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Tales of Carnivalia: Lolopho's Small Voice

Great Gentas of Newhome 3: Morli Springbloom

Cultures of Newhome: CARNIVALIA!

Great Gentas of Newhome 2: Lozlo the Unity

Great Gentas of Newhome: Razmi the Unclouded

The Road to Newhome: HIEROPHANT FAQ

Religion and Spirituality on Newhome, Part 2

In this exploration, we turn from the pre-existing religions of Newhome to the new ideas and traditions which emerged as a result of the Starfall. Powerful beings from another world... the Draak-Kin... brought many things to their new planet.

The philosophical gap created by the fall of large-scale Original worship and ancient dogmas was e...

Religion and Spirituality on Newhome: Part 1

Religion and philosophy provide a canvas of meaning upon which a civilization may be painted, influencing the thoughts of billions on a daily basis, and these things play at least as powerful a role on Newhome as they do on Earth.

The arrival of the Kin sparked a spiritual renaissance presided over by the First Starfallen, also known as Bl...

Genta Primer: The Milli'li

In the first of our Hierophant species reveals, we will be taking an exclusive deep dive into the Milli'li, pleasure-seeking denizens of the Great Azure Forest. I felt as though the best way to do this would be to share a few recently-published Carnivalian georecs on the subject. I am including them with this post; please download and peruse the...

HIEROPHANT: A World Unveiled

Greetings to all of our beloved Patrons and Dreamers!

We hope you have enjoyed the recent deeper dives into the lives of the Elders at the time of Golden Treasure: The Great Green. Because it was such a pivotal time in the species' history, they represented a precious view into the greatest of the Kin, and perhaps into even th...

Great Peoples of Newhome: Order of Revelation

Which of the Great Peoples of the world of Newhome would you like to meet first?

We have resolved to prepare a series of primers containing art and information on the species of your choice, in the order of popularity as defined by this poll. Several wondrous species are anxiously waiting behind the curtain to meet their...

Golden Treasure Lore: Bladetail of the Many Minds

Greetings, beloved Dreamers!

Today, we finish our series on the Seven Elders of the Kin. Darktooth the Wise, Many-Times-Burned, and Allmother were given a good deal of time and attention in Golden Treasure: The Great Green, but four other Elders played less central roles. Aside from the Ruiner (who will never be portrayed for several very...

A dream fulfilled, and the Kin in 中国

I have always dreamed of having my own game on Steam achieve the highest level of accolade: Overwhelmingly Positive, a review index reached by less than one percent of Steam games. After five long years, Golden Treasure: The Great Green has finally been given that honor.

To every member of the community who posted a Steam review for the ga...

Legends of the Draak-Kin: Fathom

Today we continue our series on the Elders of the Draak-Kin Tribe at the time of Golden Treasure: The Great Green. Across the eons, there have, of course, been thousands of Elders spread out over millions of years, though rarely more than seven at any one time, six in practice, since the Ruiner must always be counted so long as She lives, and S...

Where on Earth is Dreaming Door?

One could be forgiven for wondering what we have been up to for the last month here at Dreaming Door Studios. It is unusual for us to keep our silence this long.

In truth, great matters have been transpiring, and we are waiting for something specific before we explain. In the meantime, please keep us in your thoughts as we attempt to build...

Legends of the Draak-Kin: 云玉 (Jade Cloud)

In this week's Patreon special, we present 云玉, known in foreign lands as Jade Cloud. One of the Seven Elders at the time of Golden Treasure: The Great Green, it was one of the mightiest and wisest of the Draak-Kin People in that age, and arguably any age. All Kin south of the Mongolian steppes and north of Australia looked to it for guidance...

One-year anniversary, and upcoming Patron rewards!

Greetings, dear Patrons!

Nearly one year has passed since the Dreaming Door Patreon was created, and it has been a very successful year. The Patreon has raised a little over $10,000 total in that time, which has enabled us to release official Spanish and Chinese translations of Golden Treasure, create art and scri...

Clans of Newhome: Obsidian

Among those Kin who undertook the Exodus to Newhome, the Onyx Clan was the least represented of the extant Clans of the time. Few were surprised at this; the crusade to purge the No-Tails from the planet was called by an elder of their own Clan, and its purpose... the protection of the world they were created to defend... spoke powerfully to the...

Clans of Newhome: Garnet

Flexible in both Mind and Body, the Kin of the Garnet Clan have a knack for exploration, discovery, and the collection of rare treasures. Of all the Clans, they tend to be the most adaptable, their slender bodies flowing snake-like through dense foliage, water bodies, and underground tunnels with equal ease. Comfortable in darkness, their therma...

Clans of Newhome: Malachite

Once the new six-limbed hatchling morphology had been established as normal, interest in attending the births of new Kin waned. Darktooth the Wise, however, had perceived a spiritual difference in one of the hatchlings, and was waiting to greet it when it emerged from its first Great Sleep as the founder of a glorious new clan.

Malachite K...

Clans of Newhome: Lazuli

In stark contrast to the traditions of the Draak while on Earth, the emergence of the first Kin on Newhome from its speckled Chamber was attended by not only its parent but several others, eager to witness the continuation of their People. Though some were concerned at the obvious morphological differences exhibited by the hatchling (upper left)...

Sneak Peek: Draco Stellaris

A new Earth. New Suns.

The wiser members of the Exodus were not at all surprised when the first Draak-Kin to be conceived and born on Newhome did not directly resemble their parents. The energy of new stars and the Way of a new world gave rise to a new People.

The Earth dragons... "draco terrestrialis" or "draco originalis", as the s...

War's End: March of the Victors

At last, the Genta wars have concluded! Today, we present the winners of this hugely successful Patron-fueled initiative to bring more variety to Newhome using ideas provided by you, the Patrons. We were unsure as to whether this bold experiment would prove fruitful, but as usual, our exploration into untrod creative ground yielded wonderful re...

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Genta Wars II - Draak-Kin Redemption Vote!

This special poll, open to Draak-Kin level patrons only, offers a single chance at redemption for one of the species featured in Genta Wars - Patron's Choice which were not selected. Many of these species had their devoted fans, but which reigns supreme in the hearts of the mighty Kin?

2024-06-10 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Patron's Champion Announced, plus Draak-Kin Redemption Vote!

Dreaming Door Studios would like to formally extend congratulations to the Yhara species and their creator!

These underground megabeings will be featured in the final script of Hierophant in at least a minor role, and possibly more. Henceforth, they will have a place in the canon of Newhome's sentient species. We're very excited, and alr...

Patron's Choice, FINAL ROUND: Fyrsa vs. Yhara - CLOSED

And then there were two.

This week's match-up, the last of its kind, is for the title of Patron's Choice. The winner will be officially incorporated into the world of Hierophant, and players will be able to meet them in the finished game.

Competition was quite fierce, and our second runner-up, the Rhusa, lost by only one singl...

Genta Wars - Round 8 - Yhara vs. Fyrsa vs. Rhusa - CLOSED

We began with ten, and now, three remain. This round puts all three up against each other in a lightning elimination round. The one with the least will not move forward, but both of the higher scorers will advance to the true final round. Exceptions may apply; if there is a clear runaway winner from this round, we may consider the matter settled...

Genta Wars, Round 7: Fyrsa vs. Pikalka - CLOSED

This last semifinal round will be a battle between two multimorphic caste species: the transforming Fyrsa, harmonious yet very morphologically divergent keepers of the lowland mercury marshes, and the Pikalka, Newhome's smallest gentas, whose royally-ruled hive societies have less physical diversity but whose size allows them to fill interestin...

2024-05-20 16:38:57 +0000 UTC View Post