Reimagining Primrows: A Behind the Scenes Look

Primrows

Live out your backyard garden fantasy. Grow, prune, and cultivate your garden in a mindful game of logic, luck, and pattern recognition.

The original Primrows came out almost fifteen years ago, and in that time we’ve grown as a studio and our standards have grown along with us. We chose to do a full remake of the game from the ground up to deliver a game that could show off how much we’ve grown in that time. Let’s take a quick tour of how things have changed since 2010! [h3][b]Flowers[/b][/h3] Flowers have developed a lot more personality, while bringing forward a lot of the conceptual DNA of the classic 2010 version -- petal counts and contrasting shapes. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45110161/c1c640b2ec3d7f167c375b4ac66762ef831d69ba.png[/img] You’ll notice they’ve all got expressive faces now, too. This isn’t just for show — they give the player helpful cues, and we’ll go into more details on that in the next update! [h3][b]Backgrounds[/b][/h3] The old backgrounds had more vibes than scenery. The old ones served their purpose, but the new backgrounds really manage to set the mood and give a sense of scene -- and they even maintain the changing seasons from the original [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45110161/52554e4b4b028d6ecd15c458ec6ac8e613998406.jpg[/img] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45110161/3fac535d81d7f51b0788d983bafde5cb2f0369bb.jpg[/img] [h3][b]Holidays[/b][/h3] Holidays were a purely cosmetic part of Primrows 2010. Special flowers had their own graphics but functioned the same as any other flower. In the remake, holidays will make a return as part of our weekly challenges, but this time, new flowers come with special rules to keep the challenge fresh. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45110161/ac04fff94fad532bbe751ad08fdb1ca7934f8116.jpg[/img] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45110161/8a817e2719b910b5f88dd68330a0afd08b26f7f6.jpg[/img] [b]And more… [/b] Compared to the bare-bones animations and complete lack of sound effects from the original, we’ve added a delightful set of animations as you water, prune, and harvest your garden, plus an ambient soundscape that you can get lost in as you play.