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AdvOfJet

07-31-2008, 11:46 PM

Will be picking this up as soon as I finish the next chapter in Lego Indiana Jones. Played the demo over and over so I can't wait to get started on the game. Glad to hear the good responses so far and happy to hear that it gets harder as you go on. The first three gardens on the demo didn't seem very hard at all.

Edit: Finally picked this up and haven't put it down since. Managed to get the 10x combo and 15x time jewel but haven't been able to get the 15x combo trophy yet. How close have any of you guys come to getting the 100,000 pollen in a level. I collected what I though was a ton of pollen only to realize at the end that I only had around 20,000.

orko60

08-01-2008, 10:31 AM

Yeah, I took that into account. Yet some turrets just sit idly by and let monsters through to kill the little ones. It's getting pretty frustrating now. It's also annoying that if you put turrets too close to one another that only one will work, while the other does nothing.

It never does any of that stuff with me. Possibly turrets have already shot, and are waiting for their next turn or something? Turrets that are close to each other? They all fire the same, when things get in their range. You have a wack version of the game, apparently!

By the way, why can't I use custom soundtracks in Eden? WTF?

dallow

08-01-2008, 11:53 AM

The music is designed especially for this game. Over 100 minutes worth.
They even go so far as to tell you to play either with high quality stereo speakers or headphones.

Edit: Finally picked this up and haven't put it down since. Managed to get the 10x combo and 15x time jewel but haven't been able to get the 15x combo trophy yet. How close have any of you guys come to getting the 100,000 pollen in a level. I collected what I though was a ton of pollen only to realize at the end that I only had around 20,000.
Haha, I had about the same, I thought the score was the pollen, yeesh.
And the 500 prowler thing I only got about 250. Guess I have to keep playing in a level till I get it. You got close to my score, thanks for adding me.

Can't wait to get home and play more.

guyjr

08-01-2008, 03:22 PM

I might add a few of you to my friends list tonight - seeing as I only have one so far - so I can get in on the score comparison fun too. :)

NamPaehc

08-01-2008, 03:29 PM

Does falling speed up the time? I could have sworn when the white blur came around me, the timer ticked up really fast.

AdvOfJet

08-01-2008, 03:53 PM

Does falling speed up the time? I could have sworn when the white blur came around me, the timer ticked up really fast.

Falling shouldnt have any effect on your time remaining. It should tick down the same no matter what your doing as far as I can tell.

Anyone that would like to add me as a friend feel free to do so.

I just started on the fourth garden and am hating the number of rocks on the level. Nice to see the difficulty shooting up a bit though. It has been very easy so far. As of right now I am #112 overall on the total game leader board. My highest national ranking was for garden 3 where I am ranked #9. Some of the people playing this have some insane scores.

FriskyTanuki

08-01-2008, 03:58 PM

Tried out the fourth and fifth gardens after failing to get the fifth Spectra in garden 3 and I really liked the change in level and background design.

AdvOfJet

08-01-2008, 04:01 PM

I actually wound up falling all the way back down during the fourth garden a few times jumping for what I though was a seed about to be filled up but was actually just blue dot on the background. #-o

dallow

08-01-2008, 04:10 PM

Isn't the 4th garden just a bit too bright? I can barely see the pollen.
My eyes were straining a bit.

I know I have good, calibrated TV settings too.

FriskyTanuki

08-01-2008, 05:40 PM

Isn't the 4th garden just a bit too bright? I can barely see the pollen.
My eyes were straining a bit.

I know I have good, calibrated TV settings too.
Maybe a little bit, but it was just a nice change of pace with the first three gardens being very similar.

dallow

08-01-2008, 05:49 PM

My game started up with the blue background, and the colorless plants.
I know you can change it via that little pod next to the yellow plant close to garden 4 or 5.

Kinda neat it changes on it's own. I hate the blue though. :)

FriskyTanuki

08-01-2008, 05:53 PM

There's another one to find, though I can't reach it yet, if you use that flower pod to the upper right side of the eden logo and jump a bit higher past that.

dallow

08-01-2008, 05:57 PM

I'm on it tonight.
I'm only able to reach 5 gardens so far.

Thomas96

08-01-2008, 06:23 PM

This game reminds me a bit of the first Lumines. I got one trophy so far, for completing the first garden I was up until 5am trying to get the other two spores (or what ever they're called) in the first garden.

AdvOfJet

08-01-2008, 06:27 PM

Up to five trophies so far. Missed the Garden 4 seeds trophy by one on my last try before I ran out of time and had to collect the 4th item. I should be able to get it on my run through for all 5. Having a hard time getting a decent score on that level though. There is just not much room in order to try and run a combo.

RelentlessRolento

08-01-2008, 07:28 PM

I'm going to only go after the seeds trophies once I unlock full 5 spectra levels ... makes more sense that way.

FriskyTanuki

08-01-2008, 07:29 PM

Morphine

08-01-2008, 07:51 PM

Only one trophy so far, all seeds from Garden 01. The 100000 pollen one is ridiculous :p

AdvOfJet

08-01-2008, 08:06 PM

Do the friends leaderboard not show up at first for anyone else? I have to switch between the 1P, 2P, and 3P modes first before anybody else shows up.

I'll add a "Damn, Jet" to that total score that you have, which is over 200k more points than me or Dallow.

Edit: Ahh, that other color-changing pod is by where garden 6 is located, which changes everything green.

Yeah there seems to be a lag when posting your scores to the leaderboard. It makes the friends board delay in showing up and an even longer delay in your score updating on that board. Its been taking anywhere up to 10 - 15 minutes for my scores to move from the game to the board.

I need to go back and redo the first garden after learning a bit more techniques in order to raise my score for that garden.

On my last run through garden 3, I finished with 489 kills. I could kick myself for not getting 11 more for the trophy lol.

Shadowedge

08-01-2008, 10:30 PM

It took me a few more tries than expected, but I finally got the "Ten Minute Grimp" trophy. Really enjoying the game! :)

FriskyTanuki

08-01-2008, 10:35 PM

Managed to get to the sixth and seventh gardens, which is definitely interesting and different from the other gardens. I like the variety that starts appearing with the level designs starting with the fourth garden.

AdvOfJet

08-02-2008, 12:24 AM

It took me a few more tries than expected, but I finally got the "Ten Minute Grimp" trophy. Really enjoying the game! :)

Did you get it on the first garden ? I haven't really tried that one yet as I have been going for score on the leaderboard and completion of the seeds for trophies. I finally got the trophy for garden 4 and finally broke under the 100 mark on the overall leaderboard. Sitting at number 85 as of right now.

I really like the fifth garden after not liking the fourth. The turbo shoot flowers add an interesting touch. Looking forward to the next ones once I get all the seeds in this round.

RelentlessRolento

08-02-2008, 01:15 AM

for people who love both eden's music and art (done both by the same person) here's their website:

http://baiyon.com/

KingBroly

08-02-2008, 01:25 AM

I managed to get all the Spectres in Garden 1 and all seeds in Garden 1 for a Trophy. I'll try to get the final 4 Spectres in Garden 2 before heading off to Garden 3.

dallow

08-02-2008, 04:03 AM

Did you get it on the first garden ? I haven't really tried that one yet as I have been going for score on the leaderboard and completion of the seeds for trophies. I finally got the trophy for garden 4 and finally broke under the 100 mark on the overall leaderboard. Sitting at number 85 as of right now.

I really like the fifth garden after not liking the fourth. The turbo shoot flowers add an interesting touch. Looking forward to the next ones once I get all the seeds in this round.
Best to do the 10 minute thing int the first garden, yeah.
I did it in about 8 mins 10 s, so it's not that hard.

Shadowedge

08-02-2008, 11:16 AM

Best to do the 10 minute thing int the first garden, yeah.
I did it in about 8 mins 10 s, so it's not that hard.

Yep, I did it on the first garden. I figured since there is only one complex prowler in the stage, that would be to my advantage.
But, I found the difficult part was getting prowler combo at some locations (like the giant seed in the northeast).

Anyway, great time, I'm thinking of ways to shave off my time, but I probably should move on to the second garden at this point.

guyjr

08-02-2008, 12:37 PM

for people who love both eden's music and art (done both by the same person) here's their website:

http://baiyon.com/

Niiice... there's at least one track i found for download on his site (in addition to the live mixes) - not sure if it appears in the game or not, but very much in the same style.

http://stop-rokkasho.org/media/1/79_s_soup.mp3

forgrim

08-02-2008, 01:03 PM

just finished the first garden and got two trophies from it... is it me or does the 100k pollen trophy look ridiculous to attain

NamPaehc

08-02-2008, 03:52 PM

Will you people please get the fuck out of Eden and come help me FRAG?! ;)

FriskyTanuki

08-02-2008, 04:03 PM

Holy fuck. I love garden seven and its "hook." It's blowing my mind.

