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UnderMine 2 will be released into Steam Early Access on July 22, 2025!

You will have a chance to try it early! A demo will be available during Steam Next Fest, June 9th16th. We have waited for this day for four years. We're so happy to finally share UnderMine 2 with you and continue developing in a live environment with your involvement. Our community is incredibly important to us. We can't do what we do without you. Thank you for your patience. We hope you enjoy this nugget of (extremely epic) music alongside this momentous announcement.

Wishlist Now!

Make sure to wishlist UnderMine 2! You'll be notified the moment it releases. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1869780/UnderMine_2/ We will have more information about Early Access at a later date, including what to expect from the game and our plans for where it is going.

Merch Sale!

UnderMine merch is currently 90% off at the Dual Wield store. These items won't be restocked, so it's while supplies last. https://dualwieldstudio.com/collections/undermine
For more information make sure to visit the website and Discord channel.

[ 2025-03-25 15:20:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

Join us, Thorium, for an afternoon of UnderMine 2 questions and answers! It has officially been six months since we unveiled UnderMine 2, and we've been buried in development, building a ton of new content. We're eager to show you what we have been working on and to take your questions about the game! Questions are being collected on Discord. Post your questions in the #questions-for-the-devs channel, or upvote the ones you want to hear more about. We'll answer the most upvoted questions from Discord, take questions from the chat, discuss new features, and show parts of the game we haven't shown before. In case you missed our first Q&A, you can watch the archived video here. Make sure to follow us on Twitch so you don't miss out. The stream will be Thursday, November 7th, at 2:00 pm PDT!

[ 2024-10-30 16:08:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

We hope you're all excited after the announcement of UnderMine 2. We've been collecting community questions in Discord and plan to answer them in an upcoming Dev Stream on Friday May 17th. There is still time to get your question in, or upvote an existing question you'd like us to answer. We'll be answering the most popular questions, discussing new features with chat, and showing parts of the game we haven't shown before. Jump into Discord and go on over to #questions-for-the-devs to find out what has already been asked and ask your own question.

Tune in to Twitch on Friday May 17th at 3:00pm PDT to watch the stream!

[ 2024-04-30 17:55:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

We here at Thorium have been in stealth mode development for 3 years, but were finally ready to reveal our next project its UnderMine 2! [previewyoutube=4-7OAiV8QTE;full][/previewyoutube] https://store.steampowered.com/app/1869780/UnderMine2/ UnderMine 2 builds on what made UnderMine great, but makes some significant changes and adds a lot of requested features, such as:

• 2 Player Local Co-op (online via Steam Remote Play) Play through the entirety of the game with a friend by your side. UnderMine 2 supports drop in and out co-op with dynamically scaling difficulty. See what new item combos and strategic options open up with two players.
• Playable Character Classes Discover, unlock, and play as different characters including some favorites from UnderMine. Each playable character has unique stats, abilities, upgrades, and relics they can find. Each character significantly alters the feel of the game.
• Branching Paths New regions of the Undermine have been revealed, and each branches off into various other areas. Navigate it to complete builds, quests, and different objectives. Your final challenge depends entirely on your decisions throughout the run.
• Arcana Wield new, interactive relics called Arcana. Each adds a new ability to your character, from casting fireballs to summoning skeleton minions to rearranging time and space. Arcana can make an old character feel new by centering entire builds around their function.
• Full Mod and Workshop Support Were shipping you the tools we use to make the game and making it as easy as possible to upload and download mods from Steam Workshop. We feel weve created a really great technical platform and are excited to share that with you.
• And a lot more! More characters, more zones, more items, and more action all around!

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We're really excited to finally show you what we've been cooking. We hope you're just as excited. - Clint, Derek, and Courtland

[ 2024-04-10 17:49:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

We've gotten the question a lot and we're finally so happy to say: "Yes! Physical copies are happening! And preorders are (almost) here!" We started talking with Limited Run Games back at PAX West '19, just after UnderMine hit EA, so it's been a long process. But, we're incredibly happy with the result and are so stoked to, not only get these in your hands, but our own! Preorders open August 5th and will run for a month. Here are the links: Switch: https://limitedrungames.com/products/switch-limited-run-156-undermine PlayStation 4: https://limitedrungames.com/products/limited-run-474-undermineps4

[ 2022-08-02 20:54:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

Content

• Added 25 new WHIP starting item packages

Bug Fixes

• Penance now heals you if you have Starvation
• Penance starting cost reduced back to 50hp
• Fixed a display issue for seeds over 6 digits in the Log and Game Over screen
• Shrapnel kills now count towards Tsar Bomba and Capture Sphere
• Box of Holding now stops working when Nullified
• Fixed an animation glitch with Nullstone when the peasant resurrects via Resurrection or Lucky Charm
• The right analog stick now respects the controller deadzone setting
• Fixed an issue preventing Deaths Hand from speaking if you leave his room via Shop in a Bottle before ending the run
• Secluded room encounters are not rerolled in the case of emergency layout rebuilds. This would lead to rooms appearing on the wrong subfloor on the minimap
• Fixed a softlock that would occur if you attack Toadvine or Bathcat after using Selts key on the Dungeon door
• Fixed a cursed relic choice encounter in the Caverns from working correctly with Mutation
• Fixed a few text typos
• Fixed an issue with Miners Flask that would spawn a non-interactable potion and slide it across the floor when restoring a save state
• Fixed some issues surrounding Simple Chest and shop cost-modifying items such as Rabbit Gloves and Accursed
• Fixed a counting issue in the Dungeon gargoyle fight that would end the fight early if the last gargoyle turned to stone
• The major curse loot table now falls back to the minor curse loot table to prevent players from becoming locked in the Othermine antechamber if the major curse table had become exhausted
• Combo items now forcibly remove their component relics, even if the component is indestructible
• Fixed an issue with Eidolon and Spirit in WHIP mode that would prevent their equip bonuses from applying if you already had them equipped
• All boss exits should now correctly spawn, even if the boss dies during their intro sequence
• Maybe fixed Seers head from sometimes rotating upwards during his attacks
• Fixed some mouse-detection issues that would prevent controller players from being able to swing if the mouse was hovering over a clickable UI element
• Helios Boots now correctly inherits the insulating properties of Galoshes
• Scattering items now attempt to land inside the playable room bounds to prevent them from falling outside the doorway and touching the kill zone
• Fixed an issue with Hayfever that would cause the plant to be able to shoot for a few seconds after it had died
• Canary lv3 now shows a little restraint when going after newly-spawned gold so as to not interrupt duplication as often
• Fixed a longstanding issue that would cause the interaction state of items and other things to become stuck to the player no matter how far away from them you get
• Added yet more safety checks to prevent arrow traps from spawning behind interior wall sections
• Fixed a targeting issue with Vilepots that would cause them to become unresponsive
• Tightened up Lucky Charm to better prevent the player from jumping around during the resurrection animation and made the invulnerability period outlast ignite and poison
• Fixed an issue that would cause the Hobble Dolls beam to persist if the doll was instantly destroyed via Midas Touch or other instant-kill effects
• Canary is no longer interested in shop items, free or not
• Fixed a few issues with Selt getting stuck and causing bombs she eats to sometimes double-explode
• Resolved a few lingering crashes

A huge thank you to our dedicated bug hunters for reporting these issues and helping us to continue pushing forward the quality of UnderMine!

[ 2021-11-12 18:44:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

Features:

Camilla, Second Disciplinarian and WHIP

Welcome to WHIP peasant! Camilla has occupied Arkanos empty library and has a new motivational strategy. The Workers Helpful Incentive Program, or WHIP for short, is a daily run mode. Each day Camilla will present you with a random set of hexes, items, and a familiar. Your job is to run either Undermine or Othermine and score the highest score you can. Your best run will be placed on a daily leaderboard against other players. See if you can score the highest!

Log

There is now a log in the journal that stores information about recent runs. See past runs in both Undermine and Othermine. See what their seed was, how much gold was collected, which enemies were defeated, and in the case of WHIP, how high a score was achieved.

Familiar Styles

Each familiar now has an alternate style that can be toggled at a magic mirror in Griswolds room. Familiar styles can be unlocked by scoring over 100,000 points and completing a WHIP run with a particular familiar. Canary - Golden Nugget Chaos Spawn - Stoneforge Discord Djinn - Whispered Wish Eidolon - Cruel Spectre Firebird - Furious Black Lesser Demon - Stygian Grip Nikko - Great Demon Monkey Phoenix - Bird of Paradise Spirit - Barrel Aged Sylph - Angelic Charm Thunderbird - Rolling Storm Murderous Queen - Hand of the Queen Pale Likeness - Crystal Skull

New Items:

Familiars

• Pale Likeness - A familiar that is unlocked after defeating Din. The Pale Likeness tends to do more harm than good.
• Murderous Queen - A familiar unlocked by defeating the Plunder King in the Bog. The Murderous Queen attacks enemies with poison projectiles and spawns powerful healing blessings called Drops of Honey.

Relics

• Orions Sword - Temporarily increase damage when attacked
• Golden Axe - Spent gold is turned into bonus damage
• Twin Axe - Gain a second pickaxe
• Tortoise Shield - Slows enemy projectiles
• Box of Holding - Pilfer shop items are instantly restocked
• Magnetized Ore - Teleport enemies next to bombs
• Lucky Nugget - Enemies drop gold when critically hit
• Bounty Contract - Adds a bounty to a random enemy
• Javelin - Damage of a thrown pickaxe increases as it travels further

Potions

• Stoneforge Broth - Gain a legendary relic

Curses

• Earthquakes - Stalactites drop from the ceiling
• Heat Wave - Enemies become hot to the touch

Hexes

• Amnesia - All your relics are destroyed after defeating a boss
• Starvation - Penance heals, but food and healing potions no longer drop
• Nemesis - Become prey
• Stasis - Items are tapped in crystal
• Blasphemy - Altars are reversed
• Accursed - All shop items are cursed

Balance Changes:

• Large Ember and Phoenixs Radiance now ignite torches and cook food
• Selts Egg now spawns 2 larvae with 100% accuracy and faster projectiles
• Selts Egg now spawns larvae faster
• Plunder Kings collider size has been reduced, his poison splat duration reduced, and his minion cap lowered
• Galoshes now protect against electrified water in addition to oil and poison
• Tsar Bomba now spawns 2 bombs instead of 1
• Bramble Vest has been renamed to Blade Mail and now repeatedly returns damage after being hit
• Mirror Shield now retains the melee reflect from Grimhildes Mirror
• Arachnophobia now sets the spiders health to 1 and delays its behavior on spawn
• Dead Mans Switch now fires slower arrows with less accuracy
• Branding Bombs now condemn faster and no longer damage the player. Instead they apply a single level of the Brittleness curse
• Ursa Major now lasts 100s instead of 120s
• Ursa Major now has a maximum health increase of 400
• Waking light now fires from the furthest torch from the peasant
• Ostiophobia now triggers 50% of the time instead of 100%
• Ostiophobia can no longer spawn skeletons in the boss room
• Hay Fever now takes longer to activate
• Hay Fever now has more delay between plant attacks
• Tariffs now increase costs by 1.5x instead of 2x
• Poison Mushroom now grants max health back when it is removed
• Mutation now procs 40% of the time instead of 50%
• Lunchbox now drops a piece of food when picked up
• Sequence Breaker can now warp the peasant to inaccessible areas when combined with a source of throw piercing
• Shop food can now be poisoned
• Secretion Wurms have had their per-room cap lowered
• Knights and Archers Pendants now give at least +1 damage
• Chakram now ignites when traveling over fire
• Frostbite now reduces all healing to 1 instead of removing healing altogether
• Adventurers Peril now increases incoming damage by 10X instead of setting the peasants health to 1

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed graphic tiling issues in the entrance to Ponzus boss fight
• Fixed an issue with Ponzus bubble splash attack that prevented it from dealing damage
• Major improvements to Vorpal Blades hit detection and facing lock at high attack speeds
• Vorpal Blade is now better behaved when nullified
• Fixed a small reflection problem on the walls in the Cavern
• Tus no longer accepts credit
• Tus no longer queues his actions, allowing you to donate to him twice with clever timing tricks
• Familiar tooltip now highlights the third ability if the familiar is level 3
• Cursed Jars are now affected by Midas Potion and Kiss of the Succubus
• Rabbit Gloves now make all items in the shop free until an item is purchased
• Salamanders Wrath and Venomous now only proc off of physical damage to avoid a death loop
• Gecko Blast more reliably gathers items and hopefully wont cause them to clip through the floor any more
• Circinus now works in the first room of each zone
• Master Pickaxe beams no longer double tap bombs, causing them to launch backwards
• Fixed a minor graphical error when moving into a room with Firebats
• Bog arrow traps no longer scale their health in Othermine
• Black Credit Card is no longer allowed on the relic altar
• Fixed an issue where the portal to the final room would not spawn if Seer was killed too quickly
• Fixed an issue that caused the invisible door blockers to not spawn correctly in doorways that had been opened with a bomb blast
• Nooris portals are now more visible if spawned behind him
• Sweaty Palms and Fingers no longer queue damage events to keep procing after the damage has stopped
• Ara will now block curses before Doll does
• Blessing, Curse, and Hex audio now only play a single instance to avoid a volume increase
• Fixed a graphical issue that would cause your pickaxes trail to continue to render across the screen when transitioning rooms
• Fixed some exit issues with Core encounters
• Fixed an issue that could cause Penance to not show as discovered in the Journal
• Selt can no longer pick up bombs after dying
• Black Rabbit chest game has been fixed to no longer leave floating locked chains if you pull the lever that destroys the chests
• Caustic Vial now detonates even if the enemy was killed in one attack
• Fixed some numeric font consistencies across different languages
• Fixed a display issue that could cause your windowed resolution to get stuck at 1x1

Other Changes:

• Bosses now appear on every run. The summoning stone can still be obtained by defeating all bosses on a single run.
• The run seed is now displayed on pause menu and the game over screen
• All constellation relics now mention that they are temporary
• Red Hot Nuggets now has a visual effect applied to gold
• Spatial Sickness now uses the unified warp effect
• Tus now has a pet
• Many changes have been made to how random events occur. Most things now obey the run seed, making runs far more deterministic.
• The shortcut between the Dungeon and Halls is now permanent if the player opens it
• You can no longer pickup potions while drinking
• Nether can now be crafted at the Gatekeeper by default, no longer requires a blueprint
• Tent now restores the player to full health and is no longer considered a heal
• Large enemies will fall into pits less often
• Removed proc audio from Mushroom
• Removed proc audio from Sagitta
• Removed the delay between peeping a skeleton and it dropping treasure
• Reduced the amount of decimals displayed on the stats tooltip
• When ShoGuul runs out of legendary relics he will offer Hot Crossed Buns
• Rook and Bish Fish should spawn less frequently
• Large Ember, Phoenixs Radiance, and Immolate have had their visual effect changed to better indicate their radius
• Resurrection now has audio
• Craftsmanship and Sewing Kit will no longer drop if the goldsack has been fully upgraded (unless they have never been discovered)

[ 2021-08-06 15:24:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello peasants! It's been a minute. I know it looks like we haven't done much in a while, but we've been working hard on all sorts of things. We got the Switch and PlayStation versions out. We have an upcoming physical release that will be announced later, new merch is on its way, and of course: UnderMine 1.2! UnderMine 1.2 WHIP will release on August 6th, which happens to be UnderMine's one year anniversary! If you're familiar with our updates you know that we do an official preview that calls out some highlights of the update. You can read that here: https://undermine.game/undermine-120-whip-update We'd like to give a special shout out to our Discord community for their help testing and balancing this update. We really appreciate the dedication everyone has shown to UnderMine and the WHIP game mode.

