Proto:Glover 2/January 29th, 1999

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This build of Glover 2 is the earliest known, and is far less complete than even the early Carrot Team prototype. Its filename is Piko 29-01-1999.z64.

Download Glover 2 (January 29, 1999 Proto) File: January 29th 1999.zip (2.96 MB) (info)

General Differences

• Glover sports his Glover 1 control scheme in full.
• There is no music present whatsoever in this build, only sound effects.
• The flower fields found in the hub world have solid collision; the player cannot walk through them at all.
• The game lacks a boot screen.
• The player begins outside next to the bridge via a checkpoint from Glover 1, where a primitive blue cauldron can be found.

Graphical Differences

• Many textures and some models from this build are different from those seen in the most recent build of the game.

Jan 29th Build	Latest Build

• The book menu uses a different graphic from the latest build.

Jan 29th Build	Latest Build

• The hearts are missing from the UI.
• Some objects, such as the trees, are missing textures completely.
• When pointing towards any objects, the sprite shown in the thought bubble is the rubber ball from Glover 1.
• The egg uses green particles when breaking, which suggests the egg is a reskin of the crystal from Glover 1.
• The lawnmower is green and has no face. For some reason, it travels over the pebble path too.

Story Differences

• There is no story present in this build: you can complete the pie and rubber ball spell recipes and collect the 5 runes, but no cutscenes trigger.
• This build uses the 5 ingredients from the early Carrot Team build.
• There are no tutorials to be seen; not even the hub chicken exists at this point.
• There is no dialogue whatsoever in this build.
• The player cannot leave the hub world at all.

Map Differences

Many aspects of the outdoor hub world have changed between this and the latest build.

Jan 29th Build	Latest Build

• A scorpion fountain exists in the earlier build of the game. A rune can be found on its right hand after completing the pie recipe.

Jan 29th Build	Latest Build

• The big tree has a completely different model and textures compared to the latest build.

Jan 29th Build	Latest Build

• The bridge has a different design and textures compared to the latest build.

Jan 29th Build	Latest Build

• There are no enemies in the hub world.
• The tall grass patches are not present.
• The shovel is found outside the shed rather than inside it.
• The loading zone for the fields is not active.
• Some objects, such as the shed, are not level with the floor; instead, they float above it.

The shed doesn't sit on the surface.