Planetary Life

First, I'd like to thank the dev's for making this game. You just made a lot of people happy. There is, however, pressing concerns afoot. While I am in favor of this game, I can't look beyond the negatives, and I feel I have a duty of care to place them first and foremost. [b]Demo[/b] -> Dust and cloud differentiation is confusing and uncertain. I can't tell between the dust particles and the cloud particles. -> The demo planet that I had, it didn't want to become fertile. I sat waiting, spamming comets and adding the wind changer, but nothing happened. -> Why are cells locked, and not animals? Evolutionarily, it doesn't make sense; cells would be first, then animals. Unless it's to prevent people from getting things they shouldn't, then I understand. The base game itself has a minute of loading time, which shouldn't be happening for a game of this size under any circumstances. I believe both the demo and the game need an update; the demo might need a bugfix for its' fertilization algorithm, and the game needs a loading screen, as well as offset loading. Now, the good about this game is that it is everything I ever wanted in spore, and more. Yes, it's not complete, but damn if it's not bringing back memories. The only thing that would make it better is actually playing as the characters, but do take your time with this, I don't want to see this be wiped out. And if taking your time with this means a few things are delayed, then that's okay. Don't let perfection be the enemy of good; if you enjoy it the way it is, I say release it, if it's done enough. Improvements can come later, but don't forget to make the initial experience itself fun and enjoyable, with a reasonably low amount of bugs. In any case, cheers! I'm looking forward to seeing this game pop off. /ed; clarity

don't get me wrong it's a solid game and a nice alternative to Spore. however also like Spore, it crashes constantly.

Souls-like this souls-like that what about a spores-like. It's an awesome game would recommend.

i would say it is a nice game, but you should consider before buying because its still in an early state. and because its in an early state, I have some recommendations: firstly, you have something that is potentially great for replayability. in its state right now its kind of straight forward. terraform a planet, make it into a planet that can support life, recreate society. i'd like to see the ability to create or start on different types of planets aside from the standard rocky planet and the moon. (you may also want to look into making modding or a workshop possible for the game) gas giants for example would be fun, it'd also let you basically bring your own imagined solar system to fruition which allows more replayability. at the bare minimum, if you cant manage to simulate managing a gas giant, then I would absolutely love to see gas giants exist in the game at the bare minimum. you may also need to make the solar system bigger. if these are too demanding, at least see suggestion no. 11 to find a basic solution that relates to the problem of making the solar system look different as for two, i think it feels kind of redundant to have to spend all your cosmic energy on returning back home after you've travelled from system to system. for three, make it so that you can rename your species and even see extinct species. for four, i would like to see the cell creator be less like a system that constantly resets, but something that saves the progress of all of the cells simulated, and keeps it there (without running in the background), and then continues to run once you re-enter the cell creator. that would make it less tedious to bother with the cell creator and encourage people to slowly watch the cell develop rather than placing a plant or a fungi or an animal (don't get me wrong that feature is absolutely a good one, but I do like to see things grow). for five, its extremely annoying to shape terrain. please find a way to make the rate of changing terrain higher. for six, regarding the cell editor, cells should evolve as fast as the player does. uncontrolled cells should develop faster so it doesn't rely on the player to create interesting cell combinations. this problem can be solved with making it so the cell editor doesn't reset, but this is a more temporary solution to that problem. for seven, more directions for players on what to do in the cell editor. one often starts accidentally making an animal despite wanting to start with plants because they don't know that the cell wall is what they're looking for as opposed to the ECM. give information on how to make fungi, animals, or plants. show what is needed to make an animal feed on light or other cells for eight, temperature controls look a bit... sensitive. not sure if that was intended design. for nine, dust on a moon often goes past its atmosphere itself for ten, for some reason bodies of water don't look stable. changing way too much (disappearing as it appears), may contribute to the problem with the temperature controls. or it might just be an intended feature. for eleven, more ability to customize terrain colors or even atmosphere colors. relates to suggestion one. for twelve, please make it so that animals cannot cannibalize eachother if they are within 1 evolution of eachother for thirteen, air/water fish ignore planetary wide ice caps, causing them to extend on land they have no business to be on

To me, this game seems like SimEarth evolved into a Spore-type game, two games I enjoyed playing. Similar to SimEarth you can terraform planets, and then create and sustain life once certain criteria are met, except that's when it turns into a Spore-type game where you can create your own creature, starting at cellular stage or skipping it to create plants, animals or fungi (water is required). Once you have life happening, you can assist it to land and evolve it into a humanoid if you wish. I read the civilization part is coming next, I look forward to that. In it's current state I would recommend buying it on sale though.

crash on startup as of jul 16th update, will change reveiw upon fix. Update - Dev responded, addressed issue. Fun game, reminds me of spore

In it's current state I have to say a no to the game. It's a bit too tedious and a little boring and I still have no clue what's going on..

[h2]Reccomended cautiously.[/h2] I REALLY want to like this game. I think the concept is great and there is so much promise. At the moment, there isn't enough to keep you entertained. It's very ambitious and I hope the dev sees this project all the way through. Am excited for the next developments. But only buy this game if you are willing to support an idie dev and aren't looking for a (anywhere near) full product. [b]Detailed Notes[/b]: The terraforming aspect to the game is the bulk of the gameplay atm. Which is sad because it feels like the least intereting part. The 'evolve' mechanic for life you creatue feels like it lacks progression. If you just select traits, it unlocks more traits and then you have a 'perfect' creature. The cell stage I REALLY like but it's incredibly unposlished and feels disconected from the rest of the game. To merge cells you need to click through multiple menus. It should be as simple as a click and drag or something intuitive. I think the game has many interesting systems in place but needs to focus more on gameplay if this game is really going to go the yards. In conclusion, worth the time and money as a neat little experimental experience. Hope more comes from it.

i love the game i really do but there are so many glitches like it makes it stupid like for example one my oxegen dissaperad out of nowhere no my whole ecosystem is dying 2. plants die as soon as i import them like no matter what i do they still die EVEN THOUGH THERES OTHER PLANTS THRIVING 3. a balanced new world where the water just turns straight to ice :) and heating up the core wont do anything even if theres the slitest chance of life the lava just burns the puddle away so i just reccomend choosint the water planets