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Showcase #1 - Plants & Decorations

Hello, Gardeners!

For our first blogpost, we decided on a screenshot showcase, as Garden Life will feature a hefty amount of different plants and we thought "why don't we just enjoy some scenery before going all technical?".

As a little preface: Garden Life is all about freedom of creation. You will have full creative freedom in your garden and will be able to decorate it however you want, apart from changing the placements of the default buildings like the greenhouse and the shed. We are highlighting that part for a reason: when you look at the screenshots, let your imagination run free and imagine how you would have planted the plants in our place! Maybe you'd use some pots? Or moved some to the greenhouse? Or changed their placement altogether? Garden Life is all about you and how you see your little lush and vivid safe space.

While the final list of plants will remain a secret for now, we can show you about what we already have in the game. Please note that all material that you are seeing right now is work in progress and final visuals can change in the release version of the game.









As you can see, we have already implemented sunflowers, peonies, cyclamen, hydrangeas (the white flower ones), roses, tulips and daffodils. Our garden looks so bright and beautiful already and we are not finished with the full flower roster yet – hope you are excited to see what we’ll add later!









We can’t finish the blog without showing some of our decorations! Windmills, ponds, garden gnomes, snails, frogs and lots of other little things that will make your garden truly unique! They look especially good in motion and we’ll share some gifs and clips with you in later posts.

In our next blogs, we will cover some of the technical aspects of the game. Make sure to wishlist and follow and see you soon!

Introducing: Dev-Blog Series!

Hey, Gardeners!

We are excited to announce the dev-blog series about our comfy gardening sim! Since this is our first post, we think it would be best to answer the question that most people who know us will surely have: why a gardening simulator all of a sudden? Aren’t we that Bus Simulator studio?



First – yes, we are indeed that Bus Simulator studio - but Garden Life is being created by a very different team. The game's producer, Kay, is very knowledgeable about flowers, gardening and many other cool plant related things, which is directly reflected in our core gameplay. She previously was a florist and a floral designer with several awards: Chelsea Flower Show Gold (2016) and Silver (2012) medals and Young Florist of the Year 2016. Cool, right? And, to be honest, we’ve always wanted to try creating something new and different. A garden sim looked like a perfect game to explore.



Why? Because there’s not a lot of gardening games out there. Too simple of a reasoning, maybe? Well, it’s the truth. And we want to try and “digitalize” gardening. Isn’t it super fun to see your plants and flowers grow, change overtime and finally, bloom? Real life gardening can be very messy and not everyone has the space for a garden. That's where Garden Life comes in!

The plant care system and plants themselves are based on their real world counterparts and gameplay will feel very close to a real garden. That’s the sim part. But we also made sure to make it feel very chill and relaxed; stress and pressure free. There’s no punishment for doing something “wrong”, there’s no sense of running out of time or resources. Garden Life is more about the peace and beauty that comes with your own garden, full of beautiful plants, flowers and decorations. That is exactly why we picked an anime – more exactly a Studio Ghibli – inspired art style: it’s very, very cozy. Just looking at it should evoke a feeling of calm serenity, a union with nature and all its beauties. You can play entirely at your own pace, grow your garden slowly and make it become a blooming plant paradise!



We’d love to jump deeper into mechanics but we are running out of time already. For the next blog, what would you like to know about first? The plant care system? Or maybe you’d like to see what kinda flowers and tools will be available in the game? Tell us in the comments!

And don’t forget to wishlist and follow Garden Life here, on Steam.

Have a wonderful day!

Thank you for 5 000 Wishlists!

Dear Garden Enthusiasts,

The Garden Life Dev team at Stillalive are super excited to announce that Garden Life has passed the 5000 wishlists mark on Steam! This is a great achievement and we are grateful to see the community’s growing interest in the game.

Our team is finalizing and polishing the game systems that will allow you to fill your garden with colourful plants and enchanting decorations. We will share more information and fresh screenshots of Garden Life with you very soon. We also want to reveal our inspirations and share how the game is developing: it will be a fun read with fresh visuals and wonderful concept art. Thank you for sticking along with us :)

We are thrilled to be developing Garden Life and appreciate your enthusiasm and support!

Don’t miss our updates, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook (all three @GardenLifeGame) or here on Steam.

Unveiling Garden Life!

We are very happy to unveil the first images of Garden Life, our video game in which you'll experience the joy and peace that cultivating your own garden brings.

Enhanced by a warm style and a gameplay close to real life gardening, Garden Life takes you into a soothing world. Surrounded by a comforting visual and audio environment, this game allows you to bring your garden to life by growing authentic plants such as flowers, shrubs and vines.

Early Access coming in Spring 2023 on Steam!

Stay tuned for more info soon!

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