Video Game / Roots of Pacha

Near the end of the Stone Age, a tribe finishes their migration to a new land. Following the visions of their goddess Pacha, they find a massive tree and decide to shelter in its shadow. Now, in relative safety, they need to survive and thrive.

But the Pachans are not the only people in this new land. There are also wild animals, caves filled with magical spirits, and two nearby tribes who don't get along. It will take intelligence, strength, and diplomacy to survive.

Meanwhile, the people of the tribe have some new ideas on how to move forward. Including one elder who has a strange idea called "agriculture..."

Roots of Pacha is a Farm Life Sim developed and published by Soda Den and released on April 26, 2023 for the PC, the Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, and Playstation 5, with an Xbox release planned in early 2024. Legal troubles resulted in it being recalled shortly after release, but once those were cleared up it was available again.

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This game provides examples of:

• Ability Required to Proceed: Some rooms in the cave system are blocked off until you receive the totem powers or acquire the tools needed to enter them.
• Aerith and Bob: The game has characters with tribal-sounding names such as Igrork, Brah, and Okka, and characters with modern names such as Ada, Ron, and Reese.
• All Animals Are Dogs: In one of Touk's cutscenes, he tries training his new pet wild boar piglet, Beast, by giving him commands like a dog.
• All of the Other Reindeer: Jag was kicked out of his old tribe because he was believed to be weak for his pacifism.
• All the Worlds Are a Stage: The glyptodons' final cave challenge requires you to use all your totem powers to clear it. You have to turn into Owl to fly around and rotate the pillars to reflect two beams of light into Pacha's eyes; transform into Monkey to hop on platforms and raise marked ones by playing instruments; and call upon Bear's power to smash rocks and find the hints to the cave painting riddle.
• Alternative Calendar: One in-game year is composed of four 28-day seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. The game begins on the first day of spring, when the protagonist is adopted into the Pacha clan and settles in their village.
• Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Igrork can't help but brag about the protagonist, his adopted grandchild, to everyone.
• And Your Reward Is Clothes: You can win new clothes for your avatar on Competition Day.
• And Your Reward Is Edible: Clearing certain Smoke Signals (quests) and winning races rewards you with food. Some villagers also give you the recipes for them so you can cook them yourself.
• And Your Reward Is Parenthood: You can pray to Pacha to bless you and your Union partner (spouse) with a child, and you can have up to two children. A few days later, the baby magically appears in your bed, and for the first two weeks, they'll cry for your attention between 3-4PM. Bonding with your baby will help them grow into a toddler, but missing their cry for the day will make them fussy the next morning, making you tired and thus lose stamina.
• Animal Lover: Okka is the resident animal tamer who teaches you how to attune wild animals by playing the flute. She also has three pet wolves that you can play with in the village, and she'll comment on how much they like you if their affection is high enough.
• Anti-Frustration Features:
  • The handaxe removes weeds and dead crops only, so you won't accidentally remove a plant that's still growing.
  • The water bucket will only be counted as "used" if it waters a farm plot or the vines in the cave system, so you won't accidentally waste water if use it anywhere else.
  • You can still use your tools while Acre's upgrading them, since she just makes new ones and replaces yours with them after a few days.
  • When cooking meals, ingredients can be taken from the kitchen cabinet besides your belt inventory, so you don't have to carry them around until you can cook them.
• Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Ata often sees her older siblings, Jelrod and Ibon, fight, but she can tell that they love each other deep down.
• Bad Liar: According to Krak, his mother Inza is a terrible liar, and "you'd know" if she's the secret judge in the Clan Gathering.
• Barbarian Long Hair: Jelrod is a hunky racer, and while no means barbaric, his shoulder-length hair illustrates his rebellious spirit against his father's wishes for him to be a builder like him.
• Big Brother Worship: Ibon used to follow her big brother Jelrod around when she was a young child because she wanted to be strong and confident just like him.
• Blackout Basement: Some of the sections of the cave system are so dark, you can't use any other tool but your torch to light your way through. There are several empty torches dotted inside that you can light up permanently, while there are some areas in the cave where you're forced to navigate in the dark while transformed into Owl or Monkey.
• The Blacksmith: Acre is the resident blacksmith who makes new tools and upgrades them for you. She comes up with the idea to smith tools out of obsidian and copper.
• Booze-Based Buff: You can brew various wines and beer, and they restore your stamina just like the other food products you make.
