Votes for The "Pimp My Gun" Contest are now closed. Thank you to the 44 voters!

The 3 winners are:

The "blind-o-matic" mkII by Extinction88 (via Discord) with 19 votes:



"Two-Tone Skin" by Level_Foxtrot (via Discord) with 15 votes:



Strunmah (via Steam) with 15 votes:



Congratulations to them, they will receive a key for the full game (or a 10€ Steam gift card if they already own it).

The cycle of rebirth continues, in the SAMSARA ☸️ Closed Pre-Alpha Playtest #4/4

Be reborn, avatar - one final time - and join our final Closed Pre-Alpha Playtest session coming to PC (Steam) on FRI-21-APR from 6 PM (GMT+1) through to SUN-23-APR.

Experience new weapons ⚔️, spells 🔥 and animations 🏃 produced by aspiring designers, developers and artists who worked through our Skills Bootcamps.

Join us on Discord and request a key to take part. We will promote you to the exclusive Avatar (Playtester) 🪷 role, which will give you access to the #samsara-playtesters forum.

Guidance for the playtest will be posted to the forum channel on Friday afternoon, so you know what to expect and what feedback we would like from you.

If this interests you and you would like to get involved, please join our Discord and let us know in the #samsara chat.

Discord: https://discord.gg/mypDpfb7rm


Want to work with us on Samsara? Gain game dev skills, experience and a guaranteed job interview. If you or anyone you know is interested in our Skills Bootcamps information can be found at https://infinity27.com/bootcamp/


To support us, please add our game to your Wishlist on Steam and join our Discord channel to be the first to get updates. You can also follow our development over on Twitter and Youtube.


Twitter: https://twitter.com/INFINITY27LTD
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Infinity27DesignStudio

It's time for another weekly community wrap-up. We've shared some fun stuff on social media this week and observant Explorers might even spot some of the new content you can expect with our Animal Update in our posts. Our wonderful community has also been at it again sharing awesome builds, map art, and fan art!


We think The Desert of Beginnings is the perfect place for a secret lab. Don't ask us what the Explorer is researching; we have no idea that's top secret! What we can tell you is that there's a certain piece of technology in this GIF that's not currently available in the public version of the game *wink*.




Our Easter Seasonal Event may be over, but the memory of the Chicken outfit lives on!




We asked our Twitter community which Core Keeper foods they would like to try in real life, and their responses did not disappoint! We had people keen on trying Spicy Pepper Wraps, Crunchy Mold Cheese, Glimmering Eel Sushi, Starlight Nautilus, and even Gooey Worm Fish Balls!

Why don't you let us know which Core Keeper foods you'd like to try in the comments?




Discord user Kalabera shared their incredible builds with us over in the Core Keeper Discord server. Looks like a lot of time and effort went into making that smelting room too hot to handle!





Our Discord moderator, Soul_Wade started building this huge base in March with the help of her boyfriend and friend. We're just sharing the map art below because the base is way too big to share as a screenshot, but you can view the whole thing in all its glory here!



Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/corekeepergame
Join the Conversation on Discord: http://discord.gg/corekeeper

Votes for The "Pimp My Gun" Contest are now closed. Thank you to the 44 voters!

The 3 winners are:

The "blind-o-matic" mkII by Extinction88 (via Discord) with 19 votes:



"Two-Tone Skin" by Level_Foxtrot (via Discord) with 15 votes:



Strunmah (via Steam) with 15 votes:



Congratulations to them, they will receive a key for the full game (or a 10€ Steam gift card if they already own it).

Dear Stormworkers,

This week is announcement week, with minors last week and next week!

This week we will briefly discuss some numbers around Stormworks!

Something that continues to amaze us is how long players engage with the game. Steam tells us that the average player has spent 100 hours and 32 minutes in game so far. We say 'so far' because this number has been steadily going up over the years and continues to climb as players continue to play. This is an extremely high average play time for a Steam game.



