rogue-core-chat

[olive narwhal]

Thats an interesting enemy

I do hope their is still bugs though

[tall plume]

there will

as far as I know

[humble venture]

I think the deeper you go the less you'll see glyphids

[olive narwhal]

I do like the enemy concept so far

[lime tapir]

personally

i like DRG because there are no humanoid looking enemies

like at all, just very cool bugs

[olive narwhal]

Its a bit wierd to see a humanoid enemy though

[lime tapir]

very

[olive narwhal]

But i have faith that it will not act particularly humanoid

[humble venture]

They said they aren't gonna do that

[olive narwhal]

The design gives a monkey or donkey kong motion

[sly wolf]

And this is what makes it work imo
Hoxxes is weird, and seeing morbius in the core weirdly fits, especially thanks to anomalies like error cubes and helixes

[olive narwhal]

Im more impressed by how detailed even the more low poly render looks

Im sure it will terrify the butt outa me when i encounter it for the first time

[sly wolf]

The eyes looked sad tho, like it ate a whole jar of peanut butter while being allergic

[olive narwhal]

You dont know it could have a peanut allergy

[long breach]

Just read the post. For tone setting, thats a cool enemy concept. But then I got to the taxonomy part and im think thinking of the existing bugs and how they’re going to make these new enemies tie together with them

[hollow bear]

Maybe we'll get some infighting this time around 👀

[humble venture]

Seeing some infighting would be really cool

[long breach]

Not necessarily the same species, not at all. But just about the Hoxxes ecosystem so to say. As much as deep sea creatures get weirder the deeper you go, theyre still fish so to say

[long breach]

Oh like, enemies attacking each other without phermones?

[sly wolf]

I would want to see the new species fight for domination in the herd, and when they see you fighting stops, and full attention on you

[long breach]

That would actually be awesome tho. Like the enemies in rainworld and how all the creatures actually mimic an ecosystem

[hidden hornet]

Alright who's been experimenting on the bugs and evolving them into horrors?

[hollow bear]

Yisssss

[north knot]

✋

i did it

[long breach]

Engi nuked hoxxes a few too many times 😂

[hidden hornet]

Good

Let's scare deep rock to giving us better equipment

[north knot]

sneak them on the rig

[median sleet]

Wonder if the stages will start with glyphids and as you go deeper you get the more twisted enemies

[lime tapir]

i hope

[blissful geyser]

It's all out fault. We were the ones pelting them with neurotoxin and corrosive sludge and radiation all the time

Of course they would evolve

[long breach]

I think thatd turn them into blobfish

[lime tapir]

i hope they expand on worldbuilding, including the ecosystem

[long breach]

With the lower pressure on the rig

Or ramrod actually

[sly wolf]

Teleporting bugs whole night long was a bad idea...

[lime tapir]

could be cool to have like some passive creatures that are helpful, but are sought by some predators

[long breach]

Unless the regular miners somehow got their hands on the deeper enemies

[median sleet]

Weird I didn't get the @ everyone ping from #announcements

[orchid berry]

I see GSG's leaning very heavily into horror territory

[long breach]

Me too, and for many many times now 🥲

[orchid berry]

everything they share about this game makes me more excited than ever

[median sleet]

Discord being Discord

[north knot]

I love that they're taking it in a new direction instead of rehashing the same concepts from the original game

[olive narwhal]

I just dont bet discord notifications consistently anymore

[long breach]

Genuinely, having an active ecosystem that interacts with each other is super cool. I do wonder if that would go against the genre of a shooter game tho

[orchid berry]

I dont know why, but picturing the entire GSG team huddled around a single tv watching The Descent is really funny to me

[hollow bear]

Might be the first actual sighting of a leaf lover

[olive narwhal]

First notice of below the defks was the pin

[long breach]

Idk, i feel like if you can bait enemies into fighting each other, then you might just turn it into a stealth game

[raw ridge]

Sidequel

[long breach]

Instead of a roguelite where you just run and gun?

[orchid berry]

spinoff

[raw ridge]

either works

“sidequel” is “a story which portrays events that occur at the same time as the original work, but focuses on different characters in a different setting.”

😛

[orchid berry]

i honestly had no idea sidequel was an actual word, i thought you made it up

[raw ridge]

We learn every day

[long breach]

You learn something new everyday 😄

[orchid berry]

also technically we dont know when rogue core is happening

[raw ridge]

jinx

[long breach]

Lol

[raw ridge]

Alongside season 5

[orchid berry]

really?

[long breach]

No, season 5 is the prequel of RC

[orchid berry]

i thought season 5 is just rogue core inspired

[median sleet]

It's after s5 I believe

probably during s6

[long breach]

For the actual events leading up to RC

[lime tapir]

prelude to rc

[orchid berry]

prologue

[vapid crescent]

https://tenor.com/bSES5.gif

[tall plume]

S5 will be a prequel to the event of Rogue Core. Rogue Core will be "happening" at the time it comes out so somewhere between S5 and S6

[orchid berry]

ahh

[raw ridge]

Yeah that's what I meant

[orchid berry]

wait does that mean expenite is gonna be added in s5/6-ish

[raw ridge]

S5 begins slightly before RC

[tall plume]

not necessarily

[orchid berry]

aww

[raw ridge]

But then it's more or less at the same time

[tall plume]

it's something for Rogue Core, it doesn't mean we'll see it in DRG

[median sleet]

If the DRG dwarves get send to the core,but I doubt it

[orchid berry]

oh right, expenite is in the core

[raw ridge]

I mean, expenite is told to be deeper in hoxxes

[orchid berry]

forgot about that bit

[raw ridge]

Somewhere where rig 17 dwarfs aint

or whatever our number is

[orchid berry]

are we 17 or 19

[long breach]

Though like, we got deep mining sites with structures that got abandoned down in the core

[raw ridge]

17

[orchid berry]

i remember 5 is the one the rockpox destroyed, but i cant remember any other designations

[raw ridge]

5 was the one that got nuked my rockpox comet I think

ye

and ours is 17

[long breach]

Would we occasionally get high risk high rewards missions as the regular drg miners down in the core for s5 you think?

[lime tapir]

i wonder if the DRG dwarves will comment on rogue core

[raw ridge]

We'll see

Would be cool to see Ramrod from Space Rig though 👀

[lime tapir]

true

[long breach]

That keeps popping up in this chat and i think anders or dennis maybe has popped in and said “it would be cool”

[raw ridge]

Ye

[median sleet]

I do think they said, if they add that it wouldn't be in s5, but s6

[raw ridge]

I do think it was as Sheroine said rather

[median sleet]

#rogue-core-chat message

[raw ridge]

neat

[long breach]

Tbf, we got to see the lithophage meteor passing by in the space rig, so i dont think its out of the question to add another spaceship model outside

[tacit frost]

#announcements message
So um... DRG, but GTFO?

sick.

[fierce solstice]

GTFO ain't a roguelite so no

[median sleet]

'Don't worry. As of me writing this the Glyphids are still around and they are a good way to get a feel for the difference in strength of the new enemies when you fight them both.'

I think this implies that the new creatures will be in later stages

[olive narwhal]

As the new enemy drops from the ceiling onto your head

[tall plume]

no, not GTFO, not really

at least not in gameplay

[tacit frost]

Yeah ik, The aesthetic of the first creature really gives my the creepy vibe from gtfo is all

i know it's prolly gonna have close to nothing in common gameplay wise (except obviously the fps features)

[long breach]

The deeper you go, the weirder shit gets, just like the deep ocean

Pressure does weird things

[orchid berry]

yall know how the crawler is uncanny valley humanlike

[strange vale]

New concept art looks pretty creepy, can't wait to burn it to ashes

[orchid berry]

what if there'll be full mimics

i have so many ideas for horror creatures but every single one of them is way too complicated to explain

[strange vale]

Looking at the design of the crawler, I have a feeling the glyphids will have different designs in order to match the design of the crawler.