• Call a Hit Point a "Smeerp":
  • The game has "Contributions" in place of money since it takes place during prehistoric times, long before currency was invented. The produce and resources that you would normally "sell" in other Farm Life Sims are actually added to the tribe's potluck, which is used as payment for goods and services.
  • The quest log is called "Smoke Signals" while quests are called "Ideas" and are represented by a campfire.
  • Marrying a romanceable villager is called "forming a Union" with them, and proposals are done by giving them a Union Wreath.
• Character Customization: You can choose between a masculine, feminine, or androgynous body type at the start of the game, and also customize your hair color, hairstyle, eye color, eyebrows, and clothing color. You can change your appearance (except for body type) any time with Jukk while you can buy new clothes from Jizu.
• The Chief's Daughter: Mana is the daughter of Gin, the leader of the Pacha clan, and she trains under Grob because she wants to be the next in line after her father. Gin chose her over her older brother Nokk for this, and also because Gin believes in breaking a bit of tradition to further progress in the community.
• Childhood Friends:
  • Acre and Jizu have been best friends since they were kids and are happy to be part of the Pacha clan.
  • According to Illoe, she and Frer "did everything together" as children. Vuak says that they have "twin spirits" while Tetih suspects that they're more than just friends.
• Circle of Standing Stones: A Stonehenge-esque meditation spot is the final village project, where you can meditate once a day to increase a random stat.
• Claustrophobia: Gin is afraid of tight spaces, which is why he trusts the protagonist to explore the caves for him.
• Color-Coded Stones: All the gemstones you can mine are given specific colors: dark red for jasper, red-orange for sardius, amber for agate, yellow-green for peridot, teal for beryl, dark blue for sapphire, and purple for amethyst.
• Competition Freak: Jelrod is obsessed with winning races, to the point that Ron suggests that the two of them should have a competition about competing.
• Companion Cube: Acre's youngest daughter Ata plays with one of her hammers and imagines that it's her best friend. She even calls it "Hammer".
• Cooking Mechanics: You can cook various recipes in the kitchen, provided that you have both the ingredients and the utensils needed to make the dishes. Some recipes are unlocked as rewards from certain events.
• Cool Old Guy: The protagonist's adoptive grandfather Igrork is a kindly senior who raises them and manages the plant nursery. He often jokes around and participates in "children's" activities such as playing in the snow, believing that they keep him young. He also becomes his grandchild's nanny to their own child(ren) if they wish.
• Co-Op Multiplayer: Has a co-op mode that supports up to four players. They all work together in the same village to farm and make products.
• Creature-Breeding Mechanic: You can breed livestock with the breeding pen by pairing two animals of the same species with a high enough friendship towards you. Their production quality, frequency, and movement speed are passed down to their offspring, and breeding them for several generations will evolve them into their domesticated counterparts (e.g. bison become modern-day cattle).
• Developer's Foresight: The villagers have unique comments on your clothes. For example, Vuak will comment on how you are "glowing", although it's just the glowing mushroom cap you're wearing.
• Distinction Without a Difference: Jukk claims that he's not a perfectionist, just that he has "high standards. Okay, very high standards."
• A Dog Named "Dog": The totem animals are named after their own species, like Owl and Monkey.
• Dumb Muscle: Touk has all the muscles and loves training like Grob, but he doesn't have the intelligence to go with it. In one of his cutscenes, he admits that he decided to become tough because he believed he couldn't be smart, but he's trying to train Beast to prove himself that he can be smart, too.
• Equipment Upgrade: You can let Acre upgrade your tools so you can till, water, and harvest more patches of land at once, break larger rocks, and chop tree stumps.
• Eternal English: Despite the game being set in the Stone Age, everyone speaks modern English, although they don't invent words such as "bronze" and "electrum" until later in the story.
• Everyone Can See It: The grown-ups occasionally comment on their children getting along so well with their friends that they may be more than Just Friends. They believe they make good couples despite them denying it.
  Tetih: I had a "just-friend" once. Before I knew it, I had a daughter.
• Fantastic Racism: A Pachan myth tells the story of two warring tribes: the fishing Yakuan tribe from the Beach and the hunter Mograni tribe from the Savannah. They used to live together in harmony until they started arguing about their differences, and when they separated, Pacha destroyed their land with an earthquake to force them to work together to restore it. It's prophesied that the Pacha clan will ultimately reunite them peacefully, so they invite them to festivals in hopes that they'll get along.
