CHKN news & patch notes

Hi, friends. We have a sort-of-update for you, which has definitely been a long time coming. We're incredibly sorry (and embarrassed, frankly) that it's taken this long but we'll get to that. If you read our last update, you know we ran into some big hurdles and were working on solutions. Today's update is that, while we've ruled out a lot of options (which is good), we haven't been able to find that elusive answer on how best to move forward. We're still absolutely in love with CHKN and this idea of bringing life to the creative building genre, so we're not giving up. We've made mistakes and learned a lot, and we're still hoping to overcome the hurdles but the truth is that we don't know whether we'll be able to fulfill our original 1.0 goal or if we'll need to pivot our approach entirely. We kept hoping a solution would be right around the corner so we could update you sooner. We can't apologize enough for leaving you in limbo. So what happens now? Well, we're going to continue looking into a plan for the future. In the meantime, we hope anyone that wants to can find joy in what we've built so far, warts and all. And we've come to a point where folks continuing to support us monetarily isn't going to help find answers any faster. So, CHKN will be going free by the end of next week (around the 17th or so). And for those of you who have supported us through thick and thin, we have a small token of our appreciation. After the switch, anyone who purchased the game in Early Access will find a free digital art book available in their Steam library. We hope you enjoy a look at concepts, illustrations, and unreleased work telling the story of the life of CHKN. We're not sure when we'll have new news but we'll continue our quest and you'll be the first to know. Thank you so much for your support. - Team CHKN

Since it's officially SPOOKY SEASON, we wanted to share some special community creations to help celebrate. (It's really just an excuse to look at more of your creatures because we love seeing what you guys make but shhh.) Real quick though: thank you for your kind words and understanding on our last post. You guys are amazing and we truly appreciate all the support. Thanks for sticking with us. Hope you're all staying safe! Okay, TIME FOR SPOOKY!!!!! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/5e909f0a0df4128825ec84e113a68fb750977135.jpg Flownid by Cohollow "Some believe that a Flownid swarm is one of the signs of the apocalypse." Yup, sounds legit. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/72bb49cd3e0d337f2ee8e71d0a16f435539cd5f9.jpg Giant Cartoon Cat by hunterkillerofficial It's okay. It's just a cat…. right?! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/93e677d39ddcd8fdf75e2aecdf7d28bcff691593.jpg Farm Totem by plantguy760 Put a bunch of these outside your house to scare away those pesky trick-or-treaters. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/8bdb934daa566e7360ef81ebab4042a09eaebbfc.jpg Primus All Terrain Creature by $teamygreenfart NOPE.JPG {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/1a4c36b7e3a80e70dab514c5b7837a72dbe68413.jpg Creeper by are-bugg If your friend ventures out at night and doesn't come back, this is probably why. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/87fd5dbabb6935941874c5df9eec12c567d8246b.jpg Chicken Omega Prime by UltraDLee Winner of "best armor costume" 17 Halloweens in a row. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/52b428cc8679e3b2f217cc4f7ac388ed816a2f98.jpg Flower Flower Dancer by A duck in a tree VERY good at stealing souls. And hula. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/a0ab206592ac5cfc27a31851ae0bbb26121079a3.jpg Elder Dog by Paradox Said to bring bad luck to those who would step on its lawn. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/e8c653b8424a333518fa540f24dfa6f4cf7eeaca.jpg Dog House by Cleistopsis Okay, it's technically not very scary but had to share it for the pun alone. chef's kiss Also, if you're not checking out the creatures being shared by the CHKNeers over on Discord, you're missing out. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/fcc04ba90489a18f31d08f63f210edbaea101b47.jpg Sentrey By Markeddeer93. That's a LOT of lasers. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/460dfba41a71055ff4a92a87436c8ec5bef8e0b8.jpg Chair by mana. Yup. It's a chair. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/320097e31a049f00116e64e3187a6579b5082fc6.jpg Cockadoodledoombringer by ThatGameGuy103. Perfect name A+ would flee from again. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/68eb8308d266f7a57ba1f73dec9b18a6564ae2c9.jpg Gramera by miiko. An absolute unit. Happy Halloween! - Team CHKN

“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 we’ve 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 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/9f842fc15f0c1b90b5eeebce7fad65c9a7709f16.jpg (New) CHKN Logo by Tycothepug

CHKN’s Interactive Arena Featured at PlayNYC

We've partnered with Genvid to supercharge the Arena mode for streamers and their audiences. Combined with the Arena mode, the Genvid technology will let you watch your favorite streamer and send item boosts and cheers live on stream as they battle their creatures against epic bosses. (We've been part of the test streams and it's super fun.) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/315119a7b00ff5931f9846a528197a5c53c17016.gif You can join our friends at Genvid and Playcrafting for this year's PlayNYC event! It's a week long from 8/10-8/16. PlayNYC is 100% online this year and free to attend all week long. There'll be a demo of the interactive Arena so you can see it in action and Genvid has a panel discussion on the future of interactive livestreams. There'll be over 70 games represented from NY & beyond! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/04dfc1ce5cf7f8225d77b7b83656975468c105c5.jpg Head to play-nyc.com to check out the schedule, see the games and available demos, and reserve your free ticket to join in the festivities! And please keep sending us feedback on the Arena as we plan for the future! (Our Discord is always open.) - Team CHKN

You guys! DanTDM will be featured playing CHKN on a brand new episode of Player Select on Disney XD! We're pretty dang excited. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/6b43afe15f09a0e1ded370871a6402566e8b0d15.gif Join Dan and his ever-faithful, tiny chicken, Felipe, for all the adventure and Egg Toss you can handle. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/77dad8ba4f1906a9d1bdb7921f87b5f36eb62170.gif This episode also includes Jacksepticeye playing Animal Super Squad (made by fellow chicken enthusiasts!), Markiplier working virtually in Job Simulator, CrankGamePlays staying out of Hot Lava, and Laurenzside taking on a super fun death course in Guts And Glory. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/0288ddbcf3b662d3133efa91b032ac95d116719c.gif The brand new episode of Player Select premieres on Disney XD Monday, May 11th at 8pm (in your local US time zone). Be sure to check it out! - Team CHKN {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/8758270108a6246506e6a1ec98f105525f7fc7be.jpg

April 1st is CHKN's birthday! Seriously, it's not an April Fool's gag. Though it's kind of a fitting birthday, don't you think? To celebrate, we just want to say THANK YOU to all of our CHKNeers: players, testers, designers, artists, video creators, bug reporters, Workshop-ers, explorers, multiplayers, streamers, sharers, and YOU. We love hearing about your adventures and checking out all the awesome things you create. You’re all amazing. Thanks for helping us make this game and we’re very grateful for your support! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/cd7e4e98207040d970d3655363af9bd5be527cdf.gif Don't forget that, for one day only during our birthday, sparkly loot bags will become sparkly birthday presents! Meet up with your friends in game to celebrate and whenever you see a loot bag drop, we hope it’s a fun reminder of how far CHKN has come with all your help. Thanks for an amazing year! - Team CHKN P.S. For those of you who have been checking up on us during this time (THANK YOU!), we're all doing well, staying in our respective homes and washing our hands on the regular. We hope you all are, too. Please stay safe everyone! <3 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/ac148468794422241efa73627f3df4c9d0ece0da.jpg https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

It's time for more of our recent Workshop favorites, created by the CHKN community! You can subscribe to any of these in the Workshop to bring them into your own games. (Click on the links and hit the "Subscribe" button, or search for them in-game.) Modify them, befriend them, or fight them to the death. It's up to you!

Hell Cobra by ReverentDeath

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/522c6545bd34d792ea1fc5ebfda99807029ba338.jpg Don't let the name or the beady eyes or the many, many horns fool you. This guy isn't so scary once you get to know him! We're sure you'll love him. Wait, no. Our mistake. It's very scary. Very, very scary. You might want to run now.

Jellyfish by Maciek

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/ce6edf9fec127470a2dbdb1d739d7cba232b9a2c.jpg Maciek is back again this round with a long-legged creature of another kind: a tallboi of the sea. This creative jellyfish actually moves pretty dang quick for a creature with no land legs. Just make sure to bring it back to the water from time to time.

Crab Knight by Bulborb87

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/6150ce18a2e47474a925f284345b8e5bd8ae79a1.jpg Bulborb is back with an entry into the ever-popular "creatures riding other creatures" genre. (We need to find a better name for that genre.) This time, a well-armed chicken rides a crab into battle. Quite a combo with some good abilities to boot. Try it out!

Beady Long Legs by danpiccolo

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/c716e75b82693495b00a837290b29868fae8776c.jpg "GGGAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" That's it. That's the caption.

11 by fighterx001

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/fc4ee7332369556218c2dcbaaed8ee6d7dfa2139.jpg We're not sure why this is called "11". Was it the eleventh creature fighterx001 made? Was it trained in a lab in Hawkins, Indiana? NO ONE KNOWS! All we know is that we'd rather it was friend than foe. Also, triple spider mouths are actually adorable. Well done. Got a creature to share? Link them in the comments or over on Discord in the #creatures channel. We love seeing all your creations so please keep sharing them with us! They may end up in a future spotlight. - Team CHKN {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/8758270108a6246506e6a1ec98f105525f7fc7be.jpg https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

Whether you've already celebrated the new year or will be celebrating the upcoming Chinese and Lunar New Years (or all of the above!), we wish you a very happy 2020 from Team CHKN! We're celebrating by downloading more amazing player-created creatures. Here are a few of our recent favorites.

