One of many many adorable-looking titles that appeared in yesterday’s Indie World Showcase was Core Keeper, a mining sandbox recreation that shall be unearthed on Swap in 2024.
There’s a good stage of Stardew Valley-style vibes on this pixel artwork farmer/builder, although this one is about in a mine — groundbreaking… actually. Developed by Pugstorm, Core Keeper will see you drawn into an historic underground space because of a mysterious relic. Within the hopes of at some point escaping, what you do down there’s as much as you: you possibly can discover the caverns, take down enemies and improve your abilities, or gather assets to construct a life to your group beneath the earth.
On the subject of your group, you possibly can play Core Keeper in as much as eight-player on-line co-op, excellent for individuals who prefer to divide up duties and work on a undertaking as a bunch.
The sport has been in Steam early entry for somewhat over a 12 months, the place it has labored up fairly the next (the overwhelming majority of over 22,000 opinions fall within the ‘Very Constructive’ class). This has led to the title selecting up the prize for ‘Finest Social Recreation 2022’ on the TIGA Video games Trade Awards and getting a nomination ultimately 12 months’s Golden Joystick Awards. All that is to say that folks actually appear to dig this one (sorry).
The model that we see on Swap will include all the content material from the bottom recreation in addition to the newbies from the upcoming 1.0 replace. For somewhat extra details about what this one has in retailer and for a have a look at a handful of screenshots, try the next from writer Fireshine Video games:
Discover an enormous cavern filled with creatures, relics and assets on this mining sandbox journey, the place as much as eight gamers can work collectively in on-line co-op multiplayer.* As an adventurer drawn towards a mysterious relic, it’s as much as you to uncover the secrets and techniques of this long-forgotten world. Whether or not you select to take it sluggish by gathering assets, rising crops and constructing bases, or dive into the motion by levelling up your abilities, battling historic bosses and exploring the everchanging panorama, Core Keeper invitations you to play the sport your individual means.
Alongside a launch on the Swap eShop subsequent 12 months, Fireshine Video games has additionally introduced {that a} bodily model of Core Keeper shall be out there from “day one” for Swap, with pre-orders going dwell quickly.
