Dan Reichert (80:40)
I was playing Dome Keeper. I was looking for a tower defense or, like, something that I wanted something. So this is not like, a new game. This came out a couple years ago, and I never played it. And I was looking for something that just allowed me to have a simple premise. Right. You never have, like, one of those nights where you're like. Like, I want to put on some crap on TV that I'm not actually watching. I want to sit on my couch and I want to play something on my Steam deck that won't kill me if I'm not fully paying attention, But I do want to, like, enjoy it. Okay. I actually really like Dome Keeper. Here's the concept. You are digging. You're like, digging into the earth to find raw materials. The raw materials help you upgrade your digging, your flying, and your carry ability, which is also very important because then you can carry more material trails. But every, like, 60 seconds, something attacks your dome. And so you gotta hurry back to your dome so that you can use a laser to, like, laser them in the face and get rid of them. Each wave gets slightly more difficult, so you need to hurry up. The second the wave is over, I'm like, back down in the ground digging up more raw materials. There's three different types of materials. There's like, gold or I think they've been calling it ore, but, like, let's be real. It's like, essentially like. Like just currency one. And that helps you get stuff like buying a better laser, upgrading your character so that they can carry fly faster. Oh, the drill needs to be stronger because as you progress outwards, these are all procedurally generated. So the core part, like, as you're. As you're starting out, that's like, really loose rock, and you can get through it. But once you get beyond that, you can't dig through that rock. It takes forever. So you need to upgrade your drill drill. That's all. Or so your first currency. Second currency is usually some kind of, like. I use it mostly to get health back. So to repair a repair currency that comes in handy because you is a brutal game and you get viciously attacked. So there are so many times this game where I Was like, barely making it just by the scrape of my teeth through, like, some of these horrible monster fights. And then I would repair a bunch and go back into the mines to dig for more crap. And then the third currency, I think is water, which is a really interesting one. And that one helps with your defense so you can make your dome stronger. You can get, like, nice quality of life things. The very first thing I ever invested in was let me know when the next monster attack is, which is great. Just so you don't forget to go and defend your dome when you need to. By the end of this game, I want to say, like, games are anywhere from like 35, 40 minutes to like an hour maybe I think they're shorter than that. But generally, like, it's just a nice slice of completing a game. You have to get further and further into the mines, upgrade your character, and then before you know it, you like, uncover an ancient artifact type thing. You got to dig that shit out. You have to turn it on. So you have to, like, dig out all the batteries and shit and turn them on. And then when you do that, you can take that bad boy home and then you, like, you get a giant wave of monsters. If you can survive the giant wave of monsters, you win. It's so electric. I actually love it. I can't believe I never played it before. I don't know how I stumbled across this bad boy, but, like, I'm obsessed with Dome Keeper because I really like the dynamic of digging and like, upgrading my character, but also being like, I gotta get home because the flying are gonna, like, come and kill my dome. It's really good.
