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

I have never really thought much about gemstones or minerals, which is weird considering one of my all-time favourite games is Minecraft, in which I spend a bulk of my time strip-mining. But Abyssal Lapidary has made me realise that there is so much more to the dirt than just coal.

In the demo for Abyssal Lapidary I got to begin my stint as a lapidarist, someone who cuts, shapes, grinds, and polishes minerals to make pretty gemstones. The only problem is, like I said before, I don't really know stones.

Abyssal Lapidary doesn't exactly drop you in the deep end but it does expect you to pick up with the art of making and selling gemstones rather quickly. My first step was searching around the rather large house I'd found myself in which was apparently part of a declining business but it seemed rather nice; it even had a balcony.

Most of the doors downstairs were locked, part of …