UnderMine Turns 1

Our goal was to try and coordinate a major update for the first year anniversary, but we also wanted to do a few other things. UnderMine will be on sale for 50% off on all platforms. Unfortunately we couldn't time all the sales to be the same but here is the run down:

• Steam: Aug 7th - Aug 14th as part of the Yogscast Tiny Teams event
• Humble: Aug 7th - Aug 14th
• Switch: Aug 7th - Aug 13th
• Xbox: Aug 10th - Aug 16th
• PlayStation: TBD (We're still working with Sony)

PicoMine has been on hiatus, but we'll be finishing it up soon and hopefully dropping it on or around the anniversary.
New merch is in development with Dual Wield Studio and should be available soon. And if you can't wait we still have pilfers available. We're also working with the community to put together a streaming event. More information on that soon! If you would like to keep up with any of these things the best way to do so is following us on Twitter. Full patch notes will be available on the 6th along with the update. Until then, stay gold peasants! - Thorium

[ 2021-07-27 16:53:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

[previewyoutube=nMHTaSaNHV0;full][/previewyoutube] We've been working incredibly hard over the last few months preparing UnderMine for the Nintendo Switch, and today it finally comes out! We made painstaking effort to make sure it runs perfectly. UnderMine on the Switch runs at a smooooth 60FPS both docked and undocked. Now you can play in bed, on the bus, or in the bath! Live your best life. Peep it on the Nintendo eShop at the link below. https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/undermine-switch/

Lunar New Year Sale

In other news, UnderMine is 30% starting today as part of the Steam Lunar New Year sale! https://store.steampowered.com/app/656350/UnderMine/

PicoMine

We're also currently jamming on a fun side project for the Pico8 called PicoMine. Design is not final, but for now it is an endless runner with elements from UnderMine. You can follow our progress on Twitter or Discord.
And don't worry if you're a PlayStation fan. We're working on the PS4 port as well, and it should be done pretty soon - Thorium

[ 2021-02-11 17:30:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash that could occur when loading a save file with an invalid familiar equipped
• Updated a few typos and misspellings in the localization database
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur if checking an Entitys validity on the same frame it was destroyed
• Fixed an input issue that would prevent you from moving if you took damage on a specific frame of the throwing animation
• Fixed a memory leak in the animated enemy portraits in the Journal
• Fixed an issue that would cause Core rooms to spawn in the Bog in Othermine
• Fixed a problem with Helios Boots that would cause them to not ignite enemies
• Fixed a problem with Goblin landmines that would cause them to plant duds that would not explode via proximity to the player
• Disabled UI raycasting on the potion slot indicators which could cause them to show an invalid tooltip if moused over with no active potion
• Tus now offers you Hot Cross Buns if no other relics are left in the pool
• Fixed an issue that would cause the Queens Guards to still damage you, even though their spears were lowered
• Poison Flower trap now scales its damage correctly in Othermine
• The secret tribute fountain encounter can no longer spawn in Othermine
• Fixed a performance issue with the Hayfever curse
• (Linux, Mac) Fixed a text rendering problem that could cause text to stop rendering in parts of the UI

[ 2020-12-29 03:52:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

Happy Holidays peasants, and Merry Christmas Eve! Santa said you had all been good this year, so he decided to deliver the UnderMine update one day early! We poured a lot of hard work into this one and we hope you enjoy it. Kick back, put on a good cup of coffee, and enjoy the update. You deserve it!

Features:

The Contested Bog

A gate can now be found at the edge of the Shimmering Caverns. It is guarded by two familiar creatures, but they will only allow access when certain conditions are met. Beware! Even if you discover the conditions for entry, a huge challenge awaits. The Contested Bog is home to UnderMines most dangerous creatures.

Plunder King

Deep in the Contested Bog, the Plunder King hoards a pile of treasure in his trove. He has become corrupted by his greed, and the corruption spreads throughout the area. Defeat the Plunder King and claim his crown as your own.

Tus, Wandering Minstrel

Tus is a wandering bard that spreads mello vibes wherever he goes. Tip Tus some gold for his efforts. If he deems your tip generous enough you may receive a reward.

Seed Input

You can now check your randomizer seed from the main menu in the Hub. Youll also be able to generate a new seed, or input one of your own. You can now play the same randomized dungeon layouts as other players using this menu. This feature can be used for Othermine as well by entering a seed after donning the crown, before entering the portal.

Boss Tracker

Once a summoning stone has been lifted, a boss tracker will appear on the pause menu. This tracker will show the status of each boss.

Poison as an Official Element

Poison has been added as an official element. Now items that interact with elemental damage will also interact with poison. For example, Gordons Tunic will reduce poison damage. Certain things will cover the ground in poison. If food touches this it will become poisoned itself, with adverse effects!

Blighted Barb

Poisoned rocks will appear in the UnderMine. Destroying these rocks will give the peasant a temporary poison buff similar to Crippling Poison.

Momentary Peril

You may find a mysterious orb in a start room. Interacting with this orb will give you a temporary curse called Momentary Peril. It sets your health to 1, and gives you a certain number of rooms to clear. If you can clear the rooms the curse will be removed and youll be rewarded for your efforts.

Other Secrets

Many other secrets await in the Royals update, but we didnt want to spoil them. Search every corner of the game to find them.

New Enemies

• Greedy Pilfer
• Corrupted Pilfer
• Goblin Engineer
• Goblin Scavenger
• Noxious Goblin
• Gremlin Harbinger
• Bishops Fish
• Rooks Fish
• Queens Fish
• Bing Bong
• Secretion Wurm
• Quilled Golem
• Bloatfly
• Pontiff
• Occultist
• Hobble Doll

New Items:

• Ostiophobia (Curse)
• Dead Mans Switch (Curse)
• Hay Fever (Curse)
• Shrapnel (Relic)
• Heavy Boots (Relic)
• M.E.G.A. Bomb (Relic)
• Some-Potion (Potion)
• Doppelbock (Potion)
• Toadvines Tonic (Potion)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that would cause your Summoning Stone count to be wrong on the pause menu
• Goldmine 1-3 no longer sometimes spawns Dungeon hidden rooms
• Fixed a bug that would cause you to drop your potions on the ground after being stabbed by the Gatekeeper
• Ghost Pepper Sauce has been re-implemented to no longer quench itself with water and to behave better around Antimatter
• Fixed some number clamping issues in the stats tooltips in the Journal
• Fixed an issue causing bombs that Selt had eaten to double-explode
• The Canary will no longer attempt to collect gold enemies
• Bombushka and trapped chests spread their bombs more evenly, rather than always to the northeast
• Fixed a minor issue in the Goldmine where water background elements would stop animating when coming back to a room
• Fixed an issue causing waterfalls, goldfalls, and sandfalls to not spawn correctly
• Fixed a problem with peasant animations that would cause the hit animation to stop displaying after dying
• If Tent is disabled via Nullification, you will no longer get a tent in zone start rooms
• Fixed some load-order issues around Dark Cloud and Nullification that would cause them to not work properly when reloading from a save file
• Fixed a minor issue with Gargoyles that made them distinguishable to fake Gargoyle statues
• Fixed an issue where Soul Cannon was not scaling damage on two of its projectiles when used in conjunction with Fork
• Explorer's Boots now won't activate while you are standing on things that arent the ground
• Fixed a bug in the Chaos Familiars wheel where the spin audio could get stuck looping if the wheel closed too early
• Fixed a long-standing crash that could happen if you interact with a thing on the same frame as it's destroyed
• Fixed an incredible Metamorphim bug that would allow you to re-roll your Doll relic just as its last charge was consumed (thank you Priskip!)
• Tightened up when and where the AI navigation mesh is rebuilt to prevent certain enemies from spawning or teleporting into inaccessible areas
• Improved the logic that tracks the Drop count of an item for display in the Journal
• Added in some more protection around bad data from hand-edited save files could cause crashes on startup.
• Fixed an issue that would cause secret rooms connected to a hidden room (these are referred to as secluded rooms) to wind up on the wrong subfloor during floor layout regeneration and be visible on the minimap at the wrong time
• Fixed a long-standing issue with the maximized minimap that would make it possible to see secret walls to the east
• Thickened up the ground hitbox to prevent fast-falling entities from falling right through
• (Linux) Fixed some audio driver incompatibility issues that would cause the game to hang on a black screen when starting up
• (Linux) Fixed some Z-testing flags in our shaders that would cause certain graphics drivers to get thoroughly confused when rendering UI elements

Balance Changes

• Gordons Tunic now reduces poison damage as well
• Spinner traps now scale their damage based on the zone they are found in
• Arrow traps now scale their damage based on the zone they are found in
• Transmute machines in gambling rooms no longer add health to their cost when used
• Slightly increased rat health in OM
• Gremlins have had their AI tweaked and are now much more aggressive
• Capture Sphere now adds 5 damage per enemy killed instead of 10
• Galoshes and Helios boots now guard against poison on the ground
• Added more fury to the Fury Potion
• Mjolnir now creates its AOE at the target of the thrown pickaxe. Its cooldown has been removed and its damage decreased
• Reduced the damage done by the Eidolons level 3 ability

Other Changes

• Massive performance and memory optimizations across all areas of the game
• The Hobbled status effect now has a visual associated with it. Being Hobbled dramatically slows your movement speed and prevents you from jumping
• If your controller becomes disconnected, the pause menu will now open
• Toxic Scales now deal poison damage
• Other Scales now deal poison damage when paired with a Toxic Scale
• Spiders now deal poison damage
• Vile Pots now deal poison damage
• Vile Pot damage is now the same whether they were spawned from a Drude or not
• Caustic Vile now spawns a poison blast
• Gordons Tunic no longer makes a sound when blocking elemental damage
• Chests can now be trapped with poison (this does not increase the chance a chest is trapped)
• Artifacts have been moved to a subtab of Items in the Journal
• Wall gold in the Goldmines now has a halo like other wall gold
• Wall gold in the Goldmines now uses normalized damage which means it will always take two attacks to mine
• Wall gold and thorium in the Golden Core now uses triggers rather than colliders so that the peasant cant bump into it
• Controller vibration has been normalized and rescaled
• Items that have been eaten by ItemEater now shatter when they hit the ground
• Oil now uses a different rendering method (and looks better in our opinion)
• Bass fly projectiles changed in color so that Bishop and Rook fish can fire projectiles of their color
• Sequence Breaker has a new teleport effect in line with other warp effects in the game
• Adjusted many FX emitters to work on unscaled time to prevent drawing on the opposite side of the room during transition
• Vorpal Blade refacing timings have been improved to better match the visuals

[ 2020-12-24 20:33:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

It's been a little while peasants, but we hope worth the wait? Welcome to UnderMine 1.1.0 Royals! UnderMine's first major update since release. Royals introduces a new zone, new boss, items, features, and a couple big secrets for you to discover.
Normally we would announce the update's release date alongside the preview, but we're still not sure on what it'll be. We're going to begin beta testing today, so if you'd like to try it early you can visit our Discord and follow the instructions there. We're going to gather some player feedback before deciding on a final date. If you'd like to read up on what's new, you can find the full preview here: https://undermine.game/undermine-110-royals-update This update has been in development alongside some other work that we can't announce yet, but just know... it's exciting! Hopefully we can share it soon.
In other news, we still have some Pilfer plushes available from our partner Dual Wield. If you'd like a stuffed reminder of your most hated enemy you can snag one here: https://dualwieldstudio.com/collections/undermine/products/undermine-slime-plush And finally we'd like to share some fanart made by our wonderful community.
https://twitter.com/SyntenyBri/status/1314720664905895937?s=20
https://twitter.com/ilustrajaque/status/1326867343176306689?s=20
From Discord member Diamog We LOVE seeing fanart, so if you've made some, make sure to share it with us on Twitter or in Discord. We'll be sure to see and share it if you like. Take care peasants! And expect an announcement soon on a full release date for the Royals update! - Thorium

[ 2020-12-17 19:12:48 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey! We're realistic. It's pretty unlikely that a scrappy little indie game is going to win Game of the Year, but a peasant can dream! Regardless of whether we win an award or not, we just want to let you all know that we really appreciate your support this year. UnderMine had an incredible launch out of early access and we owe it all to you. We hope you've enjoyed your time with the game and look forward to continued support. In the mean time, if you want to smash that nominate button, that'd be pretty cash money of you.

UnderMine On Sale!

You can grab UnderMine for 20% off during the Steam Autumn Sale, which runs from now until December 1st. https://store.steampowered.com/app/656350/UnderMine/

Pilfer Plushes Still Available!

We still have some pilfer plushes in stock, so if you haven't had a chance to get one yet, now is the time. These adorable little thieves comes with magnetized gold nuggets, so you can simulate the real experience of losing all your hard-earned gold. These plushes are available at the Dual Wield store: https://dualwieldstudio.com/collections/undermine/products/undermine-slime-plush

More Announcements Soon!

We also have some exciting announcements coming up that wouldn't be appropriate for Steam. If you're curious, please sign up for our newsletter and you'll be the first to know what it's all about. https://undermine.game/#newsletter

[ 2020-11-25 18:02:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

Pilfer plush! Pilfer plush! Pilfer plush! So many players asked for it, so here it is! We've teamed up with Dual Wield Studio to develop UnderMine's first bit of merch. Now when you lose that bit of gold you can take out your frustrations on this adorable puff ball. Alternatively you can detach the magnetized gold nugget and teach this pilfer a lesson in thievery. Pilfer plushes will be available at the Dual Wield store while supplies last: https://dualwieldstudio.com/collections/undermine Make sure to share photos of your pilfers with us on Discord and Twitter. Also, let us know about any other merch ideas you may have.

[ 2020-10-12 18:01:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

We're currently working towards our next content update, but we wanted to get this small update out to fix some bugs and to translate into Italian! As with other languages, the game will auto-detect your settings, or you can switch using the in-game Options menu. Attenzione ai pilfer!

