Happy New Year all!
We wish you all the best start to 2023! Two Point County had a jam-packed end of the year, so join us to dive into some of our highlights! We'll also be showing off some of our favourites from the community's creations.
Recap
December was busier than most, not just because of a troublesome, hairy visitor on campus... Space Academy opened its doors, and we all shared your excitement as you sent us your favourite space puns and all your amazing screenshots of the new content.
Update 3.0... in Spaaaaaaaaaaace!
Space Academy launched last month with a galaxy full of new features, including new levels, out-of-this-world students and celestial items. We loved the hype, whether you were showing off your screenshots from Cheesy Heap, or sharing your excitement at new alien friends.
We also set you the challenge of amazing us with your best planetary puns, and WOW did you deliver! A very lucky individual took home an awesome custom Switch, to knock their holiday celebrations fully into outer space.
Alongside all the DLC goodness, update 3.0 had a host of free changes for ALL players, not just those who've ventured into space. Quality-of-life updates like queue management and new visualisation for item upgrades were added to the game, alongside a load of tweaks and improvements which bring new intuitive reminders to the game.
Not only that, but it's worth mentioning many of these changes were requested by you folks! We're always reading community suggestions, so thank you to all of you for your ideas!
You can read the full changes in update 3.0 here.
Winter Update
As the seasons change once again, some lovely jolly festivity was needed to bring some warmth to Campus. Festive items offset the new iciness in the game, but, it wasn't all hot cocoa and peppermint sticks. No, the grumpy old Krampus was in town, deciding to ruin the County's merriness.
After absolutely SMASHING our Halloween Challenge, Krampus delivered a challenge so terrifying we thought all students would have the unhappiest of holidays. You took it in your stride, however, sharing your top tips and tricks across socials to really push for earning those medals.
With good vibes and holiday cheer at heart, you all banded together, raising ONE BILLION to buy Krampus an absolutely massive gift, which finally had the old chap grow a heart (as well as unlocking a shiny new Kiosk in the game!)
Creative Competition
Alongside the Krampus-shaped disruption, we invited those with a creative flare to show us your best festive builds! We asked for your merry and bright builds to be submitted to #WinterTPCampus, and WOW, we've had some stunning entries and a load of creativity in your different approaches to your builds.
The studio had a huddle to vote for their top 4 entries, which are now shortlisted, and it is down to you folks to decide the overall winner.
You can see the studio's favourite entries here and cast your vote before 12th January 2023. The winner wins an awesome Two Point swag bag, complete with a physical copy of the game.
Sadly that's the end of winter for Two Point Campus, after Krampus wrecked snow people for three weeks straight, Pointians across the County had enough and stopped rebuilding them. The icy weather took the hint and has moved on for another year.
Don't worry! The new items and the Krampus challenge mode are sticking around, so you can enjoy them in your own time!
Community Creations
With so much going on, it's no wonder you've all had such a creative streak! We want to take some time to shout out some of our favourite screenshots and Campus builds we've seen in the last month, plus, we wanted to show off some of your awesome entries in the Creative Competition, here are our highlights:
A lovely cosy build, with so many details! You'll find us rolling down the festive rug corridor.
Who doesn't love cats?
From Discord, nadjiggle has been putting together perfect Campuses! Not bad, if we do say so ourselves.
Studying humanity can mean only one thing, Christmas in space!
TargaryenPuma's mushroom forest is a lovely addition to this festive campus!
Not a bad spot to grab a coffee, we loved Vanessa's Christmasy build!
Thank you to everyone who entered, and all those who shared their screenshots with us! We love seeing you all get involved, and we'll be doing more Creative Competitions in the future, so watch this space!
Again, a huge thank you to everyone who sends their builds and creations our way!
It's still early days in 2023 so far, but we're really excited for this year and what it could bring to Two Point Campus. Best wishes to you all, and stay tuned for the future!