Deep Rock Galactic News

[h3]Hello Miners, [/h3]

It’s now 3 years since Deep Rock Galactic was released into Early Access on Steam and Game Preview on Xbox. And it is almost 5 years since development started and Ghost Ship was founded by six hopeful game dev veterans. And now the Ghost Ship crew counts 25 heads and the Deep Rock community crossed 2 million. And it’s still growing.

When we started out, we decided to deliver constant updates to the game to make sure we could include the feedback from the community as swiftly as possible. Starting in Closed Alpha, going through Early Access and a 1.0 release, we have in total delivered 33 updates to the game and an innumerable amount of hotfixes to said updates. And when we announced the latest update to the living Roadmap the plan was to continue with a new major update roughly every quarter (or 3 months). This new Roadmap deviates from that plan in the sense that the next update, Update 34: Bits n’ Pieces, will be smaller than usual and the following update, Update 35, will be huge - maybe our biggest update ever.

[h3]UPDATE 34: BITS N' PIECES[/h3]

First of all, the long-awaited Modding Support is shaping up nicely, and we aim to release this in Update 34 in April on Steam only. This started out as something rather basic, but we’ve ended up adding a whole bunch of features around Modding Support, including a Save Game Profile system, Mod categories, and a menu dedicated to Modding. The Save Game profiles can also be used to safely reset your progress to enjoy the game all over again without having to fiddle around with local save games and lose your highly Promoted dwarves in the process. We’ll release more info on the Modding Support as the release gets closer, though we will likely not have Steam Workshop integration in this first version.



Secondly, Update 34 will include a Controller Rebinding feature on all platforms. This has been sorely missing and should work like the Keyboard/Mouse rebind system.

Finally, we will be going through the Weapons and Overclocks currently in the game, and do a full balance pass, based on our internal data and the feedback we've gotten from you guys. That'll mean both buffs and nerfs, as always.



[h3]UPDATE 35: WE GOT A DOOZY OF AN UPDATE ON THE WAY![/h3]

With a smaller update for April, we can focus on creating a much bigger Update 35. It’s planned out for Q3 2021 - so at least 6 months from now. This lengthy timeframe will allow us to dig deeper into the game and add some new systems for the future. Deep Rock Galactic is here to stay for a long time - there are no signs of fading, quite the opposite - so we need to think further ahead. Normally, we don’t even plan that far, but we must also admit that getting a bit of breathing room and time to dream feels and sounds REALLY good. The last 4-5 years have gone by incredibly fast and even though we never crunch (as in never ever), it still feels like we are rushing things faster than we actually have to.



Update 35 has no title yet nor a theme. And since it’s so far away the content is obviously not finalized. But we know that it will very likely include a number of features that have been previously announced like a new mission, new weapons, new overclocks, and new cosmetic items. On top of this, we might add in some new mutators, more features to the space-rig, more cosmetic systems, and maybe some more things to happen during the missions.



As always, we will keep you updated and “leak” out details as we develop the new features and content.


[h3]ANNIVERSARY LIVE DEV STREAM IS ON![/h3]
One last thing: tune in to our live dev stream here on Twitch! It’s on right now, and we will, among other things, take Q&A on the new roadmap and the future of Deep Rock and Ghost Ship. Here is the full scehdule:

• 1 PM CET (UTC+1): Elite Deep Dive
  
• 3 PM CET (UTC+1): Roadmap Walkthrough and Q&A
  
• 4 PM CET (UTC+1): Art Showcase
  
• 5 PM CET (UTC+1): Act Like a Dwarf competition - selecting winners!
  
• 6 PM CET (UTC+1): Pickaxe & Chill
  

with love
the Ghost Ship crew

Hello Miners,

This patch contains several crash fixes, along with fixing some annoying bug habits, that should result in an increased work satisfaction of at least 6.37%. Also Doretta works better now.