Bug Fixes

• Seers bite hitbox has been tightened up
• Seer is now immune to root abilities
• Health levers no longer reset their use counter when you exit the room
• Soul Cannon projectiles are now destroyed if their target becomes invalid
• Bombushka babies now spread out in all directions rather than always to the north east
• Arrows fired from wall traps will now correctly ignite if they pass over a torch
• Fixed a few issues with stat tooltips that would cause them to not display stats granted by Masa and Mune correctly
• Fixed an issue that would cause you to drop your extra potions when stabbed by the Gatekeeper
• Cleaned up a bad interaction between Ghost Pepper Sauce and Antimatter
• Fixed a graphical bug that would cause your current Summon Count to display as 100
• Fixed a data issue that would let you find Dungeon crawl space rooms on Goldmine 3
• Fixed a mismatch between stereo and spatial audio in the build process that could cause audio corruption on certain hardware
• Fixed a small graphical layering issue with the Gargoyles fireball attack
• When using a controller, the game will now pause if your controller becomes disconnected or runs out of batteries
• [Xbox] All stats-based achievements are now recalculated when the game starts, granting you any achievements you may have missed due to being offline

Other Changes

• [Xbox] Added a new slider to the Graphics options menu to manually adjust the games safe rendering area. This will allow players with TVs that do not have a built-in overscan feature to shrink or expand the rendering area so that the UI is not cut off

[ 2020-09-17 16:18:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

Thanks everyone for supporting us through a great launch. Sales and reviews have been really strong and we've seen a ton of love from Twitch. Even cracking the top ten games for a hot second. That being said, there were some issues that we wanted to sort out between now and the next content update and here they are! We do have some plans for the next update, but it will be a little bit before we're ready to reveal what those are. In the mean time we hope you are enjoying your time with UnderMine.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could cause volume to go over 100% on certain hardware
• Resolved a UI issue that would cause keyboard hotkey reminders to become very wide
• Cleaned up a few treasure chests that would continue to sparkle even after opened
• Fixed a UI bug that caused the buff granted by Battle Standard to always display at level 0
• Fixed some rendering issues that would cause oil reflections to render strangely in the Golden Core
• Removed a tiny, invisible light source in Selts room
• Fixed a bug that would allow Ara to block multiple curses if they were acquired on the same frame
• Fixed an issue that caused the AI to not be able to navigate around the pillars in the Goldmine
• Solved a problem that caused Dreadful Fog to also double the HP of traps and torches
• Cleaned up a few issues in the final boss encounter
• Fixed an issue that caused Arkanos to speak one of Babas lines of dialog
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause you to instantly die if paused while standing on molten gold or electrified water
• Fixed a data issue that allowed certain legendary relics to be rerolled
• Restored the bubble effect to molten gold
• Fixed an ordering problem that could cause you to spawn back in the Hub at 200hp in certain situations
• Fixed a data issue that causes Siegfriends Aegis to show up in the Journal before you had encountered it
• Fixed a problem preventing Seer from dropping gold on death
• Fixed a crash that could be caused by disconnecting and reconnecting a controller while on the input remapper screen
• Fixed a rare issue with Siegfrieds Aegis that could cause it to make your blessings invulnerable as well
• Tightened up the Journal pickup logic to prevent a double-pickup animation from playing if you jumped while picking it up
• Fixed a problem related to killing an interactable on the same frame as you interact with it that could cause your input to become stuck, leading to an eventual crash
• Fixed some issues with the facing direction of the Crossbowman
• Resolved a longstanding issue that would allow you to light torches just by touching them, as long as your thrown pickaxe was ignited at the time
• Fixed an issue with the entity recycler that prevented Loaded Rats and Ardor Priests from spawning
• Dungeon statues now have 1 hp instead of 20
• [Mac] Fixed an issue that would cause Nooris room to be completely black on certain graphics cards
• [Xbox, Windows Store] Crawlspaces no longer show an additional Chaos icon on the minimap
• [Windows Store] Tier 1 of multi-tier achievements can now be more reliably earned. If you had previously missed one of these achievements, it should automatically be granted to you the next time you start the application
• [Windows Store] The login process has been improved to allow players to more reliably progress past the title screen

Balance Changes

• Birthing Pod now requires a recipe to unlock. If Birthing Pod is already unlocked on your save file, it will still be unlocked after updating.
• Craftsmanship is now unlocked by default
• Ara buff duration has been reduced
• Canis Major buff duration has been reduced and crit chance growth has been lowered
• The Spirit hatchling appears in the same Halls library room that the Dusty Book is found in
• The unlock cost for numerous relics, potions, blessings, and familiars has been lowered
• Curse-blocking effects such as Ara and Doll no longer block indestructible curses

Other Changes

• The graphics options screen now has a Vsync option thats disabled by default
• Birthing Pod now overrides the Food consumed at full health option
• Selt larvae eggs that are spawned by the player are now invulnerable
• The treasure chests from Black Rabbits chest game are now recyclable
• Your Gold Integrity stat is now visible in the Othermine
• Enemies can now spawn in a particular rail bridge encounter in the Goldmine
• Bobo can no longer destroy items on the same frame that they are dropped from a rock

[ 2020-08-22 18:43:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

After five long years we have finally "completed" development of UnderMine. It has been a dream come true to work on our own game, unrestrained and creatively free. We want to thank the UnderMine community, especially those that took a chance on the game during early access. You all helped us reach this point and UnderMine has become so much bigger than we imagined. Completed is in quotations because although we consider this a complete product that doesn't mean we're done updating it. We have a lot in store for the future, but until then please enjoy these update notes. - Thorium

The Gate is Active and the Final Encounter is Nigh

• Upon collecting all 5 boss fragments, the ancient and mysterious gate can be opened. Cross onto the other side and find what awaits.

New Final Room

• Every peasant deserves some peace and time to contemplate after a run. Therefore, the room that houses Deaths Head (now Deaths Hand) has been transformed. Relax and soak in the tranquil ruins, gently lapped by the ripples of the fountains pooling water.

The Crone Valeen and Hexes

• Serious players require even more serious challenges. Now, after completing their first run, the player will unlock Valeen, the Crone. Valeen then joins the hub and the Othermine antechamber. The player can ask Valeen to hex them, which will apply powerful debuffs that can not be removed during a run. Hexes seriously alter a run and can be stacked on top of each other for additional challenge.

With the exception of Siefrieds Torment, all hexes are unlocked at the same time as Valeen. Siegfrieds Torment This hex is unlocked when the player finishes a cursed aegis run in the Othermine. It applies an indestructible curse on every floor. Adventurers Peril Sets the peasant to a single health point for the entire run. Red-Hot Nuggets Inflicts damage on the peasant whenever they pick up gold. Frostbite Prevents the peasant from healing. Unending Desolation Floors no longer have relic rooms. Dreadful Fog Enemies have double the health and deal double damage. Rogues Ultimatum Disables all permanent upgrades (this hex is now used for the secondary boss achievements). Chaotic Offering All items appear the same.

Journal Improvements

Added Artifacts Artifacts, such as special keys, boss fragments, Baba's mushrooms, and the Dusty Book now have their own tab in the journal. Each has a lore entry, and some contain hints as to what their use is. Improved Player Stats Mousing over, or focusing (with controller) the peasants combat stats will reveal a detailed breakdown of buffs and modifiers that contribute to the final statistic. Lifetime Stats Another tab has been added to the journal that tracks lifetime statistics. Were looking to expand this so let us know if you have any suggestions.

Fully Expanded Map

The minimap now reveals the entire floor when expanded. It will scale in size to accommodate the size and shape of the floor.

Hoodies Care Package

Peasants will now be given a care package when fast traveling with Hoodie. It contains relics for your journey. The number of relics are proportional to how far you traveled, but are less numerous than if you made the trek the old fashioned way.

Steam Trading Cards

• Trading cards will now appear in your Steam inventory as you play UnderMine. Trade them with other players, collecting full sets to unlock new badges, profile backgrounds, and emotes to be used across Steam.

Soundtrack Now Available

• UnderMines OST, composed by the talented Wesley Slover, is now available for purchase. You can pick up your copy for $4.99 USD. It includes 30 tracks and beautiful album artwork.

Achievement Changes

• We have changed the conditions by which players can earn the 5 No Upgrades boss achievements. Now, you simply need to defeat the 5 major bosses while using the Rogues Ultimatum hex, which is functionally the same as having no upgrades. This is to alleviate a lot of confusion around what constitutes an upgrade and to avoid the necessity to start a new save file. Please note: If you had previously earned these achievements under the old rules, you will still have them and do not need to earn them again.

The achievement Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Defeat the Rockpile Mimic without upgrades) has been removed and two new achievements have been added.

20 New Items

• Birthing Pod
• Canis Major
• Capture Sphere
• Circinus
• Double Doubler
• Fork
• Gecko Blast
• Greaves
• Obsidian Knife
• Pauldron
• Sagitta
• Shield of Quills
• Soul Cannon
• Soul Guard
• Spare Ordinance
• Ursa Major
• Ara
• Gauntlets
• Short Wicks
• Pangolin Potion

Bug Fixes

• Over 200 performance and memory optimizations across every area of the game. The stutter is dead!
• Pathfinding data rebuilds are now timed better to prevent enemies from instantly falling into a pit or spending the entire encounter trying to walk through walls
• Water reflections no longer render through floor tiles
• Default settings in the options menu should now behave more predictably
• Secret walls now layer the same as regular walls to prevent information leaks
• The red shopkeeper is no longer mortal
• Fixed an issue with Kiss of the Succubus that would prevent it from healing you
• Improved Djinn and Pocket of Holding logic to more reliably proc in the first room of a zone
• The shopkeepers hut now has a better hitbox to prevent items from getting stuck on it
• Fixed an issue that would allow you to place the debuff granted by Branding Bombs onto the relic altar
• Fixed a problem with swapping potions too quickly after picking up a new potion that would leave your potions in a bad state
• Fixed an issue that would allow auto-attack items such as Othermine Conduit to damage bosses during the initial setup sequence
• Fixed an issue that would cause Mortar to begin his final attack pattern early when running in Russian or German
• You can no longer cancel out of Compulsion by jumping at the right time
• TsarBomba no longer procs on Troll and Ogre bombs
• Spikes should now spawn under grass much less frequently
• Friendly Selt larvae can now be more reliably hit by enemies
• Tightened up the hitbox on Master Pickaxe projectiles so they are less likely to get hung up on walls behind their direction of travel
• Master Pickaxe projectiles will now enrage NPCs the same as a regular attack
• The relic choice encounter in the Golden Core no longer allows you to take all 3 relics
• Fixed a problem that would make Kurtzs crew non-interactable if you return to his room later
• Fixed some layering issues with Morningstar traps
• Waking Light shots can now be correctly reflected with Grimhildes Mirror
• Witchs Brew will now backfill with minor curses if youve already encountered every curse on that run
• Noori is now less likely to go briefly invisible when jumping around the room
• Resolved a re-rolling issue that would allow you to pick up a Talisman just by touching it
• Fixed a zone layout issue that would allow the relic altar room to spawn adjacent to only a secret room
• Arrows are now considered minions to prevent them from being farmed
• Nooris beams now cut through the darkness to make them more visible when the torches are out
• Potion timer states are now smarter about restoring to the correct ratio when loading a save file
• Armor items such as Breastplate will no longer refill your armor pips if you juggle them on the relic altar
• Fixed an issue with the chooser UI (like shown by the All Potion) that would cause it to fall off the screen if shown too close to the edge of the screen
• Explorers Boots will no longer try to repeatedly activate while you are ignited or poisoned
• The gargoyles guarding the Masters Key can no longer be killed while in statue form before the fight begins. This prevents several situations that would cause the player to become locked in this room.
• Fixed a small graphical glitch with the Dusty Book in the Hall Library
• Chests spawned in the Othermine Antechamber will now drop loot
• Player will no longer be locked in the Cavern/Core transition room, unless they speak with Toadvine or Bathcat
• Cut scenes in the hub will no longer overlap if triggered at the same time

Balance Changes

• Canary level 3 pickup delay has been lowered by 50%
• Buffed Starlight Sip to now drop 16 meteors instead of 12
• Rainbow Kernels can no longer duplicate All-Potions
• Slightly lowered Large Rat health
• Slightly lowered Rat Matron health
• Slightly lowered Selts health
• Slightly lowered Lurker health
• Bat behavior now has a 1 second delay to avoid shotgunning players on room entry
• Lowered the cost of echo blast to 2000 gold
• Improved chances of finding Dogs and Kurtz
• Increased the chance of finding mushroom encounters
• Firebirds fireball now ignites torches
• Reduced Noori, Ponzu, and Seers health proportional to their overall health pool
• Lowered the cost of Geckos Foot, Geckos Other Foot, Food Voucher, Food Voucher 2, and Basic Item Voucher
• Thorium rocks now have a 20% chance to drop schematics
• Lowered the amount of enemies and hazards that can appear in some smaller rooms
• Crimson skeletons now regrow 1 second faster
• Slightly reduced the length of the Crystal Lurkers AOE

Other Changes

• UnderMine now runs on the Xbox One and Windows 10 Store!
• UnderMine is now built on the .NET 4.x framework
• Improved many of the wall textures in the Caverns
• Updated Thorium intro video and removed Fandom intro video
• Seer now casts smokescreen once per every 20% of his max hp lost
• Seers tail hitbox has been tightened up to more accurately match his visuals
• Numerous old item icons have been improved
• A text reminder of your current potion now appears below the potion slot whenever you switch potions
• The maximum summoning stone limit is now smaller (though still very large) to prevent boss health from overflowing
• The peasants health bar now has a minimum width of 50 pixels
• Enemies now make an effort to spawn at least 4 units away from the entryway
• Float Boots and Float Potion now only show a floating effect when over a pit to no longer give the impression they will mitigate all ground hazards
• Bobos hit detection has been improved to prevent him from running into things that are behind his direction of travel
• Esc must now be pressed twice to skip the run summary screen
• Caustic Vial now releases its poison cloud even if you one-shot an enemy
• Added a correct telegraph flash to the Gremlin dash attack
• Added new dialog to hub NPCs after the peasant has reached the Golden Core or defeated Seer
• Fixed several NPCs so that they face the peasant when speaking to them
• Added new music to Beltrame encounters in the mine
• Added new music when first meeting Wayland in the mine
• Added new music when meeting Dibble and Dodson for the first time
• Added new music when battling Seer
• Added mini-boss music to the Gargoyle encounter in the Dungeon
• Added an additional hint to the tutorial
• Twitter and Discord links have been added to the title screen
• Improved several item icons

[ 2020-08-06 14:03:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

It's finally here! After five years of development and a year of early access, UnderMine is ready to graduate to full release. Thank you to everyone who participated in early access. Your feedback and bug reports have greatly improved UnderMine and are a big reason we're all here. Now, are you ready to discover what's new in this update? Head on over to our website for the full preview: https://undermine.game/undermine-one-point-zero If you want to discuss the preview with other players or the devs, feel free to hit us up on Twitter or Discord. And as a reminder: UnderMine 1.0 will release on Thursday August 6th. It will be available here on Steam with PC, Mac, and Linux builds. It will also be available on Xbox One, Windows store, and Xbox and PC Game Pass. Just a few more weeks! Get hyped! - Thorium

[ 2020-07-20 15:08:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

[previewyoutube=58ral7Vy1lM;full][/previewyoutube] After five years in development, UnderMine is ready for full release! It will exit early access and release on Thursday, August 6th, 2020. Buckle up because this is going to be a long post. We have so much to share. The development of UnderMine has been a hard and exhausting process. Everyone on the team has put every last ounce of themselves into it. Many people comment on how polished the game is, but in reality we come in hot on every single update. Were usually fixing bugs up until an hour before releasing an update. Thats because were so passionate about delivering as much as possible. We dont want to leave any good ideas on the table, so we push hard, and try to deliver as much content as we can while still hitting our own bar of quality and polish. 1.0 is no exception.

