Dome Keeper PACIFIST RUN was surprisingly easy...

I try the Dome Keeper pacifist run and discover it's surprisingly easy to pillage the land and defend my do... I mean perform my sword swinging hobby, as I complete Dome Keeper (Dome Romantik) without killing an enemy!
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About Dome Keeper:
Dome Keeper is a roguelike mining game, where you go on a run to strip multiple planets of their minerals, while the native creatures furiously try to stop you. They come in waves, so you have to carefully consider your mining activities to return just in time to defend you dome. Greed can be deadly, information a viable tool for survival. Powerful upgrades will help you stay alive and be productive until you can move on to the next world.
Choose a unique dome that will shape your run. Each dome has different weapons, abilities and upgrade paths, each bringing their own challenges along.
Extract minerals and use them to improve your dome and yourself. Install shields, new weapons, or facilities to generate powerful fuel for your jetpack or even ammunition. Improve your mining abilities with stronger drills or innovative ways to retrieve minerals.
You'll meet many strange lifeforms as you progress through the worlds. They are as different as the worlds they live in, so you need to learn their tricks and focus to stay alive.
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#realcivilengineer #DomeKeeper #Pacifist

[@maythegreat2989]

I was expecting a real pacifist run, but what I got was a normal run with RCE justifying his actions.

[@jesuschrist711]

Lets cancel him for false video titling

[@1ililalili1]

@@jesuschrist711 🤓🤓

[@nocturnhabeo]

Very British of him.

[@theRealJimothy]

History repeats itself Matt in Timberborn: I killed those beavers for engineering! Matt here: I didn't attack them, it was 'self-defence'

[@theRealJimothy]

'pacifist' 'self-defence'

[@k98killer]

You can tell RCE worked for the government the way he says "this is pacifism" while hitting people over the head with a sword. "Who you gonna believe: me or your lying eyes?"

[@imanobody6029]

"You aren't getting hit by a sword, it's just the wind"

[@798byrd]

The "it's just emissions" is what got me.

[@plik007]

he doesn't hit anything they run into it themself

[@januszpanusz3636]

5:41 Yeah pretty American

[@Catraaa]

@@januszpanusz3636 But RCE is british

[@BornDepressed]

Matt, covered in blood and toxic fumes, breathing heavily: "Being a pacifist is easy!"

[@mothe4th275]

I can see that scene

[@deepboyz3853]

With piles of bodies in the background

[@vinicius.s.gastaldi]

😉

[@vinicius.s.gastaldi]

@@mothe4th275 💅🏽💅🏽

[@wavekingplays7910]

best pacifist run ever

[@krzaku291]

Every run is pacifist run if you're morally flexible enough

[@michaellatten1958]

Why did this make me laugh so much??

[@TrendingShortings]

Hahaha that is one treu statement

[@arxeha]

matt: *swinging a sharp blade violently* also matt: "hmm why yes, pacifist run.."

[@AderorhoFestus]

"Yeah you sign your editor's paycheck too!" 14:02. Single frame

[@hotspicylife3388]

Thankyou. I was searching for this 😂

[@heyapoc]

Took me almost 5 minutes of pausing while playing at .25 speed to catch that... Only to find this literally 60 seconds afterwards. 🤦‍♂️

[@Feuervix]

@@heyapoc same i spent 2 minutes to get it and found his comment after scrolling down lol

[@naqiazmi9570]

@@heyapoc same man

[@edwardkay]

@@heyapoc same as me. We just wasted so much time 🤣🤣🤦‍♂️

[@DonNdoki]

Only an architect would describe swinging a sword as being a pacifist.

[@thememeguy3477]

Is he an architect?

[@angbinh2043]

@@thememeguy3477 did you see the name of this channel

[@rachelsuegoodman]

Your right. Architects could never be that creative 😄

[@thedbdentity2102]

He’s doing his hobby

[@LeroxYT]

@@angbinh2043 ? He isnt an architect,not yet....