[long breach]

I think they should have a whole different set of glyphids in the core if you can still find glyphids down there

For the sake of taxonomy, and just making enough sense for a game even if games dont really logic that much

[orchid berry]

maybe the further down you get, the more deformed glyphids become to adapt to the different environments

like how the crawlers and glyphids branch off from the same thing, but evolved differently

[strange vale]

I read some of the steam comments for the concept art showcase thingy (for some reason I can't think of the name of it) it's confirmed that the regular glyphids are going to be in rouge core

[orchid berry]

nevermind then

[long breach]

I mean, id hope theyd make a new set of high pressure adapted glyphids eventually

[orchid berry]

wasnt the stingtail and spreader supposed to be glyphids from deeper into hoxxes?

[long breach]

And the regular enemies you see in drg can appear but really sparsely, unless it makes enough sense for them to live down in the core as is

[long breach]

I dont recall any mention of this?

[orchid berry]

i swear i remember something like that

lemme do some searching

well i cant find anything about that

maybe i hallucinated the whole thing

[long breach]

Maybe, happens sometimes 🤷‍♀️

[idle bison]

i wonder if enemies will be more 'capable' in rogue core

DRG's enemies work around the limitations of the time, so most of them are entirely grounded and glued to the wall, and you can't influence where they are with knockback or anything like that

[long breach]

im still sad about not being able to find evidence of the glyphid soup on a stove on the space rig that appeared ages ago

[idle bison]

will we get mfs who pounce at ya in rogue core?

[orchid berry]

they did say the crawler is more intelligent

maybe it'll have actual attacking tactics instead of head on

[long breach]

Imagine every enemy being a miniboss fight

[idle bison]

every enemy being tanky/important like halo? would be neat

[orchid berry]

I know the game isn't gonna be like this, but with everything we've seen so far, I kinda imagine Rogue core being like a horror objectives game where you get stalked by the creatures

[idle bison]

the ONLY thing i ask for from rogue core is a more streamlined solo experience

[orchid berry]

sure as hell isnt a roguelite but its a neat concept

[idle bison]

roguelike horror games aren't a new concept but roguelite FPS games being horror-oriented sure is

[long breach]

I know they wanted a more horror dark theme. I am still wondering about how it can also be a roguelite

Yeah, cuz what comes to mind is power creep and swarm clear

But horror usually takes it a bit slower at least

[orchid berry]

who knows, maybe GSG is coming up with something never before seen

frankly im excited

[idle bison]

it's not impossible for a roguelike to manage a game's power creep i dont think

[long breach]

So im wondering how theyd balance the theme with the genre

Yeah, i would want to see how they do this. Im just personally unsure how yet😄

[surreal lance]

oh, wow, crawler looks awesome
humanoid enemies in drg universe, damn about time

[forest rain]

Damn man the new horror-like creatures are so fucking cool, GSG did incredible jobs. I can't wait rogue core

[sullen shoal]

Im so giddy

I can wait if they make more stuff like the little feller they posted today

[surreal lance]

well, still have time to clear my backlog and obtain a new one till november

[steel hearth]

Let me Steeve a Crawler?

[marsh crater]

this is so real

[green lark]

the crawlers are a big departure from Glyphids, and really calls into question the nature of Hoxxes as more than just some random planet with abundant natural resources and dangerous wildlife. Lots of deep implications being made here, and quite a big shakeup for the lore and the setting itself.

[marsh crater]

i like how they had to clarify the crawler isnt some mutated human in constant agony

[dusty schooner]

Still weird that it's humanoid

And not dwarfoid

[jade sorrel]

what in the goddamn

[dusty schooner]

What the what

Deadbolt reference !

[green lark]

there's also something very unnatural feeling about the crawlers, like they don't belong on Hoxxes and aren't part of it's natural ecosystem. they seem almost lovecraftian.

[stone minnow]

i presume, from full speculation, RC will come out somewhere in the second half of this year ?

[tall plume]

you presume well
it's also been their decision since they've announced it, as you can see on the pinned roadmap

[stone minnow]

nice, i hope new season will be somehow connected to it, since by the looks of it, they will come out pretty close to each other

[tall plume]

they've also said at the times that S5 will be a prelude to Rogue Core

At this point, just read the pinned messages and store page, we got ton of info there

pretty much all the info

[abstract belfry]

Skinwalkers? In my Hoxxes IV?

[hollow bear]

More likely than you think

[tawny karma]

the real question is are the crawlers the reason the core went rouge

or at least one of the reasons

did the core create the crawlers? it seems like hoxxes could be sentient in some sense

[celest viper]

"Our Hoxxes IV" 🛠️

[abstract belfry]

Oh hell na this ain’t spiral knights

[celest viper]

I just saw the crawler concept art btw

Real cool creature

Can't wait to pet it

It's surely a lootbug species in deeper caves

[modest fern]

Hey I just saw news about this. Is this going to be a sequel or what?

[tall plume]

pinned messages for all the info (including a lot of it on the store page)

[winter chasm]

Certainly

Must be a lootbug

[celest viper]

It gives us expenite when pet

[polar sage]

not really a big fan for this crawler. it just doesn't fit the drg esthetics. its like they took a zombie from l4d and put it in drg.

[rocky dove]

Rogue core is supposedly gonna be a heavier tone than drg

[wispy spindle]

Yay?

Might be good

[tall plume]

reminder : those are concept arts and don't define their definitive look in DRG, especially since they don't even look like anything they can make in engine.

[deft trellis]

I think it would be really cool if rouge core went down a more horror route in atmosphere

[tall plume]

can't really say "horror" but they intend for the game to have a more serious tone

[median sleet]

They force you to drink a leaf lover before every mission

[polar sage]

idk, having eldrich horrors living aside spiders and such would just be unfitting and silly

[median sleet]

I assume they appear in later stages, closer to the core

[tall plume]

that seems to be the case indeed

[median sleet]

would make sense they appear more and more surreal as you venture deeper into hoxxes

Would also be cool to see them fighting glyphids and destroying them on 'transition' stages

[polar sage]

maybe the core could be some kind of parasite that took over dwarves and turn them into those creatures

[median sleet]

From the blog post it seems like they want it to be a creature born on hoxxes

[median sleet]

The third bullet point from the below decks post even mentions 'it's not a parasite'

[polar sage]

just hope that all these horror doesn't make gsg lose what makes drg "drg". franchises having complete aesthetic overhauls almost never works.

[thin zinc]

it's not drg though? It's a different game

[tall plume]

it's in the same universe, using the same engine, and those are concept arts (again)

[median sleet]

Its full name is also Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core

[sacred bridge]

just wanted to check, and this seems to be the place to ask, i've read the store page, and couldn't find an answer, is the game gonna enter some form of playable early access before it full releases, and if so, is there a tentative release date known for either option?

[tall plume]

info in the pinned messages

[sacred bridge]

ahhh

thank you

[median sleet]

There was a closed alpha intended for q1 of this year, but that has been delayed (probably until at least after s5). Early access should release in november

[sacred bridge]

i must have missed the bottom bit when i looked on steam

[polar sage]

all this horror talk is now making me think of a parasite taking over a huge drg space ship like a drg x dead space type of deal lmao

singleplayer drg horror experience

[flat prawn]

didn't notice this game had "events" on steam

[tall plume]

this game isn't even out

[flat prawn]

yeah, i just hadn't checked the news on the steam page for the behind the scenes stuffs

[dim crystal]

Im shocked when i saw the enemy prototype they shared. its so wildly different than the stuff in deep rock

im thinking season 5 prelude to Rogue core is gonna have some cracks open up that let enemies from the core leak out

[viscid flicker]

I wonder how much different the crawler will be from regular enemies in the game

[south trail]

Feels uncanny seeing actual vertebrates on hoxxes-

[ancient tangle]

pretty hyped for the new aesthetic

[forest rain]

rogue core is gonna be a horror game 🙏 😭

and im all in for it

art looks sick

[primal thistle]

Dumb question, wasnt rogue core the like isometric roguelite?

What is it actually about? And what is the gameplay like?

[trim jay]

Im really dissapointed by the decision to ditch the invert exclusive setting, and opt for bog standard skinwalker designs.

Art direction like this is already dominating the industry, and has gotten so stupidly stale. Everyone, both in games and movies nowadays want their boney monster humanoids because they're easy to make uncanny.

