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:

You know, after seeing these pictures, I'd half tempted to check out Plant Tycoon.

I can't wait for it to come to Windows. I liked the other screen shot but these are awesome. I GOT TO HAVE IT!!!

AWW!!! Our likkle villagers are gonna get off isola to buy some plants!

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!

So for now we are using the heads from Virtual Villagers!


Hey! cool by me.

I can't wait for this on windows!!

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.

I am very excited! Thanks for the great screenshots, definitely can't wait to see more and play.

LOL. The little guys with the yellow trousers and blue top are the exact combination as a villager that I moddified for one of my mods. LOL.

I like the new plant tycoon screen shots and our little virtual villagers visting the garden centre, I can't wait for it to come out

These look amazing!!! I can't wait!

Wow!I can't wait

Awesome pics of the new Plant Tycoon!! I kind of like them with the VV heads on them

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

Now I'm really tempted to get Plant Tycoon.

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!

I agree, nice to see our villagers out and about. Keep them and keep development time down. We can't wait to get the game.

WOW!!! I cant wait till Plant Tycoon is released for windows! Hey any chance that there will be a Fish Tycoon 2??

yeah there is...or so I heard...I hope it's true!The first one was great...who knows what cool stuff a FT2 could bring...

They are bringing fish tycoon out on the Nintendo DS and that vesion of the game will have over 700 fish!!!

I see that Plant Tycoon is finished so when is it going to be available? I have been waiting forever. Is there a date for it?

I hope there is a FY2 for windows!

Does anyone know when Plant tycoon for windos will be available. I see they have gotten it done. Can't wait to try it.

Grandma1958, PT for Windows if you look, is actually in Beta Testing. So they haven't "exactly" got it done.

They were hoping for the end of the month... And yeah, Charley's right.

Or at least this Summer.

Im hopeing before christmas lol

What summer??? LOL All the bad weather we had we don't know what season it is!!!

I know Summer is almost over here...

Well our summer hasn't been very good here in the UK. We must of only had 3-6 days of the temperature being above 20°C.

Those plants wouldn't last long here. Don't remember the last day temp was under 90°f, about 32°C. At least it's not in the triple digits anymore.

Here is the logo and boxshot



More images coming tomorrow!

OMG... Make that tommorow come quicker.... I'm draining of patience. LOL.

I agree with Charley

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.!

September the 5th, I think I can hold out until then

Hello!!!! This is my first post.
Carla ~ that picture is beautiful!!!

More screens:

Lovely, gorgeous screens! Keep em' 'grow'ing.

Beautiful.

Wow! Each picture is fantastic! I can't wait until September 5th!

oh man sept 5th that is gonna make the summer end faster cuz i cant wait lol..

I want it even more now LOL, i need to play it!

I know what you mean keza! I want to play it too.

Oh man O' man I can't wait! Those pictures are making me drool|!

That's the day before my birthday !!!

I can't wait. You fixed the pollen and the cash.

The pics looks amazing! I can't wait for the release of the game! It's going to rock!

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september 5th...ok...i can do it...NOT!! such cool pics!! ^^

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gee, count the !'s, LOL

only 4 more days!!!!!!!!

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 !!

I can't wait let us av' it!!!!

VI Jr, on the 5th, Plant Tycoon will be pre-launched on BFG, and on the 7th, it will go out publicly.

ok, i get it now. thanks charley

Sorry about your rabbit, Kasey. That's a bummer!

But what do you mean with pre-launched on BFG? Thx

BFG - Big Fish Games

One more day!

I can't wait!!!!!

It's already 5th september for 6 houres here... how much longer do I have to wait... :p

Why is it always the last houres that last the longest?

you've got that completly right.

*jump up and down*

But I'll probably have to get some sleep... I'm already turning into a zombie and the game isn't even out yet. %-)

It feels like christmas from when I was young...

I'll have to go to bed now, but I know there will be a present waiting for me when I wake up. *sigh*

Just hope it's not being delayed last minute

OMG, I'm going to die. I can't wait anymore..... I have no patience left...I need to play it.... I'm desperate and frustrated.... LOL

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!?

I guess we have to wait two more days :(..so unfair!

Central time USA, 8am still nothing, also a game club member.

4:05 PM here and nothing...

So is it out yet??? Is it, Is it??? I am holding my breath!! Can't wait...Checked Big Fish GAmes already and nothing!!!


Thank you!!!