GenDV138

08-02-2008, 06:25 PM

Picked up Eden last night after work, only got around 3 spectras before I had to stop playing. Definitely going to play more tonight and during the week. YouTube upload feature seems to work pretty well, look forward to making some cool videos!

I only have two other CAGs on my PSN list right now, so feel free to add me for friends leaderboards.

AdvOfJet

08-02-2008, 06:27 PM

Holy fuck. I love garden seven and its "hook." It's blowing my mind.

Have you checked out the eighth garden yet. It takes place .. way .... wayyy .. up in the air.

FriskyTanuki

08-02-2008, 06:31 PM

Is it near garden six and seven or do I have to use that teleport pod to reach it?

dallow

08-02-2008, 07:05 PM

Holy fuck. I love garden seven and its "hook." It's blowing my mind.
Fuck garden seven! :bomb::bomb::bomb:

josh_animebum

08-02-2008, 07:38 PM

So I downloaded the demo last week when it went up, but only just played in this afternoon. I was a little frustrated with the controls at first, but after playing for about 20 minutes I think I really started to get the hang of it (although I wish you had a "bionic arm" like silk shot for those times when you just miss where you want to be and don't want to fall all the way to the bottom)

Anyways, I had a lot of fun with it and decided to give them $10 and buy the full version (which is downloading as I type this and is probably done by now). Hooray for reasonably long demos!

forgrim

08-02-2008, 07:44 PM

FriskyTanuki

08-02-2008, 07:47 PM

i'm still relatively new at the game so...how do you get that complex prowler to separate in world 3? i randomly manage to do it, but half the time, it just pounds me around like a ping pong ball til i get frustrated.
Avoid him until his armor seems to thicken and swing into him, he'll split up into six pieces, which helps you get the combo trophies more easily.

RelentlessRolento

08-02-2008, 09:08 PM

Avoid him until his armor seems to thicken and swing into him, he'll split up into six pieces, which helps you get the combo trophies more easily.

his armor always thickens when your grimp is spinning so just hit any of the face buttons when you're near him.

KingBroly

08-02-2008, 09:22 PM

Another one of my PJE videos got posted. I thought it timed out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpoxACPI5d4

AdvOfJet

08-02-2008, 10:09 PM

Avoid him until his armor seems to thicken and swing into him, he'll split up into six pieces, which helps you get the combo trophies more easily.

Garden Eight is just to the right of garden six. Just head to the right from six instead of heading left like you would be going to seven.

It taking much longer in the later levels going for all the seeds in the level for the trophies. You definitely have to manage the time replenishers that around the level.

pete5883

08-03-2008, 01:03 AM

I don't like that holding X will make you jump instead of swing. I find it too easy to do by accident.

forgrim

08-03-2008, 01:14 AM

hahaha thanks for the tip, made world 3 a cakewalk and managed to kill off the 10 pollen trophy also. world 4 incoming.

RelentlessRolento

08-03-2008, 01:48 AM

I don't like that holding X will make you jump instead of swing. I find it too easy to do by accident.

an easier way I remember is just tap X to jump then immediately press x again to loose the silk. easier to remember to double tap than hold.

FriskyTanuki

08-03-2008, 01:56 AM

It really depends on how long you hold the the button down, as if you let go before you reach the end of the tether, you'll jump, and if you don't, you'll swing until you do let go.

Jet: Okay, I do remember that one, which has the muddy rain-style background.

brighenne

08-03-2008, 03:23 AM

an easier way I remember is just tap X to jump then immediately press x again to loose the silk. easier to remember to double tap than hold.

I think he means it's too easy to accidentally jump from this when you actually mean to swing...at least I've done that quite a few times to take a death plunge back to the bottom.

FriskyTanuki

08-03-2008, 07:19 AM

Fuck garden seven! :bomb::bomb::bomb:
You probably won't like garden ten then either. ;)

RelentlessRolento

08-03-2008, 07:44 AM

played with my sis today... multiplay is pretty fun even if your friend sucks. it's cool to have a grimp latch onto another grimp and be swung for extra momentum.

pete5883

08-03-2008, 09:41 AM

I think he means it's too easy to accidentally jump from this when you actually mean to swing...at least I've done that quite a few times to take a death plunge back to the bottom.
Yeah this is what I meant. It makes the long fall down even more annoying :bomb:

RelentlessRolento

08-03-2008, 12:07 PM

thankfully from the sound of it, Dungeons dosn't look likes it's canceled.

dallow

08-03-2008, 04:45 PM

Sound of what Rolento?

I played 3P co-op last night for a couple hours.
I was surprised they both got into it pretty quickly, we finished the first 3 gardens.
Pretty fun!

Not may 3P scores so my global ranking was pretty good after only 3 levels. :)

pete5883

08-03-2008, 06:56 PM

Do you get the "all seeds open" trophy as soon as you open the last seed, or after you beat the level? I was going for all of them in the first level but only got 28/29, didn't know if I should be waiting for an acknowledgment, or if I should just hope I got all of them.

forgrim

08-03-2008, 06:58 PM

i'll reiterate wat soemone else said..fuck level 7. and also, got 70k pollen and 455 of those damn pollen stuff before i ran out of time. gd it.

Mojimbo

08-03-2008, 07:00 PM

FriskyTanuki

08-03-2008, 07:24 PM

I missed just one seed in garden six that I couldn't seem to find. :-k I'm not sure where to look for it either.

NamPaehc

08-03-2008, 07:42 PM

I missed just one seed in garden six that I couldn't seem to find. :-k I'm not sure where to look for it either.

Six has a "hidden" seed. THIS video might help you. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_uidj6Kgb8)

And anyone who needs help with this, remember you can always search YouTube for videos to get you through tough spots. ;)

FriskyTanuki

08-03-2008, 07:47 PM

Thanks. How the hell did he get all of the other seeds already open or did he open them before and just go back to the beginning for a starting reference point?

forgrim

08-03-2008, 08:06 PM

damn, you might as well save a spectra after that cuz opening that stupid seed will take some time without crystals around. i'm already having problems with level 6 and this just punctuates it even more

torifile

08-03-2008, 09:04 PM

Has anyone found Eden to be slightly easier using your PSP and Remote Play? It feels more responsive.

And the "quick drop" by shaking the controller? Never works for me. Damn it.

NamPaehc

08-03-2008, 09:13 PM

And the "quick drop" by shaking the controller? Never works for me. Damn it.

It is less of a shake, and more of "thrusting down" motion. Like dropping it flat towards the ground.

orko60

08-04-2008, 11:21 AM

Has anyone found Eden to be slightly easier using your PSP and Remote Play? It feels more responsive.

And the "quick drop" by shaking the controller? Never works for me. Damn it.

I always find myself jumping off in the wrong direction with the psp. It's fun to play in bed, though, when I'm away from the TV.

dallow

08-04-2008, 11:34 AM

I'll tackle that 500 prowler one tonight.
100,000 pollen after I finish the game probably.

Up to garden 9.

dallow

08-04-2008, 12:04 PM

Wow, there are some pretty good rewards for beating the game!
I spoiled myself by reading one of them but not all.
Must beat this!

This guy made a nice map of Garden 7, some seeds are missing though towards the center.

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg157/OatmealMu/Random%20Crap/garden7.png

Also, Gaffer doing the 3P trophy by himself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnRdK9-APLM

FriskyTanuki

08-04-2008, 05:23 PM

I tried to go for both 500 pollen prowlers and 100,000 pollen, but only ended up with the former. If there was some consistent score for each pollen you collect, since I there's a multiplier for when you gather large groups of pollen while collecting individual pollen is just one point, it would be easier to know how close I am to that goal.

Getting 5 Spectras on garden seven and up is going to be hard as hell. I almost got them all in garden seven, but ran out of time while waiting for the right moment to make the leap for the last Spectra.

dallow

08-04-2008, 05:28 PM

Saw some times for people that got the 100K trophy. Took them about an hour to an hour and a half.

Can be done in Garden 1 too.
Which gives me hope.

pete5883

08-04-2008, 10:07 PM

How many times do you have to throw the 3rd one back and forth before you get the trophy? I don't think I'll ever get it, but I'm curious.

RelentlessRolento

08-04-2008, 10:08 PM

sorry if I come off as an idiot, but how the hell do you even get a single spectra in Garden 7???? It's like ass-backwards face time.

FriskyTanuki

08-04-2008, 10:10 PM

Very carefully.

dallow

08-04-2008, 10:11 PM

How many times do you have to throw the 3rd one back and forth before you get the trophy? I don't think I'll ever get it, but I'm curious.
3 full times back and forth, so 6 tosses total.

And yeah Rolento, it's a a bitch!

RelentlessRolento

08-04-2008, 10:13 PM

do I have to avoid that security thing or what? i'm just insanely confused by the entire level.

