KEEP DIGGING

Keep Digging presents a cooperative mining experience where players explore deep underground structures in search of valuable resources and hidden relics. The absence of combat shifts attention to teamwork, exploration, and steady resource gathering. The world is designed for repeated sessions, with each descent providing new opportunities to upgrade tools, expand technology, and reach lower depths. The simple mechanics of digging combine with layered progression to keep players engaged over time.

Tools And Upgrades

Equipment in Keep Digging defines how effectively players can explore. Tools such as shovels and pickaxes start the journey, but more advanced items become available as players progress. Each piece of gear can be improved through workbenches, with upgrades increasing mining speed, durability, or utility. The technology system adds variety, as hidden components obtained through mining or trading unlock new methods of interacting with the underground world. This system allows players to shape their preferred approach to excavation.

Main categories of gear include:

·         Shovels and pickaxes for basic digging

·         Dynamite for clearing obstacles

·         Wire ropes for vertical exploration

·         Batteries for powering advanced equipment

·         Color spray for marking and navigation

Upgrading these items introduces both practical advantages and cosmetic changes, giving the sense of evolving tools alongside the player’s progress.

Multiplayer Design

The game allows up to eight participants to dig together. Multiplayer sessions are structured around cooperation, where players share discoveries, split tasks, and coordinate upgrades. Items and currency earned individually can be carried into group play, while treasures found in other players’ sessions can be taken back to one’s own world. This exchange system ensures that time spent in any mode benefits overall development. The cooperative design supports long-term teamwork and provides reasons to return with different groups of players.

The Underground Setting

The world of Keep Digging is divided into ten layers, reaching a maximum depth of 1,000 meters. Each level contains ores, treasures, and occasional dungeon-like spaces. The design encourages exploration through randomized layouts, ensuring that no two sessions feel identical. This structure supports both casual sessions, where players dig for a short time, and extended runs aiming to reach the deepest layers. The underground serves as the core challenge, with every descent offering new potential rewards.

Character Options And Companions

Players can customize their character through body type, clothing, and a selection of skins unlocked during play. Emotes and cosmetic options allow individuality within multiplayer groups. In addition, NPC companions continue to mine when players are offline, ensuring consistent progress. These companions become more efficient when provided with improved gear, helping extend exploration to greater depths. By blending active multiplayer teamwork with autonomous support systems, Keep Digging provides steady progression and replayable gameplay loops.