Games PlanetY – Game to Save the Planet. Looking for feedback

Hi fellow devs! Here's our game that we've been working on for almost a year now – PlanetY. The concept of the game is to protect a green livable planet from Doomers' attacks and to grow and take care of a little forest and its habitants. But what's supposed to be differentiating us from similar games – is that the actions that you take within the game are reflected in real positive environmental impact in real life.

We're still in development stage, but feel like we really need some feedback before proceeding with the final improvements... So if you have some spare time – we would love to hear from you.

Short trailer for the game:

Link to TestFlight where you can test the game:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/Vq6SWkcT

More info about the environmental impact of the project:

Each game community has a specific role in the PlanetY ecosystem:

• Mobile gamers download PlanetY on their Android / iOS smartphone or tablet - free to play, no ad to watch. Then the player can take a subscription to keep progressing and have a meaningful impact on our planet i.e. up to 50% of the subscription go directly to our accredited nature partners which take action to mitigate climate change & biodiversity loss. Our Magic3 in-house system provides the player with an ongoing view on their actual contribution to CO2e capture, wildlife protection and local human communities support.
  
  When subscribed, players also receive an opportunity to co-shape the evolution of the PlanetY virtual world (see Decentralization below). Players are encouraged to share their achievements around them and invite friends - together, we have more impact! So you wonder what happens with players who do not take a subscription? Well... while we would love to have them play for free indefinitely, we also need to ensure that our whole ecosystem is carbon neutral (obviously). Hence, after a while, players are strongly invited to take a subscription to be able to keep playing - at the end, we all want to have a positive impact!

• Purpose-driven brands co-fund specific gaming missions within the PlanetY virtual world: they activate and empower players to have a positive impact on our planet's climate, biodiversity and local communities. Thanks to their co-funding $, those partner brands accelerate the impact the active mobile players have through their monthly subscriptions. We ensure purpose-driven brands are part of our ecosystem to prevent potential #greenwashing and drive adoption as well as a virtuous cycle.

• Nature partners plant trees and mangrove (e.g. Seed of Life / Graine de Vie NGO), fund on-the-ground regenerative agriculture (e.g. reNature), protect wildlife (e.g. Chimpanzee Trust), shelter local communities in need (e.g. Selavip), etc. They report back to PlanetY what they have achieved on the ground with the funds received from the players and purpose-driven brands. The nature partners we select have been accredited by external standards, are validated by our own experts, enable the Magic3 (climate, biodiversity, local community), and have low overhead (ie the bulk of the money goes to on-the-ground projects) among other key criteria.
  
  
  What do you think of this? Honest feedback is very much appreciated
  

 

Hi Guys. Your motivation behind it all is very commendable and well placed in today's environment. I like the music. I do find that the video on YouTube was too brief and confusing for what is a complicated game and does not, in my view, convey the game play. It shows an invasion taking place and bodies falling. Does the player walk around in the environment, reacting with it in some way? The animals are wandering around aimlessly and are not realistic or are they actually alien creatures that bear some resemblance to animals on Earth? This all adds up to confusion for the viewer. That is my take on it, for what it is worth.

 

Thank you so much for your feedback! It's super valuable and we'll definitely improve the trailer according to your notes. Thanks!

 

Thanks! I wish you all the best with this project and look forward to any new posts. I know how much work goes into game production, particularly if you have a small team or going solo.