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Gameplay
Instinction is an action-adventure game. Much of the game is set in the Valley of the Rift, where past and present timelines collide. Hidden within the Yucatán Peninsula, the valley is home to dinosaurs that co-exist with an ancient civilization of humans, who work to protect the area and its creatures. The player takes control of Isabel Sierra, a young Mexican-American ecologist.
Isabel's grandmother, born within the peninsula, becomes terminally ill and requests that Isabel travel there to return an heirloom belonging to her indigenous people. Meanwhile, an organization descends upon the area and its inhabitants, claiming that its reason for being there is to stop a natural disaster.
Development
Instinction is in development by Hashbane Interactive, based in New Zealand. The company was formed by employees of the design firm Dane Design. Several employees at the firm were fans of the Dino Crisis games. As a hobby, they began working on a dinosaur video game with Unreal Engine, which the firm had been using since 2015 to design 3D buildings.
A working prototype of the game was finished with a week, and the results prompted the team to pursue development of a full game through the formation of Hashbane. The game is being developed with Unreal Engine 5, and it will incorporate ray tracing and DLSS.