I think its a let down that GS couldn't come up with something more interesting and just went for the shaved gibbon designs instead.

Im seriously let down by the fact that this is what Hoxxes was hiding. Not some over-evolved army of super bugs, but just another horde of skinwalker drivel.

[dusty schooner]

I agree to an extent tbh

[primal thistle]

Invert exclusive designs?

[trim jay]

Invertebrate exclusive setting*

[tranquil herald]

you're thinking of DRG Survivor

[primal thistle]

So you dont like the creepy vertebratred things they wanna make?

[trim jay]

?

[primal thistle]

Have we seen any designs?

[primal thistle]

Ooooh thank you

[dusty schooner]

Also I don't think they're excluding glyphids from the enemy pool?

Iirc

[trim jay]

we’re not looking at going so alien and bug-like as we did in Deep Rock Galactic

[sullen shoal]

Im hoping the crawler is not a common enemy like the glyphid guards are in the base game, but more of a warden type rarity or even rarer

[trim jay]

As one of the first prototype enemies for Rogue Core, the Crawler’s design helps set the tone for the rest of the creatures that come after it.

It is implied that this is the theme we are going for.

[dusty schooner]

That doesn't confirm that they're actually gone tho

We need an official statement or something

[trim jay]

If the crawler was a one of design, sure i could fly with that. But as they've stated thats probably not the case.

[dusty schooner]

Would be odd to remove them considering that it's a roguelike too

We need little guys to kill

[sullen shoal]

theres still gonna be bugs right?

[dusty schooner]

We don't know

[sullen shoal]

Maybe we'll encounter a not juvenile dreadnought as a boss

[trim jay]

“Jacek [Art Director at GSG] is emphasizing a sort of an ‘uncanny valley’ feeling for some of the enemies in Rogue Core,” Casper says. “We want things to seem near-human, but not familiar. Right now at least, we’re not looking at going so alien and bug-like as we did in Deep Rock Galactic."

[dusty schooner]

I'm down for the game being more focused on adding various unique spooky enemies but removing the bugs altogether sounds not great

[trim jay]

This is the closest we'll get.

"As one of the first prototype enemies for Rogue Core, the Crawler’s design helps set the tone for the rest of the creatures that come after it."

I would like to say that somewhere in the blog post they go "oh and of course we'll have bugs around too, new ones and all" but there literally isn't.

[sullen shoal]

"For SOME of the enemies"

We can have a few, like how we got the macter branch of enemies

[trim jay]

we’re not looking at going so alien and bug-like as we did in Deep Rock Galactic

idkk man

[sullen shoal]

Every enemy in drg is a bug, theyre saying its not just bugs

[primal thistle]

I mean it is a different game i personally do not want a deep rock clone

New enemies and styles seems very cool

[sullen shoal]

On our own earth, theres insects but also other animals

[primal thistle]

The core of hoxxes should be unique

And have uncanny enemies

[sullen shoal]

i think they want to implement different kind of enemies other than just bugs or spiders, they mentioned animal like traits

[trim jay]

Yea sure but not skinwalkers

[primal thistle]

Why not?

[winter chasm]

That’s not what a skinwalker is though

[sullen shoal]

Is every thin humanoid creature a skinwalker?

[trim jay]

Whatever you want to label them

The overwhelmingly stale mountain of "lanky skinny humanoid monster" that the media industry goes crazy for nowadays

[primal thistle]

I think it will help give a scarier feeling to uncharted territory

[trim jay]

Its literally the go-to monster for anyone who wants to make a scary design

[primal thistle]

And again we still do not have a sketch right?

[trim jay]

Uncanny valley lanky human

[winter chasm]

Skinwalkers don’t even fall under that category

[primal thistle]

Trueeee

[trim jay]

Ok sure lets not call them skinwalkers

Lets call them whatever fits

You tell me

[primal thistle]

Underfed lanky creepy guys

[tall plume]

pinned messages for info

[tall plume]

they are not ditching the glyphids

[primal thistle]

Thanks!

[harsh lynx]

maybe this is just cause I haven't played any games with creatures like these, but personally I am excited for the darker tone of Rogue Core. Would you mind linking me to some other games which use this aesthetic so I can take a look?

[junior mountain]

Yo that crawler looks sick as hell, love it

[trim jay]

To be fair i have not catalouged them and i wouldn't really have the time for it either. I can assure you though that they are stupidly common in horror games.

[harsh lynx]

alright, I'll take your word for it. Might see if I can find some later, hopefully there's a cheap one I can try out

[trim jay]

It is a trope, i think this post here talks about it very well lol.
https://vxtwitter.com/arvalis/status/1759914826820919433?s=20

oh vx doesnt work?

https://x.com/arvalis/status/1759914826820919433?s=20

[junior mountain]

I like how there's also a deep rock bug in the post

[harsh lynx]

I see the point lol. that bug could be concept art for helldivers, drg or a number of other games

[tall plume]

there's a reason enemies have somewhat similar shapes

[trim jay]

Off the top of my head i can name the future predator from Primeval, the thing from Quiet place, Demigorgon from stranger things, licker from Resident evil, the Wraith and Gorgon from Evolve.

[tall plume]

too strange/unique and it would look silly or lovecraftian

and if you're not going for either, the options are somewhat limited

[trim jay]

I feel like DRG already has a very diverse cast of enemies.

[tall plume]

they don't have a particularly unique shape though

[trim jay]

I would certainly label stuff like the sandshark unique.

[tall plume]

it's still very bug like

what's unique is the artstyle and the details

[trim jay]

Idk man a lot of the DRG cast stand out regardless of the artstyle or not.

[junior mountain]

Tropes become tropes because they're so effective, its how you do your take on them that make them interesting, sort of like how dragons are tropes but they're still cool to fight

[trim jay]

Tyrant weed, Grabber, Breeder, leech, Spitball, etc.

[junior mountain]

I think they'll do a good job

[tall plume]

exactly

[pearl tinsel]

Stuff like huuli hoarder or mactera feel pretty unique imo

[trim jay]

A dragon is just a label you can give essentially anything. Titles like Monster hunter play with that very well.

[tall plume]

mactera are just flying bugs, not unique in overall design

[pearl tinsel]

They're flying cave bugs with a unique shape I can't really identify with anything specifically on earth

[trim jay]

Are we talking about straight up appearence or shape language?

[pearl tinsel]

Goo bomber is a bit more generic since you can see its eyes

[junior mountain]

These boys right here is deep rocks take on the bug enemy trope starship troopers pretty much made, and they're great fun, I really want to see what they do this time with the creepy dark depth thing

[scarlet totem]

I think it would have been infinitely more interesting if they did the whole “lanky human monster” thing but made it insectoid still

[pearl tinsel]

It still looks kinda insectoid tbf

[trim jay]

Star ship troopers dont have angry acorns, flying sprawly bugs, zeppelin jellyfish, or slimemold mortars.

[pearl tinsel]

And judging by the concept art I think its face will probably open up somehow

[trim jay]

Thank you Leon.

[junior mountain]

which is why I said those are deep rocks take on the trope

deep rock do have the big crawly bugs and the little grunts, same as star ship

[trim jay]

Look i dont really have a lot to add to this conversation anymore but my main point is just i REALLY HOPE that lanky humanoids wont be the dominant lifeform we will meet in rogue core.

[junior mountain]

I doubt it will, they like their cool designs so they'll probably go all over the place anyway, it's concept art too so it's subject to be scrapped or change down the pipeline

[trim jay]

If i wanna shoot humanoids or whatever i'll just got play L4d2 or GTFO

[scarlet totem]

An idea I mentioned elsewhere is a Glyphid that reaches maturity without metamorphosis
So it’s still squishy, but arachnid like

Like the first two concept sketches they show are pretty dang close

[idle bison]

tbf Rogue Core isn't gonna be the same genre as either of those two games

[tall plume]

they don't want to make it humanoid

just vaguely humanoid

I doubt full-on humanoid enemies would work at all with the artstyle anyway

[trim jay]

I mean, whats shown so far is by definition humanoid.

[tall plume]

so are aliens, and yet you'd be hard pressed to call them humans 😄

[trim jay]

I don't.