• Farm Life Sim: The game is a farm life sim set in a Stone Age-inspired world. Seeds are typically gathered by exploring outside the village while wild animals are tamed into livestock by playing the flute for them. Since money hasn't been invented yet, selling your products and resources is called "contributing" instead.
• Fashion Show: Jukk hosts one in his first hangout event to showcase the new clothes that he sewed for some of his friends. Even Croll, who's enthusiastic about his shirt having pockets for his tools, joins in.
• Fishing Minigame: You play a spearfishing minigame that involves hovering your cursor over the fish and waiting until the bar is full before catching it. However, you must move the cursor away in a few seconds if the fish spots you or else it'll get away.
• Flowers of Romance: The white Pacha tulips hidden deep inside the cave system are used to make a Union Wreath, which serves as your proposal gift to your partner.
• Following in Relative's Footsteps: Ata is often seen playing with her Hammer near her mother's smithy because she wants to be a blacksmith like her. She also comes up with the idea for a smelter since she wants to help her mom out in making new tools out of bronze.
• Follow in My Footsteps: Jelrod reveals in his first hangout event that his father Croll, a proud builder whose job was passed down through generations, used to shove a hammer into his hands when he was a baby. Jelrod would cry until Croll took it away, and when he got older, he got into racing and enjoyed it. Jelrod wishes that his father would understand that he has his own dreams, and he hopes that he'll make racing his full-time job someday.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Maeri doesn't like her brother Igrork's pranks and says that he should act his age, like a wise elder like her; according to Gin's parents, they didn't get along as kids because of this.
• Forgetful Jones: According to Reese, Jizu forgets a lot, but she still considers her a good friend.
• Fortune Teller: Maeri can predict the weather by just observing her body, and you can ask her for the next day's forecast.
• Gay Option: All the romance options are open regardless of your gender. In fact, you're given three body types to choose from when initially customizing your character, but not pronouns, leaving your gender identity open to interpretation.
• Gift-Giving Gaffe: Each villager has gifts that they love, like, are neutral to, dislike, and hate. Figuring out their most favorite gifts takes a bit of guesswork since you can only give up to two gifts to someone per week. Thankfully, some villagers give you hints towards other villagers' favorite and least favorite gifts, while all their reactions towards the gifts you've given them are recorded in their profiles.
• Girlish Pigtails: Ibon wears pigtails to show that she's younger than her brother Jelrod.
• Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak: Ata is a feminine-looking little girl, but she likes playing with the boys and helping her mother out in blacksmithing.
• Giver of Lame Names: Ata and Garrek melt various metals together and come up with names for the alloys made out of them. Ata calls the alloy of copper and tin "bronze" while Garrek calls the alloy of gold and silver "electrum". Ata then comments that Garrek's not good at naming things, but is otherwise okay with it.
• G-Rated Sex:
  • Breeding is done by placing two compatible animals of the same species in the breeding pen. The heart pattern on the curtain draped outside changes from brown to pink to give them privacy, and a few days later, you get a cutscene of the birth of their young.
  • Neither you nor your partner is shown getting pregnant a few weeks after your Union. Instead, a fertility statue of Pacha appears in your bedroom, and you can pray to her to bless you with a child. The "pregnancy" is symbolized by a fire symbol growing in the statue's belly, and a few days later, your baby magically appears in your bed. This also justifies how your child strongly resembles you even if you're in a same-gender Union.
• Happily Adopted:
  • The protagonist (along with three of their friends in Multiplayer Mode) is adopted by Igrork and Maeri at the start of the game. They become their adoptive grandparents due to their age, and they certainly raise them well.
  • Jukk is adopted by Jizu and Okka, his two mothers, and he's happy living with them in the village.
• Healing Herb: Various medicinal herbs are scattered across the overworld. They're used to craft medicine for sick animals, and they can also be bought from Ada, the resident herbalist.
• Healing Spring: There's a hot spring in the Glyptodons' den, where you can recharge your stamina.
• Healthy Green, Harmful Red: The Stamina Bar is green at high stamina, yellow at medium stamina, and red at low stamina.
• Hello, [Insert Name Here]: You can name the protagonist, their pets, livestock, and children whatever you want.
