How are we approaching the end of June already? It feels like only yesterday we were announcing Core Keeper's 1.0 date. We hope everyone in the Northern Hemisphere is enjoying a warm summer, we know we are! Let's take a look at what we've been up to... [h2]New Spaces in the Discord![/h2] We've made some cool updates to the official Core Keeper Discord channel, including two new channels. Firstly, we created a new matchmaking forums to make it easier for users to organise multiplayer games. This has replaced the old matchmaking channel, which moved quite quickly and was easy to miss messages in. We hope the new tagging system in the forums will help users find multiplayer games that better align with their time zones. We've also added a new channel called "Coremmunity Comments" (can you tell that our community manager is a fan of puns?). This channel is designed to give community members a space to share their thoughts, feedback, and opinions on all kind of topics. From things to do with Core Keeper all the way to your favourite pizza toppings, [url=https://discord.gg/corekeeper]join the server[/url] and have your say! [h2]Slime Flavours[/h2] We'd never suggest that anybody attempt to eat a Slime...but we're also pretty sure that Orange Slimes would be orange flavoured. [url=https://x.com/CoreKeeperGame/status/1804182489289945252]People in the comments on X[/url] had other ideas though, saying they thought orange would be anything from PUMPKIN all the way to honey flavour. We had votes for grape or blackberry flavour for purple Slimes, raspberry for Blue, and sour cherry or cinnamon for Red. We also had someone say that Magma Slimes would be Flamin' Hot Cheeto flavour, and we totally see it. [img]https://i.imgur.com/XjIiMfw.gif[/img] [h2]Passage Preview[/h2] We just can't get enough of seeing your reactions to our upcoming 1.0 content, especially our new end-game biome: The Passage. What do you think of this fun little screenshot? [img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQsIjNmWYAAHhfB?format=jpg&name=large[/img] [h2]Ask and You Shall Receive! [/h2] Someone on X asked us for a little more info on the "cute magic bats in the trailer", and we were happy to oblige! The bats are one of a type of creature known as "minions" that are part of the new magic system being added to Core Keeper at 1.0. Minions are summoned using tomes that draw upon an upcoming resource known as mana! [img]https://i.imgur.com/bEJF6ra.gif[/img] [h2]Minion x Pet Combo[/h2] Oh, and did we mention that you can have Minions and Pets active in Core Keeper? [img]https://i.imgur.com/DHbn5tT.gif[/img] [h2]Orange Artwork by Lem![/h2] Our wonderful community member, [url=https://discord.com/channels/851842678340845600/1254592033998376971]Lem[/url], was kind enough to share this awesome artwork with us over on Discord and X. The theme was orange, if you couldn't guess, and we can't get over how cute the Shrooman looks and how squishy the Slime is! [img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GRI93RpWoAAuCum?format=jpg&name=medium[/img] [h2]Colour-Splash Challenge Winners![/h2] We held an extra-colourful building challenge on Discord recently, which had some amazing entries. Narrowing down the winners was a challenge within itself, and we're excited to share the winning entries with you. First up is "[url=https://discord.com/channels/851842678340845600/1253331302355308626]Cherry Waterlodge[/url]" by Balthromaw. An amazing example of the luscious plant life and otherworldly lighting in the game. Honestly, we just want to live in this base! [img]https://i.imgur.com/XvPFQ9P.png[/img] Next, we have "[url=https://discord.com/channels/851842678340845600/1252347685344907356]Colour Cove[/url]" by KKCrazy2013, combining elements of different biomes for maximum saturation! [img]https://i.imgur.com/BRj7I9A.png[/img] And, finally, we thought the blue hues of this [url=https://discord.com/channels/851842678340845600/1250520845315735593]Crystal Base[/url] built by Boogeyman, Catastrofairy, and Socialist Viking paired wonderfully with the pinks of the cherry trees and painted glass bridges! [img]https://i.imgur.com/z0w02Vm.jpeg[/img] [b]Follow us on X:[/b] [url=http://www.twitter.com/corekeepergame]http://www.twitter.com/corekeepergame[/url] [b]Join the Conversation on Discord:[/b] [url=http://discord.gg/corekeeper]http://discord.gg/corekeeper[/url]