Lego Jurassic World's gameplay is similar to previous Lego video games.[7][8][9] Gameplay consists of the player solving puzzles. The game features 20 levels, with five levels based on each film.[10] The levels are accessed through a free-roaming overworld area.[11] The game incorporates a two-player cooperation mode. The game features more than 100 unlockable characters to play as,[12] including more than 20 dinosaur species, such as Ankylosaurus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus. Mr. DNA, a cartoon character featured in the 1993 Jurassic Park film, is also an unlockable character.[13] Throughout the game, Mr. DNA provides the player with hints; and with dinosaur trivia, as he did in the Jurassic Park video game for the Super NES.
Human characters include Dr. Alan Grant, Ian Malcolm, and Owen Grady. Each character has a special ability. The utilization of each character's ability is required to progress through the game.[10] Jurassic World producers Pat Crowley and Frank Marshall appear as unlockable characters, as well as the film's director, Colin Trevorrow. Steven Spielberg, who has acted as director and executive producer for films in the series, is also an unlockable character.[14]
The player can also create new human characters by travelling to either the Jurassic Park Visitor Center or the Jurassic World Innovation Center. Hybrid dinosaurs can also be created from various parts of dinosaurs that can be unlocked during the game's progression. Enemies include Compsognathus,[11][15][16] Dilophosaurus and Velociraptor.
The 3DS version excludes the free-roaming mode for a central hub instead, but is otherwise nearly identical to the home console versions of the game.[16] The Android and iOS versions also use a main hub section to access levels;[17][18] because of limitations on digital storage space, these versions feature fewer levels and fewer cutscenes than the home console versions, and the levels are also reduced in size.[17] The iOS version supports use of iCloud and Game Center.