Feathery Disaster by Sanderson Villé

That's a LOT of feathers. But don't be fooled! It's just a clever way to distract you from deadly laser eyes. Tricksy dino. It also somehow looks quite fashionable, don't you think? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/7349fc66534c2350724881949b5c004db262a3a9.jpg

Cattlesnake by marionic6

Marionic is back with this longboi, aptly named Cattlesnake. From the description: "While this creature may seem like an easy target, it has a pretty solid defense and a mean charge to boot." We can also confirm it makes a great mount creature! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/a0f95ae0d098db974f4e9b6347f9b54a660feda8.png

siren head by jasonbala

We thought this was creepy until we actually downloaded it. Then it was terrifying. And awesome. We're not sure how it fares in combat but we're going to try… as soon as we work up the courage. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/2e521c36083cd286e2291ce88e6cb701364deecb.jpg

Strider (Half-life 2) by Maciek

Maciek is also kindly contributing to our nightmares with this tallboi based on the Striders from Half-Life 2. If you've played that game, you're probably having flashbacks right now. It's okay; this one is much cuter. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/1874d7bc7fc35e60d2fb4638497e0f6d256d7c23.jpg

Cyclops (full Gear) by Wombat Nuggets

More pigmen! To round out this list and add to our ever-growing collection of pink humanoids, we give you this pickaxe warrior. Keep this guy on your side. You don't want to see him angry. (Also, hilarious bonus: the pickaxe flops around and it's great.) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/5b85b1a58e613c71c90bb7a14ea5526139f0649f.jpg You can subscribe to any of these in the Workshop to bring them into your own games. (Click on the links and hit the "Subscribe" button, or search for them in-game.) Modify them, befriend them, or fight them to the death. It's up to you! If you'd like to see your own creations shared in the future, be sure to link them over on Discord in the #creatures channel. Please keep sharing them with us! We love seeing all your creations. Also, just a quick reminder that we're still working on those system upgrades. (As mentioned previously, we're currently focused on fixing lost data/multiplayer issues and improving performance, both of which are big things that require more time to address.) As soon as we have something new for you guys to test, we'll let you know. Thanks for your patience! Happy new year and we wish you great happiness and prosperity in 2020! - Team CHKN {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/8758270108a6246506e6a1ec98f105525f7fc7be.jpg https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

First off, happy Thanksgiving if you're celebrating next week! Otherwise, happy friday. :) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/3564e0eb01e868bacc137a59af8b877685441e0c.gif

Amazing Player Creations

Welcome another round of player-created creature spotlights! These are all fun, interesting, scary, or sometimes all three. Don't forget you can subscribe to any of these in the Workshop to bring them into your own games! (Click on the links and hit the "Subscribe" button, or search for them in-game.) If you'd like to see your own creations in a future spotlight, be sure to share them over on Discord in the #creatures channel. There currently appears to be a TANK CREATURES trend happening and we'd love to see yours.

Chimera by iamcorn

With Charge, Hiss Stun, Fire Breath, and Paralysis Poison, you want this one on your side. Just remember that sometimes not every head will agree on which emotion it is currently feeling. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/de188680ec50dca9c5e789775d79d290b7b4ca17.jpg

Cyber-Chick by nicolamicallefstafrace

Once was a chicken! Now, a machine!!! We love everything about this mechanical chicken, including that it has an awesome helmet. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/87abcead5548a6ebe915dbe28000c11f282cd32f.jpg

SCP-173 (The peanut) by Maciek

We're not even entirely sure what this little guy actually is, but we are sure that it's somehow very cute. Does it have any eyes? Can it see? You won't know until you download it and SEE for yourself. (Nailed it.) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/5ece16cd2c8531749aac655106ca62d985dfee4e.jpg

Zombie Pigman by Firestone

Another entry into the ever-popular "pigs as humanoids" category, this zombie has definitely been collecting parts for itself. Please, no one give it any more parts! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/07b1cadc886971c5dd62a57b3df456f4d41ee36c.jpg

Homestead by カルナラ

Okay, this isn't a creature, but カルナラ shared this homestead in the #buildings Discord and we had to spotlight it. Who wouldn't want to live in an amazing cliffside mansion that can be seen from anywhere?! Even space… probably! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/ce66a1b57e0b9b3f6961eb6f3d8b7a8c82e11cf1.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/c8f0992c142e58588026a524d7e78854dc1fcab1.png This place would fit a LOT of zombie pigmen.

CHKN Upgrade Progress

We're still hard at work on the upgrades! As previously mentioned, our current priorities are fixing lost data/multiplayer issues and improving performance. These are both larger issues that require upgrades to systems so are taking some time to address. A bit more detail, if you're into that sort of thing: The data/multiplayer issues are primarily caused by issues with the current networking system in the game, so we're working on replacing that system with one that we have total access and control over. This will also let us ensure that any errors are reported to us by the system (and we can fix them). At the same time, we've also been looking at newer rendering tech that has better performance across the board and upgrading that as well. Your bug reports from Pre-Release are still very helpful so please continue to report them over on the CHKN Discord! And don't forget to also submit a bug using the in-game reporting feature so we have your game data for reference. Thanks for your help! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/73d652d6a958e0bbc335c8ea84e54423485d115f.jpg Hit ESC in game and choose Send Feedback/Report Bug to view this form. If we need to contact you about your report, you'll see our replies here as well. Thanks again for helping us test our fixes in progress. And keep sharing all your beautiful/horrifying creations with us! There's nothing like seeing a terrifying cyber chicken to brighten our days. - Team CHKN {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/ac148468794422241efa73627f3df4c9d0ece0da.jpg https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

Unity Upgrade Progress + More Testing Help Needed

Thanks to everyone who's been testing on Pre-Release! We've gotten some great reports and we really appreciate all the help. We're still working on the Unity upgrade and networking framework (they're big changes) so please keep testing and report anything unusual! Tell us...

• Any oddness you experience in multiplayer
• Crashes and performance issues
• Saved game issues
• Any other bugs you run across!

You can report your findings on our Pre-Release Forum or the CHKN Discord. And don't forget to also submit a bug using the in-game reporting feature so we have your game data for reference! Thanks for your help! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/9d43cbed99b748a0f9d6e2fd5f493fef479bec30.png Hit ESC in game and choose Send Feedback/Report Bug to view this form. If we need to contact you about your report, you'll see our replies here as well.

Player-Created Creature Spotlight!

If you'd like to see your own creations in a future spotlight, be sure to share them over on Discord in the #creatures channel. CHKNeer Mokyudog (Haku-san on Discord) has been hard at work getting very creative with Life Blocks! First off is this amazing tank. We're especially fond of the mech-dino-mouth dozers in the front. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/bc70182502d31196ae83bf5b4dcfe1d7c409678c.png もきゅたんくby MokyuDog If you're looking for a slightly more traditional creature pal… well, Robodog isn't that either since it doesn't actually have any eyes or mouth. But we hear it's still very loyal. Plus, it's really fun to ride. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/0b6ad61d045594fc62ba4c78be3acf926074ab72.jpg Robodog by MokyuDog For something more dragon flavored, marionic6 is a wizard with dragon parts. Check out this hydra. "He will not hesitate to burn you to a crisp if you get too close. You've been warned." Erm, make sure you tame it first. (And browse through marionic's Workshop for other dragony creations.) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/4431ab5b94691b033cf5c469bdd94af4beed95c8.png Landia by marionic6 We've spotlighted creator goat before, but we have to do it again. This GOLIATH definitely lives up to its name if its stats are anything to go by. Stay far, far away… unless you're really brave. Or want to die for some reason. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/afb0d587ac294c3eaa39a9119cbd8eae6c773455.png ゴリアテ by goat Or maybe you just want a HUGE, friendly pig warrior to watch your back? kim_asplund has you covered. "Do not fight this pig-like giant! He has a deadly hammer!" And also a loin cloth. Nice touch. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/ec0f94585491ed1f8621874860e09abb5701fbb2.png Titan Pig by kim_asplund You can subscribe to any of these player-created creatures in the Workshop to bring them into your own games! (Click on the links and hit the "Subscribe" button, or search for them in-game.) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/fd305783c154c750a743b379209f21c86f0129dd.gif Thanks again for helping us test our fixes in progress. It helps a ton! And keep sharing all your beautiful/horrifying creations with us! It really keeps us going on long days in the coding dungeons. See you next time. - Team CHKN {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/11903998/8758270108a6246506e6a1ec98f105525f7fc7be.jpg https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/1399f59a5edbbe620418d15268da8460c45775ab.gif Thank you to everyone who's been reporting multiplayer and game data issues! We've got fixes in progress and a workaround for you to use in the meantime. We could also use your help testing our fixes on Pre-Release. More info below.

Game Data Issues

While playing multiplayer, or sometimes when returning to single player, many users are reporting missing data in their game. Most often this takes the form of missing inventory in chests and/or disappearing creatures. We’ve narrowed the cause down to some parts of the multiplayer framework, but in order to fully fix it we needed to bring in a new framework that we have better control over. That has been our main focus, and you can see the progress on our Pre-Release branch. Please help us test. More info below. Here’s What You Can Do To Recover Lost Data While we’re working on the fix, it is possible in many cases to recover the lost data. CHKN by default saves periodically while you’re playing as well as every time you return to the main menu. As soon as you notice that you have missing data you can load any of these past saves to recover. This will cause you to lose some progress, but this is often preferable to starting over. Here are the steps to take to recover your game:

Save and return to the main menu to ensure you have a copy of your current save.

Continue your adventure game.

In the escape menu select the Load Save option.

In this menu you will see a list of all the saves of your current adventure game, along with a timestamp of when it was saved. The bottom of the list is the most recent, so start there and work your way up to find a save that has the recovered data. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/de7e4e878bb28a47706fd239f4e9e68d45281a70.png The Load Save screen. Choose an older save from the list to load it and check if your lost data is there. If you have questions or need more help, hop over to the #bug-reports channel on our CHKN Discord and let us know.

Pre-Release Update & Testing

Our in-progress fixes have been pushed to Pre-Release (CHKN v0.7.7).

• Updated to latest version of Unity Engine
• Replaced networking framework with new solution to fix bugs and improve performance

It's a short list but they're big changes. We're still evaluating the Unity update and the networking framework needs more testing so we could use your help! We need folks to play multiplayer on Pre-Release and report anything out of the ordinary. Tell Us...

• Any oddness you experience in multiplayer
• Saved game issues
• Crashes and performance issues
• Any other bugs you run across!

You can report your findings on our Pre-Release Forum or the CHKN Discord. And don't forget to also submit a bug using the in-game reporting feature so we have your game data for reference! Thanks for your help! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/9d43cbed99b748a0f9d6e2fd5f493fef479bec30.png Hit ESC in game and choose Send Feedback/Report Bug to view this form. If we need to contact you about your report, you'll see our replies here as well.

