Name | CHKN | ||
Developer | Katapult | ||
Publisher | Katapult | ||
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Release | 2016-04-01 | ||
Steam | 9,74€ 7,14£ 9,74$ / 35 % | ||
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Controls | Keyboard Mouse Partial Controller Support | ||
Players online | 8 | ||
Steam Rating | Very Positive | ||
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Owners | 20,000 .. 50,000 +/- | ||
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Average playtime (forever) | 1065 | ||
Average playtime (last 2 weeks) | 0 | ||
Median playtime (forever) | 1065 | ||
Median playtime (last 2 weeks) | 0 | ||
| Public Linux depots | CHKN Linux [841.87 M] | ||
Traits, on the other hand, are attributes and personality inherent to creatures. Some are passive like vision, diet type, and aggressiveness, but there are also more advanced traits with helpful benefits. A creature with the right traits could provide dung fertilizer for farming. Or add the Glide trait so your creature can cross larger gaps in the world.  Wings are pretty darn useful. Ten animal types have a whole new look: Chicken, Cat, Crab, Dog, Snake, Pig, Spider, Elephant, Cow, and the poachers Mech Dino. Each animal type now has more Life Block size variety too, with an average of 10-12 Life Blocks per animal, so there are more ways to design and be creative. (We started with your most-used animal types and the others will be getting their upgrades soon. Tell us which ones you want to see next in our creature thread on the forums!)  Arena The arena is a brand new mode where you can experiment and test your creature designs in battle. Try 1v1 in an Exhibition Match, pit groups against each other in Team Elimination, or fight your way to victory through increasingly difficult challengers in the Tournament mode.   The arena crowd will cheer you on or boo you if they feel like it. Theyre very fickle. Adventure Mode Discover the new improved world of CHKN where you must survive on an island populated by mysterious creatures. With this update, weve added progression for players. Power up your Lifeshaper and experiment with blocks to make better creatures and take on tougher challenges.  Oh, sorry. Is this your temple? Ill just... *flees* A new intro experience with a few starter quests teaches the ins and outs of surviving the wilds. Progression has been updated, new wild creatures spawn throughout the world, improved the UI (including new discovery notifications), and lots more to make survival more challenging and rewarding. Jump in and see if you can become a master survivalist!  Crafting at a creature-powered workbench. Crafting is now easier and clearer. The new interface and organization is a major improvement. Weve also added new recipes and items that help you harness the power of the creatures you discover. Youre gonna want to start collecting creature parts for some of these tools...  Not sure this chicken should be excited about something called the Chicken Claw Rake. Youll need the new updated Journal to survive and master the wilds of CHKN. Use the journal to make your own goals, whether it's to build a homestead, fight the poachers, hunt for the elusive RepigDog, or just collect and discover all the creatures. The journal has all the information youll need: Life Block stats and abilities, item recipes, where to find items and resources, and a list of creatures to discover.  Get all the info you need on a creature youve found in the world, or check out items youve discovered using the categories on the left. Art & Environment The all new island has 2 km2 of wilderness to explore, complete with new art for the Tropical Biome. Trees, bushes, rocks, resources, and temples have all been revamped and are looking quite spiffy if we do say so ourselves.  Feel more like an adventurer with the updated player avatar. And check out the new look for our favorite arch nemesis, the Poachers.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUAev3SQxSI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbSLmQU-gtQ Did we mention armors yet? Yeah, there are new armors you can craft based on creature parts. Each provides a different armor rating and usefulness, plus they make you look rad.  Cow, Chicken, and Cat armors. (Plus Crab, too!) We want these as action figures on our office shelves.  ** Important Notes for Returning Players ** FPS & World-Streaming Stutter: Weve optimized almost all the systems and increased FPS on recommended spec machines as well as reduced duration and intensity of world-streaming stutter. If auto-detect doesnt pop up to determine your optimal settings (it only runs after a fresh install), you can adjust them manually in the Options menu. Check out this post with suggestions for which options to change to help find the best performance for you. However, note that there are still some hitches in framerate because world-streaming is not yet fully optimized. We will remove all world-streaming stutter for recommended spec computers in our next update. Workshop Creatures Your saved Workshop creatures will not be able to be imported. You wont see those creatures or be able to spawn them in game. Were starting with a clean slate in the Workshop with this update. But, all old saved creatures are still there in the Workshop if you want to play in the Legacy branch (see below). Legacy Branch The old version of the game (v0.4.5) is now on a separate branch for you to play.
Known Bugs/Issues
Patch Notes Too Many to List! There have been a lot more changes to the game during Pre-Release development so the patch notes are too long to list here. If you want to check out all the patch notes from the Pre-Release updates, visit the News page and scroll back through the entries.  Roadmap Theres more to come! Heres our roadmap for the rest of the year. Coming soon: We really want to know what youd like to see next. We love your feedback and read all your comments and ideas to keep us motivated in the wee hours. (What is sleep?!) Were working as fast as we can to make CHKN everything we know it can be and we couldnt do it without you. Adventure Dev Stream! Were really excited about this release and weve been having so much fun in our Multiplayer Adventure tests so lets turn on the stream! Tune in later this afternoon, Nov 30th @ 3:30 PM EST. Come hang out with us on YouTube or Twitch and tell us which creatures to build, help us survive, and ask us any of your burning CHKN questions!  Thanks! First off, big thanks to all our previous creature contest entrants. The creativity of the MANY amazing Workshop creators really inspired us as we revamped creatures and repopulated the world. And we havent forgotten you, winners! Since not all the revamped blocks are in yet, itll be a bit before we can add your amazing creatures to the world but dont worry. Well add them in as soon as we can.  And special thanks to all our Pre-Release testers, Workshop creators, and everyone who supports us. Your feedback and comments mean a lot and really help us make CHKN better. Thank you! If you want to help us test, send us your feedback, or talk to us directly, here are some handy links:
Back to work for us. Bye~~! - Team CHKN https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/ |