FriskyTanuki

08-04-2008, 10:18 PM

You can, but he'll eventually find you.

forgrim

08-05-2008, 12:02 AM

yeah i'm on that stupid garden too rolento, i managed to get one spectra and decided to screw it and go one to other gardens. cept from what i can tell, world 8 is retarded big.

i managed to get the 3 player trophy doing what he did using 2 controllers and 1 guitar controller. it was semi retarded.

RelentlessRolento

08-05-2008, 02:05 AM

You can, but he'll eventually find you.

help! I'm totally lost in garden 7!

FriskyTanuki

08-05-2008, 02:13 AM

What's hard to figure out? He finds you and turns the gravity 90 degrees counterclockwise. Just learn your surroundings and it shouldn't be that hard to get used to.

RelentlessRolento

08-05-2008, 02:34 AM

What's hard to figure out? He finds you and turns the gravity 90 degrees counterclockwise. Just learn your surroundings and it shouldn't be that hard to get used to.

:lol: I do... I just end up on the right wall and can't seem to get to any way of getting close to a spectra

FriskyTanuki

08-05-2008, 02:40 AM

:lol: I do... I just end up on the right wall and can't seem to get to any way of getting close to a spectra
Then you have to act like the right wall's the bottom of the screen and use the environment to get around. Just take your time and make smart moves. You don't need to get to a spectra right away after the gravity changes.

RelentlessRolento

08-05-2008, 03:15 AM

Then you have to act like the right wall's the bottom of the screen and use the environment to get around. Just take your time and make smart moves. You don't need to get to a spectra right away after the gravity changes.

:lol: ok I'll try again tomorrow. I think I wasn't thinking clearly because i was frustrated.

OatmealMu

08-05-2008, 08:10 PM

Wow, there are some pretty good rewards for beating the game!
I spoiled myself by reading one of them but not all.
Must beat this!

This guy made a nice map of Garden 7, some seeds are missing though towards the center.

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg157/OatmealMu/Random%20Crap/garden7.png

Updated version that should have every seed:
http://i37.tinypic.com/vffsbn.png

dallow

08-05-2008, 08:13 PM

Updated version that should have every seed:
http://i37.tinypic.com/vffsbn.png
Thanks for that, I wish he'd make for every level, or at least the last 5. I know it's time consuming but they look so slick.

FriskyTanuki

08-05-2008, 09:17 PM

Finally beat garden seven with a full clear. Now I have to focus on getting all of the seeds. :-(

RelentlessRolento

08-05-2008, 09:22 PM

I really hate 7... 7 is becoming the bane of the game.

Kandal

08-07-2008, 10:05 PM

This game is great if your a strategy type game lover like I am.

torifile

08-08-2008, 12:43 AM

Holy shit. I was this >< close to getting all 29 seeds on Garden 1. I got 28 of them. :\ I was doing really well until I fell and had to make a run for my last spectra. How the hell are you guys so good at this game? I figure better to clear the level than to try for that seed. At least my overall ranking isn't too bad - 1400 something on garden 1. I think I ended up with 151k. I've tried garden 2, but that's as far as I've gone in the game.

Siggy Stardust HD

08-08-2008, 07:54 AM

I'm having trouble getting The Hundred Thousander trophy. I checked my scores in the end summary of the level and I had collected around 110 000 pollen (not points) but I didn't get the trophy. What must I do?

KingBroly

08-08-2008, 10:53 AM

Am I missing something or are 2 of those Spectres in Garden 7 enclosed?

OatmealMu

08-08-2008, 08:01 PM

Am I missing something or are 2 of those Spectres in Garden 7 enclosed?

A switch that creates an entrance grows when you fill up the seeds. The middle Spectra can be opened by any of the 4 nearby seeds. The one on the right can only be opened by the seed that's attached to the bottom of the rock.

RelentlessRolento

08-09-2008, 11:23 PM

how many spectra is the minimum to unlock garden 10? I unlocked garden 9 recently (alot friendlier than 7 or 8) and was wondering...

FriskyTanuki

08-10-2008, 12:01 AM

Until you see the lifts near 9 that let you go up and the roots that let you get up on the platform where 9 is.

RelentlessRolento

08-10-2008, 12:04 AM

I have the lifts going and a few of the bottom growing roots... I guess I don't know where 10 is unless I can't get to it yet.

forgrim

08-10-2008, 12:07 AM

you should have got the 100k pollen trophy if you got 100k pollen...that's strange. are you sure you didn't get it? i got it with a end score of 104k pollen, as soon as i saw the trophy pop up, i went straight for the spectra.

and 10 is harder than 8 and 9...the hard order for me was 9 < 8 < 7 < 10. I still haven't gotten trophies for full seeds for 9 8 and 10 tho, gonna work on it when i get free time. 8 and 10 are just so big, i don't feel like going through them again and missing one like last time

V4oLDbOY

08-10-2008, 08:12 AM

Question!!!!

I just got a psp and set up remote play, and I was just messing around, but the pixeljunk eden demo plays in remote play

Anyone else notice this? And does the full game work in remote play as well?

edit: also pixeljunk monsters works. I'm just way out of the loop here or what?

yep out of the loop indeed. Well I just got my psp and this was a very pleasant surprise...

OatmealMu

08-10-2008, 11:08 PM

RelentlessRolento

08-10-2008, 11:38 PM

geeze... I need like 1 more spectra to unlock 10 but I hate doing 7 and 8.

Jest

08-11-2008, 01:44 AM

Does PJE support custom soundtrack?

RelentlessRolento

08-11-2008, 02:15 AM

Does PJE support custom soundtrack?

yes but you have to work for it.

dallow

08-11-2008, 03:36 AM

RelentlessRolento

08-11-2008, 03:38 AM

yeah, superb maps. hella lotta work put into them.

on a side note I finally got to garden 10 and got one spectra on it... I don't think I'm going to play it for a while... the game is damn hard, I'll be honest about that, and I suck at it.

I actually need to go finish PJ Monsters since I got it a week before this came out...

forgrim

08-11-2008, 07:54 AM

garden 8 and 10 are my bane. too of the stupidly big maps = wat a ginormous timesink, takes me an hour to get through garden 8 now

FriskyTanuki

08-11-2008, 08:43 AM

Managed to full clear garden nine, so now I just need to get the last two Spectra in garden ten to be done. Then I need to go for all of the seeds in garden seven and eight since I focused more on getting the spectra than the seeds.

pete5883

08-11-2008, 09:23 AM

dallow

08-11-2008, 06:11 PM

There's hope for you yet Rolento.

GREAT NEWS!

As for Eden, well… that’s way too easy a game to make it any easier, surely???!
At least in co-op you can reach out and catch your betrothed if she falls, the veritable juliet to your romeo so to speak.

However, we do have lots of ideas for the expansion pack as the controls are too much fun to waste on just one set of game rules. I’m sure we will try and add a more namby pamby mode for the “lighter” people out there.

FriskyTanuki

08-11-2008, 06:51 PM

In garden 9, there's one spectra alll the way on the left that is tucked just under a platform. What's the right way to get it? I try to jump as vertically as possible off the right side and catch on to the wall, but it's really hard this way. I spent about an hour losing in garden 9 yesterday so I don't really want to try it again until I have some chance of success. The one all the way at the top is a pain in the dick too thanks to the laser enemy.
When you activate the seed that gets you to the first lifts, collect enough pollen so that out-the-way seed is filled and make your way to the left filling seeds until you see the second set of lifts that can get you to the top of that rock formation and just jump over to where that seed is. Grip to the bottom of the straight plant and use your tether to drop down and get that last seed. It's a much easier way to do it than just trying to jump from under that rock formation.

RelentlessRolento

08-11-2008, 08:13 PM

there is hope for us kids who suck!

FriskyTanuki

08-11-2008, 09:18 PM

Jest

08-11-2008, 09:48 PM

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/11/pixeljunk-monsters-receiving-difficulty-settings-with-free-patch/

Looks like there will be a patch coming for Monsters that will include trophies and difficulty levels, as well, which is good to hear because some of these levels are just too hard for me to beat. :-(

Yeah, I accidentally started playing it with Encore and the first level kicked my ass. Then I went to the other island. I even had a hard time on some of the early levels though. For someone who sucks at tower defense but enjoys the game this will be great.

forgrim

08-11-2008, 09:53 PM

great freaking news, although i'm pretty good at monsters so it even helps those out on the other spectrum. harder difficulty. wonder if that'll be allowed for better ranking on the scoreboard.

i pretty much got all the trophies for eden besides fill all the seeds for 8 9 and 10...and i'm just taking my sweet time cuz i love this game

bjstucker

08-12-2008, 11:16 PM

Great news for Monsters pretty glad I picked it up with Pain. Eden sucks up so much of my time I want to get Uncharted but I feel I probably won't touch it for awhile since I play Eden 90% of the time I turn on my PS3.

