Drill Core News

[p]Greetings, Platform Managers! [/p][p]
An important corporate initiative approaches: the Steam Awards 2025! [/p][p]
Naturally, like any good corporation, Drill Core Inc. longs for accolades, and that’s why this year, we’d appreciate if all our mediocre industrious employees would consider nominating Drill Core for Best Game on Steam Deck in this year’s Steam Awards. [/p][p][/p][p]If you’d like to show your support for Drill Core and our visionary Board of Directors, you can use the box above to nominate us, or do so on the Steam Awards 2025 page, here. Just be sure to do so before the nominations close on December 1 at 10am PT! [/p][p]As a token of thanks, we will even allow the time spent sending your nomination to be counted as personal leave. [/p][p]
With lukewarm regards,
The Drill Core Inc. Board of Directors [/p][p]
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[p]Greetings, Platform Managers! [/p][p][/p][p]The Board of Directors is pleased to share two exciting company updates with you today: our brand new Mining Mastery 2 Bundle, and Steam Community Items! [/p][p][/p][p]Mining Mastery 2 Bundle[/p][p][/p][p]Drill Core Inc. is pleased to share a new corporate partnership with Wall World 2, the Mining Mastery 2 Bundle. This groundbreaking incentive will allow you to purchase both Wall World 2 and Drill Core as a Steam bundle, saving up to 10% when you purchase them together. Whether you're piloting a Robospider or managing a Platform, explore the depths of new planets and discover artifacts and technologies to help you defend yourself. [/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Steam Community Items [/p][p]
At Drill Core Inc., we highly support all Platform Managers becoming fully indoctrinated invested in the company mission, and we welcome your mindless devotion loyalty; that’s why we’re pleased to share an in-depth overview of the R ‘n’ D Department’s latest development: Steam Community Items![/p][p][/p][carousel][/carousel][p]Profile Backgrounds[/p][p]
Highlight your prowess as a Platform Manager with one of five new profile backgrounds featuring a range of species: Aliens, humans, Dwarves, and even…bureaucrats! [/p][p]
[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Animated Stickers[/p][p]
Share your joy at being a valued employee with a range of new Animated Stickers featuring our beloved Drill Core mascot![/p][p]
This is a reminder to all staff that there is no time allocation for ‘socializing’ and anyone found doing so will be terminated.[/p][p]
This is far from a comprehensive view of all the Steam Community Items available, so head to the Points Shop to see the full selection, which includes:[/p]

• [p]1 Badge [/p]
• [p]10 Trading Cards[/p]
• [p]5 Profile Backgrounds[/p]
• [p]10 Emoticons[/p]
• [p]5 Stickers[/p]

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We strongly encourage all employees follow the corporate TikTok and Twitter accounts for a clear line of communication with Drill Core Inc., and also join the corporate Discord server to take part in company-wide conversations. [/p][p]
With lukewarm regards,
The Drill Core Inc. Board of Directors[/p]

Changelog: Features:

• The GUI now displays recently died workers.
  
• Added a new zone for gamepad that activates a cursor in the upper mine.
  
• Added visual notification of nightfall.
  
• Changes for how some tutorials close automatically.
  
• Achievement "Survive 100 nights" changed to "Survive 70 nights"
  
• Achievement "Survive 150 nights" changed to "Survive 100 nights"
  
• Camera now follows cursor better when using abilities with a gamepad.
  
• Changes for how camera works during zone switching while using a gamepad.
  

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that sometimes crashed the game when moving turrets.
  
• Fixed a bug with cursor when closing the action/ability wheel.
  
• Fixed a bug where the radar did not show a collection item.
  
• Minor GUI fixes.
  
• The boulder block description has been corrected.
  
• The sand block description has been corrected.
  

[p]Greetings, Platform Managers! [/p][p]
The Board of Directors would like to take a brief moment to thank all employees for their continued mandatory overtime hard work in the wake of the Contracts Expanded update. [/p][p]
[/p][p][/p][p]We’re pleased to be able to share the below Key Performance Indicators from this most recent quarter: [/p]

• [p]Over 140,000 Platform Managers are now employed by Drill Core Inc. from launch.[/p]
• [p]Around 30,000 new Contract Types have been completed.[/p]
• [p]Average logged time per Platform Manager is 18 hours. [/p]
• [p]No competitor company has outperformed Drill Core Inc. even once during Competitive Contracts (according to our PR Department, at least). [/p]

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Naturally, these results are incredibly encouraging in our mission for world domination further expansion for Drill Core Inc., and the HR Department insists that we let all esteemed employees know how greatly we appreciate them. [/p][p]
We strongly encourage all employees follow the corporate TikTok and Twitter accounts for a clear line of communication with Drill Core Inc., and also join the corporate Discord server to take part in company-wide conversations. [/p][p]
With lukewarm regards,
The Drill Core Inc. Board of Directors[/p]