Meanwhile, SteamDB tells us that Stormworks peaks most days at over 3000 players playing at the same time. The "all time" history shows the game has grown in popularity steadily and is probably still growing. This is really unusual, and if you check out graphs for other games, you will mostly see big popularity at launch or big updates, with a steady falloff afterwards.



Having on average 2500 players around the clock means that for every minute that goes by, there is 41.7 hours of total playtime. This is awesome! Game development isn't really a high pressure job, but if you break something, then 41.7 hours of players time is potentially ruined every minute it takes you to come up with a fix. It can be very stressful!

In total, the game has 6500 years of total playtime across all players.



The Stormworks Workshop has now passed 200,000 creations! This in itself is incredible, but when you take the time to look at these creations, it is very striking how much time, skill, effort and patience has gone into each and every one. The Most popular creation has over 90,000 subscribers which means about 1 in 6 players have subscribed!



In terms of development, we are continuing to work on our minor updates, major updates, DLC, new game, and more. We are really excited to share more info soon!

Much love <3,

The Stormworks Developers

Over 25 years ago, a buddy showed me my first lines of QuickBASIC. Immediately enthusiastic I knew that I wanted to use this magic power to create games. Since then I have programmed almost continuously. Heck, I even have a small company that does full-stack web development. Almost the only thing I haven’t programmed since then is a lousy finished game. Now beeing an somewhat old fart and a handful of demos started, it was time to finally get one finished. Keep it small, keep it simple, but finish it. That was my motto behind Thumb Tanks. Is it the best game ever? Probably not. Is it fun? I mean yes, some agree with me.

In the stream, I'll shortly talk about the game, show a complete 4 player match to explain all the mechanics and then answer all the questions you might have. See you there! Chris

Hello!

We at Different Tales, are super proud we can be a publisher for Havendock. It'a a fun, cozy, and most importantly deeply immersive little sim, that let's you become a castaway creating its own haven in the middle of the ocean.

See the trailer:

In Havendock you can create your own character, collect resources, build facilities and farms, arrange your settlement, raise and feed animals, as well as welcome new survivors.
You will need to manage your tasks and production to keep everyone happy and healthy, but don't worry - everything is cozy and easy to learn - especially when playing with friends!

That's right - Havendock also let's you play in co-op as part of its experimental multiplayer mode, and the entire game will be growing in quality and size alongside its early access development plans.


Now, when the game is available in Early Access on Steam, we can't wait to hear the players great stories they will be able to live by themselves while playing Havendock.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2020710/Havendock/

This is the perfect moment to get your levels up by playing multiplayer with others!

What are you waiting for?! There's loads of free and premium rewards just waiting for you to unlock!
To help with that we offer a limited time multiplier for all games played multiplayer!

Here's a reminder of what we got in store for this month:

XP is doubled for all multiplayer games.

We are excited to announce the release of a new update, featuring new regular and consumable items. Tiers 9, 10, and 11 are now available in the game and will unlock as you progress through arenas 8, 9, and 10.



We've also updated the editor, enabling you to add items to gladiators and experiment with various combinations.



As we work towards the full release update, we are focusing on introducing new Gladiator Quirks and Universal Items (items with unique effects or abilities). Our Discord Community has provided invaluable feedback and suggestions for the types of Quirks we should add.

We now want to do the same for Universal Items, so we invite you to join us on Discord or participate in this Steam Community Discussion. In the latest update, you can explore the current Universal Items within the Editor. We encourage you to share your thoughts on the items you like, dislike, and suggest new items you would like to see in the game.

Thank you so much for your continued support! We are committed to developing new content and steadily moving towards the full release. There is still much to accomplish, and we will have more updates like this one before the big full release update is ready.

Hi, thank you for purchasing my game. Many people have been asking about localizing it into other languages. I just wanted to say that it's in my plans, but I have something more important to focus on at the moment. I want to add 1-2 sex scenes to reward players who achieve the best ending. I will update the game with these scenes within the next 2-3 weeks.

I've noticed that many players are unable to complete the "Secret Files" achievement, and it makes me feel sad. Do you guys need a walkthrough to help you? However, if you are able to find it on your own, you will be pleasantly surprised.