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The Build-a-Buddy Update!



Hello Creators!

There’s been a lot of commotion in the Creativerse universe in the past few months… We have welcomed the arrivals of Baby Leafi, Petey the Parroki, Buzzkill, butterflies, and many more to Creativerse with curiosity. The world feels more friendly.

If you followed our weekend build challenge, you may have heard about the mysterious friendly traveller who sent letters out through the Pebble Postal Service asking if they could visit. Until today, their identities have been unknown…

We call them Villagers! While they aren't the first non-player characters to appear in Creativerse (shout out to Pumpkiru and Elfi), these friendly folks have some powerful surprises in store for you. They are out there now, in the world, waiting for you to find them. They each have their own favorite hangout spots, so you'll have to go looking for them. Once found, they will present you with a challenge. Upon completion, you will be granted a most curious reward: Programmable Villagers, which are customizable NPCs you can place anywhere you like! Villagers are eager to become extant and fill your creations with life, and they each have their own unique quirks, tastes, and things to share.

As always, we look forward to your feedback!

Happy building!

—The Playful Team
New Features
  • Villagers have arrived!
    • Villagers are helpful, customizable, interactable NPC friends-in-waiting.
    • Villagers have jobs that define their behavior.
      • You'll have one villager job unlocked by default: Talker
      • Additional jobs, like Miner or Logger, can be permanently unlocked by:
        • Collecting Villager Upgrade Chips from treasure chests.
        • Finding villagers in the wild and helping them.
          • Villagers will spawn in various locations, depending on their assigned job.
          • Villagers will ask you for help with a certain task. If you can complete their task, you'll permanently unlock that villager's job, and receive a Programmable Villager to use anywhere!
    • New item: Programmable Villager
      1. Programmable Villagers can be placed anywhere and assigned a job to perform.
      2. Point your wiring tool at a Programmable Villager's base and press your View Details shortcut ('n' by default) to customize the villager's settings.
        • Name them!
        • Customize their look!
        • Assign their job!
      • Depending on their assigned job, a villager can give you loot if their specific needs and wants are met.
        • Each job has its own set of conditions - interact with a villager and select a job from the dropdown menu to learn about the likes and/or dislikes associated with that job.
        • Depending on how well their needs are met, villagers will do their job extremely well (and give you lots of loot), do it just well enough (some loot), or, if they're totally in a bad mood, they won't do it at all!
      5 new villager jobs
      • Talker - Give your talker villager numbered lines of dialogue. Then, when the talker receives a numerical input, it will output the associated line of dialogue. Great for interactive builds and adventures!
        • Unlocked by default - select 'None' from the job dropdown menu on your Programmable Villager.
      • Miner - Gathers ore from nearby nodes (without depleting them) and shares it with you.
        • Spawns in stalactite caves.
      • Logger - Gathers wood, leaves, saplings, and more from nearby trees (without destroying them) and shares it with you.
        • Spawns in elderwood forests.
      • Chef - Cooks delicious dishes for you.
        • Spawns by desert oases.
      • Researcher - Shares wisdom with you via lore items like notes and chips.
        • This job can only be unlocked via Villager Upgrade Chips.
    Updated Treasure Chests
    • Added Lumite and Iron treasure chests. There is now one treasure chest corresponding with each material tier.
    • Loot has been updated for each chest, including Villager Upgrade Chips (to unlock jobs), and new lore items.
    New Block
    • Full Grass Slab - By special request of our sneak preview players! It's got grass on every side. Process grass to craft some.
    New Items in the Store
    • Trainer Suit Costume - super-comfy and FREE for a limited time!
    • Villager Hat Combo - Includes a chef hat, logger hat, and researcher hat!
    • Alphi Companion - An early version of QB to float alongside you!
    • Packs of Programmable Villagers - Find these in the wild or grab 'em from the store!
[h3]Improvements[/h3]
  • Several new special creatures added to support Villager tasks. Have you met Big Baby Leafi yet?
  • QuickTM potion is now craftable
    • Recipe found in treasure chests
  • Speed Potion did the same thing as QuickTM, so we changed it to a Stamina Regeneration Potion
Found footage of an early Villager traveling cyberspace en route to Creativerse. I guess he got lost because to this day, Creativerse is without a Plumber Villager….