NamPaehc

08-13-2008, 12:53 AM

I hope that the new settings on Monsters will help me get some co-op games to last a bit longer haha.

happy

08-13-2008, 01:58 AM

I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds monsters really hard (that's a good thing though).

FriskyTanuki

08-13-2008, 02:20 AM

I wouldn't say Monsters is hard. It's just challenging for each set of levels until you unlock the special ability for that section. Encore is just hard as fuck.

chodax

08-13-2008, 03:10 AM

Thomas96

08-13-2008, 04:20 AM

happy

08-13-2008, 10:06 AM

I wouldn't say Monsters is hard. It's just challenging for each set of levels until you unlock the special ability for that section. Encore is just hard as fuck.

I was referring mainly to encore, I only have 3 levels or so I haven't beat in monsters, but I can't get past the easy levels in encore.

happy

08-13-2008, 06:20 PM

I just played Garden 7 for the first time and WOW. I thought it was cool when they started adding the things that shoot you, the portals and the moving walls, but garden 7 is just a whole new level of awesome. I've managed to get 4 of the 5 spectra so far, then I decided to try gardens 8 and 9 and my instincts were totally thrown off by normal gravity, it's crazy.

As a side note, what's with all the reviewers claiming that the time is a bad thing, it's like they want to game to be flow/flower. I like the challenge, and there are enough time pickups everywhere that the few times I have failed are not from the clock, but my failures.

forgrim

08-13-2008, 07:57 PM

the only reason i hate garden 7 is after you finish it, when you fall straight vertically, it feels weird in the other gardens

orko60

08-13-2008, 10:09 PM

I think I got to a point where I'm plateauing on this game. I've put it down for a few days, and I think I'm going to give it a rest for a while. It just got too difficult for me, and I haven't even opened up level 8! I am the worst!

OatmealMu

08-14-2008, 12:04 PM

GARDEN 09 - All Spectra, All Seeds, Most Large Crystals

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg157/OatmealMu/Random%20Crap/garden09.png

Because nobody asked for it, the 9th garden.

pete5883

08-14-2008, 10:35 PM

When you activate the seed that gets you to the first lifts, collect enough pollen so that out-the-way seed is filled and make your way to the left filling seeds until you see the second set of lifts that can get you to the top of that rock formation and just jump over to where that seed is. Grip to the bottom of the straight plant and use your tether to drop down and get that last seed. It's a much easier way to do it than just trying to jump from under that rock formation.
Now that someone's posted the map for Garden 9 I think we're talking about different spectra. I'm talking about the one in the lower left. Still not sure how to get it :-k

FriskyTanuki

08-14-2008, 11:10 PM

Oh, thought you were talking about one of the seeds that are hard to reach. Just fill the seeds to the right of those lifts you use at the beginning of the level. It's one of the easiest to reach.

mykevermin

08-14-2008, 11:12 PM

I got 100K+ in a level and no trophy. Boo!

FriskyTanuki

08-14-2008, 11:21 PM

100k points or 100k pollen?

mykevermin

08-14-2008, 11:43 PM

Ah.

pete5883

08-15-2008, 01:07 AM

Oh, thought you were talking about one of the seeds that are hard to reach. Just fill the seeds to the right of those lifts you use at the beginning of the level. It's one of the easiest to reach.
Is one of them a cannon flower?

FriskyTanuki

08-15-2008, 01:16 AM

Is one of them a cannon flower?
Oops, meant to the left. The one by the tulip cannon has a seed above it that sprouts a sunflower that you hang from and you'll be able to reach under that rock for the spectra.

forgrim

08-18-2008, 12:36 AM

holy damn, finally finished off the last of the challenges that I was missing, garden 10 all seeds. there were times that i almost lost but managed to find little time crystals to just keep myself alive. i didn't even waste any tiem on the 5th spectra, i hit it on my first try, strangely enough.

doneeeeeeeeee.

OatmealMu

08-19-2008, 03:18 AM

GARDEN 07 - All Spectra, All Seeds, Most Large Crystals
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg157/OatmealMu/Random%20Crap/garden07.png

GARDEN 08 - All Spectra, All Seeds, Most Large Crystals
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg157/OatmealMu/Random%20Crap/garden08.png

GARDEN 09 - All Spectra, All Seeds, Most Large Crystals
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg157/OatmealMu/Random%20Crap/garden09.png

GARDEN 10 - All Spectra, All Seeds, Most Large Crystals
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg157/OatmealMu/Random%20Crap/garden10.png

And that's that.

forgrim

08-19-2008, 08:52 AM

that godforsaken elevator on the leftside on garden 10 goes nowhere!

and btw kickass job oatmeal, i had to use garden 07 and 08 o find all the seeds

dallow

08-19-2008, 11:22 AM

Really awesome maps. Thanks for your dedication!

Time for me to start playing this again, almost done with Uncharted.

josh_animebum

08-19-2008, 11:54 AM

Thank you, Oatmeal. Those maps are awesome.

ivanctorres

08-19-2008, 12:31 PM

Wow PJM is hard. I finally went back to the game and I am liking it but the game requires a lot of trial and error. I just played a level with 20 waves of enemies and I was just building not knowing what to expect.

RelentlessRolento

08-19-2008, 07:57 PM

superb work oat.

sixteenvolt420

08-19-2008, 08:04 PM

Just picked up Eden yesterday and are in the process of getting used to it. Seems like i'll enjoy it, from what i've played thus far.

FriskyTanuki

08-19-2008, 08:11 PM

that godforsaken elevator on the leftside on garden 10 goes nowhere!

and btw kickass job oatmeal, i had to use garden 07 and 08 o find all the seeds
It does if you activate the seeds that are above there first, which requires you to build up a bit first and then work your way to the left.

Kandal

08-19-2008, 08:12 PM

i just got it recently too and this game rocks.

VNfx

08-29-2008, 10:42 AM

Currently have 15 trophies.

FriskyTanuki

10-22-2008, 03:26 PM

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/10/22/pixelpatch-pj-monsters-updates-incoming/

Hi PixelJunkies! I’m Matt Morton, Associate Producer at SCEA Santa Monica Studio and I’ve had the great fortune of working on the PixelJunk series since the very first title, PixelJunk Racers (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2007/09/05/pixeljunk%E2%84%A2-bringing-2d-back-in-hd/). We’ve been working hard to keep spreading the PixelJunk Love (as Deb Mars calls it (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/07/30/pixeljunk-eden-oh-glorious-gardens%E2%80%A6and-did-we-mention-trophies/)) and wanted to give you a heads up on the upcoming patch for PixelJunk Monsters (http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/pixeljunk-monsters/) and PixelJunk Monsters: Encore (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/04/29/pixeljunk-monsters-encore-details-interview/).

The patch will be releasing VERY soon, with Japan getting the first patch release on October 23. If all goes well with final testing, you will see the patch in SCEA and SCEE territories on October 30. If there are any delays to the above mentioned dates, we will be sure to update the blog to let you know about it, so stay tuned!

The Q-Games (http://www.q-games.com/) team has been hard at work on the PixelJunk Monsters patch and has packed a TON of great features into this great game. I’ll give you a quick breakdown of some of the new features you will expect to see:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3043/2962254703_ecf5197939.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/2962254703/)

Game Difficulty settings
You can now choose between three different difficulties of gameplay! There is a Casual mode, the Regular/Ranked mode, and Hard-core mode. The great news here is that you can use any combination of difficulties to complete your progress through the islands! Is there one particular map that’s too hard? Try it in Casual mode. If you Rainbow the level, that rainbow counts and will remain on the map no matter what difficulty the other rainbows were achieved at! Only the Regular difficulty will register on the ranking boards, though.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3028/2963101318_d894138fbe.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/2963101318/)

Tower Menu selection
You can now set the default menu to appear when selecting a tower! How many times have you sold off a tower and run over to another tower to quickly upgrade it and accidentally sell it by mistake? I know I’ve done that many, many times. Now you can choose which option appears as the default, instead of the last action you selected.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3216/2962254817_16b8b06979.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/2962254817/)

Tower Balancing
Those of you who have purchased Encore know about the reduced cost on the Ice Tower, and balanced functionality of the Tesla tower. This patch applies those changes to BOTH islands, not just the Encore island.

Video Recording / YouTube Support
Ever since Q-Games included this feature into PixelJunk Eden, we knew it needed to be in Monsters as well. You will be able to record up to 10 minutes of gameplay and upload it directly to your YouTube account, or send it to your video folder on your PS3’s XMB.

