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Weather & Time Patch
Hello All,

Here is a patch fixing some of the issues from the last update.


  • Steam Achievements should now unlock once you complete a session
  • Texture blurring issue has been resolved
  • Steam VR should no longer load
  • Audio sliders now work correctly
  • Birds are now less eager and tweet a little less :-\
  • Other minor bug fixes


Keep the fire burning,
Krish.

New Update : Weather & Time


Hello Wanderers,

Here is another update that focuses on improving the ambiance of Playne for your meditations.


Choose Weather



  • Spawn different weather system in Playne.
  • Combine, wind, rain and thunderstorms.


Change Time



  • Choose the time in Playne
  • Choose between sunrise, afternoon, sunset and night
  • Synchronize to your current time


New Theme



  • Beautiful new theme by Tess Tyler ( LEGO Avengers, Dead and Buried)


Major graphics optimisations and fixes



  • In some cases GPU utilization has been improved by > 60%
  • Graphics texture issues have been resolved. The grass should look a lot better at ‘high’ or less quality.


Other Fixes and Notes



  • Time and Weather effects now unlock with the story chapters
  • Audio has been greatly improved throughout Playne
  • Various other bug fixes


Hope you all enjoy this update and I'm looking forward to hearing your feedback.

Keep the fire burning!
Krish.

Collaboration with Composer Tess Tyler
I'm really excited to announce that the next update for Playne will feature the beautifully scored soundtrack by the incredibly talented Tess Tyler.

About Tess : https://www.tesstyler.com/about

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/tesstyler

Follow Tess on twitter: https://twitter.com/TessMakesMusic

Can't wait for you guys to experience it.

Meditation Views Hotfix - Release Notes
Some fixes to the recent update:


  • Issue where screen cuts to black at the end of meditation should now be resolved
  • Shoreline audio ambiance now has a bit more variety and depth
  • Night time audio ambiance has been tweaked to be less intrusive
  • Settings widgets now display correctly for lower resolution displays
  • Quotes now stay on the screen for a little longer before transitioning
  • 'Delete Session' has been removed because it causes some core mechanics to break. I'll be reimplementing this at a later date


lastly, I just want to note how grateful I am to all the players who raise these issues. You guys show so much patience when helping me identify and nail down these bugs. It really means a lot. Playne couldn't get better without you guys.



Any more issues - let me know :)

Keep the fire burning :)
Krish.

Update Released - Views




Hello Wanderers,

Another wholesome update (0.9.9.4.1) for you guys:

Meditation Views


A handful of sceneries with it's own unique sound-scapes.

New Meditation Menu



New Meditation Summary



More Quotes



Better Meditation Transitions



Visual Upgrades



Better Meditation Tutorial


Pre-Release Update - Meditation Views
Hello Wanderers,

‘Meditation Views’ give you the option to meditate in various scenes in Playne with its own unique sound-scapes.

There are a loads of updates/fixes in this patch as well.

Please Note: The water feature in the stream view is a placeholder which will be replaced when the full update is released. This has been removed from the pre-release due to some performance issues.

To get this pre-release update: right click Playne in your steam library > properties > BETAS > and choose 'pre-release'.

Hope you all enjoy this update :)

Keep the fire burnin ya’ll,

Krish.

Update Released : Steam Achievements & Cloud Save
Hello Wanderers,

Update 0.9.9.3.5 has been released.

Thanks to all of you that tested the pre-release.

This update includes:

  • +40 Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud Save
  • Minor bug fixes / optimisations

For those of you that have already progressed with Playne and want to unlock the steam achievements:

  • Complete a session for these achievements to unlock
  • You'll need to re-read the story chapters from Fox to unlock story achievements.

If you downloaded the pre-release build:

  • Steam should automatically move you from the pre-release update to this update.
  • if you are still seeing 'PLAYNE [pre-release]' in your Library, then restart your Steam client or choose the 'default' branch from properties > BETAS

Any issues, then please let me know.

Thank you :)
Krish.

Steam Achievements Pre-Release Update is Live
Hello Wanderers,

Steam achievements are here!

Currently the update is in pre-release for testing. If you would like to test this build then right click Playne in your steam library > properties > BETAS > and choose 'pre-release'.

Some notes if you already have unlocked achievements:

  • You'll need to complete a session for some these achievements to unlock in steam
  • You'll need to re-read the story to get story based achievements.


Let me know if you have any issues with the build. You can easily revert back to the stable build using the same menu.

Thank you :)

Krish.

Patch 0.9.9.3.3
Hello All,

Patch has been released with the following fixes:

  • Streak no longer breaks when meditating in certain conditions
  • Bug where day progressed incorrectly in certain conditions has been fixed
  • minor optimisations


Thank you :)

Hotfix Released
Hello All,

Hotfix has been released:


  • Campfire should now work
  • Easier, more direct approach to stop dialogue tutorial
  • No longer activates connected VR headset
  • Texture optimisations for performance


Thank you :)
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