Community Spotlight

As always, there have been some amazing community creatures and video creations from the community recently, so it's time to spotlight some of our favorites! Player Workshop Creatures You can subscribe to any of these player-created creatures in the Workshop to bring them into your own games! If you'd like to see your own creations in a future spotlight, be sure to share them over on Discord in the #creatures channel. ねこバイク("Cat Bike") by goat It's a motorcycle! Out of creature parts! An amazing amount of work went into this cat bike so that we can have motorcycle races with our friends in CHKN. Thank you, goat. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/694e638f8c52adbe3c15a863ded42b9fe25dac4e.jpg Shin Tsozilla by Rathymos According to Rathymos, this fearsome beast wreaks havoc on new CHKNeers and destroys all their freshly built structures. We believe it. Beware the Shin Tsozilla! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/151f162b890babef1a96ab305cd4bd6615de577f.jpg Dragon Knight by Drake the Demon Who says dragons and knights can't get along? Maybe some of them work together to rain fiery destruction down on their enemies! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/52d13c1c80b66a2e76d02bb3a1a68c5ca728b9bc.jpg Living Hamburger by wat94115 With no mouth, it will surely starve to death, which is pretty ironic actually. But we love this tasty burger anyway. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/945d610f6e7fa6f57908113d40f7ff4a25d3fbdb.jpg Let's Plays Japanese streamer Jun (Unko-chan) started his CHKN life with a (mostly) chicken friend called FENIX… then gets the TELEPORTING VANISH ability and a basilisk so things get epic. Check out the whole stream for some fun adventures! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdEeOl6v72g CHKNeer friend Jacemachine pits his famous Diogenes creature against one of his viewers' in a head-to-head arena battle. WHO WILL WIN?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Hyt46JZgQ To share your videos or streams, make sure they're tagged as CHKN and post them on our Discord in #videos so we can get the word out! Thanks again for sharing all your beautiful creations with us, and for testing our fixes in progress. It helps a ton. We'll keep you updated on the progress. - Team CHKN https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/8758270108a6246506e6a1ec98f105525f7fc7be.jpg https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/fd305783c154c750a743b379209f21c86f0129dd.gif As always, we've been inspired (and a little scared) by all the amazing creatures and videos you guys create so it's time once again to spotlight some of our recent favorites! We've also fixed a multiplatform bug that was causing players to get stuck loading at 20%. If you've experienced this in the past, please download the latest update and try again!

Workshop Creatures

You can subscribe to any of these player-created creatures in the Workshop to bring them into your own games! If you'd like to see your own creations in a future spotlight, be sure to share them over on Discord in the #creatures channel. Faux Mantis by Godith Shadowind With paralysis, poison, and quite a bit of speed, this is a creature you don't want to meet in the dead of night. It would definitely make a good companion for exploring, though. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/178d9521810386fbe337420d779d57b73ad0e097.jpg The Krakyn by Berzerkinblaze "An abomination even of this world, the Krakyn is a legendary leviathan feared for its immeasurable power and nightmarish mouth, from which no prey can escape." Uhhh… *runs away* https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/08c915dbabf44a95a8fc35c709f670d251289cfa.jpg Transport crab by Momo Need to move your homestead to another location? Or just afraid of traveling light? With high endurance and plenty of shelf space, this creature is perfect for protecting your chests on the go. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/100efe5689b36eacf1e281e1e324a526099b4c41.jpg Hydragon by EvilLizard Laser Eye, Venom Poison, Charge, and Tail Slash. A force to be reckoned with. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/16858bd8f6f9406467283e3239c844b6dcb38fc3.jpg Purallergie by Ken The most terrifying enemy of them all: Dander! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/e91a019f4cc7af2f522f77ba29b4f26a84dd3f37.jpg

Let's Plays

If you want to go on an epic adventure, DanTDM has you covered. See what he and his pal Phillipé get up to while trying to survive. Spoiler: there are hijinks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFpLnKD1FpE Mefelz has been doing a whole series of CHKN adventure videos with his friends in multiplayer! They're all a lot of fun to watch even if you don't speak Indonesian. Here's episode #4 where they discover the power of the MECHACHICKEN. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlMF5uXfRk4 To share your videos or streams with us, make sure they're tagged as CHKN and post them on our Discord in #videos so we can get the word out!

Thanks, CHKNeers!

Big thanks to our CHKNeers over on Discord for helping us track down bugs and sharing all their creations with us! If you want to report a bug, ask a question, or chat with us about what you'd like to see added to CHKN, come join us. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/ac148468794422241efa73627f3df4c9d0ece0da.jpg See you there! - Team CHKN https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/3f440095d8f7b979da54aad88815ecfa5d7d5f1d.jpg Thank you so much for the bug reports since the last update! The in-game feedback form sends us a ton of info along with your reports and it really helps us squash these bugs more quickly. We’ve released a few patches with many fixes since then, including the top-reported issues with saved games and multiplayer, so here are all the patch notes in one place. You can also report bugs and see patch notes as soon as updates are released over on the CHKN Discord. Happy Friday!

Creature Improvements

• Friendly creatures do a better job avoiding running into the player when pathing.
• Creature movement improved so they backup correctly when walking into them.
• Creature to player collision is now less erratic during combat.
• Charge ability to will no longer damage structure floors.
• The player will now dismount automatically when a creature is affected by a control-based status effect (fears, possessions, etc).
• Possession abilities (like Purrfect Charm) are now represented in the UI when active on a creature.
• Increased mill and hatchery out-of-range distance slightly, and a message is now displayed if a party creature cancels a job at a mill or hatchery due to moving out of range.

Gameplay Improvements

• Club tool can now break stone.
• Fire will now be put out when underwater.
• Reduced incoming damage if the player is hit while riding.
• Changed Life Shaper level to learn new recipes.
• Player weapon melee range increased.
• Riding a creature can now automatically toggle to third-person camera.
• Depth of field added to post processing.
• Added new console commands to rescue missing Loot and Chests: /LiftLoot and /LiftChest
• Shift + Click shortcuts for managing inventory now works with either shift keys

Multiplayer Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug that broke a client’s saved game if the host changed the game mode to Adventure from Creative game via the console command.
• Fixed the map showing the “other player” indicator for yourself in multiplayer games (now just correctly displays the “self” indicator).
• Fixed riding state in multiplayer where players did not sit on the saddle correctly for clients.
• Fixed party creatures not syncing correctly for clients if spawned through the creature collection.
• Fixed bug where creature guardians and other player’s tamed creatures could be tamed.
• Fixed feedback for clients when striking things they cannot break.
• Disabled taking damage for clients in multiplayer until they have finished loading.
• Chests now show the correct items for clients.
• Fixed creature naming bug in party screen for clients in networked games.
• Fixed errors with tamed creature data in networked games.
• Fixed players becoming invisible over time.
• Fixed saddle and structure casting on the wrong player in networked games.

Other Bug Fixes

• Added a fix to infinite loading when continuing a save
• Added save game corruption check to attempt to recover if in a bad state.
• Fixed bug with achievements that failed to include player’s tamed creatures as contributors.
• Fixed garbled looking creature arms that would appear at times.
• Fixed party slots not reflecting actual state on game initial load.
• Fixed fire rendering on stomps.
• Fixed chicken wing flap sound timing and added sound to the right wing.
• Fixed hatchery bug that would cause hundreds of eggs to spawn in the world, whoops.
• Fixed egg physics so they don’t fall on LOD change.
• Fixed issues with health and death values causing creatures to not see entities.
• Added safeties to creatures where actions are being done on them before they are fully assembled.
• Fixed bugs with Purrfect Charm ability.
• Fixed an exploit allowing use of infinite items.
• Fixed item rendering when entering riding state.
• Fixed bug in creature animation system that could cause it to be stuck in state that prevented it from using abilities.
• Fixed the map compass waypoint icons.
• Added safety code to animation networking to prevent running logic before creature is assembled.
• Fixed a display issue with the countdown when an out of range creature is added to a party.
• Fixed issues with navigation stopping distance that prevented creatures from using mills and hatcheries.
• Fixed summon bug that prevented spawning a party creature.
• Fixed Dragon animations.
• Fixed teleporting underwater on death when riding a creature
• Fixed issues with ride command distance checks.
• Fixed bugs with creature collisions.
• Fixed bug with camera offset when riding.
• Fixed creature data issue that could cause save corruption and loss of party or tamed creatures.
• Fixed non-responsive creature state
• Fixed creature brush to correctly brush tamed creatures when used

Known Issues

• Summoning tamed creatures to join your party while in multiplayer isn't working. We’re looking into it!

If you have any other issues, please use the form in-game to send a report and we’ll take a look ASAP. You can also hop in the Discord to let us know… or just to say hello!

Community Creature Ideas!

The CHKNeers over on Discord have been sharing great ideas with us. Everything from abilities to features to creatures, of course. Here are just a few, with concept art even! Flame has submitted a lot of great ideas but you can never go wrong with a frog. They also suggested it could be purple and poisonous instead. *takes notes* https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/df2c7cf956d5da89d84f734f57b4763535d958fa.png SlimeBoy123abc suggested this adorable axolotl be added to the game. It’s pretty hard to resist that face. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/3dd3a7d785b39c0774861c820067fdd4fd5343da.png And Tabletopcheese shared their idea of adding a spring part. Pure genius. We think the poachers would approve. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/2b39d244769747923d9e72c9848f6a115cc87b9c.jpg Keep them coming, everyone! We love all your creativity and will be spotlighting more amazing ideas in the future. You can share yours in the CHKN Discord. - Team CHKN https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/8758270108a6246506e6a1ec98f105525f7fc7be.jpg https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/5d0048f10c328c23b65f96d08119511a7dfac42d.gif The Dragon makes its triumphant return thanks to all the CHKNeers that voted over on our Discord! Plus, by popular request, leg blocks can now be arms depending on where they’re placed. There is also a new heart resource for building creatures, tamed creatures have been improved, and more. Check out the patch notes below and download the update to try the new features and improvements for yourself! And be sure to join us Tuesday (6/11) for next dev stream! More info below.

New Creature Type: Dragon!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/f5479af5fcea9e8813a07a05b8adff33c691043d.jpg Majestic.

• Wing, leg, eye, mouth, tail, horn, spike, and body blocks (from S - XXL and half sizes) are all added to the game. Show us what you build!
• New Dragon-based wild creatures have been added to the world. Find them in Adventure mode to nab their blocks or discover their new abilities. Speaking of which...
• You can’t have a Dragon without FIRE. The Fire Breath ability has been added.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/4ae9f339665ccc027875e18a81745c1de9984b14.jpg Just… be careful where you point that dragon mouth.

• Add a Dragon Tail for the other new ability: Tail Slash.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/1c7bf6854e5cd91fd4c7a14cfe894ca4b7e7c907.jpg Swoooosh!

Arms Added!

