Well tell that leaf-loving overgrown bush to cope harder, I got nitra to mine and glyphids to shoot

To be fair, there's like 6 different horrific-reality-type groups on the planet and none of them like you, so it's not the end of it all.

Plus the entire damn planet shaking whenever you take an egg out

Its definitely strange that they scream, does that imply they can feel pain? Maybe the whole system of vines has some sort of shared body and has had enough time to evolve the ability to be at least partially self aware? Kinda spooky.

@@siirvend A plausible explanation rooted in reality? Nah, it's definitely the Eldritch-Lovecraftian-Horror thing.

I swear, I saw bones in Sands, but that was a long, long time ago when I was a greenbeard with only just my third promotion. I remember excavating dirt around it, archeologist style and I made it float in the air. (Pre floating rock physics patch)

Like, I specifically remember my first Dreadnaught fight being me zipping around a huge ribcage of bones in the sand while my experienced teammates fought it for me, but that was back before Oppressors were even in the game. It can't be that rare nowadays, can it?

I encountered one, I think it was sand blasted? On one of my first missions

@@MiningwithPudding What mission type was it on?

@@DonkeyDongs9000 not sure, I think it was Morkite? It was REALLY early on, I may have taken a screenshot of it though. I don't have access to my screenshots at the moment (going to bed), but if you want me to check after work tomorrow let me know.

Im super excited to see what they do in future seasons! Even with this first one, they have a lot of little tid-bits and I doubt its gonna stop there.

first season is a test run I think, but so far im really hyped for more

I see what you did there

My guess is that they will go deep into galactic rocks (baddum-ts)

@@banilo1022 well, given the rockpox meteorite... i'd say you're on the money

"All that time just to stop me? Hah hah"

I wonder if there's anything at the true core of the planet. Last time we tried to get there karl never came home

@@670HP-Package-NOW plus there has been no signs of glyphid and mactera primary reproducers. where are they I wonder.

I would def love new regions too, yeah

​@@670HP-Package-NOW Balrog would bê a great boss

​@@670HP-Package-NOWIt turns out yes, there is something at the core.

Like a tour guide

i know im fanboying RN but.... OMG I ACTUALLY GOT NOTICED BY THE FUNNY DWARF MAN LESSSSGOOOOOOO

did you just reply to your own comment?@@TechBirb

The ocean thing is mostly conjecture on my part, but I feel like its at least partially implied by the environments.

@@siirvend oh, so the ocean thing is not official? Still, it's more interesting to think that that's way it is. It's nice to have explanations

@@siirvend id say youre probably right. It seems like the most likely scenario given all the clues left throughout the caves. I mean the fossils we collect are helix shells. And the giant bones that sometimes appear look very "fishy". I like your explaination best

In the Salt Pits description it had said that it used to be a giant lake that had evaporated only leaving the salt from it's water behind in the caves. It also makes sense for there to be so many cave systems because of water erosion from the ocean and the asteroid impact shaking up the planet's terrain.

I want to say this is mentioned by DRG Historian as well. Pretty sure GSG mentioned that Dense Biozone was supposed to be a sort of pseudo water biome, just without the water. You can see this in the coral-like formations. They seem to be quite against the idea of introducing actual liquid water to the game for some reason.

"Exceedingly rare" Youre telling me haha

They can't have been removed, seen I saw one in the dense biozone Like a week ago.

So far I have seen fossils appear in Sandblasted Corridors, Dense Biozone, and Fungus bogs. Never saw them appear anywhere else.

I too, have seen one within the last few weeks

That seems more likely than at first glance

Eucalyptus trees kinda do this. Eucalyptus oil is pretty flammable, and tends to build up in the trees, so when there's a big fire (anyone in Australia or California can tell you how often that happens) they tend to explode, but they have a bunch of different methods to regrow after they've exploded and burnt down.

There are actually several plants that spread their seeds by exploding. It’s more a case of material tension and/or compressed gasses than actual combustion, but they do exist. Most notably is the Manchineel, aka the tree that said “ Fuck OFF, *I’ll do it myself!!!* ” to animals that pollinate or disperse seeds.

They need to have him voice a character. Maybe some middle manager that gives presentations of some kind during certain missions? Or briefings for special stuff? Or maybe some kind of veteran who used to run with Karl himself and now is retired and works as a semi-independent researcher?

@@antonioscendrategattico2302 no, he's the entire r&d division.

Not any but the one which plays in the crystall area in hollow knight

@@timothytosser288 - Crystal Peaks even

My brain got happy chemicals within a milisecond of hearing that xP

@@pikariocraftf2802 those damn crystal shooting flying things.

@@HexagonThatReallyLikesVinegar Thank god the Mactera didn’t get similar ideas.

Huh, I do remember reading something like that but not the part about the chunk of the planet. Either way, Ill take the creative liberty here and there I suppose haha

Agreed, well said

I got something special planned for the unknown horror hehe

@@siirvend Very nice. Keep up the good work!

