I have given some thought into the actual story line and found that its a bit ironic. The hero appears after the world has been mutilated, the natural life within the world have become deformed in different ways - making even the most harmless creature seemingly deadly. The hero's task is to restore balance, discovering what cataclysmic event caused all of this mutation on the way along with defeating the dark figure which seems to be orchestrating everything. Its pretty standard and common, except for the fact that the main character is probably the most unnatural being in its universe.
I put some thought into what the world would look like, whether it should reflect Earth or should it be a completely different universe along with the fact that I want that Japanese painting style. I needed the player to see that obviously the creatures that the Godai was facing was unnatural and if it was a completely new animal then that would be rather difficult without making it particularly grotesque.
Below is a picture of what I thought would be nice, considering that its a good example of something that shouldn't really be a threat. Its a 'Fire Chicken', the idea is it to run around crazy leaving behind flames - kinda like a standard, patrolling enemy. This is however based on the "Basan" - A Japanese Legendary creature which is actually a fire chicken.
This one represents the Mizuchi, which is another Japanese Legendary creature which is a snake which controls the rain. I figure this creature would be a good one as an obstacle which just slithers on around at the top, dousing out any flames that are below it.
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