XSEED Project - Preproduction Evolution

In 2021, I had the chance to work as an Art Director and Creative Director on a personal project within the French team of Lightbulb Crew. This "Cyber ​​Fantasy JRPG" project was unfortunately canceled during its pre-production stage, without ever being announced.

Project "SEEDS" evolved at some point, integrating new features and themes, as well as a bunch of new constraints.
Those "constraints" actually became the new strength of the prototype, and the game became more focused and narrower in its choices.
I will call this new iterration "Project XSEED".

Project "X-SEED" kept the general lore and direction of SEEDS : a JRPG in a unique universe inspired by Giger and Nihei, with some dark fantasy tropes and creatures. The twist relied on the protagonist - instead of a troup of heroes, you would now control only one : Nostra IV, a cybernetic humaoïd that had the faculty to morph her body into a powerful battlesuit, the S.O.M.A. (Spiritual Organic Mecha Armor).
And battle against titanesque monsters !

The particularity of the turn-based battle and RPG system was that you were controling the different "limbs" of the S.O.M.A. independantly, like a team of characters. Right Arm, Left Arm, Tail, Body, Head and Drone, each piece had it's own evolution system, and could gain experience, be wounded, die and be replaced - more or less like characters ! Somehow, it was closer to a "mechs" game, nbut with an organic creature where you were manipulating the DNA for cool build combos!

I hope that all this will inspire you with new twisted, tormented, tortured ideas !
A huge thank you to the team who accompanied me during this (too short) epic at the time: you were and still are rock stars!