Thank you to the community

We want to give an enormous thanks to the UnderMine community for being so wonderful and supportive. We could not have gotten here without you. Early access has been an incredible success because you have given us such valuable feedback and an enormous pile of bug reports. Thank you for jumping on board early, and trusting that UnderMine would continue to grow and improve.

Whats in store for 1.0

1.0 might be our largest update yet. It was difficult going dark for so long, and not releasing an update, but it was necessary. We needed to make some fundamental improvements to support our console releases, but PC players are going to benefit from these improvements as well. In addition to new content, UnderMine now performs much better and has improved stability. Below is a list of other things to look forward to in the 1.0 update:

• Final boss fight with numerous phases and cutscenes
• An ending sequence that ties up the story
• Character dialog for post Golden Core, Seer, and final boss states
• New items
• Improved performance
• A new challenge system that lets players make the game as hard as they want
• Artifacts added to the journal along with lore entries for each
• Lifetime stats added to the journal
• Improved mini-map functionality, including being able to see an entire floor in expanded view
• A Hoodie care package making fast travel more valuable
• Visual overhaul of the final room, as well as Deaths Head (now Deaths Hand)
• Visual improvement of the Shimmering Caverns
• Numerous bug fixes and balance changes

There will be a more indepth preview later in July akin to what we have released with other updates.

Pricing

As we stated in our original early access writeup, the price for UnderMine will increase at release. The cost will be increasing to $19.99 USD. Lucky for you UnderMine is currently on sale at its early access price, so if you want to snag it at a discount get it now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/656350/

Supporting UnderMines release

Many players have asked us how they can support us even more. Do we have a Patreon? Etc. Never mind all that! If you want to help support Thorium and UnderMine heres what you can do:

• Post a review of UnderMine on Steam, tell the world how great it is
• Share our posts on Twitter
• Join us in Discord
• Send us your fanart
• Support UnderMine content creators on Twitch and Youtube

We love seeing what you all do with the game, so dont be shy about sharing your experiences. Fanart, and other creations really give us energy and we love seeing it.

The future

We also want to make it clear that this is not the end of the road for UnderMine. Far from it. UnderMine will continue to see feature and content updates, including some things the community has requested. There is lots to look forward to. Thank you again for all the support. Well be sharing more info leading up to release. You won't want to miss it so keep your eyes peeled. - Thorium

[ 2020-06-30 14:02:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone and welcome to the Summer Sale! UnderMine is currently 25% off, so if you were waiting for a deal, now is the time! We want to take this opportunity to remind everyone that we will be increasing the price of UnderMine when it leaves Early Access. That date hasn't quite been announced yet, but I can assure you it isn't long off. Expect an announcement soon. So if you've been looking to buy UnderMine, this will be the cheapest it gets for quite some time. Happy summer, and expect some exciting UnderMine news soon! - Thorium

[ 2020-06-26 19:12:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug preventing Ponzu from dropping loot in Othermine
• Fixed an issue that would allow you to skip the Golden Core if ShoGuul was encountered on Caverns 4
• Resolved an issue allowing you to leave Seers room via a Shop in a Bottle potion before defeating Seer

Other Changes

• The conditions for the boss skip achievements have been relaxed so that bosses that have been revived via the Summoning Stone now count as alive
• Lava Walkers and Helios Boots now grant immunity to molten gold
• Rocks can no longer spawn immediately to the right of the hatch in the first Toadvine and Bathcat room in the Goldmine

[ 2020-05-06 20:22:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

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Features

The Golden Core and Seer, World's Heart

Brave the deepest part of the Undermine, cross rivers of molten gold, avoid dangerous traps, and defeat new enemies for a chance to challenge the fire lord Seer.

8 new enemies:

Crossbowman - An armored guard of the Delvemore dungeon. Crossbowmen have steady aim and will attack from a distance. If you get too close to them they will dash away and unleash a devastating triple shot. Shaman and Manikin - Shamen animate small dolls, twisting their essence in the process. These dolls are called Manikins. They dart in and out of reality, encircling the peasant and creating geometric death traps. Rift Wurm - These wurms mindlessly roam the corridors of the Golden Core. They only know to move forwards and devour anything in their path. Approach them with caution and annihilate them entirely, lest they grow back a new head and continue their feast. Soms Golem - Som originally created these mindless automatons to aid him in his research and care for his keep. He is now long dead, but his creations live on. They are quite stupid and rather curious. Keep a wide berth or they will wander over and inadvertently injure you with their many spikes. Bass Fly - Similar to other flies of the Undermine but far deadlier. The projectile from the bass fly will ricochet off walls and other surfaces. Gremlin - Dangerous, winged creatures that defend the Golden Core and other areas of the Undermine. They wield long pole arms and can close distance quickly with their dash attacks. Ogre Firestarter - Another dangerous, bomb-wielding ogre. This time an ogre that slings Seers Blood bombs, spilling fire everywhere. Firebat - Similar to shrill bats, except that they drip fire wherever they go always

3 new items:

• All-potion
• Starlight Sip
• Churchbell Nectar

4 new achievements:

• Beheaded and Betailed
• Destroyer of Worlds
• Hot Hot Heat
• Peasants do what Bathcan't

150+ new encounters, including encounters for existing zones.

A note for Othermine: All new encounters, items, enemies, zones, and bosses are automatically included in Othermine.)

Bug Fixes

• We asked Dibble once again to stop restocking his shop after an Othermine run. We were very stern this time!
• Fixed an issue that could cause the player to be launched high into the air if knocked back on the frame immediately after a jump
• Fixed several issues with the Toadvine and Bathcat encounter when entering the Caverns from the Halls
• Fixed some open chests that couldnt be used with the recycler
• Projectiles can no longer collide with the interaction trigger in front of locked doors
• Fixed an issue preventing Helios Boots from re-equipping correctly reload
• Fixed a problem with Halls2-3 that gave it a 50% chance to not spawn a relic room
• Addressed an issue that could cause enemies to be stuck in their falling animation if the player left the room during their fall
• Fixed a softlock that could occur in a certain secret encounter that shall remain secret
• Tsar Bombas load order has been adjusted so that it will reapply its debuffs correctly on reload
• Keys lost to Sweaty Fingers can no longer proc popcorn effects
• Nullification can now correctly nullify slot-unique relics such as Chakram, Sequence Breaker, and Vorpal Blade
• Fixed an issue causing the Blood Bomb damage radius to not scale correctly with the Demolition blessing
• Resolved a problem that could cause letter-box bars to become stuck if the player died during a scripted sequence
• Fixed a timing issue that could cause the game to not pause correctly if the pause menu was opened on the same frame as you attacked an enemy
• Improved Glimmerweed beam hit-detection so they can no longer hit invisible or flat targets
• Fixed a memory leak related to a recent material system refactor
• Fixed up some issues related to enemies getting stuck in their jump animation after getting webbed by a Selt Larvae
• Fixed an issue preventing the Othermine Antechamber music from not respecting your music volume setting
• Fixed a layering issue that made it possible to see secret walls by attacking them
• Improved how doors are drawn on the minimap to prevent weird one-sided lock issues
• Alt-F4ing on the game over screen will now correctly clear the global flags for your next run

Balance Changes

• All eaters (curses and Lesser Demon) now no longer count minions when killing an enemy
• Lowered the amount of enemies that can spawn in some Cavern rooms. There were a few that ended up too cramped.
• Doubled the amount of healing from Kiss of the Succubus

Other Changes

• Added a small grace-period to pits. This allows you to walk out over their edge for a few frames before falling
• Certain enemies that had a habit of juggling or grinding up against the player for multiple hits have a new safe-guard in place to help prevent this
• Performing another action while voluntarily drinking a potion now cancels the drink. Jumping is still allowed while compulsively drinking; all other actions are prevented
• The grace-period on the floor Down has been removed
• Churchbell shields now give 99% damage reduction to everything inside them and last for 10 seconds
• Gold Tooth now only procs on gold pickup instead of gold gain
• Cursed Jars now randomize when they spawn Wisps
• Hidden room entrances will no longer be covered by large rocks in the Halls
• Gargoyles now have North and South facings so that it is easier to tell when they plan to attack in those directions
• The visuals on store discounts have been slightly tweaked
• Throbo no longer splats pilfers (permanently at least)
• The dogs have a deeper woof
• Improved the performance and visuals of oil
• Dramatically lessened Nooris memory requirements, which should result in fewer performance spikes during the fight
• The invulnerability buff granted by killing a boss now prevents damage from Waking Light
• Lucent Imp projectiles now immediately orient towards their target and change color when finished seeking
• Hidden room staircases now destroy the grass around them so theyre easier to see
• The boss HP bar now appears over top of your relics, making it easier to see

[ 2020-05-05 16:10:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

UnderMine 0.7.0 is finally near! Behold the Golden Core and its fiery rivers of molten gold. Battle your way down 4 more floors of the UnderMine and challenge the fire lord Seer himself. Want to know more? Head on over to our website for the official update preview. https://undermine.game/undermine-070-golden-core-update Again, thank you to everyone who helped us test this on our Beta Branch. Bug reports and feedback from these preview builds are super valuable. If you want to know more about testing the beta builds of UnderMine, follow this link: https://undermine.game/beta-branch or hop into Discord. - Thorium

[ 2020-05-03 18:49:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash that would occur when picking up Cosmic Egg or drinking a Biscuits potion without a familiar equipped
• Fixed a crash related to restoring a saved state with an active Ghost Pepper Sauce
• Cleaned up several issues related to boss state tracking between the Othermine and the UnderMine
• The Othermine challenge encounter should now work correctly if you exit and re-enter before opening the chest
• Closed an exploit related to the Eidolon, Breastplate, and Relic Altar
• Resolved an input ordering issue that allowed you to drink another potion while being forced to drink a potion by Compulsion
• Fixed an issue with the Chaos Spawns level 3 ability which caused it to not reset on zone transition
• Lesser Demon should now more reliably follow you after attacking. Additionally, his lv3 beam should now correctly scale damage based on the number of curses hes eaten
• Fixed a tracking issue with Lesser Demon's attack
• Fixed a bad animation state that Ardor Priests could get stuck in when casing Inner Fire on a target that is already Inner Fired

Other Changes

• Blast Suit now protects you against bombs dropped from Sweaty Palms and Nitroglycerin

[ 2020-03-31 01:13:55 CET ] [ Original post ]

Features

Othermine

Welcome to the Othermine! UnderMines brand new rogue mode. Othermine is unlocked when the player completes the 4 main zones and enters Nowhere at the end of their run. Once unlocked, you can speak with The Gatekeeper in what we are now calling the terminal. The terminal is a room that sits to the north of the main lobby. Giving The Gatekeeper a Nether will open the Othermine. The peasant takes nothing into or out of the Othermine except for Thorium and Nether. So each Othermine run starts the peasant at zero upgrades (with a couple of exceptions like Glasses) and zero gold. Once you enter, you will be dropped into the Antechamber where you will receive some random upgrades, and will need to choose a Relic, Blessing, Familiar, and Curse. Then youre off!

Nether

Nether is a new currency found in the UnderMine. Primarily you can earn it by crafting items once you have unlocked The Gatekeeper. You will also earn a Nether by completing an Othermine run. Once nearly all items have been crafted, you can discover a Nether recipe which will allow The Gatekeeper to craft it for Thorium.

The Othermine Crown

When a peasant enters the Othermine they don the Othermine crown. The crown can be upgraded in appearance by completing Othermine runs. However, if the peasant ever dies inside the Othermine, their crown will be lost and revert back to its default state. Win streaks will be tracked on the save file. Its important to note that a streak and crown can only be lost inside the Othermine. Dying in the UnderMine wont count.

Magic Mirror

There is a new magic mirror that appears in Arkanos library, shortly after the beginning of the game. This mirror will randomize your appearance and name.

Explorers Boots

Getting around the UnderMine can sometimes be tedious, especially when hunting for secrets. You can now buy an upgrade from Hoodie called the Explorers Boots. These boots will give the peasant a 40% out-of-combat movement speed boost. They automatically become disabled when taking damage, entering combat, or jumping. They can also be manually toggled off with a rebindable key.

