{"id":2994,"date":"2026-04-07T08:17:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amongthetrolls.com\/?p=2994"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:19:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:19:27","slug":"devlog-9-portals-dungeons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amongthetrolls.com\/ja\/devlog-9-portals-dungeons\/","title":{"rendered":"DEVLOG #9 – PORTALS & DUNGEONS"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the stories told close to the fire, Portals <\/strong>have never been \u201cconvenient doors.\u201d They are oaths of stone<\/strong>, carved with runes and guarded by silences as long as winters. People say the forest swallowed them, then spat them back out when someone speaks the right word.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dungeons<\/strong>, instead, are places that remember<\/strong>. Stepping inside is like putting your foot into an ancient tale\u2026 and finding out that the fairy tale, sometimes, bites.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past few months, we\u2019ve talked a lot about the forest that gives life to Among The Trolls. but it won\u2019t be the only place you\u2019ll get to explore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scattered across the archipelago are ancient structures resembling portals – gates leading to dungeons you\u2019ll need the courage to face if you want to uncover what truly brought you here. Places <\/em>with weight, ritual, and personality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gates engraved in the Kynnykset<\/strong>  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Among birches and lichens, you may catch sight of solitary arches made of ancient stone, marked by a symbol Anna has the unsettling feeling she\u2019s seen somewhere before. Where<\/em>, is a question only you will be able to answer. These structures – almost out of place – are the portals<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are not carved into the rock, nor rooted in the earth. They stand in a place called kynnykset, the Threshold. It was the tiet\u00e4j\u00e4t – the shamanic keepers of these islands – who forged them with arts few still remember.

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Some of these portals lead very far away, others to places that demand careful preparation. You\u2019ll be called to uncover why they exist – and, above all, what they protect. Just keep in mind that the Threshold does not forgive those who cross it carelessly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you\u2019ve located them, opening these gates will require Portal Pages<\/strong>. Think of them as pages bound to a destination\u2026 and to its \u201cword.\u201d By using them, you\u2019ll open true passages <\/em>into Dungeons<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dungeons, places with their own story<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve designed dungeons as places with a distinct identity, each telling a specific story. Without major spoilers, one thing is certain: they are not all the same<\/strong>. Some will be shrouded in mystery; in others, you\u2019ll feel constant tension and be forced to find a way to survive; and some will feel like places someone truly used<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once you\u2019ve completed their exploration, you\u2019ll be faced with two options: return to the same place where you entered<\/strong>, or emerge somewhere else<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the exit leads elsewhere, one of our favorite ideas comes into play: an alternate way out – a stone opening, a \u201cdifferent\u201d fissure, a passage that feels like it has been waiting for you forever. But even here, exits aren\u2019t always immediately usable. You\u2019ll need something else before you can change your route. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each time you find a new page, you\u2019ll know that you\u2019ll be able to open a passage – one that may hide knowledge, treasures, or take you where no other path could ever reach. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the stories told close to the fire, Portals have never been \u201cconvenient doors.\u201d They are oaths of stone, carved with runes and guarded by silences as long as winters. People say the forest swallowed them, then spat them back out when someone speaks the right word.  Dungeons, instead, are places that remember. Stepping inside is like putting your foot into an ancient tale\u2026 and finding out that the fairy tale, sometimes, bites.  In the past few months, we\u2019ve talked a lot about the forest that gives life to Among The Trolls. but it won\u2019t be the only place you\u2019ll get to explore.  Scattered across the archipelago are ancient structures resembling portals – gates […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dev-log"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amongthetrolls.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amongthetrolls.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amongthetrolls.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amongthetrolls.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amongthetrolls.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amongthetrolls.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2995,"href":"https:\/\/amongthetrolls.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2994\/revisions\/2995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amongthetrolls.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amongthetrolls.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amongthetrolls.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amongthetrolls.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}