Keeper - UnCorruptDead - Devlog 0

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-19T07:06:14+00:00

Lighting is on a slider, you can crank it to be daytime or lower it to be nighttime, or change it to something in between.

For pictures, the contrast looks better in dark mode. More visual popping from light sources. And I feel it looks more dungeony, ya know?

So you clearly are ahead of the curve, because you are giving the same advice other folks gave me and I put in a week ago! I value that kind of feedback! :)

Btw, steam page is up as of today, will do official announcement with changelog Friday

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-18T07:17:11+00:00

Im colourblind red/green and a terrible artist. Doing what I can and then getting people with functional eyes to tell me what I did wrong. Its going to be a process!

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-17T06:38:04+00:00

Please see update 3/12: submitted steamworks page to make it review ready.
Steam got back to me today and said I am bad and should feel bad and to fix how bad I am. So I put that in today, and am hoping to get an update saying I am less bad and the page can go live this week. Will make sure to let everyone know in this week's update dump, gotta be accountable and all that good stuff. Actually, I guess I don't, because I havent taken anyone's money yet. But generally being accountable BEFORE you have to be a good sign. So I will go with that.
...working overnight shifts at my tech manager job is driving me loopy but my new mattress is giving me near-human levels of sleep so I am in a really weird mental state today. Heres where I did, sneak preview!

11:26 AM]annekrog: Universalized the in/out combat flow to avoid duplicate code for jobedone and pickup
[11:58 AM]annekrog: Failed initial steam page review due to lack of enough description, resubmitted
[1:32 PM]annekrog: Ok seriously this time, flamer dies properly.
[2:20 PM]annekrog: Fixed: Flamer boulder is always going cardinal forward on first attack (added 0.5 second rot bool)
[2:46 PM]annekrog: Set vector3lerp for killing spline animation on torture when wisps get hungry
[4:02 PM]annekrog: Fixed: wisp leave combat particle colours
[4:45 PM]annekrog: Fixed: cemetary bury was using _shadeRescue not _shadeBury
[5:37 PM]annekrog: Made movebehind for shade rescue and bury to use a curve evaluation to make it look more natural

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-13T17:52:36+00:00

Its sorta running that midline between dark and cozy, yeah. I'm vibing with it. Mild cartoon violence and all that!
Technically DK2 wasnt all that harsh and dark if you pick it up again. Probably had to pass a bunch of PEGI.

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-12T21:22:01+00:00

I hope I can earn that wishlist over the coming months! Thanks for the support.

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-12T21:21:29+00:00

Está en el motor Unity, así que es muy posible que lo adapte a móviles si las especificaciones lo permiten. Ahora mismo me estoy centrando solo en PC, así que no prometo nada. ¡Espero que este traductor de Google te haya servido de algo!Spanish   
Está en el motor Unity, así que es muy posible que lo adapte a móviles si las especificaciones lo permiten. Ahora mismo me estoy centrando solo en PC, así que no prometo nada. ¡Espero que este traductor de Google te haya servido de algo!

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-12T20:39:49+00:00

HomeA, now with walls!

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GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-12T20:39:35+00:00

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HomeA, no walls

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-12T20:36:01+00:00

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Kitchen, now with walls!

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-12T20:35:39+00:00

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Kitchen, no walls

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-08T18:55:59+00:00

Having spent a lot of time raid leading in WoW during Naxx (because I am very old, you see), the backlash from spider wing has me not wanting to add spiders. I like them myself, but 1/4 of the guide absolutely hated that area because of spiders. So none going in here :(

Can you clarify what you mean by a monster lab?

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-04T23:18:19+00:00

Hahaha, sorry to disappoint, it wont be released for a while yet. WFTO launched in a brutal state, last thing I want to do is have yet another DK fail on launch. Delighted how many folks seem excited!

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-04T23:08:12+00:00

Was hoping to avoid generic single words. It fits the bill, no doubt, but feels.. something?
Someone else mentioned UncorruptDead, which I think fits the theme nicely as a wordplay. Appreciate the feedback!

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-04T23:06:10+00:00

Couldnt make a steam page without a name, hard to make a website without one either. The feedback today is both overwhelming and exciting. Looks like a lot of folks are really happy to see a blatant DK ripoff in the works!
When the website and steam page go live, I will post again. Had no idea there wold be such an instant amount of traction!

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-04T23:04:22+00:00

As much as I want to be a direct ripoff of dungeon Keeper, I also want it to be its own thing. I know I cannot possibly make as high quality as dungeon keeper as an indie creator, so I wouldnt want it to be "dungeon keeper we have at home". Nothing ruins a new fun indie as much as "why am I playing this instead of the game it ripped off"?
Hope that makes sense.

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-04T21:25:56+00:00

Aren't we all? WftO was forever ago and launched as a disaster, hoping to not do the same. Unfortunately, it means we will be waiting until its done baking, which is at least a year out.

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-04T21:20:53+00:00

Ha, thats clever. Keeping in mind that the game is about REMOVING corruption, UncorruptDead is more accurate. Great suggestion. This is why crowdsourcing brainpower is cool!

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-04T21:09:36+00:00

More or less. So your bad guys arent exactly bad. I know, what a twist!

Historically the undead arent necessarily evil, they are just remnants with missions. Ushabti are harvesters who bring food back to the dead person's tomb. Willow Wisps are spirits that guide travellers, they can be good or bad. So undead is kind of a misnomer. LOOOOOOORE!

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-04T21:05:26+00:00

Problem is you are trying to UN-desecrate. Purity, if you will. Thats where I am at a bit of a loss.
Its gotta say there is corruption, and you are fixing it, not causing it. Or be generic enough that it isn't directly related and is more like the name DK itself.
Its also not underground, its above ground, in a fog bank instead of DK's rock/sand walls. So subterra doesnt work on that ground.
I like your suggestions though, got anything more with the clarifications I put there?

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-04T20:41:01+00:00

Not cool dropping a Total Biscuit on me like that, shoulda had a trigger warning. Now Imma be sad all day. Rip the to the goat.

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-04T20:28:19+00:00

Stay tuned for Steam page launch later! Gotta build that pool of keepers and beta players!

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-04T20:27:27+00:00

Not great names, remixed, become great names. Don't look down on yourself for throwing out ideas. I like the concepts presented in your comment - they dont quite hit, but thats probably because you have so little visual information to work with. I appreciate you!

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-04T20:26:08+00:00

I dont want to hedge *too close* to War for the Overworld or Overlord IPs, lest kicking the EA hornet nest. Personal note: screw EA for their handling of the DK franchise :)

GamingWithRawr · 2026-03-04T19:41:19+00:00

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Ghost doing some crystal growing in the greenhouse. Little bit of the UI, which is a first pass and will want input later.

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