A forgotten cottage sits on a hill above a small Mediterranean coastal town. No one knows much about the man who once lived here, only that he kept to himself and told weird stories sometimes.

Now the place is yours. But as you begin restoring it, you realize the previous owner may have left more behind than dust and crumbling walls...

Explore the Mediterranean countryside and forage for everything you need. Pick wild asparagus, capers and strawberries, gather bundles of thyme and rosemary, or head to the coast for sea lavender and mussels. Every resource is rooted in the real Mediterranean landscape.

Learn unique Mediterranean building techniques and craft everything you need, from furniture and decorations to building supplies like tiles and mortar. Recipes are inspired by real crafting processes, so to make lime mortar you first burn lime (not the citrus one!) in the oven, then mix it with sand and water.

Get your hands dirty! Use tools and materials for all kinds of jobs, from patching cracks and laying roof tiles to repairing old furniture. Watch the cottage transform step by step. And when you replace something old, the salvageable pieces go straight to your inventory. Those worn terracotta tiles? Keep them. Real Mediterranean restorers often prefer the old materials anyway, and honestly, they have a charm that new ones just don't. 

Furnish and decorate your home and garden to make it truly yours. Mediterranean aesthetic furniture, Renaissance-era items, local plants and flowers, a garden with a fountain... the decoration possibilities are endless! Whether you want a cozy reading corner by the window or a blooming garden terrace overlooking the sea, this cottage is just waiting to become something beautiful!

So you've bought the house of your dreams, only to learn upon arrival that it was abandoned for 18 years, has a weird history, and a strange former owner. Great!

The townspeople say the old man on the hill was just a harmless eccentric. A hermit who rambled about impossible things. Some say he lost his mind. Others whisper about stranger explanations. As you renovate his crumbling cottage, you begin finding things that don't make sense - hidden letters, strange mechanisms, puzzles built into the walls themselves. What was he really doing up here all those years? And why does it feel like he left all of this... for someone to find?

Get to know the local villagers and their professions, learn about their lives, and discover the Mediterranean way of life in the Renaissance era.

Velanit: The Forgotten Cottage is currently in development.