@@siirvend Cant wait man, the quality of your content is through the roof! ROCK AND STONE!!

@@siirvend where is the vid on the unknown horror?

@@spacereaper8283 Found it.

Almost sounds intentional lol

I think much of the life on the planet has developed symbiosis or strange metabolic processes to continue living in the harsh environment. This would explain why things like mactera and glyphids work together rather than simply eating eachother. I think a lot of the flora we see may actually have been mobile creatures than adapted a sedentary lifestyle in the absence of food, reducing their need for searching by using little energy. Glyphids may be used by many lifeforms as a form of protection in exchange for providing food in some way, or in the case of the hearthstone, simply be easy to manipulate. If anything wants to live on Hoxxes IV, it either lives with or exterminated the glyphid swarm. We chose the latter. Interesting idea with the planet being a super organism though, there's definitely some odd stuff thar points that direction. Or at very least denotes thar some organisms are vast and far reaching, like huge fungal mycelium growths here on earth.

He was very cooperative

The boooooooonessssssssss...

Very true

The salt pits are explicitly a dried lake. It’s mentioned in the game.

Hey no problem!

Id love to do that at some point!

@@siirvend I'm not an expert by any means but I study arthropods constantly, in different real-world environments. If you ever need help theorizing facts or coming up with explanations for the adaptations the bugs take, I could possibly help by giving ideas!

@@bugjams I will definitely keep that in mind, sounds like a good idea to run some stuff by you in the future

@Siirvend heh. It's good to find some help out of nowhere. Keeps you believing that half of the pedestrians you see every day are great lads, that you could be friends with. Keeps you trusting in the humane. Just makes my heart warm seeing acts of kindness, passion about a topic, or some other random pleasant encounter. My heart would melt to see Chip's name in credits or special thanks section of the vid.

I forget about this all the time!

Funny you mentioned that, today's patch fixed some bugs relating to that NOT working recently.

@@p_serdiuk That actually explains why I couldn't get that to work at all, I thought it was just cause of something I changed in my Breach Cutter build.

Thank you!

Thank you!

For sure, though I do think the ost fits from the perspective of the Dwarves since the vibes it gives definitely scream "industrial space job". I think strings have a level of reverence to the planet and wildlife the Dwarves do not, its just a job to them and they could care less how incredible the place is haha. Though I do agree with you, I compiled that whole music pack mod to include music like this because it totally changes the atmosphere of Hoxxes, strings are great for that.

Keeping that in mind, I think one of the best ways to include it would be a wave/fight theme. It doesn’t have to be anything crazy, but maybe have some cellos as a foundation, maybe have some creeping violins to mimic all the glyphids crawling towards the dwarves. Or maybe you could have some more music variety on the space rig. It’s home after all, why not give it a bit more warmth? Have some slow, low violins playing, emphasize the view of Hoxxes below. On another note(hehe) I just thought of, what about Blade Runner space jazz? Make it an atmospheric track for exploring, really pump up those synths. And we already see bits and pieces of that in some tracks, but they never go fully into it. Idk, I understand the type of mood they’re going for, but at this point, I think more music with some different themes that are still appropriate to the setting would be cool. I mean, compare “A Distant Terror” to “Dance of the Dreadnought” or “Interstellar Nightmares”. They’re similar, but they still feel different. (Fun fact, “A Distant Terror” was actually supposed to be an exclusive song for mactera swarms, but the devs scrapped the idea of specific enemy wave themed songs.)

The Stubby SMG would finally be forced to get proper insulation.

We aren't supposed to speak of... The Incident

That means a lot, thank you!

Couldn't ask for more hearing your reaction to it, thank you!

Some mighty fine leaf lover talk for someone well within pickaxe distance

Hey I was thinking something very similar! Definitely gonna make a video about my theories on that stuff

@@siirvend one with the taxonomy of glyphids would be interesting Like how grunts are more closely related to slahers than to praetorians Or the fact that the guide says that menaces and acid spitters are not related at all

Can't wait to fight some Abyssal Copepods

It's super interesting

I suppose my logic with the bough was that it's partially alive but has many sections of old growth that have since died and been decomposed partially, turning it into damp dense pulp similar to dirt. The vines are referred to as parasitic so I assume they're still living on their host in some capacity though. That's an interesting point with the weald, I hadn't considered that. I based my description on the definition of a weald on earth which can result from glacial activity churning the earth and leaving behind rich soil. I don't see why it couldn't be the floating chunk though since it's ecosystem is so unique.

Id still love a biome with water

I completely forgot about this when I wrote the script haha

Definitely a best detail, I wonder if they'll ever do anything more like that

It's actually great that the game is so vague about it, speculation is fun

They still spawn I the biozone ane fungus bogs, but apparently we're removed from the sandblasted corridor at some point by the devs

I'm glad you liked it!

Dont tell them but I too think isopods are cute