This is an idea I've had for a while, and it's recently reared its head again with a recent announcement. A while back, a project called Kyoryu was announced, and I thought it was a very, very interesting concept.



More information about the setting can be found here and here, as well as their official social media.

So the idea is simple: sometime in the future, humans genetically engineered dinosaurs. Why? Who cares. Pets, entertainment, research animals, humans will do anything if given power. Eventually the humans disappeared, leaving behind these dinosaurs (and other prehistoric creatures including pterosaurs, marine reptiles, and mammal-like reptiles like Dimetrodon) in a world. What have the humans left behind? What is life like in this new world?

However, the angle of this story I have planned is what makes it a little different. There is no dialogue. The world is explored through the senses of the dinosaur characters--what they see, what they smell, what they hear. Think of it as a dinosaur documentary, with the story-telling of Robert Bakker's "Raptor Red" or Genndy Tartakovsky's "Primal".

As for dinosaur knowledge and design, what I have in mind is that human science had grown so advanced that they could manifest certain traits in dinosaurs fairly easily (think the process of selective breeding, but all with some tweaks to the genetic code between generations), resulting in different "breeds" of dinosaurs; for example, you could find a breed of T. rex that is what's accurate to modern reconstructions, another that looks like a T. rex from the 90's, another with feathering, or even armor and spikes.

Again, I realize this is an extremely niche idea, but I think it would be a fun exercise to explore a world as a character that's not able to think or speak like a human, especially if they can explore what humans have left behind.

Any thoughts? Comments or critique? Let me know!

Giving this a bump.

More "Show" than "Tell."

I've played mute characters before, it wouldn't be much of a stretch and little fear of telepaths.

This honestly sounds really fun. I'd be interested to see where you take it :)

@Expendable@apheline So for the beginning of the story, I'd like to start relatively small scale, and slowly move up as time progresses. What I mean is, start the RP playing as a smaller species (ie- Deinonychus), then the next "season" (for lack of a better term), play as a slightly larger creature, until finally we hit the larger species like Tyrannosaurus, Giganotosaurus, or sauropods. If you're familiar with the game Tokyo Jungle, it's kind of like how you progress in that game.

Sadly, so few video games.

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This looks weird so I'm in. I like the idea of "boutique" breeds of predators having to rehone their hunting instincts over several generations and seeing which ones pass through the evolution filter.

I'll get to work on an OoC soon and character sheets soon. For the first season, I'm thinking of going with a small species, such as Velociraptor or Atrociraptor, while the next "season" would be a mixed herd of herbivorous species.

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[u][b]Name:[/b][/u]
[u][b]Age:[/b][/u] (no need to be specific, ages like "young adult" or "adolescent" are viable)
[u][b]Species:[/b][/u]
[u][b]Height:[/b][/u] (consult Wikipedia or another source if you need to)
[u][b]Length:[/b][/u] (ditto)
[u][b]Breed:[/b][/u] (different dinosaur breeds were engineered from paleo-DNA; include what makes this breed unique, such as physical and behavioral differences)
[u][b]About:[/b][/u] (tell us a little about them; what do they like or dislike? do they have any quirks in their personality?)

@Expendable@Ruiner Sorry for the delay, here's the character sheet. For the first season, the focus will be on Velociraptors.

Name: Stone
Age: Adult
Species: Velociraptor mongoliensis
Height: 2 ft (0.61 meters)
Length: 6 ft (1.83 meters)
Breed: Pure Breed
About: Formerly trained as a police 'saur, Stone was very close to humans, and after their sudden disappearance, he felt somewhat lost. He is intelligent, and a quick learner; that being said, he does get bored easily, and sometimes gets into trouble because of it.