Friends, if you own Playne you can now get access to the beta build of the VR port.
Load Playne VR Beta
Right click Playne in your steam library > go to Properties > Beta > select ‘VR-BETA-0.6’ and steam will load the previous version for you.
Submit Bugs / Suggestions / Feature Requests via GitHub
I'm a solo dev, so there is only so much testing I can do myself before my mind runs out of the building. This is why your bug reports, feedback and suggestions will be super appreciated!
Check if the issue has already been submitted: https://github.com/krishkrush/PlayneVR/issues Submit an issues in GitHub: https://github.com/krishkrush/PlayneVR/issues/new/choose Submit an issue by email without a GitHub Account: a44ca6ff@fire.fundersclub.com
By helping me improve Playne, everyone who submits an issue/feedback/suggestion to GitHub will get their name credited in the game.
Warning! Backup your Playne save file
Playne VR will use your Playne save file. So please backup your Playne save file before testing Playne VR. It should work okay, but better to be safe.
To get to your Playne save file go to start > run > %localappdata%/playne/saved/savegames
Connect on Discord
Talk to other testers, ask questions, give answers and earn a special discord role: https://discord.gg/SD7U92knQd
Thank you all for taking part in the Beta Program,
Krish.
Big VR Announcement and Other News
VR Will be a Free Update!
As some of you might know already, for the last year I’ve been working on the VR port of Playne. Initially I was thinking of releasing the VR port as a separate version, but after giving it a lot of thought I’ve decided to release the VR port of Playne as a free update to Playne.
This means that once this update is released (Jan 2021) Playne will officially support VR, without needing to purchase a separate version. Here is a wee preview of the VR build: [previewyoutube="GFmpMjYma3Q;full"]
If you have a VR headset and would like to help me test the update, join the open Beta Program by visiting this link and you can get the update before it's released: https://forms.gle/zLGiNqBQKJKij2B16
Help Playne Win the Sit Back and Relax Steam Award
There is one day left to vote for Playne in the Steam Awards under the Sit back and Relax Category.
I’m not big on awards, but the visibility Payne could get with a mention here would be game changing (ooo pun :)
So needless to say, your votes will be super meaningful!
You can vote for Playne (Sit Back & Relax Award) here: https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/865540/view/2925614021625018079
COVID Relief
Remember, Playne is free to key workers in healthcare and teaching. All you need to do get a free copy of Playne is to drop me an email to covid19relief@playne.co from your work email address
Meditate together with Playne Tonight (and weekly)
Christiaan from Meditation Mind will be hosting a group meditation tonight with Playne @ 20:00 GMT+1 / 14:00 Eastern Time/ 11:00 Pacific Standard Time
Monday group meditations like these are a great way to start the week.
Lastly
“I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.” ― Hermann Hesse,
It’s human to suffer, it’s human to want to overcome suffering, it's human to want to help those who suffer. You are not alone in suffering
Mental Health Resources: https://safeinourworld.org/ If you need to talk to someone: https://www.imalive.org/
Thank you all for your continued support, Much Love, Krish.
Voting for Playne is Open
Hello Friends,
If you think Playne is relaxing and deserving you can vote for the 'Sit Back & Relax' category for the Steam awards!
These awards are a huge deal for solo dev, self-published titles like Playne and you can help a great deal by voting! There are some other wonderful games that are deserving of this award, so it's unlikely we will get a nominated, but one can dream! right?
Thank you all for your support,
Much Love, Krish.
1.1.3 Patch Release Notes
Hello Friends,
This is a small patch that fixes the following issues:
Story dialogue no longer disappears on certain response.
Full localisations for Italian (thanks Luca) and Polish (Thanks Kris).
Partial localisations for Chinese (thanks 春茶煮水)
Updated credits.
Other super minor bug fixes
Any issues, let me know :) Krish.
COVID Support + Safe In Our World Partnership + Reforestation
Hello Friends,
COVID Support for Medical Personnel & Teachers
As part of the COVID crisis, Playne has been free for all medical personnel over the last few months. And as school is returning, teachers can also now get Playne for free.
If you are a medical personnel who work at hospitals or doctor's offices worldwide or teaching staff at schools, colleges or universities, you can get a free copy of Playne by emailing: covid19relief@playne.co from your official work email address.
