Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-38333583-20190316065331/@comment-25235219-20190316085919

I'm not a dev, but I've been here almost since the beginning so I'll give you a bit of background.

As to 1, for as long as I've remembered it, the mod has always been very popular. It was the first ever fully fleshed out dinosaur mod, and it took inspiration from Jurassic Park to boot. It filled a niche, was original, and had its own somewhat thought-out lore. The only similar mod I can remember that predated it was the original Jurassicraft (this one had nothing to do with the modern one), and that one kinda sucked and died quickly. Up until the split about three or fours years in when impatient F/A fans started the modern Jurassicraft, there was almost zero serious competition, unlike now, where there's about thirty different dinosaur mods (more than half of which are WIP). So I guess the advice I'm trying to convey here is, be original and unique in some way.

Also, to be honest, the popularity of the mod has gone down juuust a tad bit thanks to the two and a half year long wait. So I guess the advice I'm trying to convey here is, don't have a two and a half year wait.