Share a loving bond for December's official content update! This month is all about bonding, so that means a new boss, items, and enemies! It fits the theme I swear, bear with me here.
Features
NEW Boss - The Pale Whale! - There's no greater bond than the bond of obsession, and what greater obsession is there than the legendary White Pale Whale himself!
Still bearing the harpoons from his previous stalkers, this mighty Frozen Waters boss lies waiting in a tomb of icebergs for his next victim. Don't let his size fool you, he's as fast and aggressive as they come, and armed with a blowhole known to project ensaring bubbles and the occasional clingy starfish!
NEW Item - The Wedding Ring! - There is no bond more meaningful, however, than the bond of marriage. And with the new Wedding Ring item, you can finally marry* other players! Simply propose to a fellow crewmate by lightly tapping them with the ring, and if they accept, your very life essence will be BONDED, till death do you part!
*3 of the 4 developers are Legally Ordained Ministers. Does this make all in-game marriages legally binding? We'll let you be the judge.
NEW Item - The Tesla Crank! - The item every dedicated engineer has been waiting for has arrived! There's no bond like an electric bond, and that's just what you create with the Tesla Crank!
Simply walk up to a console and hold the action button to build up a charge. The longer you crank, the bigger the charge buildup, and the more you can boost the energy of any given console! These boosts don't last long, however, so crank wisely!
NEW Enemy - The Mechanical Hunters! - A new enemy has arrived in the Mechanical Abyss in the form of the Mechanical Hunters! These horrid creatures were made to sail around in their strange vessel searching for biological life to BOND their vessel with. There are four hunters per vessel, so keep a close eye out for these things, unless meeting these cyclopian intruders is on your bucket list.
NEW Lobby & In-Game Host Options! - New frequently requested host options have been introduced to lobbies and the in-game tab menu! You can now, at any time:
- LOCK and UNLOCK a game listing, even in the middle of a session! For when all your friends have already joined, but you could stand to meet new people.
- KICK players in a lobby or in-game. This one wasn't added lightly, but you guys were pretty loud about your desire for its inclusion. We better not hear about you guys kicking new players just for being new! *Shakes Fist*
Nematode Spawners! - These newfound fleshy eggsacs ensure the Sleepy Giant's stomach is always chock full of fresh Nematodes, making this boss fight that much harder.
Other Changes
- Lobby UI reworked to accomodate new features. THIN sleek player listings just like momma used to make.
- Online lobby listings now also display the submarine being used and whether or not a game is a Custom Game.
- Fixed angler fish not showing up on radar.
Community Highlights
This month, user NateKomodo has created what has to be one of the biggest community creations yet - A We Need To Go Deeper Mod Engine! It serves mainly as an installer and framework for creating your own plugins for WNTGD, and while there aren't many plugins yet, NateKomodo already has a few in the works himself, among them a "Time Traveler's Inter-spatial Store" mod, an "Essentials" mod adding a variety of commands and tools, and others!
These mods will disable leaderboards when used, but can be uninstalled at will. Keeping that in mind, have fun, and thanks NateKomodo for your impressive addition to the community!
Find out more about NateKomo's OPEN SOURCE mod engine and how it works here:
https://github.com/NateKomodo/WeNeedToModDeeper-installer/blob/master/README.md
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Next, we had some more fun and inspired fan art come in through our Steam Community Artwork section! Give these guys some love and leave some likes and comments on their stuff!
La Baleine - A whale-shaped sub design by Danchigai and Mammal_man!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1563286459
Basking Shark - A wonderfully large-mouthed monster/enemy design concept by rocketguy!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1562824852
Tetom - A totem-pole flavored boss concept for the Volcanic Depths by alpinobanshee!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1579092382
::: Player of the Month :::
December's Player of the Month is NateKomodo!
Besides their major undertaking with their mod engine, NateKomodo has also proven to be a friendly, communicative, helpful member of the We Need To Go Deeper community. Whether helping fellow players with bugs and issues, or just being a good sport, NateKomodo has proven to be an overall nice dude in addition to his haxxor skilz and for that we thank you!
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Let us know what y'all think of the new update as always! Happy Bonding!
<3 Pastor Nick