Abyssal Lapidary is making the social media rounds and I can confirm cutting gemstones is just as satisfying as it looks

Abyssal Lapidary, a game that has gone viral on social media, is turning regular gemstones into cut gems, and it's not just satisfying to watch, but also quite fun. The game allows players to start as a lapidarist and cut, shape, grind, and polish minerals to make beautiful gemstones. While the player in the demo didn't know much about stones, Abyssal Lapidary makes it easy for them to pick up the art quickly.

The game starts with a large house that is part of a declining business but seems quite pleasant. Players can access a station for fixing tools, breaking rocks, and a booth to talk to customers. Throughout the day, people come to buy gemstones or sell minerals and rocks that can be mined into. The player finds apatite, fine apatite, and crude duskstone, which is quite good at rock mining.

After selling the gemstones, the player earns enough renown to apply for a Silver License, which allows access to the gem faceting table, the ultimate goal of the game. Cutting regular clumps of gemstones into cut gems adds a significant amount of monetary value to them and is also a lot of fun. The faceting table is a metal sanding machine that whittles gems into desired shapes, adding quite a bit of value to them.

Grinding the gems down can be challenging, as there is only a small window in which they can be cut perfectly, and grinding them for too long or not long enough can reduce their value. Abyssal Lapidary can be slow at times, but the fast-forward feature helps to keep the player engaged. The game is methodical, relaxing, and enjoyable, and the player hopes to become proficient in identifying gemstones after the full game launches.