Today we want to take a moment to share some gratitude and a glimpse into what’s next.

(and show dancing gatekeepers, ofc)

Thank you for supporting the release!

For each of us, this is our first project, which makes it especially important. Over the past three years, we’ve experienced the full spectrum of emotions - from frustration to incredible inspiration.

The team grew from 2 to 6 people, and we’re here today because of your support.

Special thanks to the brave gatekeepers who took part in the playtests and helped steer the game from early access to full release. We know many of you by name and often mention you in our calls.

• First wave of updates: bug fixes. There are no critical or widespread issues, but we’ll start addressing the minor and medium ones this week.

• Next up: QoL features and tweaks. We read all of your feedback, organize it, and already have a task list ready (for example, the capsules in the Instability Generator mission will become faster).

• Balance tuning. We’ll adjust it in parallel wherever it’s needed.

And that’s only part of the roadmap. Work on planet Crustad lies ahead, but that’s a topic for another post.

Stay tuned - plenty of cool things are coming. Join our Discord, where we reply faster and every bit of feedback is seen.

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Today’s the day — Gatekeeper is officially out of Early Access!

It’s been an unforgettable journey, and we want to take a moment to thank everyone who supported us throughout this wild year.

Because of your feedback, ideas, bug reports, and memes — the game has evolved in ways we couldn’t have imagined. It’s faster, punchier, more fun, and more chaotic than we ever thought possible.

We’ve laughed (and died) a lot while testing it — and it’s all thanks to you.

We’ve added a sneak peek image showing off the new content arriving with 1.0

To celebrate the full release, we’re offering the biggest discount the game has ever had — 35% off, for a limited time!

If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to join the fight — this is it. Don’t miss out before the sale ends!

We’ve also updated the Support Pack for launch. It now includes:

• Exclusive Gatekeeper Recolor Tool

Customize your Gatekeeper’s look with complete control over body and outline colors.

• Original Soundtrack by Ilya Nasyrov

25 atmospheric tracks — from intense battle themes to eerie void ambience.

That means you can dive into all the chaotic roguelike action wherever you are. The game runs great on the Steam Deck, with fully functional controls, smooth performance, and a layout that feels right at home on handheld.

The Pew Pew: A Roguelite Bundle brings together two of the punchiest, shootiest, most explosive roguelites out there — and it's 15% off for a limited time!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/57296/Pew_Pew_A_Roguelite_Bundle/

The Rogues of the Endtimes Bundle brings chaos, co-op, and carnage together in one explosive deal — now 15% off!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/57297/Rogues_of_the_Endtimes/

The SURVIVE AS LONG AS YOU CAN Bundle delivers two hit action roguelikes — Brotato and Gatekeeper — packed with enemies, upgrades, and pure survival thrill.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/39684/SURVIVE_AS_LONG_AS_YOU_CAN/

Thank you,

Gravity Lagoon

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Update 1.0, titled The Nowhere Throne, is finally here — and we have a lot to share with you!

• Aegis

• After completing 5 locations, you will encounter the Corrupted Quorium. It leads to the Throne Room, where Chaos awaits.

• The Corrupted Quorium can be purified to start the next loop.

• 3 new music tracks have been added, which only play in the Throne Room.

A new objective joins the familiar Chaos Wards, Totems, and Cells of the Ancients: the Instability Generator. Once activated, Instability Capsules begin spawning on the location.

Gatekeepers must deliver the capsules to the generator.

• Cursed Crossing - Aridune

• Forgotten Depths - Palium

• Quiet Place - The Nowhere

• Throne Room - The Nowhere

• Arena - Aurora

• Arena - Celestium

• Arena - Purgatory-17

• Arena - Palium

• Purifier Core - Removes all negative status effects upon reaching a health threshold.

• Healing Pearl - Restores a percentage of health after taking damage.

• Keen Fang - Killing with a critical hit temporarily increases critical damage.

• Runner’s Flask - Increases regeneration while sprinting.

• Bloodrush - Chance to deal increased bleed damage.

• Merchant’s Codex - Reduces artifact cost on Delta.

• Lucky Coin - Chance to get a discount on artifacts at the obelisk.

• Overcharge - Chance for elite enemy kills to reset skill cooldowns.

• Fissure - Chance to deal damage to enemies with "Immune" status using any skill.

• Providence - Chance to drop rare artifacts from Gift of Arcanum.

