Hey Guardians!
New major update 0.8.0! In this update, you'll find exciting new gameplay improvements, features and content that will take your underwater adventures to the next level.
From all-new mechs and diggers to new enemies and iconic locations, there's plenty to explore and conquer. Whether you're diving into new challenges or upgrading your arsenal, this update promises deeper gameplay, more variety, and even more intense action.
Let's dive into the details:
This update introduces a completely redesigned mech system, bringing three different levels of mechs in depth. Each mech gets bigger and more powerful as you upgrade, visually transforming from compact blue to bold red. The more upgrades you buy in the hub, the more your mech evolves, visually demonstrating your progress and power.
Blue Mech
Compact and efficient, the blue mech is your starter companion, perfect for your first dives into uncharted waters.
Yellow Mech
The yellow mech is more powerful and resilient, showing increasing strength as you explore later waves of enemies.
Red Mech
Real power. With its massive hull and imposing design, the red represents the progress of your journey.
Our Diggers have gotten a new and improved look, now offering three levels of visual upgrades. Each level emphasizes armor and power, ranging from a neat blue to a formidable red.
These Diggers will change in sync with your mech, complementing its atmosphere and declaring that you are fully prepared to conquer the depths.
Blue Digger
Yellow digger
Red digger
New digger upgrades coming soon
Laboratory
Here every corner holds the mysteries of the past. In the laboratory you will find traces of long forgotten experiments. Be careful, for there are mysteries lurking here.
Empire State
The underwater counterpart of the famous skyscraper, this mine is impressive in size. Make your way through its gloomy floors and solve all the mysteries hidden inside the skyscraper.
We’ve added destructible objects to make your Ocean Keeper experience even more immersive!
Now, much of the environment can be broken down – from small crates to massive structures like dinosaur bones – bringing your surroundings to life as they react to the chaos you unleash. Destructible environments add extra thrills, making each dive more dynamic.
This update introduces new visual effects that make gameplay even more enjoyable!
Now, when bullets hit enemies, you see impact effects that add to the satisfying experience of each hit.
Upon dying, enemies now shatter into shards that float to the surface, enhancing the atmosphere of combat.
In addition, the Worm and Stinger enemies now have unique new attack effects, making each encounter with them more visually dynamic.
We've also added new ore physics for a more realistic underwater feel – now, ore reacts naturally to its surroundings.
Additionally, the visuals for the focus arc have been reworked, giving it a refreshed and sharper look to better highlight key moments in combat.
Meet the new enemy: Puddle! This larger, black-colored blob brings a new hazard to the battlefield. Upon defeat, it explodes, leaving behind an acidic puddle that deals damage if you stand in it. Watch your step!
Main Rocket Gun
Napalm — Upon explosion, this chip leaves behind a fiery napalm pool that burns anything in its path.
Electro — Release a chain of electric shocks that paralyze enemies. With this mod, you can control groups of foes, stunning them and stopping their attacks.
Detonating — Prepare for a cascade of small explosions across the area. This chip spreads damage throughout the zone, eliminating everything in its wake.
- Boss Body Movement After Death: Fixed a bug where the boss’s body continued to follow the mech’s movement after its defeat.
- Artifact Tutorial Window in Main Menu: Resolved an issue where the relic tutorial window would remain on-screen after returning to the main menu until the game was restarted.
- Missing Rock Collider: Repaired the missing collider on rocks, which allowed the mech to climb unintended surfaces.
- Meta-Currency Counter Missing in Customization: Fixed a bug where the meta-currency counter was absent in the customization menu.
- Floating Mine Launcher: Corrected an issue where mines launched from the Mine Launcher were appearing mid-air instead of on the ground.
- Drone Doesn't Carry All Ore: Fixed an issue where the drone would only carry one ore and dump the second ore instead of carrying both.
- Enemies Passing Through Objects: Fixed an issue where enemies could walk through certain objects due to missing NavMesh configurations.
- UI Fixes in Session Upgrades Menu: Adjusted the size of the “Session Upgrades” title across all languages and repositioned the currency and ore counters.
- Crab Boss Death Bug: Resolved an issue where, after defeating the crab boss, the wave wouldn’t end due to a looping animation bug.
Thank you all for your continued feedback and support. As always, your input is instrumental in helping us improve the game. Keep exploring, and don’t forget to leave a review or share your thoughts on Discord. Stay tuned for more updates, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts!
See you in the depths!