Blog:My video game idea

Hello fellas! King Dice here. Something I’ve been wishing for since I was a seven- or eight-year-old is to create my own video game. And seeing how TigerBlazer shared his idea and the possibility that some of us will form a game studio, I would like to share my thoughts.

The story has been changing a lot with time. At first, I thought of something like Shantae, but this was scrapped two years later. Then I went for something like SMBB, but my ten-year-old brain couldn’t think of that. Finally, I decided to take something inspired by Rubber hose animation's cartoony nature, with elements taken from Fallout and Danganronpa.

Name ideas

 * Animalypsi.
 * The end of the Animal Kingdom.
 * Rocko and fellas in: The country of radiation.
 * The divine story of the doomed animals.

Plot Summary
In the year 1925 an old magical seal has broke, causing an invasive amount of flora to have brains to attack the people happened in Possum City, slowly destroying the country of Seloidon. Our protagonist and his girlfriend were freezed by accident, and survive up to the year 2025, after they are liberated from their ice cage. During the time they were frozen, their city name changed from Possum City to Poison City, the society has evolved a lot, the country divided in seven main regions and a central one and a corrupt politician called “The Princess” wants to take over the country and they decided to stop her with the help of other characters.

Playable Characters

 * Rocko Dessin: The main protagonist and hero. An Ex-Possum City animation star of the last century. Rocko is a small black cat with a white face, black eyes, a red tie and white gloves. After losing his arm in the accident, Rocko now has a mechanical arm that can transform in whatever he needs with the magic of cartoons and video games (no joke). His personality is similar to the normal protagonists of the 30’s and 40’s cartoons: Well-intentioned yet clumsy, adventurer and kind, but a daredevil, sometimes a coward and not so bright. His weapon is his mechanical arm that can transform into a Spike Ball, a spear and a bow. His elements are air and spirits.


 * Hope Rawa: Rocko’s girlfriend. Inspired by sex icons from that time like Betty Boop or Jessica Rabbit, Hope is the doble the size of Rocko, with big breasts and hips, a light blonde fur, green eyes and a black dress. Even with a sexy appearance, Hope really loves her boyfriend and doesn’t really care about her and other people's looks. She is smarter and more mature than her boyfriend, with a love for fancy and elegant stuff, white weapons and adventures. Her weapons are throwable knives, a sword and a mace. Her elements are fire and lightning.


 * Allister “Ally” Akkord: A male alligator with a passion for singing and ex-soldier. Ally is a big alligator with bluey green scales, giant teeth, and yellow eyes with a red iris. There is a remarkable scar in his eyes, because he grew up close to the nuclear accident zone, and he was the one that freed Rocko and Hope. He is cold and rarely talks. As a street-smart person, Ally knows where to find better weapons and abilities. His weapons are a tail hit, a gun and a dagger. His elements are water and ice.


 * Isaac “Zack” Fytó: A male brown hyena member of a farmer family and a big interest for nature, Isacc has brownish fur, black eyes and paws, with blond spots. Isaac has PTSD and Pathological laughter from seeing his parents being attacked and killed by the “Hell lords” mafia, and is a lot more careful, merciful and kind than the rest of the team. His weapons are a scythe, an ax and a brace knuckle. His elements are earth and plants.

Villains

 * The Princess (Kaika Kusatta): The main antagonist and villain. The Princess is an Arabian wolf with golden eyes that always hides her face and with gas masks, elegant suits with skirts and gloves. While she is the yougest of the cast with 12 years, she is a manipulative emotionless psychopath, with the only things that give her feel something are gambling, gardening and torturing. She hides her scared face and the fact that during her leadership, over ten thousand citizens have died by her hands. She hates Sonia.


 * Deino Bùchún: Deino is The Princess’ buttler due to being the first one that joined the Princess’ Revolution to dethrone the king of the Forest. Deinos a male Avicularia purpurea with red eyes, four arms (he was born with six, but the people who used prostituted and raped him ripped them off ) and an elegant white with black suit. In difference of The Princess, Deino is a manipulated and physically harmed person with bloodthirst for the people that hurted him in the past and an expert liar that hides his emotions to not be looked as "weak". He likes cooking and tobacco.


