Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time/@comment-7234182-20150322064110/@comment-25324744-20150325233743

1Zulu wrote: MangledMangle wrote: WickedBowserJr wrote: Hi MangledMangle. Firstly I want to say thanks for being the first one to welcome me to the wiki. Second I see your theory but how do you know when they started? They made Frostbite Caves shortly after ZackScottGames said "prehistoric" in the BWB part 2 Dev diary I might be fuzzy on the memory, but I remember hearing that they already were developing Far Future and Dark Ages by the time the game came out. This lead me to believe they usually have the next world planned out after the release of one world (in this case Frostbite Caves) but I can see where you're coming from. I wouldn't be able to explain Zack's words unless pure coincidence or he was told to say that :P. I can see the 30's happening for the next, yet in my eyes a jungle type world would be a better fit :).

I reckon FF was close to finished by the time the game out, but they made some major changes in 1.7 so that held the release back a bit. Remember FF is (and probably will forever be) the only world not to be released in parts. They teased it in August 2013, even though it wouldn't be released until March 2014.

Dark Ages was also already under development when the game first came out. References to DA levels and zombies was already in the code as early as October 2013 (1.3 release)... Maybe even earlier. I'll try to dig up the old files and see when they first appeared.

Bottom line is, development for the next world starts way before the current world is finished. Concept design probably happens much earlier. I'd guess FC concept work was done while they finishing up DA. Which means they knew what the world after FC was going to be while they were making BWB.

Man, you have done a ton of great researches. Or you just happen to remember everything on the top of your head? Or maybe you're a genius