Hello Wanderers! Update 0.9.9.3 is very close to being released and I just wanted to let you all know whats coming. The ETA for this update is < 25th of Jan.

Before I start, a massive thanks to the hundreds of you who have filled out the feedback form. A lot of this update are requested raised by you wonderful people who took the time to let me know what needs improved! I do email every single one of you individually to acknowledge the points you riased, if you haven't heard from me yet, I'm getting to you :)

• The most important update : THE DOT HAS BEEN CENTERED
• I'll bow down in shame to everyone who was irritated about the meditation dot being 1px off center. That was shady work on my part, and I apologise. Sorry for driving you all mad with it. This has now been fixed (or has it? no jk, its been fixed).
• Immersive Playne is here
• You can now rotate 360 degrees and view your entire Playne. 
• Groundwork is being laid for VR 
• Groundwork is also being laid for new gameplay mechanics. Details coming soon :)
• Better Streak System
• The streak will now only cut off at 3am(instead of 12am) for you late nighters. 
• Improved Story
• The entire story chapters + guide text have been fixed of typos and grammatical errors and made a little better and easier to read.
• Thank you Nerrei for proofreading thousands of words of text and helping me to improve it 😄
• Meditation Customisations
• Night Mode : a bit easier on the eyes and a much requested feature
• Remove Time : for a cleaner meditation session
• View Numerical Time : If you need to know how many exact seconds you have left 😛
• Thought Feedback: Add / Remove thought feedback sounds (droplets)
• Less Guidance: Remove tutorial and guide text
• Silence Sessions: Remove background ambiance for a silent session
• Meditation Optimisations
• Keyboard thought response. This is another much requested feature, you can now type space instead of using your mouse
• Better, more audible, starting and ending bell
• Bug Fixes/Minor Updates
• Aurora Borealis now shows up correctly. :D
• Revamped UI elements
• Many other minor fixes

I'm working on the mobile version in tandem with updates to Playne on Steam. Its progressing well and alpha testing should commence in the next few weeks. 

I'm grateful to Ubisoft for showing interest in supporting Playne. In the end it didn't pan out, but thank you Serge & Yves for taking the time.

The penultimate chapter to Playne has been added. To understand what happened to Playne, you must first understand the nature of time.

All the story chapters have been redrafted. Some new dialogue trees have been added to the story as well

You can now ask Fox more questions about meditation.

• the menu system should be more obvious now
  
• Dialogue screen has been optimised. Less overflowing text etc
  
• minor optimisations + bug fixes

Hello Friends!

We’ve got a range of updates for you including some big changes to the levelling system.

The biggest change we wanted to implement was to move away from the punishing streak based levelling system.

• Day Based Levelling System: Each day you spend meditating will now progress you through the game.
• two new skills added
• New progress screen to track your level and the growth of playne
• New screen for your track your streaks (campfire)

The tree growth stages are now fully dynamic.

Before we had a handful of separate growth stages as defined by your player level, but now you have a fully dynamic growth system. This means that your trees will grow on every single day of meditation.


There are a bunch of new visuals added to the scene. The lighting has also been improved.

Yup, you’ve asked for it and you now have it. A new settings system which makes it easier for you to control the different aspects of the game.

• Easier to navigate
• You can also now toggle the meditation guide on and off

You can now interact with objects in Playne to engage menus.




Evolve mode is now an end game unlock.

• Walk around 4 sq km of an island inspired by Scotland.
  
• Collect seeds from the 'Last Tree'
  
• Plant seeds
  
• Meditate to make the seeds grow into tree.
  
• Trees grow into your forest
  
• Create your tranquil space
  
• All players who helped Beta test Evolve will have the mode unlocked

• A lot more quotes for the meditation summary screen
• Console has been fixed. (Commands are Sanugia for our old bugged out cam, 711 to remove UI. More coming soon with mentions to our players who have helped with bug fixing Playne :)
• VR loading unintentionally
• Text mismatch on meditation level up
• Escape menu no longer loads on title screen
• Start button now works on the dialogue screen
• Bunch of typos fixed and other improvements to story tree

Evolve Bug Fixes

• Mismatched time tracking should be fixed
• Unstuck key to get yourself unstuck

Since the levelling system has been changes you might notice that your Playne has evolved further than the last time you played. If you have any other problems related to this upgrade then drop us a note on the discussion boards or email us at hello@playne.co

Big thanks to everyone who managed to send us feedback about Playne. Really eye opening and helpful!