 * Lucious Obligatio: Lucius is a Goat with a black fur and five red eyes. He is a scientist that works for the Princess and dedicates to transform the ones that she tortures into Radioactive Beings despite knowing the dangers of it. He is really well known for experimenting on people for his needs, his use of censorship to make our heros look bad and justify the hideous acts of his boss (but he is against her, just does it to not get his girlfriend killed). He is a professional gambler and writer too. His name and appearance are obviously inspired in the modern representation of Satan and Lucifer. He is one of Sonia’s closest friends.


 * Sonia Egseuteosi: More known by her gangster name Star of Doom, Sonia is an Emerald tree boa and leader of the “Hell Lords” mafia. She has yellow eyes and the color of her scales is green emerald. She is well known for her drug dealing, destroying property and killing in cold blood the ones that are in debt on her and being a really dangerous individual. Despite that, she also has a sweet spot for the closest people. She has a pig pet named “Gumi”.


 * Princess’ butlers: Men that serve the Princess and work around her castle. They have black suits, a red rose in the flap and white roses with ivy in their eyes. While some work for her by decision, others have been brainwashed, kidnapped or do it for their debts.


 * Hell Lords’ Gangsters: Sonia’s workers. They all use spiked weapons and follow her orders, even after her death or capture. Similar to the Princess’ butlers, the reasons for why they work with her are various. Their relationship with the God Seekers is mixed-to-positive.


 * Magic victims: People that haven’t died, but the the search of magical elemental power has destroyed their minds and messed up their bodies.There are three types:
 * Beings: The common enemies. They look like humanoids with four eyes, long limbs (if they were female), long torsos (if they were male), sharped fingers and big smiles. Designs change depending on the zone they are, the weapon they have (if they have it) and on the animal species. Despite that, some are friendly and will try and help the protagonists.
 * Monsters: Mini-bosses. The radioactive monsters act more savage than normal beings and look more like their original species, but melted, with multiple eyes and look more in agony.
 * Beasts: The boss battles of the game. They know how to talk, but the only things they say are “Pain”, “Darkness”, “Suffering” and similar stuff, unless the transformation is really recent. They also are more savage, smarter, stronger and more rare than normal beings.

Supporting

 * The Mayor: The mayor of Poison City. He is a albino tiger with his claws and fangs being removed by the Zombies. He is really pessimistic and has abandoned almost all his faith.


 * Grust: The leader of God Seekers. He is a polar bear with black nose and a scar across his eyes. He hates the Princess for destroying his previous groups dedicated to investigation and exposure of her actions.


 * God Seekers: A group of investigators and masters of technology that work for Grust. Great part of them were investigators of the Royal family, but after the Dark Revolution Days, they were exiled for the country. Some of them are gonna be cameos of close friends and the developer team. Their relationship with the Hell Lords is mixed-to-positive


 * Peddlers: Various animals that are dedicated to sell and buy stuff. Some of them sell weapons, others food, but what they sell is below average; others just want to receive your junk. You can talk to them.


 * Vendors: People that have established stores all around the country specially in cities and towns, dedicated to selling food, armor, weapons and others. Some items are only available in some stores.

Others

 * Lily Muealaja: Lily is a camp mouse with brown fur and blue eyes. An ex-fashion star that fell from grace, Lily has became a compulsive liar and uses the little influence she gained to do misandrist comments and aggressiveness towards men.


 * Okane Don'yoku: Okane is the Owner of the Tsumibito no Casino (Translation: Sinner's Casino), where the Princess, Deinos and Lucius waste their money and time, but he doesn't seem loyal to any of them. He is a Racoon dog with yellow wise eyes. He has a belt with a big bell (as a way to represent Tanuki's testicles in Japanese culture). He is greedy and determined but with a noble heart.


 * Jin-Chan Cáifù: Jin is the maid/assistant/best friend of Okane. She is an American bullfrog with orange eyes and a maid outfit. She is really kind and lawful. Is inspired by the Chinese mythology goddess of wealth, Chan Chuy.


 * Casino workers: People that work at the Casino with Okane and Jin-Chan. All of them are inspired by Japanese and Chinese folklore.


