Planetbase on Steam Greenlight

tucho · July 5, 2019, 5:25am

Hi there, our game Planetbase is on Steam Greenlight. The game is being made by just 5 people; I’m the responsible of all the visuals (except for the UI), from the art direction to the asset creation.

I hope you like it, any vote or help to spread the project is more than welcome

I paste below the content of our Steam Greenlight page. Later on I’ll post some pictures of the Ztools and other Zbrush related stuff on this same thread, as soon as I have a bit of time to set up some pictures of the models, etc.

In the meantime you can find more pictures from this project on our website

Planetbase is a strategy game where you guide a group of space settlers trying to establish an outpost in a remote planet.

In the game you play the role of the base architect and manager, telling your colonists where to build the structures they will need to survive. You will have to ensure that they have an constant supply of oxygen, food and water to stay alive.

You will get them to collect energy, extract water, mine metal, grow food, manufacture bots, and build a fully self-sufficient base.
Even if the game is not intended to be a simulator, all the mechanics are plausible, and based on what the expected challenges of establishing a colony in an new planet would be.

Three different planets with different conditions and increasing difficulty.

Harness solar and wind energy (if available) in order to power the base’s structures.
Grow hydroponic Vegetables and synthesize Vitromeat to feed your population.
Mine and produce raw resources, process them, manufacture goods, and establish a production chain.
Carefully manage the colonist immigration flow to ensure you have the people with the right skills.

Survive disasters like meteors, sandstorms or solar flares and defend your base from intruders.
Mechanize your base by manufacturing your own bots that will help with the more arduous tasks.

Grow your colony from a few initial pioneers to a vibrant planetbase with hundreds of colonists.

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tucho · July 4, 2019, 2:16pm

Here are a couple of pictures of one of the character models: the astronaut

tucho · July 4, 2019, 2:16pm

Another model, one of the ships this time; this is the smallest one which transport new colonists and visitors to the colony

ZedHead · July 4, 2019, 3:46am

Amazing stuff.

I’m giving serious thought to making my own computer game so this stuff is of real interest to me

tucho · July 4, 2019, 2:17pm

Thank you ZedHead, just one advice if it is your first game, try to start with something small and affordable, a common error on the rookie developers is want to start with something too ambitious, this is the best way to be discouraged quickly and leave the project unfinished.

Planetbase has been greenlit in just one week

Thank you everyone for your support!!! We are now working flat out to finish the game and release it as soon as possible.

If you want to get updates on the progress you can follow us on Twitter or Facebook or on the new forum in our website.

tucho · July 4, 2019, 2:20pm

We will be showing a live demo of the game at the Media Indie Exchange at the SIGGRAPH next week in LA, come around and have a look if you are there!

tucho · July 5, 2019, 5:43am

I’ve just finished all the art for the character variations for the game: we have various ethnic and hairstyle versions of every character, which will make colonists more unique and relatable.

This is the last major piece of art left in the game, we are now in the process of finishing some minor things and we will be launching a closed beta very soon.

Anyway I’ll post here some more pictures of the existing art, as soon as I have some time to prepare the images.

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tucho · July 4, 2019, 3:51am

We are finally ready to start the closed beta for Planetbase later this week. The plan is to stay in beta for about a month and then launch the game (so the estimated launch date is now mid October).

We will be giving away keys for the first 100 mails received, We expect some feedback and bug report if it is the case, and you will receive a copy of the final game when released.

If you are interested in participating please mail us to [email protected], please include your system specs and also specify if you are fluent in any of: English, Spanish, French or German.

tucho · July 4, 2019, 3:51am

Thank you for so many mails!!! :), We’ve now given out all of the 100 keys for the beta of Planetbase. We might do another round in a couple of weeks.

tucho · July 5, 2019, 5:45am

We’ve published the final trailer of Planetbase

Steam page for this game is also done; the countdown for the release (Oct 16th) has started

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Frenchy_Pilou · July 4, 2019, 3:51am

… or Sims in the space!
Excellent!

Ps How many lines for translate the “resource” in French for example?
For the UI ?

tucho · July 4, 2019, 3:51am

Hi Frenchy Pilou, there are about 10500 words to translate, but don’t worry, French is one of the languages which we are thinking to translate the game for the release

Frenchy_Pilou · July 4, 2019, 3:51am

…weighty work!

tucho · July 4, 2019, 3:53am

A video showing food production mechanics in the game

tucho · July 4, 2019, 2:31pm

After a year of development, Planetbase, the off-world colony builder, is finally out on Steam!!

tucho · July 4, 2019, 2:57pm

We’ve just released a major update of our game Planetbase, including a new planet, new structures, techs disasters and a lot more, adding more hours of gameplay and taking the game to a whole new level.

Here you can see some pictures of the new planet added, it is the class S planet, the most difficult one in the game, it requires 12 milestones to unlock and in it you will have to deal with constant thunderstorms, erratic energy generation and limited space, offering a proper challenge for the more experienced players.

And also a video of this planet: