PixelJunk Eden: Out TODAY/Trophies & Features Detailed

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Hey everyone,

Deborah Mars here again. We?re so excited to be releasing PixelJunk Eden tomorrow (Thursday, July 31) on the PlayStation Network. Dylan Cuthbert and his team at Q-Games in collaboration with Baiyon, a Kyoto-based multimedia artist and DJ, have really outdone themselves here.

Now I know I?m biased with all my PixelJunk love, but seriously?this is one outstanding, addictive, gorgeous, amazing game. So I just wanted to take a moment here and mention some of the really cool ?firsts? that the team has achieved with this title, and highlight some of the things that we really love a1. Trophiesophies

This is the very first game to launch with trophies. And just so you know what to be gunning for when you play, here is a compleBRONZEBRONZE

* All Seeds 01 - Open all seeds in garden 01

* All Seeds 02 - Open all seeds in garden 02

* All Seeds 03 - Open all seeds in garden 03

* All Seeds 04 - Open all seeds in garden 04

* All Seeds 05 - Open all seeds in garden 05

* All Seeds 06 - Open all seeds in garden 06

* All Seeds 07 - Open all seeds in garden 07

* All Seeds 08 - Open all seeds in garden 08

* All Seeds 09 - Open all seeds in garden 09

* All Seeds 10 - Open all seeds in garden 10

* All Gardens Clear - Get a Spectra in each garden

* Combo Ten - Pollen Prowler combo x 10

* Combo Fifteen - Pollen Prowler combo x 15

* The Hundred Thousander - Get 100,000 pollen in one garden

* 500 Dead Pollen Prowlers - 500 Pollen Prowlers killed

* Ten Minute Grimp - Get all 5 Spectra from a garden within 10 minutes

* Fifteen Crystals - Get fifteen crystals in a single jump

* Zero Wasted Pollen - Open all seeds in a garden without missing any pollen

* Three Play Ping Pong - In 3p mode, trapeze jump between two swingingSILVERSILVER

* All Spectra Found - Get all the Spectra in all2. YouTube video upload supportupport

How cool is this? It?s a great feature that allows you to capture up to 10 minutes of video footage of your Eden gameplay and then either save it to your XMB or upload to YouTube and share with your friends and the world. So hey, pulled a sweet co-op combo with your friends that you want to show off? Having trouble finding that last Spectra in garden 8? Now you?ve got the proof to back up your bragging rights?or at least accept the fact that you might need just a little bit of ?3. PSP Remote Play PSP Remote Play

OK so this isn?t a first. But it?s worth pointing out anyway so you can take PixelJunk Eden with you wherever yo4. Accolades.

4. Accolades

Great news: We?ve just learned that PJ Eden won a Cheat Code Central award for ?Best Puzzle / Arcade Game of E3 2008.? We?re really pleased with all positive response on the title, and thank you all for your support. If you haven?t played some of the other titles in the PixelJunk series, be sure to check out Q-Games? other titles, PixelJunk Racers 5. Music & ArtEncore.

5. Music & Art

We?re really loving the music and visuals that Baiyon created for PixelJunk Eden. You know the music is good when you can listen to it over and over and over again and it is still kicking. There?s more than 100 minutes of music in the game total, and be sure to stay tuned for an upcoming interview right here on this blog with Baiyon and PJE?s gam6. Druck der Farbeninaga Shouichi).

6. Druck der Farbe7. Cannons, teleports, gravity changing, oh my. teleports, grav8. Top 5 Things Said While Playing EdenTop 5 Things Said While Playing Eden

Dylan Cuthbert sent us a link yesterday to a story on TripleTags.com about the top 5 things said while playing Eden. Matt Morton, Associate Producer on Eden, and I have our own here while playing co-op, so we?ll leave you with this list as parting thoughts

- ?Seeding!? [And yes, I know I?ve been ridiculed for this one.]

- ?Get off me!?

- ?Where did you go??

- ?Combo. Combo! Combo!!?

- ?Get on the plant. Get on the plant!?

Always spreading the PixelJunk love,

Deb

Source: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/07/30/...phies/#more-874

Who is buying then?

[Guest]

I'm going to check the trial out later tonight. I need to see what the fuss is about.

Is it available on the European store?

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I'm going to check the trial out later tonight. I need to see what the fuss is about.

Is it available on the European store?

Demo is out in the USA store just now.

Comes out in the EU store with todays update along with the game.