 * Casino people: Gamblers who love spending time in the Tsumibito no Casino. The designs change depending on the animal species.


 * Souls: Spirits, angels and demons that are around the map, with multiple interactions and reactions. Due to being the only one with the Spirit and Air Ring, Rocko is the only one that can interact with them

Cameos

 * Pituckos: They are a white-faced pied cockatiel, with a love for terrible jokes and usually call themselves as “the true villain of this ridiculous video game”. They are a member of “God Seekers”, and are dedicated in the same area as Taito and Kamira.


 * Taito: Taito is a fox with red glasses. He is part of the group “God Seekers”, dedicated to investigate and give resumens to his boss. Taito is well known for his kind and not rude personality, and his passion for science fiction. He and Kamira are best Friends


 * Kamira: Also a member of the “God Seekers”, Kamira is an aggressive, foul mouthed yet well-intentioned fruit bat with a love for deserts, video games and old cartoons (specially the ones that Rocko and Hope participated in).

Overworld
The exploration will be similar to Hollow Knight and other Metroidvanias, but it will primarily focus on the platforming parts, with various things you can unlock with charms that can be bought or found, like double jump or dash. The map is divided in five main regions, all of them taking some chapters from the game taking place, having a main type of animal living there and an aesthetic based design, the order being:
 * Caves: Insects and other animals like worms or bats, based on the Steampunk aesthetic.
 * Mountains: Animals from frozen places like Penguins, based on the Winter Fairy Coquette aesthetic.
 * Ocean: Marine animals, based on the Reefwave aesthetic.
 * Swamp: Amphibians, based on the Goblincore aesthetic.
 * Desert: Reptiles, based on the Western aesthetic.
 * Jungle: Birds and flying animals, based on the Biopunk and Adventurecore aesthetics.
 * Forest: Land Mammals, based on the Cottagecore aesthetic.
 * Canyon: For exiled animals, based on the Romantic Goth and Trad Goth aesthetic.
 * Plains: Central City for all species, based on all mentioned aesthetic and the Gorecore aesthetic.

Combat
When you touch an enemy hitbox in the Overworld, a fight will begin. This is gonna be more RPG with Rhythm elements. Where you can do various actions to during that time:
 * Attack: You can choose to attack the enemy by a weapon attack or an elemental attack (It costs RP). You must wait until the measurer is on the green space to make an attack that deals the x1.5 of it originally was, if it hits in the yellow space it will deal normal damage, if it ends on the red the damage will be x.75 of the attack's original damage.
 * Ability: Each character has an special ability that will cost them RP (Radiation Points):
 * Rocko has the ability to up the defense of a team member, with the inspiration of cartoons.
 * Hope has the ability to distract an enemy with her dances. Sometimes it fails.
 * Ally has the ability to up the attack of a team member with his singing.
 * Isaac has the ability to heal a team member by using his healing herbs.
 * Defense: The enemy’s next attack of that turn against that character will deal 0.75 of it originally.
 * Item: The character loses that turn to heal themselves, get a talisman to boost defense or attack temporally or to change their weapon.
 * Escape: You escape the battle, but it will count as a lost fight and you will not receive currency. Not possible during mini-boss or boss fights.

After you defeat an enemy, you receive EXP, Bucks (the currency), some beings’ weapons and equipment and parts of Zombie for construction of better gear.

Stats
After gaining enough EXP, the character will Level Up. The maximus level is 100 and all secondary stats can’t be upgraded, but HP and RP can.

The stats of the characters are:

Other characteristics

 * Tone and Atmosphere: I want it to be more lighthearted than regular Post-apocalyptic games, with tons of hilarious moments, four wall breaks, a really alive background and a cartoony atmosphere, but sometimes serious things occur, like the story of a character.


 * Themes: I want to talk about human experimentation, loneliness, religious fanaticism, censorship, emotional negligence, torture, children becoming murders, family abuse, drug abuse, prostitution and rape, hope, redemption, breaking terrible traditions and love towards ourselves.


 * Inspirations: My main inspirations are Cuphead, Bioshock, Danganronpa (Especially UDG), Fallout: New Vegas, Undertale & Deltarune, Yo-kai Watch, The Binding of Isaac, Multiple Rubber Hose shorts (especially Talkartoons & Betty Boop),  MARETU’s songs and Machigerita’s aesthetic.