• Manifold Key - Chance to expand artifact selection in obelisks.

• Triad of Status - Status effects have a chance to spread to nearby enemies.

• Triad of Isolation - While the second, third, and fourth skills are on cooldown, the first deals more damage.

• Triad of Bounty - After a Siren dies, an artifact drops on the ground.

• Triad of Thorns - Each Root hit applies a bleed stack.

• Triad of Severance - Momentum deals damage and pushes enemies away.

• Triad of Bloodshed - Rendstone projectiles apply bleeding on hit.

• Triad of Breach - Essence and Confines projectiles deal damage to enemies with the "Immune" status.

• Triad of Heartburst - Triggering Rune of Rebound causes an Extrasystole explosion.

• Triad of Ferocity - Killing enemies grants multiple Berserker's Token charges.

• Tornado Grasp - After activation, tornadoes begin moving around the location.

• Hailfire Disk - After activation, turrets appear and launch wall-bouncing discs.

• Celenic - Each hit triggers chain lightning bouncing between living units. Periodically strikes the ground with lightning around itself.

• Vesperal - Conceals all other enemies within a radius.

• A Merchant’s Altar has appeared in Quiet Bay.

• Initially, the Gatekeeper must restore the altar using Omni stones (progress is saved between runs).

• Once restored, the altar allows exchanging Omni stones for Prisms. The exchange rate matches current pedestal prices.

• Pursuit by Immortals - Immortals appear in the location. One per Gatekeeper. Each Immortal hunts their specific Gatekeeper.

  • Immortals have a permanent Immune status and can only be damaged with specific artifacts. Any hit from an Immortal is lethal.

• Opaline Shields - All enemies on the location have an Opaline Shield that must be broken before damaging their health.

• Each Gatekeeper now has an alternate skin.

• Unlock it by finding the corresponding statue and investing a large number of Omni stones.

• 21 new Steam achievements have been added.

• Fractal now breaks on use. Once broken, a new Fractal can be picked up.

• Broken Fractals can be melted in the Forge.

• Triad of Regeneration has been replaced with Triad of Fractal, allowing unlimited Fractal use.

• Shield Module no longer blocks all incoming damage. It now absorbs only an amount equal to shield units.

• The Immune status now prevents the application of negative status effects to enemies.

• All damage over time effects (burning, bleeding, poison, etc.) now deal damage in a single tick to improve clarity.

• Infurion now grants 1 damage for every 2% of missing enemy health.

• The Enhancer artifact now works for Void Model, reducing Entropy cost of the second skill (description is also updated accordingly).

• In Normal mode, up to 3 Sirens can now spawn from a single statue. Their count and elite status depend on difficulty level and run time.

• The same logic applies to events and elites. Early on, simple elites appear on lower difficulties, and no events spawn at all.

• Later in the run, elites get tougher and events start triggering more often, sometimes multiple at once.

• On 200% difficulty, this escalation begins much earlier.

• Max artifact ban slots increased to 10.

• Minimap icon added for Shrine of Triad.

• Artifact ban cost reduced from 5 to 3 Omni stones.

• Pressing Esc no longer closes the lobby screen (to prevent accidental exits).

• Random Gatekeeper selection added (available if you have more than 2 unlocked).

• Skill and evolution descriptions have been standardized to match artifact formatting.

• All skills now display their stats.

• UI for obelisks, the forge, and artifact popups has been updated for better readability.

• Astral Elite projectiles no longer fire during damage intake. Instead, they launch upward on death and redirect to Gatekeepers.

• Significantly reduced healing of Sirens by Exalted elites.

• Siren shields (from events or elite status) are now visible on the main HP bar.

• Hovering a locked ban slot in the Emporium now shows your artifact progress toward unlocking it.

• Burning and bleeding no longer interrupt player sprint.

• Added option to enable a dark background under the crosshair with adjustable transparency.

• Small enemies can now be pushed aside to avoid body-blocking.

• You can now view current run stats on Delta and Arena locations without ending the run.

• Resurrection count (how many times you've revived teammates) is now shown in the run stats.

• Any HP penalties (e.g. from Empty Carapace) are now shown directly on the HP bar.

• Dash mode can now be toggled between movement direction and cursor direction.

• Lobby code is now hidden by default (streamer-friendly).

• Minimap readability improved.

• Option to enable auto-sprint has been added to the settings.

