Core Keeper News

We’re not sure if it’s because our Valentine’s seasonal event starts tomorrow or because we’ve been reflecting on our Core Keeper journey as we develop the 1.0 version of the game, but we’ve been feeling a little sentimental recently. We’ve got such an amazing community and Core Keeper wouldn’t be where it is today without your input and encouragement.

We could spend all day listing the ways in which we’re grateful for our community, but our community manager demanded recommended that we limit it to just four. So, without further ado, here’s 4 things we love about the Core Keeper community!

[h2]1. Your Honesty[/h2]

It’s no secret that we work closely with our community when it comes to development decisions for Core Keeper. From implementing your feature requests all the way to bug fixes and balancing the game’s progression, your feedback has truly shaped the direction of the game. We really appreciate how open and willing our community is to communicate with us, and we do our best to take on board all of your suggestions so that we can build a game that you’ll love.

One thing we really admire, however, is your honesty. When something isn’t working for our community, we want to know, and we truly value the opportunity to hear both comments and criticisms of the game. Whether you’re reaching out in the Steam Discussions, commenting on Twitter, or sharing your thoughts in the Feedback and Suggestions forums on Discord, we want to say a big thank you for offering your honest opinion on Core Keeper!

[h2]2. Your Creativity[/h2]

Since Core Keeper’s Early Access launch in March 2022, we’ve had the immense pleasure of getting to see just how creative our community can be. You’ve shared fan art, screenshots, music, live streams, walk-throughs, tutorials, opinion pieces, articles, reviews, and more with us over the years, and we’ve been blown away by just how much creativity you’ve put into content inspired by our game.

It’d be impossible for us to share every single piece of fan work that we love, but we wanted to take a more active approach in showing our appreciation, which is why we started our Steam Community Wrap-Ups last year! We aim to share a new one every week, highlighting what’s going on with Core Keeper and the awesome things our community has been up to, so keep an eye out.

[h2]3. Your Openness[/h2]

As a game developer, you never know what your community is going to be like until it is established, and we’ve been so delighted to see how welcoming you are of each other in spaces like the Core Keeper Discord server. Many of you go out of your way to help each other and answer questions in the Steam Discussions, and we feel very lucky to have such an open community where new members are made to feel included. Of course, our fabulous moderation team has had to step in from time to time when discussions have gotten a little passionate (that’s what moderators are for after all), but we’ve genuinely been impressed by how friendly our community is for the most part! We hope you’ll continue to welcome each other as we move forward from Early Access to 1.0 and beyond.

[h2]4. Your Support[/h2]

Finally, we wanted to say a big thank you for all of your support. Your kind words, positivity, and encouragement have made it an absolute joy to develop Core Keeper. It means a lot to us to have you with us on this journey, and we’re very passionate about delivering lots of awesome new content for the 1.0 version of the game. We’ve still got a handful of minor updates coming your way before we leave Early Access, including a language update (more on that soon!) and a summer update too.

Until then, we want to wish you all a happy Valentine’s Day for tomorrow and remind you that seasonal events can be enjoyed at any time of year, toggled, or switched off completely from the Gameplay Settings menu. Okay, we’ll stop being soppy now and get back to dev work!

Another week has flown by and we're settling into February quite nicely. You might have noticed a couple of patches and hotfixes addressing some of your community feedback recently. We want to say a big thank you to everybody who makes reports using our bug report form and submits their logs, as this gives us the most important information when it comes to addressing fixes for the game! Now, let's see what else we've been up to this week...

[h2]Celebrating the Lunar New Year in Style[/h2]
We've been having lots of fun dressing up and decorating our bases with our new Lunar New Year seasonal event, but did you know there were some cool permanent additions to the game with this update too? Things like rotating planter boxes (which was a big community request!) and a substantial change to the way wall and ground tiles work. Find out more here.



[h2]Cattle & Pets Pokémon Types[/h2]
We've been imagining what types some of our Cattle and Pets might be if they were Pokémon! Which six would you have in your party? We think Strolly Poly, Keple, Subterrier, Embertail, Owlux, and Slime Jr would make a fairly balanced team!



[h2]Guess the Fake Name![/h2]
We asked our followers over on X if you could guess which of the following were real early name concepts for Core Keeper, and which was the fake!

