Hey everyone,

Hope you're all doing well!

I wanted to share some progress and something I’ve been thinking about lately regarding the lore of the game.

The Lore

As some of you might know, I’ve been trying to blend the spirit of both the original Sega Altered Beast and the PS2 Project Altered Beast. One of the ideas I’ve been developing is the distinction between two types of beast people in this world:

• The Primals = These are the natural, “true” Beastfolk. They are descendants of ancient beings that have lived in the wild for generations. They are stable, powerful, and in tune with their beast nature. They represent the “pure” side of the story, tying back to the original Sega Altered Beast (the classic, mythological feel).

• The Altered Humans = These are the artificially created/transformed/Genome Cyborgs ones (like Luke). Their black sclera marks them as unnatural creations, experiments that were forced upon humanity. This side ties into the darker, more tragic tone of the PS2 Project Altered Beast.

I think this idea serves as a nice bridge between the two games. I’m still refining how deep this will go, but it's the first step.

Villager Character Submission Form

I made a Villager Character Submission Form to hopefully make it easier for you to get your ideas down to create the villager NPC in this game. The form has some guiding questions to help spark ideas.

As you can see, we will have a Bar, a Shop, and a couple of houses. There’s also one building that’s still undecided (bottom right). If you have an idea for what that building could be, let me know!

The submission form:
https://forms.gle/nETrsGesiYUFUvfx9

Here are a few characters that have been submitted. They are just concepts, when they're put in the game, their design, story, and characteristics will be polished further.

Next Dungeon Level

On the development side, I’ve been working on the power plant level. It’s still in progress, but I’ve been building the layout and atmosphere. I’ll share more once it’s further along.

Bonus Images of The Submitted Character Concepts