New Familiars:

• Chaos Spawn - Embraces randomness
• Eidolon - An armored spirit
• Lesser Demon - Gains power through curses

Seven New Achievements:

• Break on Through (To the Othermine)
• King for a Day
• Streaking
• Soul Restored
• The Naked and Famous
• Master Swordsman
• Upstanding Credit

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an exploit with the Canary and Lunchbox that allowed you to spawn unlimited golden food
• Fixed a bug causing Vorpal Blade to miss its second hit if you also have Grimhildes Mirror
• Fixed a few lines of dialog that didnt correctly account for peasant gender
• Re-tuned the animation timings of familiars so they dont flutter on high Hz monitors
• Fixed an issue that caused Black Rabbits Lever Game to usually be the rightmost lever
• Improved Ticker behavior to more reliably aggro when taking damage
• Fixed an issue that would instantly put Sols Phoenix to max level if you slept in a Tent
• Eradicated a rare layout bug that would prevent you from exiting the starting room
• Fixed an issue causing Dirks Hammer to transmute Thorium
• Nooris cursed fireballs can no longer curse you after Noori is dead
• Improved Glomp behavior so they no longer attack you while attacking you
• Empty treasure chests no longer show up on the Minimap
• Lightning Mites can now be transmuted to gold with Midas Touch
• Fixed an exploit with open chests and Rabbit Gloves

Balance Changes

• Increased the duration of Biscuits, Numbing Cream, and Berserkers Brew
• Increased the purchase price of Midas Touch
• Waking Light fireballs now fires less frequently and deal less damage
• Tuned the damage, HP, and behavior of several bosses. Notably, Ponzus roar is now better telegraphed, his breath weapon no longer ignores your grace period, and he spawns fewer Scales at the start of stage 4
• Added a randomized delay between Lurker shots to offset them from each other
• Buffed the drop rate increase granted by Petrified Rock
• Reduced the damage reduction of Battle Axe
• Removed the damage reduction of Glaive
• Branding Bombs now give +10 bombs on pickup
• U-235 now give +5 bombs on pickup
• Gargoyles Bombardment attack no longer ignites
• Gold Sack upgrades are now cheaper
• Caustic Vial no longer does friendly fire
• Mushroom no longer gives an initial -50 to your max HP
• Antimatter now procs your grace period to prevent you from getting hit again right away
• Increased the drop rate of items from rocks
• Glimmerweeds and Gargoyles now have a 1s delay on their behavior to avoid them instantly attacking you when entering a room

Other Changes

• Added a new run timer to the HUD, along with a boss split timer. These can both be toggled via a new option in the menu
• Added a new Autoswap Potions option to the menu that will automatically switch to new potions you pick up
• Price decorators have been simplified to now show a green arrow down or a red arrow up to indicate adjustments to the base price
• Added support for Indestructible curses, which cannot be removed through normal means
• Pilfer Credit Cards can now only be found in the Othermine. Debt now carries forward to future Othermine runs until you pay it off or die trying
• Added a nighttime mode to the title screen
• Movement is now slightly biased towards E or W when moving diagonally with a keyboard to prevent stuttering
• Controller dead zone implementation has been overhauled to be more reliable
• The Game Over screen icons now scale to half size past a certain threshold to make sharing screenshots of your run summary easier
• Crystalline projectiles have been color-shifted so they are easier to see against the background
• Thorium and Nether counts now autohide to save UI space
• Added a small delay before a Chooser popup will allow input to help prevent accidental selections
• Bramble Vest, Malicious Intent, and Loyalty have new icons
• Black Rabbit will remark when selling her familiar relics
• The secret shopkeeper now has some dialog
• Changed the subfloors of the Priestess encounter to avoid confusion with other hidden rooms
• Mortar no longer displays damage kickers on his body
• Lillyth now moves to the terminal room when she is upset with Arkanos

[ 2020-03-27 19:53:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome everyone to UnderMine's 5th major update: The 0.6.0 Othermine Update, which will drop on Friday, March 27th (sometime PST.) This new update offers an entirely new game mode, along with a few content updates like new familiars, a new upgrade, and a magic mirror. If you want more detail, follow this link to the official update preview: https://undermine.game/undermine-060-othermine-update Again, thank you to everyone who helped us test this on our Beta Branch. Bug reports and feedback from these preview builds is super valuable. If you want to know more about testing the beta builds of UnderMine, follow this link: https://undermine.game/beta-branch or hop into Discord. - Thorium

[ 2020-03-22 18:57:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

Features

Minimap Overhaul!

• Can now be toggled from normal size to large. The default keys for this are [c] on a keyboard and [up] on the D-pad of a controller. This key is rebindable in the options menu.
  
• New icons to denote the Relic Room, Beginning Room, and Boss Entrances
• Altars will now indicate if they have been used
• Items such as food, keys, bombs, potions, talismans, armor shards, relics, chests, blessings, and altars will be shown on the map.
• Four of the most important items per room will be shown in large mode, while a single item will be shown in normal mode.
• Players can also toggle the transparency of the minimap in the options menu. When transparent, the background of the map will be removed.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash related to Tsar Bomba and ownerless entities
• Fixed the description of Powder Shortage to now accurately reflect its new behavior (of increasing the cost to drop a bomb to 2 bombs)

Balance Changes

• The secret altar room now requires only 1 major curse to enter
• Breastplate is now a common relic
• Reduced the shop cost of Breastplate
• Reduced the crafting cost of Breastplate
• Rare Chests (blue) now have a 100% chance to drop a blueprint, egg, tome, or recipe

Other Changes

• Breastplate has been reworked to now grant a point of armor. Armor acts as temporary HP for the purposes of combat damage and can be refilled by picking up an Armor Shard (which can drop once you have Breastplate). Armor will not block loss-of-life effects like Penance or TRANSMUT3 machines
• The shop Relic pool now falls back to the default Relic pool once exhausted
• The Relic and Shop RNG pools will now more reliably produce the same results if the current floor is reloaded

[ 2020-02-21 18:39:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

Bug Fixes

• Tsar Bomba no longer unequips if you have zero bombs when picking it up
• Ogre bombs now drop into pits
• Phantasmal Pickaxes are now destroyed when they leave the room, fixing several issues including repeated audio
• Items should no longer land in inaccessible areas
• Cursed relic pedestals now correctly display their cost again
• Fixed an issue where Dibble referred to the female peasant with sir, rather than madam.
• Fixed an issue where Black Rabbit referred to the female peasant with bristly one. Unfortunately there was no translation for this line and it will appear in English until our next localization round.

Balance Changes

• Blood Offering now requires slightly less health for items
• Ogre Bombardiers, Troll Bombardiers, and Ogre Annihilators are now immune to their own bomb blasts, while reducing other explosive damage by 50% (rather than being immune to explosive damage)

Other Changes

• Electrified Orb is now a bit smaller visually (no change to collider)
• Battle Standard has had its audio removed
• Boss relics can now be found like normal relics after the boss is defeated. They still drop from the boss on the first kill, and they should also be discoverable in the boss arena when the boss is currently dead.
• Powder Shortage has been changed: It no longer lowers bomb damage. Instead it makes laying a bomb cost 2 bombs instead of 1 (The item description will appear in English until our next localization round)

[ 2020-02-11 01:40:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome to one of UnderMine's largest updates, 0.5.0 The Supply Crate Update! A female peasant avatar has been a long requested feature and she finally makes her debut. On top of this, there are over 60 new items being added across the relic, potion, blessing, and curse pools. Find out what wacky new combos they create! We hope you enjoy this latest update, and look forward to more in the future.

Features:

• Introducing a brand new avatar: the female peasant. More than just a sprite swap, the female peasant has a new portrait, new sounds, new names, all custom animations, and is occasionally referred to differently by NPCs.

• Black Rabbit will now buy relics from you in her shop. Got a relic that isnt doing it for you? Need some spare gold? This is the option for you.

• A mysterious new altar appears. It is guaranteed to appear somewhere between Goldmine 1 and Cavern 4, but what does it do?

• Brand new, custom, boss music tracks for Selt, Mortar, Noori, and Ponzu

• Many new NPC dialogs have been added for various game states and Beltrame rewards the peasant with the Apprentices Tincture recipe after helping her in the mines.

• New encounters in all zones

New Content:

Added 28 new relics

• Phantasmal Axe
• Vorpal Blade
• 108 Beads
• Caustic Vial
• Tsar Bomba
• U-235
• Recycler
• Wet Blanket
• Masa
• Mune
• Masamune
• Doll
• Dirks Hammer
• Remote Detonator
• Suneater
• Breastplate
• Blast Suit
• Throwing Star
• Tent
• Twisted Blade
• Electrified Orb
• Othermine Conduit
• Lunchbox
• Caramel Popcorn
• Helios Boots
• Glaive
• Battle Axe
• Blood Bomb

Added 17 new potions

• Blessed Blend
• Ghost Pepper Sauce
• Numbing Cream
• Midas Touch
• Coffee
• Salvaging Sludge
• Ambrosia
• Altar in a Bottle
• Holy Glaze
• Aether
• Iron Glaze
• Bottles in a Bottle
• Kiss of the Succubus
• Circle of Transmutation
• Sundering Serum
• Cyclonic Serum
• Durability Serum

Added 16 new Blessings and Curses

• Ferocity
• Rigged
• Sweaty Fingers
• Mediocrity
• Poverty
• Explosive Decompression
• Malicious Intent
• Uncreative
• Low Stock
• Bloodied Locks
• Blood Offering
• Vertigo
• Nullification
• Dark Cloud
• Blessing Eater
• Item Eater

Bug Fixes:

• Minecart tracks should no longer overlap other objects
• Fixed a bug causing Talismans to auto-pickup
• The zone layout engine now tries 11x harder to create a valid layout
• Fixed an issue with bats as a background decoration
• Items should no longer get stuck in the shop hut
• Electric water should now render over reflections
• Corrected some issues related to removing lots of curses at the same time
• Fixed an issue where doors would occasionally remain closed
• Fixed a very rare issue where the Rockpile Mimic could get stuck in boulder form
• Golden food can again be picked up when at full health
• Lurkers should no longer damage themselves (for real this time)
• Gargoyles will now properly fall into pits if they transform on top of one
• It is now possible for Black Guards to fall into pits
• Fixed an issue where the discover and drop requirements for Ghostly Ichor were reversed
• Fixed an issue where Aphotic Charms status effect was not removed when the relic was removed
• Fixed several spawning issues in several encounters
• Props spawned by Chest in a Bottle, Transmut3 in a Bottle, and now Altar in a Bottle now ignore the room grid, giving them more valid locations but with possible overlap. This should prevent these items from spawning in the center of certain cramped rooms
• Can no longer trigger Bathcat and Toadvine dialog while also unlocking the prisoner cell in the Dungeon encounter. Similarly, you can no longer one-shot them during this encounter with terrible, terrible damage
• Fixed an issue where Churchbell shields could stick around after death
• Shop items should now properly reroll into other shop items rather than use the generic table
• Random shop sales are back in action
• Arrow traps can no longer spawn in the corners of Goldmine rooms
• Fixed some issues that allow wandering dogs to get in your way while talking or crafting
• Added some missing Chinese glyphs to the font table
• Fixed an issue causing skeleton traps to sometimes spawn 2 skeletons
• The Supermarket Sweep achievement now correctly accounts for Simple Chest
• Fixed an issue that would grant the Careful Planning achievement from transmuting a single relic

Balance Changes:

• Transmutagen bombs have been upgraded to legendary and now only appear in Shoguuls Lair
• Lowered the shop cost of Bramble Vest
• Increased the shop cost of Float Boots
• Holy Guacamole is now a rare relic and is no longer sold in the shop
• Large Ember now scales faster using bomb damage
• Lowered Ponzus hit points
• Clover now correctly scales throughout all zones, not just the Goldmine
• Rainbow Kernels are no longer available in the shop
• Metamorphim potion now allows the player to choose the relic being transmuted
• Metamorphim is now rare and has had its shop cost increased
• Significantly increased the cooldown of Spatial Sickness
• Empty Coffers now has a non-guaranteed chance to open chests
• Aegis blocks slightly more damage when it is activated
• Hungry Ghost now heals for 0.5% of the peasants max HP instead of 1 (it now scales, but has the same basement value)
• Lowered the number of Scale Tunnels that spawn during the Toadvine and Bathcat fight between the Halls and Caverns
• Troll Sweat now heals for 4 HP/s over 15 seconds rather than 2 HP/s over 30 seconds
• It is now more difficult to discover Shoguul for a second or third time (still possible though)
• Inverter is now a rare relic and no longer available in the shop
• Increased the chance to discover Kurtz and the dogs

Other Changes:

• Ground fire once again ignites the thrown pickaxe
• Fixed reflection offsets for spikes
• Kurtz Stache can only be found after the player has completed 5 runs
• Added a sound for when Prayer Altars are destroyed
• Can no longer peep Toadvine and Bathcats health in the prisoner encounter
• Added more redundancy to help protect save files when the client is closed unexpectedly
• Noori and Mortar now drop boss specific recipes. These can be found in their respective rooms if they have already been defeated for the first time
• Battle Standard now has a sound when entering the room
• Ponzus arena now has a proper name
• The curse UI tray now extends further to the right
• Black Rabbit now drops the Lucky Charm blueprint when you first meet her

[ 2020-02-07 18:21:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

The time has come! UnderMine's 4th major EA update is arriving this Friday, February 7th (sometime PST.) The 0.5.0 Supply Crate Update! The Supply Crate update offers a bundle of content, including the new female peasant, over 60 new items, and more. Check out the official preview for more: https://undermine.game/supply-crate-update/ Thank you to everyone who helped test this version of the game in the beta branch. Thank you for your bug reports and general feedback. Honestly, it helps us out a lot. If you want more information on participating in beta builds you can check out this page here: https://undermine.game/beta-branch or hop into Discord. - The UnderMine Team

[ 2020-02-04 18:15:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

Features

• Added a new Report Bug option to the pause menu. Submitting a bug report via this feature will automatically attach a screenshot and all the required files to help us better debug and fix the issue. Please note that this feature is available for English builds only for the time-being

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue allowing wall ornaments such as lanterns and gold to spawn behind the rubble piles in corners of large Mine rooms
• Aphotic Charm now more reliably recalculates its buff when reloading a save file
• Cleaned up some issues related to gold retention calculation, Wealth, and Clumsiness
• Fixed a problem causing players to be unable to find Beltrame and unlock the laboratory if they previously collected multiple Shiitake mushrooms due to an older bug
• Resolved a number of item GUID collisions causing inconsistent behavior between various item combinations
• Resolved numerous issues with familiars:
• Djinns Lv3 ability now starts working without reloading
• Canary can now more reliably pick up gold that has landed in awkward places
• Pet rendering layers have been tuned up
• Combat pets dont get stuck attacking invalid targets as frequently
• Projectiles no longer accidentally pierce walls. This fix may cause a few more issues around projectiles dying as soon as they are fired, we will be addressing these issues as they come up. Additionally, most projectiles are destroyed as soon as they leave the room
• Cleaned up some spawner data allowing the randomizer to spawn things in invalid locations
• Fixed a small visual bug in the Credits scene
• Cleaned up a few secret door layering issues in the Caverns
• Removed an old 3rd party library used for telemetry that was causing a lot of log spam on Linux builds
• Cleaned up the way that ground flames are rendered, which will prevent them from spawning under walls and pillars
• Fixed an issue that would cause Black Rabbits lever game to be unwinnable
• Resolved an issue with the halo rendering system on widescreen resolutions
• Tables no longer keep your dropped items hostage
• Nooris arms now correctly face the direction theyre attacking
• Pocket Grill no longer repeatedly tries (and fails) to cook table food
• Solved an issue that could cause arrow slots to spawn in invalid positions
• Absolution and Purification now more reliably remove the advertised number of curses
• Peasant visual effects, such as those from Nullstone or Skull Shield, now follow his movements as he transitions zones via holes and ladders
• Fixed a few issues relating to ability pausing while transitioning zones
• Glimmerweeds now stop shooting if they fall down a pit
• Fixed a UI layout problem that could cause the Altar popup to fall off the screen
• Freeloader Potions can no longer target things that have already been paid for, such as levers and doors
• Sweaty Palms now forces you to drop temporary bombs (from Pocket of Holding) if you have no regular bombs
• You now lose your temporary bombs if you lose Pocket of Holding
• Items inside rock cages can now be picked up with Geckos Foot under the right conditions
• Fixed an issue that could cause your save file to go missing if your PC loses power or crashes while UnderMine is running
• Dillon, Shadow, and Engine can no longer push you around and interrupt your dialog
• Health costs now all show 1 if you have Karmic Scale
• Mouse buttons are now given priority in the Input Mapper screen, and on the signs in the tutorial
• Gold Frenzy and War Paint UI now correctly reset to 0 between reloads.
• Fixed a bug causing hotkey reminders in the UI to not always show the correct remapped key
• Added some navmesh blockers between rooms to lessen the chance that items can fall outside the room. If they do still manage to fall outside the room, they will be destroyed instead of simply being irretrievable
• Inverter no longer stops inverting if you leave the room at the wrong time
• Ground detection while jumping is a bit more generous which should lead to fewer sticking issues when jumping on top of props
• Fixed an issue that allowed damage to go negative and healing to go positive
• Ponzus breath weapon now more reliably travels the full distance
• The zone layout engine now tries 10x harder to create a valid layout
• Plague can no longer proc from touching food at full health with the pickup food at full health option turned off
• Fixed a layering issue with Ponzus statues and Ball and Chain traps
• Cleaned up a number of lever-related issues in all zones
• Nooris arms no longer give XP to your combat familiars
• Fixed a softlock that could occur by picking up an item on the same frame that it died.
• Fixed a softlock that could occur by leaving Mr. Rats encounter at the wrong time
• Fixed a number of crashes

