Hey there! The holidays are just around the corner and so is the new year, but we didn’t want to leave 2024 behind without another update about Ritual of Raven - lots has happened once again after all! ✨
👋 More quirky Friends
In our last Dev Blog we got started introducing you to some of the quirky characters waiting for you in Leynia and as promised, there’s more friends to meet! 🥰
Once again we’ll show you their different moods that can show up in conversations and tell you a few snippets about who they are! Let’s go!
Coco (she/her)
Coco is who you want to talk to if you require any seeds for your farm - safe to say Raven absolutely loves her. 😋
She is friendly but can be a little shy at first and generally tends to be on the introverted side - her lovely and down-to-earth character makes her the perfect counterpart to Charly! 🌈

Charly (she/her)
Charly can be the exact opposite of Coco in some ways: excited, outgoing & loud. But maybe that’s exactly why they work so well together. 💜
She tends to talk without really thinking things through first which can lead to some… interesting moments. But she never actually means any harm!

Dan (he/him)
When you first meet Dan at his restaurant, he can seem quite cranky and reserved. He does actually care very deeply about people though, so it might just be worth it to befriend him! Especially for his famous moist seed cake! 🍪

Huxley (he/him)
The best dressed sloth you will probably ever meet! Huxley is a rather sleepy & slow fellow (he is a sloth after all 🦥), but that doesn’t stop his curious mind! Quite an intellectual being, you will probably find him somewhere close to some books! 📚

Our game isn’t fully voiced as that would have unfortunately blown up our budget 😭 - BUT each of the characters have little vocal sounds to express their emotions alongside their pictures (think “Ah!”, “Hmm…”, “Uh-hu.”). We’ve been able to start implementing those these past few weeks and it’s just amazing to see their personalities come to life! Makes us smile every time! 😍
🎨 Character Customization
This is something many of you might be excited about: We’re working on character customization! ✨
It’s still very much a WIP feature at the minute - there’s currently only 3 different hairstyles, a witchy hat, some glasses and just 2 options for tops & bottoms - but we’re still looking to add some more options in the future! Oh and you can already customize the colors! 👕
Seeing the random little chars whenever we start a new save game is already really fun though! 🎨

🌱 Overgrown Farm
Another “small” change we’ve made to the world is letting it be completely overgrown with grass upon your arrival! 🌿
You can either pluck these weeds yourself or enchant some constructs to take care of the cleaning for you! You can even get various little rewards for cleaning! 💎
Or you know, you may also leave them up for that overgrown vibe! 😍

🪑 Decorations
With the ability to decorate your farm AND all the other areas (yes, even the town center), we of course have been working on introducing more items for you to use! And while our artist Sophie has already added tons of stuff, she still has some more pixel magic up her sleeves! 🤩
Let’s give you a sneak peek with this time lapse of a witchy bureau! 🌙

We now have a decent assortment of different tables, chairs, wardrobes & many other furniture pieces! We cannot wait to see how you will decorate your farms! ✨

And thus concludes our little update just before the end of 2024 is approaching! We’d like to thank you all for your support this year and all your wishlists so far, we cannot wait to share more updates with you in the future! Here’s a tiny teaser to hold you over in the meantime: 📚 & 🎣! 😉
Happy holidays & a happy New Year! We’ll see you very soon!
- Spellgarden Games 🔮
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