My favorite game when I was growing up was definitely Chrono Trigger. Lucca, an inventor of sorts, and Robo, a robot from the dystopian future, were great characters with meaningful interactions that have left a lasting impression on me throughout the years. It wasn’t until college that I starting drawing robots and human characters juxtaposed together in my sketchbooks. There’s something about cool machinery matching the aesthetics of a fashionable person that I find fascinating. Early on in my career, I started fleshing out a world with this theme and even gave the project a name - Robot Quest.
Robot Quest is set in the near future world of Rivet where robots live with humans. Everybody has at least some knowledge of how to build robots for every day life. Robot Techs use a wide variety of tools and materials to modify their bots to specific needs.
Robots
For the story and game we’ll focus on the arena battles that have robots squaring off against each other. I want there to be a wide variety of play styles covered and for those styles to be highly customizable. Initial concepts for this project featured robots that were much larger than their human counterpart. Although as the game developed, we starting making everything a bit smaller with the idea they might be bigger later.
Assemble
Build the perfect robot with a variety of abilities, mods, and upgrades.
Rivet
Rivet is a metropolitan area made up of several unique districts with their own cultural flavor. These districts include Amber, Cobalt, Carmine, Gold, Ivory, and Onyx. The surrounding wilderness is referred to as the Wilds. It rains quite a bit here, perhaps it’s the reason why people stay indoors and work on their robots. . .
Amber
Amber consists of mostly modest homes and a small park. Unmowed yards are abundant and old spare parts are strewn about. The people here are friendly and not too ambitious, as Amber represents a place for those who want to get away from the city.
Club: Tamitronics
Amber has a newly formed club called Tamitronics, led by the one and only Mr. Tami.
Cobalt
Cobalt is an industrial area full of warehouses and factories. Scrap parts are plentiful in this area as the warehouses are constantly throwing out things to the Junkyard.
Club: Sabertech
Sabertech’s club leader is Rolf. They cobble together modifications from parts found in the Junkyard.
Carmine
Carmine is the rustic old town district of Rivet. People here pride themselves on making beautiful robots and wearing trendy clothes.
Club: Ferrucci
Ferucci’s club leader is Matilda. They love making sleek-looking bots to go with their elite fashion sense.
