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The Coal Mine exists just north of Tremol Town. It is the main industry of the town. In Demo 2.0 the top floors of the Coal Mine were mostly evacuated so that police officers could search for the wanted bandit Ricardo. The lower floors of the Coal Mine are accessible post-Surf, and so take place in game progression post-Shadini, not including any further HM blocks you may include. The state of the Coal Mine when this occurs is post-investigation, the police have left and the miners may or may not have returned to work.
The mine post-surf consists of 4 distinct floors/rooms, becoming more rough and unexplored the farther you go down. The top 2 floors have the same dark grey tiles, minecarts and miners as the entrance, but maybe there can be a dark overlay to make it seem darker than the entrance of the mine. As contrast, the bottom floor is more brown and filled with lava pools. There's a room between these floors where you descend deeper towards the bottom floor and the rocks slowly transition from dark grey to brown. Overall color scheme goes from cold to hot. For these bottom floors it's important that it looks much rougher and natural than the man-made flat tunnels above. I want it to feel untouched by man, make the player feel like they're the first person to explore/discover this new part of the mine.