• Hollywood Prehistory: The game is fully aware that it takes liberties with its portrayal of the period. It begins with a disclaimer that the setting is meant to invoke the feel of the era and is not meant to represent "any specific culture, geography, or time period".
• A Homeowner Is You: You spend the first few days living in your adoptive grandparents' house and working on your farm. Then, they encourage you to move out and buy your own house, which you can place anywhere in the village. You can also upgrade it twice so that you can get married and have kids.
• Hub Level: The Land is the central area of the game, where your farm and the village is. It branches out to the other overworld areas: the Forest, the Beach, the Savannah, and the Jungle, which are unlocked over the course of the game. Once you complete enough achievements to raise the Jungle Pyramid twice, the glyptodons imbue the rock formation near the southern field with their totem powers so that you can teleport to the various overworld areas and cave rooms instantly.
• Hypocritical Heartwarming: Jelrod says that anyone who is mean towards Ibon will have to "answer" him, because "only [he] can be mean to her".
• An Interior Designer Is You: You can buy house decorations from Reese and place them inside your home. You can also decorate pots and canvas by painting them.
• In Touch with His Feminine Side: Jukk likes sewing wraps and clothes for the other villagers and styling the protagonist. He has a soft personality compared to the other romanceable boys such as Jelrod and Touk, who are manly men who love athletics.
• Intrepid Merchant: Zeda, Zelk, and Brub are three traveling merchants who occasionally visit the village to trade with you.
• In-Universe Game Clock: One in-game day lasts 15 minutes (though this can be extended in the settings), from 6AM to 2AM. Each day, you must go to bed before 2AM or else you collapse from exhaustion and start the next day with less stamina than normal. Time stops during festivals, but you will always arrive home late at night, so it's recommended to finish your farming chores first before attending them.
• Irritation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery: When Reese was younger, she used to follow Okka around and pretend to talk to animals like her. When Okka finally noticed her, she told her, "If you want to be like me, Be Yourself."
• I Was Quite a Looker:
  • Tetih says this word-for-word in one of her conversations with you. Many people used to dance with her at festivals when she was younger because of her attractiveness.
  • According to the protagonist's adoptive grandfather Igrork, Zelk reminds him of when he was younger, only with more hair.
• Jerk Jock: Jelrod is an arrogant racer who enjoys showing off his guanaco, Fasty, and bragging about his looks. However, he learns to humble himself as the protagonist bonds with him.
• Law of Inverse Fertility: Ron and Reese are a couple who wish to have children of their own because Reese loves them, but they remain childless and believe that it having them isn't part of Pacha's plan for them.
• Lethal Chef: Acre is terrible at cooking and so are her children. She hopes that Ata will turn out to be decent at it. What Acre said about Ibon is proven to be true in Era's first hangout event, where Nokk advises Era and the protagonist to avoid the beans that Ibon cooked for dinner. Moreover, in the first hangout event of Ibon herself, she tries her own cooking and realizes that it is terrible.
• Light and Mirrors Puzzle: The Owl Totem's challenge has you rotating pillars of reflective rock to direct the beam of light into the central pillar.
• Like Brother and Sister:
  • Voda and Garrek, both only children, enjoy each other's company to the point that the former considers the latter like her brother.
  • According to Jukk, Okka sees Zelk like a brother, and Jukk sees Ibon the same.
• Limited Loadout: You have three equipment slots for stat-boosting charms. However, once you wear a charm, you can't take it off until the next day because you "bond" with it. Additionally, the third slot can only be used for fully bonded charms.
• Magic Tool: The handaxe is a weak but all-purpose tool that can cut grass, break rocks, chop wood, and till the land. It can be upgraded into the Magic Handaxe to destroy the first three in one hit.
• Magic Versus Science: The Pacha clan believes that the nature goddess Pacha is responsible for all the natural phenomena. However, Garrek is the only one who seeks a scientific explanation for them, and he applies his school of thought into his inventions to help the village prosper. He feels excluded when the community doesn't take him seriously because of this.
• Money Is Experience Points: Your Contributions (the game's equivalent of money) add to the tribe's Prosperity, and they build new facilities around the village each time they reach enough of it. Some of them grant you temporary stat boosts such as the swings slightly boosting your foot speed.
• Music Soothes the Savage Beast: Wild animals can be attuned by playing a rhythm minigame with your flute daily. Successfully attuning them makes them friendly towards you, and you can invite them to your village and make them your pets.