[@colinducky7225]

Me: how tf you do a pacifist run on this game. RCE: Just minding my own business not intentionally hurting any nice alien species. Me: ahhhhh

[@monad_tcp]

why do people think pacifist means harmless, that's not what it means. I'm a pacifist, but if you attack me, I'm totally going to destroy you.

[@benrex7775]

@@monad_tcp I just read the definition of pacisfism. It's actually way more lame than I though. You just have to be opposed to war as a mean of solving conflict and not being willing to be drafted. I thought that statement was something which didn't describe the majority of the population.

[@monad_tcp]

@@benrex7775 I'm not opposed to war as mean of solving conflicts if I didn't start them. I wouldn't start a war to solve a conflict, diplomacy always go first. But if others shot first, the hell with that. So, I guess I'm not a pacifist then. I don't want to be drafted, because I'm more loyal to myself and my life than the country land.

[@benrex7775]

​@@monad_tcp Wikipedia differentiates between absolute pacifism and conditional pacifism. If I understood it correctly you would fall into the conditional pacifism camp.

[@Makujah_]

That's the jist of most "pacifist" runs in videogames anyways. Creators just cause enemies to die in ways (often way more cruel than intentional way) that do not tick the "enemies killed" counter, and that's somehow considered pacifism. I hate this twisting of terminology

[@ragerancher]

"Your right to swing your arms ends just where the other man's nose begins." Matt after smacking someone in the face: "Well your nose shouldn't have been there!"

[@monad_tcp]

Me right to swing my arms ends exactly where my arm can reach. If your nose are that close, its your fault.

[@monad_tcp]

Also me: I'm just minding my own business in my own land pulling my own trigger of my own gun, Its not my fault that a criminal trespasser bandit robber happened to be in the path of my bullet minding its own business. This is pacifism, its called self-defense. Don't get in the path of my bullet inside my land.

[@twitcht.nimbat2723]

@@monad_tcp okay weirdo-

[@vxiicrazduck9409]

As Civil Engineer Kenobi once said , “You were supposed to destroy the Architects , not join them!”

[@Maurens1]

What RCE said was true, from a certain point of view

[@bryanhouse3546]

Matt is so blood thirsty he has difficulty faking pacifism (e.g., “CHEMICAL WARF- … chemical defense” 😭

[@GregTheExtraordinary]

Starts with a rule 'im going to do a pacifist run', proceeds to change his rules from the word go. Sounds like an architect to me

[@Eagle-rv3iy]

RCE just standing in the middle of town yelling "IM A PACIFIST" while swinging a sword around

[@SystemofEleven]

The resource converter is only really worthwhile when you have monstrous amounts of iron and absolutely no water, or when you get it early and upgrade it to convert iron into more iron. I like that I can slowly but perpetually increase my iron count even if I'm not getting enough from mining. Just harvest your five when you notice it's done running, immediately restart the process with one of them, then take the other four up to the harvester. Rinse and repeat. If you get it early enough, it can give you a couple dozen more iron than you would have otherwise. If you get it late, just scrap it.

[@this_commenter_had_a_stroke]

I wonder if it's possible to just have a run where you don't kill that one enemy in the first wave, and instead you just keep on repairing the dome and upgrading it's health, essentially preventing the next wave from spawning

[@robertdelrosario139]

Matt, I think you can transfer the seed thing by just digging it up. You need ample space for the roots and also ample resource ore

[@mcwindouglas6697]

Matt to himself-"Your not Just a pretty fave Matt" Editor who's edited this video- "yeah you sign your editor's paycheck too!"

[@MrSimpsondennis]

Whenever RCE was swinging his sword, I had to think of Tobuscus' "I can swing my sword" song Also, you call it "swinging your sword", I call it "moving a spiked shield". Not your fault the aliens run into it :p

[@thedbdentity2102]

Yes

[@jonathanschmitt5762]

You're literally being that one guy in my class that just conveniently stands in my way when I start walking around randomly and says that he can stand around whereever he wants.

[@renagornquickblade997]

I like your definition of pacifist.

[@oopswrongplanet4964]

"Peace, love and ... swinging my sword is just my hobby." Edit: It reminds me of the time when people kept bashing their faces into my fist -- the judge didn't believe me!

