon'' for Glacier Park, natch. While not felines per se, ''Megistotherium'', ''Thylacoleo'' and ''Thylacosmilus'' as well, seeing as they share the 'cat' behaviour and animations set of ''Smilodon''. The ''Kaprosuchus'' crocodile also uses them.

** ''Elasmotherium'' for the Glacier Park. The ''Arsinoitherium'', ''Uintatherium'', ''Coryphodon'' and ''Moeritherium'' also have the same behaviour, despite not being members of the rhino family.

* TurtlePower: The Aquatic Park features an ''Archelon''. Although not turtles, the ''Henodus'' and ''Psephoderma'' are simular. And the Glacier Park has ''Meiolania''. While amongst the largest turtles to have ever existed, they are still dwarfed by most of the other animals.

** ''Elasmotherium'', ''Arsinoitherium'' and ''Uintatherium'' for the Glacier Park. The ''Coryphodon'' and ''Moeritherium'' also have the same behaviour, despite not being members of the rhino family.

* SavageWolves: The creodonts ''Amphicyon'', ''Hyaenodon'' and ''Andrewsarchus'' have 'canine' animations and behave like dogs. Their Special attack is pretty vicious(biting and gnawing the enemy to death). They even howl during their idle and victory animations.

** On the non-avian dinosaurs side, we have ''Yutyrannus'' and ''Utahraptor''. Both are portrayed with feathers [[ShownTheirWork just like in real life]], in contrast to most other theropods.

** Both this and PredatorsAreMean are Invoked. Herbivores and crustaceavores's exhibits are not surrounded by any fencing and can take a lot of damage in a fight, but can't dish it out. Meanwhile the carnivores are the opposite- more attack power and less health. Not only are their cages surrounded by metal fences, but are also visibly build deeper in the ground. Though it's anyone's guess how the aquatic animals and pterosaurs don't swim/fly out seeing as there's no roof on their enclosures, or the hebivores don't simply walk off out and start rampaging.

* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: ''Deinosuchus'' and ''Kaprosuchus'' appear in the Glacier Park. Strangely enough, the former resembles more a ''Sarcosuchus'', while the latter has the game's 'feline' animations and behave like a lizard and a cat respectivelly.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: The human quest givers are photo-realistic drawings of the actors from the films, which stick out like a sore thumb amongst the cartoony landscape, objects and animals. They may even qualify for UncannyValley, since they are stiff and motionless.

* RaptorAttack: You get two more dromeosaurids besides the standard Jurassic Park/Jurassic World ''Velociraptors''- ''Utahraptors'' which are bigger and have feathers, as well as ''Troodons'' which are smaller and gain feathers once they level up enough. The ''Compsognathus'' also acts like a raptor, even though it remains a PintsizedPowerhouse KillerRabbit.

* AnimalsNottoScale: Many of the creatures are inaccurately proportioned. Besides ''Velociraptor'' being oversized, the ''Albertosaurus'' is taller than the ''T. rex''. Most humorously of all, the ''Procoptodon'' is tall enough to look an ''Indricotherium'' in the eyes.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Hoo-boy, where to start with? Ignoring the mistakes carried over from the novels and movies, the ''Pterodactylus'' is basically a smaller differently colored ''Pteranodon'', ''Carnotaurus'' has longer arms with three-fingered hands, the ''Giganotosaurus'' is a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' with spikes on its' back and head, and the ''Ouranosaurus'' looks more like a pelycosaur than an ornithopod. The Glacier Park seems to be hit worst with this: ''Smilodon'' has a long tail, ''Gastornis'' is classified as a carnivorous terror bird, ''Andrewsarchus'' looks like a mesonychid instead of an entelodont, while many other animals have incorrect proportions, bios, names, food, or just cannot exist there in the first place. Did we mention this game was made in 2012? See the other tropes here for specific examples.