[tall plume]

https://tenor.com/view/alien-predator-fun-swing-gif-24426691

[trim jay]

But you can call them humanoid.

Humanoid does not mean they are actually human, it just means they look like humans, or primates.

[tall plume]

xenomorph are a good example of humanoid enemies that really look unique IMO

[trim jay]

Good old xenomorph

[tall plume]

I imagine the crawler approaching something similar

[scarlet totem]

We’ll just have to see as they continue design iteration

[steel hearth]

"Don't worry. As of me writing this the Glyphids are still around and they are a good way to get a feel for the difference in strength of the new enemies when you fight them both."
-dagadegatto in a comment on the Steam post

[tall plume]

yeah, as I said previously, they are not ditching the glyphids. Always good to have a dev confirm it tho.

[idle bison]

the image they used for the ingame render showed em off moving unlike anything that would normally be possible in DRG, so I'm pretty curious if they've advanced the movement engine at all

i wanna see em in motion

[tall plume]

they did say they don't know how they'll move yet

[trim jay]

ok thank you

[pearl tinsel]

Pretty sure they're still going to crawl along walls and such like the bugs.

[tall plume]

yeah

that's pretty much guaranteed

non wall crawling/non flying enemies are a disaster in heavily randomised terrain generation

both in pathing and how easy it is to cheese them

[winged moth]

I could see all the weird bunkers used to cheese the f out of them in base drg if they couldn't fly or wall climb

[median sleet]

I would like to see an enemy that switches between flying and walking

Imagine shooting a bug and it starts flying towards you

actually that's just the lootbugs from lethal company

[idle bison]

swarmers are already capable of jumping so I can't imagine it's impossible

[raven wharf]

Damn it Mike, ruining my ability to troll people by telling them that RC is a souls like.

[median sleet]

I though RC was similair to slime rancher? You have to capture the bugs/cryptids and farm them for resources

[raven wharf]

Well I treat every shooter like a point and click adventure game. I point at an enemy, click, and the adventure continues.

[tall plume]

or flying lemurs from Risk of Rain

[tough fulcrum]

We got concept sketches?

[tall plume]

check the pins

[median sleet]

There are flying lemurians in risk of rain?

[tall plume]

yeah, in RoR1 and return

[median sleet]

Oh, I haven't seem them yet then

[raven wharf]

too many games

[median sleet]

So true, haven't played returns a lot

[tough fulcrum]

Just did

[median sleet]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2605790/view/5921742839597128717

[median sleet]

I have so many good games in my library and yet I stick to playing only 3 of them

[tough fulcrum]

I meant I just checked and saw it I’m sorry 😭

[median sleet]

Lol

[fallen drum]

Me
Has Phasomphobia, Palworld, Black ops 3, Minecraft, Gmod, Tear down, Lethal company, DRG and DRG survior
I only play 3 games right now of that list

DRG and DRG survivor...
And Garrys

[tough fulcrum]

As long as two of those are DRG you’re good

[raven wharf]

I'm supposed to be testing DRG, DRG:S, Darkswarm, I have a full time job, and I just want to finish playing through Ion Fury Aftershock.

I wonder if I could get away with replacing my blood with caffeine.

[fallen drum]

I have 600+ hours in DRG currently

It'll only increase

[median sleet]

Yeah, I am trying to get through baldurs gate 3. I like the game but most of the time I end up playing DRG/ not playing anything at all

Also: Darkswarm 👀

[fallen drum]

I love having a DRG addiction its great

[tough fulcrum]

I feel this. It’s just such… well it’s funny, DRG is a unique game only because of the little TLC stuff that GSG put in and that’s what makes it so good

[coarse plume]

OMG just saw the recent blog about rogue core's conceptual crawler

[tough fulcrum]

#rogue-core-chat

Oh wow I’m so stupid

[coarse plume]

humanoid enemies would be such a great change of variety

especially since they are often used in cave exploration horror stories

I do love how they didnt go the typical "constant agony deformed/zombified" take on it either

I would share a picture of a volatile from dying light(cuz thats what it's current design reminds me of) but idk if thats considered too graphic for a discord like this

[fallen drum]

The Universe has such a charm to it that immediately drew me in, the details and the devlopers handling of the game itself and the community are great

Devs that listen to its community are amazing

I'm so happy its a Universe now

not just one game

[tough fulcrum]

The universe wants us dead

[old swift]

cool to see how far the game might go in the horror direction but the crawler looks very unsatisfying to shoot at a glance

sentinels and swarmers are the only enemies i can think of with no breakable armor plating but sentinels have a big squishy weakpoint and swarmers die to nearly everything

and i extremely doubt it's intended to be the size of a swarmer, so something that large without any sort of visual feedback for shooting seems ehh

head could explode when you shoot it but that's only on death, and since its body is meant to be kinda tense i don't think you'd be peeling skin off

[tough fulcrum]

It’s… it a concept art thingy

I feel like you’re overthinking this

[old swift]

well yeah but the post implies there'll be enemies/more enemies in that sort of style

[fresh canyon]

What about gibbing limbs?

I assumed that since theyre going for a more gritty and realistic style theyre also gonna be more gritty and realistic with the gore

[old swift]

in that case maybe

but i'd also just want to see that for glyphids too if that's the route

[fresh canyon]

Well yeah for sure

I always assumed that gibbing limbs was always intended to be in drg since some enemy armor seems to be designed around it

[old swift]

even if it was just visual

though anything more than visual would probably be quite complex anyway

[fresh canyon]

I imagine that taking off creatures limbs could impact them in some simple way

[tall plume]

it doesn't seem like it's intended to be a "swarm" type enemy, so that's also interesting

[old swift]

figure it's more like an acidspitter

[fresh canyon]

Seems more like a dangerous hvt enemy that would maybe even avoid engaging during a swarm

Since they mentioned it kinda just lurks around

[tall plume]

more like an elite enemy it seems

[mystic bridge]

That Crawler design kinda reminds me of GTFO

[delicate flax]

crawler is cool but if it's intended to be creepy i hope rogue core has a scarier atmosphere to match it

[fierce solstice]

have you not seen the screenshots of one of the maps ?

[tall plume]

it's intended for Rogue Core to have a more serious tone, yes

[winter violet]

show me

[fierce solstice]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/607243491843768320/1214415277912096768/ss_21ebe617506d83bcac169ed0616b45838dfc0e87.png?ex=660b7c5c&is=65f9075c&hm=c7e2e2a03bbc7b5f7a50dbd8139969eabc3bbc679cd125903cbc044d1c0aa668&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=1202&height=676
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/607243491843768320/1214415278717534218/ss_cc0d4b0fb4be0b755749f7c522b098f2fa0ba599.png?ex=660b7c5d&is=65f9075d&hm=36d8a9a897a6e72580d1a242b563ca5b06ddada3863715955e1bc7632cc8f256&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=1202&height=676
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/607243491843768320/1214415279640154132/ss_8466eb6f5ea3b61a2a2bdd57bf92bbaf7a2387c2.png?ex=660b7c5d&is=65f9075d&hm=64e3dcdf87aea9a9cc08015bf0cd0854df38338101d7e7fcc8e8314df4d755ea&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=1202&height=676

It's a mix of those on the steam page & some that appeared in a steam post iirc

[winter violet]

cool

it's very DRG

[fierce solstice]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2605790/Deep_Rock_Galactic_Rogue_Core/

[tall plume]

they're all on the steam store page AFAIK

[fierce solstice]

nevermind then

[slow loom]

New enemies looks awesome so far... If it wouldn't be DRG related i thought their out of a horror game. Love it so far giv me mooooooooore!

[delicate flax]

but that terminal display is pretty cool

[tough fulcrum]

That’s true. It could be interesting to have missions or whatnot focused around taking out a single enemy

[tall plume]

Rogue Core won't be a "mission" focused kind of game

from what we know

[tough fulcrum]

Ayo??

