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DEPTH SPELUNKING: A rogue-lite co-op survival horror game inspired by Minus Elevation

Delve into the depths of a decaying underground facility influenced by the void where reality shatters, hostile monsters lurk, and death is never the end to one’s suffering. Trapped in an endless cycle, you must endure, adapt, and push forward—toward the bottom of the bottomless abyss, where answers may lie hidden… or where nothing at all awaits you.

This game is hard, really hard. It offers little to no handholding and will throw you straight into danger. Experience and experimentation are your best tools, and will help you get deeper every subsequent run.

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Update Log:

Version 0.5.5 - The Post-mortem Update, 7th of March 2025

MAJOR ADDITIONS

  • 12 new floors Firefly Inferno, Balloon Room, Maintenance Chambers, Indoor Theme Park (community submission by hotcloud), Aquatic Museum (community submission by hotcloud), Wild House, The Heights, Hedgemaze, Luminescent Cavern (community submission by Australian_Mates), Pizzeria (community submission by Cxrivk), Theatre (returning, made by OblivionIsBruh and GamingBlueNoob), Enchanted Forest

  • 7 map reworks Firefly Equinox, Apartments, Buried City, Sloth’s Domain, Depth Shop, Interior Courtyard, Self-Storage facility

  • 5 new items Camera, Deck of Cards, Blood of the Martyr, Electrolyte Serum, Battery Pack

  • 5 new achievements I’m Outta Here!, Well-Earned rest, Wild Card, Mr. Beast Real, Is this bugged?

  • 1 item rework Rose of Envy

  • 4 new entities The Joker, The Immortal Snail, The Hat Man, The Timekeeper

  • 4 entity redesigns The Sin of Sloth, Salesman, Smile, Witness

  • 2 entity reworks Projected, Echovore

  • 3 new upgrades Big Bad, Reboarding, Terminal Expansion

  • 1 new task Number Sequence

  • Full stats menu. You can now see your speed, stamina, battery, LUCK, priority, and more!

  • Complete Depth Shop overhaul. You can now donate to the Depth Shop to upgrade it, restock items, leave early, encounter some familiar faces, and more! If you visit, make sure you donate or buy something! The Dealer does not like having his time wasted…

  • FEAR STAT, can help you escape situations easier, but can also be a detriment if it goes too high…

  • Completely overhauled the terminal. The bestiary and atlas have never looked better.

  • Added Entity classifications Normal/Nil, Dangerous, Hidden, Deadly Sin, Boss, Unusual, Spirit

  • Added voice acting! Certain entities will now speak to you during a run. Sloth, Envy, Smile, The Witness, The Dealer

  • Completely overhauled the way the game chooses maps and entities.

  • Completely overhauled the in-game LUCK stat. It should be much more responsive, consistent, and accurate now.

  • Completely overhauled the entity backend. Enemies should behave better, be less janky, and be more responsive. Added additional functionality for other attributes like hearing, priority, and more.

  • The Lobby has gotten some big renovations! Including better lighting, more depth, rebuilt areas, and 2 entirely new areas, one with a special feature for every hour change, and another that showcases our wonderful community’s talent!

  • The elevator has received some big changes! Less janky, more immersive, and looks a lot nicer!

  • Wanderer and Eyemaster have been removed. 2 Depth Spelunking original entities will replace them in a future Pit stop update.

  • Boreas has been removed. She will not be returning.

MINOR ADDITIONS

  • The colour code task has received a mini rework. It now has coloured shapes instead of numbers to help with accessibility. The keypad also reflects this change

  • The Keeper’s model has been updated! He looks more dapper now.

  • 50+ new tips the lobby boards can display

  • ~25+ new Messages of the day (I lost count)

  • ~50+ new Mimic chat messages (I also lost count)

  • 50+ new anticipation quotes

  • The power and floor canisters in the Elevator were replaced with more compact, sleeker screens

  • The wires task has received a much-needed visual overhaul. Looks a lot nicer!

  • New console inside the elevator that allows you to start the game, end intermissions early, and skip floors…?

  • Several models in the lobby and in-game in different locations have been updated

  • A new alarm will display on the screen whenever an unusual or dangerous entity appears on the floor.

  • The Voting screen has been reworked to feel, look, and respond much nicer.

