I was baking loads of bricks a few days ago and wondering if it’s possible to have more of a variety of building blocks for this style of crafting.
Is it possible to have a sandstone block?
A basic sandstone block could perhaps just be sand that’s first compacted, and then it must be baked in the furnace. This could give a sand building block that has smoother edges than a sand block (similar to the edges of a stone block), but it still has that slightly wavy surface and the grains of sand are slightly visible on the flat sides of the block. It also keeps the colour of the sand.
The a refined sandstone block that is first compacted, then refined and then baked. The idea is the refining process allows the finished block to have smooth edges, the sand grains are visible but have a slight sheen to them.
The third option is to have a machine that can stamp a pattern into the blocks. (Typical three levels of crafts). This would get complicated, the sand would still be compacted, then refined, but then would be placed in the stamping machine. The machine would require a craft-able die. There could actually be many craft-able dies. These dies have symbols and designs that could be pressed into the refined sandstone blocks. There could also potentially be an inset die, this die would press other materials into the block ( ie; press an inky leaf, or opal inset into the block). There could also be dies that could be purchased with cubits during when the special events to symbolize that event. Not only would It give the opportunity for shop owners to have something unique to sell, it would give players to sort of display some type of glyph or symbolic lore, a story of their boundless journey from playing the game.
This could also easily apply to clay as well