Project: Fossil Fighters Revival
I must be crazy.
For those who have followed me for a while, you might know that I've been making Fanmade Vivosaurs for the video game series Fossil Fighters. I also said that if the project got enough traction, I might do more with it.
It has not gotten much traction. I'm doing more with it anyway, because I can't stop thinking about it.
Project: Fossil Fighters Revival is my efforts to establish multiple elements of a hypothetical fourth Fossil Fighters game. I can't actually make the game - I don't have the money, time, or programming skill - but I can still describe how I would make the game if I could.
At minimum, I will be doing the following:
Revamp the combat system, as every Fossil Fighters game does. (I don't plan on changing too much from Champions, don't worry.)
Create some new abilities, status ailments, and move effects to make the battle system more engaging.
Make 91 new Vivosaurs (bringing the total up to 250.)
Revamp the ten new vivosaurs introduced by Frontier for the classic format.
Introduce some new Super Evolvers, both for the new vivosaurs and some of the old.
Create at least eleven full dig sites that contain almost all the Vivosaurs between them... somehow.
Create the town/towns that would function as your hub/hubs.
Figure out what Vivosaurs you would be able to start the game with.
Figure out what fossils you could trade in DP for.
Some goals I'm hoping to achieve but cannot promise:
Create 141 original Vivosaurs, bringing the total up to 300.
Create some original Story-based Vivosaurs that do not contribute to the 91 or 141 total.
Create at least 15 full areas, most of which have sub-areas of their own.
Get art for some of the new Vivosaurs. (I am not an artist, and I don’t have access to much in the way of funds at the moment, so I won't be able to commission art for all of the new vivosaurs. Art of just a few of them is far more achievable.)
Get art for some of the new areas. (See above, though I'm actually somewhat decent at landscape drawing so... we'll see.)
Write a full story for the game. (I love writing, but I have so many projects already...)
Things I would love to do, but realistically are just not happening unless I get help.
Make a soundtrack for the game.
Get art of every new Vivosaur, including the Super Evolvers.
Get art for all of the areas. (Between the lower number and my own admittedly-middling skill, this is the most likely to happen, but it still probably won't happen.)
Get art of all the story characters.
Actually manage to make a full, real fangame.
Thank you to everyone who is sticking with me through this project. I will try to post either an informational snippet or a new Vivosaur every Saturday, as well as a new Vivosaur every Sunday.
I might be moving this to a dedicated sideblog later, so I'll try to keep everyone informed. Below are the relevant links to pertinent posts.
Fanmade Vivosaurs information
Battle gameplay changes
Notes on biomes in previous games
The Fossil Vivarium