 * Type of graphics: The game will have 2D computer animated graphics. With the art style inspired by Rubber hose cartoons and Tim Burton’s style, what I call “Rubber dose style”. In the menu you can choose if you want it in color or black-and-white. The color of the blood can also be selected (You may have the black-and-white palette, but choose the blood to be colored or vice versa)


 * Soundtrack: I would like the music to be a fusion of jazz swing and death metal, to fuse the characters’ cartoony traits with the dark and morbid world they are in. Also some tunes in 8-bits, inspired by MARETU’s music.


 * Platforms: Being the least of my worries, I possibly go for either a Nintendo, Xbox or PC, or being multi-platform. The reason why I don’t want it on PlayStation is because possibly they will try to censor it.


 * It’s going to have references to other media? The answer is obvious: Yes it will have. Especially towards things of the XX century, cult video games, animation as a whole and lost media. I don’t want references towards well known things like Star Wars due to being overused, instead I will go for more underground things like “Cool Cat saves the Kids”, “Hong Kong 97” or “What happened to Robot Jones?”.


 * Format: It will be released in ten chapters (all of them at the same time), and each one of them will focus on a character and the problems and instability they have in their lives for unhealed trauma (1. Rocko, 2. Hope, 3. Ally, 4. Zack, 5. Lily, 6. Okane, 7. Sonia, 8. Lucious, 9. Deino, 10. Princess).


 * Alternative endings: Depending if the three minor antagonists (Deino, Lucius and Sonia) were alive or dead before the final battle. After you defeat each one of them, you have the option to take them to the God Seekers and do a mission that will reveal more about their past or kill them and have mercy of their souls. Some puzzles, dialogue, bosses and actions will be changed. I plan for the moment to have eight endings (One when they are all alive, three where at least two are alive, three where only one is alive and one where the three are dead).

A little fun fact

 * All of the character's last names are based on something of their past/personality/interests:
 * Rocko's last name, Dessin, means "Drawing" in French
 * Hope's last name, Rawa, means "Dance" in the Hausa language
 * Ally's last name, Ackord, means "Acord" in Swedish.
 * Zack's last name, Fytó, means "plant" in Greek (Φυτό).
 * Kaika's name is the same as the Greek Goddess of vice and moral badness (Κακία), while her last name, Kusatta, means "Rotten" in Japanese (腐った).
 * Deino's last name, Bùchún, means "Impure" in Chinese (不純).
 * Lucious's name sounds similar to "Lucifer". His last name, Obligatio, means "Obligation" in Latin.
 * Sonia's last name, Egseuteosi, means "Ecstasy" in Korean (엑스터시).
 * Lily's last name, Muealaja, means "Manipulation" in Arabian (معالجة).
 * Okane's name means "Money" in Kanji (金), while his last name, Don'yoku, means "Greedy" in Japanese (貪欲).
 * Jin-chan's name means "Golden Toad" in Chinese as she is based on that goddess (金蟾), while her last name, Cáifù, means "Wealth" in Chinese (財富).


 * Each main character has a different theme and a hobbie related to art/creation/manipulation:
 * Rocko: The desperation of finding inspiration and search of meaning of world. His hobby is drawing
 * Hope: Emotional abuse that made her close from people. Her hobby is dancing
 * Allister: How people think they haven't achieved anything after their mistakes. His hobby is singing.
 * Isaac: Coping up with trauma and other psychological stuff. His hobby is farming
 * Sonia: Self-harm and drug addiction. Her hobby is doing music
 * Lucious: The obligation of doing un-human things to survive. His hobby is writing
 * Deino: Sexual abuse trauma, male victims of rape and how people use victims via manipulation. His hobby is cooking
 * Kaika: How some people with mental illness, if they don't receive help, can do terrible things. Her hobby is gardening
 * Okane: Greed and Corruption. His hobby is gambling
 * Lily: People that lie about their past to make themselves victims. Her hobby is modeling (she is a fashonista).

Your thoughts
I want to know your thoughts about my project, if you want to have a little cameo or a reference to be added.