Dome Keeper news & patch notes

• Improved the physics synchronization between client and host, which improves the network stability greatly.
• Added a ping label in the pause menu for clients to check the current ping from client to server.
• Reworked the Beastmaster carry and throw to be as before v5.0.5.
• When twin-stick is enabled, the Assessor and Infiltrator will still use the current move direction for their abilities if no aim direction is given.

• Myzel now spawns Mushrooms faster the more players are in the team to make it viable in multiplayer.
• Catgoblins now climb down the vine not being upside down.
• Prevent binding Escape / Start Button to any action.
• Packed drops now deal the proper damage when shredded in the 'Hurtful Iron' assignment.
• When a client drops during the landing stage, the others will still be able to continue the game and the disconnected client can re-join.
• Tracking damage from the Spire in the detailed statistics now.
• Adjusted the Kunai Carrier delivery distance for shredding.
• Some performance improvements on the Infiltrators Kunai Carrier.

• Fixed a bug where Input was broken in a loaded multiplayer savegame after switching keepers.
• Fixed a crash that happened when leaving to title stage while a Kunai Carrier was flying.
• Fixed some battle abilities not loading properly when a client joins an active run.
• Fixed tiles spawning multiple drops due to high latency.
• Fixed projectiles being stuck on sword dome's surface after being reflected with the sword shield.
• Fixed artillery gun shooting for other clients when exiting while keeping the shoot button pressed.
• Fixed multiplayer boards not loading for previous seasons.
• Fixed one-way teleporter being off when loading a savegame with an active portal.
• Fixed clients breaking the game when they join right when the host starts the game.
• Fixed the leaderboard for multiplayer prestige not loading properly sometimes.
• Fixed drops getting stuck with the gravitational lift in some cases.
• Fixed goblin entrance hole appearing even if there is no Beastmaster currently selected.
• Fixed partially opened goblin holes closing animation.
• Fixed the Keeper changing the color at some places in the loadout.
• Fixed dome ambience not playing.
• Fixed starting camera being off.
• Fixed various bugs that were caused by throwing gadgets and relics into the opposing team's dome.
• Fixed Infiltrator run animations when playing with controller.
• Fixed the upgrade tree showing wrong values when there are multiple predecessor branches.
• Removed the mini dome in the background of the landing scene.
• Fixed visual sorting for some dome elements.
• Fixed sound of Stunlaser.
• Fixed Infiltrator aim indicator showing while at dome station.
• Fixed some game ending tracks not looping properly.
• Fixed the laser dome weapon starting with the wrong animation.
• Fixed secondary station not showing when restarting in split-screen mode.
• Fixed clients not being able to buy any upgrades after a lag spike.
• Fixed some pixel bleeding with one of the Engineer skins.
• Fixed the music cycle option not working properly. Music now plays at the set amount of cycles.
• Fixed Chainsaw particles and audio to play during a soft pause (e.g. when in station).
• Fixed packed drops from the Resource Packer becoming invisible for clients.
• Fixed clients keeper not getting removed when a gamepad controller disconnects.
• Fixed keeper gadgets not being spawned for players that rejoin a run.
• Fixed upgrades not being saved when a player rejoined a restarted run.
• Fixed Suitblaster Tutorial showing for the whole team, not just the owning player.
• Fixed a crash due to interaction between the Kunai Carrier and the Ressource Packer.
• Fixed Suitblaster and Resource Packer charges resetting when a player rejoins a run.

• Improved performance of catgoblins, especially for larger maps
• Second Station now is available in multiplayer games right from the start, but with its weapon disabled. The weapon can be enabled via the same upgrade as before. This change allows multiple keepers to buy upgrades at the same time.
• New modifier for Versus, which enables the second station's weapon right from the start.
• New modifier for coop Relic Hunt, which enables the second station's weapon right from the start.
• New modifier for Relic Hunt, which enhances the monsters damage.
• Added the option to unbind keybindings.
• Reworked the network synchronization for Drops, which should improve the network stability greatly and fix several issues around drops in multiplayer.
• Improved performance for longer runs and larger maps.

• Updated some music tracks.
• Catgoblins will flee the dome when it gets destroyed.
• The Orchard Buff now also depletes while a wave is active in multiplayer.
• Various text adjustments.
• Damage from Electrified Hull now is tracked in the run statistics.