Balance Changes

• The price to play Black Rabbits chest game now scales with the zone
• Bullet Rocks that are indirectly killed by Golden Powder no longer drop gold
• Secret Doors now drop gold if opened with Golden Powder
• The chance to find upgrades for Dibbles shop has been increased

Other Changes

• Major Curses have been renamed to simply Curses and they have been made thematically distinct from Minor Curses. Minor Curses work as before, and now show their level on their tooltip. As before, a Minor Curse still counts as a single curse, regardless of its level. Curses now sort before Minor Curses in the UI
• Item tooltips now show the type of item, such as Basic Item, Relic, or Upgrade.
• The peasants hazard detection area has been moved slightly more towards his feet, making it slightly easier to predict when he will fall in a pit
• The Game Over screen can now be scrolled by using the left analog stick on a controller (and with a mouse, as before)
• Rare chests can no longer spawn if you have discovered every blueprint and have 999 Thorium
• Fire left behind by Lava Walkers and Incendiary Bombs will no longer ignite your thrown pickaxe

[ 2020-01-10 19:36:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that could cause your thrown pickaxe to not return when using Guidance. In addition, Guidance now gives up after 10 seconds of chasing its target.
• Fixed a bug allowing you to open treasure chests while standing on them
• Beam weapons should now be better at turning off when their owner dies
• Resolved an issue that was allowing grass to spawn on top of holes
• Ponzus body can no longer be targeted by things that auto-target
• Fixed a typo in Toadvines new dialog
• Fixed an encounter where switches would lose functionality after having left the room

Balance Changes:

• Increased the cooldown of Spatial Sickness by 1 second
• Teleporting now removes any knockback currently applied to you

Other Changes:

• Several more rocks have been added to Ponzus lair

[ 2019-12-18 20:27:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

Features:

• Added the Shimmering Caverns, UnderMines fourth zone. It features new encounters, new traps, new enemies, new music, and more!
• Added Ponzu, Scaled Assembly, lord of crystal, and boss of the Shimmering Caverns
• Added over 200 encounters, spread across The Goldmine, Dungeon of Delvemore, Halls of Din, and The Shimmering Caverns

Added 13 new enemies

• Glimmerweed
• Churchbell
• Lucent Imp
• Sand Skulker
• Ogre Bombardier
• Troll Bombardier
• Ogre Annihilator
• Unbreakable Scale
• Toxic Scale
• Winged Scale
• Scale Tunnel
• ??
• ??

Added 7 new achievements

• Challenge Accepted - Lifted the Summoning Stone for the first time
• Hurt Me Plenty - Lifted the Summoning Stone 10 times
• Lets Suffer Together - Lifted the Summoning Stone 30 times
• An Unlikely Alliance - Hidden
• All that Glitters is Not Gold - Entered the Shimmering Caverns
• Hydra Slayer - Defeated Ponzu, Scaled Assembly
• A Herculean Labor - Defeated Ponzu, Scaled Assembly without upgrades

Peasant Variation has been added

• Peasants now come in all different color combinations

Bug Fixes:

• Reflections have been fixed on several assets
• Lurkers can no longer impale themselves
• Fixed an issue preventing fire crystals and lightning crystals from spawning in the Dungeon and Halls
• Gargoyles now indicate that they are immune to fire damage
• Load order of certain relics and blessings has been improved, resulting in more accurate save restoring
• Fixed a bug related to Compulsion making you drink a potion that would remove Compulsion
• Fixed a soft lock that could be caused while dying with both Lucky Charm and Resurrection
• Plague now works as intended on food purchased from the shop
• Fixed an exploit allowing you to get an arbitrary number of Shiitake mushrooms by talking to Matsutake repeatedly
• Fixed an issue related to rotating enemies with off-center collision shapes
• Fixed a rare bug that could cause you to hit yourself if swinging and jumping on the same frame
• Fixed numerous crash bugs across multiple systems

Balance Changes:

• Increased the difficulty rating of Tickers, causing them to spawn in lower quantities
• Increased the difficulty rating of Gargoyles, causing them to spawn in lower quantities
• Footmen are now strong to ranged attacks
• Many encounters that could only spawn a rare chest now spawn a random chest instead
• Rare chest contain slightly less thorium
• Duration of Battle Standard has been reduced
• Inner Fire cast by Ardor Priests increases health and damage more
• Damage from spikes and falling in holes increases with zone progression
• Transmut3 Machines and Health Levers now have a chance to break after a certain number of uses (randomly decided on encounter start)
• Thunderbird, Firebird, and Nikko take slightly more exp to gain level 2 and 3
• Sylph requires more exp to gain level 2 and 3
• Djinn requires slightly less xp to gain level 2, and slightly more exp to gain level 3
• Spirit requires slightly more exp to gain level 2 and 3

Other Changes:

• An improvement to skeletons
• Gold cost scaling in the shop has been reworked. It increases at a slower pace, but reaches the same level at its current maximum
• Added an extra arm to the Crypt Lurker
• Spikes now have a unique look in each zone
• Object occlusion has been standardized across objects
• Items, enemies, and the Peasant now occlude environmental objects like pillars. Meaning you can see a silhouette of them.
• Environmental objects no longer occlude other environmental objects
• Cleaned up reflections and shadows on several objects
• Our shader and material system has been overhauled in order to support faster and better visual effects, including better reflections
• Wall and pillars have been rebuilt for most rooms, resulting in fewer texture layering issues
• Cleaned up the navmesh, hazard grids, and added pilfer exits to nearly every room
• Player HP bar is now capped at a maximum width (note that your Max HP can continue to increase as usual)
• Improved detection and recovery of corrupted save files
• Galoshes now leave oil on sand

[ 2019-12-17 19:52:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Crystalline Update (0.4.0) is UnderMine's biggest update yet, and it's set to release on Tuesday, December 17th! Lead the peasants deeper down than they have ever adventured. Enter the Shimmering Caverns, a glittering labyrinth of crystal. Challenge Ponzu, Scaled Assembly and his many minions. That's not all though, 0.4.0 adds hundreds of new encounters, over 10 new enemies, and more. For more information, head over to the UnderMine website: https://undermine.game/crystalline-update Want to chat about this preview? Join us in Discord or leave us a message on the UnderMine Steam discussion boards. - Derek + Clint (and the UnderMine team)

[ 2019-12-09 16:19:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

Features:

• UnderMine now integrates with Discord on Windows to broadcast real-time information about your run!
• Added 1 new major curse that didnt make the cut for the last patch

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue allowing players to softlock themselves by attacking keys in the early game
• Removed a confusing visual effect from gold ore in the dungeon
• Fixed an issue that would grant you an additional bomb every time you reloaded into the Hub with a bomb relic equipped
• Refactored the way that hardmode boss achievements work to be less prone to breakage

[ 2019-11-05 23:52:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

Features:

Players can now adjust their Summoning Stone level from the pause menu (it can be viewed at any time, but can only be adjusted when the peasant is in the hub)

Balance Changes:

• Boss health and damage now scales by 25% per Summoning Stone level, down from 50%
• The health and damage of normal enemies, hazards, and traps now scales by 5% per Summoning Stone level (these did not scale before)
• Nooris cursed fireballs now track slower, making them easier to dodge and jump over
• Noori now pauses for longer when snuffing an individual torch, giving more opportunity for damage
• Mortar now pauses for longer when collecting his orbs, giving more opportunity for damage

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a save/load issue with Pilfer Credit Card
• Fixed a save/load issue with Mushroom
• Fixed a freeze that could happen if Witchs Brew gave you the Bottle Stopper curse
• Fixed several Dungeon encounters where rocks would spawn inside of walls
• Throwbo is now 32% less likely to get stuck on the scenery

[ 2019-11-01 21:29:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash related to loading Shoguuls lair
• Fixed a crash relating to dying while holding a Pilfer Credit Card
• Cooldown timers now scale correctly with status indicators and have been recolored
• Fixed an issue with Doom Blade and the Pendant relics that prevented them from correctly calculating their stats when reloading from save state
• Corrected some ownership issues preventing fireballs that had been reflected by Grimhildes Mirror from destroying their target
• Cleaned up some layering issues around locked and rocked chests
• Fixed an issue preventing some Mortar-related achievements from being obtained
• Waking Light is now less likely to shoot you from across the floor
• Big Chests now proc LockPick
• Fan of Knives still procs even if the initial blow kills the target
• Igniting your pickaxe while carrying lots of Gust stacks now looks better
• Fixed a graphical issue causing burning oil to become invisible
• Fixed some issues causing Dibble to stock too many relics and to restock his store after reloading
• Fixed the cost scaling of Black Rabbits lever game

Balance Changes

• Gold cap has been raised from 100,000 to 999,999
• Relic Eater now destroys itself after eating 1 relic
• Mutation now has a 50% chance of activating
• Reduced the cost of Golden Popcorn to 550 from 850

Other Changes

• Cleaned up some font-related issues across various languages
• Glasses upgrade no longer allows you to see Mortars (beefy) arm HP
• The invulnerability status granted after defeating a boss is now much less abusable
• Glasses now allows you to see the HP of Toadvine and Bathcat
• Added an audio cue when entering a room with an Imp in it

[ 2019-10-30 19:03:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Features

• Discover Shoguul, the Opulent Demon. He only appears under certain conditions, but if you do manage to find him you can make a trade for some pretty powerful items.
• New Legendary Relics that can only be found in Shoguuls lair. These new relics can increase your power, or significantly alter your playstyle, but they come at a cost.
• Boss Reworks - Mortar and Noori have added new moves to their arsenal and provide an even bigger challenge than before.
• Some fun surprises for Halloween
• A new Graphics Quality setting has been added to the menu in order to support low-end machines. Currently, this setting only affects Noori, but will be expanded in the future.
• Now available in Russian!

Content

Added 20 new Relics:

• Aphotic Charm - Heals upon entering a new encounter for each curse applied to the peasant
• Battle Standard - Get increased swing, throw, and movement speed upon entering a new encounter
• Chakram - When thrown, the pickaxe hovers in one spot and can be reclaimed by throwing again
• Emperors Crown - Grants the stats of the Queen and King crowns as well as an additional blessing
• Doom Blade - Increases damage for each curse applied to the peasant
• Glass Cannon - Dramatically increases damage, and dramatically reduces maximum health
• Hot Cross Bun - Increases maximum health by 1
• Kurtz Stache - A locked box that opens when enough curses have been picked up
• Lockpick - Opens doors without keys but has a chance to break
• Lucky Charm - The peasant has a chance to live every time he takes lethal damage
• Lucky Lockpick - The effects of Lockpick and Lucky Charm, but it can not break
• Miniaturizer - Find small chests in all normal chests
• Mjlnir - Cast an AOE lightning burst when grabbing the pickaxe
• Karmic Scale - The peasants health is reduced to 5, but all damage and healing are changed to 1
• Pocket of Holding - Gain two temporary bombs for each new encounter
• Rabbit Gloves - Makes one item free in every shop
• Pilfer Credit Card - Allows the peasant to go into debt, but it must be repaid
• Fan of Knives - When enemies are hit with a ranged critical strike they fire daggers out that can themselves critical strike
• Inverter - When losing a curse, gain a blessing
• Sequence Breaker - Allows the peasant to teleport to the pickaxe when pressing the throw button again

Added 6 new Potions:

• Absolution - Removes 5 curses, if the peasant has 5 curses
• Cure All - Cures everything in an area
• Purification Potion - Removes all curses, keys, bombs, and reduces the peasants health to 1
• Witchs Brew - Gives 13 curses
• Blood Chalice - Spawns a couple items for 25% health, but has a chance of dropping another Blood Chalice
• Ghostly Ichor - Heal over time, but grows stronger with curses

Added 3 new Blessings:

• Demolition - Increase bomb radius
• Mighty Hurl - Increase throw distance
• Regeneration - Gain health for each new encounter

Added 7 new Curses:

• Bottle Blight - Carrying potions into new encounters deals damage to the peasant
• Bottle Stopper - Lose two potion slots
• Mutation - Turns all relics into potions
• Plague - Food is half as effective and may poison you
• Relic Eater - Destroys a relic for every 50 enemies killed
• Secrecy - Can no longer spot hidden walls
• Spatial Sickness - Teleports the peasant to a random location when taking damage

Added 3 new achievements

• A Deal With The Demon
• It's A Secret to Everyone
• Artisan IV

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where switch costs werent disappearing in a Halls encounter
• Fixed an issue where spider eggs were spawning over pillars in a Halls encounter
• Fixed a bug where the cost of Black Rabbits lever game was not scaling
• Fast Metabolism no longer inadvertently stacks
• The Hub navigation mesh has been rebuilt in order to prevent Sequence Breaker problems
• Mrs. Rats crate now heals at a slightly slower rate
• Immolation, Large Ember, and Radiance now perform better
• Resource kickers no longer block mouse clicks
• Fixed some issues causing Black Rabbits lever game chests to spawn in the wrong position
• Cleaned up some old behavior that caused items in the secret shop to take damage when launched against the wall
• Fixed a Goldmine encounter where a minecart was carrying a chest
• Tenderfoot now has the proper curse border
• Fixed an issue where players could constantly respawn a ghost bridge in a Halls encounter
• Fixed an issue where Powder Shortage and other modifiers were conflicting with each other, producing weird stat results
• Fixed an issue causing Slow Metabolism not to work as intended
• Cleaned up some audio bugs causing a low-pass filter to persist after restarting in the Hub
• Improved mouse-aim and UI support for non-16:9 resolutions
• Fixed a few scaling issues with minimap icons
• All bomb relics now correctly give +1 bomb

