The Planet Crafter News

Hello Terraformers!

I've just updated a new version (v0.5.001) on the development branch.

This version is a preview of the "Insects & Waterfall" update. To see the new stuff :
- Explore
- Open your craft menu
- Check the T1 biodome screen

Please report any breaking bugs in the #dev-branch-feedback channel on Steam forums or on our discord server. I'm particularly interested in anything related to performances (better performances after this update, with insects, on new biomes, ...)

Content creators should wait a bit to create content, this version is not definitive and can contain bugs.


Temporary Changelog

Major changes :
- Biomass unit is now the sum of 3 units : Plants, Insects, Animals (not yet implemented)
- Plants generation replace the biomass generation on existing machines
- Reduced Nuclear Fusion Generator power input from 1625 to 1485 (Could lead to power shortage on your save, just add new power sources)
- Larvae appears naturally in the world after the trees stage

Terraformation stages :
- Reduce terraformation index required for trees stage
- Reduce terraformation index required for insects stage

New Biomes :
- Waterfalls
- Meteor Field
- Mushrooms River

New objects :
- Biomass screen
- Incubator
- Beehive
- Butterfly dome
- Farm
- Honey
- Super food pack
- Larvaes
- 10 butterflies species
- Bees
- Silk farm
- Butterfly farm
- Fence (Unlockable via blueprints)

Balancing :
- Increase some Tree seeds oxygen multipliers
- Some tree seeds have to bee unlocked
- Reduce trees spreader t1 unlocking level (from 6.5e+07 to 4.5e+07)
- Reduce trees spreader t2 unlocking level (from 7.5e+09 to 6e+09)
- Increase plants generation for most of plants generating machines

Bug fix:
- Improve placement of objects on outside foundation grids

Misc:
- Improve Polish localization (Thanks to Tominion on discord)
- Improve English localization (Thanks to Neuromution on Steam forums)
- 2 New golden crates
- Added 2 new drop levels for end game loot (better loot in crates for current end game)
- Added a background on machines informations
- Add allowed surfaces for wall screens (windows, corridors, biodome)
- Improve scroll on save file menu
- Fix craftstation t2 title missing
- Fix interiors too shiny in certain areas
- Reduce trees spreader t3 number of trees (from 55 to 45)
- Pod x4 is unlocked sooner with blueprints
- Change some recipes : Rocket Informations,
- Change some unlocking values
- Added a background when hovering objects to improve readability

Performances:
- Improve performance for all trees rendering (add better LODs)
- Improve food growers performances
- Improve fusion generator performances
- Default FPS is now 60 (not infinite)
- Do not spawn (and hide) herbs untill the herbs stage



As usual, restart Steam to get the update.

Hello terraformers!

The new "Insects & Waterfalls" update is almost ready and should be available in the next few weeks!

Here's a video teaser :
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[h2]What will be in the update?[/h2]

• Insects with bees, butterflies and fireflies
  
• New machines like incubators, beehives, butterfly domes, and more
  
• At least 2 new biomes : Giant waterfall and mushroom river.
  
• Reworking of the biomass system to integrate plants, insects and (future) animals
  
• New secrets and other things you'll have to discover!
  

Thank you once again for your support! Amélie & I are reading what the community is writing on Steam, Reddit, Youtube and everywhere else, and we try to take all your feedback into account even if we don't always take the time to answer, as we try to work on the game as much as possible.

We can't wait to share this next update with you!

[h2]Stay in the loop[/h2]

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• follow us on youtube and on twitter
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See you soon, and good terraforming!

Amélie & Brice

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1284190/The_Planet_Crafter/

Hello terraformers!

It's been 3 months since our little space survival terraforming game is out, and the community is still doing some amazing stuff with Planet Crafter!

We wanted to give a shout out to everyone having fun with the game, and sometimes pushing it to the limit!

[h2]The ones looking for beauty[/h2]

Some of you just want to create a perfect world, with nice colors and a sense of beauty.




[h2]The mega base builders[/h2]

While some of you want to create the biggest structures and craziest bases!



[h2]The creative ones[/h2]

And others just like to create new and impredicted things.



[h2]Almost 10.000 Steam reviews[/h2]

We are thrilled to see that Planet Crafter has almost received 10.000 reviews in less than 3 months! It's an incredible milestone and we are so glad that more than 96% of them are positive! We'll make our best efforts to keep the community satisfaction as high as possible!




[h2]Steam Summer Sale -15% discount![/h2]

The Steam Summer Sale will start in 2 days, and for the occasion, Planet Crafter will get a -15% discount! The perfect occasion to spread the love for the game by gifting it to your friends!


[h2]Stay in the loop[/h2]

As always, don't miss any informations about Planet Crafter and Miju Games :

• Subscribe to our newsletter
• follow us on youtube and on twitter
• Join our discord
• Join the official reddit

See you soon, and good terraforming!

Amélie & Brice

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1284190/The_Planet_Crafter/

Hello terraformers!

[h2]Small performance update[/h2]

One difficulty with base building games will always be performance. As you create amazing outposts with hundred of machines and a lot of vegetation, the framerate will undoubtedly suffer.

To support the creation of beautifull planets, we just uploaded a new version with some engine optimizations. Depending on your save file and computer, you should see some FPS improvements. (Full changelog at the end of this post)

Feel free to let us know if you saw some FPS boost!

[h2]Planet Crafter on Geforce Now and GOG[/h2]

Since the launch of the game, we had a lot of request from the community to be able to experience it differently. So during the past few weeks, we partnered with GOG and GeforceNow to let you play Planet Crafter on this Platforms!

Get Planet Crafter on GOG.

[h2]The next big update[/h2]

We are currently focusing on the next big update, and development is going pretty well. We want to add a lot of content in this one, and our goal is to deliver it before the end of july.

We can't really tell you exactly what it will contain yet, but here's a super secret sneak peek :



[h2]Stay in the loop[/h2]

As always, don't miss any informations about Planet Crafter and Miju Games :

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See you soon, and good terraforming!

Amélie & Brice


(Screenshot thanks to ADHDecent)


V 0.4.015 - Performance update - Full Changelog

• Improve Terrain performances
  
• - Better culling
  
• - Increase pixel error on far away terrains
  
• - Change shadows casting
  
• - Disable foliage drawing
  
• Improve lights performances on vegetables growers and nuclear reactors
  
• Maximum setting renderscale from 1.5 to 1.25
  

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1284190/The_Planet_Crafter/

Hello Terraformers!

I've just updated a new version (v0.4.015) on the development branch.

This version focus on terrain performances and improving FPS. Feel free to report if your FPS are better or worse with this update. You should even be able to switch branches to compare.

Please report any breaking bugs in the #dev-branch-feedback channel on our discord server.

Temporary Changelog

• Improve Terrain performances
  
• - Better culling
  
• - Increase pixel error on far away terrains
  
• - Change shadows casting
  
• - Disable unused foliage drawing
  
• Improve lights performances on vegetables growers and nuclear reactors
  
• Maximum setting renderscale from 1.5 to 1.25
  

As usual, restart Steam to get the update.