We’ve got a whole new look for the player avatar! Plus Arena crowds, much-requested Life Block sizes, Creature Builder improvements based on your feedback, and more. Patch notes for this latest update are below. As always, bugs are expected in these work-in-progress builds so we really appreciate any bugs reports and feedback you send our way on the Pre-Release forum. * If you’re not familiar with Pre-Release, it’s the unstable developer branch we use for testing new stuff. More info here.

Patch Notes

New Features/Improvements

The player avatar has a new look! Let us know what you think!
- We wanted the player character to fit in with the direction of our updated art style and proportions. The old avatar stood out as cartoonish and a bit childish so we felt it was important to update it to match the fidelity and realism of the new environment and creatures. We also wanted to make sure it felt like a proper adventurer as you and your creatures explore the world of CHKN.

Old vs New. Off to adventure!

So, we aged it up and raised the camera higher off the ground, reworked the proportions to fit within the game and look better next to the new creatures and environments, made it gender neutral so you can tell your own story, increased the detail while still keeping it optimized, and gave it proper newbie adventuring garb.

Come, Dochickat! We have trees to chop and death to thwart!

And, of course, all the animations have been updated too! Run, roll, jump, and pet your way through the world.

https://youtu.be/nUAev3SQxSI

NOTE: Using old armor sets will turn your character back into the old avatar for now. We’re working on new armor sets soon.
The baddies of CHKN will need an update as well, so expect a revamped Poacher soon.

How It’s Made: Avatar Edition. Much digital sewing is required to get the new adventuring gear just right.

Arena battles now have an audience!
- We’ve added creature/avatar spectators and crowd sounds to cheer your creatures on.
- Arena ring art has been polished up and new team member support banners added.

Pay no attention to crazy zombie chicken spectators. They’re just here to enjoy the show.

Improved progress saves:
- Take your Adventure Mode progress with you into Multiplayer games, so you don’t have to start over with new creatures and inventory.
- Whatever items/creatures you have when you exit that Multiplayer game comes back with you to your Adventure.
New Creature Builder improvements based on community feedback:
- Light tutorial added to help first-time builders

Prompts at the top and highlighted guides help you build your first creature: an adorable baby chicken.

“Creature Front” arrow graphic changed to be less intrusive when building
See a preview of stat changes while placing additional Life Blocks on a creature

Green shows stat increases. Red shows decreases. Placement also matters! Try different positions to see how the creature’s stats are affected.

Life Blocks:

New half-sized chicken blocks added for more variety and creative opportunities in your creature designs
Life Block naming made consistent (which also makes ordering of the Life Blocks in the Creature Builder more consistent and easier to find)
Missing Life Block icons added

Stats are better balanced for more challenging survival:

Creature stat formulas changed to have diminishing returns
Life Block stats, item stats, and ability values have been tuned for balance
Creature defense now shows average defense amongst damage types (rather than total) to give you a better overall comparison

Improved UI:

You can now access inventory and other tabs while using the Creature Builder
You can now add/edit descriptions for your Bonded creatures on the Party screen
New achievements are in progress (You’ll see some achievement tracking notices pop up in the UI. We’ll hook these up to Steam once we’re tracking)

Tech:

Upgraded to latest version of Unity engine (for bug fixes, new development features, and better performance)

Bug Fixes

Multiplayer fixes:
- Active scene synced on multiplayer games
- World data syncing issues solved on first connect
- Static objects display correctly in multiplayer
- Trees now animate when being struck in multiplayer games
- Trees now fall over for clients when broken in multiplayer games
Creature thumbnail image generation fixed
Infinite loop caused by creature flinch animations fixed
Bad polygons fixed for the snake mouth
Creature builder root assignment bug fixes
Creature leg offsetting corrected

Quick links for testers:

If you want to see what’s new on Pre-Release, here are the instructions
Please post your bugs and feedback on our forums
You can also join us on our CHKN discord to post bugs, feedback, or questions (or just hang out!)

Thanks for all your testing help, everyone! We hope you like these latest updates. Our next Pre-Release update is coming in about 2 weeks and will be all about Adventure Mode survival. - Team CHKN https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

[ 2018-09-13 16:14:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

CHKN
Katapult

Developer

Katapult

Publisher

2016-04-01

Release

Indie Casual Singleplayer Multiplayer EA

KEY FEATURES

Unique AI (aka the Special Sauce): You have the power to bring creatures to life by slapping blocks together, in whatever shape, size, or combination you want. These blocks of intelligent life give your creature unique personalities based on the combinations you make. No two creatures are alike...unless you make them alike. In which case, an egg will pop out of one of them. Even if it’s a cat. Because SCIENCE.
Creature Interaction. Creatures have all the feels and they’re not afraid to express them. Sad eyebrows? Your creature might be lonely. Happy smiles and farts? Your creature loves you for feeding them hamburgers. If a creature is snarling and running at you, then it’s probably too late - you’re dead.
Survival Tactics: You and your creature are starving to death. Do you feed your creature the last of your apples? Or do you cook your creature into a burger to feed yourself!?? Too much? OK.
Creatures will work better than tools at collecting resources and protecting your homestead. They’re better at fighting and cutting down trees than you are, so you’ll definitely want them on your side.
BUILD ALL THE THINGS!: Build a house! Build a farm! Build a three-headed, five-footed, llama-rantula-pus! With your creatures’ help, break apart your surroundings to craft tools and structures. Craft beds made of chicken parts and farm the land in order to survive and thrive.
Adventure, Creative and Multiplayer Modes. Modes on modes on modes.
Burps and farts. Need we say more?

DISCLAIMER

This is an Early Access game, which means it’s a little chick growing with every build. Remember raising them in school? Well, we’re that little chick under the heat lamps, confused about why we’re standing in sawdust with kids staring down at us.
But seriously. We’re just beginning with CHKN and we want you along for the ride. It’s going to be crazy and weird, but we’re going to involve you in any way possible, whether it’s asking for advice, testing out new features, or just showing us your ridiculous creations! We love hearing from you guys. Team CHKN is just a tweet, email, comment, or a very loud scream away. There will be bugs and there will be issues. Keep that in mind before you play.

FUTURE ROADMAP:

Additional creatures; dragon, goat, sheep, llama and many more.
Added abilities; flying, poison, fire breathing.
Improved AI; dogs can guard houses, ants can follow scents, etc.
Improved Multiplayer Mode.
Cactus-Man.
Much larger world, with additional biomes and points of interest.
See our full Road Map here.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 12.04+. 64-bit; SteamOS+
Processor: 2 GHz Equivalent CPUMemory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3 Compatible GPUNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 5 GB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: Ubuntu 12.04+. 64-bit; SteamOS+
Processor: i5 Quad CoreMemory: 8 GB RAM
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia 900 seriesNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 5 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: SSD storage

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