  • Over 30+ new soundtracks. All in the Source tracks playlist

  • Added functionality for more settings

  • Luigi

CHANGES AND FIXES

  • The quotes/interactions and dialogue systems have been entirely reworked. They should be more stable and optimised now.

  • The font for most pixel fonts in-game has been changed to Press Start 2P, which is much easier to read and more expressive than Silkscreen

  • Migrated to TextChatService

  • The max player count for the lobby has been increased from 25 to 50

  • The lobby’s shop now has a 50% chance to be one of two shop themes. Seasonal variants are unaffected

  • The item “Crown of Thorns” has been renamed to “Blood of the Martyr”

  • All opposite sides of the D6 now add up to 7 like a real-life D6

  • Mimics no longer appear in Singleplayer/Solo lobbies. Experimental change

  • Mobile UI has received some positioning changes and other QOL additions for a smoother experience

  • The Witness is slightly brighter

  • Consumables will no longer be unequipped if you have multiple stacks

  • Adjusted entity scaling throughout the game (again)

  • The 100% info cap on entities and floors has been removed. Keep collecting!

  • Frontrooms is no longer canon to Depth Spelunking’s lore

  • Removed the 20x item cap

  • Broken Wings now gives +20 stamina instead of doing nothing if the event is rolled

  • Added more checkpoint breakrooms, the last one now appears at Floor 150

  • The floor “Mansion” has its own theme now

  • Updated sounds for purchasing items in the Shop

  • The entire funvalue system was rewritten to be more stable and optimised

  • Removed Herobrine…?

  • is missing.

  • Attempted to fix an issue with Depth Gauge giving an inconsistent amount of speed around Floors 40-50

  • Attempted to fix an issue where using your flashlight would make it blink quickly

  • Fixed a ton of bugs related to entities getting stuck on various maps

  • Attempted to fix an issue where entities could kill each other. More specifically, Gazer kills Drone and Lurker

  • Fixed an issue where several remote events would fire every second, which would tank the game’s performance

  • Fixed an issue with the D6 giving you +4 metal instead of +3 when the odds hit. No other item did this, just Metal for some reason.

  • Fixed an issue where the Depth Shop and some bosses did not have atlas or bestiary entries in the terminal

  • Fixed an issue where items that gave you a stamina regen buff gave you a speed buff instead

  • Fixed an issue where settings would not save on rejoin

  • Fixed an issue where the valves task was affected by framerate due to improper usage of Deltatime

  • Tons of other smaller, less impactful bugs were fixed

Update Archive:

Version 0.4.6 - The Antemortem Update, 29th of November, 2024

The Antemortem Update

MAJOR ADDITIONS

  • 2 New Entities James, The Witness

  • 1 New Item. Rose of Envy

  • 2 new floors. Maple Grove, Facility 909

  • The following floors have all received reworks: Balloon House, Deep Lab, Depths Shop, Library, Frontrooms, Backrooms, Lockout, Buried City

  • Complete overhaul of the inventory system

  • 2 New Badges. Red Light, Soundproof

MINOR ADDITIONS

  • New snazzy, animated intermission screen. Made by yours truly. It displays players alive, entity count, and a warning when new entities and floors are added to the pool

  • New loading/teleporting screen when loading into the game and teleporting to the Depths

  • The elevator has a subtle ambient sound while moving in between floors.

  • 10 New music tracks added to The Depths

  • Brand new upgrade icons drawn by ShinySann23

  • Code papers can now be picked up and viewed next to the minimap

  • Lobby music can now be disabled

  • Spelunkola Cans now spawn in random colours. Purely cosmetic.

  • Projected-1/The Soul now emits a low humming sound.

  • The Sin of Sloth has a new killing animation

CHANGES/FIXES

  • Adjusted Task Spawns on certain floors that would previously cause soft locks

  • Data is always saved and money is earned from runs regardless of how it ends now.

  • Info gain has been universally buffed

  • 4 items were added to the Depths Shop pool Chocomilk, Strawberry Milk, Ice Cream, Bloxy Cola

  • Adjusted the weights/chances of certain floors and entities

  • Rare floors and entities now give 25% info, regardless of other conditions.

  • Entity spawns were adjusted. The entire game should be much more bearable and consistent now.