If you would like to give feedback then please follow this link:

I'll post some of the insights soon!

Cheers,
Krish.

Hello Friends,

Sorry for double posting, but the previous link wasn't working.

As indie developers, your insights and feedback can REALLY help us improve Playne.

Could you take 2 minutes to fill out this quick feedback form? : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc825Xpt8KnktQgAgcOAH8s5pKhY3rYLdzcloNmO9eYwuXI0g/viewform?usp=sf_link

By taking the time to tell us what you think of Playne, you could have a profound impact on how we develop Playne and we will be forever grateful to you.

As a token of gratitude, we will include your name in the game credits if you enter your Steam ID in the form. Swish!

Thank you :)

Playne Evolve is a new gamemode where you can explore an open world Island, plant trees and make them grow with mindfulness. Evolve is designed to help you relax and find calm. It could either bore you to death or relax you back to life 😃 So, what is Evolve?

• Walk around 4 sq km of an island inspired by Scotland.
  
• Yes, you can only walk, you won't find any sprinting shenanigans here
• Gameplay which encourages you to passively meditate through breath awareness
• Collect seeds from the 'Last Tree'
• Plant the seeds
• Meditate to make the seeds grow into tree.
• Trees grow into your forest
• Create your tranquil space

Folks, this is an ALPHA build. We are putting it out early so you all can play about with it and break it. Remember, your feedback is like gold dust and we want every speck of it.

Don't get too attached to your saved files - your saved file for evolve will be reset on full release. We have to do this because there is a good chance that we will make changes to the map for the final build. This means your trees will no longer be valid with the new terrain. Much like other things in life, don't get too attached, you might have to plant the trees again once the final build comes out.

• Performance upgrades
• Better trees
• Other minor fixes

Hello All,

If you like to chat, then super!

Join us on discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/kTwVyPq

Much Love!
Krish.

The island for Playne evolve has been created. (
Wondering what is Playne Evolve?)

• 3sq km of explorable island
  
• inspired by Scotland
  
• features include: streams, waterfalls, beaches and cliff faces
  
• gone for a flatter design than the one currently previewed in-game. More space for trees :)

Any thoughts / ideas, let me know :)

Hello All!

Got a pretty exciting patch release for you guys. Included is a wee preview for an upcoming game mode ‘Playne Evolve’.

You can find out more about Playne Evolve here.

Big thank you to everyone who purchased Playne and to those community members who help to make Playne better by identify bugs and giving feedback!

New Features

• Playne Evolve Preview
• Better meditation time input box
• Console commands! Press # ingame to load console
• 711 : remove UI for cleaner screenshots
• Senugia : our first bugged out camera angle :)
• Reset : defaults to main screen

Bug Fixes:

• Achievement dialogue bugs out when opened twice [thanks @senugia]
• Progress + Unlocks dialogue glitch when opened together
• Camera transitions improved
• Progress summary now split into hours and minutes [thanks @711]
• Various fox dialogue fixes
• Meditation Pause Menu : Delete session option now works correctly
• Meditation level : wind ambiance improved [thanks @droneah]
• Escape menu no longer loads twice [thanks @Sicmendor Darkaxe]
• Escape menu no longer bugs out after level up [thanks @Sicmendor Darkaxe]
• Other various minor bug fixes

• Chapter 3 - The Wolf : Explore the story of the wolf who created Playne.

• Less intrusive ambience sound for meditation
• Meditation reminders via Steam group notification.
• Better game menu

• Total duration in ‘My progress’ is now correct.
• Last session duration now shows in minutes
• Camera switching on idle fixed
• Cursor disappearing issues fixed
• UI no longer disappears when engaging with dialogue navigation
• Menu no longer disappears after viewing achievements