Project Oni - Progress Log 4/10/20 - Let's talk about world building and lore! (Patreon)

It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Doku and I in terms of productivity, mostly because of the virus thing going around that throws a wrench in our day to day lives. We hope you guys are relatively unaffected and stayin safe.

With that aside, we’ve been spending much needed time preparing some of the world’s lore and story. Here’s some information on early game characters. Needless to say, Spoilers ahead!

The Protagonist

If you’ve played the latest build, you probably noticed that the protagonist has an odd aura on their arm. Our intention with this is to base their powers around that.

Prior to the story beginning, the protagonist is found with a somewhat grave wound on their arm. This happens at a young age, but they are taken in and raised by the owner of a nearby fruit orchard. This wound never closes for some strange reason, so you have no choice but to cover it up and tend to it.

Botanical Researcher Yuba & Grandpa Tabu

Tabu is an old man of immense stature, nearly twice the size of the average person. He chalks up his size to eating well and maintaining a positive outlook on life.

Tabu takes in the protagonist and raises them alongside his granddaughter Yuba. His son was killed in an attack by the old king, leaving him and his granddaughter as the only two survivors. Together, they formed a haphazard family with the protagonist and make a living selling the odd fruit that their farm produces.

Botanical Researcher Yuba

Yuba is a tall and reserved girl. She has a fascination with cross-breeding fruit and is always eager to come up with new combinations. While she may be timid at times, she can be headstrong about doing what’s right.

Gameplay-wise, our goal for her is to be recruitable and provide fruit breeding services for the player. These fruits may be used as items in combat, sold for profit, used for quests, etc. Finding new types of fruit for her will expand the available combinations. We don’t see her as much of a combat character, but more of a utility to aid the player in their journey. (And yes! She’s intended to be romanceable!)

At this point in time, we have the first Chapter of the game completely written out and ready to begin implementation. Doku is also working on some overworld sprites that we’ll be showing you soon!

The game will begin at their orchard and we’ll have more details as we continue to churn out concept art and sprites. If you guys have any questions or would like more details about these characters, please ask away! We’ll try our best to answer as much as we can without spoiling important story details.

-Vanis & Doku