With Love,
Ghost Ship Games

--- PATCH NOTES ---
- Fixed Mobula Angels shatter animation plays where it was frozen not where it landed (DRG-2755)
- Removed physics causing the Drilldozer to freak-out when dying (it was fun while it lasted..)
- Refactoring audio input device changing, to fix issues with it.
- Fixed Mini-Mule Leg vanishes when dropped by Bosco (DRG-2495)
- Trawler will no longer drag people through doretta, refinery, minehead (DRG-2104, DRG-2223)
- Fix rare crash when quitting refinery mission
- Fix for old savegames crashing on startup
- Fix Insect Swarms in Hollow bough not dying when the nest is killed
- Fixed so tipjar can't been used while holding a beer
- Improvement to avoid the player getting stuck

[h3]Hello Miners,[/h3]

We’re celebrating that Deep Rock Galactic has spent 3-Year-In-Orbit! So this list is not so much a Hotfix as it is a list of the new things added in connection to the event - Since a lot of the stuff will be around after the event is over - there is however one fix for a bug that made the tutorial a bit funky.

With Love,
Ghost Ship Games

[h3]--- PATCH NOTES ---[/h3]

-Squashed a bug that made you play as Scout in the Tutorial mission instead of Gunner.

-Added 3-Years-In-Orbit Party Hat! (Claimable during the 3-Year-In-Orbit Event)

-Added Free Beers (Claimable during the 3-Year-In-Orbit Event)

-Added Scale Brigade Frameworks to Cargo Crate Treasure pool.

-Added tip-machine to the bar.

-Added Armor Hunt Assignment that unlocks Scale Brigade Armor + Scale Brigade Armor Paintjob for all classes.Take note that this assignment can NOT be aborted once started.

During the 3-Year-In-Orbit Event ( Now to March 14th) the assignment will be available to all players who’ve completed the intro assignment “Conquer Hoxxes”.

After March 14 the assignment will, for those who didn’t complete it during the 3-Year-In-Orbit event, be available at Rank 100 and above.

[h3]Hello Miners, [/h3]

As we’ve mentioned, on Friday the 26th we will mark 3 years in orbit for Deep Rock Galactic and already starting this Thursday, we’ll be having a little anniversary fun.

Beginning Thursday 1:00 PM UTC+1, you can enjoy the 3-Year-In-Orbit Anniversary events including:

• NEW ARMOR HUNT ASSIGNMENT: Unlock the new Scale Brigade Armor and Headwear by completing a special Prestige Assignment. After the event, which will last until March 14th, this assignment will only be available to players with Rank 100 and above.
  
  UPDATE: It appears to be easy to misunderstand the rules about this Armor assignment. So let's try again: Until March 14th this assignment is available to EVERY miner that has completed the Conquer Hoxxes intro campaign. And after March 14th, it will be available as a Rank 100 assignment.
  
  
• NEW WEAPON FRAMEWORKS: Treasure hunt for the matching Scale Brigade Weapon Frameworks located in Cargo Crates. These Weapon Frameworks will continue to be available even after the event ends.
  
• Free 3-Years-In-Orbit Party Hat!
  
• Free Beers!
  
• And last but not least, don’t forget to tip Lloyd in the bar - he deserves it! (also a permanent addition)
  

The Anniversary event will end on March 14th at 7:00 PM UTC+1.



On Friday, at 3PM UTC+1 you’ll want to tune into our Anniversary Stream on Twitch, where we will reveal our new roadmap, do live Q&As, play a little game called Deep Rock Galactic and much more!

[h3]DON'T FORGET![/h3]
We’re nominated in two categories for the SXSW Gaming Awards. It would mean the world to us if you’d give us a little Rock & Stone, and put down a vote for us and other favorite games here before the voting ends at 11:59 PM CT tonight.

There’s also still time to throw in a submission for the Act Like A Dwarf competition, which will be closed for submissions Wednesday 11:59 PM UTC+1. Submit your video here.


with love
the Ghost Ship crew