Meet the queen of helicopter parenting! She's the mother hen of the prehistoric world, fiercely protecting her little ones with a love that's larger than life. We can't wait to see the community creature vote winner, Gigantoraptor, roaming the vast expanse of Ragnarok!
Speaking of new creatures, there are still a few days left to submit your vote for the next addition to Aberration!



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Species: Gigantoraptor nutritor
Time: Late Cretaceous
Diet: Omnivore
Temperament: Territorial


Unless you’re planning to raid its nest, you shouldn’t let this creature’s imposing size worry you. Gigantoraptor may be fiercely protective of its brood, but it’s much more of a caregiver than a fighter.

Don’t get me wrong -- this theropod will use its sharp claws and surprising speed to defend its young when threatened. But Gigantoraptor has a soft heart for young ones -- it’ll even take in the orphaned babies of rival species.


Now for the bad news: to my knowledge, no one’s been able to figure out how to tame an adult Gigantoraptor – its unique disposition seems resistant to behavioral conditioning. However, Survivors bolder than me were able to sneak into nests to win the trust of their young, and they claim that reward is well worth the risk.

Once matured to adulthood, your tamed Gigantoraptor will happily look after any of your tribe’s young creatures, nurturing them and teaching them how to fight. It can even use its call to help you find orphaned baby animals out in the wild. If you bring those orphans home, then your Gigantoraptor will happily add them to its brood.

Gigantoraptor forms an inseparable bond with its young charges. Bring them into a fight together and they will defend each other, and your tribe, far more effectively than when apart.



The competition is reaching its boiling point as we near the end of the Community Creature Vote. Soon, we'll know which entry will emerge victorious! You still have the weekend to vote for which creature will be added to Aberration for ARK: Survival Ascended! 
The second round of voting ends on July 24th at 4 PM Pacific.

The winner* will be announced in the Crunch Friday, July 28th, 2023.

• Rank the creatures in order of most preferred to least preferred
  
• The vote is limited to 1 submission per person (duplicate entries will be discarded)

Below are the candidates that have made it into the final 10. Find out more information about the creature by clicking on the hyperlink attached to the name.

• Shunosaurus
  
• Motobite
  
• Chimerarachne Yingi
  
• Koolasuchus
  
• Palaeoctopus
  
• Teraterpeton
  
• Chasmosaurus Luxoscutum
  
• Ornimegalonyx
  
• Yi qi
  
• Maevia Eureka

Overview of all the finalists here.

Click here to vote!

* Note that once the winner has been determined, we'll be reading through these threads and using them as inspiration for how the creature will be designed; aspects suggested may change.

Submit Your Vote




Survivors on all platforms will be receiving an EVO Event! It will be active until Monday, July 24th.
All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes:

*Note that these bonuses are multiplicative of the game's standard 1x rates.

• Official Servers: 2x XP, Harvesting, Taming and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x hexagon
  
• Small Tribe Servers: 4.5x XP, Harvesting, Taming and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x hexagon
  
• ARKPocalypse: 5x XP, Harvesting, Taming and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x hexagon
  
• Conquest: 5x XP, Harvesting, Taming and Breeding (imprint, maturation, hatch/gestation), 0.5x Mating Interval, 2x hexagon

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Don't miss out on the challenges and laughter of the ongoing DEDsafio ARK. This amazing event showcases more than 70 Hispanic content creators, including both new and experienced ones, who are competing in a series of exciting challenges and tests in ARK.

Stay up to date by following DEDsafio on Twitter and on Twitch.



Creator: Crowmeda
Take a moment to enjoy this animated video by Crowmeda, which humorously explains ARK in a nutshell.


Creator: MrMEOLA
Mr.Meola discovers the Bermuda Triangle of Dinosaur Hybrid Monstrosities!




Queen of Heaven by @WolfTek7


Precautions against heat stroke by @falco_luna


Base Defense by Eugeniy Uqlanov


Argentina the Argentavis  by Acodan


The Noglin by WhiteWinterTigerWWT


Rock Drake Reference by TiamaDragon


Sinomacrops by ShadowHunter3613




My sino Willow & I gliding around by vampyricangelx


Shhhh.... you'll wake them by @TheWickedNinjas


Tyrannosaurus by @oititukumono


Enjoy your weekend!
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Threads: threads.net/@survivetheark

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- Air control increased 25%
- Jump slightly improved
- Increased moving objects speed (to make it harder)
- Fixed some environment collisions
- Fixed music repeating

hello everyone! it's been a year since i posted the last update but i will try to be more consistent about posting updates in the future. with that said here's what's been added in the last year or so.

