Meet Ingredi, my second Pizza Tower original character to be created and designed. He was created on 19 May 2024, so his birthday is on 19 May. I created him because I am dog lover and I felt that there should be some kind of a "Super Toppin" that follows (and helps) the player character, just like how Oatchi is likened to a "Super Pikmin". In other languages, this character I created is referred as "Ingredi". The only exception is in French localizations, where he is referred as "Ingrédi". In Japanese localizations, he is referred as Ingredi (Japanese: イングレディ, Hepburn: Inguredi).
Here's some detailed information about this original character:
Age: Unknown (assumed to be a puer aeternus)
Species: Chimeric mammalian child-god with Toppin traits
Gender: Male (unknown if he is either transgender or cisgender)
Personal gender pronoun: He/Him
Likes: The original Toppins, pizza (his favourite food is sushi pizza), pranks, and having fun
Dislikes: People who mistreat Toppins, minus_8 (this applies to the Toppin Gals as well), mold on organic material, and climate change
Description: Ingredi is the fairylike child-god of Toppins, and the half-brother of Schumf (a child-goddess of the Spritelings). His voice sounds like Bart Simpson. Ingredi is described as innocent, justice-seeking and clever, but at the same time he is wisecracking, cautious and mischievous. Due to his association with the Toppins, he resides in the Pizza Tower universe. He can guide any living being displaced from their original dimension to leave his homeworld in exchange of giving them the ability to involuntarily transform into a Pizza Tower-ified version of themself. In addition to this ability as well as levitating himself (both of them being available regardless of his status), Ingredi has the following abilities depending on how strong he is: empathy, clairvoyance (namely the ability to locate nearby Toppins), and teleportation. He loses these three abilities when Ingredi is weakened (which only happens when Toppins are imprisoned). The more Toppins are rescued, the stronger Ingredi becomes as he gradually regains the abilities. Additionally, he is immune to the power-ups and certain enemies that cause a transformation.
Biography: Ingredi was born to the god of platform games and the goddess of independent media. Prior to the events of Pizza Tower, Ingredi witnessed the Toppins being kidnapped and imprisoned by Pizzaface. Although he ran afoul of Pizzaface himself, Ingredi managed to escape for his own safety. After that, he stealthily watched how the Toppins were rescued and, eventually, Ingredi quickly leaved the crumbling tower once he regained his powers.
That's all the information about this Pizza Tower original character. Here's a compilation of model sheets I have made for Ingredi (which I have completed by 25 October 2024), as well as the initial sketches.
Ingredi belongs to myself (@piscesheepdog). However, he is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Aside of the attribution, the only other two conditions are that Ingredi must stay in character and that he shouldn't be included in a work whose subject really squicks me, the character's creator.
Pizza Tower (this includes the original Toppins, as depicted in the normal poses sheet, as well) © Tour de Pizza (indie developer) and McPig (creator)