[@dipolodocolous]

Always a good day when Matt uploads a dome keeper video, easily my favourite game on the channel right now!

[@fritzmuller8001]

At 14:03 it says “Yeah you sign your editors paycheck to”

[@devoutfrost5598]

Hello RCE. You can replant the tree seed by mining the block. You also need a few unmined blocks for it to grow around three I think? You can also put it between two resources and let the roots spread. Different resources have different growing speeds. Hope this helps and hope you have a wonderful day.

[@NuStiuFrate]

OH MY GOD! I wish i knew sooner that you can replant. I was sure i'd just destroy the tree.

[@draconightfury9946]

I love that Matt’s version of pacifism is chemical warfare 😂

[@messybark]

Ah, yes. The ancient pacifist sword technique, first developed by Ser Bartholomew of Springfield.

[@bigshot103]

Nice refrance

[@k98killer]

Bit of a stretch to call it a pacifist run imo

[@Overspark1999]

Idk what you mean. If they run into his sword there is Nottingham He could do

[@k98killer]

@@Overspark1999 you must be a dad at heart

[@thenorsemen1959]

“I’m a Pacifist!, he RAN into my sword” -RCE 2022

[@SeeNo3vil98]

I love how your editor is just having none of it 😂

[@Blueneoh]

RCE: *Swings sword with pacifist intent*

[@Korg42]

The cheeky editor comment at 14:03 is good

[@WSJeffery]

RCE: this is a pacifist run Also RCE: I'll just research this biological weapon

[@Joker98816]

I feel like in this game. That's fairly close to a pacifist run. Also it was cool seeing upgrades he doesn't normally do

[@ChuckNorris100000]

The early iron near the start, only gives you 4-5 iron. Not a lot, but if you save two nodes, and look around the area, you might find cobalt near it. If you can hit both iron, and the cobalt with the roots of the tree, you can get 2 iron a day plus 1 Cobalt every few day near your base entrance. Even without the cobalt node, it’s a lot of iron in the long run.

[@rustythecrown9317]

The most violent pacifist run ever. lol.

[@BrokenCurtain]

14:03 "Yeah you sign your editor's paycheck too!"

[@xcalixus]

14:03 "Yeah you sign your editor's paycheck too!" just brilliant

[@20firebird]

i think a more apt "pacifist run" would be maxing out the repellent to do as much passive damage as possible, and focusing on repairing and strengthening the dome so AOE kills as many monsters as possible. could be interesting to watch

[@AnthroLizard]

A huge sword and chemical warfare... yes... the pacifism is strong in this one...

[@jfcarrier9352]

"I was just moving my sword, I didn't attack anyone" I wonder how this statement would hold in court 🤣

[@seeps9353]

14:03 (PAUSED) "Yeah you sign your editor's paycheck too!"

[@rct3lol]

Matt finally saying the left bar is a strong bar after all this time playing this game! 😂

[@trailsgod751]

14:02 “Yeah you sign your editor’s paycheck too” 28:11 he is richer than Mansa Musa

[@nine_lives5597]

the resource converter is great. you can upgrade it to produce 4 iron at the cost of just 1, so you basically get 3 free iron every 1.2/1.4 cycles. Its a good thing to have, bot not as good as other things

[@ZokariVirek21]

"Yeah you sign your editor's paycheck too" Editor deserves that paycheck. And a raise!

[@nanPichi]

"Why did you kill this innocent man?" "He was on my way" -Real Civil Engineer

[@nordicdreki2068]

I've learned a valuable lesson today. Swinging a weapon from side to side while cleaving a living being's soul from its body is what it means to be a pacifist.

[@raidermaxx2324]

man i love this game .. probably one of the only rogue likes or lites or lights or whatever that i like (these types of games with no endings or finalities)

[@Helloitsmelandon]

'You're not just a pretty face.' 'Yeah, you sign your editors paycheck, too.' 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@codyheiner3636]

Pacifist - noun: one who vanquishes his foes through swift sword swiping and the spraying of toxic fumes.

