Drill Core Recruits Fresh Allies to Blow Up Planet Layers in Latest Early Access Update

New Dwarf class shakes up gameplay with explosives, new platform mechanics, more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


SEATTLE — Dec. 9, 2024 — Drill Core, the platform miner simulator from developer Hungry Couch and publisher tinyBuild, delights with dwarven dynamite in a trove of new early access content in the Dwarves, Beards, and TNT update, available on PC via Steam today. Watch the new update trailer at the FYNG and GAMESTAR showcase on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2024!

Mine planets with a BOOMING new style: the latest update introduces Dwarves! Detonate a path down to the planet’s core with the newly implemented second platform, complete with its own upgrade tree. Challenge a formidable foe awaiting in the Ice Biome maps, ready to disrupt all that precious progress. Devise a winning strategy, using the Dwarf platform to blast to the heart of planets. 

Excavate freely thanks to an all-new progression system allowing more customizable playstyles. 33 contract modifications, including planetary conditions, have the power to benefit players or hamper them with penalties. Up to 30 temporary technologies emphasize the creation of specialized builds, emulating a satisfying action-roguelite feel.

Navigate through an enhanced UI menu, enjoy AI improvements, and find more to explore thanks to a substantial overall content expansion to the base game. Take on mining contracts with Dwarven allies for a combustible spin on this planet's drilling excursion. Experience all the new thrills of drilling through the changes for refreshed mining sessions thanks to quality-of-life improvements. 

“We’re grateful to the Drill Core community and their continued feedback throughout Early Access,” said Konstantin Burov, Head of Hungry Couch. “This newest update ups the ante, introducing a brand new class that shakes up the way players approach mining and encourages new ways to carve out a winning strategy.”

Drill Core is available now for Windows PC via Steam Early Access for USD $19.99. The game offers English, French, Ukrainian, Serbian, German, Spanish (Spain), Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese language support.

For more information, visit developer Hungry Couch’s official website, wishlist Drill Core on Steam, and follow @tinyBuild and @HungryCouchGame on X (formerly Twitter)!


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About Hungry Couch

Hungry Couch was founded in April 2019 by CEO Konstantin Burov. In 2021, the studio joined the tinyBuild family before the launch of their debut title, the open-world skypunk sandbox game Black Skylands, in 2023. The studio is now hard at work on its second title, Drill Core, a strategy mining game launching in Early Access in 2024.


About tinyBuild

tinyBuild is a Seattle-based indie label behind the Hello Neighbor franchise and over 30 renowned titles, including Hello Neighbor, Graveyard Keeper, SpeedRunners, Happy Humble’s Burger Farm, and Party Hard. With additional development offices in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Belgrade, Serbia, and Riga, Latvia, tinyBuild is rapidly building a portfolio of fun, high-quality games across multiple platforms.