• Healing numbers now appear when a Gatekeeper is healed by anything other than natural regeneration (can be disabled in settings).

• Improved visibility of the Fractal activation effect.

• Aeonic elite effect changed: instead of freezing cooldowns, they now slow them by 50%.

• Almost all interactive UI elements have been reworked.

  • UI is now less visually cluttered and gamepad navigation is much clearer.

• Most in-game text has been enlarged for better readability.

• 80% difficulty has been removed.

• Other difficulties have been rebalanced so that 100% feels comfortable for new players, and 200% provides sufficient challenge for veterans.

Now displays:

• Kills per specific enemy

• Artifact pickup counts

• Crafted triads

• Runs per Gatekeeper

• Complete redesign of Quiet Bay.

• The location was reduced by ~30%, and diagonal paths were rebuilt for easier navigation.

• Lighting has been improved for better visual clarity.

• Astral Elite attacks on Drudge spawned flickers that exploded on the Gatekeeper.

• Totem charging could fail after death and reconnection.

• Fixed some abuse cases of Arcanum’s Bounty artifact.

• Fixed a case where the Forge or Obelisk UI could become unclosable if a full artifact category was banned in the Emporium.

• Onslaught marker jittered heavily near moving enemies for teammates.

• Fixed various issues after reconnecting to a run.

• Drudge count could be incorrect after melting Halfmetal Head in the Forge.

• Drudges no longer respawn if their owner is dead.

• Some achievements no longer trigger for dead Gatekeepers when completed by teammates.

• Major rework of projectile handling for Gatekeepers and enemies over the network to reduce lag and improve stability.

• Ground artifact pickup popup no longer fails to close.

• Enemies frequently getting stuck on environmental corners has been fixed.

• Significant work has been done in collaboration with the developer of the networking plugin we use. Many network-related issues have been fixed.
  Some problems and disconnects may still occur. If you experience any of them, please contact us immediately.

• Fixed an issue where the camera could get stuck after death and resurrection.

• Fixed UI lockups when rebinding gamepad or keyboard buttons.

• Fixed incorrect obelisk spawn chances on some locations — in some cases, they were mistakenly too low.

• Analytics has been added to the game. You can disable it on first launch. We recommend keeping it on.
  We only collect anonymous in-game data to help identify which systems work well and which need improvement.

• Supporter Pack functionality expanded:

  • You can now customize the Gatekeeper outline color

  • Blend any other color into their outfit

• The main menu background has been completely reworked to a brighter and calmer view of the ruined Temple of Time

See you in the Throne Room. — Gravity Lagoon

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Hey Gatekeepers, 

To wrap up our pre-release character highlights, we’re excited to introduce our next Gatekeeper:

Forged in the earliest days of the universe, Echo once served as the resonant will of the Creators — a being of pure sound, harmonizing the forces of matter, life, and sky. But perfection has no place in a chaotic world. Cast down and bound to a physical form, Echo was sentenced to eternity as a Gatekeeper.

Now, he moves like a ripple through reality — throwing his disk across the battlefield, bending space to follow it, and calling forth tuning forks that pulse with crushing resonance. His power is rhythm, disruption, and control. Every note he strikes distorts the flow of combat.

In the right hands, Echo doesn’t fight — he composes. And the battlefield dances to his song.

Thank you,

Gravity Lagoon

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Hey Gatekeepers,

We’re continuing our countdown with another character spotlight — this time, featuring Void Model:

Designed for those who thrive in the chaos of battle, Void Model is our most agile and volatile Gatekeeper yet. Her playstyle revolves around aggressive dashes, rapid strikes, and skillful control of Entropy — a resource she builds and consumes to amplify her power.

Void Model excels at weaving through enemy lines, gaining Entropy with every hit, then unleashing devastating ranged bursts that restore her health and apply lingering effects. Her incorporeal form lets her tear through foes in an area while cleansing herself of debuffs, and her claws can leave enemies bleeding when Entropy reaches its peak.

With proper timing and positioning, Void Model becomes a deadly force — dashing, detonating, and draining the battlefield with surgical precision.

If you're a fan of fast-paced AoE combat, blink-and-you-miss-it movement, and brutal synergy scaling — Void Model is your favorite.

Stay tuned — more character highlights are coming soon.

Thank you,

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Hey Gatekeepers,

The wait is almost over — Gatekeeper launches in just 3 days, on August 1st!