[jovial trail]

i kinda want the crawlers to be similiar to assassins from vermintide ngl

but i hope they are rare and dangerous

[tough fulcrum]

That’s fair

[idle bison]

yeah i assume it'll work more like a gauntlet, like yknow

every other roguelike

[tall plume]

pretty much

[tough fulcrum]

Wait has it been confirmed that the player characters in rogue core are dwarves

[idle bison]

yes

[jovial trail]

its still deep rock, so yeah

[idle bison]

the store page uses the phrase "Dwarven Reclaimers"

[tough fulcrum]

Gotcha

[clear relic]

Is rogue core season 5 for drg?

[delicate flax]

Season 5 is a prelude to announce the events of rogue core in drg

basically connecting the two games together

[clear relic]

Cool, thx!

[rich condor]

cant wait to see ruined spacerig in the end of season 5

[median sleet]

Spacerig gets destroyed so the drg dwarves decide to move in with the reclaimers without asking

[verbal aurora]

"hi. we live in your pool shed now."

[calm yoke]

Honestly, was not expecting this shift towards humanoid enemies for this game.

I was expecting something more elemental, like an evolution of the Hommoran Heartstone.

I am not sure how I feel about this design choice.

The deeper you go in an alien planet, I'd expect the entities living there to be far less recognizable and more alien, not the other way around.

Ghoul like enemies was definitely not on my bingo card for the horrors of deep Hoxxes

[reef jacinth]

« "Think of a human and a blue whale,” Casper says. “These animals don't look alike, but when you start to explore their skeletal structure or their organs and how they function, you can see how they're at least related, from the same planet. We'd like to do something similar here." »

You might want to consider this

It doesn’t mean it will only be humanoid

[calm yoke]

What is the comparison for the crawler on Hoxxes?

Certainly not the glyphids

[reef jacinth]

I mean, it's just one enemy to all of them.

And it’s still sketch

I’m personally hyped

Let them cook 🍳

But i get what u mean

[plain vector]

i'm hoping to see them use tools

imagine them with glyphid armour

[tall plume]

they're creatures

animals

I doubt you'll see them use any tools at all

[plain vector]

Humanoid could entail intelligence

[hollow wolf]

Humans are animals

We can use tools

Checkmate

[pine charm]

I'm really intrigued by where this is heading
Seems Rogue Core is taking a lot of thematic cues from GTFO

[fierce solstice]

if a game featuring creatures crawling on 4 legs & in a dark/horror setting takes thematic cues from GTFO then it's fair to say legit 90% of the current horror games are taking cues from GTFO

[pine charm]

I'm talking about the mystery and heavier focus on horror

A humanoid monster isn't exactly something you'd see in regular DRG

[plain vector]

i wonder if the cavemen live in groups or small tribes

do they have homes?

[raw ridge]

they got inspired by the horror movie The Descent

I guess you can get some idea from it

I still want to see dwarf necromorphs tho

[lime tapir]

real question. wil we be able to salute in RC?

[tall plume]

yes

[lime tapir]

ok good.

[lime tapir]

please no
i personally want this game to be mostly focused on actual wildlife, rather than some disease

[raw ridge]

Necromorphs weren't a disease though

👀

[tall plume]

the steam blogpost specifically say they don't want to go the "zombie" route so it'll be fine

[raw ridge]

tsk tsk

Make us whole, Karl

[calm yoke]

I mean... who says some roxpox infections haven't managed to spread deeper?

[gleaming musk]

Normal drg enemies be like:haha silly glyphids
Rogue core enemies be like:scp 096 typa monster

[tough fulcrum]

Me turning around and seeing SCP 106 rising out of a puddle of liquid morkite

[sinful yew]

-Hello fellow dwarf
-Hello... WHO WAS THAT

[gleaming musk]

Wait

If glyphids are well bugs

WHO TF ARE THE HUMANOIDS

[idle bison]

that's just my buddy Gary

[gleaming musk]

Does he like video games tho?

[worldly sundial]

I was expecting some kind of nasty ass bugs and maybe the planet itself fighting back.

NOT GOLLUM.

That shit looks terrifying.

[cedar kelp]

they at least try okay?

[velvet marsh]

I love it.

[teal crest]

licks on error cube

my precious!

[cedar kelp]

he spends a lot of time getting ready for dwarves to see him

[worldly sundial]

I'd rather NOT see him

[cedar kelp]

and the last thing he expects is this kind of insults

an apology is in order I do believe

[worldly sundial]

This gonna be fun.

wait.

Wait

oh god what are we going to wake up in Season 5

[tall plume]

who knows

[worldly sundial]

Mom please pick me up I am scared.

[velvet marsh]

I do, but I'm not telling

[pure vessel]

Driller

Because there's bugs to kill and minerals to mine

[worldly sundial]

Well, besides Driller.

[pure vessel]

Scout

Because there's bugs to kill and minerals to mine

[long breach]

Anders, will there be pickles?

[pure vessel]

No. No pickels.

[devout scarab]

medic class too?

[velvet marsh]

Not gunner tho, he had a bit too much to eat yesterday

[long breach]

the core isn't a pickle jar? 😦

[pure vessel]

No, no medic class. They all quit.

[pure vessel]

No, gunner too.

Because there's bugs to kill and minerals to mine

[idle bison]

I can't wait to play rogue core and just play it like I'm a class in DRG

[velvet marsh]

Ah darn I hadn't considered that

[idle bison]

banned for spam

[worldly sundial]

Ok. Besides the dwarves, what the hell are we waking up.

[tough fulcrum]

Mission Control has had enough

[long breach]

bugs?

[tough fulcrum]

He is now a playable class

[pure vessel]

https://tenor.com/view/cant-touch-this-mc-hammer-stop-hammer-time-hip-hop-rap-gif-24687973

[idle bison]

how's ammo gonna work

[pure vessel]

Engineer

Because there's bugs to kill and platforms to be set up

[tough fulcrum]

You put the bullet in the gun

You fire the gun

[worldly sundial]

Engie IS a dwarf though

[tough fulcrum]

Remove the empty bullet

Repeat process

[idle bison]

what if I run out of ammo

[long breach]

what if engi isn't a dwarf?

[tough fulcrum]

Get more ammo

[pure vessel]

You drink one leaf lover to get one bullet

[worldly sundial]

Are you implying he's a short elf?

[tough fulcrum]

I AM NOT AN ELF

[idle bison]

this game fucking sucks

[worldly sundial]

An elf that defected to the dwarf side.

[idle bison]

(i'm kidding!!!)

[pure vessel]

Well it's still a prototype

[idle bison]

call me a pedant but i'm def excited to see how rogue core handles the small stuff like ammo

assuming there's no nitra

[long breach]

end result being drinking 50 leaf lovers and paying $1 per bullet

[pure vessel]

https://tenor.com/view/who-knows-shrug-what-shades-on-idk-gif-15962763

[worldly sundial]

Either way, I'm excited for the horrors.

[tough fulcrum]

See, what they're NOT telling you is that a resupply only costs 40 nitra

The other 40 goes to the Reclaimers

[idle bison]

what do the reclaimers do with it

[long breach]

eat it

[idle bison]

knew it

[long breach]

crunchy ammo 😋

[velvet marsh]

I think if you changed it to two bullets per leaf lover it could help smooth out the difficulty spike on the endgame

Maybe address the current steeve meta too

[calm yoke]

Hear me out: since this is more of a rogue lite, we won't have to worry about resupplies, and we'll have infinite ammo

[long breach]

nah, we'll have infinite ammo to shoot with, but then need resupplies for ammo to eat

[idle bison]

not uncommon, roboquest has no reserve ammo

[tall plume]

or we'll have limited ammo per stage and it refills in between stages

[cedar kelp]

like you do pit stops at those weird elevator/stations thingies

[idle bison]

i would hate if this game had a system where you could just softlock yourself by running out of ammo but i guess that's the point

[fierce solstice]

This can be compensated by giving you a handgun with infinite ammos

less powerful than other options but you wouldn't softlock yourself at least

[olive narwhal]

You probably have a pickaxe use it

[olive narwhal]

This also works

[tall plume]

managing ammo and switching between weapons would actually be a very useful skill there

[delicate flax]

i hope this handgun is upgradable

[idle bison]

I'm sure it is

[olive narwhal]

Doom 2016 pistol was upgradeable

[idle bison]

maybe this'll be our chance to finally do pickaxe melee builds

[olive narwhal]

It was clearly the strongest weapon in the game

[inland palm]

They cud def go the route of letting you keep the default pistol with infinite ammo

That way your starting weapon pick actually matters a lot more for the run

[tough fulcrum]

LETS GOOOO

[idle bison]

I wanna see the mf dorfs

[fierce solstice]

If i can do shit like ROR drifter i'm in

[dusty schooner]

The game would be so much better if we had RoRR miner. . ..

