#i wana get tranqued if u know what i mean😏

[pancakesmythie]

Shoutout to my bestie @ellulemmu (again TYSMM) for artwork of CHKN poacher!! Holy crap. Just imagine just walking thru the wilderness and u get shot with a tranquilizer dart and the last thing u see is this MF?! OMGGG😫

So I got CHKN again on Steam since it has been made free earlier this year (I think it was). The last time I played was sometime in 2015 or 2016 when I watched Jacksepticeye play it so I just got the demo then. It's been over half a decade since then and they are... still in early access with no big updates in the past 3 years or so. This was last on my list of Steam games to play and only got it because it was free.

Surprisingly, it's one of the better games that I have gotten recently! Despite (still) being in early access it's a fairly large game so far, like I can spend an entire day doing 1 task (like building or fighting bosses) and still have it stay interesting. All of the creatures make fitting noises, most items and menus have sound effects, the terrain is fecking beautiful and it seems mostly balanced as of now.

I've ended up just making and hatching bunches or hornhowlies, mostly because I'm missing World Of JumpStart but also because they are fairly effective at doing most things in this game. It's literally just so fun gliding around on my hornhowlie creatures, exploring the map and finding new creatures to fight or tame. It's also fun to loot poachers and see what kind of wonky tech they have. I was so spooked the 1st time I found a poacher, It was night time and I just saw this human figure with green and black as I died (early game tho).

Honestly I'm ok if it never gets another update. It would be better for it to stay in the state that it's in now rather than turn into an ugly crappy pay to win game. That being said, there's some cool ideas that I have for it that are not being added!

CREATURE DEPTH

The player should be able to tame aggressive creatures by scaring it/lowering heath and then feeding it. You should also be able to lead multiple creatures and attach the leash to a fence post, the ball should also work like playing fetch.

MORE POACHER STUFF

It would just be cool to have stuff like larger poacher camps, maybe poacher exclusive potions that mess up your creatures. Since they're poachers maybe they would be storing eggs with exclusive creature parts in them.

SOUNDTRACKS

There's some short tracks for thing like when your creatures level up but it would be nice to have soundtracks for when you are just wandering or if the music changes if you are being attacked. Add heavy metal to boss fights.

CHEAPER TOOLS

It seems just a bit unbalanced that we gotta defeat like 6 bosses before we can get the tool to mine ore to craft windows. Maybe the boss fights could unlock more armors or higher tier weapons and we could use cheap picks to mine early on. However, since there aren't that many items in the game it's understandable.

CHARACTER EDTIOR

I know this game is all about making creatures but we should be able to pick at least our hair and eye colors. The armors is all the avatar customization we get now. Though I do like the newer player model more than the old one.

MORE DECOR

I'm talking things like chairs, tables, pots for plants, maybe rugs or display cases for your favorite items, shelves and rugs. Thought that is a lot for early access still. It'd also be cool to name light beacons so we can tell them apart in the map menu.

Seriously, give this game a try! It's free atleast for now, it's crashed twice on me but I turned down the graphics and it's working fine now.