[@joeaarsen0]

14:03 "Yeah you sign your editor's paycheck too" flashes for a frame!

[@darkbannana1032]

You’d be a good lawyer saying “This engineer didn’t attack with his sword the victim walked under it.”

[@monad_tcp]

I didn't kill that thief, he just was in the wrong place at the wrong time on the path of that bullet, I was just minding my own business in my land and pressing my gun's trigger and emitting some bullets totally directed at things that I own (like the sky or the ground), it was his fault for getting in the path of the bullet.

[@darkbannana1032]

@@monad_tcp Ahh yes best reason (‘v’) Edit:BTW thats a smiley face not something else…

[@josephjoestar3631]

RCE going for a world record in most kills for a pacifist run

[@briankale5977]

If Gandhi can use nukes in Civ 5, you can wildly and with no specific intent swing a sword around as a pacifist. Or at least it is self-defense, they're coming to you, the dome isn't moving.

[@kukiel244]

he had us in the first half i'm not gonna lie

[@tankmlee]

I think the best part of the lift isn't the moving, its that it suspends resources in the shaft instead of them falling

[@bubblebee8089]

POV: us believing he is not killing Him: behind the camera with a grinch face

[@KingBanjo1217]

14:03 had me laughing my ass off. (Also, pause the video before clicking the timestamp)

[@doclee8755]

“Yeah you sign your editor’s paycheck too!” How nice of you. That’s why this is the best channel. I found you right after you created your account. There was only a few dozen, couple hundred in the beginning and I KNEW this channel would hit 1 million. Now on the verge of 2 Million! You took a chance and I’m glad for you. I am a genetic ENGINEER. I work with smaller materials…but we can build cellular structures. The support systems in cellular systems will blow you big engineer’s mind! So much of the physics is replicated on the molecular level. You can learn so much about engineering studying the cell and ALL the support systems, those are often overlooked, but the amazing structural support each cell has…you’ll see all the engineering you know replicated on the molecular level. Anyhow, I Love this channel. Matt, you are truly one of the funniest KZbinr’s and your kind. I am truly glad it worked out so well. Keep up the amazing work, brother! Boosh for days!

[@clyde15]

I just realized I’ve been a pacifist my entire life

[@countfrackula6707]

14:03 - "yea you sign your editor's paycheck too!"

[@soupwizard]

0:14 Wait... so you play as the bad guy? Your dome kills a local creature when landing then starts stealing all the valuable resources, and the inhabitants desperately try to stop you!

[@GrantBaumgart]

"Not just a pretty face Matt" followed by one frame with "yeah you sign your editors paycheck too!"

[@luanduplessis8615]

Lol when mad complementing himself on not just having a pretty face at 14:03 editor leaves note saying "yea you sign your editors paycheck too" 😅😅

[@lem8n]

Recently discovered the channel and I'm a software engineer, so kinda an engineer...hope that passes :)

[@monad_tcp]

no, you are just a computer programmer, do you use scientific principles to design and build machines ? or you just hack them like most programmers do. just kidding, I'm just a mere computing scientist.

[@jokerkiller900]

“Yeah you sign your editor’s paycheck too!”

[@scarlettefoxx5585]

"You're not just a pretty face, matt" *character has no face*

[@JohnCooper-gm6mn]

RCE + Dome Keeper = Multiple *BOOSH* Time!

[@jaroldscottwilliams.3rd832]

In the future, you should consider doing auto production on water. Even on short runs, the amount of time you spend not collecting water while down in the mines makes the slower production speed worth having the auto production because the water just sits there all clogged up. So... it's a lot more efficient to use it for the longer runs.

[@Dartanis]

Now this is the kind of pacifism I can get behind

[@willthehulk77]

14:02 I like what you did there Mr. Editor

[@Scorpionclaw1984]

In case anyone wonders, the text that was for just a few frames at 14:03 , sagde "Yeah, you sign your editors paycheck too."

[@hellrazor9665]

Did the Long Cycles mode today as well, before this video launched. It's surprisingly easy indeed, other modes I found much more difficult

[@frostbite561]

14:02: Yeah you sign your editor's paycheck too!

