Plantasia

Devlog

• Hour 240 - Plantasia Launches!
  May 21, 2018 by Karn Bianco

  Today is the day! Plantasia - a small game about cultivating your very own plant-covered island paradise (but you probably knew that already) - has officially been released into the wild! You can pla... Continue reading
• Hour 180 - Introducing New Plants
  May 03, 2018 by Karn Bianco

  Quick update for today! Added a simple intro sequence with an animated logo leading into the main game, plus a few new plants to grow. Starting to really enjoy the process of animating things now, eve... Continue reading

  
• Hour 172 - What's That Sound?
  April 28, 2018 by Karn Bianco

  Hello! In today's update I've added audio support , a bunch of sound effects, and a couple of (I think) really nice music tracks. Even better: all of the audio so far is public domain! Later on I'l... Continue reading
• Hour 160 - Preparing to go Public
  April 24, 2018 by Karn Bianco

  So I recently decided that I'm going to release Plantasia (as well as other games I make ) not just for free but also into the public domain , which means anyone will be able to access the full s... Continue reading
• Hour 94 - Savvy with Systems
  April 01, 2018 by Karn Bianco

  Not the most glamorous of updates today, but some important systems are now in place and I think I've finally honed in on a definite scope and final destination for the game. Despite being such a simp... Continue reading
• Hour 78 - Expanding Universe
  March 11, 2018 by Karn Bianco

  Phew. Lots of new stuff in this update so bullet points ahoy! Expanded Universe : new, bigger universe to explore. You can grab and rotate the "space" around you to have a good ol' shufty at whats abo... Continue reading
• Hour 62 - Harvesting Seeds
  March 08, 2018 by Karn Bianco

  With this update you can now help plants grow by watering them and then harvest seeds from fully-grown plants to take away and plant elsewhere. Planetoids (newly remodelled!) out in the universe now r... Continue reading
• Hour 55 - Make It Rain
  March 06, 2018 by Karn Bianco

  Just a quick update today. I added clouds and rain to the game! The clouds orbit the planetoids just like the sun does, and you can interact with them in a similar way, by dragging or flinging it arou... Continue reading
• Hour 48 - Androids and Seeds
  March 04, 2018 by Karn Bianco

  In this update I've added a few new plant types (art is still placeholder, as always!) and extended the seed system to allow you to differentiate between different seed/plant types. I also got the gam... Continue reading
• Hour 38 - Warp Speed!
  February 24, 2018 by Karn Bianco

  Phew. A lot of work went into this update, although much of it was behind the scenes. As for the visible stuff, it's now possible to take your Seed Ship into space and explore other planetoids to grow... Continue reading
• Hour 24 - Seed Ship
  February 19, 2018 by Karn Bianco

  Spaceships! Well, one spaceship. Well, one Seed Ship . This is the new home for the player's seed collection - a bit more secure than bouncing around on the underside of a rock floating in space. Ther... Continue reading

  
• Hour 18 - Planetoids
  February 18, 2018 by Karn Bianco

  A full of day of work on Plantasia ! And yet, after almost doubling the time spent on the project, it hasn't changed all that much! Although lots went on behind the scenes, the only obvious changes a... Continue reading
• Hour 10 - Let's Get Seedy
  February 16, 2018 by Karn Bianco

  Today I added seeds to the world of Plantasia ! I want to avoid having user interface elements on the screen as much as possible, and instead let the player get what they need by playing around with... Continue reading
• Hour 7 - Our First Plants!
  February 14, 2018 by Karn Bianco

  Plantasia finally has some plants to call its own! I spent some time researching different ways that I might be able to create nicely animated plants. I'm using Blender to create my 3D models and it... Continue reading
• Hour 5 - The Sun Appears!
  February 13, 2018 by Karn Bianco

  Created a simple Sun object which has a directional light attached and orbits around the island to simulate a basic day/night cycle effect. The player can also grab the sun and move it around manuall... Continue reading

  
• Hour 1 - It Begins!
  February 12, 2018 by Karn Bianco

  Created Unity project, imported pre-existing island base model and gradient shader. Investigated an issue I've been having whereby Blender models get imported into Unity with 100 scale and a -90 degre... Continue reading