The Matter of Being is a relationship and resource management game set in Weather Factory's Sixth History (Cultist Simulator, Book of Hours). In it, you take on the role of an otherworldly being who casts aside their immortality in order to be born into the waking world. To do this you will befriend, beguile, and blackmail your way through the practitioners of the Invisible Arts. They want your power, and you'll give it to them, but every bargain grows your presence in the city. Can you amass the power needed to escape the Mansus once and for all, or will you lose yourself to the implacable will of the Hours?Relationships are KeyWho are you to the mortals that summon you? A vengeful God? A guiding spirit? How you present yourself shapes how you interact with the mortal world. Exploit this fact, and the relationships between mortals themselves, to grow your influence throughout the city and gather the power you