To celebrate, we’re kicking off a short series of posts highlighting some of the playable characters you’ll get to command on your mission to reclaim the Heart of Time.

Let’s start with one of the most striking Gatekeepers in the lineup:

Once the leader of the Delta Guardians, Aegis fell in battle during the Void Empire’s final push — only to be reborn through arcana-infused crystal deep in the mines of Nowhere. Now, he fights with the power of the Creators, armored in glass and vengeance.

Aegis is a mid-range specialist with piercing crystal projectiles, a teleport-like phasing ability, and the unique power to deploy Glyphons — arcane constructs that help him dominate the battlefield. When upgraded, Aegis becomes a force of nature: launching massive volleys of splinters, unleashing battlefield-wide damage bursts, and linking up with his Glyphons in devastating synergy.

He’s a slow-burning powerhouse — but when he activates his ultimate, Ascension, things go full chaos.

Keep an eye out for more character spotlights in the coming days.

Don’t forget to join the fight when Gatekeeper launches on August 1st!

Thank you,

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The beta for the Nowhere Throne update is now available for public testing!

You can access it on Steam via the the-nowhere-throne-beta branch.

Be sure to leave your beta feedback using the Feedback Form button in the main menu.

(full version coming on August 1st)

• Aegis

• After 5 locations, face Chaos in the Throne Room via the Corrupted Quorium, which can be purified to loop

• 3 new tracks exclusive to the Throne Room

• Instability Generator—cool capsules before they explode

• Cursed Crossing (Aridune)

• Forgotten Depths (Palium)

• Quiet Place & Throne Room (The Nowhere)

12 new artifacts, including:

• Purifier Core

• Keen Fang

• Bloodrush

• Merchant’s Codex

• Lucky Coin

• Fissure

• Manifold Key

and others

9 new Triads such as:

• Status

• Isolation

• Bounty

• Ferocity

• Heartburst

• Bloodshed

and others

• Tornado Grasp and Hailfire Disk added.

• Celenic: chain lightning.

• Vesperal: conceals enemies.

• Found in Quiet Bay, restored with Omni stones to trade for Prisms.

• Pursuit by Immortals (lethal, artifact-specific).

• Opaline Shields (enemies protected until shield breaks).

• Unlock alt skins via statues and Omni stones.

• 21 new Steam achievements.

• Fractal now breaks and can be reforged.

• Triad of Fractal replaces Regeneration.

• Shield Module, Immune status, and DoT mechanics reworked.

• Infurion, Injection, Enhancer updated.

• CD reduction removed from evolutions.

• Sirens, events, and elites scale earlier, especially on 200% difficulty.

• More ban slots, reduced ban cost

• Improved UI/UX.

• Minimap icon for Triads, stats visible in Delta, sprint unaffected by DoTs.

• Streamer-friendly lobby code, cursor dash toggle, HP penalties visible.

• Aeonic Elites: now slow cooldowns instead of freezing.

• Astral Elites: projectiles launch on death, not hit.

• Quiet Bay reworked: smaller layout, better lighting, improved navigation.

• Major netcode improvements, projectile sync, reconnect stability, UI and logic fixes.

• Optional anonymous analytics added.

• Supporter Pack expanded: Gatekeeper color customization, updated main menu.

See you in the Throne Room.
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Today I’m excited to dive into the balance and QoL changes we’ve been cooking up.

Let’s start with the topic you’ve asked about all year.

• The entire balance sheet has been rebuilt.

• The 80 % difficulty tier is gone.

• The gaps between 100 %, 150 %, and 200 % are now much sharper—you’ll feel every step.

We rewired nearly every system that controls enemy spawns.

Early-run behaviour:

100% - Only specific enemy types and a limited set of Elites can appear at the start. The mix heats up with each loop.

200% - Almost the full Elite roster and enemy pool are available from the very first second.

• Loop 1 is mostly unchanged.

• Deeper runs raise the chance that Sirens spawn in packs of 2-3 (some may be Elite). Higher difficulty brings this forward.

• From Loop 2 onward, Rampants spawn alongside Sirens, scaling with difficulty and run length.

Two new global events enter the rota:

1. Shield Generators – every enemy spawns with a shield that must be broken before you can damage health.

2. Immortal Pursuit – each player is hunted by their own Immortal. Immortals die only under specific conditions or with certain artefacts; if they hit you, it’s a one-shot. Ouch.