[celest viper]

I wonder what expenites usage is

is it some kind of energy source or sth?

[tall plume]

from what they said, it's used for upgrades ?

[celest viper]

I meant lore-wise

[tall plume]

ah, no idea then 😄

[celest viper]

it must be expensive for a reason

[tall plume]

probably

[celest viper]

wait

it's green

it's expensive

is expenite a cryptonite?

it all makes sense now

cryptonite is from hoxxes IV!

[idle bison]

holy crap they made a first person shooter out of DRG survivor

[tough fulcrum]

What’s expenite ?

Is that the thing from the trailer or did they release something

[idle bison]

mineral mentioned in the trailer

[tough fulcrum]

Oh okay

[celest viper]

it's very rare and expensive mineral that can be found in the core of the hoxxes IV

[fierce solstice]

might be for meta upgrades

[unreal swift]

The core might be rogue

[sly wolf]

How long will the core be rouge?

[wise orchid]

something something deep lore

pun 100% intentional

[celest viper]

rouge might be the core

[austere kernel]

How rogue is the core?

[idle bison]

will the game have random crits?

[delicate flax]

make sure the glyphids have obscenely large hitboxes that are 2x larger than their actual in game size

[west warren]

i hope it has more limb and armor break mechanics

[idle bison]

nah i'm just curious if the game will have random critical hits on top of the weakpoint system. practically every roguelite FPS and most roguelites in general have em

i can't tell what would be more surprising: a DRG game having random crits, or a roguelite FPS not having them

[west warren]

it just seems unnecessary given all the systems they already have to vary damage

survivor got the random crits tho

[idle bison]

survivor has random crits because that game's formula wouldn't really allow for weakpoints, i imagine

[west warren]

ye

[olive narwhal]

I think they could do weakpoint damage buffs but drg already has large obvious weakpoints in the current enemy portfolio

So they could do fun weakpoint hits deal more damage things or weakpoints have other interesting effects

[idle bison]

i don't think it'd be terribly unbelievable for the game to have random crits

they act as a way to build around crits with weapons that have weakpoints disabled, ie rocket launchers

lotta ways to go around it. could eschew from weakpoints entirely (unlikely), could have weakpoint hits and random crits be functionally identical (roboquest does this), or have both exist and let them stack (vermintide/darktide)

[old swift]

roboquest way seems most likely since all the enemies have weakpoints already

[idle bison]

vermintide/darktide have a super weird way of going about it

pretty sure it straight up has abilities that increase your crit chance on hitting weakpoints lol

darktide is wacky in that it has a weapon stat for both crit and weakpoint (called Finesse) but it also has separate stats for both of them

would love to hear from a dev about it

[past terrace]

Yea every now and again an enemy attack will have an electric glow and do 3x damage /ref

[idle bison]

tfw TF2 is the first game people think of when i say random crits

[past terrace]

Look, I have brainrot

[olive narwhal]

You cant tell me its not one of the first games you think off if not atleast the funny random crit sound

[idle bison]

it's not in my mind when i discuss random crits because they have nothing in common with the way they're implemented in RPGs

[olive narwhal]

I mean i dont think roguelites are rpg

[idle bison]

they borrow a LOT of RPG elements

[olive narwhal]

But i get what you mean xenoblade has crit chance and all that

[idle bison]

most games nowadays do

the modern day roguelite is like playing a really really condensed RPG that doesn't save your progress

[olive narwhal]

But adding to other stuff rogue should go the both route for weakpoints if they are going to have random crits

[idle bison]

will rogue core have swarmers

[olive narwhal]

I assume its a possibility atleast the more bug centric early stages

Before we get to the little guy

[hollow palm]

I mean. Not really? That’s the old roguelike

You’re probably thinking of the roguelikes that stick to the dungeon crawler format

Necrodancer comes to mind. Maybe dead cells.

“RPG elements” isn’t the same as being an rpg either

RPG elements could refer to the story, exploration loop, and combat mechanics of a game

Or it could mean that the game has a leveling system and stats that change.

[weary quest]

so uh

rogue core is gonna be a horror roguelike mining game with beer and dwarves

got it

[olive narwhal]

Only the best combos

[viscid narwhal]

Did anyone see the mining rig is missing

[sly wolf]

Lootbugs took it over last monday

[viscid narwhal]

How did they get onboard Did the dwarf bring them in or did they sneak in the escape pods

[sly wolf]

They took over scouts body, and used it to sneak in

[viscid narwhal]

Add up

I mean adds

[forest rain]

rogue core like dbd but better

[tough fulcrum]

Yeah that checks out

[tough fulcrum]

Wait what

[raw ridge]

dead space but dwarves

[pearl tinsel]

The word role playing game doesn't mean anything in modern videogames tbh. Any games where you're controlling a character in a story could be argued to be an rpg

[pure vessel]

Well the GENRE role playing game does certainly mean something still

[pearl tinsel]

Sort of? Tons of games have xp and stat leveling systems that you might not consider an rpg

[pure vessel]

That's more of a role-playing mechanic

it sitll comes from Role playing games as a genre.

doesn't turn the game into one by using a mechanic though.

[pearl tinsel]

Well that's the thing

What makes a role playing game?

[pure vessel]

The question is more "what do you expect form a role playing game"? It's quite complicated, but often you'd think of Elder Scrolls, Dragon's Dogma, DnD, etc. at least my generation does.

Mass Effect also fills that description.

[pearl tinsel]

I think it's a more relevant term to tabletop and board games tbh

[idle bison]

with that in mind, is it at all likely that rogue core will have a random crit system

[pure vessel]

Sure, but role playing games got their mechanics from DnD to begin with

[pearl tinsel]

There's also things like chronotrigger or pokemon or final fantasy which are extremely different from these

[pure vessel]

Yes, but they also modernised the genre years later. RPG Games have excisted since the 70'ies.

[pearl tinsel]

True

[pure vessel]

but i'd say pokemon and chronotrigger are still RPGS. Their new genre just became JRPGs.

and we left spreadsheet stats and all that old shit behind.

[pearl tinsel]

I guess it's kinda like roguelites where it's kind of a "you know it when you see it" type thing where there's a bunch of elements that generally make up an rpg but not all of them use every single aspect

[pure vessel]

Yeah I think that if you call a game RPG, then ideally most of your mechanics, gameplay, systems and overall experince are RPG focused.

[pearl tinsel]

Yeah that makes sense

[pure vessel]

But again it's not set in stone, it's not a law

[pearl tinsel]

I love semantics

[median sleet]

Your generation is old, our superiour generation thinks about Starfield, the best RPG!/j

[idle bison]

DRG RPG coming out in 2027

[dim moat]

i need rogue core

so bad

who cares about collecting egg

[idle bison]

ngl yea i'm super excited for rogue core

[velvet marsh]

I can't wait for Deep Rock Galactic: Origins, the AAA open world action RPG live service multi-player game that tells the story of how Deep Rock Galactic came to be

[idle bison]

as much as i've been saying i really want the game to be solo-friendly, i'm also excited for a roguelite FPS that's based around coop

ror2 is not fun in coop at all for me and roboquest is only 2 players

inject this game into my veins

[tall plume]

Wait until you play Deep Rock Galactic : Destiny !

[idle bison]

then we'll get the DRG boomer shooter

the only variation to not have procedurally generated levels

[rare badge]

i want a story based first person drg

sounds cool idk

[velvet marsh]

Deep Rock Galactic: Karl: The Untold Story: Director's Edition

[pure vessel]

https://tenor.com/view/get-out-leave-gif-5785321051025239919

[tall plume]

Guess I'm from the old gen then

👴

[median sleet]

clean up needed in aisle #drg-chat

thanks, also I was joking about those games being from the old gen. I haven't even played starfield as it looked boring

(And my pc would die)

[olive narwhal]

We all know starfield is a well optimised game

[green vessel]

You know what we need? Deep Rock Galactic: Revival,a battle royale game where you are dropped onto hoxxes across several biomes along with 99 other dwarves and have to kill all the other dwarves while the rockpox is slowly closing in!