• Fixed keeper selection to not be stored between game starts.
• Fixed Underground Station revealing always Team1 resources in multiplayer.
• Fixed resources mined by Assessors Exploding Spheres and Drillbert not tracked as mined resources in the run statistics, which was especially relevant for Prestige Miner Mode.
• Fixed catgoblins revealing tiles that should remain hidden.
• Fixed the interaction with the Sidedrillers when multiple players tried to interact with it at once.
• Fixed drones flying on the worlds surface in Versus mode.
• Fixed gadget and supplement dropping when using the One Way Teleporter with the Infiltrator.
• Fixed Orchard Canopy and Shields to properly sync in loaded multiplayer savegames.
• Fixed the Beastmaster dropping resources in multiplayer unintentional.
• Fixed several interaction cases between Lift and Infitrators Kunai Carrier.
• Fixed Auto Repair in the 'Brutal Monsters' assignment.
• Fixed the timer showing false values for the Client when loading a multiplayer savegame of some Assignments like 'Iron Contribution' and  'Logistical Nightmare'.
• Fixed Infiltrator's Rope Camera.
• Fixed the Resource Packer upgrades not scaling as intended.
• Fixed synchronization issues with Drillbert and other gadgets.
• Fixed issues with continue multiplayer savegame when a peer changed the keeper selection.

Hey Keepers

• more small improvements, for example always having the second station so that you can at least buy upgrades even if you do not have a second main weapon
• a complete rewrite of how we handle resource drops over the network, which should massively improve performance related to that
• buggixes of course!

Patchnotes for v5.0.4

Hey Keepers

Patchnotes for v5.0.3

• infiltrator orchard + mushroom combo nerfed
• time based assignments down to 15% less time per player instead of 20% (multiplicative)
• acid rain dow to 25% extra damage per player instead of 30% (multiplicative)

• correct Beastmaster 'Mining problem' challenge techtree
• catgobling loadout error on keeper switch fix
• infiltrator relic delivery visuals fix
• catgoblins now collect resources from the converter
• kunai carrier are not destroyed anymore when the resource they are attached to on another kunai carrier gets released
• replaced three songs in the beastmaser OST. We are still improving that one a bit :)

• twin stick now optional again for Infiltrator
• focus on reroll option in gadget choice will not switch when rerolling
• always show keybindings for all keepers, as you can also play them without owning the DLC

• fixed assignment limitations sometimes affecting relic hunt runs
• fixed rare null pointer on local player disconnection
• fixed 'gamertag' issue on rejoin
• fixed burrowers spawned for team 2 not respecting minDistanceToDome for when they should burrow
• fixed versus iron delivery costs on iron inflation
• fixed permanently locking PowerCoreChamber when goblin carries water near it
• goblins now render behind everything properly while in cellar
• fixed shuriken cooldown happening when paused
• increased the size of the mine in loadout to accomodate the new assignments and xbox icons in the assignment leaderboard
• fixed infiltrator triggering supplement on enter mobile station
• fixed infiltrator interaction with side drill after kunai carrier thrown
• fixed beastmaster tentacle stretch on telepor
• fixed kunai carrier auto throw when inside battle station

• updated localization and credits
• updated loc credits

Hey Keepers

Patchnotes for v5.0.2

• removed additional hardness of tiles scaling with the amount of players
• slightly reduced the monster modifiers on upside down assignment challenge mode

• catgoblins will now take resources out of kunai carriers
• fixed catgoblins crashing the game in the loadout screen if summoned
• fixed catgoblins grabbing resources at an invalid distance
• fixed kunai carrier eventually slowing and stopping when using rocket carrier supplement

• fixed some inputs only working on the first gamepad
• fix infiltrator stuck in loadout start area if first entering a multiplayer game
• fix infiltrator multiple gamepad trigger jumps
• fixed beastmaster dropping carryables when using speed boost from mushroom farm, and separate impulse values for the type of drop held to pull stronger for slower carryables

• fix running regular assignments overriding challenge assignment progress.
• fix terrible GPU artifacts (random textures / sprite sheets) on some integrated graphics.
• fix eggs being shredded when carried to the dome by Infiltrator (what an evil bug!)
• kunai + sidedriller save file corruption fix
• do not allow to remove all split
• screen players
• fix MineralTrees assignment for multiplayer
• fixed infiltrator entering tiles during rope retraction
• properly position orchard Vine Canopy on both teams.
• don't show drop player button when there is only one player on a team
• fixed crash when picking up seed after destroying its targetedTile

• After joining a multiplayer session, the correct loadout will be loaded when going back to singleplayer.
• Fixed that a temporary buff became permanent when rejoining a multiplayer session.
• Fixed players spawning in the wrong dome in Versus.
• Fix goblins spawning Beastmaster players that aren't present when a save is continued.
• Fix client side kunai resource shredding sometimes leaving a phantom resource.
• Fix other players not seeing your drill animation on your last hit of the tile as keeper1 - which is of course worse when you can one hit the tile.
• New icon for the additional dome station upgrade.
• New icons for the versus upgrades.

