Were not sure if its because our Valentines seasonal event starts tomorrow or because weve been reflecting on our Core Keeper journey as we develop the 1.0 version of the game, but weve been feeling a little sentimental recently. Weve got such an amazing community and Core Keeper wouldnt be where it is today without your input and encouragement. We could spend all day listing the ways in which were grateful for our community, but our community manager [strike]demanded[/strike] recommended that we limit it to just four. So, without further ado, heres 4 things we love about the Core Keeper community!

1. Your Honesty

Its no secret that we work closely with our community when it comes to development decisions for Core Keeper. From implementing your feature requests all the way to bug fixes and balancing the games progression, your feedback has truly shaped the direction of the game. We really appreciate how open and willing our community is to communicate with us, and we do our best to take on board all of your suggestions so that we can build a game that youll love. One thing we really admire, however, is your honesty. When something isnt working for our community, we want to know, and we truly value the opportunity to hear both comments and criticisms of the game. Whether youre reaching out in the Steam Discussions, commenting on Twitter, or sharing your thoughts in the Feedback and Suggestions forums on Discord, we want to say a big thank you for offering your honest opinion on Core Keeper!

2. Your Creativity

Since Core Keepers Early Access launch in March 2022, weve had the immense pleasure of getting to see just how creative our community can be. Youve shared fan art, screenshots, music, live streams, walk-throughs, tutorials, opinion pieces, articles, reviews, and more with us over the years, and weve been blown away by just how much creativity youve put into content inspired by our game. Itd be impossible for us to share every single piece of fan work that we love, but we wanted to take a more active approach in showing our appreciation, which is why we started our Steam Community Wrap-Ups last year! We aim to share a new one every week, highlighting whats going on with Core Keeper and the awesome things our community has been up to, so keep an eye out.

3. Your Openness

As a game developer, you never know what your community is going to be like until it is established, and weve been so delighted to see how welcoming you are of each other in spaces like the Core Keeper Discord server. Many of you go out of your way to help each other and answer questions in the Steam Discussions, and we feel very lucky to have such an open community where new members are made to feel included. Of course, our fabulous moderation team has had to step in from time to time when discussions have gotten a little passionate (thats what moderators are for after all), but weve genuinely been impressed by how friendly our community is for the most part! We hope youll continue to welcome each other as we move forward from Early Access to 1.0 and beyond.

4. Your Support

Finally, we wanted to say a big thank you for all of your support. Your kind words, positivity, and encouragement have made it an absolute joy to develop Core Keeper. It means a lot to us to have you with us on this journey, and were very passionate about delivering lots of awesome new content for the 1.0 version of the game. Weve still got a handful of minor updates coming your way before we leave Early Access, including a language update (more on that soon!) and a summer update too. Until then, we want to wish you all a happy Valentines Day for tomorrow and remind you that seasonal events can be enjoyed at any time of year, toggled, or switched off completely from the Gameplay Settings menu. Okay, well stop being soppy now and get back to dev work!