(PLEASE DO NOT ACTUALLY DO THIS I SWEAR TO KARL)

[dull oracle]

I don’t care when and how, but we need a drg helldivers crossover at some point

Or at the very least a mutual lore Easter egg in each game lol

[long breach]

gotta see if their studio emailed aaron back

but also Anders have said that it'll likely just be some social media shenanigans like with power wash sim on twitter last time

[dull oracle]

I’m not in the know about this, there were emails?

[tall plume]

yeah

[long breach]

most we'll get in actual DRG will probably be a cosmetic item

[dull oracle]

Please educate me

[idle bison]

.

[long breach]

Aaron was joking around on a dev stream a while ago

[harsh lynx]

In the latest dev stream they confirmed they were talking but atm arrowhead are very busy

[green vessel]

A Helldivers helmet would be p cool

[idle bison]

DRG has a completely conflicting artstyle with helldivers, it'd look out of place as hell

[long breach]

and they use email to communicate and aaron was telling them to please email him back lol

[dull oracle]

I’m a die hard drg fan I’m just not as in tune with everything as I’d like to be

[long breach]

oh from today? i must have been at dinner when they said that then. I only caught half of it

[gleaming roost]

i would be 101% sold if Rogue core had more "horror" to it

[harsh lynx]

Yeah it was near the start I think. I'll find the timestamp

[dull oracle]

Yeah drg could definitely be more gritty

[olive narwhal]

Well give the pins a look

[gleaming roost]

preety hyped from the announcements

[green vessel]

griddy

[olive narwhal]

Prototype enemy

[dull oracle]

We already have some pretty dark themes

[green vessel]

I'm curious what new weapons the game will have

[gleaming roost]

we could always go deeper it's "core" after all

[olive narwhal]

The store page has the below the decks stuff

[long breach]

we will be deeper into hoxxes and it will be darker and scarier yeah

[olive narwhal]

Which gives you some insider stuff

[gleaming roost]

imagine karl lore would drop with rogue core

[dull oracle]

I hope maybe someday we’ll explore whoever is behind the rivals

[idle bison]

making a horror-themed roguelite is definitely interesting. i feel like there are two kinds of roguelikes: one where you become stupidly overpowered as time goes on, and one where it gets so ballbustingly difficult overtime that you eventually just need to cut your losses. would be extremely interesting to see rogue core take the second route

[long breach]

they're doing open development so just check out the info and posts in #announcements and/or the steam page occasionally

[dull oracle]

And it could open up a new chapter for storytelling along with gameplay

[idle bison]

would be pretty un-horror-like if you could just win every stage with a triple flamethrower god-roll setup lol

[gleaming roost]

not the dumbest idea to add a springle of humour into it.

[idle bison]

nah we don't need the marvel writing in this game

[gleaming roost]

right

[dull oracle]

Yes I believe in the latter half of what roguelite should be

[harsh lynx]

I think thats what deep rock does well to mix the two. But rogue core probably won't cause they want it to be darker

[gleaming roost]

as i am thinking about this it kinda got cringy in my head

soooo yeah

[idle bison]

rogue core youtuber collab

[gleaming roost]

NINJA IN ROGUE CORE REAL?!?!?!

[dull oracle]

Not becoming overpowered but hitting a power cap but having increasingly risk reward abilities as enemies get harder and more

[green vessel]

I like a comprimise of both, where you get insanely OP late in the game but one mistake will still end your run, like RoR2

[dull oracle]

I was just thinking ror2

[olive narwhal]

Just dont use ror2 coop

[gleaming roost]

i really like that kind of horror when you don't know what might be lurking. glyphids have their "icon" to it

[green vessel]

I mostly do singleplayer on ror2

[gleaming roost]

so doing something comepletely diffrent would be wild

like those creeps

[olive narwhal]

Im interested in how rogue core will handle it because ror2 coop sucks

[dull oracle]

Nice chatting fellow miners see y’all

[green vessel]

Cya

[gleaming roost]

wasn't rogue core singleplayer exclusive tho?

[olive narwhal]

Its a coop roguelite

[gleaming roost]

correct me if i'm wrong

[idle bison]

not in the slightest no

[tall plume]

"hot" take : most roguelited are pretty shit when it comes to co-op

[gleaming roost]

Bro I saw that middle finger

[idle bison]

in fact i'm pretty sure the store page mentioned it'll still be coop focused

[median sleet]

corrected

[idle bison]

it's right next to my X emoji i'm sorry LMAO

[tall plume]

that's also why Rogue Core tickles my curiosity so much : I wonder how well the co-op will be integrated in the gameplay.

[olive narwhal]

Thats quite the spicy take

Im also interested

[median sleet]

Sharing upgrades makes me very excited

[tall plume]

Most of them either have players literally compete against each other or not make them interact between them in meaningful way

[olive narwhal]

Wonder how/or if it will have the drop in gameplay of drg

[gleaming roost]

this could also backfire with meta sweats

[tall plume]

It's not great

[olive narwhal]

Your not wrong

[idle bison]

roboquest's coop is really fun but it caps out at 2 players, bummed me out a lot. meanwhile ror2 really turned me off after playing with someone who stole 70% of the drops and then told me "hey don't take that item i need it for my build"

[tall plume]

Risk of Rain 2 is a great game but its multiplayer always was an afterthought

[green vessel]

I expect the gameplay to be pretty similar to main DRG

[idle bison]

i'm curious if rogue core will launch with a "server" (yes i know, it's not real servers, shut up) browser like DRG

[tall plume]

Played Roboquest recently. Great Game. Too bad the co-op aspect is pretty limited.

[olive narwhal]

Maybe with a friend ror2 coop could function but probably barely

[tall plume]

It just consists of reviving each other, really.

[tall plume]

Barely, still

[idle bison]

i bought roboquest specifically to keep me occupied while i wait for this game lmao

[median sleet]

Eh, those are just people I wouldn't play with. I know leaving is probably gonna be wasted time but yeah, so be it. I doubt there's gonna be many meta people anyways

[tall plume]

You need mods to make the experience actually work well enough

[idle bison]

my #1 want for this game is still just better, more "streamlined" solo play though

[tall plume]

same 🤣

[idle bison]

the lack of a bosco equivalent makes me think they're definitely focusing on making the game more friendly to solo play

[median sleet]

Same, but I finished the game so fast. Just some achievements left. And a completed run on the highest difficulty

[gleaming roost]

especially with game like DRG.

[idle bison]

DRG isn't a bad game solo, but it's not at all the same game

much slower paced

[gleaming roost]

yeah taking it all in

[idle bison]

(elims notwithstanding)

[gleaming roost]

the music the ambience and all

[tall plume]

damn

[gleaming roost]

and the fact bosco takes forever to carry mineral chunks

[green vessel]

I honestly find playing DRG with lower levels more fun than ppl who are maxxed out in level

[harsh lynx]

took me way to long for some reason but here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WggO9unXx58 . EDIT: time is 9:20

[idle bison]

i'm still working on guardian 4 but yea it's been fast

but anywayyy

it is funny though, while i was playing coop in roboquest i thought to myself "man i wish these upgrades were shared or synergized a little better" which just made me wanna play rogue core even more LMAO

shared upgrades are def gonna be interesting to play around with a trustworthy partner

[median sleet]

Finished it the same week I got it I think. Made me sad when I did. Just a few annoying achievements left and all the multiplayer achievements

But there's new updates coming which is good

[tall plume]

jesus 😂

[idle bison]

i'm hoping DRG:RC also thoroughly avoids "kill stealing" the same way DRG does. never once have i gotten mad that someone killed a bug before i could in DRG, which is not something i can say about its contemporaries

(cough, fatshark)

shared upgrades will definitely mediate that a bit

[olive narwhal]

Well drg also doesn't really have a "score" board

Which helps

[idle bison]

no more "don't kill that bug, i need to kill it so it explodes"

[median sleet]

one of the achievements is 'change the language to french' btw

[idle bison]

it's less the scoreboard and more on-kill effects. they do exist in DRG but most of them are on scout, who's the most independent class in the first place, and they don't make-or-break builds

a dead bug is a dead bug

[tall plume]

lmao

for real ?

