Hello, Friends! 🌱
Where did you all come from?! As the flowers break through the snow in spring, you broke through the long winter to play our first playtest of The Regreening. Thank you! We loved seeing you share your first impressions, valuable feedback, and helpful suggestions. It was heartwarming to realize that our game brought so much joy!
Rest assured, all tricky bugs that you discovered are already being “carefully rehomed” 💚
Let us reminisce together and make sure to continue reading for info about a playtest sequel!
Numbers!!
Do you like math? We do! And while Steam might not tell us everything, we love following the numbers it does share. For example, we can see how long you all spent in the game or how many of you clicked "Join Playtest" but never opened the game (no judgment, life is busy!!)
These numbers help us understand what we can do better, so here are some highlights:
516 players played The Regreening during our first Playtest;
26 people played for 200+ minutes (whaaaat!!!)👀
You all submitted 38 bug reports 🐛
That's much more than we expected on all fronts :D
Achievement unlocked: 20.000 Wishlists!
You thought the numbers part was over? Not yet, because during the Playtest, we reached 20k wishlists!
As always, a warm welcome to everyone new here and a huge thank you to all those who have been sticking around since the beginning. Our game is thriving because of you.
OUR AWESOME Content Creators! ✨
We genuinely did not expect any videos or streams to happen for an unannounced playtest, but you surprised us with your wholesome streams and videos!! We definitely didn't watch every one of them... No, no, we didn't....
Spoiler warning! This video from xviipixels is super cozy but it covers the entire playtest.
That's it, you have been warned :D
View game pageWe counted whole 6 streams, too!! Thank you all for joining our development journey this early on, we would love to see you play our game again <3
Ah, and if you or someone you know went under our radar, let us know, please!
The "stuck in trash" bug... and how we fixed it!
What is worse than trash? Getting stuck in between tiles that are full of it with no way out!! 🗑️
We received several bug reports and saw a couple of streams where people were peacefully exploring the surroundings, and then jumped directly into tiles with trash. After that, Viri got stuck in a never-ending falling animation.
But fear not! We have already added a BUTTON that gets players unstuck in situations like these (or when they jump out of the map). It's not the most elegant solution, but while we're working on a better one, this will work.
So, no more trash emergencies! Of this kind, at least.
The Regreening was at PAX East in Boston!
Our publisher took The Regreening to the US! And while we were staying cozy at home, many people at PAX played our game and sent us nice messages! Like, for example,
sproutsandstories on TikTok and pentaclethra on Twitter/X
(photo credit: Scott Beiter!)
Thank you so much for coming by and adding us to your PAX East memories!
So, who is ready for The Next Playtest?
You've been asking us in our Discord, and we're finally revealing the dates!
The next playtest will take place during the
🌍 Earth Appreciation Festival on 17th–24th of April, 2026
This event is organised by Slug Disco and features a lot of nature games, all celebrating the beauty and remarkable diversity of our green planet.
Here is the page from last year, if you want to check it out already!
Until then, we are fixing the various bugs you caught recently and getting the dried-up gardens ready to be regreened by even more people.
Once again, thank you so much for joining us on this journey. We loved seeing our Community Discord bustle with activity during the Playtest, and cherish every screenshot or clip shared with us.
And as always, you can follow us around the internet!
We’re on 📷 Instagram | 🎵 TikTok | 🐦 X/Twitter | 🦋 Bluesky and would love to meet you there, friend <3
— With warm hugs,
Volha & The Regreening Team