Today we are excited to share the next key stages in development for ASTROBOTANICA, our upcoming botany-centric survival game that has been generating significant buzz since the official game reveal back in August. Here are the key milestones for the coming months:

• Kickstarter Campaign to speed up and expand development
  
• Closed Alpha Testing to allow hands-on access to the game for kickstarter backers
  
• Public Demo Release to showcase our progress and open to feedback from broad audience

New screenshots from the game’s engine are also presented to our Steam followers at the end of this update.

We invite everyone to wishlist and follow ASTROBOTANICA on Steam and connect with us on social media for the latest updates. This will ensure that announcements and updates will appear in your library, so be sure to do this if you want to not miss anything!

https://gtm.you1.cn/storesteam/app/2720920/ASTROBOTANICA

We are glad to announce that just in a couple of months we will be launching a Kickstarter campaign. With your support, we hope to accelerate the game's development and to enhance the initial design to make the game bigger, longer and even more engaging. Stay tuned for details such as pledges, goals, and reward tiers, and of course, unique features available only via Kickstarter.

As one of several initiatives to engage our community in the development of the game, we’re planning to invite Kickstarter backers to play a closed Alpha build via Steam. This holds true to the studio’s promise to work on ASTROBOTANICA transparently and act on community feedback. We hope you’re as excited to play the game long before anyone else, as we are to invite players this early into the development cycle.

Following the Alpha testing, we plan to implement all feedback, and go ahead with a release of public Demo via Steam in the second half of the year. This will provide an excellent opportunity to showcase the results of the community collaboration. By inviting more players to immerse in the vibrant world of ASTROBOTANICA, we hope to test every aspect of the game, and to generate new ideas and suggestions for the next milestone - Early Access release. Details will be announced once we make progress and plans crystallize. Thus, follow us to not miss any important details.

We warmly invite you to join our Discord community right now, and participate in discussions, see new screenshots first, exchange thoughts and ideas, discuss your favorite games, and spend good time in good company.
Feel free to also visit our Steam forum, where we’re available and eager to talk and connect with other players.

[discord.gg]Discord: https://discord.gg/G4QVyFYsMK

Steam Forum: https://gtm.you1.cn/app/2720920/discussions/

Set 300,000 years ago during Earth’s Pleistocene era, ASTROBOTANICA invites players into a lush open-world environment full of primal flora and fauna. As an alien botanist named Xel, you will navigate survival challenges and engage in:

1. Cultivation: Nurturing plant species and learning how to manage farming in Earth's environtments.
   
2. Plant research: Experimenting with fruit to discover their unique qualities and effects on living organisms and the environment.
   
3. Exploration: Discovering new plants in diverse biomes, learning to tackle dangerous wildlife and solve hidden mysteries.
   
4. Tonics Crafting: Mixing ingredients obtained from local plant life to manufacture mixtures for various uses, and developing recipes for later.
   
5. Human Interaction: Breaking the ice and connecting with primal humans inhabiting the islands, to foster relationships that can lead to trading or mutual assistance.

There’s much more to ASTROBOTANICA, which you will have the opportunity to experience firsthand very soon.

Among other ideas, we are planning on implementing co-op features for ASTROBOTANICA at some point between the early access release and 1.0 launch. This multiplayer experience will allow players to collaborate by sharing resources, taking roles, changing shifts in game’s errands, and embark on adventures and exploration together. We are actively working on these features, thus, we invite you to participate in discussions on our socials and help shape the future of ASTROBOTANICA.

Have a look how the game’s visuals have evolved and the surroundings have developed in the last few months. Join us and share what you think!