[green vessel]

A dead bug is not alive

[median sleet]

Yes

[idle bison]

I'm willing to assume RC will have on kill effects, but it'll be shared

like "if any dwarf kills a large bug, everyone gets +20% damage"

i hope the game has new music too

[median sleet]

I think they said it will

[olive narwhal]

I heard it was i think

[idle bison]

hooray

[olive narwhal]

Same person as well

I guess composer the person that makes all the compose all noise and stuff i think left it may be the other way around

[median sleet]

#rogue-core-chat message

[median sleet]

#rogue-core-chat message

[idle bison]

aweesome thanks

[olive narwhal]

Okay so i wasn't wrong atleas5

The music will probably still slap

Might be a different vibe too dont know if something like axes out would suit rogue core

[idle bison]

gonna go into 6 month hibernation for this game

[olive narwhal]

Ima super have my ears and eyes out for the closed alpha

[median sleet]

Gonna break into GSG office to get it early, you with me?

[olive narwhal]

You have to go to the holy land of Europe

[median sleet]

Already there

[olive narwhal]

Wait is danish Europe

[median sleet]

yes

[olive narwhal]

I did not wanna pull a Canadians and americans the same and get crucified

So thats good

[carmine zenith]

Canada is in america, it's fine

[olive narwhal]

Cant risk it Canadian military goes through the airport i work at gotta be careful around here but the fact stands i cant break into their offices to get rogue core from not Europe

[teal crest]

Deep Rock Galactic: Dig too deep

[karmic vessel]

Deep Stone Galactic: Controlled Core

[idle bison]

this galactic rock is getting deep...

[long breach]

it's unfortunately not a timestamped link...... 🙈

[harsh lynx]

oh weird, it is when I click it. well anyway the time is 9:20

[long breach]

ic, thanks!

oh i was around when they said that, but i must have not heard it because i am active in chat 😂

[hollow comet]

Hey guys, wondering, was there any news I missed about the planned closed alpha slated for this quarter?

[velvet marsh]

Won't be happening just yet, they're focusing on season 5 for now

When it happens there will prolly be an announcement on it, so don't worry 👍

[median sleet]

it's been delayed, probably untill after s5

[hollow comet]

I see, thanks for the information, is there a source on that?

[tall plume]

the anniversary stream from the devs

[median sleet]

#rogue-core-chat message

[oblique gyro]

Are the creeps fallen brothers that were infected?

[tall plume]

no

[idle bison]

the page for them described that they're native creatures, not mutated/suffering

[hollow comet]

Thank you!

[void pollen]

How do I get to play the beta?

[sly wolf]

You need to pay 50$ directly at Ser Pounce's bank account, then he will send you steam key

[crystal sleet]

the new creatures in rugeo core are nightmare fuel

what if it charged rapidly at the dwarves

heee hee heee

[idle bison]

agreed, definitely excited to see more of ragu core after the announcement

[pale lintel]

If we are going to go creepy for the enemies in rogue core that would be fantastic

Like the deep ocean weirdness

[sand vale]

Hope that bit about it waking up from your headlamp stays in

Having areas where staying in the dark is safer would be so cool

[tough fulcrum]

Wait did I miss something

[worn burrow]

Ngl you don't know how EXCITED I am to play Rogue Core
I'm buying this thing day 1 no matter what

Can't wait to see the love and excitement devs will put in Rogue Core

[pure vessel]

Much of it

[raw ridge]

#announcements message

[tawdry vector]

had a dream about the new enemy spoiler

the freaky goblin thing

[idle bison]

i stole all of the love and excitement sorry

[sacred tundra]

It was revealed to him in a dream

[daring hill]

Not many people know this but gsg actually hates rogue core, and every meeting about it is them twirling their moustaches evilly and thinking "how can we make our video game bad" for an hour

Whenever someone new comes into the room they all turn around in their chairs going "we've been expecting you" while petting a white cat

[idle bison]

it's true i was the cat

[pine charm]

I can't decide which is funnier: them all having their own nearly identical cat or everyone suddenly over the conference room table to pet a single shared cat

[olive narwhal]

They all go over the conference table to pet each others cats

[rich condor]

cant wait to play rouge core

[idle bison]

the cats are actually the developers

[bright kernel]

can't wait for fire in the hole in rouge core

[last furnace]

I'm reasonably certain if I was one of the game devs I would advocate for blacklisting players who insist on calling it rouge core. It's so cringe it hurts, lol

[idle bison]

it's been discussed

every time someone misspells rogue, it's delayed by 3 days

[last furnace]

Don't tell me that! I'm really looking forward to Rogue Core and the thought of it being delayed infinitely by crowdsourced cringe is more than my heart can take right now. :S

The enemy design thing they put up recently looked pretty neat, I feel like blind-sight enemies would be a really good fit both thematically and mechanically.

[zinc jolt]

the rouge core joke was pretty funny

was

until we all ran it into the ground

[idle bison]

most enemies in DRG are already blind

[idle bison]

I'm just shocked the typo is so common considering.. well everything. I mean are people misspelling plague as plauge now too

[zinc jolt]

really?

plauge?

[sly wolf]

Plauge fall was a good season, and u cant change my mind

[forest rain]

mfw the server managed to delay the game by 10 years

[idle bison]

alongside half life 3

[scarlet zenith]

GUYS

DO NOT CHECK GENERAL
WORST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE

[gloomy coral]

it’s so bad it’s breaking discord

[scarlet zenith]

yup

[keen jetty]

What the fuck is happening in general

[gloomy coral]

raid

the mods can’t do anything

there’s millions of bots

[obsidian solstice]

bruhh

[buoyant needle]

Swarm! SWARM! Theres a LOT of them!

[keen jetty]

We need to nuke general so bad rn

[wild kiln]

Lock the channel?

[keen jetty]

Why tf dors this raid even exist

what did drg do to the bot owners

[weak crescent]

what is happening in there

[obsidian solstice]

bot owners did NOT need to do allat 😭 🙏

[gloomy coral]

good point

[pulsar geode]

why doesnt this server have some anti raid bot ?

[near oxide]

i think drg is being ddosed as well

tried to join friends and got network errors

[gloomy coral]

nope

wait

DRG??

oh shit

I don’t know what made them hate an innocent mining game

[west warren]

drg is p2p i dont think u can ddos it

[steel bear]

This is not very rock and stone of them

[near oxide]

i got network errors and its never happened before

[gloomy coral]

my friend once said drg is a minesweeper ripoff

[near oxide]

i dont think its a coincidence

[keen jetty]

apparently someone was trying to say slurs and got kicked

[gloomy coral]

BAHAHAHAAH

[keen jetty]

that’s what they’re aaying in non drg chat

[gloomy coral]

that’s the pettiest stuff I’ve ever seen

[west warren]

i get network errors sometimes but im not home to check the game

[gloomy coral]

no way drg is getting ddos

[wild kiln]

Mods are getting non stop pinged

[gloomy coral]

poor guys

and they are already stressed

[pulsar geode]

?

it is so easy to fix it

[gloomy coral]

I doubt

they could go to any other channel

[pulsar geode]

they just did it o.o

[gloomy coral]

oh my

[idle bison]

my core is so rogue rn

[tough fulcrum]

Did I miss a raid

Lol

[rich condor]

rouge

#drg-gallery message

[zinc jolt]

super real

[icy nebula]

What is the expected price of the game?

once it launches

[old swift]

500 dollars

[raven wharf]

Somewhere between free and way too much.

[zinc jolt]

breaking news: rogue core will cost -1 buck! they will pay you to play the video game!

i would never misinform anyone on the internet

[runic depot]

I'm just wondering if it's going into like a horror theme or is it gonna be sillified horror.