The Paddock
Release date: Jun 5, 2025
Developers: Josh Devlin
Publishers: Josh Devlin
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation
Categories: Single-player, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English

The Paddock is a short game about dealing with dinosaurs as a security guard, if you die you must start from the beginning.  Features CCTV cameras that are used for watching the dinosaur and electrocuting it when it gets too close to the fence. First person game, you have a torch and a few other tools. One continuous level that has you complete objectives as you play it.  A story that unravels as you play through the game. A short experience that can be finished in 1 hour. If you die, the game restarts.  Gameplay Set in the remote mountains the player is starting their first shift as a security guard, alone.  The primary objective being, don't let the dinosaurs get in, while also trying not to get eaten.  As some of the Dilophosaurus begin to break in, the player must do their best to avoid them while also completing objectives. If the player fails in keeping the Giganotosaurus from breaking through the fences, the game will end.  If the player is killed, that is it. The game will give you an option to restart or go back to the main menu. This game is meant to be beaten in one sitting.  Story The story of the game will be told through voice lines within the game as well as lore scattered through radio signals and notes.  A remote research facility in the mountains is monitoring dinosaurs and how they interact with each other in the environment. The player is tasked with keeping the facility secure while everyone is gone. As the day goes on, more and more starts to go wrong for the player and eventually dinosaurs start turning up where they shouldn't be, inside the facility.