  • Before floor 30, one extra non-mandatory task will spawn. (i.e: In solo, 5 tasks will spawn on a floor, but only 4 will have to be completed to progress to the next floor.)

  • Inaccessible item spawns from all floors have been completely removed.

  • Unusual entities/floors have been given yellow names in the terminal

  • Player deaths are now counted when the elevator is about to leave. You will not have to wait forever if someone not in the elevator dies before it leaves.

  • Slightly lowered the volume of all in-game music

  • Fixed an issue where Night Vision goggles just did not work sometimes

  • Attempted to fix an issue where players with high ping would cause a run not to start (???)

  • Fixed an issue where tasks would spawn inside walls on certain floors

  • Fixed an issue where Projected-0//The Husk would follow you even after turning off your light

  • Fixed an issue where entities would sometimes fall off the bridges on the map: Mines

  • Many, many more that are not listed here.

Version 0.3.2 - OPEN βETA, 30th of October, 2024

Open Beta β

MAJOR ADDITIONS

  • MAJOR AI REWORK, fixes a lot of issues and changes a lot of behaviours
  • 2 NEW BOSSES Echovore, Sin of Envy
  • THE ATLAS (AKA: Map Bestiary)
  • 4 NEW ENTITIES The Salesman, BEAR5, Eyemaster, Console
  • BREAK ROOMS. This strange floor rarely appears on runs and can give you and your teammates a chance to rest before continuing, or end your run early!
  • New entity models and animations for Warden, Shrieker, Lurker, Gazer, Drone, Boreas, Eyemaster, Wanderer, and Projected
  • 17 New floors, Cozy Cabin, Pico’s Palace, Tomb, Autumn’s Grace, Glacier, Sloth’s Domain, Cozy Cabin, Spore Woods, Apartments, Familiar Rooms, Waiting Room, The Archives, Corporate Hell, Envy’s Domain, Mines, Break room, Baseplate
  • 10 New items Energy Drink, Strawberry Milk, Ice Cream, Bloxy Cola, Crown of Thorns, Stained Apron, Notebook, Parasitic Mushrooms, Beginner’s Luck, Broken Wings
  • LUCK STAT, affects rare floor chances, item spawns, entity spawns, and more.
  • ANTICIPATION, a random quote will appear at the start of any new run. 1/333 chance for a special rare quote
  • TUTORIAL NPC, he will give you some tips and tricks and tell you more about the game!
  • ”BIG BAD” UPGRADE, forces the next floor to be a boss floor
  • NEW EVENT Reshuffle - Shuffles the positions of all entities on the floor
  • 7 NEW BADGES: “I left my stuff”, “Diligence”, “Better Together”, “Humility”, “Lord of Snow”, “Kindness”, “Check him PC”
  • EMOTES! Lobby only for now.
Full List of Emotes
  • garry
  • smug
  • groovin
  • specialist
  • beatbox
  • monster
  • parrot
  • orange
  • parker
  • cat
  • ppmusic
  • penguin
  • lethal
  • fly
  • default
  • distraction
  • cringe
  • classic

MINOR ADDITIONS

  • Mimic has new sounds for aggroing, spotting, and killing, it also plays a sound when it transforms
  • Dialogue in the lobby now has a “Skip” button
  • Flesh Pit, Overgrown Garden, Deep Lab, Theatre, and Balloon House have all received reworks/overhauls
  • A special track will play on the death screen
  • A special track will play while spectating
  • New intermission GUI, it’s kind of barebones right now, will be added onto in the future
  • Projected (Husk) got a new killing animation
  • Added new tips and Messages of the Day in the lobby, additionally, some new and old tips have coloured text to hint at things
  • Added a sound for the elevator countdown when it is about to leave
  • The tracker item now displays what mode it is in on the screen
  • Item tooltips have finally been added, and pickup notifications have been completely removed
  • Re-Added first person, this should make a certain boss way more bearable
  • Added Volumetric Fog/Lighting to the game, this is toggleable in settings. It requires a beefy device to run properly
  • You can now toggle/disable gamepasses in the game’s settings
  • Phantom’s Cloak has new sounds for cloaking/uncloaking
  • Generators now have sounds for failing or succeeding a skill check
  • The generator task has new sounds, animations, and GUI
  • Complete Remake/Overhaul of the game’s loading screen. It feels more polished and is nicer to look at!

