We released a press release today on Plant Tycoon (just announcing to the media that the game will be available later this summer). We had some small issues with the art and this has holding us up a little bit. Hope it will go faster now. Here are the screenshots that came with the Press Release:
Matt is still working on the looks of the villagers. The heads of all the males and females still have to be done. So for now we are using the heads from Virtual Villagers!
I can't wait for the game to be finished!!!! I actually kind of like the VV and VV2 heads. But the game looks awesome, I can't wait for it to come out for Windows. Good thing it's almost done.
To be honest, I wasn't interested in Plant Tycoon until I saw the graphs. Now that my attention has been gotten, I'm looking forward to the release. And I like the heads as well.
Is there any particular technical reason why the heads from Virtual Villagers can't be used in Plant Tycoon? I would think that VV players would welcome the chance to see their old friends again in a different setting.
LDW would probably save some development time and costs by re-using the heads, although I imagine your artist might not be so pleased as his fee would be less.
Ummm you think ya'll can put off those useless things like eating and sleeping until it's done Looks great ya'll as usual and I love the heads just the way they are maybe the artist can just get a bonus for perfection and a plant named after him~~Hey a gal can dream for a faster way to get what she wants right
Using the VV heads is actually very cool - it creates a sense of continuity, like when we all saw the Spotanus fish in the pond of the first VV! That was great!
We are working very hard and everything is almost ready. We are aiming to launch the game on September 5th, but tomorrow I will post new updated screenshots.!
We are working very hard and everything is almost ready. We are aiming to launch the game on September 5th, but tomorrow I will post new updated screenshots.!
YEAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAN'T WAIT !!!!! The pics are plain adorable!!! September 5th, that's 2 days after my Dad's birthday and the birthday of my best friend .
Man, I haven't been saying things like this, because usually the feedback is simply extra posts, but I YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are working very hard and everything is almost ready. We are aiming to launch the game on September 5th, but tomorrow I will post new updated screenshots.!
you said its coming out the 5th put down in the calander it says the 7th. i didnt know if this was a typo or if you delayed it. just wanted to know
i really wasn't interested in plant tycoon until i saw the pics and YES i love the little vv villagers in it !!! i am glad some escaped the island LOL LOL . i might have to buy it now !!
Because you have been waiting and the last hours are when all of the anticipation has built up and you feel like you're going to burst!! Trust me, I know how you feel. I can't wait either!!
It's 12.25 pm in the UK, i've just checked BFG and they DON'T have Plant Tycoon pre-launched on there site. I am a game club member and it is'nt tomorrow's game either, so a bit confused as to where this information has come from.
I'm from the USA (East Coast) and I went to BFG at approx. 8:40am with the same results as shell1308 and I'm also a game club member. What's up with that!?
Well, I was silly enough to stay up until after midnight just to see (of course, I saw nothing) on BFG... Now it's 7:20 a.m. here, Mountain Time, and still nothing on BFG except the same game that was offered there YESTERDAY. They guarantee a new game every day (I'm a member there, also) for your monthly $$$, and it doesn't seem fair to be running yesterday's offering today (never seen them do that before!). WHERE'S OUR PLANT TYCOON????????????
What we have here is a lack of communication... lol
Which site's calendar? Boy, am I ever sadly uninformed! I know here the posted word was the 5th, don't know about an upcoming calendar for BFG but would like to if you could steer me to it? Thanks!
lol I stayed up after midnight EDT waiting, too...ahhh, we should have all come here and played one of the forum games while waiting...
what do you do while waiting? I drink coffee and smoke ... and tap my fingers and toes...and pace, and click my mouse, and pace, and click my mouse.......
ah, well, anything worth having is worth waiting for....gosh I dislike people who come out with those smart-but sayings, don't you?
Today is the "pre-launch" at Big Fish Games, which means that only people who receive an email invitation from Big Fish Games will be able to get the game. Plant Tycoon won't be officially launched until the 7th, when it will be listed on their site.
Thanks, Barbara! It's nice to know what's going on. And ya know what? I'm a game club member at BFG, too, but if they're gonna play favorites, they can kiss my $$$ AND my grits goodbye... I'm just gonna wait and get it here! At least you guys play fair!
I usually get a daily email from them (only if you signed up for one) featuring certain games. I got one announcing "Wedding Day Dash" yesterday, played it on a trial last night, and today's it's the featured game, so maybe that's how it goes. Will post if I get one later. As far as writing them, yes, I have - but they have a 24-hour response time, so am not holding my breath! lol I'm just going to wait and pay my bucks to LDW!
That stinks!!!:( I got the impression that everyone on BFG was going to be able to try out the game on September 5, I am really, really disappointed that we have to wait until the 7th now...