Safe In Our World Partnership
Playne has partnered with SafeInOurWorld to bring mental health resources to our community.
Safe In Our World Mission Our mission is to foster positive mental health wellbeing and deliver support not only for players but also developers, publishers, retailers and the other incredible folk and teams who make up the video games industry. Our goal is for the industry to come together and start a conversation that can change lives.
Thanks to every single one of you who completed Playne from May to August, Playne will be planting 150 real, breathing trees in California to support reforestation.
Yes, over the last three months, 150 of you have meditated well over 100 days to complete Playne, which is incredible! Well done to all of you!
Lastly,
I want Playne to have a meaningful, positive impact on our lives and the society around us. I'm incredibly grateful to you all for taking the time to leave a review. Even thought I don't get a chance to reply to every single review, I do read them all. It's inspiring to see the commitment and dedication that a lot of you have in exploring yourselves through meditation. I hope Playne continues to benefit you all.
Some links: Playne's Discord: https://discord.gg/kTwVyPq Twitter: https://twitter.com/playne My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/krishs
Thank you all, Krish.
Update Released : A Better Fox
Hello friends,
Thanks to everyone who’s supported Playne since its full release earlier this year. I’m so happy to see so many active daily players, exploring meditation with Playne.
I’d like to announce a brand new update, which brings some significant upgrades to your guide, your mentor, your friend, the fox. As well as a number of other improvements.
🦊Fox Upgrade: Improved Dialogue
Fully Enhanced Fox Script: Most of the dialogue of your fox guide has been augmented, redrafted and improved. A lot of effort has gone into making the instructions for meditation even clearer and easier to understand.
Better dialogue interface:Less cluttered dialogue window and more natural dialogue flow and connections.
🦊Fox Upgrade: Other Improvements
Fox encourages you: New event-driven dialogue system with over 20 new dialogue strands. What does this mean? Well, Fox will now nudge you with encouragement and enlighten/annoy you with its wisdom (you choose which!)
Improved movement: Fox will now walk, trot and run to you! Animation glitches have also been removed, and transitions have been improved as well.
Better dialogue screen: In Sandbox/Evolve Mode, the dialogue view has been improved. I can’t find another way to say it, apart from that it looks prettier.
🌳Sandbox improvements
Planting distance indicator: The crosshair on the HUD will now tell you when you are far enough away from a tree to plant a new seed. Frantically spamming the plant key is no longer needed :)
Improved notifications:Better instructions to help you understand and get feedback on the planting system. Game instructions have also been added to the Pause menu for new players.
🛠️Other Fixes & Improvements
Grammar / Spelilng fixes. :- |
Escape menu no longer intrudes on the achievements window.
Better achievements UI .
Better lantern (the polygon-y look wasn’t great, was it?).
'Remove guide text' option now actually removes guide text in meditation.
Crosshair dot is bigger! Why did I think a pixel wide crosshair was a good idea?
More prominent quest guide text.
Reaching level cap is now indicated in progress menu.
The volume of the fire can now be adjusted.
Quotes no longer disappear in your second session.
Fox no longer get warped around objects.
Outline of interactable objects in Story Mode has been improved.
Notifications no longer disappear in Sandbox / Evolve Mode.
+Other minor fixes and improvements.
🌍Localisation Issues?
Due to the range of changes to the dialogue text, some existing localisations might appear incomplete or broken. Our community translators are working on adding these localisation (thank you!). lI’ll release this as a patch as soon as it’s completed.
Although Playne doesn’t officially support localization of game text, it's nice to have the translators who make the effort to bring Playne to countries that otherwise might not be able to experience it.
If any of you would like to join our community translators and help me update the missing localisations, then drop me an email at krish (at) playne.co. If you have already contacted me (and I haven’t been back in touch) don’t worry, I will reach out to you soon.
🌱Planting Trees
Well done to all of you who have unlocked Evolve Mode over the last few months, allowing us to plant one tree in real life for every player who did so. I’ll soon be announcing the details of trees planted as part of this!
💬Experiencing issues with this update?
I’ve had a group of volunteers who took the time to test this update (thank you!) But as a solo dev, I don’t have a lot of different dev environments that I can test Playne on.
If you experience any issues or bugs, then let me know by posting on the discussion forum here on Steam. You can also easily revert back to the previous version (Right click Playne on your Steam Library > Properties > BETAS and select branch LastRelease)
🙏Thank you!