as a reminder, studio apart(ment) is a life sim meets roguelite where you play 7 days of a life sim before restarting, although some things stay, like your relationships, inventory, and upgrades. between runs you can unlock upgrades to find new areas, abilities, and activities.

the most recent addition has been skateboarding! in case running proves too slow for you, you can zip around the city on your own skateboard. in the future skateboard customization will be added to make it feel even more unique.


similar to how animal crossing and stardew valley start, i wanted a simple way to make money in the city which would serve as your first source of income until future, the first way is picking up trash around the city, making it cleaner for all your residents and making you a bit of money per day. if you keep missing your quotas per day, though, you'll lose your job.


i couldn't make a life sim without adding fishing! i took heavy inspiration from paper mario: the thousand year door's action commands. first you cast, then depending on the rarity of the fish you get, you'll have to execute a series of increasingly fast inputs to catch the fish. fishing also introduces a new (unfinished) dock area in the style of a japanese garden. despite the industrial nature of most docks, we can still found beauty in a city.





these aren't super large changes but they're definitely noticeable. i added button prompts so that interactions with the world were much more clear, especially for controller. The corner ui was also cleaned up a fair bit.



custom clothing! you can equip 4 different clothing items to customize your look, but there isn't much yet in the game as i'm still modeling more clothes and accessories to wear. take a look:


that's about it for the last year of development. it doesn't look like much, but i've omitted all of the boring things like bug fixes and ik foot placement and the code reworking which i've been doing a fair bit of which is not very fun to read about. i'll try to update more, but the core gameplay loop is really coming together.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2140330/Madden_NFL_24/

Old World and all DLC are on sale for 25% off. Check them out here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/597180/Old_World/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1952840/Old_World__Heroes_of_the_Aegean/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2261870/Old_World__The_Sacred_and_The_Profane/

Our latest small bug fix addresses blank screen errors in chapters 1 and 5, as well as eliminating floating-point errors that can cause the background to flicker when the game has been running for an extended period of time.

Thanks to everyone who played our demo at MAGWest!

First, this update contains more small fixes. Hope everyone's playing experience is smooth, but if it isn't, be sure to let me know on the Steam discussion boards, on Twitter, or Reddit (where my username is LunCalsari).

Second, we're planning to "officially release" the game sometime at the end of August or in September. What does this mean? Mostly it means we've accomplished what we've wanted in Early Access, the game is feature and content complete, and we finally have some semblance of a marketing plan in place to celebrate the big day. For you, the player, nothing will really change whether you buy the game now or after the official release.

As always, a big thanks to everyone who has left a positive review! If you liked the game and want more content like this, please consider leaving a review for us, even if it's just a few words.

Happy Learning!

Lun

Astroneers are asked to undertake the creation of large quantities of valuable resource nuggets to send off via the EXO Request Platform in exchange for useful goodies and stylish customizations.

All Astroneers present are awarded points when a rocket is launched – cooperation is encouraged for efficiency!

• 1 Point – Compound
  
• 3 Points – Aluminum
  
• 5 Points – Tungsten Carbide
  
• 15 Points – Nanocarbon Alloy

EXO Dynamics rewards contributions with:

• 160 Points – “AMPP Throwback” Bundle –Contains cosmetics rewarded from the previous year:
  - “Forge Ahead” (Mask)
  - “Dot Com” (Palette)
  - “Thinking” (Emote)
  
• 480 Points – NEW “V Tech” Mask
  
• 1920 Points – NEW “Cage Suit”
  
• Useful incremental rewards along the way and randomized recurring rewards at the end of the event – including QT-RTGs, Portable Smelters, EXO Chips, and useful resources!

Tether posts have been updated to get your automation vibes cranking – log in to experience these temporary decorations that are sure to turn heads!

Tune into the right station at Beacon's Bluff to keep the light burning...

Beacon's Bluff releases this upcoming Monday, July 24th!

A new update is available for cones in space! This is mostly a patch but there are some additions as well!

-fixed outerspace not saving
-fixed an issue where boss music plays after boss is defeated
-fixed softlock in spring planet
-nerfed super octobro
-switched springs on spring planet to super springs
-buffed life belt
-added super strings
-fixed a bug where picking up oranges also gave you coneconuts
-added more weather on some planets, such as
ice bits on cold planets and seeds floating on vegetated planets
-fixed a bug where using one cone of life would consume 2

hope you enjoy the update, thanks, and have fun!