Community20 Mar 2025PLAYNE for Mobile Closed BETA has started!Hello Friends, I'm excited to announce that PLAYNE for Mobile BETA has started! If you are Legendary-tier Kickstarter backers or above, you should have already received your invites to the BETA program for both iOS and Android. (yes you'll get access to both platforms) If you haven't received your invite, then please make sure you signed up to the BETA here: If you would like to get access then…
Hello Friends, PLAYNE for Mobile is nearly 90% funded on Kickstarter! We are getting REALLY CLOSE to getting this funded but we only have 3 days left to reach our goal! Your support is crucial in these final hours. Every pledge, no matter the size, brings us closer to our goal of making PLAYNE Mobile a reality. If you've been thinking about pre-ordering Playne for mobile, now is the time! Not o…
Hello Friends, Huge thanks to the 200 backers who have raised over 40% of our funding goal to bring PLAYNE to Mobile. From what I'm seeing, most of the backers are from the PLAYNE community, which is incredible. I'm truly grateful to all of you for getting behind this! But sadly with Kickstarter, if the campaign doesn't hit the goal, we lose all the money raised so far. This means that if we do…
Hello Friends! I’m really excited to announce that the Kickstarter campaign to bring Playne to Mobile is now LIVE! 🥳 PLAYNE FOR MOBILE - Grow a vibrant, lush sanctuary with your meditations on iOS and Android - Create deeply relaxing nature soundscapes for your meditations - Meditations for daily living, helping with personal growth, emotional regulation, impulse control, and managing anxiety…
Hello Friends, I'm really excited to let you all know that the crowdfunding campaign to bring PLAYNE to Mobile will launch on Kickstarter next week, 28th of May There will be Kickstarter only benefits and limited early bird discounts , so make sure you follow the campaign to know when it goes live, so you can take advantage of the limited early bird benefits. You can easily follow the project u…
Hello Friends, Over the years, many of you have asked me for a mobile version of Playne, and I'm totally on board! but the challenges of developing a mobile version are very real. 1) funding its development, and 2) navigating the crowded mobile market, which as a solo developer, is very intimidating. But it might be possible to create Playne for Mobile with your help. Would you back a crowdfund…
Hello Friends, If you have played Playne, could you spare three minutes to provide me with some feedback? Feedback Form It's mind-boggling to think that nearly five years have flown by since I started working on Playne's. It's an incredible journey you've all been on together, with you all meditating for over half a million hours — a milestone that fills me with gratitude, The Playne you've com…
We’re supporting War Child UK in the Game Action Sale! Between 16-23 August, we’ll donate a portion of sales to War Child UK. Make sure to grab your discounted copy, gift one to a friend or let them know about the sale. This year’s Game Action is once again bringing together the gaming industry to highlight the importance of protecting, educating, and standing up for the rights of children livi…
Hello Friends, Just a small patch with the following fixes: · You no longer hear campfire everywhere in Evolve mode. · The languages menu indicates that translations are incomplete · Streak total count is no longer displayed in the meditation summary · Linking fixed, and wording updates · Introducing Inward :D · Engine driver updates + other very minor fixes Thanks, Krish.
Hello Friends, here is a quick overview of how you create and grow trees in Inward. Straight to it! Here is the video: Grow and Create your Own Tree Species You can create your own tree species by selecting a variety of elements, such as the type of leaves and the bark material. At launch, the tree system will have over 75,000 tree species to be discovered and grown. Discover Trees Together Inw…
Hello Friends, To celebrate the 300 players who completed Playne recently by unlocking evolve mode, I'll be planting 300 trees in Wilthire, UK through OneTreePlanted. Since launch, we have completed nearly half a million days of meditation and we've planted nearly 2,000 trees. That's a small forest that reflects our growth, spread all across the globe. :D :D :D The last three years have been a…
Hello Friends, It's time for Steam awards again. For a small title like Playne, these events are massively important. It's been over a year now since Playne came out of early access, so Playne is getting a bit older! But I'm hoping the VR and Biomes update I released this year are still keeping things interesting for you! Since Playne is now over a year old, it's only eligible for the Labour of…
Friends, Big thanks to everyone who got Playne during the World Nature Conservation Day Sale Event. As part of this event, Playne will be planting over a 1,000 trees in Bizkaia, Spain through One Tree Planted. Planting season in Spain occurs from October through March and over 35 species tends to be planted including Quercus robur, Betula alba, Taxus baccata and Castanea sativa. Our trees will…
Hello Friends, I'm really excited to release one of the most significant updates for Playne so far that brings biomes and many improvements for VR. Biomes😄 · Grow new species of trees for Story, Sandbox and Evolve modes · Three new species of trees: Aspen, Beech and Lombardy Poplar · Completed Playne? Create multiple instances and start the journey again · Choose trees that grow at different r…
Hello Friends, Thanks to all of you who unlocked Evolve mode since our last tree donation, we will be planting 200 trees in the Amazon Rainforest. To date you have helped to plant nearly 1,000 trees! Well done to each and every on of you! I hope all of you are benefiting from your journey with meditation and Playne! Much Love, Krish.