• My Beloved Smother: Tetih is overprotective of her grandson Frer because she's raising him after his parents went missing. She always looks out for his safety, but Frer wishes that she would stop babying him.
• NPC Boom Village: Contributing your farmed goods and products to the Contribution Box adds to the village's Prosperity, which lets the villagers add new buildings in it. Some of these buildings temporarily boost your stats when you use them.
• NPC Scheduling: The villagers all have their own schedules, and they can be tracked on the overworld maps. Some of them such as the traders only visit on certain days, while rainy and snowy days have almost everyone staying home. Romanceable villagers also have hangout events that can only be held at certain times of day.
• Overnight Age-Up: Your child magically ages from a baby to a toddler after the naming ceremony thanks to Pacha's blessing.
• Parental Abandonment:
  • Frer's parents went missing before the events of the game, so his grandma raises him in their stead, even if she goes overboard in trying to protect him.
  • Nari's parents died in the earthquake when their cave collapsed, and Nari, distraught by their deaths, decided to stay with her daughter Era while the latter's father Zelk traveled as a trader.
• Pictorial Letter Substitution: The "T" in the game's title is replaced with a hammer.
• Polyamory: The romanceable characters can still ask you out on a date even if you're already dating one of them, fully aware of your relationship, but you can still pursue them without your initial partner getting mad at you. In fact, they'll fully acknowledge this and allow you to date the others. However, all of your additional relationships will be broken once you form a Union with someone.
• Power-Up Food: Some of the various recipes you can cook give you Status Buffs such as increasing your charisma when interacting with the villagers or giving you an endurance boost, besides restoring your stamina.
• Power-Up Mount: Some of the animals you can tame are big enough to be used as mounts, which increase your movement speed. You can breed them for faster animals and also participate in races with them.
• Practically Different Generations:
  • Jelrod and Ibon are old enough to form a Union with the protagonist and have children with them, while their sister Ata is a young child.
  • Illoe is as old as the other love interests while her stepbrothers, Brah and Vor, are young children.
• Promoted to Love Interest: The v1.1 update made Voda romanceable, giving her three hangout events in addition to her normal cutscenes.
• Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: Vor says this during your Union with your Love Interest:
  Vor: Unions are the best. So. Much. Food.
• Punny Name: The three glyptodons that live in the cave system and guide you through it are named Glyp, To, and Don.
• Pyramid Power: A mysterious pyramid is buried deep inside the Jungle, which Vuak meditates on top of to uncover the myth of the Yakuans and the Mograni. It's raised by three levels as the protagonist fulfills the prophecies by making progress in the village, which rewards them with stat-boosting charms and leads them closer to understanding the conflict between the two tribes.
• Racing Minigame: You can participate in races once you get your mount. As you race from start to finish, you have to avoid the obstacles while using your Sprint ability wisely — sprinting gives you a massive speed boost, but it can't be used on rough terrain while you're more likely to crash while using it, stopping you for a few seconds.
• Raised by Grandparents: Frer is raised by his grandmother after his parents went missing. She's overprotective of him, while he wishes that she would stop babying him.
• Real-Time Weapon Change: You can cycle between your various seeds and farming tools or bring up the Ring Menu to instantly choose from them.
• Relationship Values: You can track how close you are to the villagers by the number of flowers in their dialogue boxes, with 10 being the max. You can bond with them by talking to them, giving them gifts, and dancing with them. The romanceable characters are marked with pink flowers (which turn red when you start dating them and then into white Pacha tulips when you're in a Union with them) while the non-romanceable ones are marked with yellow flowers.
• Ring Menu: The game arranges your tools and seeds this way, where you can either cycle through them one at a time or bring up the radial menu to select them instantly. You can also rearrange the order of your tools and seeds for your convenience.
• Romance Sidequest: There are many love interests to pursue, but you can choose to remain friends with them even after maxing out their flower meters. They'll be a little heartbroken from your rejection, but are otherwise fine with being just friends.
• Shipper on Deck: In Era's first hangout event, Nokk teases to her that his friend, the protagonist, is smart and beautiful, which is why Era should date them, to her embarrassment.
• Shirtless Scene: Jelrod removes his shirt at the beach in his second hangout event to show off his toned pecs. He says that he was just getting some reps in after setting up the hangout spot so quickly. However, the protagonist ignores the fanservice, either because they don't think he needed to show off, or they find a random bird more interesting.
