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 :)

Playne also has a new website: https://www.playne.co

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UPDATE INCLUDES

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New Game Mode Released — Create Your Own Playne
A big update that brings a whole new game mode where you can create and design your own unique Playne.
Hello Friends,

Hope you all are keeping well during these difficult times.

It's heart-warming to see the number of people doing wonderful things to help us through this difficult time and I've been thinking about how to help as well. I want to offer Playne to any 'Key Worker' supporting our communities in the front lines. If you are a key worker, and want to start meditating using Playne, just drop me an email (from your work email address) to krish@playne.co.

Work here at Playne is carrying on as normal (since it's just me working from home :)

Playne has come a long way over the year with over 10 updates, many of them significant. I'm excited to announce that this release will be the final significant update before Playne comes out of Early Access. To mark the occasion, I wanted to save the best for the last: A whole new game mode where you can create your own Playne!


CREATE YOUR OWN PLAYNE — New First Person Game Mode

  • Explore Playne: Experience Playne in first-person mode.
  • Collect Seeds: Earn a range of seeds my meditating.
  • Plant Seeds: Choose where your trees will grow.
  • Grow Trees and Flora: Mediation daily to grow your flora.

IMPROVED QUOTES

  • New Quotes: Added double the amount of quotes to keep it fresh.
  • Note: Translations might break for this since quotes have been migrated to a better optimised system. I’ll try and link them up for a later update.

IMPROVED EVOLVE MODE

  • Better Seed System: You no longer need to meditate to ‘empower’ the seeds
  • New Radial Menu System: You can now access all menus in Evolve mode.
  • Optimisation: The tree / shrub propagation system has been optimised. (better gpu utilisation)
  • Dialogue Bug fix: Fox's dialogue window no longer removes HUD from game.

IMPROVED JOURNALING

  • Skip Guide Audio: You can skip audio via the pause menu
  • Burn Pages: You can now burn your pages by clicking the campfire
  • Duration Clears: The text indication duration of audio guide no longer sticks in the background after the guide is finished.

PLAYNE IMPROVEMENTS

  • Overgrowth: Endgame growth of trees still keep growing, but slower so nav is visible
  • Better intro Story: The fox introduction has been redrafted.

OTHER FIXES

  • Achievements Fixed: All your achievements (past/present) should now unlock correctly.
  • Settings Menu Overlap Fix: Settings no longer get stuck behind the pause menu.
  • Various minor bug fixes and optimisations as well.

As always, let me know if you find any bugs, if you have any suggestions, or you just wanna share how Playne is having a positive impact on your life :D

Discord: https://discord.gg/kTwVyPq

Steam Discussions: https://steamcommunity.com/app/865540/discussions/

I hope that this update will give you all a reason to get back to your Playne and meditate :)

Take care of yourselves. Keep an eye on your neighbours, especially those who are older and vulnerable and help where you can. We are all in this together.


Move Love,
Krish.

Files

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Version 1.0 May 08, 2020

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