The Planet Crafter News

Hello Terraformers!

Finally, Amélie & I are happy to announce the date for the Early Access release of Planet Crafter! You’ll be able to get your hands on the game on March 24th 2022, in less than a month!

What will the Early Access contain compared to the demo / prologue ?

• New terraforming stages : Moss / Grass / Trees
  
• 4 new areas to explore and discover, new wrecks and secret caves
  
• More than 15 new machines, new ores, new equipments, new decorations
  
• Steam achievements
  
• New game modes (chill / standard / intense / hardcore)
  
• New landing sites
  
• New meteo events, story elements and secrets!
  

Check out the release teaser :
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]


We recommend starting a new game with the Early Access version, but we are trying to make it so that your previous save files will still work. We can’t guarantee it for now, but we’ll do our best to make it happen.

The development branches will be removed some days before launch, but the prologue and demo will stay. A massive thank you to everyone who helped us find all the bugs and provided us with amazing feedback. It has helped us tremendously!

If you want to help us bring the game to your language, feel free to participate in the community localization on localizor.

The price at launch will be 19.99 US$, we’ll add a special launch discount for the first week, so be sure to get it as soon as it’s out!

We can’t wait to give you access to this version, and see how you will terraform your planet, which kind of trees you’ll plant, and how your planet will turn out!



See you soon, and good terraforming !

Hello Team!

[h2]The development of the Early Access version of Planet Crafter is full on![/h2]

The exact launch date is not set, but It will be really soon, and It's just a matter of days before I announce it!

The Early Access version will introduce the Moss, Herbs and Trees terraformations levels. You'll have to use D.N.A manipulation to create trees seeds and make your world green!

It will let you build new base elements, like the rounded pod corner, or signs.

You'll discover new machines, like a Gas Extractor and the long awaited Recycling Machine!

Here's some previews :

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]




[h2]How to support us and the game [/h2]

• Ask your favorite streamers to play the game
  
• Share the game with your friends
  
• Help to translate the game in your language on Localizor
• Follow us on youtube
• Post screenshots of your base on social media
  

Hello everyone,

I'm uploading a patch right now to slightly improve performances of the game.


V 0.3.012 - Hotfix

- Improved performances for meteo events
- Improved loading time slightly (removed useless sector loading)
- Added a "120" fps target framerate in Options
- Hide compass on photo mode
- Removed "Plain wall" from unlockables as it was leading to lots of bugs


Good terraforming!

Hello Team!

The last update before Early Access is available!

This update introduce a new important item : the blueprint microchips. It's a new alternative way to get blueprints. You can find it in chests and wrecks. Decode it in the blueprint screen to unlock cool stuff (like the new jetpack!).



The prologue & the demo has been updated, you can access it the same way you did before.
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Save files should automaticaly work with the update, but I recommand to create a new one as you'll need enough blueprints microchips to unlock the new items.

Thanks again to everyone helping us bring the game worldwide by translating it in localizor.

Good terraforming!



Full ChangeLog :

V 0.3.011 - Jetpack and Blueprints update

Major Changes :

• - New biome : Grand Canyons
  
• - You can find blueprints chips and decode it on the blueprints screens to unlock new blueprints
  
• - New random story events system (For now : You can receive 3 new messages in communication screen)
  
• - Photo Mode - (press F2 to toggle) (Idea from : Lathrey on discord!)
  
• - Improved Russian translation (Thanks to Maarid and the community!)
  
• - New German translation (Thanks to Kedan and the community!)
  
• - New Polish, Spanish, Portuguses translations (Thanks to the community for their work!)
  
• - Key rebinding
  
• - Floor becomes wet when it rains
  
• - Added new steps to the tutorial
  

New Objects :

• - Blueprint microchip
  
• - Jetpacks t1 (unlocked by decoding blueprint microchips)
  
• - Destruction machine (unlocked by decoding blueprint microchips)
  
• - GPS satellite t1 (unlocked by decoding blueprint microchips)
  
• - Screen - Mapping (unlocked by decoding blueprint microchips)
  
• - Explosive powder
  
• - Surprise shiny object (if you get enough blueprints microchips decoded)
  

Minor changes :

• - Added sounds on drills
  
• - Improved Ore extractor rendering
  
• - Rockets can now be deconstructed
  
• - Fixed outside stairs rotation to 90°
  
• - Added a small platform at the top of outside stairs
  
• - Stairs doesn't collide with terrain anymore
  
• - Stairs are wider (this will affect saves)
  
• - Added a sound when grabing an object
  
• - Added a sound when droping an object
  
• - Added 1 more iridium ore in each iridium asteroid
  
• - increase health comsumption by a little bit
  

Bug fixes :

• - Fix a problem where vegetables seeds were locked in inventory
  
• - Fabric is now pickable when dropped
  
• - Deconstruct a pod under another dont leave a hole in the top pod anymore
  
• - Better pods snapping when there is a door
  
• - Do not block all saves files if one save file is corrupted
  
• - Fixed a bug where sometimes holes where created when trying to construct a glass floor
  

Technical :

• - Update unity input system

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