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Koegama is a worldbuilding and ARPG project about multiple species and their world.

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Koegama is my worldbuilding project, that also feeds into my ARPG project. This blog is mostly about the former, so anatomy, culture, world history and biology will be what you see most. My main art blog is @frogcroaks!

The current main three sophonts are the hanasei, luminae and tajira:

Koegama itself is a very tropical world — with most of its biomes and temperature being similar to equatorial regions on earth. It does not experience seasons, and is very humid and wet. Based heavily on brazil, less so on japan.

Hanasei tag • Luminae tag • Tajira tag • History tag • Biosphere tag

QnA undercut

Can we make characters from your sophonts?

Yes. You don't need to ask for permission, go wild. Show me though I'm nosy

What is an ARPG?

ARPG is art role playing game. More specifically, it's a game where you draw and write about your characters to submit them to the site, participate in prompts and events, develop their skills and stories, etc. It's a game where the engagement form is art, pretty much.

Do we have to participate in the ARPG to interact with koegama?

No, consider it a side project to koegama's worldbuilding. Up to you if you want to check it out. Besides, it's not finished yet, so don't worry about it.

Can we ask about [x]?

You can ask me anything about this world. I will try to answer it to my best capacity and I love answering questions :)

[koegama]

Small update, sorry for disappearing for the last month or so, IRL has been really rough so I had to take a break from many things. Will be posting Koegama stuff again soon though...! hopefully haha

[koegama]

I have an idea for my own hanasei, could I take a shot at it as long as I credit you?

Anyone is free to make their own koegama characters without needing my permission. Credit is fun but don't sweat it too much

[koegama]

Hi!! I- Uuh- love your lil guys, as a frog lover, I think Hanasei are amazing- and cute- I wanted to-

1- share my lil guy-

2- check that the colours were appropriate for the species

3- ask about naming conventions!!

And 4- ask for clarification on the whole breeding and reproduction process, not gonna lie, I found it mildly confusing and was wondering if you could possibly dumb it down for me?

Thank you so much! And keep up the cool stuff!!! I am, decidedly, infatuated- :D

1. absolutely in love with your little guy

2. all colors on hanasei are allowed, but these seem like they could be a natural morph of the Guachi ethnicity, which have yellow-green to teal green colors and markings tend to be their crests (faciL markings) and some on the extremities of the body. yours would be a crestless morph

3. I'm reworking their naming conventions a little bit, but if you want just one name and are looking for sounds: many languages favor vowels in names, especially A, I and U — Baamun, Ipatupa, etc. They enjoy using onomatopoeia in their names, and are just as likely to use "meaningless" made up words as names as they are "real" names. Tones can be included similar to how one does when writing out chinese (e.g: zhōng huá rén mín gòng hé guó).

4. hanasei reproduction is similar to real frogs: external, with their reproductive material discharged on water and their eggs forming from that. the main differences are that they don't have sex genetics, they discharge it from their mouth, and their reproduction relies on the settings' unique particle "aether" to work, but that's just for their genetic diversity and reproduction viability — replacing sex genetics really

[koegama]

oh god i have so many trick or treat asks. i will do all of them but you guys might see them spread throught november inbetween other posts... so i dont just draw food for 2 weeks LOOL. i really appreciate it btw im just slow as fuck to draw

[koegama]

Trick or Treat!!!

You got some Lem tubes!

Cartilaginous tubes filled with white meat — which comes from specific crustacean specimen. Most come in packages of 20, and some hanasei can chow down on an entire pack if left unsupervised.

The tube itself is edible, but there's a big divide in those who eat it vs throw it away. Fights have happened due to a hanasei trashing their leftovers before, and will happen again.

[koegama]

i am VERY interested in seeing their candy!! trick or treat!

You got soteretere!

Looks similar to ice cream, but is a bit more solid like jello. Made with crop milk from different domestic waterfowl, it is a very fancy treat due to the difficulty of production. Hanasei don't have spoons, rather using tongs to hold a scoop.

This specific serving comes with a plate raiser, colored in jovial colors and designed to be a little animal.

[frogcroaks]

drawing yummy food come play touys with me

Watch this video on Twitch Live

[koegama]

more trick or treat coming soon... i had to do homework for the day u_u please be patient with me...!