• Improved catgoblin pathfinding. They should now be smarter when selecting which hole to enter the mine with.
• Catgoblins now have much less impact on performance.
• Beastmaster should not drop the carried things anymore.
• Added more soundtracks for the Beastmaster.
• Improved the mining sounds for the Beastmaster.
• The carryables do not drop randomly anymore.
• Changed the drill buff to be the intended faster speedup and improved it to shift to extra damage once a high speed is reached.

• Fixed the Input for the Infiltrator, so that it now also is able to throw kunais even if you hold the throw action beforeaiming.
• Fixed jump triggering twice on right trigger use.
• Mouse and twin-stick controls are now always on. This is the intended way to play but it was possible to have a configuration in the options with which this keeper was essentially broken.
• The Infiltrator will not pick up bundled resources that are still flying nicely.
• Fixed interaction with the sidedriller so that it properly locks into a single row.
• Improved the Infiltator sounds for multiplayer.
• Fixed Infiltrator falling through the ground or being stuck in the dome wall in certain versus mode configurations.

• Fixed the Iron Worms to properly attach to iron tiles from all directions.
• Removed the global input settings. Input settings are now individual for each keeper. This was optional before, but allowed too much bad configurations and the defaults were not good anyway.
• Updated the engine build on windows to prevent certain crashes during Steam instability or when exiting the game.
• Fixed a destruction race condition that resulted in a crash on exit.
• Fixed the autonomous weapon received from guild rewards and run modifier and also included the Buzzsaw to be affected.
• Hide buff visuals when inside the dome.
• Improved Engineer carry lines for the Tesla Dome.
• Reduced shake duration on dome landing
• The tutorial videos for the Infiltrator are now in correct order
• Updated localization
• Fixed vignette, especially for the darkness assignment.
• Your camera will not shake anymore if another keeper is mining close to you.

Hey Keepers,

I know a lot of you really love the droneyard. Who wouldn't, when it's all about getting help from cute little creatures? The Beastmaster pushes that to the limit, thanks to a small army of catgoblins they employ. Besides looking badass, the Beastmaster also plays quite uniquely.

First of all let's dive into what the catgoblins do. Initially you call them by punching a hole into the back wall of the mine. Soon the catgoblins from your dome will emerge and pick up resources near that hole. This means the Beastmaster never has to track back to the dome to bring back these big bundles of resources. That is lucky too, as the Beastmaster does not come with any upgrades to carry capacity and can only carry three resources. The catgoblins do not stop there though. If you upgrade them, they can also dig out resources independently, similar to iron worms (if you are familiar with the gadget). But wait, there is more! The Beastmaster also commands squads of specialized miner catgoblins. They can emerge out of the holes and dig out tiles. They cannot dig out resources, but they will make short work of any rock. Truth is, they very much synergize with the normal catgoblins as they dig out the resource clusters, enabling the catgoblins to access all tiles and dig out the resources in turn. One of the best things about the squads is that they also have a knack for digging into the direction of close resources. So if you have a tunnel and there is a resource just out of range so you can't see it, the miner squad will dig it out. To be really successful with the Beastmaster, you have to employ both types of catgoblins together. This needs some planning, but the reward is that you have to do way less work than the other keepers. You might have noticed the imposing and extra cool tentacle arms of the Beastmaster. They are not only for calling the Catgoblins. You also traverse the mine with them. This results in a movement similar to the existing keepers, with one big exception: you need tiles that tentacles can grab. This means you cannot just mindlessly destroy all tiles. Huge empty spaces are no friend of the Beastmaster, or her Catgoblins. There remains one important aspect to talk about: can you actually mine rock yourself? Of course you can! The tentacles prove very useful for this, punching the rock until it crumbles. At the core of the mining is some sort of frenzy, where you dig faster and faster the longer you mine. The Beastmaster comes with three distinct paths for the mining, that each lean into a different aspect of this mechanic. You'll probably find your favorite path quickly, once you try them. Overall this makes the Beastmaster a really unique keeper. Not needing to haul resources back to the dome is a huge timesaver, making the Beastmaster quite relaxed to play especially if you combine it with the teleporter or similar gadgets. You do need to plan your mining a bit more than most other keepers, but you don't need to be dextrous to have fun with this one.