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Postcards from the Creativerse Hospitality Challenge!

Hello, amazing Creators!

This past weekend, we had a pretty cool challenge: Build a cozy guest home and suitable workspace for our mysterious, letter sending guest. Let your imagination go wild.

Well, you all did it again. You've proved that there truly is no limit to Creativerse hospitality or creativity!

The guest? Still unknown. But fear not! We got your creative builds all sorted and will now send them via Pebble Post for the mysterious guest to look over.

Here's a few postcards we are sending along.


Just in case we don't like the guest, here's a guest tower. (Just kidding, sort of)
By Vlad_22


Fingers crossed the Guest likes peace and quiet because this build is serene!
By Paleatus



Guest house or awesome game room? You decide.
By WSGRush



A guest house and a library all in one!
By Ai Witch of Insanity



It's true that we don't know how many guests are coming... You gotta be prepared!
By AlmostAmazing


A guest house in Italy is everyone's dream... Perfetto!
By Mcgribskov



If a guest home isn't enough, how about a village?
By Mykenave



A very smart pre-guest room room, given the circumstances!
By Red



A cozy room with a friend built in!
By Nakai



By Zuunali



Too much grandeur to handle!
By Melody

There are plenty more amazing builds you can peruse in the Steam hub, under both Artwork or Screenshots. Just type in #NeedyGuest to check them out.

Until next time, happy building!

—The Playful Team

Weekend Event — The Creativerse Hospitality Challenge



Hello Creators!

Word has gotten out about our awesome universe… In the past few months, our world has welcomed the arrivals of Baby Leafi, Petey the Parroki, Buzzkill, and all the new faces in Creativerse! And your world, Creator, has become very popular to new visitors. In fact, we’ve been getting letters from another very friendly traveler who wishes to visit Creativerse and see what all the hype is about. It seems our reputation precedes us!

The letter, sent via the ever trusty Pebble Postal Service, reads:

Hello Creator!

I am new to this world and looking for a place to call home! Though I would not like to impose, I was wondering if you had any space available in your world. Looking for an inviting town, village, or cave where I can settle into my craft. Hmm, village has a nice ring to it...

Do you have a place for me?

-Name unknown

Sent via Pebble Postal Service, First Class

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Well, Creators. It appears our task for the week is clear!

The challenge: Build a cozy guest home and suitable workspace for our guest: feel free to use any and all blocks available to you. There is no limit to Creativerse hospitality!

Once you’ve created the perfect room and board, share a screenshot on our Steam hub, either in Artwork or Screenshots (pro tip: Artwork images can end up as loading screens in the game). Important: make sure you include #NeedyGuest in the image description.

Submit by 9/8/2020, 2 PM CST.
You’ll be awarded 150 coins for your hospitality efforts!

We’d like to send the guest images from your creation so the Pebble Post isn’t overwhelmed. They’re very friendly but also very keen to keep sending letters until we respond. It’s like they have no mind of their own!



—The Playful Welcome Team

Happy 6 Years, Creativerse!



It's been 6 years since Creativerse's early access launch. It's since grown into an amazing community of you, our inspiring creators!

As a thank you, use the code 6YEARS in the store to get a commemorative bundle full of goodies (including coins & QBits). (Until 9/20)

Also, we are feeling a bit nostalgic, so here is a question for you, Creators.

What are some of your favorite Creativerse memories?

Here's to even more building and creativity!!

—The Playful Team

Hidden Gems from the 1 Year Desktop Challenge

Greetings & Salutations, Creators!


PHEW. We are still in awe from all of your submissions for the 1 Year Desktop Challenge.... You all really amazed us with your selection of hidden gems! You may be seeing them on our loading screens very soon...

This is some of what we are talking about.




By Antisocial

By PurpleHair



By eviltwinirbot



By Charlie229



By will.a.b.94

By Arbetaren07

By DeathKunKatt

Need more inspiration? You can check out the rest of the incredible entries by searching #1Year in our Screenshots or artwork tabs! Maybe leave the creator a nice comment?

Until next time, happy building!

—The Playful Team