Update Round-up: June 2023 – Kongregate

📢 New Games by Kongregate!

The Kongregate Squad is back with another fun new game for you to enjoy.

Trifling Truffle Trouble

In this action-packed arcade puzzle shooter, you play Lord Sugarcoat, evil mastermind extraordinaire! Shoot bonbons to collect more candies and snacks as the Kongpanions attempt to escape your dastardly plans.

Get an inside look at the team behind these cute and quickly created games on the Kongregate blog.

🎉 New Games on Kongregate.com!

The following games have been added to Kongregate.com since the previous update round-up:

Our team is looking for more opportunities to bring great games into the spotlight and continue supporting independent game developers everywhere.

If you are interested in getting your projects added to Kongregate.com, please get in touch with us at bd@kongregate.com.

🏆 New Badges!

New Badges have been added to the following games:

👾 New Kongpanions!

TWO brand new Kongpanions have joined the rest of the krew! Say hello to

Aidy

Kissing it makes it feel better!

Crouton
Dressed to thrill.

SNEAK PEEKS OF UPCOMING KONGPANIONS!

Join our Discord server and participate in the #who-is-that-kongpanion channel!

See sneak peeks and play the draw-your-Kongpanion guessing game. We share our favorites and the closest guess during our weekly livestreams.

🗨️ Large Expansion of the Discord Widget

As you may have seen, our Discord server can now be accessed while playing select games on Kongregate.com. We've been seeing more and more of our community members making use of this feature, and we will be expanding Discord integration to more games over the coming months.

The widget was recently added to these games:

We've also created a new Discord channel named #hot-games. This is a multi-widget chat channel, similar to our Kongregate Squad chat channel, that connects some of our most popular games with a shared social space. We'll be updating this list as games rise and fall in popularity, but currently the following games all have access:

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To join in on the conversation, simply click the Discord icon in the bottom, right-hand corner of your screen. That will expand the widget to let you see what other players are discussing. If you log in with your Discord account, you can chat as well.

🏳️‍🌈 Queerness in the Gaming World: A Celebration

We have PRIDE all day everyday, but this month we celebrate extra for the amazing LGBTQIA+ community at Kongregate and throughout the world.

"I feel that we’re in a queer renaissance and want to encourage people to tell their stories whether it’s creating a queer story in a game, being an openly queer livestreamer, or writing a book or a film."

Read more about our Product Marketing Coordinator Chais and his experience with queerness in the gaming world on the Kongregate blog.

📚 Kongregate's June Book Program Explores Juneteenth and LGBTQ+ Stories

Building on the success of last year's program, we are excited to offer our employees another opportunity for greater growth and understanding. The June Book Program is designed to foster continued learning within our company and provide our employees with valuable insights into Juneteenth and the LGBTQ+ community through educational books. Read more about this here.

🏳️‍🌈 Meet Pez: Embracing Authenticity During Pride Month

"I knew I needed to be brave and visible... not only for myself but for other people who were struggling to be their true selves." Read more about Pez, a Lead Artist at Kongregate and the importance of embracing authenticity during Pride Month here.

That's it for our round up this month, check back next month for another update!