Together: on your local network only (the same Wi-Fi or cable), not over the internet.
No one to play with? A bot plays the other character with you, on this computer only.
Host a game
Checking the Windows firewall...
Join a game
Ask the host for the four-letter code at the top of their screen.
Or type the host's address (it's on the host's Host screen):
Gloomdrill is made for two people playing together: the bot is a stand-in that plays the other character with you. It's most fun with a friend, who can still join later with your code (the bot makes way).
Joining takes the character that is still free.
Once you start, your four-letter code shows at the top of the screen: give it to the other player. They choose Join a game in Gloomdrill and type it.
Continue an expedition
Tab to close
Rig
Noise
Drill
0 ore · 0 fuel
The Burrowerenraged
Level 1
SpaceDodge
Right click
RNot learned
GNot learned
You are down
Brood?
Esc: menu and controls · B: build · I: inventory · K: skills · Tab: map · Q, E: turn camera
Menu
For when you have no one to play with. A friend joining with your code takes over from it.
At the rig, outside a fight. The game also saves at the drill, the guardian and each new layer.
The frame rate shows top right. Ambient occlusion, shadows, resolution and anti-aliasing cost the most.
Click a key, then press the one you want (Esc keeps it). A key already in use swaps over. The arrow keys always move too.
Mouse, left click
Aim, fire
Right click
Bram: shotgun blast · Noor: hold to charge a piercing shot
Number keys
Pick a building in the build bar; right click closes it
Shift, Ctrl click
Inventory: stash or take (at the rig), drop
Mouse wheel
Zoom
Esc
Close a panel, or this menu
Test keys
F2 wave · F3 go to ambush · F4 spring it · F5 raid · F6 cycle the swarm's adaptation (armor, dig, spit, all) · F7 go to the brood · F8 skip ahead in the drill (start, breakthrough, weaken the guardian, descend) · F9 drop loot and 10 samples · F10 level up
Layer 1 · The workings
The seal holds
The rig stays below, part of the seal. Bram and Noor climb out on Expedition One’s old lines, walk past Orvane’s helicopter, and into the jungle.
The end
Field guideThe game waits until you've read it (Enter also closes it).