CHANGES/FIXES

  • You can now complete tasks during a power outage event

  • Changed every single bestiary portrait and rewrote every single bestiary entry, also added a scrolling frame to the entries so they’re easier to read in case the text is long

  • Most item descriptions have been made more concise with bullet points instead of a big chunk of text

  • Dual code tasks now spawn past floor 20, previously could spawn starting on floor 15

  • Dead players can no longer use the chat

  • The Warden can now hear invisible players. This change was made because deaggroing a blind, sound-based enemy by going invisible didn’t make much sense.

  • Clipboard spawn rates were increased, additionally, up to 3 clipboards should spawn on a floor now.

  • Early game entity spawn rates were adjusted slightly, this should make early game much more bearable

  • The Bonus Entity event can no longer happen before Floor 16

  • Projected’s fusion sound has been changed, his old one got archived.

  • Completely remade most of SLOTH’s dialogue during his fight

  • Gave both Flashlights proper shadows, this helps make the game feel more immersive and alive!

  • Updated the Shop’s rain effect(s) and sound

  • Fixed an issue where most entities could walk through the heavy doors on the floors: Lockout, Pico’s Palace, and Deep Lab (I hope)

  • Fixed an issue where you could spectate dead players

  • Fixed an issue where items would take a while to appear in the inventory after purchasing them in the shop/black market

  • Attempted to fix an issue where the Tracker item would stop working when tracking certain entities

  • Attempted to fix an issue where players with poor connections or low-end devices would sometimes fall through the elevator, if a player falls through, they should be teleported back into the elevator

  • Fixed an issue where the D6 item weights were not working as intended

  • Attempted to fix an issue where Warden would get stuck on objects that attracted him i.e: generators

  • Attempted to fix an issue where Projected-1/The Soul wouldn’t disappear after completing a floor

  • Fixed an issue where settings wouldn’t apply during runs, additionally removed settings that don’t do anything right now

  • Attempted to fix an issue where entities could climb onto the bushes on the map: courtyard

  • Tons of bug fixes that were found during closed testing

Version 0.2.1 - Public test, round 2, 1st of July 2024

Second public test

NEW FEATURES/ADDITIONS

  • Mobile support has finally been fully implemented!

  • Added the Depths Shop, a special floor during runs that can only be encountered when selecting the upgrade “Pit Stop” where players can spend materials to buy items
  • Floor system overhaul, small floors will no longer appear past floor 13, and large maps can only appear in solo runs if the floor number is 14 or above.
  • Added the terminal, a computer in the lobby where players can check things like their stats, bestiary, floor information, and more. Currently, only the bestiary has been implemented.
  • Added info gain, players can collect info on entities by dying to them or finding clipboards on a floor
  • 2 new entities, 1 returning Wanderer, Projected, Mimic
  • 6 new achievements/badges Researcher, Cataloguer, Luck or Fate?, Unbelievable, Unholy, Unknown Environment
  • Message of the day Board in the lobby
  • 2 new areas in the lobby, The Deep Dive Café and The Gallery
  • The boards in the lobby now have a 1/300 chance to display a rare text
  • Vinny’s NPC in the lobby now has a 1/150 chance per server to display a rare secret when interacted with
  • Radio pack, Tracker, and Shock absorber reworks, Radio pack highlights nearby items and tasks, Tracker keeps its same function and switches tracking mode from Entities to Tasks at the cost of 15 battery. Switching modes has a 10s cooldown. Shock Absorber can convert charge gained from completing tasks into stamina
  • Boss Buff/Rework Mannequins boss received a small rework. Instead of power coming back on by itself, players must now find a button in the middle of the map to re-enable the power.
  • New depths meter, during intermissions, shows the floor and zone the player is in.
  • 1 New task Simon Says
  • 20 New floors Self Storage Facility, Warehouse, Bluerooms, Classic Office, Courtyard, Library, Docks, Theatre, Strange Greenhouse, Pool 2, Frontrooms, map_test.rbxl, sound_text.rbxl, Warning Pillars, Mansion, Burning Lobby, Lockout, Firefly Equinox, Kelvin Settlement, Buried City
  • 3 Floor reworks/remakes Arcade, Deep Lab, Balloon House
  • 20+ New NPCs in the lobby
  • The elevator will now skip the waiting period if all players are in it when the floor ends, additionally, the timer for getting back to the elevator after a floor ends has been increased to 60 seconds.
  • 4 New items Chocolate milk, alarm clock, NEO Dealmakers, Horns of Sloth
  • The elevator in the lobby now plays a descending animation when a run starts
  • Flashlight buff, range increase from 35 to 45, brightness increased from 2.5 to 3, angle increased from 100 to 120, made the colour a more pale yellow/white instead of a deep yellow
  • Over 100 new Death Messages
  • Over 50 new lobby tips
  • Added FUN Value, a secret value in the lobby that is completely random per server. Different FUN values yield different effects. Try to find them all!
  • Added a GUI in the lobby when hovering over other players, it shows stats like deepest floor and current money
  • Added a certain someone to the Depths, they will help you and talk to you periodically on a radio as you explore, kind of like a guide
  • Added more interactions with certain entities For example, Shriekers can now alert Wardens. Mimics will randomly stop moving and look around.
  • New animations for some entities Warden, Gazer, Boreas, Mimic, and Shrieker all have new idles. Lurker has a new walk animation. Mimic has a unique animation where he’ll look around if he stops moving
  • Smile (Clan) has a new, unique ability now. Previously went without one for a while.
  • Every floor, there is a 1/6 chance that a bonus entity will spawn
  • Both flashlights now have a neon part when they’re on
  • Added an update log GUI in the lobby. The notes there will be much shorter and only include key things. The full patch notes will still be available on this Devforum Post.

