Peachleaf Pirates News

Ahoy me Hearties! Get ready for some adventuring and farming fun in the sun – a Peachleaf Pirates demo is coming later this week! The demo is launching as part of the Steam Game Festival and will be available to download from the game's Steam page for the duration of the event as follows:

Starts: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021 @ 10AM PST
Ends: Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 @ 10AM PST

The demo consists of your first three days on Peachleaf Island and offers an introductory flavour of what to expect when the full game launches later this year. You'll be able to explore the tropical paradise and meet many of its 'unusual' residents, try your hand at early stage farming and questing, and see how far you can make it through a mysterious and monster-filled jungle temple.

Grab yourself a Jug of Grog and watch Carl play Peachleaf Pirates.

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Hey folks! Get ready for some adventuring and farming fun in the sun – a Peachleaf Pirates demo is coming later this week! The demo is launching as part of the Steam Game Festival and will be available to download from the game's Steam page for the duration of the event as follows:

Starts: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021 @ 10AM PST
Ends: Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 @ 10AM PST

The demo consists of your first three days on Peachleaf Island and offers an introductory flavour of what to expect when the full game launches later this year. You'll be able to explore the tropical paradise and meet many of its 'unusual' residents, try your hand at early stage farming and questing, and see how far you can make it through a mysterious and monster-filled jungle temple.

Watch the trailer for a taste of what's in store on Peachleaf:

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As well as getting to try the game for yourself, you'll also be able to watch Peachleaf developer Dog Kiss Studio (aka Carl) broadcast his own playthrough of the demo via the Peachleaf Steam page, so keep an eye out for that!

If you like the look of Peachleaf Pirates, be sure to add it to your wishlist!

Matt | Digerati

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1156510/Peachleaf_Pirates/

We're now more than half way through the Peachleaf Pirates beta! Thanks to all the players who have taken part so far, and to everyone that's taken the time to provide feedback. It really means a lot.

And for those of you that received a key, but haven't yet jumped in – you have until this coming Wednesday, 18 November, before keys are deactivated. So don't delay, come enjoy some fun in the sun today!

Also wanted to remind all beta players there is a Peachopedia available that contains all sorts of super useful information, including a full rundown of skills, a guide to the island, an overview of growing and harvesting crops, and plenty more! The Peachopedia can be found here: https://peachopedia.com/

The wiki is very much a work-in-progress, so should you feel compelled to contribute, please go right ahead :)

A map for the Town of Peachleaf, as seen in the Peachopedia!

Have fun on the island, be nice to the goblins, and don't forget to add Peachleaf Pirates to your wishlist!

Matt | Digerati

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1156510/Peachleaf_Pirates/

If you want to take part in the Peachleaf Pirates beta and haven't signed-up for it already, be sure to secure your spot by adding your name here: https://www.digerati.games/peachleafbeta

The beta starts tomorrow, Wednesday, 4 November, with keys being sent to participants at 9am PST. The beta will run for a full fortnight, ending on Wednesday, 18 November.

So, if you fancy kicking back and sampling what Peachleaf has to offer, be sure to sign-up now!

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See you in the sun!

Matt | Digerati

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1156510/Peachleaf_Pirates/

Hi there!

I'm Carl, and I'm the developer of Peachleaf Pirates. I wanted to give you a friendly reminder to sign-up for the Peachleaf Pirates open beta!, which you can do right now at this link: https://www.digerati.games/peachleafbeta

The beta kicks off next week, November 4th, and runs until November 18th.

For everyone who has already signed-up to try my game, thank you so much! It really means the world to me. Peachleaf is my first game, and it's totally surreal for me that it's now at a stage where real actual people (like you) will be playing it!

When I first began work on Peachleaf, I was working in a hotel. I couldn’t code, and I couldn’t draw, but I knew that I wanted to create a game. So I spent all my spare time trying to learn how to program, and every spare second at work writing, sketching, and drawing concepts for the game on everything from napkins to post-it notes.



A lot has happened in my life and the world at large since then. From the very start, my idea was to create a game that you could sink a few hours into after a rough day at work, and hopefully have some fun at the same time.

Growing up, I loved playing point-n-click adventure games, and I was absolutely enthralled by the Monkey Island-series. I also sank many hours into the original Sims, and pretty much any game since then with base-building or farming. I’ve also always loved a good skill/tech-tree. So, naturally, I wanted to cram all that into my own game. I figured that, if nothing else, I could at least make a game that I would find fun to play.

For the first year or so of development on Peachleaf, whenever I enthusiastically shared my vision of a whimsical point-n-click/farm-sim/rpg mashup, I was met with an echo of people saying it was way too ambitious for my first game, and I should create a Pong-clone instead of this ridiculous project.

I didn’t listen.

And here we are. 3,941 hours in GameMaker Studio and 3,828 hours in Aseprite later.

The game is very close to being done, but it's still not completely polished. The full release will have some additional dialogue options throughout the game, and there will be a bit less silence and more music.

Once again, thank you so so much for playing! I can't wait to hear, and learn from, your feedback, and I sincerely hope that you enjoy trying out the game!

Don't forget to sign-up!: https://www.digerati.games/peachleafbeta

Much love,
Carl | Dog Kiss Studio

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1156510/Peachleaf_Pirates/