Get ready, Explorers, it’s time for Core Keeper’s second-ever Easter seasonal event — running from today until the 16th of April! Many of you will remember that The Great Egg Hunt was the first seasonal event that we ever revealed for Core Keeper, and we loved watching you uncover all the exciting seasonal content. Your community feedback inspired us to not only allow players to keep any Easter Eggs they found once the event ended, but it also played a part in our decision to enable players to toggle seasonal events in the Game Settings menu!
We like to think our seasonal events have only gotten bigger and better since the very first Great Egg Hunt, so when the time came to repeat our Easter event, we knew that we wanted to add some new content to bring it up to par with what you’ve come to expect from us.
While we might not always update recurring seasonal events with new content, we’re sure you’ll have an eggceptional time egg hunting in the new Chicken outfit or the Eggcellent equipment set! If that wasn’t fun enough, we’ve added a whole host of decorative items for Easter including the Easter Garland, Easter Meadow Table, Easter Egg Lamp, and more! Check out our patch notes here.
If this is your first time taking part in The Great Egg Hunt, then you’re in for a treat! Get hunting by digging your way through the Dirt Biome, combing the Clay Caves, fighting your way across the Forgotten Ruins, and ambling through Azeos’ Wilderness until you’ve got enough Easter Eggs to craft the mysterious Golden Egg. Don’t eggspect to find those Easter Eggs just lying on the floor though, Explorers – you’ll have to take a more aggressive approach when hunting them down. From here, it’s up to you to uncover the secrets of the shiny Golden Egg!
We can’t believe it’s been over a year since our very first seasonal event, and we hope you have a blast egg hunting while we’re hard at work on the Animal Update, Crystal Biome, and beyond! As always, we hope you’ll join the fun over on Discord or tag us in your seasonal screenshots on Twitter.
Core Keeper - Easter Update Patch Notes - 0.5.5
NEW CONTENT
New Features:
The Seasonal Merchant now has a new festive skin and new seasonal items for sale. The skin will revert to its original appearance after the event ends, but the items will remain available.
The Easter Crafting Table can be acquired from the Seasonal Merchant.
The Large Golden Egg is now sold by the Seasonal Merchant.
Certain tiles have started to bloom and now have flowers on them. These tiles will revert to their original appearance once the season ends.
New Items:
New decorative environment items can be crafted at the Easter Workbench, including:
Easter Garland
Easter Egg Lamp
Daisy Flooring
Easter Pillar
Easter Egg Flower Pot
Easter Meadow Table
Easter Meadow Stool
Easter Pedestal
New vanity equipment sets can be crafted at the Easter Workbench, including Chicken equipment set and Eggcellent equipment set.
GAMEPLAY CHANGES
Graphics:
The Core Keeper main menu logo has been updated with a new, seasonal appearance.
Balancing:
The drop chance of Easter Eggs from enemies has been increased.
Infected Cavelings and Mold Tentacles will no longer drop Gray Easter Eggs but only drop Green Easter Eggs.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed a bug where regenerating maps would create slightly larger saves on each start. Regeneration typically happens for map parts containing Obsidian walls. Currently affected saves are cleaned up which could improve save and load times for those affected.
Weekly Community Wrap-Up: 31st March 2023
Welcome to the first-ever Core Keeper Weekly Community Wrap-Up!
We share a lot of cool stuff about Core Keeper over on Twitter and Discord, but we’re aware that not everybody who plays the game is active in those spaces. That’s why we’ve decided to do a weekly community wrap-up here on Steam from now on to share the highlights from these channels with you. Here’s what we’ve shared this week!
Our Cherry Blossom Event is Over!
It’s been a pretty Cherry-Blossom heavy week for Core Keeper, but our Cherry Blossom mini-event has come to a close. Don’t forget that you can access all of our seasonal events at any time through the Gameplay Settings menu!
Springtime in the Underground
With the gorgeous new additions that came in our Cherry Blossom event, it sure felt like spring had finally sprung in the underground this week. Check out this lovely spring-time GIF we shared of Cherry Blossom trees blooming in Azeos’ Wilderness!
Cherry Blossom Fan Art
The talented R-E (@arty_mc_artist) shared some beautiful Cherry-Blossom event-inspired fan art with us featuring a pink-haired Explorer. We absolutely loved this piece and our community did too!
Behind-the-Scenes Glass!
Our CEO, Fredrik Präntare, shared a little behind-the-scenes preview of something the Pugstorm team are working on…glass! And not just any glass, colourful glass! This is a work-in-progress shot from an in-development version of the game, so it is worth noting that nothing here is final nor official to Core Keeper. The Twitter community seemed pretty excited about this one though – what’s your favourite colour?
