- Community Items Now Available - 26 September 2022
Greetings, you Golden Gods of ːtsg_gːːtsg_rːːtsg_aːːtsg_sːːtsg_sː! It is my absolute pleasure to announce that, starting today, Community Items will be available for everyone who owns a copy of Touch Some Grass. Get ready to earn and exchange Trading Cards, obtain Profile Badges, and snag some slick Profile Backgrounds and Emoticons! Feel free to check out the goods in the image below - All Community Items feature artwork hastily cobbled together by yours truly our highly-paid, cowboy-hat-wearing Concept Artist. Also, now that we have Trading Cards, I am proud to announce that Touch Some Grass is a more active TCG than Artifact. (In all seriousness, I'm joking. Please don't hurt me. I honestly loved that game, and wish more people played it... Plus, I'm sure more people play that, than this silly game anyway - Wait! It was a JOKE! OW! OFFICER, YOU'RE HURTING MY ARM!) Once again, I want…
- Patch Notes - v0.3.1 - 19 September 2022
Well, hello there, you wonderful weed-whackers! I'm back from a lengthy Summer vacation, and figured I'd kick off the season with a little patch. While this patch is relatively smol in scope, it's HUGE in terms of impact - as players who previously were missing grass when attempting to play on Intel Integrated Graphics (HD 620/630, etc.) should now have their luscious lawns returned in full! PATCH NOTES Support for Integrated GPUs If you were playing on an integrated GPU - notably an Intel HD 620 or 630 chipset - you may have noticed that there was NO GRASS. This was ultimately determined to be an issue related to a limitation with integrated GPUs, and how they handle tessellation (notably, point-based tessellation). I ended up fixing this by rewriting a portion of the shader that generates the grass. Better late than never... Right? RIGHT?! - sigh - Sorry it took so long... If you are…
- Steam Deck Verified - 15 August 2022
Long time, no see my glorious grass-family! Yo, dawg. I heard you liked Touch Some Grass. So I got Touch Some Grass officially verified for the Steam Deck, so you can Touch Some Grass while you touch some grass. This is just a brief update to let you Steam Deck owning, collar-popping, country-clubbing bajillionaires know that Touch Some Grass is officially "Verified" on your beloved mobile gaming device! THE FUTURE IS NOW! With the Steam Deck, you can now Touch Some Grass - At a park At the mall In a dugout canoe In a mile-long line at the DMV While lying awake in bed, contemplating the meaning of life at 3:25AM The possibilities are ENDLESS! Again, I want to give a huge thank you to all of you who played Touch Some Grass, along with everyone that left such amazing reviews and community content this past month. You are all amazing, and I look forward to having the opportunity to sit dow…
- The "Gameplay" Update - v0.3.0 - 8 June 2022
What's popping, grass-family? Welcome to the third content update for Touch Some Grass! We are quickly approaching the two-month mark since this game was first released, and I couldn't be more excited! You glorious grass-grabbers have been absolutely *killing it* - shattering the 570-hour limit on the Leaderboards, submitting hilarious reviews and amazing community content, and simply taking the time to play my silly little "game". So, with that in mind, today's update aims to celebrate all of you amazing "720-topdeck super-sus nollie-to-boneless smoke-mid-rush-b" gaming gods! Cheers, and thank you all so much! That being said, this update is heckin' HUGE, and features a *ton* of community-suggested content that has poured in over the past couple of months. I'm talking Hands! I'm talking Skins! I'm talking qUaLiTy EnTeRtAiNmEnT! Where else are you going to get that stuff, huh? What's th…
- Weekly Roundup - 6/4/2022 - 4 June 2022
Hello, you glorious gods of grass! Happy June, everybody! I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend! I unfortunately don't have time to be a silly goose right now... I've been working non-stop on the next major update - which includes the new game mode, unlock system, and Leaderboard system. Oh yeah, and the update will be releasing THIS UPCOMING WEDNESDAY. This update is heckin' huge. There are now *three* new Hands to choose from, bringing the total number of Hands to six. There are 100 Levels worth of unique Skins to unlock, and it takes roughly 100 hours of touching grass to unlock every skin. Right now, I am literally *living* in image editors, *hunting* for textures, *surviving* on a steady diet of pixels - and making the over 100 unique skins for all of those levels... and let me tell you... the stress is REAL. That being said, I don't have any time to spare. So here's a gian…
- Weekly Roundup - 5/28/2022 - 28 May 2022