Thanks to everyone who made the effort to let me know how I can improve Playne, as well as suggestions for improvement.
Special thanks to my Patreons for continuing to support me in making games like Playne 🙏: G'ma, Karl, Holger, pitgamer, Erzhena S, Jesse H, Matt G, Michelle R, John H, Christian B, The Damn Shames, za7ch, Meditation Mind, Rodney A, Nin C, Elizabeth P, Agelorus, Leslie S, Valoky L, Jussi, VagrantFox, Tomas Q.
Links
Recommend Playne? : https://store.steampowered.com/recommended/recommendgame/865540 Playne’s Discord: https://discord.gg/Hu3UKBC Support Thread: https://steamcommunity.com/app/865540/discussions/1/ Support Email: help (a.t) playne.co
German Localisations
Hello Friends,
This is a small patch that brings German localisations to Playne, thanks to @Thomary + @Sanugia + @Knoll :)
Much Love, Krish.
Plant a Living, Breathing Tree by Meditating
Hello Friends,
Trees in Playne reflects your journey with meditation. In reality, trees clean our air and water, provide homes for wildlife, and contribute to our health and livelihoods.
How cool would it be, if we planted actual trees for every tree in Playne? Okay, it would be impossible to plant all the trees that you are all growing, but as Drake once said "great things have small beginnings" (not this drake) (this drake)
I'm honoured to announce that Playne has again partnered with One Tree Planted to add reforestation as an integral part of the gameplay. What does this mean for you? You can now plant an actual tree while you building a habit of meditation.
Starting this week, every time a player completes Playne by unlocking Evolve mode, Playne will plant an actual, breathing, living tree in California.
This update includes completed localisations for: - French (🙏 Yashky) - Italian (🙏 Luca) - Hungarian (🙏 lostProphet) - Polish (🙏 Gluciorek) - Spanish (🙏 ThayAic + NEO) - Portuguese (🙏 Muzack + Sylene)
Other things included in this patch: - Flowers should now spawn correctly in Playne - The button 'Continue Evolve' no longer drops you in the middle of the ocean :-/ - + minor fixes
Special thanks to my Patreon supporters: G'ma, Christian Böning, Meditation Mind, Sunny Gulati, The Damn Shames, za7ch, Agelorus, adBurger, Elizabeth Parks, Nin Coon, Rodney Armand, Tomás Quiñonez-Riegos, VagrantFox
Thank you all your continued support :) Krish.
Playne Coming Out of Early Access
Hello Friends.
I'm really excited to announce that Playne is finally coming out of Early Access in the next couple of weeks*. Has it been that long already?!?
So what does this mean for all of you that already own Playne? Mostly everything will be the same and I will be continuing to release updates to make Playne better, so keep send me your feedback :)
For those of you who haven't purchased Playne yet, the price will increase slightly once it comes out of early access.
Now I want to take a moment to thank @sanugia who was one of the first players to get Playne, @gma who was the first ever player to plant over 1000 trees in Evolve mode (and supports me on Patreon), @disies who continues to welcome everyone on our discord channel, all the @translators who make Playne sound beautiful in other languages, my Patreons who look over me, my collaborators, who gave a bit of their heart to Playne and last but not least, all you who gave Playne a chance in early access — every single one of you have made Playne possible by supporting the development. Solo developing and self publishing video games can be super difficult, but your support has made it possible for me to keep improving Playne and making it what it is today.
For those of that have been with me from the very beginning, lets take a moment to remember when Playne was a humble 2D(ish) point and click affair — what Playne is now is largely thanks to the feedback that I have received from so many of you 🙏
I can't wait to announce some new projects soon. All of which I hope will help us live a more mindful life. I hope Playne continues to benefit you all and I hope to keep making games for you all :)
Much Love, Krish.
* updated release date p.s Playne also has revamped its website : https://www.playne.co
Hotfix released
Hello Friends,
This is the hotfix that resolves some issues from the last update: - fixed location reset in sandbox mode - fixed mouse lock issue in sandbox mode - Achievements should now unlock correctly in Steam - Make sure you do a new session for achievements to unlock - You'll need to re-read the story chapters to unlock story based achievements - Updated some translations