XMB Custom Soundtrack Support
You can now make your own custom soundtrack to listen to as you play PixelJunk Monsters and Encore! I’ve personally been enjoying listening to the PixelJunk Eden soundtrack while I play Monsters, as well as listening to the PixelJunk Monsters soundtrack within Eden! It’s great how well those fantastic soundtracks work in other games.

With these features being added, and several other small bugs being fixed in the game, we think you’ll have a great time playing PixelJunk Monsters and Encore all over again.

I think that’s about it … But it feels like I’m missing something … Hmm … I can’t quite put my finger on what I might be forgetting. Wait a minute … I remember now …

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/2963101360_d48d175f96.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/2963101360/)

TROPHIES
Trophies are now added for both PixelJunk Monsters and Encore. We weren’t able to retroactively apply Trophies to the previously played data, but Q-Games didn’t want to force people to play everything all over again. They came up with a great idea by creating Trophy Challenges. These challenges have specific maps with set rules or objectives that will reward you with Trophies if you complete them properly.

Recently, Jeff Rubenstein got to visit Q-Games in Kyoto (the lucky so-and-so) and shot an interview with Dylan (http://blog.us.playstation.com/author/dcuthbert/) to talk more about the patch for PixelJunk Monsters. Check it out …Check out the link for a video of Dylan explaining the new difficulties and the trophy mode. Can't wait for this to come out, though why does it have to be during this big holiday rush of game releases? :-(

johnnypark

10-22-2008, 04:06 PM

Wow, it's great to see such support for a downloadable game, that patch sounds awesome!

I'd be happy if it only included the menu fix he mentioned (with default selections). That's happened to me so many freaking times.

Kandal

10-22-2008, 04:10 PM

Yay back to playing MOnster again.

happy

10-22-2008, 04:13 PM

:whee:
Can anyone actually beat all of the expansion levels on the normal difficulty? Having another even hard one is crazy.

ID2006

10-26-2008, 05:12 AM

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/10/22/pixelpatch-pj-monsters-updates-incoming/

Check out the link for a video of Dylan explaining the new difficulties and the trophy mode. Can't wait for this to come out, though why does it have to be during this big holiday rush of game releases? :-(

Exactly. It's bad enough that they choose to release so much goodness in just a 3 month span, and now they revive older games to further increase the backlog! My only hope is self-control. The CAG part of me has to keep telling the gamer part to not spend $50 on new releases, when there will no doubt be great deals before half a year has passed.

I fear the Hard-core mode. :cold: Diablo III will probably have more rainbows than that one.

js1

10-26-2008, 08:16 PM

:whee:
Can anyone actually beat all of the expansion levels on the normal difficulty? Having another even hard one is crazy.

Me and my wife did. Now getting rainbows on all of them, that's another story:bomb: .

NamPaehc

10-31-2008, 04:38 PM

Patch is up for the US when you launch the game now.

happy

10-31-2008, 06:10 PM

Just got the patch and did the first challenge (no leveling towers) after 3 or 4 tries. I really like how they added trophies through new different challenges to give a new type of replayability. Now if only they would announce the next pixeljunk game - supposedly there was talk of a dungeon crawler :drool:

FriskyTanuki

10-31-2008, 06:33 PM

Just beat the Green Flag trophy on my first try, so it wasn't too bad, but I can see that some of these will get really hard quickly.

MotzCTG

10-31-2008, 06:58 PM

Going to get this tonight, so excited!

BREVITY

11-04-2008, 11:43 PM

I had previously beat all the levels with rainbows via 2 player so this new reason to play is great. So I DL the update just now and dam if the new levels seem to only be single player. I have never played even one game of this in single player the joy of it is 2 player. So I go ahead and beat the first one and get a perfect score and get to the next screen after the one saying my score and it get a internet error 00000000 saying my score was not uploaded and I cant get the trophy. WTF!!!!!

/cry

Why no 2player????

Darknyss

11-05-2008, 09:44 AM

I guess I need to pick up Encore. I got all the other trophies sans the hidden ones.

I almost threw my DS3 controller getting the Rainbow Team trophy. The boss had a sliver of life left and was right at my home base. I jumped up and started yelling at the TV and then a cannon luckily finished him off right when he was about to eat my babies. Too bad I didn't record it!

kevlar51

11-05-2008, 10:55 AM

I had no idea the update happened. I was fooling around in the PSN store and saw that Monsters was advertised with trophies. ?!?!?!?!

Awesome. Very well implemented too; I don't have to go back and replay the game from scratch (not that that would have been a bad thing).

punkmaggit

11-07-2008, 07:56 PM

I fear the Hard-core mode. :cold: Diablo III will probably have more rainbows than that one.

ROFL. That was great!

Great to see that patch out. Onto the trophies!

FriskyTanuki

11-07-2008, 08:01 PM

I was having trouble with the one trophy level that required you to collect at least 25 gems in it, but I can only get 23 at most, so is there a trick to that level?

jonlubbe

11-07-2008, 08:33 PM

I was having trouble with the one trophy level that required you to collect at least 25 gems in it, but I can only get 23 at most, so is there a trick to that level?

Can you sell a black tower for a couple more gems?

FriskyTanuki

11-07-2008, 08:40 PM

It doesn't really last long enough (10 wave level) to get a black tower.

cartman58

11-08-2008, 12:54 AM

I've been yet to do the update for this game. Are the problems fixed? I thought I had heard that there were some issues.

Darknyss

11-08-2008, 11:53 AM

I was having trouble with the one trophy level that required you to collect at least 25 gems in it, but I can only get 23 at most, so is there a trick to that level?
You need to upgrade two towers to purple so when you sell them they drop 1 gem each.

FriskyTanuki

11-08-2008, 02:18 PM

Ended up just boosting one to black and getting lucky to get 23 gems by that point (got 20 and 21 my first two attempts), so thanks for the advice.

FriskyTanuki

11-14-2008, 07:53 PM

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/11/14/dont-expect-next-pixeljunk-game-any-time-soon/

Looks like the Q-Games team is taking their sweet time with the next PixelJunk game. The team has been quite prolific, with three PSN games under their belt: PixelJunk Racers, Monsters and Eden. The brand has managed to garner a loyal following amongst PS3 owners, and we're sure many are eagerly awaiting the next title.

Unfortunately, it can be a long wait for the next PixelJunk game. Dylan Cuthbert told Parallaxed Game (http://parallaxedgame.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/interview-with-dylan-cuthbert-of-q-games/) that the next game won't be unveiled for quite some time. In fact, nothing might be shown at next year's GDC show: "We can't talk about any of the future titles yet, we might not even show anything at GDC09, who knows! The next title isn't necessary based on the Dungeons prototype work as we develop several ideas simultaneously, finally going with the idea that has the most momentum."

It's going to be a long wait, but so long as their next game can match the addictive quality of Monsters and Eden, we're sure it'll be worth it. Stay tuned.
It sucks that Dungeons may not be announced/revealed for another three to four months. I wonder if they're prepping for the 3D phase of their PixelJunk games.

ID2006

11-14-2008, 07:56 PM

Parallaxed Game, a fresh gaming blog, has just recently posted an interview with Dylan Cuthbert, head of Q-Games (PixelJunk creators).

Link to interview (http://parallaxedgame.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/interview-with-dylan-cuthbert-of-q-games/)

Sadly, the next PixelJunk game isn't expected to be finished for a long time.

On the plus side, he mentions the possibility of a PixelJunk Monsters costume for Sackboy.

dallow

11-14-2008, 07:58 PM

Aw, I'd buy that costume.

They can go ahead and take their time.

BREVITY

11-14-2008, 09:39 PM

I read somewhere that they are working on a larger game with another studio.

Hostile

11-18-2008, 09:13 PM

How easy is the gold trophy sans the Encore expansion? I completed all of the levels but that one in the Trophy Challenge but I need a break if I'm going to be pissed off again like I was for a few of the other levels.

FriskyTanuki

12-13-2008, 11:46 PM

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/12/13/upcoming-pixeljunk-eden-patch-gives-the-gift-of-time/

Looks like if you couldn't handle Eden's difficulty, Q Games will be giving you a little break with a patch that's coming on the 19th.

RelentlessRolento

12-14-2008, 12:02 AM

ooh nice! yeah, the time portion of the game drove me nuts.

happy

12-14-2008, 12:49 AM

I never found it too difficult, but this may convince me to get those last five or 6 spectra.

freakyzeeky

12-14-2008, 01:00 AM

pete5883

12-14-2008, 08:39 AM

THANK GOD! I can finally finish that game. o_O
Ditto this.

KingBroly

12-14-2008, 09:20 AM

I don't understand why PJE has a time limit to begin with.

QiG

12-14-2008, 09:40 AM

Yeah, I was really into it at first, but I'm not sure what turned me off to it. I don't remember the time being the deal breaker, but a continue system would have been enough pretty fair and reasonable from the start.