• By popular request, legs can now be arms!
• Depending on where you place it, a “limb” block will act as an arm or leg. If it touches the ground, leg! If not, it’s treated as an arm and animates/acts accordingly.
• That means it’s now much easier to tell when a leg will touch the ground or act as an arm when you add it to a creature while building.
• Arm abilities coming soon (like Cat Scratch)!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/acf8b98e76bdae798dd723db9180ba0f96a9bbf9.jpg Same pig limb block acting as a leg (touching the ground) and an arm on the same creature. The pig becomes man!

Creature Building Resource: Hearts

• Building new creatures now requires a Build Heart resource.
• Build Hearts are obtained by defeating a temple and getting the Lifeshaper upgrade.
• Hearts can also be gained by dissembling tamed creatures.
• You can see the total number of Build Hearts you have on the player stats screen.

Tamed Creature Improvements

• Once a creature is tamed, you now own it and it can be swapped in and out of your party at any time.
• Tamed creatures will no longer experience perma-death. They can be revived by sacrificing Life Blocks just like other owned creatures.
• Removing a tamed creature converts it back into Life Blocks.
• Keep track of all your tamed creatures by clicking the Tamed Creatures button on the Party screen.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/d404cdfdf5690231a4169ab42a28e8f3c316abff.jpg My army grows….

• Reduced the number of abilities a creature can have to 6 (from 8) to encourage building multiple creatures.
• Creatures will no longer help destroy structures. Sometimes you gotta do the dirty work yourself.
• Increased Cat, Dog, and Spider leg movement speed slightly.
• Creature bite strikes now have variable timings based off the length of the neck to make them feel snappy.
• Creatures now spawn at different levels that will affect overall CP.
• Creature revive in Creative mode is now free.
• Choose to spawn wild or tamed when spawning a creature in Creative mode.

Gameplay/UI Updates

• NOTE: Due to a save system upgrade, all defeated bosses and their protected Lifeshapers will have returned to temples in your existing saved games. This means you can get additional Lifeshaper levels in those games! Enjoy.
• Party creature UI now always displays on the HUD to show which creatures are assigned, active, or incapacitated.
• Removed the radial menu from creatures. Instead, interact by using the party screen and the Lifeshaper.
• With the radial menu gone, Ride now gets a dedicated button! By default, press while facing a creature to mount it. again while riding to dismount. (You can change all bindings in the Options menu.)
• Removed automatic riding from the riding blanket. Only the saddle will grant this.
• Vials in creative mode are now thrown on mouse click.
• Added a Co-op mode toggle to the Host Game menu.
• Brick and ingot recipes tweaked.
• Handy tips added to loading screens.
• Improved creature mill assignment screen to assign on click.
• Added ability to release creature from mills with world interaction key.
• Tool and outfit stations now require the structure station to be built.
• Changed hatchery to use assign creature menu.
• Stat scaling added to venom and fire damage.
• Sleeping parents no longer wake up when hitting their eggs.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed teleporting to random location when mounting a creature in a networked game.
• Fixed bugs with per frame damage that would grant too many items when destroying bushes, trees, etc.
• Fixed treadmills appearing from a previous save or networked game.
• Fixed creature yell ability animations.
• Fixed bad data entering creature sensing system that caused many issues.
• Fixed bad look angles.
• Fixed creature building cursor errors when switching menus.
• Fixed priority of which mouth is in control of a neck.
• Fixed issues with multiple heads.
• Fixed creatures not loading correctly when moving out of LOD range and returning to previous position.
• Fixed crafting structures not returning unused materials when being destroyed.
• Fixed a bug with save updating that broke party creature spawning.
• Fixed bug with creature wandering that caused them to stay still.
• Fixed a bug in follow distance calculation that caused creature to back up more than it should.
• Tamed creatures will no longer sleep when being saddled.
• Fixed bug with hatchery hatch time. Hatched creatures now start at level 1.
• Item name overlay background now sizes correctly to fit the text.
• Fixed a bug with switching states on players and creatures that would cause the wrong logic to run.
• Fixed hatchery egg position.
• Fixed possible bad states for creatures when using treadmills.
• Fixed to creatures picking up food instead of eating it.
• Fixed main menu news GIF decoder.
• Infinite fire bugs have been fixed.
• Old map waypoints are now properly removed when ending a game.
• Fixed Arena Intro UI alignment when in 16+:9 aspect ratios.

Dev Stream Tuesday @ 3:30 PM EST

Greg and John will be experimenting in Creative Mode with different scenarios and building dragons during our next developer livestream on Tuesday, June 11th at 3:30 PM EST. Come check out all the new features! Bring your creature ideas and your CHKN questions, or just drop by and say hello. See you there! Watch on: ❤️ YouTube | 💜 Twitch | 💙 Steam https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/071b7e592e3222c6216ff2e18b0bc7556d91ac9e.jpg - Team CHKN https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/8758270108a6246506e6a1ec98f105525f7fc7be.jpg https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/36f2589f320ecf5b8e2671d9ce571f1a5a39fb63.gif Outta the way! Chest-hauling snakephant coming through! Our lovely CHKNeers have been asking for creatures to carry chests and it’s a great idea we couldn’t refuse. Now you’re no longer restricted by your own inventory slots… as long as you have creatures with ample storage tagging along, that is. This update also has new wild creature nests to find while exploring, main menu and UI improvements, and more. Check out the notes below, play the new updates, and let us know what you’d like to see next by posting over in our Discord. And join us on Monday @ 3:30 PM EST for our next dev stream! More details below.

Creatures can now carry chests!

• Lighten your load, collect more resources while exploring, or carry enough food for all your friends.
  • First, craft a chest mount and add it to your creature.
  • Then place a chest in the mount or tell your creature to pick up a chest using the chest UI or commanding with a whistle.
• Multiple chests can be mounted on a single creature but be warned! The creature’s leg strength determines how quickly it moves under the added weight.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/c0f3f97aa1e464ede16b708eb61000afb639ab29.jpg

Wild Creature Egg Nests

• Eggs you encounter in the wild will now be found sitting in nests, making them easier to spot while exploring.
• Nests have a chance to spawn multiple eggs, meaning more chances to find the Life Blocks you’re hunting for.
• The number of nests that spawn throughout the world has also been increased.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/2122f259a94b7e51a120306fb92ecb20c78aeaea.jpg Just remember: where there are nests, there are probably very protective parents.

Main Menu/UI Improvements

• Added “Create a Creature” to the main menu for quicker access when you’re feeling inspired
• Added announcements so the latest news is available in-game

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/0b8a72617108fecebdb6088c7e2a5459dbb6af13.jpg

• Polished and streamlined profile creation so it’s easier to manage your profiles
• Removed stress bars from the UI
• Streamlined in-game Party screen for easier creature management
  • You can now have 6 creatures in your party (up from 4)
  • Creature level is now revealed in the UI
  • Added the ability to SHIFT-CLICK on the revive screen to spend an entire item stack

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/d456b93359c950b8051c179903976be27b4ffece.jpg See important creature info easily at a glance or use the menu to do more.

Gameplay Balancing

• Disabled time-based creature spawning near player built structures.
• Changed starvation to no longer cause death. Instead will bring health down to 1 hp.
• Tamed amount no longer decays over time.
• Adjusted Glass Pane, Alchemy Table, and Vial crafting recipes.
• Taming a creature now resets its level to 1.
• Added ability to increase creature level by sacrificing Life Blocks.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/dbe4951948a232490c6ad697fb5a28a9696bdd8e.jpg Select “Level Up” from the menu and click the Life Blocks you want to sacrifice to level up your creature.

Other

• Polished block-by-block assembly animation when spawning a creature.
• Editing creature modes now default with creature interaction items equipped.
• Changed save updater to only run before a save is loaded (this prevents long loading times if you have a lot of saved games)
• Save updater no longer blocks UI from refreshing.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed egg hatching spawn time that was preventing eggs from spawning in some situations. Eggs should spawn faster now.
• Fixed infinite loading when continuing from a save.
• Fixed a bug causing discovered creatures to be rediscovered.
• Will no longer grant taming achievement for untamed creatures.
• Fixed save backups from not being created.
• Creature collection now displays the correct amount of cards based off of screen aspect ratio.
• Fixed certain textures not using texture steaming.
• Corrected missing normal and metallic textures on treadmills and workstations.
• Fixed a bug with saddles and undo/redo that could break gamestate.
• Fixed stuck status effects (stuck electricity)
• Creature Animation/Builder fixes
  • Dynamic bone safety added
  • Cursor releases to edit orb when new window opened
  • Fix to end link ordering
  • Set end link priority when it has the same control block to block facing forward
  • Fixed siding issues with blocks with offsets (crab legs was most obvious)
  • Added code to override leg children attachment setting
  • Fixed siding on cursors

Dev Stream Monday @ 3:30 PM EST

Join Greg and John on their adventures for our next developer livestream. They’ll be showing off new updates and probably dying miserably while trying to take down a boss or two. It happens. Bring your CHKN questions for the guys or just come hang out! Watch on: ❤️ YouTube | 💜 Twitch | 💙 Steam https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/6094698933dfb0f29852606eb077389fc4405e19.jpg See you there! - Team CHKN https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/8758270108a6246506e6a1ec98f105525f7fc7be.jpg https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/3fc2a47ce3e93a8ad8b37596dd4800e4147b9e49.jpg You guys have been requesting quality of life improvements to inventory management so here they are! (Thanks, btw.) This update also has multiplayer fixes, ability balancing and other creature improvements, and more. Check out the patch notes below and download the update to try for yourself. Let us know what you’d like to see next and vote in our polls over on the CHKN Discord.

