Game idea I've had for a while
You play as a Foxo, an alien race from a planet your character only knows from distant memories, Caeruleus, (although everyone around them calls it Jovin) and your character’s name is Pulsar. Foxos are humanoid creatures with fox and dragon-like features mixed in. They have large fox ears, but weird, thick antennae between them. They have a fox tail, but strange dragon wings coming out of their back. (the bones are extended Y shaped vertebrae that have joints on the longer parts that come out from the back) because Pulsar lives on earth, and has been here since they were a kid, they are no stranger to bullying. Apparently, looking vaguely like someone’s fursona causes some problems when introducing yourself to a bunch of third-graders. They RARELY talk. And when they do, it's usually body language or even sign language.
After being isolated from everyone else and deciding not to apply to college, they went around trying to find a job, but all of the companies either turned them down or fired them after finding any hint of doing something wrong. Anyway, they just decided to travel in a tent across the area, helping anyone who would pay them. Eventually Pulsar sees a “Help Wanted” poster and reads it. It's a scientist ,named Madd, looking for a new assistant! The pay is high and it looks like the poster has been there for a while, so they rush back to their tent and look up the Google form link on the poster and fill it out. The next day they get a phone call from Madd and he tells them his address and when to be there.
Later, Pulsar walks to Madd’s house and rings the doorbell and the door creaks open a little. Madd asks if whoever's at the door is his neighbor coming to yell at him, but Pulsar slips the help wanted poster inside. After a second, Madd fully opens his door, and gasps. Pulsar braces for the rude statement, but instead, to Pulsar’s surprise, Madd compliments how cool Pulsar looks. Pulsar is invited in and the two have a short interview. Madd explains that he is building a small rocket ship to go to the rift that appeared in the upper atmosphere a few years back, that leads to the planet Jovin and its star system. No information has been revealed about the recent expedition through the rift, so Madd plans on using a very rare magical crystal to power his ship so that it isn't too tall. He just needed someone to come with him so he wouldn't get lost in space. Pulsar, knowing that there may be no return trip, runs back to collect their tent and the most important items, before coming back and showing Madd their items. Madd then explains that because of Pulsars tail and wings, he has to make a custom space suit, which will take a week. In the meantime Pulsar lives in Madd's house. One week later the suit is made, and they both load a ton of their belongings into the space ship, and drive it into a field. Madd drenches the surrounding area with water, and leaves some sprinklers running. By the time they have everything set up for launch, it is the evening of the next day. They make sure no animals are close, and check for any holes to make sure nothing bad happens. Madd explains that he already did a test launch and even landed it, so it should be fine.
The pair get into the rocket and launch it. The rocket surges with energy and shoots off in the proper direction. They rip through the clouds and get closer and closer to the rift until finally, they're through! White-Blue light bathes the rocket, and a warning symbol appears. Madd didn't know that the main star of Jovin was stronger than the sun! Pulsar kicks the rocket into overdrive because Madd literally fainted. But why? Oh. Pulsar looked to the right and saw a massive blue expanse of Gas-Giant esque upper atmosphere and almost fainted too at the impossibly beautiful sight. There was a faint coppery ring around the planet too! Pulsar wakes up Madd during entry into the atmosphere. Madd deploys the heat shields and prepares to hit the sea of blue clouds and then- with a thunderous rain like noise, the particles in the atmosphere pelt the ship, shredding through some of the more vulnerable components on the outside. The pair pass a few sky islands cloaked in the blue shroud, surrounded by lightning, until- Peace. They hurtle through the lower atmosphere, admiring the view, but eventually they need to release the parachutes, then the rest is just making sure they land somewhere favorable.
Madd ends up choosing a flat wetland near a sky island and a lake and hop our before marveling at the view of the sea, the mountains in the distance, and then the sky island, looming near them. This is where the tutorial starts, guiding you closer the the sky island, then a human with patterns and a furless tail in a suit brings Madd and Pulsar to the President of the Republic of Escalia, where he provides some exposition, a prophecy, and then sends you to the city center where you begin your journey.
I want to tell you what the main antagonist and bosses are. Still, I would rather people learn it when the game comes out in case it changes, but for now it's an evil force that created towers in every region that control robotic copies of all the different species in the area (the robots are the enemies), and the towers are based on Splatoon 3’s DLC and Pizza Tower with a boss at the top. Once you beat it, you have to escape. The combat will be similar to Zelda BotW and TotK, with some inspo from the YouTube series Gwain Saga (the weapons). I will make a Foxo biology study post later, when I finish drawing one, and there will be more characters I will announce later!
Red= not disclosed in the opening cutscene
Orange= the opening cutscene (it's long!)
I will also explain the countries and all the regions of Jovin once I get around to it
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