15 August

Beta 0.3 Released on Steam

An update that mostly patches up story bugs.

Fixed fish swimming above water
Fixed mainline NPC not returning to give missions when being sent out as workers
Fixed character creator using a lot of memory
Fixed falling through the ground sometimes when fast travelling in adventure
Fixed talk icon not showing up for Allen Carter
Fixed replicator being able to replicate the number selected when a replication process is already going
Fixed replicator giving twice the amount of resources when pressing cancel during replication process
Fixed being able to delete the colony during an attack
Fixed build selection boxes affecting the camera
Fixed NPC chasing after birds without a usable weapon
Fixed Todd and Chen mission problem
Fixed colony mainline NPC waiting for a mission not being able to be assigned to a dweller
Fixed being able to pick up the campfire in Wiles’ camp infinitely and gaining charcoal in the process
Fixed no aid troops during a later battle
Fixed not being able to pick up ash boxes of some characters
Fixed colony attack animals sleeping when it’s night
Fixed the smoke not disappearing for the crashed lifeboat at the start
Fixed Rol sometimes following a player that just logged on into a coop story game
Fixed alien camp spawning too many aliens
Fixed NPCs not transferring enemy targets to other NPCs in a colony
Fixed gathering plants not precise in the tutorial
Fixed ISO weapon collision box inconsistency
Fixed vehicle bouncing into the air when hitting animal droppings
Fixed GRV mission sending the player to the swamp in one of the ships
Tweaked the monorail speed from 20 meters per second to 40
Tweaked monorail camera near clip
Tweaked NPC behavior so that he/she will prioritize range weapons
Tweaked some swamp animals so that they drop oil
Tweaked the character creation to also play the main menu music
Tweaked shockwave gun strength
Tweaked the way the build quickbar works
Tweaked animal spawn rates to more in story and adventure
Tweaked some animal projectile attacks
Tweaked the amount of birds spawned (less)
Tweaked quickbar number so that it’s always on top (still tweaking)
Optimized pathfinding
Changed launcher logo
Added more tooltips to the Creation Mode
Added anti-air cannons into multiplayer
Added new animation for some NPCs
Added vsync to all none ingame scenes
Added Kickstarter supporter names to the credits (tier $40 plus)

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11 August

Beta 0.2 Released

We fixed a lot of issues found in 0.1 in this build. Now with this behind us, the next build will be out around the 22nd. For the next build, we’ll be improving the user experience for the Creations Editor as well as the game overall.

Changelist:

Fixed monster beacons not disappearing sometimes
Fixed reticle not aimed at center in resolutions higher than 1080p
Fixed storage box causing movement and visual issues
Fixed Agnes dayu mission markers
Fixed disconnect from server issue
Fixed first person not able to correctly cut trees
Fixed linux memory issue
Fixed NPCs not being able to pathfind steeper slopes
Fixed NPC with little money showing “NPC_NAME”
Fixed Ataro stating not everyone’s in the colony yet
Fixed controller causing spinning (needs more testing)
Fixed not being able to pick up a torch
Fixed repairs costing too much
Fixed species wiki length and width numbers being switched
Fixed max replication numbers being wrong
Fixed background noises only playing once
Fixed numbers for Dayita turtle shells
Fixed not able to hit the GRV computer
Fixed Ava and Peter not returning to colony after the translations missions
Fixed Agnes getting stuck in the What Lies Beneath mission
Fixed Allen not being able to pick up Gerdy if she’s moved
Fixed colony showing two power plant tabs when one should be a nuclear reactor
Fixed other players not being able to grab items from the round storages players drop when they die
Fixed pressing the replicator construct button without selecting a script causing a crash
Fixed the first adventure mode mission pointing to another town
Fixed stairs not being able to lockon anymore after turning
Fixed not being able to right click on items with the build menu open
Fixed “under attack, can’t sleep”
Fixed headgear being in the wrong slot
Fixed Rol not following when conversation gets out of range
Fixed some skinning issues for armor
Fixed no random animals in linux
Fixed unable to right click items after using NPC shop
Fixed effects sounds not stopping after exiting vehicle
Fixed not being able to get one of Kayla’s missions
Fixed NPCs not firing range weapons at close range sometimes
Fixed being able to click on another character to talk when already talking with a character
Fixed colony being damaged without AI showing up
Fixed multiplayer logon issues
Fixed not being able to kill the marihare in the tutorial
Fixed laser turret tracking issue
Fixed all items being available in custom mode
Fixed NPC not moving after mission complete
Fixed Allen not displaying the talk icon when mouse overing him
Tweaked the distance in which birds follow
Tweaked armor defense numbers (very obvious now)
Tweaked Agnes fish mission to a side mission
Tweaked the building UI to be simpler and added a regular selection option
Tweaked the speed at which a player can get a disease
Tweaked dual swords swing speed
Tweaked raining in caves (if you move the camera fast, it will still rain some, can’t be helped, collision issue)
Tweaked building block defense numbers to much higher
Tweaked adventure mode terrain generation
Tweaked intro music
Tweaked world map
Tweaked NPC cave pathfinding
Optimized terrain generation
Added fertilizer sprayer script to adventure mode
Added the , and . keys for quickbar page toggle
Added followers moving away from digging UI boxes
Added wind sounds to mountain and volcano areas
Added more animal sounds
Added invincibility during cutscenes
Added music for Creations Editor
Added music for alien towns in adventure
Added more voiceovers
Added exclamation marks on the large map
Added doors to the Paja launch center model
Added the grappling hook to all modes
Added town names in adventure mode
Added tool tips to the Creations Editor