Bravo to PJ for reigniting interest in their games after release. I'm curious as to what's next on their list.

shadowkast

12-17-2008, 12:53 AM

I won a pixeljunk eden code from spike!!!!!!!!!!
(too bad I already own it)

If someone wants to trade or buy it from me, PM me.

I will be giving you the unused code for you to do what you like with.

FriskyTanuki

12-19-2008, 02:45 PM

If you checked out the NExt Great Game Gods video in the PS Store from yesterday, you would have noticed a few interesting things. One, Dylan Cuthbert shows a bunch of pictures of PixelJunk game concepts, which includes Racers, Eden, and Monsters, but you can find Dungeons in there along with some other interesting concepts, like a fighting game. He also reveals at the end that PixelJunk Monsters is coming to the PSP early next year, which explains why we haven't heard anything about Dungeons or whatever their next game will be.

They have the video on the web here:

http://www.spike.com/video/next-great-game-gods/3079000

You'll have to skip to about halfway when the Q Games part of the video comes up.

dallow

12-19-2008, 03:04 PM

Yeah, I downloaded that last night but haven't watched it yet.

StrandedBrit

12-20-2008, 02:26 PM

Has that difficulty patch hit yet?

RelentlessRolento

12-20-2008, 07:21 PM

I think it hits on the 23rd when the PSN store gets its next upload.

StrandedBrit

12-29-2008, 07:34 PM

So what's this 63MB patch I'm downloading for PJM? I think it said 2.04. Something new or old news?

EDIT: Has capturing and uploading video been in PJM since the last patch?

FriskyTanuki

12-29-2008, 11:46 PM

Since the trophy patch.

KingBroly

12-30-2008, 12:25 AM

Has PJE been updated in North America yet?

dallow

12-30-2008, 01:34 AM

Has PJE been updated in North America yet?Not as of yesterday, I played it.

lilboo

12-30-2008, 12:21 PM

:rofl: So I just got PJE.. and I'm really confused.

dallow

12-30-2008, 12:25 PM

:rofl: So I just got PJE.. and I'm really confused.
It's uh... kinda weird. Hehe.

I think there's a mini-tutorial first time you play, if not, go to the menu and read it, it's a couple slides or something. :)

freakyzeeky

01-02-2009, 07:32 AM

Dulan Cuthbert writes:

Around the second week or so of January there will be a patch which makes (among other things) the large crystals replenish a whole half of your oscillator meter instead of a third.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/01/01/happy-new-year-from-q-games-in-kyoto/comment-page-1/#comment-163659

FriskyTanuki

01-03-2009, 01:24 AM

I'm disappointed in you, freaky. [-(

You failed to mention the hint that there are two or three PixelJunk games in the works for 2009 at the end of his post.

Here’s to an amazing 2009 for gaming as I am sure it is going to be, what with two or three more PixelJunk titles coming out, right!?
I need to download that Gaming Gods video and see if I can jot down the ideas they've had to see what could be the other titles besides PJ Dungeons.

freakyzeeky

01-03-2009, 01:28 AM

:O

I, I just completely forgot... :cry:

fnord

01-14-2009, 02:40 PM

Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21808) has a new interview w/ some of the Q games ppl.

Next game's due out early this year and unfortunately it's not Dungeons. Here's the quote about it......

KY: A new team has started in on the next PixelJunk project. We have not yet begun publicizing the game, but it is on schedule to be released in early 2009. Another title in the series is Dungeons, which we announced at back at the Game Developers Conference.

This is a PixelJunk installment, but we are planning to spend more time on the development, so the release will follow after the fourth PixelJunk game in the series.

FriskyTanuki

01-14-2009, 02:49 PM

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/01/13/pixeljunk-eden-tending-to-our-lovely-gardens/

For those that missed it, the Eden easy patch will be out tomorrow and they are working on an Encore add-on, as well.

cartman58

01-14-2009, 04:15 PM

they are working on an Encore add-on, as well.

I.....wasn't Encore an add-on to begin with? So basically another Monsters expansion?

FriskyTanuki

01-14-2009, 04:26 PM

No, one for Eden.

guyjr

01-15-2009, 01:36 AM

Time for me to get back into Eden and finish it up!

freakyzeeky

01-15-2009, 02:01 AM

I'll get the 'Encore' expansion, once I 100% the main game, IF I ever 100% it... :(

OatmealMu

01-15-2009, 05:03 PM

I still can't get that 15 Pollen Prowler trophy. I tried the Garden 9 trick but I just can't nail it. Guess I'll have to convince a friend to do it with me.

guyjr

01-16-2009, 01:51 PM

Hmm.... it looks like they changed the difficulty carte-blanche - i don't see any difficulty select screen ala PJ Monsters. kinda bummed by that - i liked the harder difficulty of only 1/3 recharge vs 1/2, but was expecting an option, not just a blanket change.

FriskyTanuki

03-03-2009, 10:12 PM

http://playstation.joystiq.com/2009/03/03/pixeljunk-packed-3-in-1-trunk-for-asia/

It looks like there will be an Asia-only release of the PixelJunk series with all three games on the disc.

fnord

03-03-2009, 11:21 PM

http://playstation.joystiq.com/2009/03/03/pixeljunk-packed-3-in-1-trunk-for-asia/

It looks like there will be an Asia-only release of the PixelJunk series with all three games on the disc.

If that's not too expensive I might have to import it.

FriskyTanuki

03-19-2009, 02:21 AM

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/03/18/next-pixeljunk-game-to-be-revealed-at-gdc/

The next PixelJunk game will be shown off at a press event on March 26.

RelentlessRolento

03-19-2009, 02:59 AM

nice! looking forward to it.

FriskyTanuki

03-19-2009, 12:45 PM

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/18/new-pixeljunk-to-be-revealed-playable-at-gdc/

Seems that Dylan spilled the beans on his twitter that it's not a new game, but just Eden Encore.

Serpentor

03-19-2009, 01:27 PM

so, what's the link is about? blocked at work...

FriskyTanuki

03-19-2009, 01:39 PM

It just says that they're not showing off a new game, but just the Encore add-on for Eden.

ChibiJosh

03-19-2009, 02:41 PM

That's slightly disappointing. I enjoyed Eden a lot, but the last couple levels were just too annoying.

guyjr

03-19-2009, 03:22 PM

I'm definitely looking forward to anything new by the PJ team, but would have liked to see a new game. Guess I can always get PJ Racers and give that one a go.

Serpentor

03-20-2009, 11:40 AM

ah thanks Frisky...

Yeah, the last three levels in PJE is quite evil... Getting the Spectras are ok, but all seeds? Man, tough nut!
PJE Encore? i don't know man, i'm loving Eden so much now that i start to hate it (it's just too demanding and i kinda refuse to accept the notion that i can't get those trophies). If PJE Encore got more trophies (or at least make existing trophies easier to get, you know, a new way to obtain them), i'm all in.

I never liked PJR, not only no trophy, but i don't get the mechanic of it either.

mtxbass1

03-20-2009, 12:06 PM

PJE-E? Weak. While I welcome any new content for PJE, it's time for something else...

cochesecochese

03-20-2009, 04:46 PM

I never liked PJR, not only no trophy, but i don't get the mechanic of it either.
It's the same thing as slot car racing. It's a LOT of fun with four players but I am bummed at the lack of trophy support. I wish PJR would get a trophy patch.

FriskyTanuki

03-20-2009, 09:33 PM

PJR's a party game with a slot car racing shell. Cool game, but hard.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/03/20/all-busy-on-the-pixeljunk-front/

Some more concrete details on what's in Eden Encore:

Sorry about the lack of information as of late, but busy doesn’t even begin to describe my work for the past few months…what with the exciting new project coming along (hint: yes, we’ve heard your requests!), and at the same time implementing some of our most crazy ideas for the new gardens in Eden Encore (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/01/13/pixeljunk-eden-tending-to-our-lovely-gardens/).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3558/3363182831_0f4057e3dc.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/3363182831/)

Eden Encore will be coming out very soon in April. Get ready for zero gravity, mirror worlds, all new music from Baiyon, and we’ve added something extra special at the end which is a Big Secret(tm) and is a present to all the fans. On top of all this, we’re flying along with the next new PixelJunk title (we’re calling it #4 for now) and even experimenting with future PixelJunk ideas too.

But things just keep getting more exciting because PixelJunk Eden has been nominated in not just one, but three (!!!) categories at the upcoming Independent Game Festival (http://www.igf.com/)’s award show in San Francisco, CA. We are also nominated for the GDC Choice award (http://www.gamechoiceawards.com/nominations.htm)s too, which are held during the same week. So GDC (http://www.gamechoiceawards.com/nominations.htm) is going to be pretty crazy and even busier than normal, and I am looking forward to it a lot! Oh, and before I forget, on Friday, March 27 at GDC, Baiyon (http://baiyon.com/) will be doing a talk about Eden and the use of CMYK in his graphic design work. I’ll be there in the audience listening in of course, so if you’re attending GDC, be sure to come check out this talk.