Our next blog will be for launch on Monday, we hope you’re ready! René

PS: same as for the Infiltrator, here are two cool artworks! Again one from Erik but based on a pose from Annika who was an intern in 2023, when we first hatched the idea of a Beastmaster keeper. The water color version is again from Anne, who created most of the pixel art for Dome Keeper.

Hey Keepers,

did you ever think about how Dome Keeper would play if our keeper would not have a jetpack, but would run and jump around, bound only by gravity and your platforming skills? Wonder no more! It's a bit insane to add this to the game, but The Infiltrator does deliver on that. One key element of traversal besides the jump is the rope with which you can pull yourself in all directions at high speeds, making the movement of the Infiltrator truly unique. You'll think totally differently about the mine, as suddenly you find yourself building caves that support movement with jumps and the rope much better.

This makes the Infiltrator not easy to play. It really offers a lot in terms of skill expression for the movement. The most slick of you will rope around in crazy maneuvers, but it definitely needs some training to get good. As for mining, the Infiltrator throws powerful Kunai anywhere they want, mining effectively on range. Not only that, but a Shuriken upgrade tops this off with a really powerful blast that makes short notice of a whole cluster of rock. The Infiltrator has another trick up their sleeve: a sonar. When Kunai bounce on rock, the underlying resources are revealed. With this much power, there needs to be a weakness, right? The Infiltrator is definitely limited with how many resources they can haul. While the Infiltrator is not slowed down by the resources carried, carry capacity is pretty limited and it can also take a bit of effort to return to the dome swiftly. The Infiltrator does have another trick up their sleeve though: the kunai carrier. Throwing resources into any direction attached to a Kunai, sticking them into walls and ceilings as needed. Overall this makes the Infiltrator a very engaging and fun keeper to play. It will not be a keeper for everyone, as it does need some skill and certainly is not laid back and relaxed. For players who seek that kind of play, the next keeper will be much more fitting: the Beastmaster. More on that one soon!

Not long to go now, René

PS: here are two cool artworks, one from Erik from our team and one from the OG pixel artist of Dome Keeper, Anne, who did a watercolor version :)

• Cooperative play across relic hunt, assignments and prestige
• Versus mode to compete against another team of keepers, each team with their own dome
• Local multiplayer in splitscreen
• Online multiplayer with your friends (up to 8 people!)
• There’s even mixing of local and online! For example, you can play as two people locally with a friend that lives elsewhere
• Crossplay with xbox
• And all of that for free!

Surprise, Keepers!

As you are all very aware, multiplayer for Dome Keeper has been in the works for quite some time and the team have been working super hard to try and perfect the experience for you all.

We're almost at the finish line and are now ready to launch a public playtest here on Steam today as a bit of a stress test to make sure there's nothing glaring that we've missed, and to iron anything out that might come up as a result of a mass group test! You can find a link to join the playtest on the store page (don't mind it saying "Dome Romantik", it really is "Dome Keeper").

We expect to have the playtest run for the whole week until the 15th of february. Your feedback is super valuable, and we need to make sure we can keep up with it, so for now we need to limit the playtest to a few thousand players (if even that many people join).

We strongly encourage you to join our super active Discord server where you'll find many amazing community members ready to assist, help and group up for multiplayer shenanigans too. There is no public lobby feature, so you do need to have some Steam friends to play with.

One fantastic way to provide feedback is this form we prepared. If you can find a few minutes after you playtested, please fill it out, it helps immensely!

Playtest feedback form

For anyone taking part in this playtest, we really do appreciate you so much. To report any issues or just write down some feedback, please use Discord or the Steam forums. We'll keep a close eye on both and track all issues, even if we do not immediately reply.

Yours multiplayeringly

Paige

Quick FAQ

Do I need to own the base game to join the playtest?

No, anyone can join.

What are the "invites" I have?

Initially the playtest is not restricted in how many people can join. However, if in two days or so we see that we have as many people in the playtest as we can reasonably handle, we will close joining. In that case you can use the invites to still invite friends to the playtest, despite it being closed to the public.

Do I keep the game after the playtest concludes?

No, when the playtest concludes, the app will not be usable - just like a demo that is taken offline.

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