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Posted: 16 August

Around a year and a half ago I gave this game a negative review, which I felt was honest and accurate at the time due to the lack of progress and multiple missed deadlines by Pathea during early development.

Because of the recent beta release, I am happy to be able to change my review to positive.

There are still issues in the game, especially with melee combat controls, but generally the game is enjoyable and the developers seem to have learned from past mistakes.

I have only been playing story mode in single player since beta, so I can't comment on multiplayer functionality, but for me the game is currently worth the money and probably one of the best voxel based survival games available on early access.

The quest system in story mode, ISO creation system and lack of zombies makes for a refreshing change to standard “cookie cutter” survival games that have flooded the market in recent years.

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Has a good amount of depth. I haven't had time to get into every nook and cranny of the game but am happy so far with it. Haven't run into any bugs so far. Mining, gathering, crafting, it's all there.

Posted: 15 August

I thought I had reviewed this already... huh. Anyway this game is in development so there are some UI tweaks and bugs to fix but the core thing itself - is a thing of wonder.

You start off wondering what the hell just happened and why the blaze you just crashed a spaceship and don't have any weapons other than, quite literally, a small plastic knife. Pretty soon you're collecting plants, digging, chopping trees, running to or from alien animals, doing busy-body work for various NPCs for 'recipes' for new things to make like armour or weapons or circuit boards.

Then you find yourself making a cute little house somewhere and you've built yourself a little aircraft in the shape of something not safe for work, realised that doesn't fly well enough to even get off the ground without flipping upside down, so you then attempt to build something that is both hilarious and practical. You can sculpt a bow out of gold while your companions use lasers because arrows are cheap and then you find yourself on the run from bears that shoot actual fireballs until you realise you can totally just build a little tower to stand on like a boss while you plunk at them with arrows.

Then you're building up a small colony and assigning jobs because you've been unofficially made Mayor and thus you build yourself the nicest home while your poor colonists get open space living with as many beds as you can cram into one big room and they're doing your farming for you now and fighting various random animals and running into the ocean shooting alien seagulls and every time you think "Okay this is everything now" it keeps getting bigger.

So you make another bow in the shape of [censored] that can one shot giant space beetles and realise you haven't even explored the other biomes yet so you make a flying shopping trolley that puts any followers into the baby seat and trolley off to parts unknown.

11/10 would humiliate Rol again.

Posted: 14 August

Honestly? The game is great I don't expect much for the early state of the game, they have so much to do before they can call it complete though. It's worth buying and playing with friends I'm still enjoying myself.

Alright, I had this game a pretty long time during development, and I have to say, something just doesn't feel polished about it. It isn't that the art is bad, it's not. It's not that the interfaces are ugly, they're not. It's that everything feels somewhat clunky. I dig in the dirt with a pick, and it shapes the polygons oddly. Combat feels a bit off. Interacting with things feels a bit off.

