You no longer hear campfire everywhere in Evolve mode.
The languages menu indicates that translations are incomplete
Linking fixed, and wording updates
Introducing Inward :D
Engine driver updates + other very minor fixes
Thanks, Krish.
Inward Dev Update : Create your Trees
Hello Friends, here is a quick overview of how you create and grow trees in Inward. Straight to it! Here is the video:
Grow and Create your Own Tree Species
You can create your own tree species by selecting a variety of elements, such as the type of leaves and the bark material. At launch, the tree system will have over 75,000 tree species to be discovered and grown.
Discover Trees Together
Inward’s trees will be grown together by the community of players. If you are the first to discover a tree species, then that type of tree will forever be linked to you, and other players will see this link.
You can wishlist Inward for iOS/Android here: https://emailoctopus.com/lists/da4aab1e-4394-11eb-a3d0-06b4694bee2a/forms/subscribe
Supporter Perks
I'm a solo dev and I created Playne/Inward to share the lessons I've learnt in my own journey and struggles with my own mental health. I am creating games directly for the players, and if you like the idea of self-published artists/creators, you can support me by buying me a coffee through Patreon:
www.patreon.com/krishs
As a supporter, you will get various perks including being able to create and have tree species named after you in Inward.
Thank you all for your continued support!
Much Love, Krish.
Planting 300 Trees in Wiltshire (UK) to celebrate players journeys.
Hello Friends,
To celebrate the 300 players who completed Playne recently by unlocking evolve mode, I'll be planting 300 trees in Wilthire, UK through OneTreePlanted.
Since launch, we have completed nearly half a million days of meditation and we've planted nearly 2,000 trees. That's a small forest that reflects our growth, spread all across the globe. :D :D :D
The last three years have been a massive learning curve for me personally, but reading the reviews of the positive impact Playne is having on your lives makes it all worthwhile.
Inward - My next game
Inward is the spiritual successor to Playne where you get to discover thousands of species of trees and create your own unique worlds. Inward is aimed at mobile but will have an initial release on Steam.
You can find out more/wishlist inward here You can subscribe for mobile news here:
Support my work with a coffee?
Firstly, sorry for the self-promo. I'm a solo creator, and you can help me to loads by buying me a coffee! It sounds simple, but it can go a long way!
Coffee dealers get the following perks. Hurrah! :
Closed beta access to Inward
Real trees!
Get unique world assets for Inward
Create a tree species in Inward in your honour. Pick how it looks and what it's called.
What do you say? buy us a coffee? https://patreon.com/krishs
Big thanks to my current Patreons: G'ma, Tony K, Waldemar G, Maxime A, Juan F, AcidOxidant , Holger, Pitgamer, Matt G, Michelle R, John H, za77ack, Meditation Mind, tigrenchik, Dominee C, Elizabeth P, Jake G, Simon C, Oliver W, Jesus R, Konohura, Kidjchai Y, Michiel K, jussi, VagrantFox, Christian B.
Thank you all! Krish.
Vote for Playne?
Hello Friends,
It's time for Steam awards again. For a small title like Playne, these events are massively important.
It's been over a year now since Playne came out of early access, so Playne is getting a bit older! But I'm hoping the VR and Biomes update I released this year are still keeping things interesting for you!
Since Playne is now over a year old, it's only eligible for the Labour of Love award. If you think Playne is worthy, then please do give it a vote.
Thank you all, Much Love, Krish.
1,000 trees planted in Spain
Friends,
Big thanks to everyone who got Playne during the World Nature Conservation Day Sale Event.
As part of this event, Playne will be planting over a 1,000 trees in Bizkaia, Spain through One Tree Planted. Planting season in Spain occurs from October through March and over 35 species tends to be planted including Quercus robur, Betula alba, Taxus baccata and Castanea sativa. Our trees will be one of these species. This is just a drop in the ocean compared to the millions of trees we are losing daily, but hopefully this drop is just the start of something more.
Thanks again to all of you for helping me do this.
Much Love, Krish
Biomes + VR Update Released
Hello Friends,
I'm really excited to release one of the most significant updates for Playne so far that brings biomes and many improvements for VR.
Biomes😄
Grow new species of trees for Story, Sandbox and Evolve modes
Three new species of trees: Aspen, Beech and Lombardy Poplar
Completed Playne? Create multiple instances and start the journey again
Choose trees that grow at different rates
Improvements & Fixes
Torch that illuminate the ground to help you plant seeds at night in Sandbox mode.
Many typos have been fixed. 👊 Huge thanks to those of you that sent me details of typos in the game.