• Shout-Out: Garrek's dance is reminiscent of Gangnam Style. He even calls it "Garrek Style".
• Shown Their Work: Carrots are purple when you first discover and harvest them, and they get their popular orange color through generations of propagation aka multiple harvests.
• Siblings Wanted: Jukk is jealous of Ibon and Mana each having older brothers. According to him, they may complain about them, but as an only child, he wishes for a sibling.
• So Unfunny, It's Funny: Igrork may sometimes ask you how you're feeling. You can say that you're tired or good, but you can also groan because you can see his "grandpa joke" coming. However, Igrork turns it on you by going, "Hi Not-falling-for-this-again, I'm Grandpa!"
• The Stoic: Jag is a quiet firemaker who is often seen chopping wood alone or spending time in the forest by himself. He slowly warms up to the protagonist as they bond with him.
• The Storyteller:
  • Tetih, one of the village elders, tells folktales about Pacha and the totem animals to the younger generation. You can listen to her stories during festivals, and the village eventually builds a storytelling theater for her with enough Prosperity.
  • According to Nari, Era is a storyteller like Zelk.
• Strawberry Shorthand: Ata is a cute little girl whose favorite food is strawberries.
• Strong Family Resemblance: The children tend to take after their parents, usually by hair color.
  • Among Acre and Croll's three children, Jelrod has light brown hair like Acre while Ibon and Ata have blonde hair like Croll.
  • Between Tare and Gin's two children, Nokk has blonde hair and fair skin like his mother while Mana has black hair and dark skin like her Gin.
  • Era is a spitting image of Nari, having dark curly hair and black skin like her.
  • Illoe is mentioned to resemble her missing birth mom, while her stepbrother Brah has black hair and dark skin like his mother Daari.
  • While the Mograni siblings all have the same shade of brown skin, Touk and Vallah have the same black hair, unlike Zeda's, which is white.
  • Among the Yakuans, Krak has the curly hair and black skin of his father Brub, but his hair is blonde like his mother's.
  • Even your child you can have with your Union partner is described as a "mini-you", even if you're in a same-gender Union thanks to Pacha's blessing making the child magically appear in your bed.
• Supreme Chef: Tare and Nokk are the resident chefs of the village. Their cooking is loved by the villagers, and Era enjoys her cooking lessons from them.
• Sweat Drop: Several characters have single sweat drops on their overworld sprites whenever they feel embarrassed.
• Tastes Like Friendship: The Golden Pomegranate is a rare item that lets you instantly befriend an animal you feed it to.
• Toilet Humour:
  • The in-game description for beans calls them the "magical fruit".
  • One of Vor's favorite gifts is poop. According to Jelrod, it's because Vor is a dedicated young hunter.
• Tsundere: Platonic example. Reese says that Ron acts bothered towards Tetih, but deep down he secretly loves her as a friend. Ron himself later admits that he has a soft spot for Tetih's stories, seeing her beyond her competitiveness in Bones (jackstones).
• Utility Belt: You have a tool belt that can hold up to eight different items, with stacks of 255 each and identical items of different qualities taking up separate slots. You can buy two more belts from Jizu to expand the number of item slots to 24 (8 slots each).
• Variable Mix: The overworld music has some instruments that only play if you're near the person who's playing them. It also transitions to its night variant in the evening and fades out towards midnight.
• Voluntary Shapeshifting: Owl and Monkey give you their totem powers after completing their challenges. They allow you to transform into them on designated platforms so you can fly around and hop on floating pillars, respectively.
• Warp Whistle: As you explore deeper into the cave network and make progress in raising the Jungle Pyramid, the Glyptodons give you their blessing to use their magical tunnels to fast travel to other parts of the cave, and by extension, the different regions of the overworld.
• When You Coming Home, Dad?: Era misses her father because he's a wandering merchant who visits the village occasionally to trade with you.
• Wizard Needs Food Badly: You have a stamina meter which depletes each time you use a tool. If it drops to zero, you can't use your tools further until you eat or rest in a relaxation spot. You also start the next day with reduced stamina if you stay up late until 2AM or fail to tend to your baby on the current day. Your maximum stamina can be increased temporarily by eating certain foods or permanently by wearing special charms.
• Youthful Freckles: Illoe has freckles to highlight her sweet, innocent youth.