To summarize, when you try an action and results are consistently not as you expect, that's what defines clunky.

Also it really could do with a lighting engine of some kind. Nothing like digging underground and having it be like daylight. Makes you wonder why your helmet has a light on it.

I know it's not quite finished, but as it gets nearer 1.0 I just feel like the clunky parts of it are here to stay.

The controls are bad. Very bad. I did not make it out of the tutorial, it was so frustrating.

To mouselook, you have to hold the right mouse button. Through some playng with the options, I was able to get the mouselook to follow the cursor, but then the robot interrupted with more instructions and it stopped. Then it I entered build mode and was forced into 3rd person camera. I give up.

I only have 14 hours on record here but ive played it for well over a 100 hours on a "different" copy. Around last year when they were adding the large content patches and changing the entire system I bought 3 copies for myself and two friends. I still think this game has a ways to go but from this point on i can deffinitly reccomend it. The devs have continued to work hard on it even after setbacks. Never giving up and leaving this as abandon ware. Buy it. Play it.

If your interested in other building or space games I suggest checking into Starmade also. They offer a demo version (completly unlocked and working version. They've been giving it away for free til it hits release) that you can try out to see if you like it.

TL;DR buy it. great game. the devs deserve it.

Posted: 13 August

There seems to be a horde of crafting/voxel based/survival games coming out or in early access, so some quick bullet points on how Planet Explorers differentiates itself from the others I've played.

The "ISO" system. When crafting guns, armor, swords, shields, vehicles...well, anything really, you have the option to slap down a few base parts and basically design your own 3d model of the item from the materials you choose. Very easy to make basic items of your own, and you can download other peoples creations that they've chosen to share. Someone willing to put in the time and effort can make some very nice looking items.
Building a colony. Constructing the buildings, recruiting colonists, handing out jobs and keeping them fed--I found it very satisfying, much moreso than other survival games where the only person you're responsible is yourself.
Getting around is quite enjoyable. The maps can be quite large, but they seem much smaller when you have tools like gliders, jet packs, parachutes, grappling hooks...and let's not forget your fighter jet or helicopter (or mech or speeder bike), either. This is a low gravity world, as well, which has its own amusements.

As of beta 0.2 the game has come together nicely, and become easily one of my favorites of the genre. All features appear to be working and are of (at least) average quality, with some in the above-average-to-exceptional range. There are still some hiccups (poor documentation on how to do certain things, for instance) but more or less exactly what you would expect from a beta. I have very little experience in multiplayer (aside from snagging some talented player's ISO's) so i can't comment on that.

I reccomend this game with no reservations.

Posted: 12 August

Playing with friends sucks. The configuration sucks. The customization is a really cool aspect, but no matter your design for swords/armour, or how cool or intricate you make it, the vanilla armour blows it away. If I can say anything, it's that the development on this game went backwards, throwing it into the bin of "Meh" games.

this game is very fun. However, there are a lot of bugs in the story mode (to be expected as its still in beta), the adventure mode is good to learn how to play, and once the story mode has a lot of its wrinkles ironed out, it too will be great. Would recommend to anyone who enjoys supporting early access games and knows what they are going to end up getting.

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ShadowSentinel

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Posted: 26 July

So I put a decent amount of time into this game and these are my thoughts on the game.

- The ISO system
The ISO system is easy to use you pick some base parts (like gun barrels and handles.) and put the materials you pull out of the ground onto them to create new and personalised weapons vehicles and aircraft.

- Adventure Mode
The Adventure Mode is the sandbox mode essentially and you get dropped onto a randomly generated world that can be fairly large with just the basics and you can do anything from there.

-Story Mode
From what I played they have an interesting allbeit cliche story. The background information and the landmass you play on are both plentiful and interesting. They added a lot more since the last time i played and I am genuinely excited to play it.

-Build mode
This mode gives you all the equipment all the materials and is just for testing ISOs. No AI spawn which is unfortunate because i would like to test my weaponry to see if they work well or not and build a huge colony.

-Multiplayer
I have only played Multiplayer a handful of times it seems pretty well fleshed out it plays like Adventure mode but has other players in it.

