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Genta Wars, Round 1: Rofsa vs. Nekora - FINISHED

In this first round, we pit the ferocious Rofsa, masters of the tundra, against the mysterious emotion-eating Nekora.

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Read more about the Rofsa here...

Presenting the Genta Wars!

Since it was announced months ago, we have been very blessed to receive many entries from Dreaming Door patrons in our epic contest to introduce a new species into the world of Hierophant. Now, at last, we are ready to share the incredible results with our beloved community of Patrons...

...in the form of a duel to literal extinction by your powerful judgments!

How It Will Work

Ten species of Genta (complex language-...

Genta Candidates, Part 5

Today, we introduce the tenth and last species of genta on Newhome: the Pikalka. This was one of the longest and best-written submissions, and we apologize to the person who made it for taking so long to post it; we wanted to be sure to do it justice.

By the end of next week, we hope to have the final ballot prepared, and then the voting can begin at last! We'll be posting a summary of all ten candidates at that time for easy reading and a handy reminder, and then two separate votes wil...

Dreaming Door at GDC!

Dreaming Door was given a golden opportunity to show the world the beauty of the Great Green at GDC in San Francisco! One of the biggest industry-facing events in the gaming world, GDC sees visitors from all over the world, making it the perfect place to show off our new Spanish and Chinese-language demos of the original game.

It is safe to say that the trip was not in vain! With some help from Jeff Ludwig (not related to Ludwig, actually, but a good person and San Francisco local), Ari...

Hierophant Release Date Set for June, 2052

Dreaming Door Studios is pleased to announce the release of their upcoming extraterrestrial dragon rulership simulator, Hierophant. Currently planned for release on PC, Playstation 17, and the Nintendo Bloom, the Nipponese megacorporation's first botanically-powered, petal-controlled system, players will be able to vie for the title of Hierophant, spiritual guide to an entire planet of sentient beings, on June 19, 2052.

"We've had some special challenges, including a key artist for the ...

Dreaming Door March Update - GDC and Golden Treasure in Spanish!

Greetings, Dreamers!

As some of you may have noticed, it's taken us a bit longer than we'd like to get the poll up for the Genta submissions. The reason is that we've been spending all of our time preparing for GDC in San Francisco next week! This is an industry-facing event and not a consumer-facing one.... only those in the business are expected to attend... so we didn't publicize this too much, but if you're going to be there, or if you live in the Bay Area, let us know! We'd love to...

Genta Candidates, Part 4

Greetings to all of the Dreamers!

Today, I present two fascinating potential species of Newhome: the Idivin (Idiva, in common nomenclature) and the Yhara!

Idiva (Idivin)

Slightly north of the equator, in an otherwise-empty swath of the Melt, a huge, oddly regular mountain springs upward from the acid. This island, once called Monument Island, is now named Idivalo in honor of its unusual inhabitants, a large-bodied race of beings who live in a strict genetic caste system. A...

Genta Candidates, Part 3

Today's candidates, the Nekora and the Srenkarr (or Shenka as they are globally known) join the others as possibilities for a minor race to be featured in Hierophant. We hope you enjoy discovering them as much as we did! Thanks go, as always, to those who submitted them.

With four left after them, it seems that this will be a 5-part series, one which we would like to finish within one week before opening the polls.

And now, presenting...

Nekora

While...

Genta Candidates, Part 2

After a brief span in which we focused on the upcoming Spanish and Chinese translations of Golden Treasure: The Great Green, we are once again ready to unveil two new candidates for community-made minor species of Newhome. After meeting the polymorphic Fyrsa, the hunting Rofsa, and the silkweaving Chaka, today we will encounter the Rhusa and the Valsa. As always, we have attempted to keep the spirit of the original submission, though some details may have been altered to keep them in harmony ...

Genta Candidates, Part 1

In yet another beautiful display of creativity, the Dreaming Door community has dreamed up several new forms for life to take on Newhome. With its countless unique ecosystems bounded by the Melt, the possibilities are endless!

As with last time, when all of the candidates have been revealed, two polls will be set up and you, the patrons, will choose which of these will be featured as a minor species in the world of Hierophant. They will be portrayed, mentioned and featured visually at l...