BUG FIXES

  • Fixed a bug where completing a boss floor would not grant floor milestone badges
  • Fixed a bug where if two people are doing generators, failing one will cancel out both. Subsequently, fixed a similar issue where if two people are doing generators, completing one would complete both simultaneously.
  • Fixed a visual bug where starting items would be duplicated when starting a run
  • Fixed an issue where people with slow connections would sometimes end up on the roof of certain floors
  • Fixed an elevator collision issue that wouldn’t allow certain entities to enter it
  • Fixed an issue where leaving the game or disconnecting after dying would not grant rewards
  • Fixed an issue where the camera was able to look through walls
  • Fixed an issue with the flashlight where it would be turned on instead of off at the start of a run
  • Fixed an issue where tasks still scaled with players that were dead
  • Fixed an issue where Gazer was able to spot players through walls
  • Fixed an issue where Phantom’s Cloak and Echolocator worked without battery
  • Fixed an issue where upgrade terminals wouldn’t play their sound when activated
Version 0.1.0 - First public test, 5th April 2024
  • Game officially opened for 3 days for the first ever public test

Credits:

Resource Credits:

SUPPORT ALL OF THE LISTED RESOURCE CREATORS AND THEIR WORK

In-game content credits:

  • NyamusChan - Entity: Projected
  • Karterr5555 - A few entity (re)designs
  • Hamailini - Additional concept art
  • vR0nybtw - Keypad models, some animations
  • G1o4m - Echolocator model
  • ShinySann23 - Several badge icons, most in-game upgrade icons
  • ulacyl0n - Tracker and Shock Absorber models
  • Cherri_Field - Voice actor of the Sin of Envy
  • MalkWare - Voice actor of the Sin of Sloth and The Dealer, Sound Design, Music
  • Bulletsite - Voice actor of The Witness
  • Grouchy1400 - Voice actor of :slight_smile:(Smile)
  • nikdotpng - Radio Pack model
  • RealNeoru - Animations for Smile, The Witness, The Timekeeper, Rose of Envy, and Phantom’s Cloak
  • Everyone who’s submitted a map and had it accepted. Thank you all so much!
  • Every track used in-game by various different composers

Miscellaneous Credits

Made with love by Foxxive Studios

  • @Foxxive - Creator, Game Design, Building, Art Direction, UI design, Voice acting, Concept art
  • @Karmatiz_e - Emotional Support, Additional concept art
  • @SaturniidFluff - Scripting, Additional Game Design
  • @Nickaladormz - Scripting, Additional Game Design
  • @Bxpok - Building, Environment Design
  • @ch1108 - Animating, Modeling
  • @M_uunn - Modeling, Building

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