• Cave Keeper
  
• Nethervein
  
• Underminer

There were lots of good guesses, but a big congratulations to anyone who realised that Underminer was the fake. Cave Keeper and Nethervein were all very real considerations for us, along with Hartcore, Downcore, Cavecore, and Veincore!

[h2]Base Building with Aminala![/h2]
Twitch Streamer, Aminala, shared some very cool screenshots from a recent Core Keeper stream with us. We're glad you've rediscovered your love of base building, Aminala, and we hope to see more streams from you in the future!



[h2]New Years Base[/h2]
Community member, Him(TW), shared this fantastic Lunar New Year base featuring some of their favourite seasonal items, which we love!



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Changelog:

• Fixed a crash after receiving an error from the Discord rich presence integration during play. This happens if Discord quits while playing Core Keeper, but we have also seen reports of some players getting other errors with the Discord connection, often during early startup. If you were having issues with not being able to start the game, then this might mean that Discord rich presence will not be working and we’ll investigate these issues further. Right now we are stopping the Discord integration on any error to avoid potential worse issues like adverse impact on game performance.
  

[h2]Bugs:[/h2]

• Fixed a minor error when interacting with the Seasonal Merchant the first time.
  
• Fixed the Valentine chest to not look like a Solarite chest.
  
• Fixed the icon of Dark Stone Ground to not use the block version. This only affects players who had Dark Stone Ground in their inventory from before, as newly mined tiles should drop the block version.
  
• Add missing Lunar New Year season category in creative mode.
  
• Fixed an issue where the hoe would not harvest plants if there was a Red Envelope on the same tile as the plant.
  
• Fixed an issue where the emissive parts of the Furnace, Smelter Kiln, Campfire and Cooking Pot would render in front of other objects.
  
• Fixed an issue where meadow and dungeon-specific music looped indefinitely once triggered.
  
• Fixed an issue where Bomb Scarabs would be scaled up sometimes.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player would not get any experience from walking.
  
• Fixed a bug where the player would get more experience from walking than intended.
  
• Fixed a crash after getting some specific errors when initializing the connection to Discord.
  
• Fixed a bug where hitting with a broken Flintlock Musket would still push back the player.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Seasonal Merchant would have white eyes when no season was active.
  
• Fixed a bug where pets gained twice the experience when fed with Pet Candy.
  
• Fixed errors and potential crashes when breaking Easter Egg Flower Pots.
  
• Fixed jerky movement for other players when using boats.
  

This February, we've got two fun seasonal events for you, Explorers! We're kicking the month off with our Lunar New Year update, which is running right up until midnight on February 13th. We then swap over for Valentine's on the 14th, which will run all the way up until the 28th, making for a busy month. In the meantime, let's take a look at what's been going on in the Core Keeper Community!

[h2]Lunar New Year![/h2]
We're a few days into this seasonal event now, and it's been a real joy to see you getting stuck in and creating wonderful bases with Paper Lanterns and Guardian Beast Statues! Remember, if seasonal events aren't your thing, you can always switch these off (or toggle between them!) in the Gameplay Settings menu.



[h2]Games in Sweden Festival![/h2]
There's still time to pick up Core Keeper at a whopping 40% discount in the Games in Sweden Festival! If you're new to Core Keeper or simply haven't heard, Pugstorm is a Swedish development studio born in 2018 in the charming city of Linköping. We've grown a lot since then and have team members all over the place, but we're certainly proud of our Swedish roots! Hurry, though, the festival ends on February 5th.



[h2]The Year Starts Again[/h2]
Wow, we love this screenshot from Discord user ム・ラビット＠空腹の変人. The focus on the Dragon Masks makes for a very stunning image. Happy Year of the Dragon, everyone!



[h2]Overgrown Temple[/h2]
Discord user Huabun's Aztec-inspired temple and mountain scene is so beautiful and green that we just had to share it! We also love the use of the Guardian Beast Statues and the Cherry Trees!



[h2]Preparing for the Midas Banquet[/h2]
Twifyre [115k/100k] has been busy again this week, working on exciting new creations in their game. This screenshot features a renovation to the Great Hall of their Sunken Sea base with plenty of rare and wonderful food!



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