Who You Play and Who You Are Searching For
Jordan is the playable college student, Stella Banks guides them remotely, and Dalton Coolidge and Dalton Jr. (DJ) are the missing father and son at the heart of the search. The Paleo Pals are the attraction's mascots, while letters and recordings introduce the people behind its history.
Later story details follow, including material from the characters' personal letters and conversations.
Main Characters and Their Relationships
| Character | Story Role | How You Learn About Them |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan | A college student and student-athlete whose car breaks down outside Dalton's Dinos during a road trip from Chicago toward Los Angeles. | Their dialogue and reactions carry the journey. Their athletic background explains the running, jumping and climbing. |
| Stella Banks | An off-site park employee and paleontologist, and a longtime friend and colleague of Dalton and Elena. | Telephone and headset conversations provide context about the attraction and guide Jordan's search for Dalton and his son. |
| Dalton Coolidge | The missing attraction owner, Elena's husband and DJ's father. A fossil discovery helped him and Elena establish Dalton's Dinos. | His recordings, discoveries and the trail he leaves allow Jordan to retrace his path. |
| Dalton Jr. (DJ) | Dalton's son and the child Jordan encounters in the underground caverns. | His journals include Sick Dennis, Mama's Gone and DJ's thoughts, giving him a personal voice beyond the search. |
| Elena Coolidge | Dalton's wife and a paleontologist. Their fossil discovery brought the fame and funding that helped create the attraction. | Letters between Elena and Dalton reveal the family relationships behind the attraction. |
How Dalton's History Shapes the Search
The fossil discovery helped Dalton and Elena build an attraction that could finance further digs and research. Dalton's desire to share dinosaurs with families sits alongside his business ambition. That tension matters as Jordan moves beyond the colorful exhibits into excavation sites, mining operations and hidden facilities below.
Dalton's goodbye letter addresses his wife, his son and Stella. He admits that he shut Elena out and failed to support DJ, while remembering Stella's advice to keep the attraction focused on science and education. Those regrets make the search a family story as well as a journey through the attraction's secrets.
Paleo Pal Mascot Identities
| Mascot | Identity |
|---|---|
| Benji | Brontosaurus mascot |
| Pterry | Pterodactyl mascot |
| Dennis | Dilophosaurus mascot |
| Alistair | Allosaurus mascot |
| Stephanie | Stegosaurus mascot |
Paleo Pal statues speak facts when you interact with their buttons, and you can encounter repeated copies around the attraction. Dennis also has a personal connection with DJ: Sick Dennis describes him becoming ill and leaving black tar when he visits. Later, DJ tells Jordan that Dennis dislikes anyone else, bringing that familiar mascot name into the rescue story.
Other Names in Notes, Tapes and Encounters
| Name | Connection to the Story |
|---|---|
| Dr. Johnathan Fellows | Associated with the Material Analysis note examining the strange substance. |
| Dr. Jane Hicks | Named among the people whose notes and tapes expand the attraction's history and underground background. |
| Commander Ridgewater | Records operational logs about Project Pilgrim and its camp. |
| Professor Jensen | Studies light spectrums that affect the black material, as described in Ridgewater's update. |
| The Broker | Corresponds with Dalton; Stella describes Dalton pursuing the substance with a shadow broker. |
| Sid | A crew member Jordan meets during the search. |
| Cheryl | Introduces herself as the park's employee relations liaison in a staff announcement. |
| Fred | The person Stella initially asks Jordan to put on the phone. |
| Taylor | Signs the note complaining about black muck returning to the Benji suit. |
| Willy | The recipient named in Stella Banks's Instructions for Willy tape. |
| Ned | Named during a worker discussion about raising concerns with management, including Stella. |
| Tim | Signs an evacuation notice concerning workers at a digsite. |
| George | Asks a recorded question about whether selling fossils is legal. |
| Mike | A name called out in a warning to get down during an encounter. |
| Vera | An excavated find named after the discoverer's grandmother. |
Where to Read More About the Characters
- Read the mascot-suit note near the projector room. After using the coin to enter the projector area, take the door on the left marked No Entry. Head right into the small room containing mascot suits and check the bench.
- Check Elena's letter in the gift shop office. Enter the office in the far right corner of the large open gift shop area, where the story VHS is played. The letter from Elena to Dalton is on a desk.
- Find Dalton's goodbye letter later in the journey. Soon after finding his belongings, you drop into a cave with a flashing light and a blood trail. Head left to find the letter.
- Revisit missed character notes through Level Select on the main menu. It lets you return to levels and collect material you passed earlier.
Voice Actors and Where to Check Their Credits
The publisher and developer press release officially names Kellen Goff, Amanda Hufford and MatPat among the performers. That announcement lists their names without assigning their individual character roles.