[popisdead uk]

It's a definite purchase from me.

[Corris Veteran]

Definately buying it here too!

*misses his orange name*

its out on the euro store!

Edited July 31, 2008 by Corris

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Upload to youtube works fine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsROWGd1RYI

[KoL Veteran]

Got it and got my first trophy :D What an amazing game. I love everything about it. The Remote Play works great. :)

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Bought it as well. (Y)

[morficus]

yup.. I'm def gonna go dl this with in the next hour

some of those trophies seem pretty crazy for a bronze trophy... shouldn't they be silver O.o

* All Gardens Clear - Get a Spectra in each garden

* Fifteen Crystals - Get fifteen crystals in a single jump

* Zero Wasted Pollen - Open all seeds in a garden without missing any pollen

anyways... nice to see a long trophy list :yes:

oh.. does this game support custom soundtracks?

[WastedJoker]

Do I get to keep my trophies from the demo?

[morficus]

Just spent the last 2.5 hours player Eden :D ... of which 45 of them was fiddling with my not-so-smooth installation process..

Here is what happened in case anyone else runs into it...

Since I already had the demo.. all I had to get from the PSN was an 'unlock code'. After handing over my $10.45 to Sony... the 100kb code downlaoded and installed. I went to the game menu... and the demo was still there... nothing changed... loaded up the demo to see if I had to activate it or something... but nope.. it was still the demo....

I went to 'Game Utility Data' and there I found a 24kb file of Eden... just sitting there. It was time-stamped with the time I installed the full-version... so clearly something was not right... since it was just sitting there... so I deleted it and downloaded it again... I did this about 3 times... same result every time...

Then I tried deleting the saved data from the demo and installing the unlock code... same result...

After 40min and ingresingly angry at this point... N1ghtz suggested I removed the demo and see what happened... so I did that. I removed the demo and the 24kb file in 'Game Utility Data'. Went tot he PSN... re-downloaded the demo (couldn't do full version since the demo was already tied to my account, so all I saw was the 'unlock code') - all 107mb of it - and re-installed. I then re-downloaded (for the 100th time a this point...) the 'unlock' file... watched it install and BINGO! Full version of Eden. :D :D

Do I get to keep my trophies from the demo?

:blink: you got trophies from the demo??

PS: I would have really liked for this game to have a custome soundtrack option.. :(... don't get me wrong.. the music is great.. but I thought it was gonna be the 1st game to use the in-game XMB music option.. guess not

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

yup.. I'm def gonna go dl this with in the next hour

some of those trophies seem pretty crazy for a bronze trophy... shouldn't they be silver O.o

They should be platinum to me!! I will never get them I dont think.

I only played for about 45 minutes, and already I am having a problem getting the 3rd Spectra on Garden 1. :huh:

[Corris Veteran]

Great game so far, has anyone played Garden 7 yet?

That level screwed my mind up.

There is an enemy, well, a thing, that flies around and changes the gravity at certain points in the f ur different directions, totally screws up my mind when trying to jump, I spent like half an hour jumping round trying to get the second spectra, whenever I got close it would change the direction of gravity and screw me over, lol.

The reason for all but one of them being Bronze is so they could put so many in.

A guy on the PS blog explains it best.

No platinum. Gold, they (PSN titles) can have, but no platinum.

The thing is, under the hood there?s a point system for the different levels of trophies. A PSN game can only have so much upon release, and then so much for an add-on. PJ Eden clearly needed more trophies. More trophies = lower levels for each one.

That?s why PJE w/o any expansion has 20 different trophies, while SSDHD only had 12.

Let me do a further breakdown:

SSDHD: 7 Bronze, 4 Silver, One Gold

PJE - 19 Bronze, One Silver

SSDHD 1st expansion - 2 Bronze, 2 Silver

SSDHD 2nd expansion - One Gold

Now, let?s apply a point value for each one, for argument?s sake.

We?ll say Bronze = 1, Silver = 2, and Gold = 6. Let?s look at it keeping that in mind.

SSDHD - 21

PJE - 21

SSDHD 1st expansion - 6

SSDHD 2nd expansion - 6

not that I wouldn't want more golds or silvers, especially considering some of the bronze ones look almost impossible, but its understandable why they are mostly Bronze.

I myself have the trophies for Garden 1,2 &3 and also the killing 500 pollen and chaining 10 kills.

