diff --git a/design.adoc b/design.adoc index 5e2c3eb..38d0e6b 100644 --- a/design.adoc +++ b/design.adoc @@ -17,15 +17,3 @@ The player character is one of many colonists that have arrived via boat under i ## Setting The desert continent of Seersands is a harsh landscape with immense rain scarcity, resulting in much of the terrain being eroded to sand. What little flora that grows does so mostly deep underground, with deep-roots dense material, and high heat resistance being common features of the plantlife. - -### Flora - -Oasis Bloom is one such plant that grows sealed bulbs containing spongefruit - a sponge-like seed rich with sugars and water that offers a brief oasis to travelers moving across the desert on foot. The native wildlife frequently seek out these plants as a means of respite - making them both common to find but uncommon to see untouched. - -Flowers are typically acompanied by diffuse patches of Dunedew, a slow-growing, thick, tufted grass that is able to thrive in the shifting sands of the desert. Its leaves are covered in a thin, waxy coating that helps to conserve water and will share its reserves with nearby plants to help promote a more diverse ecology in its localized area. - -Sandstride Trees are gnarled, twisted trees that exhibit a shallow root system resulting in them often growing horizontally or diagonally as river streams or storms move them. They have evolved to take advantage of this by growing their branches long and wide, allowing them to draw on underground water sources to survive when they are partially submerged in the ground. - -### Fauna - -Peaceful to humans unless attacked, Cavecrawlers are low-flying mantis-like omiverous insects that seek out Spongefruit and lesser prey to sustain themselves. They use the sugars found in Spongefruit to develop a combustible and bioluminescent nectar husk which they build nests from in dark and cool spaces like caverns.