Friends, A small patch to fix a few minor issues: - Steam VR no longer loads for desktop version - Achievements should unlock correctly now Thanks, Krish.
Hello Friends, Key Binds for AZERTY support You can now bind keys via settings menu to add AZERTY support. Save Backup is Here Save files are now backed up to a folder outside of the steam cloud framework so any sync issues won't wipe your save files. Streak Improvements · You can now hide the streak metric on the HUD if it's getting in the way. · When you come back to Playne, your return is ce…
Friends, I'm so excited to announce that after a year of work, Playne VR is finally here! How much is the VR Version and how do I get it? Playne VR is a free DLC update to Playne. If you own Playne, you get the VR functionality for free. You can download the DLC here: Supported VR Headsets Valve Index, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift is initially supported. I am planning on adding HP Reverb G2 compati…
Friends, if you own Playne you can now get access to the beta build of the VR port. Load Playne VR Beta Right click Playne in your steam library > go to Properties > Beta > select ‘VR-BETA-0.6’ and steam will load the previous version for you. Submit Bugs / Suggestions / Feature Requests via GitHub I'm a solo dev, so there is only so much testing I can do myself before my mind runs out of the b…
VR Will be a Free Update! As some of you might know already, for the last year I’ve been working on the VR port of Playne. Initially I was thinking of releasing the VR port as a separate version, but after giving it a lot of thought I’ve decided to release the VR port of Playne as a free update to Playne. This means that once this update is released (Jan 2021) Playne will officially support VR,…
Hello Friends, If you think Playne is relaxing and deserving you can vote for the 'Sit Back & Relax' category for the Steam awards! These awards are a huge deal for solo dev, self-published titles like Playne and you can help a great deal by voting! There are some other wonderful games that are deserving of this award, so it's unlikely we will get a nominated, but one can dream! right? Thank yo…
Hello Friends, This is a small patch that fixes the following issues: · Story dialogue no longer disappears on certain response. · Full localisations for Italian (thanks Luca) and Polish (Thanks Kris). · Partial localisations for Chinese (thanks 春茶煮水) · Updated credits. · Other super minor bug fixes Any issues, let me know :) Krish.
Hello Friends, COVID Support for Medical Personnel & Teachers As part of the COVID crisis, Playne has been free for all medical personnel over the last few months. And as school is returning, teachers can also now get Playne for free. If you are a medical personnel who work at hospitals or doctor's offices worldwide or teaching staff at schools, colleges or universities, you can get a free copy…
Hello friends, Thanks to everyone who’s supported Playne since its full release earlier this year. I’m so happy to see so many active daily players, exploring meditation with Playne. I’d like to announce a brand new update, which brings some significant upgrades to your guide, your mentor, your friend, the fox. As well as a number of other improvements. 🦊Fox Upgrade: Improved Dialogue · Fully…
Hello Friends, Trees in Playne reflects your journey with meditation. In reality, trees clean our air and water, provide homes for wildlife, and contribute to our health and livelihoods. How cool would it be, if we planted actual trees for every tree in Playne? Okay, it would be impossible to plant all the trees that you are all growing, but as Drake once said "great things have small beginning…
Hello Friends. I'm really excited to announce that Playne is finally coming out of Early Access in the next couple of weeks*. Has it been that long already?!? So what does this mean for all of you that already own Playne? Mostly everything will be the same and I will be continuing to release updates to make Playne better, so keep send me your feedback :) For those of you who haven't purchased P…
Hello Friends, This is the hotfix that resolves some issues from the last update: - fixed location reset in sandbox mode - fixed mouse lock issue in sandbox mode - Achievements should now unlock correctly in Steam - Make sure you do a new session for achievements to unlock - You'll need to re-read the story chapters to unlock story based achievements - Updated some translations Any issues, let…
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