OKAY SO i kind of derailed myself for day 3 after i looked up a bunch of unreal engine things and overwhelmed myself LOL. but here we goooo - a map! and some world building!
for the sake of this game jam im going to focus on making assets for area #3 and the mage class character that kind of goes along with it.
it's going to be a snowy forested area rich with herbs, plants, berries+fruit. the snow leopards are top class in this area and are all kind of stern and serious and disapprove of recklessness (they strongly dislike the Party Lizards next door). They have a lot of affection for the mage class character (named Madrigal) but show it by being your Cat Dad. aka they will lecture you and ground you forever. their markings are based off of certain russian folk art: link!
The pudu deer and arctic foxes are the merchants of the group. the deer are forever smol and grumpy and the foxes are kinda snooty but if you help them out theyre polite enough. the salamanders moved into the area from the lizard-populated zone next door a while ago and made it their home. they're friendly and well-liked by everyone else. they just want you to give them shiny stones and hang out with them. the other two designs are for lesser spirits, like wisps and ghosts.
the witch/mage class character - Madrigal. She is the closest of all the other classes to the Godling since shes the fragment of her that was created with the most magic, as well as the best memories.
so yes. lots of designing and planning and stuff. this area is probably my fav because of the colors so it should be fun to model it. i'll probably sketch a few more things out and then devote my attention to figuring out how to get this stuff in low poly haha. i'm gonna try to aim for a more okami kind of possibly.