Anyway, back to work. I’ll pop back soon to detail more specifics about Eden Encore, so watch this space!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3363182917_2668ea66cf_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/3363182917/) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3562/3364001422_d952a5e941_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/3364001422/)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3560/3364001342_a2fc1c7243_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/3364001342/) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3448/3364001272_1d52629796_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/3364001272/)
Also, Dylan posted a bit about how the PSP version of PJM is coming along on his twitter account, mostly about music and sound tweaks:

http://twitter.com/dylancuthbert/status/1358798585
http://twitter.com/dylancuthbert/status/1359450657

FriskyTanuki

03-25-2009, 01:58 AM

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/03/24/pixeljunk-eden-encore-adds-crazy-move/

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pje2a.jpg

I played the new “Pixel Junk Eden” expansion “Pixel Junk Eden Encore” today and learned what’s new about this: five new levels. They are accessed through a portal in the standard “Eden” garden menu, which leads to an “Encore”-specific garden. The levels share the aesthetic of the original game’s, but I was told by a Sony rep that they are larger and full of new ideas. The biggest idea may be the new move which will also be retroactively added to “Eden” itself when “Encore” comes out next month: Activating three seeds in one move causes all of the pollen-filled floating entities on the screen to detonate at once, releasing a massive amount of pollen.

The first level of “Encore” that I played was set up for the big new move. It presented three seeds in a vertical stack. I set them all up for activation, then triggered them in one go. The screen filled with pollen. It was clear that “Encore” is working on a larger scale than “Eden,” presenting a bigger spectacle of its elements than the original. I joked that instead of being called “Encore,” it should be called “Extreme.”

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pje1a.jpg

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/pje3a.jpg

Sounds like an interesting new addition for Eden Encore.

FriskyTanuki

03-27-2009, 03:25 PM

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/03/27/pixeljunk-eden-encore-details/

This is Dylan (http://blog.us.playstation.com/author/dcuthbert/) from Q-Games, (http://www.q-games.com/)the company behind PixelJunk, and following on from my blog entry (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/03/20/all-busy-on-the-pixeljunk-front/) last week where I listed what we’ve been doing for the past few months. This entry is all about Eden Encore (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/01/13/pixeljunk-eden-tending-to-our-lovely-gardens/).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3569/3379260517_78666e7171.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/3379260517/)

First things first, what have we added? Well, basically we have added five whole new stages, each one choc-a-bloc full of ideas and gimmicks. We also designed five brand new backgrounds for them (each background for a garden is programmed uniquely just for that garden’s style - just in case you hadn’t noticed that in the original), and Baiyon (http://baiyon.com/) went away and created five brilliant new tracks of music to match it all up.

To make things a little easier we are going to retro-patch the original Eden to have a new feature we created for Encore. This is the three-seed smart-bomb power your Grimp now has. Simply put, if you jump into three full seeds in a row, all the “Prowlers” on the screen explode into a big cloud of pollen. Everyone who boots up their original Eden in a few weeks will be patched and get this feature, so look out for that!

Thinking up new stages for Eden was hard work. We put a lot of stuff into the original game, especially the gardens onwards from garden 04, and we racked our brains for new and interesting ideas to put into this expansion pack, and we think we found some pretty cool ones! One of the first stages has you in a Garden where all the plants are huge and thick, and at the same time there are loads of them, all intertwined. This is a type of stage we didn’t have in the original game - falling isn’t much of an issue in this garden because the vines are practically everywhere.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/3379187213_f50f77ae56_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/3379187213/) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3436/3379998112_2485ced235_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/3379998112/)

Also, in another garden we have implemented a zero-G item that once you collect, lets you float and control your Grimp with no fear of falling (well, until the effect wears off of course) which is crazily fun with three players! At the same time that garden is full of some pretty cool puzzles to solve, and we really go to town with the no gravity mechanism. In one of the final gardens we have implemented an entire “mirror” garden that you go in and out of freely via portals scattered throughout. It’s a lot of fun making your way back and forth between the two subtly different “mirror” gardens - what might be a cannon in one is a teleporter in the other; what is open space in one, might be closed off in the other. It’s a lot of fun solving the puzzles.

Right at the end of the game, if you collect all the 25 new Spectra we’ve added, we have put in a big present for our fans - one that will enable you to play the entire game again in a completely different way, so that’s really something for everyone to look forward to.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3460/3379181779_1578b10bcc_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/3379181779/) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3476/3379181697_6f7dc946ba_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/3379181697/)

What else can I say really? This expansion pack isn’t just “some extra levels”; it is full of rich design and will give you weeks of fun, so it’s definitely worth $5.99!Sounds like a cool expansion that's more than just more levels to play.

dallow

03-27-2009, 03:41 PM

Dylan said Eden became profitable 24 hours after release, everything they sold afterwards has been pure profit. Amazing.

What an Encore too, looks really good.

ChernobylCow

04-07-2009, 03:47 PM

I'm interested in Eden and Monsters...anyone see this? http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-bp-49-en-70-36px.html

It would be kind of neat to have a hard copy although it's not that cheap.

FriskyTanuki

04-13-2009, 01:25 PM

http://playstation.joystiq.com/2009/04/13/pixeljunk-eden-encore-coming-this-week/

Looks like Eden Encore, and the patch that comes along with it, will be out this week.

Serpentor

04-13-2009, 02:03 PM

So, does Encore add more trophies? If not, it's a bit blank to play the new gardens right? The only thing that keeps me going back to Garden 8, 9 and 10 are ALL SEEDS trophies.

FriskyTanuki

04-13-2009, 02:10 PM

http://playstation.joystiq.com/2009/04/06/pixeljunk-eden-encore-adds-11-new-trophies/

Yeah, it actually adds a lot since DLC for PSN games is only supposed to have about 6 points' worth of trophies, with 1 point for a bronze, 2 for a silver, and six for a gold.

kevlar51

04-13-2009, 02:19 PM

Eden has always frustrated the hell out of me. It seems like no matter what I do, everything is a near-miss, which of course makes it all the worse.

FriskyTanuki

04-15-2009, 09:42 PM

http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/209743/dylan-cuthbert-the-future-of-pixeljunk/

GamePro actually has an interesting interview with Dylan Cuthbert about the PixelJunk series.

dallow

04-16-2009, 02:31 AM

This video is amazing, looks so much like Eden. (skip to 1:20)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLvjJ8k6lkk

Thanks for the interview.

FriskyTanuki

04-21-2009, 01:02 PM

http://kotaku.com/5220735/playstation-gamers-day-why-i-was-absent-from-kotaku-today

Get ready for E3, as the new PixelJunk game was shown off at the pre-E3 gamer's day event that was held yesterday, so there should be a formal announcement with impressions from various sites within the next month and a half.

Also, if you haven't beat Eden Encore yet and you want to see the special mode that's unlocked at the end, you head here (http://playstation.joystiq.com/2009/04/16/spoiler-alert-pixeljunk-eden-encores-secret-mode-revealed/) and see what it is.

dallow

04-21-2009, 01:29 PM

First pics!

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/6751/28447290746916271138519.jpg
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/6074/n74041443877221.jpg

FriskyTanuki

04-21-2009, 01:31 PM

That first pic looks NSFW. :lol:

FriskyTanuki

04-21-2009, 10:49 PM

http://kotaku.com/5221525/q+games-teases-pixeljunk-1+4-with-first-images

Looks like it will be officially unveiled next Wednesday.

FriskyTanuki

04-22-2009, 05:26 PM

Some more pictures from the Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=74041443877&ref=mf#/event.php?eid=74041443877):

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs004.snc1/2789_89659698827_659578827_2365812_749196_n.jpg

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs004.snc1/2789_89657643827_659578827_2365801_3985272_n.jpg

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs004.snc1/2789_89657638827_659578827_2365800_239005_n.jpg

They seem to be posting new things when they hit milestones for members for that group/event.

FriskyTanuki

04-23-2009, 12:44 PM

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs004.snc1/2789_89992473827_659578827_2370131_3989353_n.jpg

New image from the Facebook page. I think I'll just wait to see what this game will be when it's revealed next week.

dallow

04-23-2009, 01:03 PM

Now that's the money shot. Can't wait.

RelentlessRolento

04-23-2009, 05:36 PM

k yeah... that new shot has me sold.

