User blog:40DagreezKelvin/Dawn of the Equinox Update 2

Hello again! Another update on what was originally a fan game called SFU: Clash of Chaos. After a lot of work on an engine and a lot of thinking it over, I realized how small the fighting game niche is, and if I made this game, it'd still probably only appeal to a small audience. So, I nixed that idea and decided to turn it into an animation. I was already planning a story mode, so everything from that will move over to this. Don't worry, no characters or anything will be scrapped. For now, lets get to the updates.

Title: I've changed it like 3 times but now I have the final title, Sonic Fan Universe: Dawn of the Equinox (will be abbreviating it as DotE from here on out). The Equinox are a mysterious species that will be major players in the story.

Story: I'm continuing to work hard on making the story as interesting as possible and fitting as many of the characters' cannon info as I can. That being said, I have nearly all the major events from beginning to end done and I'm connecting all the dots as I go. I'll be arranging the story into a Prologue and 4-5 Acts. If anyone has seen DBS: Broly, or Dragonball in general, the prologue will be similar in function to Bardock's story. A character's actions that will affect the main story 15 years later.

Characters: The former cast has stayed the same and is pretty set into stone by now. Also, we've got some new additions via the Zodiac 12, Venix, and her daughter Kyanna. Venix will be the focus of the prologue and Kyanna will be one of the major characters of the main story.

Battles: With this being an animation based on a fighting-game concept, the fights will be important and numerous. Since I don't want to bog down the really impactful fights scenes with the enemy fodder ones, these less important battles will move to a purely 2-d plane where the characters will be limited to the physics of a 2-d fighting game.

Artstyle: My aim is to go for a minimalist take on the intro to Sonic Riders and taking inspiration from the Archie Comics. So something like this... Obviously the lines will be bolder and the shading more distinct. This art style will be used for important moments such as intense dialogue, closeups, and brief action scenes. Most everything else will be sprite animation.

Future Events: I will probably have the story completely done by the end of next month. I will look for a few people (probably the admins) to read over and critique it, finalize it, and hopefully have a teaser out in the near future. Stay tuned! I'll gladly answer questions, but most can be answered from the official wiki page for the animation: https://sonicfanchara.fandom.com/wiki/Sonic_Fan_Universe%3A_Dawn_of_the_Equinox_(Animation)