Got a pig-snake-dog you want to share with the world? It's time for another Creature Design contest!

Test out our new revamped creatures on Pre-Release and submit your creations. (Here’s how to access Pre-Release!) Guest judges from the community will help us pick the winners and the winning creatures will inspire the new wild ecosystem coming soon in CHKN! (We’re currently working on adding some of the past winners to the new Adventure Mode so look out for those!)

You have until June 5th to enter. Winners will be revealed during our live stream next Friday (June 8).

PRE-RELEASE TROUBLESHOOTING NOTE: If you were having trouble getting the Pre-Release to load, we also have some bug fixes and a solution for you at the bottom of this post!

Now on to the contest...

The Rules

• Play the Pre-Release build and create a creature using Life Blocks from any of the 7 newly revamped creatures:
  
  • Chicken
    
  • Cat
    
  • Crab
    
  • Mech Dino
    
  • Dog
    
  • Snake
    
  • Pig
  
  
• Is it cute or intentionally abominus? Is your creature dangerous or helpful or playful? Use the new Life Blocks in creative combinations to make your creature unique.
  
• We’re looking for anything from small creatures a new player might come across early in Adventure Mode to large boss creatures you might encounter later in the game. Think about where your creature might live in the CHKN world.
  
• Judges will rate your creatures on:
  
  • Looks
    
  • Personality
    
  • Movement & Functionality

If you have multiple creature ideas, you can enter as many times as you like! Help us beat our record for the most number of entries!
That’s it! Make sure to save your creatures to the Workshop before to enter them into the contest! We’ll announce the winners and show off our favorite entries during our next live stream on . Join us then to see if you’re the lucky winner!

And while you’re testing out the new Life Blocks, make sure to send us your feedback.

Pre-Release Troubleshooting
There were two major loading issues we’ve tracked down and fixed with the latest Pre-Release update. If you were having issues, here are the solutions:

• Game window doesn’t appear after pressing Play in Steam
  
  • This was a memory issue on our end and we’ve cleared it up. Download the updated build on Pre-Release and it should load properly (within 5 - 10 seconds) the next time you play.
  
  
• Loading screen stuck at “Loading Terrain”
  
  • This is an issue with some .dll files not loading properly because a runtime is missing. We’ve made a fix on our end so that Steam will now properly installs these files when installing the game. If you already have CHKN installed and Steam doesn’t update automatically for you, you can do one of these two things to force it:
    
    • Option 1: Go to Steam and uninstall CHKN. Then reinstall it. (If you want to make sure to save your games, back them up by copying them first! You can usually find them here: C:UsersYOUR USERNAMEAppDataLocalLowKatapultCHKN)
      
    • Option 2: Download the runtime separately and install it on your computer. It’s called “Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015” and you can find it here.
    
    
  • Once you've done either of these, you should make it through the "Loading Terrain" screen and load into the Main Menu.

Arena Testing
While you’re in the Pre-Release, be sure to check out the Arena. We want your feedback on the new abilities creatures can use in battle. Let us know what you think on the forums.



Thank you!
Early Access lets us build CHKN together with all of you so we really appreciate all your support with testing, bug reporting, and sharing your feedback. It helps a ton. Thank you!

Okay, time to get creating. We can’t wait to see your contest creatures!

- Team CHKN

https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/