Discord Sticker Competition
We’re currently running a Core Keeper Discord Sticker competition over on, you guessed it, Discord. We’ll be announcing 3x winners for this one. Each winner will receive 1x Core Keeper Steam key (to keep for themselves or to give to a friend!) and, of course, their stickers will be added to our Discord. We’ve had some great entries so far with the competition closing at 11:30am UTC on April 3rd 2023, so there’s still plenty of time to enter if you’re feeling artistic!
Community Screenshots
We also had some awesome community screenshots shared with us on both Twitter and Discord, including…
This colourful creation from ponyponyex (@ponyponyex) on Twitter…
…and this impressive base from Grin over on our Discord!
Get 20% off Core Keeper in the London Games Festival Event!
We’re delighted to announce that Core Keeper is taking part in the London Games Festival Steam event, hosted by our publisher, Fireshine Games!
London is one of the most diverse spaces for games and interactive entertainment in the UK, and the London Games Festival is one of the biggest celebrations of video games of the year. Our publisher, Fireshine Games, is proud to be hosting the London Games Festival Steam Event this year, which is running from today until the 9th of April.
Starting smack bang in the middle of this festival on April 3rd and running until the day after the London Games Festival on April 10th, we’re pleased to be offering a whopping 20% discount on Core Keeper!
This week-long sale is a great opportunity to get Core Keeper at its lowest price before the price change we announced in our recent roadmap post goes live (this is scheduled for shortly after the launch of the Animal Update).
There are so many incredible games being developed in or published by studios in London, and we are very happy to be part of this exciting festival, celebrating the successes of our industry peers! We hope you take advantage of the Core Keeper discount and enjoy starting your very own adventure in our vast, underground indie game!
Announcing our Easter Seasonal Event Date
Has it really been over a year since our last Easter seasonal event? Time really flies when you’re exploring the underground! We’re very eggcited (we’ll be using this pun every year, get used to it) to announce the date of this year’s Easter Seasonal event, which will go live on Wednesday April 5th and run all the way until Sunday April 16th.
Since The Great Egg Hunt was our very first seasonal event, things are going to be a little bit different this year. This is the first time we’ve revisited an event like this, and the entire team felt like there was a little space to expand the original, so you can expect a few eggstra (sorry) pieces of equipment and decorative items for this year.
While we may not always have the scope to add new content for each of our seasonal events, we really wanted to build on last year’s Easter content for even more egg-hunting fun. We hope these additions will bring the Easter event up to par with what you’ve seen in some of our other seasonal events. It was amazing to see such a positive response from the community around the first Easter seasonal event, and we thought we’d take this opportunity to showcase some of the cool stuff you created last year!
Egg Hunt Guide by JadePG - Crafted (spoiler warning!)
Egg Pixel Art on the Core Keeper Map by Malugaz’s #1 SIMP on Discord (amazing name)
Easter-Themed Map Pixel Art by Epik on Discord
Egg Base by Mayyo on Discord
We’ll cool it with the egg puns now and crack (oops) on with development! We’re hard at work on the Animal Update, and we think you’ll just love what we’ve got in store. In the meantime, keep an eye out for our Easter update this time next week and, as always, don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and join the conversation on our Discord!
Our Cherry Blossom Event Is Live!
Get ready for spring, as Core Keeper’s Cherry Blossom Event is now live! This mini-event sees the addition of trees inspired by the Shidarezakura Weeping Cherry and Yoshino Cherry to the game, along with pink and white Cherry Flowers, and a brand-new achievement for you to uncover.
The Cherry Blossom mini-event will run from today until the 31st of March. Will you try your hand at creating a minimalist base? Maybe you’re working on a beautiful garden? No matter what biome you’re building in, it’ll look a whole lot nicer with a Cherry Tree or two. Don’t believe us? Here’s something we whipped up right by The Core!
We hope you enjoy decorating your world with Cherry Trees and that you’re also looking forward to our upcoming Easter Seasonal Event! We’ll be sharing more information on the dates for that in a Steam post tomorrow, so keep an eye out!
We’re always keen to see your screenshots and videos, and you’re welcome to share them with us over on the official Core Keeper Discord server. Make sure you’re keeping up with us on Twitter and over in the Steam Discussions too for more news, information, and announcements.
Core Keeper - Cherry Blossom Update - 0.5.4
NEW CONTENT
New items:
Added the White Cherry Blossom, which can now be found randomly spawning in the world.
Introduced the White Cherry Tree, which can be crafted by combining White Cherry Blossoms.
Added the Pink Cherry Blossom, which can now be found randomly spawning in the world.
Introduced the Pink Cherry Tree, which can be crafted by combining Pink Cherry Blossoms.
New Achievements:
Added a new achievement for players to unlock.
GAMEPLAY CHANGES
Balancing:
Adjusted the spawn rate of Love Letters during Valentine's Day to improve game balance.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed a bug with the background write thread and other threads using the incorrect thread priority.
Fixed an issue with missing text when the Cheat Death talent is triggered.
Other:
Improved stability by preventing bosses from being affected by slippery movement effects, such as those caused by the Bubble Gun.
