Developer posts and news about this game.
2023 was a tumultuous year for Mountaincore - we were made to keep the community in the dark by a publisher which ultimately backed out, scrambled to release the game according to the plan that had been put in place, and ultimately it suffered as a commercial failure. The Mountai
Dear King under the Mountain players! If you've missed the updates recently, King under the Mountain has been massively reworked and re-released as Mountaincore ! As an owner of King under the Mountain you should now have Mountaincore automatically in your steam library. This is
Hi everyone, thank you for your patience while we got this resolved with Steam support - all King under the Mountain owners should now have Mountaincore in their library! If you haven't already, I recommend joining the Discord server to get involved with the community. We're very
Hi everyone! It’s finally time to talk about what’s going on with us (Rocket Jump Technology) and King under the Mountain . As you might have seen in our previous updates, nearly a year ago we started working alongside a publisher on King under the Mountain . This allowed the gam
Hi everyone, Sorry it's been so quiet for so long with no news about what's happening with King under the Mountain. It's been brewing for a long time, but I'm absolutely delighted to announce that I'm now working with a publisher - one of the very best - to bring together a full-
This update adds some troubleshooting instructions to help players who are not able to launch the game
This patch upgrades the Java runtime bundled with the game from Java 11 to Java 17. No gameplay changes unfortunately, but this should hopefully fix some issues people have been encountering with the game failing to start.
This is a fix for the Java internals problem introduced with the last hotfix
Fix for a crash when a fire does not have a location
Fix for a crash when comparing very similar yet differently constructed item
Added weaver profession for weaving crafting type (instead of farmers) Fishing jobs no longer created where bridges exist Exhausted mushroom logs now re-queue themselves to be constructed again Crafting stations will now remove items which are not used as part of the current craf
Added Add and Remove tiles buttons to room selected view Corrected numbering of stockpile zones Harvestable crops will now be harvested even if all tiles in the farm plot are not yet tilled Added small random offset to furniture position so adjacent looms do not flicker Cancellin
Decreased the speed at which food and drink needs decay (i.e. food and drink keeps a dwarf satisfied for longer) Increased the length of time a dwarf can survive while very hungry or thirsty Fix for corrupted save files that could occur when closing the game immediately after man
Updates to Japanese translation
Quick fix for length of seasons
Attempting to shutdown more gracefully when a crash happens so Steam is not left with files open Increased starting cauldrons from 1 to 2 Fully grown bushes are now harvestable, with a small chance of yielding a crop seed
Added elephant meat to list of valid ingredients for soup Added Japanese translation, thanks for SPQR Reduced length of time hemp requires to grow Fix for a crash regarding roofing near the edge of the map Fix for a crash when other jobs are on top of a grave location Fix for a c
Fix for a problem where a dwarf requiring multiple items for different jobs would get stuck if the first was not available (thanks CptEric) Iron and steel take a bit longer to transition to rusted when left out in the rain Added hint about right-clicking to tutorial Correctly sho
Fixed the game being stretched too large on Windows machines which have "Scale and layout" display setting set higher than 100% Stockpiles now use the group they were placed with as part of their room name By popular demand, you can now build furniture in stockpiles and farm plot
Wild animals can no longer move through doors, sorry to the civilized elephants Fix for a crash when a creature died in a stockpile but wasn't supposed to be in that stockpile (how inconsiderate of them) Fix for a crash when having a tantrum against a piece of furniture you're st