This post will contain some spoilers of whats its coming, so... watch it at your own discretion.
So, What is the "Ritual of Stone"? First of all, its a Higher Ritual (Like the Ritual of Arousal or the Ritual of Time), And as you know, they do impact the gameplay experience in a mayor way.For this one... well.. ¿How to put it?I am still working on the Druid-related area, but I had to add some sort of Hub Area before that, so I could content pieces in one place instead of Mad-searching for other mods using Vanilla Stardew-open-tiles .... phew... (Thats the short version)THE COOL THING... is that the area is a cavernous space that will contain something I haven´t announced yet.. (Until now)
(Its still WIP.. and some areas will be leaved open to add future content*)There is at least 1 big map done that goes inside that one. And by done, I mean : "Mineables, forageables,,, and most importantly... -Exclusive Machine Placing"-But we will talk about that one later.The important thing, is that the area is run by Dwarves!Not any Dwarves of course..... I would like to call them : "High Dwarves"
"High" mostly for their stature. The ones I have are not Real npcs... but That could change in the making of the Ritual.You see, in the area there is going to be something called "The Dwarf Prison".Lorewise they have a village, but for now, I am only adding whats important... you will see why.The thing is.While they were working and minding their business, An "Adventurer" stole some valuables from them. He got away with the bounty, and they naturaly are pissed... in search of the criminal.
You would never guess his name, and thats its a trick sentence. (You are about to see why).So... the Ritual of Stone....Quoting Alastor : "I knew the guy who stole their valuables!, pretty attractive man I must say / To think you will pay his debt for life... / You are so compassionate and kind!" (Devilish grin*)Yep!If the farmer chooses to activate the Ritual of Stone, a global and permanent Illusion will be cast on every dwarf, so it will see the farmer as the handsome adventurer that stole from them!.As you guessed it, it will cause the farmer to pay for someone else crime in very harsh and interesting ways (He is so kind!!!).Note: The name of the farmer will appear when the "Thief" speaks.One of the things that the farmer will be required to do, is to carry an item (A shackle) in the inventory at all times.If he fails to do it while in ANY cave. The Dwarves will teach him a lesson... with some consecuences.That is just 1 thing that the farmer thief will have to look into from now on. And he better get used to it!.-The Thief will have his own spritesheet, and that will extend the the possible animations, implying that he is the farmer. (You see what I did there?).(When I say caves... the mushroom cave in the farm would count too. ;) )
There are some many things to talk about, the new items, the tasks, the new mechanics... the animations 🔥🔥🔥But also quite some more work to do, so it becomes a full experience that you could enjoy along the rest of the content.I won´t overshare about my personal life, but lets say : things has been getting a bit better day by day. It does impact content-making, as one passion is transfered on what its being made.So, I am careful to make this more like a Gourmet-like experience, instad of a common meal (Does make sense?).Still not Release date. But be sure that its being worked on... and Oh boy!!! What a good time would be working hard for those good dwarves 💪Would try to post some videos, once I have a core mechanic coded in. (Animations and all).For now, thats enough sneak peak. Stay safe everyone!-Undare