Weekly Community Wrap-Up: 21st July 2023
Did you know that, in Sweden, it’s customary to take four weeks of vacation time in the summer? The Pugstorm team is enjoying a little bit of vacation time right now to give us a chance to rest and recuperate, but our community manager, Bridie, is on hand to share with the weekly community wrap-up as always! We hope you enjoy this week’s update, and we’re looking forward to jumping straight back in to continue working on the Crystal Biome and more.
Go-Karts
In anticipation of our summer vacation, we just had to get some shots of an Explorer cruising around the beach in a Go-Kart! What’s your favourite biome to drive through?
Crystal Biome Ore Teaser
Recently, we asked you to guess what the new ore would be for the Crystal Biome and there were some terrific guesses. This week, we thought we’d share a sneak preview of the ore in the form of a silhouette. It might not be much to go on, but did this teaser light up your imagination at all?
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Blast from the Past
Our CEO, Fredrik Präntare, showed us a side-by-side comparison of his first, solo, pixel-art project from 10 years ago!
“...the code base is what eventually became Core Keeper many years down the line. The lesson: build iteratively — your passion project now might be the stepping stone for something larger.”
We thought this was a great example of how a personal project can grow and develop into something successful through a team effort. Fredrik feels his strongest contribution to the project was finding & connecting the right people, creating an environment where they love working together & can work effectively!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F1YWhOqWwAEOI4Y?format=jpg&name=large
Hallowtines? Valenween?
You can build some pretty unique bases in Core Keeper when you mix seasonal content. This is what happens when spooky meets sweet!
Sea Merchant Cabin by DK92
We love this screenshot from Twitter user, DK92. Merchants need homes too!
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Glow Tulip Animation by MissBarbare
(You might need to wait 5-10 seconds for this to load/loop!)
MissBarbare shared this amazing, work-in-progress Glow Tulip animation with us over on Discord. This is part of a bigger Core Keeper project they’ve got in the works and we can’t wait to see how it turns out!
Pikachu Lamps by Paulaizm
10/10 use of lamps by Discord user Paulaizm. No notes!
Picnic by ソヤ
Finally, we just had to share this amazing fan art by ソヤ. The way they re-create screenshots they’ve taken from Core Keeper and breathe so much personality into them is outstanding, and we can never get enough of seeing these two adorable Explorer characters interact. 
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