Game Sommelier, Part Two: Adventure Games

Welcome to the second installment of our blog on the truly worthy interactive experiences which have emerged in these first few decades of the art form. While it used to be the case that so few games were released in any given month that one might hope to play most or even all of them on a particular platform, Steam and its competitors provide us with hundreds of options for interactive entertainmen...

The Impresario Revealed, and Happy New Year!

We've made it to a new calendar year, and to ring it in, we'd like to visually introduce the Impresario, the wealthiest Draak on Newhome at the time Hierophant begins. Also known as the Savior of Tapalo, the Great Entertainer, and Arthas Unbounded, its whispers crush civilizations and its many inventions and innovations change the way life is lived on Tapalo and beyond. Fans of The Great Green may recognize the Kin in question, and might guess at some of the methods it used to become so power...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Gentas of Newhome

CURRENT STATUS: CLOSED

The time has come once again for community participation in the year-long process of building the world of Newhome. Our last Call for Submissions was a total success, populating the Starfallen roster with three new official additions and several unofficial ones still in the making. We intend to release a series on them soon, but first...

Ever wanted to create a wonderful new fantasy species all your own?

Newho...

December Art: The First Starfallen

Here he is: Darktooth, as he was sometimes known on Earth, at the edge of the Melt under the Tidal Moon.

Perhaps he is considering the question of whether the Kin will thrive on this new sphere, or whether they shall be subsumed into the Melt, like so many others.

Perhaps he is pondering the truth about the Moons, which only he and a very few others know, and whether the Kin can escape a terrible doom at their metaphorical hands.

Perhaps he is merely suffering indigestion...

Fan Art Hall of Honor #3

This absolutely beautiful statue of Darktooth was hand-sculpted by a member of the community and Patreon patron from Ukraine, hand-sculpted by an artist from the same country. This marked the first time that Darktooth has been physically represented.

I admit to feeling greatly impressed to see him in physical reality like this. While I have seen many fan depictions of Darktooth, no one has yet created a physical artifact of this nature to commemorate him. May both the artist and the com...

Game Sommelier, Part One

Welcome to the first installment of my new blog series, Game Sommelier.

During my recent visit to Oakland University, I was fortunate to meet some wonderful people with whom I engaged in many discussions about video games. Some were tried-and-true gamers, while others were just becoming interested in the subject. I found myself drawn into many discussions about what people loved in an interact...

Crystallization

As ideas unite, they crystallize.

(Crystals; tiny specks of the universe working together in honor of a form, a number, an idea.)

Then, we cut them, make gems of them, and proper settings for those gems.

(Bind them up in words of copper or silver or, occasionally, gold.)

And then they are a Treasure.

- The Impresario, with parenthetical commentary by the Wordsmith, taken from the Unauthorized Autobiography.

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Starfallen Poll Results

It was an epic battle of creativity lasting for many weeks, but at last, we have the results of the community's rather successful efforts to create new characters for the cast of Hierophant.

Everyone who voted has our gratitude, and everyone who made a submission has our deep respect. It took both creativity and courage to put your ideas forward, and even if yours didn't win, you made an impact on Dreaming Door's meditations on character and story.

And so, allow me to introduce th...

Studio Update: Happy October!

The leaves are beginning to turn and the air is crisp here in the far north. My children are wearing orange and black, hanging ghosts up all over the house, and gleefully anticipating the massive influx of sugar they will soon receive.

Along with these usual signs of October, Dreaming Door Studios is moving into a higher gear as we begin accelerated production of the Hierophant project. Recent meetings with consultants, advisors, and scouts for publishing companies have revealed several...

Ask Darktooth 1: What happened to the Crystal Clan?

Oh Mighty Darktooth, sing to this young kin, how many clans of Draak-kin once existed, and what did happen to the Crystal Kin?

THE REIGN OF THE GREAT EMPRESS CONTAINED MANY AGES, AND THE CHILDREN OF HER HEART WERE MANY. SO GREAT WAS HER POWER THAT EVEN HER DREAMS SOMETIMES TOOK PHYSICAL FORM, AND MANY WERE THE CLANS WHICH WERE CREATED AND DESTROYED IN THAT TIMELESS AGE FROM HER DANCES BOTH SLEEPING AND WAKING.

AT THE TIME OF THE GREAT WAR, ONLY TH...