The Planet Crafter News

Scavenging for resources, keeping yourself fed and hydrated, crafting tools and building a base, and staying alive in a harsh environment is what survival games are all about. But what about altering that environment until it's not as harsh as you found it? What if you could turn a hostile desert planet into a green and leafy paradise through terraforming?..
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Hello Terraformers!

After two years of hard work, the Early Access of Planet Crafter is finally LIVE!

You can get your copy of the game right now with a special launch discount!


[h2]What's in the game?[/h2]

• Build a base and machines to completly terraform a planet!
  
• Base building and exploration
  
• A big map to explore with differents biomes
  
• Lots of machines & equipements to craft
  
• Hours of gameplay content
  

[h2]What's new?[/h2]

• 4 New biomes
  
• Add moss, grass and trees to your planet!
  
• More than 15 new machines to improve your terraforming
  
• Discover new secrets, caves, and hidden golden chests!
  
• New meteo events
  
• New ores, equipments and things to craft!
  

A huge thank you to the community who helped us crafting the game! We will continue to improve it during the Early Access version to make it as amazing as possible!

If you tried the prologue, you will be able to continue where you left off, but it's highly recommended to create a new game to get the full experience.

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

Good terraforming!




[h2]Full Change log - V0.4.004: [/h2]
World changes :

• - 4 new biomes : Stargate crash, orange desert, rocky montains, dead desert
  
• - 4 new caves : Uranium, Iridium, Wonder cave, Red Desert cave
  
• - Added 5 new meteo events
  
• - Randomly generated content of some crates is now depending on the terraformation level
  
• - 5 new secrets hidden places
  
• - New Zeolite ore
  
• - 2 new rare flower seeds
  

Major changes :

• - Added controller support
  
• - New "Spawn location" option on creation of a new game
  
• - New "Game Mode" option on creation of a new game
  
• - Chill / Standart / Intense / Hardcore
  
• - Added Steam Achievements
  
• - Damage from asteroids
  
• - Damage if falling from too high
  
• - Added snapping system to stairs & foundations
  
• - Ore extractor now extracts some ores depending on their location
  
• - Improve performance and rendering of grass
  

New Objects :

• - Gas extractor
  
• - D.N.A manipulator
  
• - Jetpack T2 & T3
  
• - Drill T4
  
• - Heater T4
  
• - Backpack T5
  
• - Ore extractor t2
  
• - Food grower t2
  
• - Biomass rocket
  
• - Angle round Pod
  
• - Recycling machine
  
• - Grass spreader
  
• - Seed spreader T2
  
• - Tree spreader T1 T2 T3
  
• - Sign
  
• - Mutagen
  
• - Methan cartridge
  
• - GPS rocket T2 & T3
  
• - Flower Pot
  
• - Pulsar quartz
  
• - Big living habitat
  
• - Nuclear Fusion generator
  
• - 2 new golden crates (11 total)
  
• - 2 new rare seeds
  
• - Fusion cell
  
• - Display case
  
• - Area lamp
  

Minor Changes :

• - Basics Asteroids now drop some resources
  
• - Biomass level now appears on the terraformation screen when it's more than zero
  
• - New unstuck option (press F4)
  
• - Removed gold chest from blueprints
  
• - Decrease space food value from 50 to 40
  
• - Increase Ore Generator t1 generation time (from 60 to 70)
  
• - Increase atmospheric water generation time (from 120 to 150)
  
• - Reduce grass number depending on quality settings
  
• - Improve rendering performances of some ores
  
• - More meteo event triggering (Try to launch from 30 to 20 sec)
  
• - Added message in the first crash ship
  
• - Night is 45 seconds longer (from 0.35 to 0.31)
  

To Celebrate the launch in Early Access of the Game, we asked the content creator "Raptor" to try out the game!

You can watch him play now directly on Planet Crafter Steam page!

Only a few hours left before the Early Access launch !

Hello Terraformers!

The wait is almost over! You'll be able to get your hands on the game on March 24th 16h00 UTC, in 4 days!

[h2]Turn your planet GREEN[/h2]

• You will finally be able to spread vegetation on your planet! Starting with moss, that will spread naturally on the floor once you reach the good Terraformation index. You'll even be able to launch new rockets to help the moss spread everywhere!
  
  
• Then, grass will appear, and most of your land will have a green look! Vines will grow and unlock new areas for you to explore.
  
  
• And, after all your terraformation efforts, you will unlock trees spreaders, allowing you to spread the tree seeds you have carefully crafted and selected via D.N.A modifications!
  

[h2]End of development branch[/h2]

Later today, I will remove the development branch. This branch allowed us to get a lot of amazing feedback from the community and it really helped to craft the best game possible for the Early Access release. Thank you to everyone who tried it!



Remember to talk about the game to your friends, and ask your favorite streamers to try it! It will help us a lot!

Wishlist the game to know exactly when it's out :

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

Hello Terraformers!

In today's post, I wanted to give you a preview of the world you'll be able to explore in the Early Access version!

[h2]New Biomes[/h2]

• The warp gate wrecks: Explore the crashed mega structure
  
• The dead land: Will you be able to find what secrets it contains?
  
• The lush valley: The perfect place to create your lush forest
  
• The red desert: Wrecks, caves and mysteries!
  
• New caves: Will you prefer the cave of wonders, the uranium cave, or another one of the new cave?

[h2]Secrets[/h2]
For those who like to explore and discover misteries, the Early Access version will be full of little stories and secrets. Every rock could hide something new. Every wrecks could be more than it seem's.
At least 5 secret places have been added to the game!



[h2]10 days left before Early Access![/h2]

Remember you can help us localize the game in your language on Localizor! Chinese, japanese and some other languages are almost done, but not quite yet!

Talk about the game to your friends, and ask your favorite streamers to try it! It will help us a lot!

Wishlist the game to know exactly when it's out :

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