Balance Changes

• Re-adjusted shop price scaling. Shop prices now scale per zone and per boss defeated
• Dibbles Emporium gold costs in the Hub now scale at the same rate as the shop in the Goldmines
• Increased the purchase price of Golden Popcorn
• Increased the purchase price of Pilfer Ring
• Increased the purchase price of Sewing Kit
• Increased the purchase price of Floating Skull
• Increased the purchase price of Golden Powder
• Guidance now does 20% less damage with each bounce
• Golden Powder now extracts gold from all rocks but does not drop gold on its own
• Noori and Mortar have been significantly tuned and rebalanced
• Resurrected bosses now drop a special resource chest instead of loose gold
• Resurrected bosses no longer drop thorium
• Golden food and cooked food can no longer be re-rolled
• Nullstone and Antimatter no longer trigger from the same damage event. Both now activate your grace period timer
• Certain MaxHP modifiers (specifically Mushroom and Hot Cross Bun) are now applied after percent-based modifiers
• Gust and Kings Crown no longer add a piercing modifier to your throw
• Freeloader Draught is now a rare potion
• Adventurers Whip is no longer available for purchase at the pilfer shop
• Branding Bombs no longer spawn their projectiles if there are no enemies in the room
• Branding Bombs are now a legendary relic and no longer require crafting
• Boot relics now each give +5% move speed
• Collecting 3 Will o the Wisps now deals damage to you in addition to applying a curse

Other Changes

• Selt has been promoted to Queen
• Golden food has been reworked: Heals for half the amount of regular food Counts as both gold and food in almost all cases Sells for its gold value + half its food value
• Golden Delicious now doubles the base healing of golden food
• Keyboard movement now changes direction when pressing a new key, rather than releasing and old key
• HUD status indicators are now sorted in Relic -> Blessing -> Potion order and show cooldown timers via a progress bar
• Bramble Vest now throws a spray of daggers when you get hit
• Geckos Foot now picks up Thorium
• Removed the Dynamism blessing (this was necessary to support new unique throwing items that significantly change how your thrown weapon works)
• Certain sets of relics are now slot-unique. This means that only one at a time can be carried in a particular slot. Bomb relics have always operated this way and now Guidance, Chakram, and Sequence Breaker do as well
• Iron Branch has been replaced by a stackable relic named Hot Cross Bun as the fallback relic when the pool has been exhausted

[ 2019-10-28 23:54:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

It's time for another big update to UnderMine. This time around it is 0.3.0, the Cursed Update which brings a spooky demon, a whole lot of new items, boss reworks, and some fun surprises for Hallowe'en. Head over to the link below to find out more! https://undermine.game/cursed-update If you would like to discuss this preview, please join us in our Discord or leave us a message on the UnderMine Steam discussion boards. - Derek + Clint

[ 2019-10-23 15:15:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey all, Very excited to announce that our Russian translation is almost complete. You'll be able to play UnderMine in Russian as of the Cursed Update (0.3.0) which is due out in a couple of weeks. Keep your eyes peeled for a preview, coming soon. That's it! Have a good one. - Thorium

[ 2019-10-18 15:13:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

Bug Fixes

• Sylphs Absolution ability now correctly reduces the cost of Penance
• Tariffs now correctly double all costs rather than tripling them
• The minimap now more reliably shows an open chest icon when youve collected the relic from the relic room
• Fixed a rounding error when calculating your retained gold after a run
• Fixed a bug in the Halls wave encounter related to destroying the sign before pulling the lever
• Cursed torches can no longer curse enemies
• Aegis no longer plays its proc sound when healing
• Cell doors now trigger Haunted Locks
• Fixed several input bugs related to falling down a pit while dead
• Oil can no longer longer spawn on pits
• Shop pilfers no longer get stuck if you buy their item before theyre done setting up
• Mushroom babies are now much less massive
• Firebird can now reliably hit Noori
• Black Rabbits lever game chest spawn position has been fixed
• Cooking re-rolled food now gives you the correct cooked food type
• Fixed some damage calculation bugs with the Knight and Archer Pendants
• Fixed a bug with KeyBlade that caused it to not recalculate its damage after drinking an Impish Key Bomb

Balance

• Toughness now increases maximum health by 30
• Minor Frailty now decreases maximum health by 30
• Major Frailty now decreases maximum health by 60
• Firebird's fireball now deals 50% of the peasant's throw damage rather than 100%
• Firebird's fireball ignite damage is now based on the peasant's throw damage rather than swing damage
• Fire Attunement now increases fire damage by 50% rather than 100%
• Electrical Attunement now increases lightning damage by 50% rather than 100%
• Nikko now deals 50% of the peasant's swing damage rather than 100%
• Shadow's Fang now increases crit chance by 50% of base rather than 100%
• Selt now takes 50% fire damage
• Mortar now takes 50% lightning damage
• (Bosses will be added to the journal soon so that players can see their strengths and weaknesses)
• Warpaint now caps at 10 stacks
• The maximum discount granted by Loyalty is now 80% off

Other Changes

• The Djinn now gains experience from exploring secret and hidden rooms
• Lowered the experience thresholds for the Djinn to level up
• Non-16:9 resolutions are now available in the options menu. This change is to better support for older MacBooks that cannot run in 16:9 resolutions, but we still recommend running in 16:9 whenever possible
• The simulation now pauses while you pick up a relic, blueprint, or artifact
• Potions now remember their HP between pickups. This means that each potion can now only be re-rolled with Transmutagen Blast at most 4 times before breaking

[ 2019-09-30 21:21:59 CET ] [ Original post ]

UnderMine is available in 5 new languages:

• French
• Spanish
• Simplified Chinese
• Japanase
• Korean

The Collector and Familiars

Griswold, the Collector can now be unlocked. You must first find a dusty tome in the UnderMine and bring it to Arkanos Library. There you can unlock the bookcase behind the Archmage and discover Griswold. Griswold can hatch hatchlings for the peasant. Hatchlings are schematics and the equivalent of blueprints and recipes. They are also unlocked using Thorium. Hatchlings are found in all the same places as other schematics, but can only be found once Griswold has been unlocked. Familiars: Familiars are creatures that follow the peasant and perform actions for them. For example, the Canary is a familiar and its level 1 ability is collecting gold for the peasant. Each familiar has 3 levels, and they increase those levels by performing actions, and traveling deeper into the UnderMine. When the peasant dies, and a run is over, the familiar returns to level 1. Each time a familiar levels up, it gains a new ability. For example, when the Canary levels up to level 2, it increases gold income for the peasant in addition to also picking up gold. Each familiar has a theme, and supports a different kind of build and playstyle. The Familiars:

• Canary - The canary helps the peasant pick up gold and works well with resource strategies
• Firebird - The Firebird fires large fireballs at enemies and helps support fire based builds
• Thunderbird - The Thunderbird fires lighting at enemies and helps support lightning based builds
• Sylph - The Sylph allows the peasant to pray more often and with reduced cost, supporting blessing based builds
• Spirit - The Spirit lets the peasant carry more potions and helps with potion based builds
• Nikko - Nikko, the flying monkey, pounds enemies in melee, and helps the peasant critical strike more often
• Sols Phoenix - The Phoenix is a defensive familiar and will heal the peasant when they take damage
• Djinn - The Djinn is crafty and will uncover secrets for the peasant

Other Features and Content

• Introducing the Big Chest:
• Opened for 3 keys
• Spawns only in the Dungeon and beyond
• Can appear where other chests do
• Contains a lot of gold, a guaranteed ham, and some other things
• Interacts with chest related things like Leftovers and Empty Coffers
• Added the rare relic: Cosmic Egg
• Cosmic Egg increases the rate that familiars gain experience
• Added the common potion: Biscuits
• Biscuits increases the rate that familiars gain experience for a limited time
• Added many new encounters to the Goldmine, Dungeon, and Halls
• Added a video option to constrain the mouse cursor inside the game window
• Added 5 new achievements: Everyone Be Cool, This is a Robbery, Behind the Bookcase, Breeder I, Breeder II, and Familiar with Familiars

Bug Fixes

• Improved landing logic of many entities that would often get stuck on top of torches and statues
• Fixed an encounter in the mines where an electric crystal would spawn in rocks
• Fixed an encounter in the mines where an ignited oil field could spawn on or near doors
• Treasure rooms spawned from Adventurers Whip no longer spawn off of secret rooms
• Black Rabbit no longer loses her talk function when leaving and reentering her secret encounter in the Dungeon
• Many enemies have had their hitboxes cleaned up and should:
• No longer get stuck on walls
• Be easier to attack in some cases
• Fall into holes more consistently
• Fixed a bug where sometimes two chests would stack on top of each other when lighting torches in the goldmine
• Fixed a spinner trap in the Dungeon and Halls that would sometimes move diagonally
• PocketGrill no longer tries to cook cooked food thats been re-rolled into uncooked food
• Items that proc off resource gain (for example Conductor and Gold Tooth) continue to proc even when youre at max for that type of resource
• Fixed a display bug with Gold Frenzy that caused it not to reset to 0 when its timer expired
• Fixed a bug that would cause arrow traps to spawn behind dynamic wall sections
• Fixed a bug that would cause the Rockpile Mimic to remain idle after transforming
• Food no longer plays any effect or grants certain achievements if youre at full health and have the Pickup food at full health option disabled
• Cleaned up a few peasant animation glitches
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using a shrine with more slots than prayers to fill them
• Fixed a bug that could occasionally cause the Imps flamestrike graphic to become stuck on-screen
• Fixed an autosave issue related to Rainbow Kernels

Balance

• There is a much lower chance of transmuting a Pilfer into a Hoarding Pilfer using a TRANSMUT3 machine
• Lowered the chance that a TRANSMUT3 machine will appear in the shop for each level of the upgrade
• The cost to use a TRANSMUT3 machine has been increased to 50 health, and increases by 50 health increments
• Removed chance for enemies to spawn in a small bridge encounter in the Halls of Din
• Spiders spawned from Spider Eggs are now considered minions and will not proc certain types of relics that look for enemy death
• Skeletons swing attack has a smaller hit cone
• The ignite damage taken from torches has been lowered
• Ground flames now ignite the target for a uniform 3 seconds
• You can now escape Selts rock cage by jumping out of it (slightly reduced the visual height of the rocks to help indicate this)
• Reduced the size of the collider on Selts body segments
• Lowered contact damage with Selts body segments
• Altar rooms now have a 50% chance of being locked
• Decreased the shop cost of Talisman
• Increased the shop cost of Holy Water
• Aegis now lowers base incoming damage by 50% when below 25% health
• Hyperstone now increases base swing speed by 50%
• Alacrity Serum now increases base swing speed by 50%
• Savagery Serum now increases base crit chance by 200%
• Shadow's Fang now increases base crit chance by 200%
• Cracked Orb now increases base incoming damage by 20%
• King's Crown now increases base swing damage by 10%, throw size by 0.35, and base throw speed by 40%
• Queen's Crown now increases base throw damage by 10%, swing range by 0.4, and base attack speed by 20%
• Iron Branch now increases base health by 10%, base swing damage by 5%, and base swing speed by 10%
• Mediocre Ring now increases base health by 10%, base swing damage by 5%, and base throw damage by 5%
• Demon Ring now increases base swing damage by 15%
• Guantes now increases base throw damage by 15%
• Ursine Ring now increases base health by 20%
• Sonic Boom now increases base throw speed by 80%
• Strength Serum now increases base swing damage by 25%
• Haunted Locks now deals damage to the peasant when using a key instead of cursing them
• Slightly reduced the health of the spate fly
• Slightly lowered increased health gain from Shaker upgrades
• Increased the damage of Large Ember
• Increased the damage of Immolation Potion

Blessing and Curse changes

An explanation on blessing and curse changes: Blessings have been unified to increase the base stats of the peasant by the same amount as an upgrade purchased by Wayland or Dodson. Minor curses are the same, only they reduce your base stats by the same amount a blessing would increase them. Now, for example, if you have a blessing of Strength you gain 4 damage to your swing, but if you have the Minor Weakness curse you lose 4 damage. They cancel each other out in this way. Any blessing now cancels out its minor curse equivalent. Major curses are now the equivalent of 2 of their minor counterparts. Overall this makes a lot of the major curses much weaker than before. In general, blessings are marginally more powerful and curses are much weaker.

• Minor Frailty now decreases health by 15% of your base health
• Major Frailty now decreases health by 30% of your base health
• Minor Weakness now decreases base swing damage by 4
• Major Weakness now decreases base swing damage by 8
• Minor Imbalance now decreases base throw damage by 3
• Major Imbalance now decreases base throw damage by 6
• Minor Arthritis now decreases base swing speed by 0.125
• Major Arthritis now decreases base swing speed by 0.25
• Major Brittleness now increases damage taken by 20%
• Minor Famine now decreases healing by 10%
• Major Famine now decreases healing by 20%
• Minor Clumsiness now decreases gold retention by 5%
• Major Clumsiness now decreases gold retention by 10%
• Major Blisters now decreases throw speed by 8
• Toughness now increases health by 15% of your base health
• Balance now increases base throw damage by 3
• Strength now increases base swing damage by 4
• Craftsmanship now increases gold retention by 5%
• Explosiveness now increases base bomb damage by 10
• Exuberance now increases base attack speed by 0.125
• Fortitude now lowers damage taken by 10%
• Heartiness now increases healing by 10%
• Wealth now increases base gold value by 10%
• Savagery now increases base crit chance by 5%

Modifier Changes

Additive multipliers are now added as base stats Multiplicative multipliers are multiplied against the base stats and then added (What this means is that when you get a curse like Minor Frailty (which now reduces your health by 15%) it will be perfectly canceled out by Toughness which increases your health by 15%)

