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Weedlings#
This is the earliest screenshot of Plants vs. Zombies to ever exist that dates somewhere from 2005 based on James Gwertzman's presentation. According to George Fan, it was called Weedlings. In this build, you would have to water plants and have them grow to defeat aliens from Insaniquarium (as this game was planned to be an Insaniquarium sequel). Based on the early concept art shown above, the yellow smiling turnip-like plant would give you coins, which was also derived from Insaniquarium and was the early sun system. It appears that the catapult plants are Cabbage-pults, making them one of the earliest and oldest plants in PVZ.
Insaniquarium Deluxe 1.0#
Loading Screen#
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- The background is black.
- This marks the first time the Plants Vs. Zombies name is used, though more so as a placeholder at this point.
- The "Click Here To Play!" button is recycled from Insaniquarium Deluxe, as are many assets at this point in development.
Main Menu Screen#
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Choose Your Seeds#
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An early Choose Your Seeds screen, based on James Gwertzman's presentation (see later below), you'd have to choose multiple copies of one plant, and plants would have a one-time use similar to how conveyor levels work. Plants also have probabilities of frequencies to when they would appear in a level to use.
Levels#
The level would play out similarly or exactly the same to how James Gwertzman demonstrated an early prototype. Plants would be chosen based on probabilities, and waves are ordered to 1 zombie per wave.
Dated from the same time, but showcasing the Snow Pea and the early Tangle Kelp, called "Tangleweed" based on the previously mentioned presentation.