All in all I enjoy the game and will continue to play it in the coming years. This game is still in early access and still needs work done so while playing I recommend not looking at the bugs to hard and to make note of them and let the Devs know.

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Tekkarath

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Posted: 18 July

Tired of the simplicity of Minecraft and sick of waiting for Starbound? Sick of Zombies and tired of Bambi killers but still want to survive and thrive? I know I was, and boy am I glad I stumbled onto this. I feel like I may have passed it over in the past because of bad reviews but as they had recently taken an upturn I decided to give it a shot.

Now I can't speak to the multiplayer aspect (As it's in alpha I can only assume it's sketchy at best, but that's to be expected.) but the single player is excellent, the story (which I'm only a few missions into since I jumped right into adventure mode at the start) has been interesting so far.

Here's a few aspects that make me want to play this over minecraft clones:

Need creature parts but tired of running around hunting? Set up some turrets and throw down a creature lure.
Tired of running everywhere? Build a rudimentary vehicle and ride into the sunset.
Ten story creature? Grab allies, outfit them with whatever you can find/buy/create yourself, make turrets, tanks and Take. It. Down.

I'm only twelve hours in and have barely done more than get iron weapons, a few turrets, and dug a few really impressive tunnels (Which I was way more proud of than anything I ever built in minecraft.) and made a few rudimentary shelters to keep the rain off my head (which didn't work, it is [or was when I wrote this] an alpha.). You can also build gods-know-what in the creation engine which is far too daunting for me to even touch at the moment, or if creating from scratch isn't your thing I'm sure you'll be able to download untold numbers of things others have created via steam in the future (Or now sans-steam with a little know-how).

All in all you should keep an eye on this one, and if you have the extra cash go ahead and buy it.

eremetic

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Posted: 5 August

I first got the game when it was very, VERY early access - and honestly, there wasn't much to it then and it needed a lot of polishing. I decided to give it time. I recently picked it back up, and can confidently say it is much better now! Honestly, I really am waiting for more NPC polishing to give the world extra flavour, because there are so few good survival/building/exploration games which focuses on the sense of community between survivors. I would love to see that better implmented in Planet Explorers, and it seems that is just what is planned!

sporus

38 products in account

Posted: 4 August

Really enjoying this game, with genuinely interesting plotline and building vibw
Still a little early days and so lots of bugs, but the team are working on the regularly.
Should be an outstanding game when finished

Da_Wabbit

8 products in account

2 reviews

Posted: 25 July

This game is amazing if you like building stuff and modding because the best part of the game is the "voxel creater" where you can build or download and install custome creations super easily I love this game.

how to install creations http://steamcommunity.com/app/237870/discussions/0/540737262449856432/

one of the amazing builds http://planet-explorers-isos.com/process/get-file.php?id=487

none of these links are mine but still cool

Dystopian

19 products in account

7 reviews

Posted: 6 August

Beta update has changed this game a lot, but there's still a long road for Planet Explorers. I think developers are working too slow for improving this game. Expensive, but still worth to play. There aren't many games like this.

The God Ghetto Holy

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14 reviews

♦♥ The Dandy Man ♥♦

53 products in account

8 reviews

Posted: 8 August

Well.... I bought this here planet explorers approximately ages ago. It had a solid concept with solid foundations in place when I bought it, and now, it has become a game well and truly worth having.
PRO's:
* Voxel creation system for weapons, vehicles, decor and armour: Pretty mad....
* Build system, build anywhere anytime within a large area where unlike other survival build games you dont have to be 2 metres from where you place... Need a bridge in a hurry? No worries! planet explorers has it covered. Need a watchtower to snipe stuff? No worries same applies.
* Still in beta. much more to come I'm sure.
CONS':
* Still in beta. much more to come I'm sure.
* Early game mining is realisticly tedious. : /
* Main menu music is annoying. yeah they fixed that one. music theme is so (muchly so) better.

all in all I rate a "You should buy this game/10"
Nice work devs. Love your work.

koristad2226

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5 reviews

TheOneTrueLongboarder

107 products in account

16 reviews

Posted: 19 July

Lots of potential, and so far the devs seem committed to finishing and polishing this game.
Not sure if it's worth $28 CAD as of this review but it's definitely a must-buy if it's on sale.

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