Hello, you herbaceous enthusiasts of agriculture! I hope everyone has had a wonderful week sweating through finals, submitting term papers, finishing up "that project you've been working on" - and, of course, touching some grass! Yes, summer-time is quickly approaching. With each passing day, it's getting warmer and warmer! The birds are chirping, and it's perfect beach weather outside! You know what that means, friends! It's finally time for us gamers to *SLAM* that window shut, set the air-conditioner to "maximum blast", and plop down in our elite gaming chairs with an ice-cold can of Monster energy drink. Warm weather is disgusting, the beach is lame, and these stupid chirping birds are preventing me from listening for footsteps at Long A. Go away, birds! I'm trying to get out of MG2! ... Anyway, let's talk about Dev Stuff! Broken Leaderboards (kinda) The Leaderboards for Touch Some…
- Weekly Roundup - 5/21/2022 - 21 May 2022
Welcome to the weekend, you prolific plant patters! Apologies for my short-lived absence on the forums, and reviews - I've been living in code for the past week, trying to piece together all of the features for the upcoming new "Survival" game mode. That being said, I am pleased to confirm that I definitely *have not* surrendered my frail, human brain to the Supreme Robot Overlords... And I definitely *did not* engage in an electronic blood-ritual with my computer, in an effort to unlock the quantum secrets of the qubit. In other news - KNEEL BEFORE CYBERLORD: TORMENTOR OF FLESH. ARCHITECT OF ETERNAL SUFFERING. -coughs- Anyway, it's newsletter time, so let's see what I did this week - Development Updates I heard you "420-rendezook super-sus power-slide elemental-reflect" gamer gods wanted "unlocks" and "levels" and... "stuff"... in your game about grass. Well, buckle up, buckaroos - bec…
- Weekly Roundup - 5/15/2022 - 15 May 2022
Welcome, you amazing agricultural addicts! I'm a day late with my weekly post, so feel free to leave angry kind and spiteful encouraging comments thoughts and prayers down below. Also, be sure to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE and SMASH THAT BELL BUTTON to get notified every time I post a new video. Today's video is sponsored by SquareSpace. Fast and easy websites are only a few clicks away with - ... What? What are you even talking about? It's just the newsletter? Ohhhhhhhh... Right. -shuffles papers around on the desk- Ah... Developer notes. Here we go. Development Updates The new game mode is progressing nicely. To learn more about this new game mode, feel free to read the past newsletter here - https://steamcommunity.com/games/1944240/announcements/detail/3193625777789613938 I've done a bunch of work on this new mode, and I'm pleased to share some screenshots of the development process. This wa…
- Weekly Roundup - 5/7/2022 - 7 May 2022
Happy weekend to all of you weed-whacking warriors! I'm stuck here waiting for my pizza delivery, and figured I'd spend a few minutes catching you all up on what's been happening this past week regarding Touch Some Grass. I've been almost totally occupied with the upcoming game mode - GRASS-TEROIDS. The overall design of this mode has now been finalized, which means I can start working on the programming portion this week. It also means I can start running my mouth about how it's going to work! Let's get into it - New Game Mode A lot of thoughtful design has gone into this new game mode, and it was very important that my billion-dollar Market Research team appropriately identified what it was that makes a video game entertaining. After thousands of hours of AI-driven machine-learning data analysis, my team has finally settled on the following characteristics, which we are now referring…
- Patch Notes - v0.2.1 - 4 May 2022
How's it going, you golden gods of grass-grabbing? Today's patch is a small one, as I'm rather occupied with everything related to adding the brand new, upcoming game mode! As with prior updates, scores should not be affected at all. "Smol" patch means "smol" post, so let's dive in - PATCH NOTES "Movement" Fix If you were playing on either controller or keyboard, you may have noticed that moving to the extreme sides of the grass would result in strange behaviors with the Hand. This resulted in things like the Hand "shaking", or sometimes getting stuck for a fraction of a second before responding to additional input. I fixed this by rewriting a portion of the code for these particular input methods. Vulkan Support for Windows I enabled Vulkan support for this release (though the default is still DirectX 11). I have no plans to *officially* implement this, but I wanted to have the option…
- Weekly Roundup - 4/30/2022 - 30 April 2022
Happy weekend, grass-family! This past week saw some major milestones reached, well ahead of schedule. It also saw the introduction of some bugs that I'm not so pleased with... But hey, that's the joy of game development! Let's dive right into it - Control Update The recently released "Control" update has finally brought full controller support to Touch Some Grass, so all you "stick-swinging button-mashing gamepad-gods" can grab some grass from the comfort of your couch. You can read more about that here - https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1944240/view/3193624493671686844 Working on Bug Fixes Unfortunately, there are a couple of bugs introduced with this latest patch that I'm working on ironing out... One of the issues is related to the Hand getting "stuck" to the edges of the grass when using gamepad or keyboard input. This is due to an improper calculation on my part when handli…