Still nothing, i am so glad i didn't stay up last night waiting

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

Or rather, "What we have here is a failure to communicate..." Anyone remember the movie that came from (twist your brain - it's early yet!). Muhahahah

I did the same thing....nothing on BFG!! I am also a member there and yes it is still yesterdays news.

And I take it nobody's heard anything from the guys here?

Not really...acording to the site's calendar we have to wait a couple of days more...

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!

At the bottom of the page...to the left...on this site...not BFG :P

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?

Its the day b-4 my birthday too!! Happy Birthday 2 you!!! My birthday gift 2 myself is going to be PLANT TYCOON!!! Yeah!!! Yipee!!!

last night I as well as a few others were told it would be today on BFG as an exclusive...whats up with that?

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.

OH ok thanks LadyCFII

Oh...ok!Nice of you to come with an explanation...

thanks for the clarification Barbara

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!

Do all BFG Game Club members get the special invitation or just some of them? Has anyone gotten it yet? I'm getting antsy! It's too difficult to wait!

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.

Thanks for your reply!

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!

I'm too paying LDW for Plant Tycoon! If I get the "exclusive" at BFG I will let you know

HEY PEOPLE.... Look what I got in my e-Mail just now!!!!!!!!

cool!!!! Gamey can you send me your email?? J/K

Here you go KA.

Got mine, too! lol Boy, our group picture ought to be beside the word "impatient" - or maybe "addicted" in the dictionary! lol

Here. Here..

Thanks Gamey!!!

Awesome!!!!! I can't wait to play it...

Woohoo!! Got mine, too! I don't know if I will go ahead or wait...

I have 2 wait till the 7th

Still waiting for mine, but I am going to buy from LDW any way, and never buy another game from BFG

Hey me to Jazzo, bu i think i can last out!

I know you are all waiting for the "game" and NOT for yet another video from me.....

but.....

I had to make a new one for the release of the game with the final art and screens, so I wanted to share it with you....

It loooks Mah-velous...

Thanks!It's very nice...the more the merrier

Awesome Carla! The Video is really great! I really can't wait to play it

Video looks great, can't wait to get my hands on the game!

cool video, maybe i will buy it ??

You must....for me is the game I've waiting for all this year...

Thanks Carla it looks really neat, can't wait to play

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!!!

Lol, choose wisely when to play it and enjoy the 60 minutes! At least you get to play an hour... I need to wait until Friday

can anyone tell me where to find this game please?

you can't get it till the 7th, unless you're a member of Big Fish Games

thats the thing i am lol and havent heard nothing from them

Don't feel too bad...I am as well and I didn't hear anything either.

p.s. I haven't posted on hear (evidently at all) except a couple questions when I first bought FT last year.

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.

my tomorrow game is ozzybubbles. You must be really lucky Xay

Hmm. I'm mistaken. I followed a link in the email that was sent to me. I'm sorry

Yes , its out!

I LOVE this game!!!!

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!!!

Did I say I LOVE this game??? LOL

Yay, just downloaded got my hour free trial.

What time will PT be out on friday???

You can get it now from Big Fish Games. Just use the link in Arthur's broadcast post!

I know But I don't have any money right now. Have to wait till friday. That's way I asked

Oh, I see! You can just use that link whenever you're ready, then!

Can't I buy it from LDW on friday instead of BFG???

It depends on what Arthur meant by "a few more days" in his post. Normally, Big Fish Games sells a new release exclusively for more than two days.

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.

Will there be spoilers out soon?...that is the only way I could get started on the other games...LOTS of HELP:-)

What kind of spoilers are you looking for?

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

Have you checked out the getting started walkthrough and the tips in the Guide Section?

Check out the Plant Tycoon forum and the Plant Tycoon guide forum. I expect more will be posted as people get to know the game. It's early days yet.

If you still don't get something, ask in the PT forum. I'm sure someone will be able to answer.

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

So, just a quick question...when is Plant Tycoon going to be released for the Mac?

The plan is to release it next week. We'll make an announcement here in the forums when it's ready.

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.

That's wonderful that you get to play the games with your grandson! My 3 grandsons love to play games with me, too.

Will Plant Tycoon be out on Reflexive and other game sites today, or if not do you know which day?

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.

Well, guess my husband has to sit and listen to me say how much I want PT for another cpl weeks .. at least til it hits Reflexive. lol

OK, i might buy the game straight from LDW.

I might buy the game!

I'm goin to buy the game from LDW now!

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I have purchased the game, and still have no email!!

I now have the full version off the game!!

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.

Have you looked here?

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)