[koegama]

Trick or treat!! :]

You got some mnarèlon (plural form of mnaro)!

Hard candy shells served in a kebab-style spear, infused with a creamy filling. They come with a blood boiler holding, well, boiled blood. You must pour the blood to soften the shells and let its flavors mix with the cream, otherwise the real taste of the candy will not come to.

Green is the most common color this candy comes from, as it is the natural pigment of the ingredients of the shell, but blue, yellow, pink and white colorations are also common. Shapes are up to the chef, some try to be cute and make them animal shaped.

The blood boiler depicted is a shaped like a Hretra, with its children painted on its body.

[koegama]

yea!!! trick or treat!!!

You got a Neinei-bom!

A pastry that is similar to croquettes, made out of fish guts and "sweetener" algae. In truth, if you had the tastebuds adapted to eat koegama food, you would not find this sweet at all, with an umami to bitter range instead. Hanasei find this delightfully sweet, though — most likely due to their specified tastebuds.

It is served in a little algae boat, and you're not supposed to use your hands to eat it, rather only your mouth.

[koegama]

I'm going to be doing trick or treat with the sophonts tomorrow, since I had to get caught up with homework...! Sorry itll be out of season!! but feel free to send asks, and ask for specific sophonts :)

[koegama]

Would anyone here be interested in playing trick or treat with the sophonts... they'll give you their funny sophont candy :)

[koegama]

Two hanasei wrestling — a common activity done during breeding months. There are many ways to win a wrestling match, such as holding down an opponent immobile for 30 seconds, knocking them out of the designated fighting area, or have the audience assign a loser — the latter is only done if a hanasei refuses to accept a loss, but their fighting quality already declined.

The Gaoa ruins are a popular area for large wrestling events, due to their open fields and reusable abandoned architecture. Many pieces have been broken by clumsy fighters, to the exasperation of archeologists.

[koegama]

And this is the hanasei wrestling concept of "eparel", translated as "eating shit"

[koegama]

Two hanasei wrestling — a common activity done during breeding months. There are many ways to win a wrestling match, such as holding down an opponent immobile for 30 seconds, knocking them out of the designated fighting area, or have the audience assign a loser — the latter is only done if a hanasei refuses to accept a loss, but their fighting quality already declined.

The Gaoa ruins are a popular area for large wrestling events, due to their open fields and reusable abandoned architecture. Many pieces have been broken by clumsy fighters, to the exasperation of archeologists.

[koegama]

Hanasei

Average Height: 1.70-2.20 m

Average Weight: 140-240 kg

Average lifespan: ~120 yrs

Lifestyle: Semi-aquatic Diet:

Hyper-carnivores — mostly aquatic life

Hanasei come from an evolutionary lineage of amphibian ambush predators that would easily get bullied off their kills due to slow speed and lack of agility — who changed to favor social groups that would help defend hunts. Modern hanasei developed that trait further, participating in various knit social groups which are the basis of their societies, with many of their advancements coming from the desire to share new things with others.

Unlike other species, hanasei reproduce sexually but have no sex gametes nor genitalia. Their reproduction is external, and uses aether to help with genetic diversity and ease of reproduction. Reproductive material, often called "boe" in Ii'mau is produced in breeding months, and traditionally spat out in a communal pool to be mixed up with other genetic material and develop into eggs. Nowadays, most communities have the material collected and sent to labs instead of using pools.

Hanasei have an elaborate respiratory system — nostrils allow them to breathe on land while gills allow them to breathe underwater. Gills serve a double function of being connected to their larynx, which powers up speech. They have some of the most sophisticated vocal systems of any sophont in Koegama, and can mimic almost any noise. They cannot speak underwater, however.

While hanasei's spread in Koegama is large, most of it comes from their native biome — Aalatáu — being one of the largest rainforests and largest biome overall. They have spread very little otherwise, due to needing a higher level of humidity to maintain their gills and skin healthy, with Nagoae — hanasei who live outside the "mother forest" — needing accommodations such as humidifiers, water sprays and built in water sources.

[koegama]

I'm done with the more important biology drawings so now I can finally draw for the culture of hanasei.

I do need to figure out how to format it though... hanasei and the other sophonts of this world have various cultures and ethnicities just like humans, not a singular one. But at the same time I don't know if I can have every part separated and granular... alas!

This is what I have right now... much to think about