Inventory

• SHIFT-CLICK an item to automatically move it between hotbar/inventory and chests
• DOUBLE-CLICK an item to gather all loose items of the same type. For example, double-clicking one Small Chicken Body in inventory will grab any other stacks of Small Chicken Body and join them all together in one stack. Super handy when you’re low on inventory space.
• The store all/pick up functionality now works as intended
• Fixed frame drops that were due to inventory refresh

Multiplayer

• Fixed spawning in the sky or underground when a client returns to a local game from multiplayer
• Fixed possible ID collision errors with client party creatures when returning to their local game from a multiplayer game
• Fixed creature teleporting on dismount for clients
• Fixed client vs host Lifeshaper mismatches
• Fixed client party creature UI textures
• Fixed client riding when set to automatic mode
• Fixed client creature database record assignment
• Fixed initial quest state when returning to local game if not complete
• Fixed treadmill animation for clients
• Fixed client null exception on creatures when loading data

Creatures

• AI
  • Party creatures will now walk outside of the build sphere and no longer scream endlessly, thank goodness
  • Creatures will bunch up less often when investigating sounds
  • Fixed certain creatures knocking into the player and not backing up depending on how they were built
  • Fixed creatures becoming untamed when removed from the party
• Abilities
  • Charge and Dash no longer cause slow movement when hit if active
  • Laser Eye aiming is now slower and damage has been slightly reduced to balance its power
  • Dash now requires movement speed rather than agility
  • Fixed Egg Missile and Web abilities not firing in some cases
• Physics
  • Fixed creature popping up while moving or rotating
  • Fixed abrupt movement stoppage on creature Dash
  • Fixed a bug with creature-to-creature collision
• Animation
  • Changed the order of angle calculation in look mode to do secondary axis first (twist before bend) to improve creature look animations
  • Improved look targeting for end block when it's also the root block (This fixes creatures looking at odd angles.)
  • Set block animations to default to neutral emotion on creation (prevents odd eye states when adding blocks)
  • Turned off chain animations in tutorial edit mode to prevent issues
  • Fix to tutorial from voxel fix
  • Added autovoxel and voxel-to-parent to the Life Block add logic
  • Added autovoxel and voxel to cursor creation

Other Improvements/Fixes

• Added support for ultrawide aspect ratios (21+:9)
• Fixed a bug with treadmills that caused the screen to blur
• Disabled occlusion culling when Ansel is active for those sweet screenshots
• Texture quality is now only set on application start to prevent unresponsiveness (This means any changes made from the options menu will require a restart.)
• Seeing 2x Lifeshapers when doing an action with it equipped is fixed
• Added the ability for us to send in-game dev responses to players who submitted the feedback form so we can assist with any issues, ask for more info if needed, or just say thanks!
• Fixed a bug where it was possible to spawn more than the max amount of party creatures, whoops
• Fixed torch shader z sorting
• Fixed a bug with the creature database that would cause it to display duplicates of the same creature
• Fixed a bug in the world streaming system that could cause sacks and other movable entities to fall through geometry
• Fixed chicken armor art when dropped in the world
• Fixed stat bars for items when inspecting them
• Added safeties to entity loading/unloading to prevent saves from erroring on load
• Fixed out of bounds exception for creatures

Don’t forget to subscribe to your YouTube channel for our dev streams, sneak peeks at upcoming updates, and playlists featuring community Let’s Plays. Happy adventuring! - Team CHKN https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/8758270108a6246506e6a1ec98f105525f7fc7be.jpg https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/7dd0ceb32739c923a973da35603b47f2d7765a01.gif This latest update has brand new features in the creature builder, improvements to creatures throughout the game, plus a ton of bug fixes thanks to our Discord helpers. If you have any feedback or issues to share, let us know on Discord!

New Builder Features

• Creatures now emote and look around while in build mode! This gives you a glimpse into their personality and lets you see how they’ll move before you exit the builder. (Plus, it’s just fun!)

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/7f0f6e0955cfd6cef0260b975d202b1b1a00d951.png “You want to put feathers where!?”

• Creature’s stamina will not deplete while in build mode, so it won’t get hungry while you’re editing
• Rigidity settings are now saved in undo/redo states
• When clicking off a creature while Lock Selection Mode is active, your current selection will be deselected (instead of generating new blocks in mid-air)
• Background blurring re-enabled so you can focus on what you’re building
• And if you haven’t tried it out yet, we’ve also recently added better rotation and more block sizes for all animal types. Building has never been better!

Creature Behavior Improvements

• Creatures will now get happy and excited when pet (in addition to the facial emotes)
• Creatures will now back up and give space when you walk very close to them
• Creatures will no longer look back through themselves when observing the environment
• Friendly creatures will no longer do a death spin when the player walks on their backs or dismounts from a saddle
• Spawning a creature from the collection now assembles it block by block
• The creature AI sleeping priority has been reduced for wild creatures
• General whistle commands are no longer applied to creatures powering mills (so they won’t stop working while you’re commanding your other creatures)
• However, mill creatures will stop working if the player is attacked or the creature is attacked directly
• Reduced creature animation stutter when colliding with another creature
• You can now assign a creature to an empty mill without having to unassign it first
• Reviving a creature now starts at 100% energy

Quality of Life Improvements

• You can now load prior saved game backups from in the game mode. (Hit in game to see the option.) This helps in situations where save data is broken and you want to revert to an old version of your game.
• Life Blocks no longer litter your inventory in Creative mode when removing them from a creature in the builder
• The loot sack spawn distance has been increased so you can see it from further away
• Added a field for contact info to the in-game feedback tool so we can contact you if you’re requesting help or more info is needed
• Added party menu key bindings to messages
• Added a new set of images/backgrounds to the loading screen rotation

Bug Fixes

• Fixed game state breaking bug involving items and sacks
• Fixed possible ways to break a new game before building a creature in Adventure
• Fixed an issue with creature AI and saddles that would cause it to freeze
• Fixed creature spinning for clients in multiplayer
• Clients will no longer get an infinite loading screen on death in multiplayer
• Treadmill animation fixes for clients in multiplayer
• Treadmill assignment fixes for clients in multiplayer
• Physics layer fixes for when a client builds a creature in multiplayer
• Fixed network syncing on chest and crafting structures for clients in multiplayer
• Fixed interact and distance check mismatch for chests and crafting structures
• Fixed applying force to the wrong entities which caused players to fly off creatures when dismounting
• Fixed AI bug where creatures would stop working on a mill to break trees and bushes
• Defaulted fur off for non Nvidia cards due to reported rendering errors (can be toggled in the options)
• Fixed undo/redo in non-Adventure modes
• Fixed creature neck eating animation
• Added limiting to chain targeting to prevent underground targets and targets behind and above creature
• Set forward chain look turn angle limits to be in line with upward twists
• Removed all creature sprite creation hitches
• Fixed health bar going to 50% after knockout in Arena modes
• Fixed Game breaking bug after leaving and loading a save game
• Fixed missing XXL mech dino block materials
• Fruit respawning fixed, will now respawn after the correct amount of time if an area is left and returned to
• Fixed double fruit spawning
• Fixed red damage effect being stuck on screen
• Fix respawning when not near set respawn location after death
• Fixed a bug in AI that made creatures not follow their target
• Steam Workshop sync now triggers high priority download instead of polling to fix endless-trying-to-download subscribed creatures
• Inactive party creatures now spawn at the right location if abandoned
• Ram horn now highlights correctly when selected in the builder
• Safety added to animation code to prevent bad states when building

Workshop Creature Spotlight

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/f35272c26de37807e5bc72f975fae8f60c71b1a9.png We had to share this creative creature called Giantconesnail by squidking. With a Movement Speed of 7.3, it’s actually faster than you’d think. Spawn a few, party up with your new snail army, and leave a slimy trail of destruction in your wake. *cackle* - Team CHKN https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/8758270108a6246506e6a1ec98f105525f7fc7be.jpg https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/ced1b2e1209a860c4d3edf8d9da49bc1e49f235a.gif This update gives a performance boost to min spec computers. If you’ve had “lag” or framerate issues in the past, please try out this build and join us over on Discord to let us know how it works for you! We also added a variety of new Life Block sizes so you can build even more interesting creatures. Save them to the Workshop and share them with us - we want to see!

Performance Improvements

• Optimized FPS and UI rendering to improve FPS by 10-20 depending on hardware
• Reduced world streaming hitching by spreading updates over several frames
• Brought in low poly versions of trees for improved low end device performance
• World generation time greatly reduced
• Reduced initial load time

New Creature Life Block Sizes

• Additional Life Block body sizes added: Small, Medium, Large, XLarge, XXLarge, and all their half sizes are now available for all animal types to give you more variety and build options.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/169c40c505ec517edbf9001c3a06e6096d86f981.jpg Perfect sizes for additional extremities or a lovely armored hat.

Balancing & Bug Fixing

• Creature/Temple world generation has been tuned. If you haven’t checked out the new larger world, now’s a good time! It’s procedurally generated and player-created creatures can spawn in the wild. You never know what you’ll run into.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/2a06ec7d47ef8e848fbc747222dfa9f06dfc58f7.jpg The enemy of my enemy is… still my enemy.

• Tuned crafted player items for progression balance
• Additional pre-built, player-created creatures added to the game

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/4dc03402bb655430d42de2c6aa71adebfdb55dbb.jpg Like these Octopalms created by Cohollow. Majestic! And quite fashionable actually.

• Fixed infinite loading screen after player death
• Fixed the creature collection filling up with white squares when the creature’s data cannot be read from disk
• Fixed bug that would cause the player to become invisible and make the game unstable
• Fixed dragging to move or remove blocks in the creature builder
• Fixed bug that occasionally caused the player avatar to render without a head or arms after death
• Fixed odd rotations while swimming
• Fixed Lifeshaper upgrade failing to unlock after defeating a Temple Boss

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/e5912bffbf48591931dd8e96819f081610aba989.jpg Just defeat the boss and the upgrade is yours! Easy, right?

• Fixed creature block neck shifting while building
• Fixed bad data on the Unicorn Horn that was preventing it from being used in building
• Fixed game hanging when quitting to desktop
• Fixed bad culling settings on world geometry that caused it to disappear
• Fixed throwing direction when chase cam is active
• Fixed creatures in party not defending the player if the creatures were issued a follow command
• Fixed tranquilizer darts not putting creatures to sleep
• Fixed distance check to mount when attempting to ride creature

Many thanks to the CHKNeers on Discord. They’ve been helping us find and fix bugs in our Pre-Release test updates and it’s a big help! It’s also a great place to show off your creations! Here’s the newest version of an old favorite, Destroyer 3.0 by squidking. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/3602f230ec83ebaa7146f725266b581048e2fc2b.jpg So join the CHKN Discord if you want to help us test new builds before they’re released, find new friends for multiplayer, get creature ideas, or share your CHKN suggestions. Also, someone Photoshopped chicken wings onto their real dog. That happened. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/ac148468794422241efa73627f3df4c9d0ece0da.jpg See you there! - Team CHKN https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/0d16d118f8b161bf8373a1c3198461a6c32d4966.jpg Lots of cool stuff in this update (if we do say so ourselves) thanks to the feedback and testing from our friends over in the CHKN Discord. We’ve got a lot of CHKNeers hanging out, sharing creatures, playing together, and calling out our bugs. ;) And we’re still growing. Come join us! Check out the notes below for all the updates in this latest patch... or just download it and jump in a game to see what’s new!