These join the existing pool, so up to 3-4 events can now trigger simultaneously in late-game normal runs. Mind-blowing chaos.

Some artefacts were rebuilt from scratch, others tweaked. Individually small, collectively run-shaping.

For example:

• Fractal now saves you from death once, then shatters. A spent Fractal can be smelted at the forge for 10 Scrap.

• Enter the Triad of Fractal: assemble it and Fractal gains unlimited uses.

Result: artefacts matter more, smart planning matters most.

• Unlocking an achievement now instantly unlocks the artefacts linked to it.

• To preserve drop-pool control, ban slots jump from 4 → 10.

• Hosts no longer disconnect from their own runs (ancient bug, finally gone).

• Gatekeeper skill descriptions and evolutions rewritten: unified format, key stats up front, readability way up.

• Quiet Bay remade—smaller, flatter, faster.

  • Added Merchant’s Altar: trade Omni-Stones for Prisms when you’re just short of an artefact.

• You can shove small enemies by walking into them (push strength scales with enemy size).

• UI overhauled: cleaner visuals, far better controller navigation.

• Optional crosshair backdrop for bright arenas and dense fights.

Plus a pile of other tweaks we’ll keep secret for launch.

That’s all for today—thanks for the continuous feedback and ideas.

Playtest details land in the next few days.

Until then…

See you in the Throne Room.— Gravity Lagoon

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We’re kicking off a brand new devblog series about the upcoming update for Gatekeeper,
titled “The Nowhere Throne” — aka version 1.0.

There’s a lot to talk about (and we do mean a lot), but as tradition demands, we’re starting with what matters most — the new Gatekeeper.

Aegis commanded the Order of the Delta Guardians — a force that covered the retreat of allied troops. On the day the Void Empire broke through the defenses, Lord Crustad cast him into a crystal well — the heart of an arcana mine.

Arcana did not let the body disappear. Shards grew through his armor, preserved the flesh, and dragged his mind into the Nowhere. There, the Creators offered him a place among the Gatekeepers. He accepted.

Fires a crystal shard from one hand that pierces up to 3 enemies.

• Evo 1: Each enemy pierced increases the shard's damage.

• Evo 2: The shard explodes on destruction, dealing AoE damage.

• Evo 3: Two extra shards spawn at the first hit location.

A simple but brutally effective skill — especially against groups.

Places a stationary Glyphon at a targeted location.
Only one can be active at a time — placing a new one replaces the old.

• Evo 1: Max active Glyphons +1

• Evo 2: Max active Glyphons +1

• Evo 3: Glyphons gain access to Aegis’s artifacts.

Yes — Aegis can summon up to three Glyphons, and each one can use your artifacts. How cool is that?

Leaves behind a Spectra and enters a phase state.
The state ends if you take any action other than movement, or when the timer runs out.
The Spectra vanishes once Aegis reappears.

• Evo 1: Creates a pulling pulse at the activation point.

• Evo 2: Explodes when the Spectra is destroyed.

• Evo 3: Creates a weakening cloud on death.

Low on HP? Drop a decoy, phase through enemies, and flank from the side.
Profit.

Activates Ascension for Aegis and all active Glyphons.

While Ascended, Aegis fires from both hands with enhanced Splinters.
Consumes all available charges — increasing fire rate and shard size, but slowing Aegis down.

• Evo 1: Kills replenish the Ascension meter.

• Evo 2: Shards pierce unlimited enemies.

• Evo 3: Each hand fires two shards at once.

This is, without exaggeration, our most over-the-top ability yet.
Press one button — turn the battlefield into a crater.

Nice and simple — while Aegis stands near a Glyphon, it absorbs part of the damage he takes.

I’ve played a lot with Aegis, and as of now — he’s my favorite Gatekeeper. His kit feels really fresh for Gatekeeper, and I think many of you will love the playstyle.

Charging into a horde with 4 Ascension charges active, Glyphons blasting, shards flying —
yeah, it’s definitely a “wow” moment.

That’s all for today — but the next devblog is already cooking.
We’ll be diving into tons of QoL improvements and balance changes, so if brutal tweaks and spicy balance changes are your thing… stay tuned.

Next post drops in two weeks.

Until then...

See you in the Throne Room

— Gravity Lagoon

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