Hey everyone!
It’s that time again, when we must mark the inevitable march of time (how are we four months into 2023?) Welcome to the monthly instalment of the Community Round-Up! March was surprisingly spooky as our brand new DLC, School Spirits, invited visitors all the way from the other side. We also had some shiny new in-game items for you all, alongside a dash of chaos in our weekly dev streams.
Recap
Final Valentine’s Wrap-Up
Our Valentine Creative Competition was finalised, with all of you lovely lot in the community voting to choose the best overall build from shortlisted entries. Seeing all of your Campuses pretty in pink has really made it feel like something is in the air, and it’s not just the horrible winter blues clearing up. A huge thank you to everyone who built a beautiful romantic Campus for us, and to all those who voted to crown our champion.
A huge congratulations to Angelo for this build, your Cupid-shaped building is really something else!
Don’t forget our Valentine’s additions (including the new items and Challenge Mode) all stick around in the game, so you’re free to check them out in your own time.
Update 5.0… School Spirits!
The Lifeless Estate opened its doors last month, accepting both students of the ethereal kind and the (slightly less interesting) physical non-see-through kind. The Estate was an eye-sore in our otherwise lovely County, so to bring the place a new lease of life we needed you! Yes, YOU!
To get the place scrubbed up, you took on the challenge of administrating what was (literally) a Hellhole. To clean up the haunted mess, it was time to invite along Paranormal Detection students to do the ghastly work the Janitor’s Union had otherwise refused to (they mentioned something about being Scared Witless?), all whilst filling a gap in the afterlife’s curricular market, providing Free Spirits from all across Two Point County opportunity to enrol in higher education.
With your handy Ghost Dusters at the ready, we also asked for your best expulsion catchphrases over on social media, and you all really rose to the challenge! A very lucky winner got their hands on our final Cheesy Gubbins hooded blanket, but let's look at some of our favourite Ghost Hunting battle cries:
Wanna know more? Read all the details for School Spirits, and any game changes in our update 5.0 blog here.
Two Point Campus Soundtrack
Steam players can now bask in a carefully curated mixtape of hits from Two Point Campus. With local campus bands, celebrity chefs turned DJs and even Two Point County’s most famous musical maestro herself, Ms Jasmine Odyssey.
So whether you prefer the funky and slightly metallic sounds of the Boogie Knights or the magical melancholy of Alchemical Friendship, there’s something here for everyone.
Free Updates
Spring Cleaning
To celebrate the changing of the seasons, we felt a little bit of spring cleaning was in order (mostly for our messy students…) So, to inspire any resident litterbugs to change their ways, a free item pack landed in-game. With some new bin variants, and, to REALLY make sure your students properly look after the place, a Vacuum Cleaner item.
Community Choice Item
We asked and WOW, were you decisive! Over a couple of weeks, all of you in the community voted for your favourite item category, before deciding which item from a line-up of lovely mockups would make it in-game.
We were almost certain you were going to go for the little Robot Bin (a useful utility item), but, cuteness took the lead and the Dorm Hamster was crowned the winning Community Choice Item. Its fluffiness' long-awaited arrival came this month, with all players gaining access to the new Creature Feature item. Plus, you even got four hamsters instead of one!
Developer Stream Highlights
Looking for some tips and tricks for besting those pesky Hellhole Henchmen, or wanna see how the pros grab the elusive gold medals in Challenge Mode? Here’s one of the biggest cheats in the book:
The louder you shout “LEARN FASTER!” the quicker your student’s results go up! Thank us later.
Alongside a whole lot of silliness, our streams do really come with top tips, and even dev insights with first looks at new content!
So, remember, you can tune in every week on Wednesday at 14:00 UTC (15:00 BST, thanks, daylight savings) to relax and have some fun with our team, as you can see we chat about lots of serious topics!