I usually get a daily email, as well. I got the "exclusive release" email for VV2 when it came out, so was really hoping that I'd be part of this one. They're on Pacific time, so maybe they'll send it out later today.
Hope so, too! They don't mind filling up my email box with their daily announcements, so maybe this will be one. I think you had to sign up for the newsletter to get one, though - don't know how "exclusive" that is... maybe some people just didn't sign up. Anyway, at this late date, I'm still paying my $$$ to LDW!
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS GAME IS SO GREAT! MY FAMILY THINKS I HAVE FLIPPED MY LID BUT, I HAAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A VERY LONG TIME!! AND NOW I HAVE IT IT'S GREAT I THINK IT WAS WELL WORTH THE WAIT!!!
I'm torn, I would love to download the game and play it for an hour which is what a usual free trial is but with real-time games an hour is hardly a taste of the real game and as addicting as all of the LDW games are I am bound to get addicted within the first 5 minutes and then when the hour is up I will be going through withdrawal symptoms until Friday!!!
I haven't been on in a long time. I am a big fish games member and got to download plant tycoon today. I can't wait for everyone else to get it so we can start talking about.I'm liking what I am seeing so far and want everyone elses opinion.
Big Fish Game Members can download the game today. I just bought it. Go to their website, and sign in, then go to your "Game Club" page. It will tell you what "tomorrow's game" is. That will be the one.
I downloaded it yesterday as I had it on my Palm and loved it there so have been waiting patiently for it to come out for windows. THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!
I personally do not think its fair they get it before you. It's your game, it ought to be available on your site as well. I do understand the business side of it and the "Exclusive" part... I just don't think its fair...
I'll get off my soapbox now and put the mic down LOL
As Arthur has said before, Big Fish Games has done a lot for us, and that limitation is minor compared to all the good that has come of having them as our publisher.
I am not sure how to do anything yet..I have read thru the instructions and they don't seem to register (for me) ...so I was hoping some one that has been playing for a while will have some hints.....I have been waiting (just like every one else) and can hardly wait to get started but I don't seem to be getting any where
Yee-ha at last my daughter can stop nagging about this game. We are very glad to see that some of the heads are still familiar faces as we had said on this thread. HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY
Whoohoo! That's great...my 5 year old son and I love to play Fish Tycoon, VV1 and VV2 together, and he's been asking when "the plant game" would be out.
It will be a couple of weeks before Plant Tycoon is released to Reflexive and the other game sites. Big Fish Games, as our publisher, has exclusive rights to sell the game for now.
As Arthur has said before, Big Fish Games has done a lot for us, and that limitation is minor compared to all the good that has come of having them as our publisher.
Believe me. I know what someone like BF can do for you... I was only wanking because it would be that much longer before it is offered by LDW. That's all.
yes, as a matter of fact I saw this later on in the day from another thread. Now I have to wait until next payday and hope I have the $$$ or else I may have to beg, borrow, and steal. Maybe I could go sell a couple pints of blood... LOL J/K!!!!!! (about the blood thing)
Is there any particular technical reason why the heads from Virtual Villagers can't be used in Plant Tycoon? I would think that VV players would welcome the chance to see their old friends again in a different setting.
I frankly love seeing the faces I'd come to know and love in this new setting.
yes, we've noticed a few old friends and foes at the nursery. I f a bald headed kid arrives disrupting my plants with parties, I will NOT be amused!!!!!
Barbara, this would be a great addition for anyone who wants to find cheats in the game. When the player tries to cheat the 'system'; a computer code makes all the visitors the dreaded GC with only a little cash.
I definitely WOULD NOT download GC mod, but I agree it would be a classy way to stop cheating. What a detterant. Has anyone noticed that someone looking remarkably like coconut head is visiting the nursery with a hat on?
now I know this photos for the press release for plant tycoon have 'probably' been here for awhile....but 'I' just saw them on here and i just wanted to tell you that they look very nice! they will mostly really help sales!
but I want to know, why can't I take pics of the flowers I grow sitting on the shelves like that instead of just on the stones? don't get me wrong, but my daughter is in NC and I am in MA and I would like to send her some shots of my pretty PT plants just sitting on the shelves! I have tried to do a screen shot of them for her, but so far it doesn't seem to work for me.
I just down-loaded a new screen shot program yesterday called Screenshot Master 1.9.0, so wish me success! I'm realy hoping it works better than the windows screenshot utility.
The first half of How to post a picture in the Fan Art forum gives detailed instructions on taking screenshots in Windows and MacOS.
I use a program called Screenshot Captor myself at home but when I'm at work I often need to take screenshots and the Windows method given in Barbara's post works fine.