Serpentor

04-24-2009, 01:04 PM

The pics looks like Zelda Windwaker kinda drawing, i like those!

gunm

04-25-2009, 12:36 AM

I gotta pick up Eden Encore. Maybe tonight with the SR2 and Valkyria DLC...

jonlubbe

04-29-2009, 11:42 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EbsMtEv2CE

And they are also holding a Naming Contest
http://pixeljunk.jp/namingcontest/

pob14

04-29-2009, 11:58 AM

And they are also holding a Naming Contest
http://pixeljunk.jp/namingcontest/

In for the contest.

smiggity

04-29-2009, 12:53 PM

So it looks like Eden with some different mechanics. More of a puzzler than a platformer which is good. Interesting to see how it turns out

FriskyTanuki

04-29-2009, 01:40 PM

Looks like an adventure game with lots of environmental puzzle elements to the gameplay with some action in there, too.

FriskyTanuki

04-29-2009, 02:19 PM

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/48612.html

IGN has more info and impressions here (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/977/977443p1.html).

KingBroly

04-29-2009, 02:36 PM

So what did everyone pick as an entry name?

cochesecochese

04-29-2009, 02:59 PM

I wasn't impressed with Eden at all. 1-4 looks like it's going to be a definite buy for me.

KingBroly

04-29-2009, 03:14 PM

The big turn off on Eden for me was the time limit. If they took that away, Eden is probably one of my favorite games of this generation.

FriskyTanuki

04-29-2009, 03:22 PM

There'd be no challenge without the time meter.

KingBroly

04-29-2009, 03:23 PM

Not every game is supposed to be challenging? Look at Flower

FriskyTanuki

04-29-2009, 03:27 PM

It's obvious that Eden is supposed to require some skill and offer a challenge. Otherwise, that wouldn't have been in there from the start.

FriskyTanuki

04-29-2009, 03:36 PM

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3173987

1up has details on PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe for the PSP:
http://media.1up.com/media?id=3707321&type=lg (http://www.1up.com/do/media?cId=3170927&sec=IMAGES)

Coming out of its recent Gamers Day event in LA, SCEA has finally given up precious details on the third iteration of Q-Games' addictive tower defense game, PixelJunk Monsters (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3163050). Traditionally a series for PlayStation Network, this version will be for PSP and is titled PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3170927). The "deluxe" moniker isn't just a fancy way to say "port" either, as it will not only include the two islands from the original and Encore expansion (http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3167193) of the PSN game (including everything the expansion brought to the table), but a third new 11-stage island, complete with new music by Otograph.

With the new island, Deluxe will also bring two new towers (one of which is a gem tower that will slowly upgrade any offensive towers in its radius), a new boss monster, and a new enemy type. Previously ground-only creatures, like the speedy spiders, will now start off as air types thanks to balloons strapped to their backs. After you pop the balloons, the monsters drop to the floor, becoming ground creatures. Medal challenges replace the PSN games' trophies, and you can use the ones won to purchase unlockables in the Tiki Hut, like videos, themes, and artwork.

Gameplay remains unchanged, but to accommodate the PSP's screensize, the camera will zoom in to follow your character's movement and zoom out whenever something happens outside your point of view that the game deems important (new wave of monsters approaching, monsters get to the babies, etc.). This is helpful when playing co-op, which Deluxe will have available in local and online flavors.

The publisher provided factsheet for the game lists Deluxe's platforms as PSP and PlayStation Network, though. Could this mean the game will be sold via download as well as on UMD? Whichever way they're selling it, I'm buying. PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe is due out this fall.

dallow

04-29-2009, 03:41 PM

Online co-op?
I hope they'll do a patch for the PSN Monsters.

bordjon

04-29-2009, 03:49 PM

deluxe sounds neat - would love to have the new world/etc as an add-on to the psn title though. My psp has an inch thick layer of dust that I've been working on for a while now!

shadowkast

04-29-2009, 04:23 PM

@ Dallows posted vid. That looks like the most frustrating game to me!!! Woo-Hoo on PJ 1-4 though.

DarkNessBear

04-29-2009, 04:30 PM

Woohoo, dang PS3's exclusives are getting really meaty now. Pretty impressive. Can't wait for some new Pixel Junk lovin.

FriskyTanuki

04-29-2009, 04:33 PM

I'm liking Eden Encore a lot. Garden 12 is my favorite with 14 probably close behind at the moment.

The Encore garden appears as a portal in your main garden that starts out just like the beginning of Eden, where you have to play a bit of Garden 11 to open up the path to 12 and so on and so far to open up the rest of the gardens. There are plenty of portals around the Encore garden to take you back to Eden and you'll find the same types of bonus items around, like cannon flowers and those steering wheel things that changes the color scheme of the Encore garden until you get them all to reach the special bonus at the end of the journey like you could at the end of Eden.

Garden 11 and 12 are pretty much like the early levels of the main garden, with those easy prowlers that won't cut your silk rope for your pollen needs. Each one of those offers a few of the bigger prowlers that will stalk you around the level until you kill them or let them do their thing.

Garden 11 is extreme verticality in that the plants you grow tend to be really tall, so there is a lot of space for you to cover when getting spectras, which is why this garden is probably the longest in the entire game.

Garden 12 is more styled like the beginning levels in most aspects, with lots of rock formations to move around on. This one feels smaller and more intimate than Garden 11.

Garden 13 is where the weird mechanics start coming into play. This one features floating rock formations that drop when you land on them and float back to their original spot when you jump off, which is cool and a fairly safe way to see a bit more of what's around you. It also features quite a few portals, which may be more related to Garden 8 a bit than their first appearance in Garden 6.

Garden 14 is another insane level, which features these new crystals that look like the large time crystal but activates zero gravity. That means that you can continue your jump for as long as it lasts, which isn't all that long, across greater distances than you'd normally be able to do that. That is sort of your main means of getting across the garden, so there's not too much exploration early on. Expect to see the tougher pollen prowlers that will cause your silk rope to break more quickly here.

Garden 15 is pretty much like a spinoff of Garden 6, but the portals take you to an alternate version of the same garden where you fill up more seeds to reach the next portal to get to an area you couldn't reach before. The first world features the easy prowlers and the mirror world features the bladed prowlers, so there is some challenge to be had to just get to each portal depending on the world you're in.

RelentlessRolento

04-29-2009, 05:26 PM

my money is on the new game.

Serpentor

04-30-2009, 12:30 PM

The big turn off on Eden for me was the time limit. If they took that away, Eden is probably one of my favorite games of this generation.

Unfortunately that's a big factor in Eden, TIME... Otherwise, the crystals will have no value other than accumulate scores. Not to mention combos will be less sought too. Of course, that makes pollinating the seeds easier (no time limit, duh).

If you take away time limit in Eden, it's a different game... The "easy" patch did make the crystals last longer and there's a Continue option too. Of course, you will not get All Seeds trophies if you use Continue.

Serpentor

04-30-2009, 12:32 PM

surak

04-30-2009, 02:55 PM

Oh man, I really hope Monsters Deluxe is PS3-compatible. Not sure I can justify buying a new PSP for my fiancée just to co-op... I've been tempted because of Patapon 2, etc. but it's not a small chunk of change for only a few potential games.

Maybe they'll sell Deluxe as a standalone package for the PSP and also an add-on like Encore for PS3.

FriskyTanuki

04-30-2009, 02:59 PM

Deluxe is a PSP game, so of course you need a PSP to play it.

Jest

04-30-2009, 04:05 PM

1-4 looks cool, but what ever happened to PixelJunk Dungeons?

FriskyTanuki

04-30-2009, 04:14 PM

It's coming later. It's could be 1-5 or something after that.

ZCG

05-02-2009, 06:45 PM

The video clip of this immediately reminded me a lot of Downstream Panic & LocoRoco. Moreso of Downstream Panic.

As long as this will be offered for around $10 I plan on buying it. Ten bucks is my general limit for downloadable games.

FriskyTanuki

05-25-2009, 02:12 PM

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/05/25/this-week-on-playstationblog-10/

The name for PixelJunk 1-4 will be revealed today at 3 PM EST/12 PM PST on the PS Blog.

gunm

05-25-2009, 04:06 PM

Pixel Junk SHOOTER??

Goddamn it, if they wanted something like that I would've submitted Pixel Junk LAME. :p

Or Pixel Junk Bitchpleez!

Anyway:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2438/3561310599_ab35b36535.jpg

FriskyTanuki

05-25-2009, 04:10 PM

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/05/25/pixeljunk-1-4-drumroll-please-%e2%80%a6/

The new name for PixelJunk 1-4 is...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2438/3561310599_ab35b36535.jpg

They also mentioned some runner-up names that they also liked:

PixelJunk Depths - Thomas Ella
PixelJunk Atlantis - Takuhiro Hara
PixelJunk Caves - Chi Lo
PixelJunk Blaster - Edward Stumpfel
PixelJunk S.O.S! - Derrick Kross

They also mention that the E3 build will have some new stuff compared to the first demo that was playable, like co-op.

gunm

05-25-2009, 04:41 PM

lol @ the name backlash.