[@markusthiel7687]

3:14 "now you can see at the bottom we have quite an efficient meter"

[@cuddles4860]

Officer: did you kill all of those people with a sharp object RCE: no, i was just minding my own business swinging my sword around

[@michielbrinkers]

I don't think the resource tree was broken. The lift was just picking up the resources before you'd see them. If correct, a resource tree + lift is a pretty combo.

[@jluke4825]

100% Pacifist, "Stop hitting yourself with my sword"

[@cathygrandstaff1957]

I was wondering how you were going to do a pacifist run in this game. Apparently it’s the Vlad the Impaler style of peace, everything is nice and peaceful when everyone’s been impaled.

[@that_harley_tech]

"Yeah, you sign your editor's paycheck too!" Lmao

[@Maxwell_Kenway]

14:03 sneaky editors. Almost missed it 😅 „yeah, you sign your editors paycheck too!“

[@mauigonz]

I'll start swinging a sword in the streets next time I go out Love the pacifism and the art of swinging my sword

[@JazzManhattan]

The power of engineering is unrivalled

[@rallycoaster]

The sword with the reflection shield makes the strongest shape. Combined with the shape of the enhanced timer bar... and the smaller, but still, strong shape of the stun laser... the strongest shape makes for a strong run. Even the (elevator) shaft has been enhanced. I mean, this is a strong run. I do miss the most powerful number, though... yet, "longer balls" do compensate.

[@Alex9971000]

it is more efficient to mine every three blocks, especially when mining for iron as you cover more ground and if iron spawns in the middle section you will still see it as iron never spawns in veins of only one. To avoid missing single cobalt and water veins, every two blocks mine the block above to make sure nothing is missed. Doing this will cover more ground and is better for finding iron.

[@superhighpanda355]

"you're not just a pretty face" "yeah you sign your editor's pay check too!"

[@janbrabec11]

21:38 Wow, Matt could be a great politician.

[@DarkWarriorShadowClaw]

I really enjoyed the 0s in the end screen. Great work, editor!

[@matejmarschalek3317]

On 14:02 its saying ¨yeah you sign your editor's paycheck too!

[@matmateyo8807]

"yeah you sign your editors paycheck too" at 14:03

[@redscale3709]

I would argue there’s being a pacifist and then there’s being a doormat. So even as a pacifist if someone or something is trying to kill you, you can still be a pacifist and attack them back.

[@redscale3709]

@@dahn57 What do you mean nope?

[@Steamboat72]

This game, I have been watching since it was Dome Romatik or whatever it was and I must say that it is a testament that graphics aren't everything and gameplay loops are so fragile and burn out quick, even this game is not immune to that aspect of games but the balance and simplicity of this game has made it one of my favorites and Ive never even played it. The game just does progression very well, and it displays the results of your progression in a seemingly simple enough explanation, not through meaningless titles and achievements, but by how your domes defenses respond. If you upgrade your sword speed, you can feel it. Graphics are not everything.

[@Steamboat72]

I realized, that may have came off wrong, I am not downing the graphics. Pixel art is its own style and demands precision and honestly is more work than digital 3d model skeletons with moving joints, its like the difference between cross stitching each scene and setting up action figures. Both models can be used to deliver a great end product.

[@nameless5413]

hmm i do wonder if proper 0 kill run is possible at all, like some sort of advanced shielding and repair focused build?

[@searchbar83]

Matt being a pacifist the same way Gandhi is a pacifist in Civ 5.

[@danisgamingclub5598]

24:24 “We can’t lose look at all this cobalt how did we get it? Also Matt: this tree is gonna give us some extra cobalt

[@dracothewarrior4316]

11:48 that's a very strong shaft you made

[@destroyerag7800]

14:03 Yeah you sign your editor's paycheck too!

[@GoodChannel...]

14:13 the editor made a message that says " yeah you sign your editor's paycheck too!"

[@GretchenDawntreader]

can't help but notice that proximity meter is configured to the strongest shape.

[@leovomend8789]

5:50 already breaking your own rule hahaha