Other Changes

• Improved support for widescreen resolutions
• Hole graphics in the Halls to more accurately match their hitboxes
• Waylands Boots now give immunity to Lurker spikes
• Added a warning to the crafting menu explaining that though you can craft as many Relics, Potions, or Prayers as you want, you will only be allowed to use the first one on your next run
• Clarified the effect of Cracked Orb
• Clarified the effect of Key Blade
• Removed the word basic from the description of Potion of Plenty
• Improved the chance of finding Kurtz in the Delvemore Dungeon
• Skeletons no longer chase the peasant with their move behavior
• Changed the sprites for holes in the Halls of Din to better match the area where the peasant will fall into one and to be more consistent with the other zones
• Tickers now perform an initial movement in which they can not activate. This should give the player a small window when entering a new room to reposition before they can explode
• Bag O Bombs has a new icon to better indicate that it is a bag full of bombs
• Hoodie now has a new minimap icon
• Altar rooms are now properly marked with the candle icon instead of Hoodie
• Recolored Seasoned Kernels to be more distinguishable from Popcorn Kernels
• Items now have a brief invulnerability period when they first spawn. This will prevent items from instantly dying to your bomb blast if a cursed torch curses you with The Crumbles
• Cursed torches now curse the source of their death
• Gold and Thorium are now immune to status effects
• Gaining or losing max hp now sets your current hp to the same ratio as before. Note that this does not proc items that listen for your current hp to change
• Sacrifice spikes now only proc if theyve actually done damage. This means that they cannot be triggered with Waylands boots or an active Nullstone
• The canary, pilfers, and Pilfer Ring no longer try to pick up costed gold, for example, golden food for sale in the pilfer shop
• Pilfer shop items can now be cooked and re-rolled with Transmuatgen Blast. Destroying a shop item now charges you for the cost of the item. As with all items, shop items have 5 hp and take damage in increments of 1
• Melee attacks are now much more generous if youre standing on top of the thing youre trying to hit
• Flying sparks from an exploding barrel now cast a shadow so theyre easier to predict
• Oil can no longer appear on bridges
• The lower-left status display can now show up to 60 elements at once
• Changed the visual effect of Large Ember and Immolation Potion

[ 2019-09-27 18:31:08 CET ] [ Original post ]

We're very excited to preview our first major content update for UnderMine! Welcome to the Collector Update, featuring new content, lots of balance changes, even more bug fixes, and our all-new Familiar system. We've written up an extensive preview on our website. So, if you'd like to discover what is coming up in the UnderMine, head over here: https://undermine.game/collector-update If you would like to discuss this preview, please join us in our Discord or leave us a message on the UnderMine discussion boards. - Derek + Clint

[ 2019-09-23 21:36:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

We're very excited to announce that we are working with our localization group to bring you UnderMine in the following new languages:

• French
• Spanish
• Simplified Chinese
• Japanese
• Korean

We will continue to translate the game into other languages as we can. We're also investigating ways to get our community involved in translation. Whether that means polishing up some lines, translating announcements like this, or helping us with small, spot translations for new items and features. If you would like to be involved please join our Discord: discord.gg/undermine

[ 2019-09-13 18:21:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

Bug Fixes

• The game no longer crashes if unable to initialize the Steam API. If Steam fails to initialize, you'll still be able to play, however achievements will be disabled until the problem is resolved. If you have encountered this problem, please check the Steam Discussion Forums for solutions.

[ 2019-09-11 16:59:54 CET ] [ Original post ]

Bug Fixes

• Swapping or picking up a new potion right as your current potion finishes drinking no longer prevents you from drinking more potions
• Censer now blesses you on the first room of the Mines even if you already have a blessing
• Even better fix for duplicate Blessings and Curses in the UI
• Fixed an issue that prevented Offering upgrades from displaying correctly in the Journal
• Added some validation to save files that had previously gotten into a bad state by purchasing too many Dibble Membership upgrades
• Intro videos now play at the lowest volume setting set on the options menu
• Fixed an issue that allowed Freeloader Draught to make TRANSMUT3 indefinitely free

[ 2019-09-09 18:28:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Everyone! Big week! Seriously though, we are blown away with the reception to UnderMine. Derek and I spent late nights talking through our thoughts on how the game would be received. Our biggest worry was that we would release the game and no one would care. Well... we can lay that worry to rest, because it seems like a lot of people care, which is incredible. We are very excited for the future of UnderMine and we look forward to working along side you to turn it into something very special. And with that said, here is another update! This will be the last update before PAX West. Both of us are attending so there won't be any time to work on the game. However, if you are in Seattle and attending the show please come by the Indie Megabooth and say 'hi' to us.

Update - Version 0.1.2.13

Features

• You can now mouse-over your potion and bomb for a tooltip
• UnderMine now detects up to 3 controllers at once
• A new secret door has been added to the HUB: Keep Out!
• Added a few more Goldmine encounters

Bug fixes

• Resource caps are now better enforced
• Throwbo much less likely to get stuck in his throwing animation, preventing the doors from opening
• Killing an awakening peep skeleton now no longer keeps doors shut
• Skulls now die if they fall in a pit
• Fixed an issue related to doors closing briefly when killing a Curse Wisp or skull with a ranged attack
• Footman shield bash now hits one frame later in the animation to be more readable
• Black Rabbits chest game or the Pilfer Loyalty program are now declined if you close their dialog with the close button
• Fixed an issue related to stacking multiple +MaxHP items
• Fixed the dungeon encounter that sort of looked like that symbol
• Fixed a bug preventing your key bindings from correctly saving changes to the Journal key
• Fixed a mine encounter that could spawn holes at the end of bridges
• Fixed a bug causing the Goldmine music to loop too early
• Fixed a bug preventing you from moving after jumping down a hole to the next zone
• Fixed a bug where killed furnaces would show up in the vanquished enemies section of the game over screen
• Waking Light and Rain of Fire no longer activate in Hoodies room
• Tickers now display damage numbers when attacked
• Opening the Steam overlay no longer locks your movement when returning to the game
• Fixed a crash related to corrupted save data. Still investigating the cause of corruption

Balance Changes

• Spider and Wolf Spider attack radii reduced
• Spider and Wolf Spider hitbox increased so that they can be hit easier when leaping
• Spiders now appear in lower quantity
• Arachnophobia curse only releases 1 spider, down from 1-2
• Peasant no longer loses gold when picking up the Summoning Stone, or Stone of the Recreant
• Nooris health has been increased
• Elixir now heals the player to full
• Catalyst now heals the player for an additional 1 HP when healed from any source other than Catalyst
• Each Berry upgrade now adds an extra 20% base potion duration instead of a flat 15s
• Auglycerin now spews more gold but for less duration
• Shop in a Bottle now has a lower discovery chance
• Health lever encounters now scale their cost when they are used
• Health lever encounters now have more generous and varied rewards
• The first relic room is now always unlocked
• Rewards (items dropped from the ceiling after combat) have been reduced in frequency
• Rewards can now include steaks (ceiling meat)
• Moving diagonally while using the keyboard no longer causes you to move faster
• Blackguards deal slightly more damage
• Blackguards now ignore the peasants damage grace period

Other Changes

• Some special encounters are now labeled on the minimap
• By default, Interact is now E, Bomb is now R, and Craft is now F. Apologies to all the people who dropped bombs on themselves while trying to talk! Note that these changes should not overwrite existing binding configurations

[ 2019-08-26 22:09:55 CET ] [ Original post ]

Features

• The minimap now hides during combat. This functionality can be disabled via the options menu and is on by default.
• Intro videos can now be skipped by pressing any button.
• Clicking outside the game window when running in full-screen no longer minimizes the game.
• The Journal and Crafting keys are now remappable via the options menu. The default Journal key has been changed to Tab.

Bug Fixes

• Treasure from a chest partially surrounded by impassable rocks now spreads much more evenly.
• Enemy pathing has been improved which should result in less enemies getting stuck along walls and help rats get down from statues easier
• Gargoyles can now more reliably shoot south
• Fixed an issue loading into Mortars room related to killing bosses out-of-order
• The Fortitude blessing no longer auto-unlocks when you pick up its recipe.
• Fixed an issue causing floors to lay themselves out in a fashion that would soft lock the player (pillars or pits blocking doors)
• Fixed an issue with a Halls encounter that forced the player into a hole upon re-entry
• Fixed an issue with a Mines encounter that caused a lever to not work if used upon re-entry

Other Changes

• Changed the sprites for exploding barrels and loaded rats to be more distinguishable for color blind people

[ 2019-08-24 01:13:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash that would occur when talking to Lillyth in the Hubs main room
• Fixed a German localization issue preventing you from joining the Pilfer Loyalty Program or playing Black Rabbits treasure chest minigame
• Fixed an issue preventing your ignited pickaxe from igniting enemies
• Improved the particle rendering order for certain status effects
• Added extra logic to prevent the Rockpile Mimic from clipping through the wall during his boulder move

[ 2019-08-22 23:16:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused mouse aim to not work properly at resolutions other than 1920x1080
• Fixed a crash that infrequently happened during the health-lever encounters
• Fixed an issue where blueprints lingered in Black Rabbit's chest game

Balance Changes

• Increased the gold from rocks and walls that appear after killing RPM, but before killing Selt
• The peasants grace period expanded from 0.3s to 0.5s
• Damage from the ignite status effect now ignores the peasant's grace period
• Damage from the poison status effect now ignores the peasant's grace period
• Damage from electrified water now ignores the peasant's grace period
• Damage from spikes now ignores the peasant's grace period

Other Changes

• Mouse aim is now set to on by default for mouse and keyboard controls

A quick explanation about the grace period changes: The peasant's grace period is the invulnerable state he enters after he takes damage. We increased this from 0.3 seconds to 0.5 seconds. This will hopefully reduce some of the frustration from taking rapid hits from enemies. Because we expanded the grace period, we needed to make sure other types of damage were not giving the peasant a "damage shield." Status effects like fire and poison now ignore the grace period, which means they do not interact with it. This is so that the peasant can still take regular hits while on fire, or so that he can't skip over spikes by running really quickly.

[ 2019-08-21 21:52:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone! We are proud to announce that UnderMine has officially launched into Early Access and we are incredibly excited to finally share our baby with the world. We have worked very hard on this project and hope it lives up to your high standards. We also look forward to working with you, the community, to deliver amazing updates that continue to expand UnderMine into something you can play for years. - Clint and Derek of Thorium

[ 2019-08-20 16:55:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello peasants! Release is just around the corner and we have a brand new trailer to make sure you are as hyped as possible. It is currently listed on the store page, but you can also check it out here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9uWrr1zSoL4 If you like what you see, throw it a like and spread it around. We want to see UnderMine everywhere! We'd like to give a special thanks to M. Joshua for making this fantastic trailer. You can check out more of his work here Alright, back to fixing bugs. We'll see you all on the 20th! For more information on UnderMine, check us out on: Discord: discord.gg/undermine Twitter: twitter.com/undermine_game Website: undermine.game Wiki: undermine.gamepedia.com

[ 2019-08-13 19:03:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Everyone! Wanted to discuss localization with you all since we get a lot of questions about it. UnderMine is developed in English, but we want it to be available in as many languages as possible. Our first two languages, other than English, will be German and Brazilian Portuguese. These will be available at the launch of Early Access. There was a lot of interest from both Germany and Brazil so it made sense to go with them first. But also, we wanted to test our localization pipeline with only a couple of new languages, and work out any kinks. Our intention is to roll out to many more languages as we are able to. Well keep you up to date when we know more about a particular language. Also, since we get this question a lot: We do not need help translating the game from independent sources. It is much easier for us to work with one partner. We do however welcome critique of current translations. Providing us feedback helps a lot since we at Thorium are one language North Americans (also very jealous of all you bi-linguals out there. I should have paid more attention in French class.)

[ 2019-08-08 18:28:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone! Its a very exciting day. We are finally announcing the official Early Access date for UnderMine and it is. August 20th, 2019 Thats right! Just over one month away. Were very excited to see everyone play UnderMine, and are very eager to receive your feedback. If you want to know more about how Early Access will go down, we have a long write-up on the store page. TLDR, we want to work closely with the community to make the game amazing. If you are a content creator and would like a review key please fill out this form on our website: https://undermine.game/#contact Make sure to include your channel and email address. UnderMine will be available for PC, Mac, and Linux. If you want to stay up to date on development the best ways are to follow us on Twitter, and/or jump into our Discord. See you all in August! Clint and Derek of Thorium

[ 2019-07-09 18:40:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

UnderMine and Thorium are heading down to LA for E3 2019 June 11th to 13th. There are going to be some opportunities to see new UnderMine footage, but we aren't allowed to talk about them yet. If you want to be the first to know what we have cooked up, make sure to follow us on Twitter.

[ 2019-05-26 22:12:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

Yo! We've updated UnderMine's minimum and recommended system specs for PC, Mac, and Linux and it is good news! The specs are all much lower than we initially estimated and the game runs really well on even modest hardware. So if you're running on a potato we got you covered fam. Derek has put in a ton of effort to make sure performance is great on all 3 operating systems. So, no matter what you decide to play UnderMine on, you're going to have an excellent experience. Clint Thorium

[ 2019-05-25 19:23:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey all, We've updated the store page with our Early Access information. We're zeroing in on a release date, but are not quite ready to commit to an exact day. For now we have improved to "summer of this year" and we'll leave it at that for a bit. We wrote up a pretty lengthy description of what to expect from Early Access. We plan to heavily involve the community because we think that will make UnderMine the best it can be. We also really love to develop along side an active community that is giving feedback and suggestions. If you have any questions about what we wrote, or about the game in general the best way to contact us is here on the Steam discussion board, or in our Discord. You can also stay pretty up to date by following us on Twitter. We're super excited that the big day is coming up! Can't wait to get this beast out there for everyone to play. Clint Thorium

[ 2019-05-03 18:48:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

UnderMine will be exhibiting at the Indie Megabooth at PAX East next week! We've upgraded from the minibooth at PAX West to a full blown megabooth and will be there all four days of the show! We are excited to meet all of you, so if you're at the show come by booth 17086 and play some UnderMine. You can get additional UnderMine info on Twitter and/or Discord. Hope to see you at the show!

[ 2019-03-24 19:22:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

UnderMine has been selected for The MIX (Media Indie Exchange) in San Francisco. The show is in just over a week on the 18th of March. If you are press or industry you can register for the show here: https://www.mediaindieexchange.com/event/san-francisco-2019/ Otherwise, you can follow UnderMine on Twitter or Discord to get pics from the event and lots of other info on the game. Hope to see you at the show!

[ 2019-03-11 00:07:28 CET ] [ Original post ]

UnderMine is going to Atlanta baby! We've been selected for the Indie Playground at Dreamhack Atlanta in the Best Adventure category. Dreamhack Atlanta takes place November 16th to 18th at the Georgia World Congress Center. We're upgrading from our humble Minibooth origins to a full grown booth. If you're in the Atlanta area or are attending Dreamhack from somewhere else come say hi and check out the game. If you would like to keep tabs on the UnderMine progress make sure to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and/or Twitch. undermine.game is good too.

[ 2018-10-25 18:25:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

This year at PAX West 2018 UnderMine is joining forces with Indie MEGABOOTH. We'll be demoing the game Friday Aug 31st and Saturday Sept 1st as part of the Minibooth (Booth #741). Come check out the game, chat with the devs, and maybe secure yourself an exclusive Pilfer pin! To follow us at the show, be sure to follow us on Twitter (@undermine_game) and on Instagram (undermine_game) See you there!

[ 2018-08-28 00:15:58 CET ] [ Original post ]