The first round of the semi-finals pits the mysterious emotion-devouring Nekora against the heat-loving, sharp-minded Rhusa. Both are excellent candidates for species to add to the cast, as they both have good lessons to teach and could constitute strong allies or deadly threats, depending on how...
2024-05-14 19:55:28 +0000 UTC View Post
At last, the protagonist of Golden Treasure exists in our world! SilentKimiya, a sculptor from Ukraine, has completed a modeling clay-based model of the main character from GT emerging from its lair in the beginning of Act 3, ready to take flight for the first time.
This moment from the beg...
2024-05-07 22:04:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's bout features the Idiva, third of the three caste-based Gentas (the other two being the Fyrsa and the Pikalka) but quite different from them in many ways, and the Yhara, whose horrific appearance and savage appetite causes terror, and yet who ar...
2024-05-06 12:30:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Our fourth contest of patron opinion comes in the form of a bout between the multimorphic Fyrsa and the cannibalistic Valsa.
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Our next bout features the superstitious masters of all things soft and woven, the Chaka, facing off against the Rhusa, dangerously smart hot spring dwellers who live in constant fear of the cold. Which will move on to the next round?
2024-05-01 18:48:43 +0000 UTC
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The second round pits the Pikalka, Newhome's smallest genta species, against the three-tailed Shenka, inhabitants of Tri-Spire Island. We've prepared an artist's sketch of the basic morphology of each, plus a brief summary to help you make the decision.
In this first round, we pit the ferocious Rofsa, masters of the tundra, against the mysterious emotion-eating Nekora.
Higher-detail version of the above image, inclu...
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......
2024-04-25 18:48:29 +0000 UTC View PostToday, 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 hav...
2024-04-16 20:15:59 +0000 UTC View Post
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-langu...
2024-04-05 15:23:51 +0000 UTC View PostDreaming 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, play...
2024-04-01 21:05:28 +0000 UTC View Post
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 consu...
2024-03-11 16:57:27 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings to all of the Dreamers!
Today, I present two fascinating potential species of Newhome: the Idivin (Idiva, in common nomenclature) and the Yhara!
Slightly north of the equator, in an otherwise-empty swath of the Melt, a huge, oddly regular mountain spri...
2024-03-05 19:52:04 +0000 UTC View PostToday'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 afte...
2024-02-20 19:17:46 +0000 UTC View PostAfter 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 silkweavin...
2024-02-06 20:18:28 +0000 UTC View PostIn 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...
2024-01-15 19:43:47 +0000 UTC View Post
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 we...
2024-01-03 20:25:31 +0000 UTC View Post
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 in...
2024-01-03 18:35:49 +0000 UTC View PostCURRENT 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 unoff...
2023-12-08 17:08:38 +0000 UTC View Post
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 pond...
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 ...
2023-11-22 22:26:22 +0000 UTC View Post
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 disc...
2023-11-21 21:06:51 +0000 UTC View Post
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, go...
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 to...
2023-10-09 14:44:42 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ...
2023-10-03 17:41:21 +0000 UTC View PostOh 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 ...
2023-10-03 17:03:26 +0000 UTC View Post
September's fan artist inductee into the hall of honor is none other than Ember, who has lent her considerable talents to many a work of Draak-Kin art. This one features everybody's favorite young killer in the shadows, Whisper, looking at its reflection on a moonlit night. Does it feel only hatr...
2023-09-18 15:35:50 +0000 UTC View PostSTATUS: CLOSED
It would, of course, be wrong for us to deny the Draak-Kin among us a selection among the candidates. This poll is exclusively for those of the Draak-Kin tier, and will be the second poll counted. If the result is the same as the Patron's Cho...
2023-09-13 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostSTATUS: CLOSED
Sixteen candidates, with eyes on a distant star.
One will join the exodus, by the will of the patrons. Who will it be? The winner's character will be featured in the cast of Hierophant, and play a role in the epic tale of the Draak-Kiin.
T...
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