Some I doubt I will ever get like the not wasting :py pollen. :p

[KoL Veteran]

@ Corris: You already are in Garden 7????

I just finished Garden 3 this morning. Got 4 trophies. All seeds in first 3 garden and Combo Ten but there are some bronze trophies that are really hard to get.

[morficus]

being in Garden 7 doesn't mean he's done with 1-6

maybe he just skipped them?

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

I really like this game, but apparently I really suck at it reading your guys progress.

I guess I need to put in more than 45 minutes though too. I purposely did not play much of the demo waiting for the final version, and I think that has hurt me.

Well on Friday nights my wife always passes out by midnight and then I become a night owl, so I plan on putting a good two hours into this game tonight, and hopefully will clear garden 01.

One HUGE question I have..

While playing the game, it says that the silk will indicate the closest Spectra, and I am not sure what they mean by that??? I notice it gets brighter and pulses a little, but I still am not sure what it means.

Okay, second HUGE question I have.. :p

Is it safe to say the general rule of thumb is just to move upwards as much as possible?

[Corris Veteran]

@ Corris: You already are in Garden 7????

I just finished Garden 3 this morning. Got 4 trophies. All seeds in first 3 garden and Combo Ten but there are some bronze trophies that are really hard to get.

being in Garden 7 doesn't mean he's done with 1-6

maybe he just skipped them?

Heh, no I'm not in Garden 7 yet, I play each garden once when I can get to it just to see what's new and fancy.

7 was just in reach so I had a go, I myself am only on the second Spectre of Garden 4, lol.

And in a min I have to disappear off to see the gf, which means no Eden till tomorrow. :(

Woe is me! *dramatic pose*

I hope you all enjoy the game while I'm gone, don't get too far ahead :rofl:

[morficus]

And in a min I have to disappear off to see the gf, which means no Eden till tomorrow. :(

really?? spending time with a girl makes you :( ? If you don't live with her..then I don't see any reason to be :( about :p

I hope you all enjoy the game while I'm gone, don't get too far ahead :rofl:

lol - don't worry... I just played for like 45min last night and I've only gotten 3 spectras of the 1st garden. But then again.. I'm focusing on getting a high score more than just beating the game. I'm currently at position 6400 something on the global leader board :p

[00000]

While playing the game, it says that the silk will indicate the closest Spectra, and I am not sure what they mean by that??? I notice it gets brighter and pulses a little, but I still am not sure what it means.

The indicator is a darker line that is left after you pass the direction of the next spectra with your silk, so if you're spinning full 360 circles there should be a dark line clearly visible in the direction of the next spectra

Is it safe to say the general rule of thumb is just to move upwards as much as possible?

From what I played, no. You usually have to travel sideways to get a few before moving up to the next height, and you usually can't move directly sideways unless you're opening every flower so you usually have to travel down and to the side and then start climbing again.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

The indicator is a darker line that is left after you pass the direction of the next spectra with your silk, so if you're spinning full 360 circles there should be a dark line clearly visible in the direction of the next spectra

From what I played, no. You usually have to travel sideways to get a few before moving up to the next height, and you usually can't move directly sideways unless you're opening every flower so you usually have to travel down and to the side and then start climbing again.

Thanks for the information, extremely helpful.

Either my TV's colors are messed up, or I have just never noticed the dark line, I hope it is the latter.

Definitely thanks.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Man, that line showing up indicating the direction of the next Spectra is HUGE. It really helps not wandering around aimlessly, no doubt.

I literally just wanted to see what it was about, and I got all 3 Spectra in Garden 01 in less time than it took me to find the first one now that I know about this indication line!!

[KoL Veteran]

Man, that line showing up indicating the direction of the next Spectra is HUGE. It really helps not wandering around aimlessly, no doubt.

I literally just wanted to see what it was about, and I got all 3 Spectra in Garden 01 in less time than it took me to find the first one now that I know about this indication line!!

I didn't notice that line until now

[morficus]

Either my TV's colors are messed up, or I have just never noticed the dark line, I hope it is the latter.

Definitely thanks.

hhm.. I haven't noticed it yet either.

I'm out of work in about 45min.. can't wait to get home and check this out :yes:

[gigapixels Veteran]

Haven't noticed a line yet, but I've only played about 10 minutes on the demo. I think this is one I'll be buying. It's so fun.

[WastedJoker]

It's the perfect game for when you're stoned or drunk :p

Can we play our own music for the game?