History VideoGame / PetalCrash

''Petal Crash'' is an indie PuzzleGame created by Friend & Fairy, led by Creator/TimAshleyJenkins, and published by Creator/{{Galaxytrail}}, with writing by Creator/ZackMorrison and music by Creator/MichaelStaple. The game was designed to feel like action puzzle games from the mid-90's, especially those that came out on the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor. It was [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/battlejenkins/petal-crash crowdfunded]] through Website/{{Kickstarter}} on October 27, 2019, and released for PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and itch.io, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 on October 12, 2020. An online multiplayer client was released for the Steam and itch.io versions on October 3, 2021, with a standalone version of Petal Crash Online also being available at a lower price on itch.io.

* LevelEditor: There is one for the game's Puzzle Mode, allowing players to make their own puzzles and share them via text code. Sharing is not available on consoles, and the editor is completely absent on iOS.

* {{Retraux}}: The game's audio-visual presentation was clearly designed to mimic the look and feel of a UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor game with some elements of UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance games sprinkled in, such as the game being in widescreen and sampled instruments being used alongside PSG instruments in its soundtrack.

** Two of Nova's winquotes has her reference the Nintendo games for the UsefulNotes/PhilipsCDi:

*** Nova looks like a UsefulNotes/GameBoy sprite in Costume 7

A sequel, aptly titled ''Petal Crash 2'', was announced on October 13, 2023, and is scheduled to release in early 2024 through the BackerKit service.

** Libbie the Cyber Oryx, a character designed by ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet2'' character designer, [=TysonTan=], as part of a [=LibreOffice=] community mascot contest held by The Document Foundation. Despite being one of the most well-designed and popular candidates, she ended up being rejected due to a last-minute rule change and released into the [[PublicDomainCharacter public domain]] after the contest's cancellation. Can be played as when holding the Costume Change button on Lilibri.

''Petal Crash'' is an indie PuzzleGame created by Friend & Fairy, led by ''VideoGame/GrappleForceRena'' developer Tim Ashley Jenkins, and published by ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet'' developer Galaxytrail, with writing by ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'' creator Creator/ZackMorrison and music by Michael Staple[[note]]Whose body of work includes ''VideoGame/SparkTheElectricJester'', several ''[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' fan games, and ''VideoGame/GrappleForceRena'', among others.[[/note]]. The game was designed to feel like action puzzle games from the mid-90's, especially those that came out on the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor. It was [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/battlejenkins/petal-crash crowdfunded]] through Website/{{Kickstarter}} on October 27, 2019, and released for PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and itch.io, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 on October 12, 2020. An online multiplayer client was released for the Steam and itch.io versions on October 3, 2021, with a standalone version of Petal Crash Online also being available at a lower price on itch.io.

* HasTwoMommies: Strelitz's parents are unnamed in the story mode, labelled only as "Strelitz's Mom" and "Strelitz's Other Mom".

** Mimi, a treasure chest mimic, the only guest character made specifically for the game. Can be played as when holding the Costume Change button on Ore Kid.

* BareYourMidriff: Ore Kid (though barely) and Yosoti.

Enter the land of Florea, a loosely-connected smattering of city-states where people of many different fantasy races coexist with one another. Though the land is divided, it's said that it was once a united and prosperous country, where the people enjoyed a lasting peace presided over by the seven Sacred Blossoms, relics of great power assembled in the Royal Garden. How Florea came to be divided is lost to history, and the legend of the scattered Sacred Blossoms has turned to myth: whoever finds all seven and returns them to the Royal Garden will receive their heart's true desire.

Eons later, the Sacred Blossoms have each fallen into the hands of a different individual: The fairy scholar Lilibri, the fiendkin delinquent Strelitz, human tailor twins Penny & Deony, the dwarven treasure hunter Ore Kid, the beastkin freelancer Daize, the legendary centaur dancer Yosoti, and the errant elven knight Rosalia. Each of them has their own wish, and their own story to tell.