What is happening with progress on the game? There are some fair questions over on the Discord. We firstly want to say that we love you guys and CHKN! And we're still committed to the game. We're a very small team and we've run into some pretty big issues with some really tough decisions to make. And then 2020 happened, so we've also been a bit distracted by real life to be honest. (We hope you're all doing well!) Here's where we stand: We're adjusting our roadmap for a version 1.0 release: adding some key features; more content and creatures; balancing for continual progression; making the abilities system more understandable; among other things. But, performance and data reliability (solo and multiplayer) are critical for 1.0 release and weve run into a big challenge in how to best tackle them. We've been researching engine and system update options and have not yet made a decision. These would be very big, very complex tasks and we currently are not completely sure that they'd fix these issues. As a small team, we can't afford to implement changes with this level of complexity unless we can be sure they'll work for our players. So we've slowed down on other updates to focus on this big research project and determine the best course of action. In the meantime, we've also needed to take on some other non-CHKN work to keep the lights on. So, please forgive us. We're a bit tortured by this decision of how to best move forward with these options and most of all, we need to make sure we do the right thing for the game (and you guys). As soon as we have news, you'll be the first to know! Stay safe, friends. - Team CHKN
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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

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.

• OS: 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

• OS: 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