Birds now tweet again during the day 🤷🏽♂️
Better, more realistic water
Steam Cloud save load quota increased to accommodate bigger saves
Various other minor bug fixes
VR Fixes and Improvements
Full graphics overhaul and engine tweaks. Game should be crisper, performance should be better.
New tutorial system gives you better onboarding onto Playne VR
New dialogue interaction system for Fox. You will no longer need to walk around the fox to get the best angle so you can read the dialogue window (🤦🏽♂️ what was I thinking? part I)
Game controls rethink and redesign. Gone are the complicated grip system for the weather and time power (🤦🏽♂️what was I thinking? part II)
Planting controls rethink and redesign. You no longer need to actually touch the ground to plant the seeds (🤦🏽♂️what was I thinking? part III)
Sandbox seed view needs less hand turn
New weather and time UI
Cosmos and G2 controller added, although still not officially supported until a few of you can confirm that they work 🤷🏽♂️
New, dare I say more beautiful, main menu [
[ Better, clearer settings ui
Better laser that doesn't shoot beyond the menu + full laser pointer system
Grip should no longer interfere with interactions on Index
Gameplay Changes
Sandbox and Story mode will no longer grow together. You now need to choose which biome/game mode you want to grow by meditating there. However you will still earn seeds for sandbox mode when you meditate in story mode.
The original tree in Playne now grows in 60 days, about twice as fast as before. I've reduced this since you can now grow multiple biomes.
New Bug Tracking and Feature Request System
You can add, comment and vote on bug reports and feature requests. 👍 ?? Playne: https://vismaya.upvoty.com/b/playne/ Playne VR: https://vismaya.upvoty.com/b/playne-vr/
Big thanks to my Patreons:
💖 G'ma, 💖 AcidOxidant, 💖 Barbara Weitbrecht, 💖 Erzhena Soktoeva, 💖 Holger, 💖 Jesse Hutchison, 💖 John Hounihan, 💖 Juan Fassone, 💖 Karl, 💖 Matt Gray, 💖 Maxime Attimont, 💖 Meditation Mind, 💖 Michelle Roberts, 💖 pitgamer, 💖 za7ch, 💖 Agelorus, 💖 Elizabeth Parks, 💖 Rodney Armand, 💖 Christian Böning, 💖 Jesus Redondo, 💖 jussi, 💖 Kidjchai Yingsery, 💖 Konohura, 💖 Margaret Howe, 💖 Michiel Krol, 💖 Oliver Waegner,💖 Sasha Hernandez, 💖 VagrantFox.
Special Thanks
Special thanks to G'ma for being one of the first to plant over 1,000 trees in Playne and supporting me for such a long time on Patreon. Also, big thanks to KalisChilde and the other mods for looking over the Discord. Thanks also to all you folks who helped me with testing this update.
Translations
Translations are a bit sketchy at the moment on Playne, and this is my fault since I've had to either redraft or redo some of the text on each patch. I'm doing localisation with our translators next so hopefully we can get some of this cleaned up. Until this happens, I'm removing the official 'interface localised' classification on Steam.
Valve Index, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift is initially supported. I am planning on adding HP Reverb G2 compatibility once I iron out this beta build.
Thank you Closed Beta Testers!
Thank you all that took part in the closed Beta program. All of you have helped me develop a less broken game, and for that I'm grateful. Some of you even took the time to send me super detailed bug reports and emails which I really do appreciate. Playne VR is so much better thanks to all you!
VR is in Early Access (Beta)
This is still a BETA build so some things might still be broken. If you find something that doesn't work or If you think of something I could improvement, then do let me know! Although I might not be able to implement everything (solo dev here :-) I do read every single input from you guys.
You can submit an issue via the link below or email an issue directly to support (at) playne.co: https://github.com/krishkrush/PlayneVR/issues/new/choose
If you can't be bothered with that, then just drop a message on our discord channel.
Lastly, Thank you to all my Patreons
Thanks also to each and every one of my Patreon supporters below for their continued support. As a solo dev making super niche games, your support is incredibly meaningful to me.
G'ma, AcidOxidant, Erzhena Soktoeva, Holger, Jesse Hutchison, John Hounihan, Juan Fassone, Karl, Matt Gray, Meditation Mind, Michelle Roberts, pitgamer, Scratch, Simon Tousi, za7ch, Agelorus, Elizabeth Parks, Nin Coon, Rodney Armand, Christian Boening, jussi, Leslie Sim, Michiel Krol, Riccardo Bertolone, Sasha Hernandez, VagrantFox
