The Cave


⛏️ Dig, explore, loot, and survive in a vast underground world. Discover hidden treasures, special caverns, dangerous enemies, and depth-based progression from Easy to Nightmare. Experience reworked digging, balanced ore and oil progression, 8-level resource scaling, optional challenge modes, Train Interiors, research upgrades, and a balanced coin market. Enter the optional Dark Zones, where you have only 30 seconds to place lights before the darkness becomes dangerous.

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4 hours ago
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Factorio: Space Age Icon Space Age Mod
Enemies Environment Mining

i Great mod, but what if it leaned more into the underground aspect?

a month ago

Just a quick 3 ideas:
1. What if it was darker (as to simulate being underground), maybe visual holes to the surface that light up the caves, like in the greener caves.
2. Using explosives when placing rockects to simulate breaking a hole to the surface?
3. The random clusters of trees gaining a more root-like look to make it more believable its underground.

Feel free to ignore these if you want, just thought they were decent ideas : )

a month ago

Thanks for the feedback!

I like the idea of pushing the underground atmosphere further.

Darkness and surface openings are definitely interesting ideas, although I want to be careful not to make visibility frustrating for players.

The Cave started as a simpler fork focused on removing collapse mechanics while keeping the original Diggy gameplay intact, but I'll keep your suggestions in mind for future updates.

Thanks for trying the mod!

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