Expanded World!

• The world has gotten a major expansion, with more temples, Lifeshaper upgrades, and wild creatures to discover!
• Everything is now randomly generated beyond the starting area. This means that new Adventure or Creative games will generate a different world and no playthrough will be the same.
• NOTE: If you’re continuing from a saved game, world objects might float or be underground where the old world and new world meet since the world data has changed.
• Let us know what you find out there!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/e2b6cafa16df39e85807b7d5fb5727eacb49d2ef.jpg An example of a generated map (from one of John’s Adventure games).

Creature Builder Improvements

• The new building workspace let’s you remove and reattach groups of blocks without them returning to your inventory! Just move a block away from your creature and “drop” it there in the build sphere. You can pick it up and attach it again, or finish building and any disconnected blocks will return to your inventory.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/071e4d4838879c2c1696357b5691b512044ab943.jpg Important decision: snake head or dog head?

• Improved undo/redo states
• Improved visual clarity on creature while building
• New and improved effects on building

More Updates

• Balance changes
  • Reduced the power of the initial starting area creatures and bosses
  • Cooked food now restores more energy; Log and branch durability has been increased; Breakable rock health has been reduced
  • Laser Eyes now can break stone
• Additional creatures added to the game for both the Arena and world generation.
  • Many of these were created by our community members! Big thanks to cohollow, jelly butter, hedgehog pug, Dinoman9877, lordofd, tycothepug, deathasholds, fallensolger666, and paradox for their awesome creations this round.
  • Share yours over on our Discord and they might end up in game!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/97486340df7d43f657c49aae0217d6222b146ba6.jpg You may run into Moodusa by Cohollow on your adventures. It’ll probably be fine… just don’t look directly into its eyes.

• Added in-game Feedback and Bug Reporting, which makes it easier for you to report any issues you might be having. It will automatically send us a screenshot, your session’s log, and your saved game so that we can debug issues more quickly.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/049953836e734b945677dcb1150aba749d4b59b5.jpg

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Mac being stuck at 30% when initially loading
• Fixed several issues that caused ID collisions in multiplayer games and break the game state
• Fixed trees and bushes burning forever and not taking damage
• Fixed rare case where exiting a build sphere would cause player to be dragged to another location
• Fix to an error in building that would break game state
• Creature wing flapping is now synced over the network
• Fixed client creatures in multiplayer games not taking falling damage when being ridden
• Disabled undo/redo in multiplayer (This was causing inventory syncing confusion, especially when multiple players were attempting multiple undo/redos.)
• Fixed several bugs with the creature party system that would cause a broken game state resulting in frozen, non-reactive creatures
• Fixed several issues with editing a creature through the party screen
• Fixed several issues with storing a creature if it had an item in its mouth

As always, please share your feedback, creations, and suggestions with us! We’re making CHKN together with you all so we really love seeing what you create and listening to your ideas. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/ac148468794422241efa73627f3df4c9d0ece0da.jpg - Team CHKN https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/a4fc9a5156b919d4f96ef56d128fdaf1d55e8f81.gif We’ve added even more control to the creature builder with some new improvements. We’ll keep this post short so you can get in and try them out! ;) New Builder Controls:

• New rotation tool! Rotate in all axes, rotate blocks that are already attached, and have more control over your creature builds
• New highlight colors on Life Blocks make it much easier to see what you have selected and where you can place them
• The undo/redo system has been reworked to be more smooth and consistent, so it’s easier to experiment while building

And thanks to all our CHKNeers for your help reporting and testing so we could get these new bug fixes out! Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug where party creatures would not summon correctly outside of the world area where they were stored
• Fixed item duplication bug caused by clicking “Pick up all” from containers
• Fixed a big where clicking “Edit” on the party screen of a creature did nothing
• Torch and Lifeshaper FXs will no longer stay on in your hand even after the item is unequipped
• Poachers no longer change appearance when taking damage
• Multiplayer:
  • Client creatures now set the correct LOD on connect (This fixes issues where creatures were missing or in wrong positions!)
  • Equipped items now display correctly when a client first connects to a game
  • Client creatures now correctly burn stamina when gliding
  • Clients no longer have to “rediscover” their own creatures in multiplayer games
  • Fixed a bug that caused certain quest conditions to not progress correctly for clients in multiplayer

If you’re not on our Discord yet, come say hi and let us know what you’d like to see in CHKN. - Team CHKN https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/2d958dce8f3ed382a2256c53176ba9a2a2b4bdf5.png “Welcome to my mansion, Mr. Piggles. Please do not eat my entire farm, kthx.” Creative CHKNeers have been sharing their Homesteads over on Discord so we think it’s time for a...

Homestead Screenshot Contest!

We’d love to see what you’re building in CHKN. Take a screenshot and then head over to the #buildings channel on Discord to share it. Show us your lavish mansions, spooky bunkers, cozy farms, impenetrable fortresses… or maybe you’ve built something completely different? Show off your handiwork and we’ll showcase them in our next post!

Updates & Bug Fixes (v0.7.3B)

We’ve pushed another update live. Thank you to our Discord friends for all the feedback and helping us track down some of these bugs.

• Crafting progression quests will now always trigger as you explore, regardless of whether you’ve completed the initial on-boarding quest
• You now need an open party slot to create a new creature in Adventure Mode (This is to prevent confusion people were reporting when creating a new creature and then being unable to add it to the party. You can still have multiple tamed creatures!)
• Life Blocks no longer open the edit sphere when used, so no more unwanted launching of the creature builder at inopportune moments (like combat, whoops). You can use the Life Shaper or select Edit in the radial menu to build whenever you like.
• Party/tamed creatures will now help remove stumps
• Bug Fixes:
  • Identified and fixed an issue that caused frame rate to drop over time
  • A creature being ridden in Automatic Riding Mode no longer moves erratically
  • The “Build a powerful creature” quest condition now works correctly
  • Fix to in-game HUD not appearing after completing the “Build a creature” on-boarding quest
  • Fixed input glitches that were occurring in the Creature Builder

Live Streams Today & Sunday

Don’t forget, we’re streaming today (Friday, Feb 8th) at 3:30 pm EST. Watch on Twitch, YouTube, or here on Steam. Greg and John will build homesteads and then try to defend them against your creations. Send us your best raiding creatures in the #creatures channel on Discord. Winners get bragging rights over the devs! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/2ace7209efd114b994f18c427fbedc7bbd725ccf.jpg Plus, survival streamer Joefudge will be back on stream playing CHKN! He’ll be adventuring with friends so there’s sure to be lots of role-playing, shenanigans, and epic voices. His stream is: 🗓️ Sunday, Feb 10th ⌚ 2pm EST Follow Joefudge on Twitch and come back on Sunday to hang out with him. In the meantime, here’s some adventuring from his last stream to keep you cozy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC8l6YqOLOk We’ll see you in the chat! - Team CHKN https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/7a2f85cc4b22a94ccbb92d99286ed7a65883c1ab.gif New Creature Builder improvements give you more control. Rigid neck or bendy neck? It’s up to you! We want your creatures for our next dev stream! See more info below… but first, check out the latest updates.

Creature Builder Improvements

The builder has gotten some much-requested improvements to give you more control when creating and modifying creatures. Thanks for all the feedback and suggestions!

• Easily control which blocks are flexible (or not) when the creature moves in the world with a new block rigidity setting in the UI, plus improved voxelation detection
• Reposition whole chains of blocks so they no longer rotate awkwardly
• Control building better with two additional axes of rotation on Life Blocks
• Preview how the creature will move with new animation feedback in the builder (so you don’t have to exit and relaunch to get things how you want them!)

More Updates in v0.7.3

• On-boarding/Quest improvements
  • We’ve modified quest progression and added additional on-boarding quests
  • All tasks are now powered through quest system to keep feedback consistent
  • On-boarding state is now properly tracked
  • NOTE: This means your saved Adventure game may ask you to redo quests you’ve already completed. You can do them again or just untrack them in the quest log to ignore them.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/d174d08a6a82f38fc5e203e904ccbb46660764b0.png A new on-boarding quest teaches creature riding for more mobility (and fun) early on in survival progression.

• UI Improvements
  • In-game UI tab names have been replaced with fancy icons for readability (and cuz it just looks pretty)
  • Tweens added to some elements
  • Minor polish to some colors, positions, anchors
  • Improved loading feedback during last stage before main menu
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed a bug where quickly clicking the spawn creature button multiple times would cause duplicate creatures to spawn
  • Fixed a bug when editing a creature from the party screen
  • Fixed the phantom +1 notification bug shown on the Journal badge

Create Creatures for Our Next Stream!

Our next live stream is coming Friday, Feb 8th @ 3:30pm EST… and we need your creatures! Greg and John are going to build Homesteads using the new structure blocks and then try to defend them against your creations. It’ll be Homestead raiding pandemonium! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/33b5c068580085daaafe22bf4ec4a5a481626cba.png “PROTECT THE CASTLE AT ALL COSTS!” So create your best structure-demolishing creature and then head over to our Discord and share it with us in the #creatures channel. You may just see your creation on the stream, laying waste to Greg or John’s hard work. Winner gets bragging rights over the devs! - Team CHKN https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/30f57a0c6c932d0d4e0863888fd446811055653e.jpg Did you know you can customize your Adventure world with creatures from the Workshop? Give it a try to add some variety and surprise to your next adventure. It’s easy:

Open the Workshop tab in the Creature Collection and click “Subscribe to New Creature”. (See the example above!)

Find a creature you like—it can be a friend’s abomination or browse hundreds of unique community creations—then click on it and hit the “+ Subscribe” button. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/96a2d15e44fe999e700b6d6c13804c6d035a4c74.jpg

Close the overlay and go back to the Workshop tab.

