Terraria Meets Aliens In Frantic Roguelike Dome Keeper Gameplayable Now
Dome Keeper is a new Roguelike game that blends underground mining with tower defense. It's akin to the arcade classic Missile Command. Dome Keeper has just released an demo on Steam ahead of the Steam Next Fest 2022 event. You can play it right now and dig underground to discover the resources you need to defend your dome against the evil creatures that are poised to attack you.
Dome Keeper puts the player in a dome that is situated on the surface of a strange, hostile planet. You'll need to go into the deepest regions of the planet to discover valuable materials for upgrading. The terrain is divided into square blocks that are familiar to crafting game veterans mining is as simple as hitting them enough times to break them. Mining becomes more difficult and slower the more deep you go. It is recommended to upgrade your equipment before you get too far.
Similar to Minecraft and Terraria, resources are often clumped closely together If you see an ethereal glimmer in your tunnel, digging it will often reveal more valuable materials waiting to be gathered. Once mined, resources must be manually dragged to the dome for storage and use. To do this, press a button to tether resources. However the more you drag behind yourself and the slower you move. At some point, you'll become immobile until you drop a few chunks on the ground.
Once your resources are at your base you can feed them into upgrades for your drill and jetpack which will allow for more efficient mining and traversal with the capability to carry more resources at once with less impact on your manoeuvrability. Importantly, you can also upgrade your dome, feeding into the second (and possibly the most important part) of Dome Keeper - protecting your base from hordes of weird alien beasties.
The tower defense section is handled by a giant laser that is atop your dome that can be rotated around its surface in an arc that targets any direction. Minecraft java You can hear the incoming threats and direct attacks at your dome from down in the tunnels, and you'll know when it's time to hurry back and clean your house. Upgrades to your dome also provide useful information, like the time to the next attack, as well as your dome's current health status.
Currently Dome Keeper offers two difficulty settings - the default 'brutal' setting and a slightly less intimidating 'hard but doable' option. It's quite hard at first and the banging sound of the surface will make you feel scared. You can play the demo on Steam.
We'll keep you informed of any new standout PC games coming to Steam Next Fest. In other news that is crafty, one fan's Lego Terraria build is tackling bosses and underground mining scenes. We've also got all the information about the Minecraft 1.19 The Wild update and the possibility of a Minecraft RTS game from the developers of Minecraft Dungeons.
