Hey everyone! Based on the recent announcement trailer, we thought it would be a great idea to cover a few of the traversal methods you saw, as well as the ones we havent shown yet.

While exploring the vibrant biomes of Under a Rock, you need to be able to think on your feet. Like when you first see a creature, even if theyre absolutely adorable, you need to be ready to reactwhether that ends with you giving them a hug or, the more likely option, running for your life. While running is a quintessential part of getting around in any survival game, there may be times where going on foot just isnt the best or even the preferred approach, and thats where the variety of travel mechanics come into play.

Now lets take a peek at those methods:

While some of these mechanics will be available to you as soon as you wash up on the beach, some will require you to craft items or tame creatures.

GLIDING

Soar through the air with your very own glider and experience the world from above by jumping off the highest mountain, or opt for something simpler by choosing the nearest rock. This one is an easy-to-learn, but hard-to-master mechanic.

Stamina use	Yes
Fatigue drain	Yes
Affected by weather	Yes, heavily
Distance limited	Yes, based on stamina
Has skill to level up	Yes
Repairs needed	Yes
Crafted	Yes

Gliding through the air during a storm, although fun, might not be the best idea.

GRAPPLING

This is a favorite of ours. We just had to have it, and it turned out to be amazingly good fun, even more fun than we expected it would be. You can grapple freely to any surface strong enough to support the grappling hook, meaning it will go straight through the leaves on a palm tree, but the trunk itself will work nicely.

Stamina use	Yes
Fatigue drain	Yes
Affected by weather	Yes, slightly
Distance limited	Yes, based on stamina and grappling hook
Has skill to level up	Yes
Repairs needed	Yes
Crafted	Yes

Grappling down can easily lead to unfortunate corpse runs. Unless, of course, you have chosen abilities that mitigate some of this high-velocity fall damage.

CLIMBING

Under a Rock would feel incomplete unless you could climb rocks, trees, the walls of your homebasically any surface that looks climbable.

This is free climbing at its finest. Up, down, sideways, diagonally, even around edges. Want those coconuts high up in the palm tree? Well, you can either climb up or chop it down, though should you do the latter, you wont be getting any more coconuts from that tree.

Stamina use	Yes
Fatigue drain	Yes
Affected by weather	Yes, slightly
Distance limited	Yes, based on stamina and tools
Has skill to level up	Yes
Repairs needed	No, unless climbing tools are used
Crafted	Only if tools are used

When you get to an edge, you will mantle onto the surface above. Going down works the same way, just in reverse, but only as long as you choose to go into climbing mode.

SWIMMING & DIVING

There are water surfaces to swim across and mysterious depths to explore while diving. Shipwrecks, enigmatic ruins, creatures, resources, and even underwater caves await.

Stamina use	Yes
Fatigue drain	Yes
Affected by weather	Yes, when swimming
Distance limited	Swimming: no / Diving: depends on your oxygen level
Has skill to level up	Yes
Repairs needed	No, unless gear is used, like the Puff Pack
Crafted	Gear is a bonus, but not required

RIDING CREATURES

Form a bond with creatures of your choice, be it a Snugget, a Dodo, a Bee, or one of the many other creatures that inhabit the island. Their speed, ability to carry, or even combat skills vary, so having multiple companions to choose from is a good idea.

[th]Stamina use[/th]
[th]Yes, creatures have their own stamina[/th]

Fatigue drain	Yes
Affected by weather	Yes, depends on the creature
Distance limited	No
Has skill to level up	Yes
Repairs needed	No, unless gear is used, like a saddle or creature armor
Food needed	Its helpful to feed them
Tamed	Yes, and then turned into a companion
Can wear gear	Yes, all creatures love to wear the latest fashion. Especially hats!
Crafted	Gear is a bonus, but not required

Would you like to know more? Then make sure to follow us on social media and Discord, as we will be releasing longer gameplay footage of our travel mechanics over the coming weeks.

[ 2023-12-19 15:45:00 CET ] [Original Post]