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Posted: 2 Mar, 2023 @ 5:44am
Updated: 30 Jan @ 6:52am

Happy 5th Birthday Deep Rock Galactic
(Give or take a concept project, pre-alpha and the like…)

You've come a long way from the ‘Project Dwarka’ concept.

From losing out in the Community poll to both ‘Project Karoo’ & ‘Project Knoxville’ to surviving the Press Play closure of 2016.

You had a Pre-alpha in 2016, with an unreleased 1st trailer and an amazing jump in development to the official first Pre-Alpha Trailer

Then on the 28 Feb 2018. Early Access launch and the birth of Deep Rock Galactic
When many of us discovered our inner hidden Dwarfs

Since then DRG has never stopped growing & not just the game but the fan base.
”I love you guys”

We've seen New, More and/or Reimagined;
🔸 Bugs both Glyphid’s, and game glitches,
🔹 Fast and effective Game bug fixes,
🔸 Biomes,
🔹 Mission,
🔸 Primary Weapons,
🔹 Secondary Weapons,
🔸 Grenades,

🔹 Deep Dives,
🔸 Infused Matrix Cores,
🔹 Cosmetic Cores,
🔸 The Forge,
🔹 New Machine Events,
🔸 New Assignments,
🔹 New Mutators (Warnings & Anomalies),
🔸 Seasons, with story elements & loads of other stuff

🔹 Weapon skins & Colour palettes,
🔸 Armor skins & Colour palettes,
🔹 Bosco skins & Colour palettes,
🔸 Pickaxe skins & Colour palettes,
🔹 Dwarf cosmetics, (Beard Physics rule)
🔸 A few, then more, then almost too many additional Cosmetics,
🔹 Loads more Voice Lines, “But who cares?”

🔸 Timed / Themed / Seasonal events,
🔹 Upgrades & Addition to the Space Rig, (Minigames, Bar & Beer Overhaul…)
🔸 Loads of miscellaneous (world building) additions,

🔹 Weapon Balances,
🔸 QoL Improvements, (Hud options…)
🔹 Additional Cave Variations,
“This place is almost nice compared to last time”
(I know I'm missing stuff but this list would be huge to do DRG justice)

And yet, not once have GSG ever asked for our Gold
🔸 This approach has kept all Dwarfs with the same access to every addition, preventing a split in the player base and a major reason why so many of us get the Cosmetic’s or the Supporters Upgrade’s.
(Even though it was a complete game on launch and not sold as a live service)
🔹 This steady influx of good additional content throughout all aspects is a major factor that has help keep Deep Rock Galactic alive, & not just from the Developers, but also the Community it spawned.

🔸 A Community I am proud to be a member of. 🔹

A community, that amongst so many other things:
🔸 Answered the call to Mine in droves, and stayed,
🔹 Creates Trailers & Recruitment Videos
🔸 Creates amazing Music, then even Remix them,
🔹 Cemented voice lines into history, ”For Rock & Stone”
🔸 Creates Mods,
🔹 Documents DRG History,
🔸 Loved Doretta so much we asked/received the ability to save her,
”No Dwarf left behind”
🔹 Spawned, and funded a DRG Board Game
(I got me the Collector’s Edition within hours, plus some extras) 👍
🔸 But best of all, we mine together vs the horrors of Hoxxes IV,
(There are ‘Co-Op’ games where players get along, then there's DRG, where were practically family)
“Rock and Stone Brothers”

& finally from myself, and many others,

Thankyou Ghost Ship Games

The first round of Glyphid Slammers are on me.
Here's to the next 5 Years and many more to one of, if not the Best Co-Op game of all time.
”Last one to finish is a pointed eared leaf lover”

”To Karl”
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6 Comments
Macho-Pinda 3 Mar, 2023 @ 4:03pm 
Absolutely beautiful
Psycho 2 Mar, 2023 @ 11:26pm 
Thank you - well said. Did I hear a rock and stone?
Buckets Keebler 2 Mar, 2023 @ 8:40pm 
Thank you loremaster!
Micro 2 Mar, 2023 @ 3:42pm 
We're rich.
Castle of Glass 2 Mar, 2023 @ 12:42pm 
TO THE BONE!
Rick 2 Mar, 2023 @ 10:51am 
ROCK & STONE!