Insane 2D Game Discovery: Core Keeper Stream 1

Alright, everyone, Macbigicekeys is here,   and we’re diving into Core Keeper. The audio  disappeared as soon as I started talking;   it was just a pause. I’ll turn up the game sound  a bit. So, this is Core Keeper Early Access,  

Your typical gamer stuff. You watch a game for  a while, and you’re like, “Maybe I’ll get it,   maybe I won’t.” I don’t know anything  about the game; we’re just going to do   this as a game discovery stream. Let’s go into  settings just to make sure everything’s good.

There’s a lot to mess with in the controls;  it’s good that they have all the options for   key mapping. Hopefully, I can play it with a  mouse and keyboard without any issues. Let’s   start the game in World slot one. This reminds  me of Super Mario Brothers 2. Enter a world,  

Name it, select a save icon – let’s call it  “Scool” with one L for a fair and engaging   challenge on standard difficulty. We’ll go with  a standard character that respawns after dying. Now, we have some character options – an  experienced traveler who always brings a  

Few torches. Let’s go with that. 360° rotation,  and we’ll randomize the appearance. The background   changes; it’s kind of like Project Zomboid. We  choose Ranger for ranged combat and get started. In a place far away from anywhere else, you  are part of a group of explorers making your  

Way through the forest. Feeling a strange  presence, you notice something between   the trees. Drawn to it, you approach a  strange relic and raise a hand towards   it. Upon touching its surface, a blinding  light engulfs you. The game fades to black.

Now, we find ourselves in a 2D world. WD to move,  click to hit stuff. We need to craft a porch   soon. We have our map, inventory, and various tabs  for gear, skills, cooking, fishing, gardening,   and more. The game is reminiscent of Valheim  with three equipment setups for quick changes.

Crafting is straightforward, and we  start building our base. There’s a   talent tree for mining, providing options like  a chance to gain additional ore or increased   visible distance. The clicking sounds are  satisfying, and the game seems relaxing. We try out the Xbox controller, and it feels  more comfortable for movement. A chest can  

Be painted and is useful for storing items.  Items can be used while crafting if the chest   is placed adjacent to the workbench. Crafting  features include furnaces and spike traps. In the end, it looks like  Core Keeper has potential   for a relaxing and enjoyable gaming experience.

Sweet! Oh no, you’ve succeeded in our first  conquest of the mushroom underworld. I like   the water reflections; this is kind of cool,  a place to make your base around some water   hitting some sand. I would like it if I  could click here and it would just draw  

My character over to it just by clicking,  instead of having to move around. Alright,   so we need some wood; we’re going to be left  in the dark. Is the whole game underground? We have some sparkly stuff over here. Can  you hold a torch while you’re… okay. Oh,  

Come on, Lantern slot! So, we need to craft  a lantern, but we don’t know how. Let’s put   this right there. What did I do? I don’t know  what I did. Okay, that was weird. I don’t know;  

Let’s put it over right here. I don’t know how  much room we’re going to need for all this stuff. Smelting! Alright, we got some Core War. The first  thing that we’re going to make is a lantern. Yep,  

Boom! Oh nice, we don’t have to put fuel  in it. Let’s do four and see if we get the   recipe for the lantern. We do not. What about  if we go over here? Watering can, cooking pot,   Salvage and Repair Station, copper workbench.  We have seven. What do we do? What should we  

Do? What’s going to be most helpful early game  for a new player? Do we go for the cooking pot   or do we go for the copper workbench? My gut  is telling me the copper workbench. Alright,   we’re going to go with the workbench.  Let’s put that – can we put that? I’m doing  

Something wrong. There we go. What am I doing  wrong? If I click on it and then I click out,   I can’t place it. That’s what I want to  do. I need to have it in my hand like this,  

Then right-click to place. Okay, wait. Wait, wait,  wait. No, I want this. There it is. Small Lantern.   H. Fishing rod – that’s really tempting. It’s only  five wood. I think we have to try the fishing. Sweet! Oh, we got a bomb. How does that  work? This might be my first death coming  

Up. Right-click. Right-click, oh,  and then run away. Sweet. Well,   that’s fun. Cave guppy necklace, plus five Dodge  chance. Yes, please. Let’s put that on right now. Oh, fishing – the gateway to having all the items.  Just like in Minecraft, once you get that fishing  

Pole, you are set. There’s something people forget  about, too – the fiber. Silky smooth material   for creating fabric and armor. A rusty spoon –  yay! It does probably nothing valuable. An old   corroded eating utensil – almost every culture has  invented it. What’s the little circle to the right  

In the description? The little – it’s almost like  a circle; it almost meets the other items. Don’t   have it on it. Wait, wait, this is – okay, so this  one has a fork, meaning it’s food. Not sure what  

That means; maybe we run into people, and we  can sell things. Dirt wall, sand wall – okay,   let’s keep going. I should eat something. Are you  hungry? Oh, -2 reduced max health from starving,   -1 reduced damage from starving, -1.2 movement  speed from starving. 24 out of 100. Alright,  

If I just left-click that – no,  right-click. Sweet, duly noted. This is fiber, okay. Is it a little bug?  Sorry, little bug. Looks like we have some   wood down here. Let’s go for that. You know  what I didn’t try was the hoe, and I should  

Know better. The shovel. Oh, dirt ground. What do  I do with that? H. That’s weird; I can’t hoe over   the hole that I made. So, I don’t want to ruin my  fishing spot, but there’s some light right here,  

