Gathering resources

Deep Rock Galactic: two players use pickaxes to extract golden rock from a cavern wall.Material extracted from the rockA gathering tool
Deep Rock GalacticMining together with pickaxes
  1. Material extracted from the rock
  2. A gathering tool
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The player finds a source, extracts material and carries it to where it is needed, weighing its value against collection time and danger.

Design tips

  • Distinguish the source, dropped material and collected stock.
  • Give repeated gathering meaningful route and risk decisions.

Examples