- The "Control" Update - v0.2.0 - 27 April 2022
What's happening, grass-gang? Welcome to the second content update for Touch Some Grass! I've been firing on all cylinders this past week, and managed to beat my anticipated release for controller support by a whopping *three-weeks*! Yeah... It's not easy being this incredible, but someone has to do it. No, please. Hold your applause. You are too kind. Thank you... You may be seated. As I was saying, controller support is now live, which marks the completion of my "Input Overhaul" initiative, as specified in the Official Roadmap. This means I am ready to begin tackling the next few development goals, including the addition of the new game-mode - "GRASS-TEROIDS". You can read more about that in my latest Newsletter posting, over here - https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1944240/view/3193624493653474990 Speaking of the Weekly Newsletter, I've decided to change the regular posting to…
- Weekly Roundup - 4/20/2022 - 20 April 2022
Happy 20th of April, you Potentates of Plants! Today marks the start of my "Weekly Roundup" series of posts, where I bring all you "drop-shotting 900-kickflip-to-darkslide meme-lords" up to speed on what I'm actually working on for Touch Some Grass. You know... Like a *responsible* game developer. Let's get into it - The Input Overhaul This piece of development covers the addition of controller support, so that all you "thumb-sticking console-jockeys" can enjoy Touch Some Grass on your gamepad of choice. This feature has been my number-one priority since the game released a week ago. To make this possible, I actually had to scrap an entire section of code that handled in-game movement and actions, and then re-write those functions around Unity's "Input System". I honestly thought this would take forever, but the truth is, I just finished up adding controller support for the "main" porti…
- Patch Notes - v0.1.6 - 19 April 2022
How's it going, grass-gang? Today's patch contains Ultrawide and Super-Ultrawide support for all you "healthy-and-wealthy yacht-club gazillionaires" with either 21:9 or 32:9 -capable monitors. Let's take a quick look at the facts - A Very Popular Game About a Ring - No Ultrawide Support ːsteamthumbsdownː Touch Some Grass - Ultrawide Support ːsteamthumbsupː Based on this comparison, I have a good feeling that we are going to be "Game of the Year 2022". This patch also features a HotFix for some of you "540-topdeck dolphin-diving frag-masters" who booted up the game, only to discover there was *no grass*. Please take a look, and let me know if your issue has been resolved in the following thread - https://steamcommunity.com/app/1944240/discussions/0/5737031847501167003/ As with prior updates, scores should not be affected at all. PATCH NOTES U l t r a w i d e ( 2 1 : 9 ) Graphics have bee…
- The "Left Hand" Update - v0.1.5 - 15 April 2022
Salutations, you peat-patting turf-tapping grass gurus! Today marks the first content update for Touch Some Grass! This release answers some community requests, while also delivering an updated grass-grabbing experience, with new particle effects, graphical optimizations, and a brand new skin! To mark the occasion, we also have a brand new trailer on the store page! Thanks for playing, and see you all on the Leaderboards! And as always, happy grass-touching, my friends! UPDATE NOTES "LEFTY" MODE This update celebrates all you left-handed legends that had to suffer a week's worth of weed-whacking with a right-handed skin! Pressing the "Change Hand / Skin" button ("S" or the Middle Mouse Button) will now cycle through left- and right-handed versions of the available skins. PARTICLE EFFECTS "Enjoy the glory of allergy season, without the pain of coughin' and sneezin'!" Our new particle eff…
- Patch Notes - v0.1.4 - 11 April 2022
How's it going, grass family? Today's update is slated for release tonight - April 11th, 2022 @ 8PM ET / 5PM PT Scores should not be affected at all. PATCH NOTES Leaderboard Visibility The Leaderboard can be viewed by clicking on the "Lifetime Score / Longest Session" banner on the Main Menu. To better communicate this, the banner now changes color when you hover the cursor over it. Reset Score Button The Leaderboard panel now features a "Reset Score" button. Clicking this button will prompt players to confirm that they want to Reset their stats. If you click "YES" on this prompt, your stats will be reset completely, including your Leaderboard placement. You will retain your Achievement, however. Players can use this feature to repair their scores if something breaks, so... Kind of helpful? Maybe? I don't know. Leaderboard Formatting Errors There was a formatting error with Leaderboard…
- Attention, Gamers - 11 April 2022
Greetings, fellow grass-touchers! First of all, a sincere and hearty "thank you" to everyone who purchased, downloaded and played this silly little "game". Seriously, you are awesome. This is just a quick little announcement to let you "360-no-scoping meme-gods" know that an update is in the works to fix some issues, and make the grass-touching experience even more satisfying. It should be ready later this evening. I'll keep you posted. Happy grass-touching!