So let’s just practice. Let’s see, it either  is or it isn’t. Then I ate all my food. Root seed – once planted, it spreads roots in  every direction. Alright, I have some wood,   so I want to do control-click and made 30 torches.  I like that we get to the edge of the map,  

And there’s something enticing to the  right, over here to the left. Over here,   we’re seeing things that are interesting.  Right over here, we have some core or some   ore. What about if we go up here? Yeah, we have  a little bit of light right there too. This seems

Closer. Let’s go in all directions. So, back to one. Ah, run away! It’s charging.  Scrap parts – different material. Salvage from   junk, used to repair items at the Salvage and  Repair Station. Okay, glow tulip seed. Ooh,   new talent point available in running.  So, we can plant the tulip seed. Oh wait,  

That’s the glow tulip, plus four blue glow for  one minute. One food can be cooked – a precious   shimmering flower that absorbed ancient  energy. This is what we want to plant;   we’ll save that for later. Glow tulip seed. Oh, we  have a box. Oh, ancient gemstone. Oh wait, shift.

Based on the text, the player  seemed to enjoy the discovery   and experimentation aspects of the game. The  player found it nice that torches could be   easily accessed by pressing shift, appreciated the  aesthetic of hanging items on walls, and observed   the game’s auto-replacement feature for tools.  The player also expressed interest in various  

In-game elements like gemstones emitting energy,  copper ore, heartberry seeds, and the potential   for crafting paintable walls and floors. On the  less enjoyable side, the player faced challenges   or uncertainties, such as figuring out the purpose  of certain items like the strange blue gemstone,  

Copper ore, and heartberry seeds. Additionally,  there was some confusion about the use   of ground slime and attempts to grow slime blobs   in a slime factory, highlighting a potential  learning curve in understanding game mechanics.   Overall, the player’s experience seemed  positive, with a mix of enjoyment in  

Discovery and some uncertainties in  understanding certain game elements. Oh, there are some bubblies here; I wonder if that  means there’s a special fish. Oh, it does mean a   special fish. Hey, orange cave guppy! When eaten,  it gives plus 10 food and 2.1 Health every second  

For 20 seconds. Can be cooked. Small orange fish  home to the dirt cave lakes. I wonder if I can eat   it from here. That would be nice. Oh well, Nom  Nom. There might be another sparkly thing here.  

What’s going on with that? Whoa! The end of Mac  number one. I lost my inventory except for what   was in my belt. I guess the little red flashing  thing was a warning not to continue hitting the  

Square. Now that the worst is over, I can use  it to decorate. I think I will. These things   seem to be growing but not yet grown. We’re out of  wood; let’s try this glow tulip thing. Okay, these  

Look like things I have to kill to get slimes.  Nice, so you can mine, but you can’t attack when   you have a tool out. You also can’t dig. I think  if I put enough of those there, slimes will grow,  

And then I can kill them to get slime balls.  That did not work. Heart Berry seed did nothing.   Hey, two slimes! That makes three. We should  be able to make our hanging lantern now. Sweet!   It’s a game-changer. The lantern is really  nice to have. It says “Heartberry.” Oh, is  

X for inventory? Let’s try the controller with  right trigger and left, does nothing. Hit and   run to dodge, I guess. A lively egg; what might  that be? The lantern is really nice to have. It   says “Heartberry.” Oh, is X for inventory? Let’s  try the controller with right trigger and left;  

Does nothing. Hit and run to dodge, I guess. A  lively egg; what might that be? It didn’t drop   slime; it dropped something else, a heartberry  seed. A button on the controller gets to the   crafting menu. D-pad up gives us infinite  wood. We got our first little slime blob,  

Except it didn’t drop a slime; it dropped  something else. A hatchable live egg, a mysterious   feathered egg that reacts to your presence. Is  there a way to hatch it? It says “hatchable,” so   there must be. Let’s try crafting. Oh, there’s a  guide on the controls in the bottom right corner.  

Was that there when using the mouse? Let’s try  this. R rotates, right-click to place. There’s a   way to hatch it. We have some tin; let’s see if it  opens up anything. Tin is slower, and the food can   be cooked. One mushroom and one heartberry make  a mushy berry pudding. That’s a powerful food.  

These plants look full-grown. I got the flip seed  back, and I can replant it. Sweet, heartberry. I can keep all my different paintbrushes in a  chest. The bed can be painted green. I need a   green bed; it’s a nice touch. An egg incubator  is needed to hatch mysterious eggs; it requires  

Glass and copper. Crafting stations needed are a  glass smelter, copper anvil, a better workbench,   tin workbench, and a railway forge for underground  rail systems. Progression involves making chests   for each workbench and organizing them  for efficiency. Quick stack and sorting   functions enhance inventory management.  The player contemplates building rooms  

And crafting stations for different purposes. The  fishing spot is expanded, and cooking experiments   are conducted with various ingredients. A room is  planned for the furnace, and the player explores   ground manipulation options. The player discovers  new items, encounters enemies, and considers  

Future developments for the base. The player  expresses their positive surprise with the game,   comparing it favorably to SnowRunner  for a relaxing experience with crafting,   building, and some problem-solving.  They acknowledge the depth of the game,   mentioning   electric or Redstone-like elements and boss  fights. The option for co-op play is highlighted  

For faster progress. The player plans to create  a fort, uncertain about further expansion. They   comment on the 2D aspect but find it enjoyable  overall. The player envisions streaming the   game occasionally for its discovery aspects and  concludes by wishing the audience a good night