Click on your newly subscribed creature to see its details, then select “Spawn in Adventure”. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/e33d35cf6b84f23eb2c7a27472775f8adec3b2e3.jpgFloppy Horn by Jelly Butter! You’re done! These creatures can now spawn in the wild for you to discover. Creative CHKN players are adding new creatures to the Workshop every day so the possibilities for expansion are endless. You can also bring these Workshop creatures into the Arena to test them in battle, or into Creative Mode to experiment with them yourself. New to Adventuring? Try These... Might we suggest starting with a couple of our favorites? Hat Cat by Jelly Butter and Lazer Pea by cwilfinger both have low CP (Creature Power), meaning they can show up early on in your survival progress, and they have some fun abilities to discover Nine Lives, Hiss Stun, and Laser Eye. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/05b6b91651c8d0ffcfe83e1937dfff9113d7bdfc.jpg For more challenging discoveries later on in survival, find creatures with higher CP to add. Or head over to our CHKN Discord to see what cool creatures the community is sharing right now. Share Your Own Creations If you want to share your own creations for other players to use on their Adventures, just select “Sync to Steam Workshop” on the details screen. Then your fellow CHKNeers can favorite, comment, and spawn it in their own games. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/b1561ea10d54f2415dab7deeb4bd1c5f24a87053.jpg He was a chicken before it was cool.

Latest Hotfixes (v0.7.21)

The game has been updated with another round of hotfixes and improvements: Multiplayer:

• Option to open world to multiplayer added to the in-game ESC menu (in addition to the Online menu)
• Clients joining a multiplayer game will now be automatically grouped with the host by default. This prevents aggressive creatures from attacking other players. A toggle in the Online tab is available to turn off co-op mode.

Gameplay:

• Respawn checkpoint now scares away aggressive creatures (to provide a bit of a safe zone when you first respawn after death)
• Trees now grow over time!
• Riding: Improved movement and targeting when riding a creature… try it out with the Glide ability!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_5sICucq5g Workshop:

• Clicking on a creature in the in-game Workshop list now launches the Steam Overlay to see its Workshop web page. See details, favorite, comment and subscribe from this page. (Click the green “+ Subscribe” button!)
• You can now also see the Workshop page from a creature’s detail screen in-game. Click “View in Workshop” at the bottom.
• Old shared creatures with obsolete Life Blocks have been marked as incompatible with the new game (v0.7+) and will no longer clutter the in-game Workshop (Read more info here!) https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/476ecf7f9245d969df09174410e4ec7d1fdae943.png You’ll see an orange notice at the top of the page if a creature is incompatible.

Performance/Optimization:

• Minor pooling system tuning to improve small initial hitching
• Fixed a bug with dynamic objects world streaming to slightly improve performance

Chat With Us!

Join us on the CHKN Discord to tell us what you think of the game, share your creations and ideas, find multiplayer friends, or just hang out in the #share-your-pets channel that’s currently full of cats!!! Come say hi. See you there! - Team CHKN https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/1fd7964a3a2a8903c145b3facca9f2501cf9e7f3.gif Hey, CHKNeers! This week’s update makes fighting creatures in the arena more fun, with camera and AI/combat improvements as well as new pre-built creatures to test out. We want your feedback on creature battling in the Arena! Tell us what you think of the update and share your creature combatants with us on the Discord. This update also includes:

• New homestead art
• Better creature riding
• Fixes to loading and performance

Arena Update

Creature AI improvements for better combat, plus cameras have been updated so you can see the action (and faces!) more clearly. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/3ae72e181173a661cb21f4c9917f0a363b8c5886.png This Snicken is quite shocked at how much health it doesn’t have. Better luck next time, Snicken.

• Cameras:
  • Knockdown camera greatly improved (better transitions, closer focus on face to show creature’s reaction)
  • Camera bugs in Team Elimination mode have been fixed
  • Fixed awkward camera transitions in Exhibition mode.
• Combat AI improvements: Creatures no longer end up in staring contests; they’re much more aggressive in combat
• New Arena creatures: Added new prebuilt creatures to try out in battle
• Fixed Arena attack attempt & hits tracking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24euCrR0TVE Check out some of our favorite community creature creations in this collection and try them out in the Arena. Then share your best Arena creature creations on the Discord. We’ll be adding them to our next Arena collection! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1626493299

More Features & Fixes

Improvements to loading, creatures, homesteads, and environments, plus some bug fixes.

• Optimization & Loading:
  • Reduced initial load time and optimized initial load memory usage. Loading should take significantly less time on lower end machines.
  • Improved auto-quality detection to choose performance settings more appropriate for your hardware
  • Added shadow distance setting to Options
  • The memory footprint of the game has been majorly decreased
  • World hitches (periodic framerate drops) that were caused by the game reading from the hard drive are now gone
• Creature movement: Speeds re-tuned so creatures are much more agile across the board (makes for better combat and riding)
• Riding: Added an easy-to-craft riding item for early game to make riding more accessible, and improved targeting when riding a creature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YysvifakI44

• Environment:
  • Melon & Squash art are higher fidelity and Raspberry & Blueberry items increased in poly count. Basically, these all now look more delicious
  • Bush textures got a visual tweak to bring them in line with other environment art
• Homesteads: All new art for wood and stone structure items!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/03154e44aa1b5595799d605547194aefe30f875a.png Cozy.

• Creatures & Life Blocks:
  • A new set of creatures now have a chance of spawning in the world
  • Unicorn and Dinosaur Spike Life Blocks got a spiffy revamp
  • Added new Antler Life Block

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/4f73ad7f62b79b8177796e9e56d5b34c3980adf1.png

• FX: Impact effects are larger in scale so they’re easier to see
• Item destruction: Disabled destruction of ability scrolls and item recipe tomes, and Electric Shock ability no longer destroys nearby items
• Multiplayer Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue where creatures were missing for clients
  • Fixed creature riding for clients
  • Fixed a bug where party members in a multiplayer game would take damage from friends
  • Fixed a bug where bush impact sounds were not playing for clients in multiplayer games
• General Bug Fixes
  • Fixed a race condition with creature spawning that was causing multiple issues (abilities not appearing, duplicate creature records, and missing creature party avatars in the HUD)
  • Fixed a bug where players would teleport underground and bonded creatures would be lost forever if the player died while riding a creature
  • Fixed a bug where creature stamina while riding a creature would not deplete during sprinting
  • Fixed Creature AI triggering scared or angry routines at the wrong times
  • Fixed a bug where resolution settings were randomly changed/reset

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/ac148468794422241efa73627f3df4c9d0ece0da.jpg Make sure to join the CHKN Discord to give us your feedback! It’s also a good place to find multiplayer friends, share your creations, vote in our polls, and just hang out. - Team CHKN https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/970f2ff48a66ac7dce428d537cd998b61e5b6c5c.png Thanks to the awesome CHKNeers on Discord and the forums testing and reporting issues to us, we’ve been able to swat some bugs and continue to improve performance on lower end machines. Here are some notes from the latest set of hotfixes:

Bug Fixes & Optimization

• Loading: Initial loading sequence speed improved (specifically AI portion of loading speed 5x as fast)
• Spawning:
  • Creatures: Fixed a bug where creature respawning at very high rates (negatively affecting both gameplay/world population and performance)
  • Poachers: Fix for poachers spawning excessively and causing frame rate drops (and just being generally annoying when trying to progress)
• Multiplayer:
  • Structures now show up
  • Player Stamina fixed
  • Farming hoe and ground tilling fixed
  • Lifeshaper upgrades now work for all players
  • Fixed a bug where poachers were invisible
• Grass: Fixed disappearing grass, quality settings, optimizations, but there’s an edge case we are still tracking down.
• Game Exit: Fixed bug causing issues for players who exit the game while the creature builder orb is open
• Screen Resolution: Fixed bug causing screen resolution to randomly reset
• Party Slots: Fixed bug causing occasional creature party slots to disappear

Please check out this build and let us know how things are working for you. We’re still optimizing and fixing bugs and your reports really do help us get these updates out more quickly. Keep ‘em coming! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/f605dbd119045c9300eaa5f29ee2e1f28d644bb9.jpg We’re always on Discord so that’s the best place to find us quickly and let us know of any issues or feedback. You can also post on our forums and we’ll have a look. Thanks, everyone. - Team CHKN https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/a5082f5afc6703ff552422bc1f393ee36924255c.jpg 2018 is coming to an end and we just want to say a big Thank You to all of you. Your support and feedback has been amazing this year and we couldn’t make CHKN without you. We look forward to a great 2019!

The Great Holiday Hat Hunt Ends Soon!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/59198ec51f33d2336a9c4c94bbddea455ca68cf6.png Don’t forget you have until Jan 3rd to hunt down your free holiday hats in Adventure mode! Find a wild creature roaming the island, observe it’s magnificent festive hat, then take that hat for yourself! That’s the holiday spirit. We’re also sharing our festive-hat-wearing creature screenshots over on Discord during the hunt. We’d love to see yours!

Vote in our Discord Polls!

Speaking of Discord, we’ve got a few polls up over there right now. We want to know what content you’d like to see next, your favorite CHKN mode, and which creature should be next up for a revamp. Join up to vote, then stick around for events, shenanigans, exclusive roles for CHKNeers, and more polls in the future. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/f605dbd119045c9300eaa5f29ee2e1f28d644bb9.jpg Have an awesome weekend and we’ll see you in 2019! - Team CHKN https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/05d33ad706d7e92f4c080f40010c5bbfcbecbfc4.gif Happy holidays, everyone! To celebrate and say thanks, we’ve got a special treasure hunt going on through the end of the year. Plus we’ve released optimization fixes to improve performance. Those notes are below.

The Great Holiday Hat Hunt!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/59198ec51f33d2336a9c4c94bbddea455ca68cf6.png Reindeer, Santa, and Elf hats await. What could be more festive than a Santa-hat-wearing chicatdog? Nothing, of course! So, this holiday we invite you to hunt down or tame some wild creatures that have randomly spawned wearing one of 3 special hats on their beautiful heads. (Or you could cheat and switch to Creative mode but where’s the fun in that?) The hats are only available for a limited time—until Jan 3rd—so get hunting soon. And be sure to share screenshots with us on Discord! We’d want to see your lovely (and not so lovely) creatures in their festive new gear. Good luck!

Play the All-New CHKN!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/32cce53b6dc86f2cccb78e22723638c52a79a4b2.jpg If you haven’t tried it out yet, make sure you’re on the latest update and give the brand new CHKN a go. Build creatures with the new blocks, survive the new wilderness, send your creatures into battle in Arena mode… there's lots to explore. (See the full recap in this 0.7 update post.) Let us know what you think! We’ve also got a poll going over on our Discord to see what everyone’s favourite mode is. Are you an Adventurer, an Arena battler, or a Creative builder? Head over there and vote!