Announcing the Date for Our Cherry Blossom Event
As we make our way into spring, flowers are blooming all over the world, but the Yoshino cherry blossoms that bloom this time of year in Japan have always held a special place in our hearts.
We wanted to share our love for Cherry Blossoms and show our appreciation for our growing Japanese community with our very own Cherry Blossom mini-event in Core Keeper – running from the 22nd until the 31st of March. It’s a small token of our love, and we hope it makes your games a little bit brighter this spring.
It’s no secret by now that the Pugstorm team shares a love of Japanese culture, you’ll even spot references to some of our favourite pieces of Japanese media in Core Keeper. Well, we thought the launch of our Cherry Blossom mini-event would be the perfect opportunity to share some more information about our experiences with Japanese culture and how they have influenced the game.
Our chairman, David Wallsten studied and worked in Japan and has fond memories of taking part in the custom of Hanami (花見) AKA "flower viewing". He enjoyed the social element of Hanami, and recalls meeting with lots of different groups of friends for picnics underneath the cherry trees every year.
CEO, Fredrik Präntare has visited Japan several times over the years, soaking up the culture in places like Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka. On his many visits he has met with Japanese creatives and attended artificial intelligence conferences, immersing himself in a culture of innovation. While Fredrik is a big fan of exploring the city and enjoying the delicious cuisine on offer (he's a big fan of ramen and udon!), his favourite thing about Japan is the amazing people he's met on his journeys.
If you've spotted any Legend of Zelda references in Core Keeper, you can bet Fredrik had a hand in them! He's a huge fan of the franchise and has even hinted that we can expect more of these references in future, so keep an eye out! Alongside Fredrik's Zelda references, you'll come across some nods to Japanese media such as Made in Abyss, Studio Ghibli movies, and more.
We hope you’re looking forward to Core Keeper’s Cherry Blossom mini event – perhaps you’ll get some friends together and take part in a Hanami of your own? In the meantime, don’t forget to follow us on Twitter or join the discussions on the official Core Keeper Discord!
Our Core Keeper Anniversary Update is Live!
This time last year, Core Keeper launched in Early Access – happy birthday to us! It goes without saying (but we’re gonna say it anyway) that we wouldn’t be where we are now without our awesome community, and we wanted to celebrate and show our thanks by adding some birthday-themed goodies to the game.
Light the candles, grab yourself a slice of cake, and let's party! Our Anniversary Update is live and running until the 20th of March.
We’ve released a list of patch notes that you can take a look at, but since this is a mini-update, we can walk you through the new content right here. Expect new stock (and a new look) for the Seasonal Merchant, including colourful party hats, new “Happy Birthday” sheet music, and a very special birthday cake (or should we say buff-day cake?) that grants players a permanent boost to their maximum health! Indie gaming fans will also spot a nod to our friends over at ReLogic with our new playable sheet music for the “Journey’s Beginning” track from Terraria, which they can pick up by defeating a certain royal slime.
When it comes to things like our Anniversary and Cherry Blossom mini-updates, we certainly love having the opportunity to share a little specialised content with our community while we work towards our next major content drops. That way you get a little something in between updates and we get to crack on with the big stuff. If our seasonal events are appetisers and our major updates are the main course, we like to think of our mini-updates as amuse-bouches – little bite-sized pieces of content to enjoy before you tuck into the Animal Update and Crystal Biome (names TBC). We’ll stop it with the food analogies now…never write a Steam post before lunch!
We hope you throw some wicked parties in the underground this week and, if you do, you should definitely share your screenshots over on the official Core Keeper Discord! It’s been an absolutely amazing year in Early Access, and we can’t wait to work our way down our 2023 roadmap and bring you lots more Core Keeper content on the road to 1.0.
Core Keeper - Anniversary Patch Notes 0.5.3
NEW FEATURES
Gameplay:
The Seasonal Merchant has a new skin and new items to sell for the new season. The skin will change back after the season ends but the items can still be bought.
Anniversary Cake: Topped with Glow Tulip glaze. When eaten, it emits a strong glow around the player and also gives a permanent health increase. Sold by the Seasonal Merchant.
Four festive birthday hats sold by the Seasonal Merchant.
New “Happy Birthday” music sheet. Sold by the Seasonal Merchant.
Terraria “Journey's Beginning” music sheet. Drops from the King Slime boss.
New hidden achievement.
GAMEPLAY CHANGES
Graphics:
Updated the Flower Crown sprites to better fit all hairstyles.
BUG FIXES
Corrected sorting order of stone platforms in front of the Core.
Fixed an issue where Ore Boulder shadows would sometimes flicker.
Fixed Hive Larva Fish not being able to be fished in regular water in the Clay Caves biome.
OTHER
Changed Twisted Agate sprite to not be mistaken for a seed.
Changed input backend on Linux to avoid issues when running the game with Steam Input enabled for some controllers.