Optimization Fixes & Tech Improvements

We’ve just pushed an update with many fixes and tech improvements to optimize performance. With these, you’ll notice:

Stuttering/hitching as you move through the world has been dramatically reduced.

Improved loading There’s still a point during the initial loading, before the loading bar shows 0%, where the game is temporarily unresponsive. It seems like the game may have crashed but it hasn’t! Summon the patience of a saint and it will load after some waiting (how long depends on your computer specs). We’re working on this! And for those of you that want more technical details, here's the full list of improvements: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/a890b170247cafc90b37d2e4f384e4ca47709384.gif

• New rendering technique to render many instances of an object quickly for modern video cards. Increases render range while improving FPS.
• Implemented compute shaders to cull based off of camera frustum and occlusion. (Requires a modern card.)
• Added fallbacks for the above for low-end devices to maintain current FPS.
• World streaming system overhauled to no longer be gameObject based. Frees up resources for other systems, greatly reduces stutters, and improves LOD responsiveness. (Collisions always register quickly; no delay when traveling through world for things to load in.)
• Foliage system optimized to remove frame stuttering when traveling through the world.
• Improved quality settings. Render distance will now tune all systems to greatly improve FPS on low end devices. High end devices can now render up to 2x as much as previous build.
• Plus various bug fixes (FX no longer always attached to hands, throw animation is fixed, failed to load fixed)

Dog Armor is Here!

Our 5th creature-based armor is now in the game! If you want to keep warm on cold CHKN nights, hunt down some dog creatures and get to crafting. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/54bdec776f74c7c41c80281bce34feb0e70a07c7.jpg “Come, Chicky! It’s time to get our revenge on those Lightcats.“

Handy Links

• Join our CHKN discord! Hang out, chat about your game ideas, report bugs, or get help.
• Follow us on Twitter and subscribe to us on YouTube
• Sign up for our newsletter to be the first to know about CHKN News

Thank you for all your support this year. We love all your feedback and crazy creature creations. Happy holidays! - Team CHKN https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/32f954dd5bcb6136040acc124cd61b1baae4b723.jpg Earn a special Discord role by joining our first ever multiplayer event! We’ll be there, too. (It’s lonely in our developer basements. But fair warning, watch out for Greg’s creatures. They’re terrifying.) Let's join up and play the new CHKN! 📅 Saturday, Dec 15th ⏰ 8-9 PM EST (Time zone converter) It’s really easy to join:

Launch CHKN!

Host your own game for others to join or just find an existing game and hop right in. (If you need help, check out these instructions.)

(Optional) Join our Discord & head over to the Multiplayer channel to find friends and group up (and get your special role!) See you there!

What’s New?

Player Armor 5 new armors are available for you to craft on your adventures: chicken, cat, cow, and crab are live now, with dog coming next week. Craft them at the Outfit station. Collect them all! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La3Oq4pdUOY Arena Mode Check out the new Arena to pit your creatures against each other. You can go head to head in 1v1 fights or see how teams of creatures fare against each other. Who will win? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT_JgHn1ooE

Hot Fixes

We’ve updated the live build to hot fix a few issues players were reporting. If you were having any of these issues, please update to the most recent version and try again. Multiplayer: Fixed Issues with players getting stuck or unable to join multiplayer games NEW: You no longer need to start a new Adventure mode game before joining a multiplayer session Loading: Fixed issues getting stuck on the initial game loading screen for eternity. NOTE: It may still take a while to load (we’re working on it!) but it should progress. Lost item drops: Fixed issues with items dropping through temple floors and boulders. HUGE thanks to everyone who’s been sending us information on these issues! It really helps us get fixes out to everyone quickly.

Performance Issues? Send us Your Logs

We’re currently investigating reports of performance slowly dropping when playing for extended periods of time. If you’re experiencing this issue, please send us your log! This info really helps us out. Here’s how:

Exit CHKN and go to this directory on your computer. (Replace YOURUSERNAME with your computer username.)

C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\Katapult\CHKN\

Find output_log.txt

Send us the log on Discord or to [email protected] We hope you’ll join us for the multiplayer event! CHKN is really fun with friends. - Team CHKN https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/798c117bc7453a21e1ae76cb7f11cd128d418618.png Version 0.7 is now on the Live branch for everyone to play! Check out the highlights below or download the update to try them out yourself. And if you’re a CHKN veteran, make sure to read *Important Notes for Returning Players* down below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVDvnlrgxfY This update gets us another step closer to v1.0 of CHKN and we need your feedback! We know there are still some things to iron out in this build and we’d love to know what you’d like to see in the future. All your feedback really helps us prioritize development and improve the game. Please help us test and post your feedback on the discussion forums or in our Discord.

Creature Building

You asked for better building so we’ve revamped the Creature Builder! The improvements make it easier to use and design the creature you want to build. We hope you agree. Try it out and let us know. You can drag & drop or click to place blocks, sort blocks by animal type, move whole chains of blocks, undo/redo block placement, and see all the stat and ability information at a glance. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/0f2d969447e387736e7eb1f99e619bde1dc9551d.jpg Every block matters! All Life Blocks add to your creatures’ stats. What’s important is how you combine and place Life Blocks when designing creatures in order to grant abilities and traits to your companions. Abilities are special skills you can assign to creatures (like a stun ability to slow down quick opponents or a healing ability for team fights). To unlock an ability, you’ll first need to defeat or tame a wild creature and collect its “ability recipe” (a scroll will drop). The recipe is then added to your Journal so you can see what combinations of Life Blocks are needed to grant that ability to your creature. There are a limited number of ability slots available for each creature, though, so you’ll have to choose wisely! Here are just a few of the 28 abilities currently in the game:

• Crab legs + Crab shell blocks = Hunker Down (armored force field)
• Mech Dino eye = Laser Eye
• Chicken Face (block, eye, mouth, comb) = Squawk Stun
• Cat legs + Cat tail = Teleporting Vanish
• 50% Cat blocks = Nine Lives (automatic revive)
• 4 wings = Wing Gust (knockback)

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. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/54500492de402c4b3bf4ce46febc5657d98f37c2.jpg 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!) https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/f6ece935507c45c57af5a8075333ce0347bcba34.jpg

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. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/09b2ab1ab460166a93f488b6c930b9d7cc5174a7.gif https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/fbf243bb40a3577ded4ed38588093c84f1d92e5e.jpg The arena crowd will cheer you on… or boo you if they feel like it. They’re 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, we’ve added progression for players. Power up your Lifeshaper and experiment with blocks to make better creatures and take on tougher challenges. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/b8cdb1f0c6078cf25d4eadd190e57ddc58c2b1fd.jpg Oh, sorry. Is this your temple? I’ll 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! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/e4430d826753865eeec66f76e996692bdb24f98b.jpg Crafting at a creature-powered workbench. Crafting is now easier and clearer. The new interface and organization is a major improvement. We’ve also added new recipes and items that help you harness the power of the creatures you discover. You’re gonna want to start collecting creature parts for some of these tools... https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/4871bcb756460e1239e1d8292e23411de699f803.jpg Not sure this chicken should be excited about something called the Chicken Claw Rake. You’ll 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 you’ll need: Life Block stats and abilities, item recipes, where to find items and resources, and a list of creatures to discover. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/681509078f1585882b0a62773dd15f54f247604d.jpg Get all the info you need on a creature you’ve found in the world, or check out items you’ve 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. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/a5082f5afc6703ff552422bc1f393ee36924255c.jpg Feel more like an adventurer with the updated player avatar. And check out the new look for our favorite arch nemesis, the Poachers. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/342a24d29ad9d83f9e4e0d0fb5c062e893aeb61d.jpg 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. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/8218394b5205079d2ac33f275dc5e239ca715bb9.jpg Cow, Chicken, and Cat armors. (Plus Crab, too!) We want these as action figures on our office shelves. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/6a1450ac277b32d306da80fdb1da09fd84768368.gif

** Important Notes for Returning Players **

FPS & World-Streaming Stutter: We’ve 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 doesn’t 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 won’t see those creatures or be able to spawn them in game. We’re 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.

• You can swap to this branch by right-clicking on CHKN in your Steam Library, selecting “Properties”, clicking on the “Betas” tab, and then selecting “Legacy” in the dropdown menu.
  • Swap back to “none” at any time to return to the latest live build.
• You’ll be able to see all the old Workshop creatures in this build.
• Your old saves are still there! You can bring them to this Legacy build by copying them over manually.
  • Go to C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\Katapult\CHKN
  • Rename your “SavedGames” directory to “SavedGames_legacy”
• NOTE: Since the legacy build is now an old version of the game, it’s no longer supported.

Known Bugs/Issues

• If you have a lower-end computer, you might not see any grass. We’ve turned this off for now to improve performance and are looking at replacements.
  • To turn off grass manually, go to Options -> Performance and turn off Grass Rendering.
• Sometimes a creature will get stuck on something in the world and stop following you. We’re working on Pathfinding updates to fix this but you can use the Party menu to quickly store and spawn it as a quick fix in the meantime.

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. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/8b07f72a3be4f7d9219cce5ef2b8d38f4f71379f.gif

Roadmap

There’s more to come! Here’s our roadmap for the rest of the year. Coming soon:

Improved world-streaming / reduced stuttering

Arms! Punches, kicks, cat-scratch for creatures (Legs will be able to act like arms!)

Dog armor

Bug fixing (of course)

You tell us! (Post on the forums or Discord and let us know what you’d like to see.) And check out our Roadmap... We really want to know what you’d 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?!) We’re working as fast as we can to make CHKN everything we know it can be and we couldn’t do it without you.

Adventure Dev Stream!

We’re really excited about this release and we’ve been having so much fun in our Multiplayer Adventure tests so let’s 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! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/61704143c70fd19f7eee8af1dd22aeb4d8e7540b.jpg

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 haven’t forgotten you, winners! Since not all the revamped blocks are in yet, it’ll be a bit before we can add your amazing creatures to the world but don’t worry. We’ll add them in as soon as we can. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11903998/bfff94c472bed688640e6f262fd05b6fc81d306d.jpg 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:

• 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!)
• Follow us on Twitter and subscribe to us on YouTube
• Sign up for our newsletter to be the first to know about CHKN News

Back to work for us. Bye~~! - Team CHKN https://store.steampowered.com/app/420930/CHKN/