We were trying to avoid having another tem name start with “Tu-“, because the Tuwai line has completely monopolized that syllable. The first stage had to cover a cute word or theme, while he wanted the final stage to include “Loa”, the good spirits of Voodoo in some regions. Here’s the big dude’s final sketch and concept turnarounds:Īs for their names, we started from Tutorxic’s initial desire of having them be based off Tortoise or Turtle. He really liked the idea of a doll bursting at the seams, with the stuffing spilling out, so the final design incorporated that bit. Tutorxic wanted to try a mix betweent #2 and #4, while keeping the stick placement from #1. The color palette changed to accommodate and better represent the Mental type.
Similarly, these were the initial designs we created for its final stage. Here’s a rough sketch from the time, and the final concept turnarounds: It was, nevertheless, up to the Backer’s final verdict.įollowing Tutorxic’s feedback, and a couple of iterations later, we went with the head of #5, the body and eyes of #2, and the stick from #3. We followed the stick-in-mouth perspective, but also explored other options with 100% less stick. This is the batch of possible approaches created to see which one scratched the itch better. For the first stage, Tutorxic wanted the tem to hold a stick in its mouth, and wanted to see that same stick in the final stage, floating by effect of psychokinesis. The design was a bit on the open end of things, and the original references required a lot of adaptation to fit in the Temtem world. Thus, the first stage was written down as Digital/Nature, while the final stage was Digital/Mental, with some shared elements like the stick, the glow of the shell and the horns. We learned that one of Tutorxic’s favorite types was Digital and we took that route, because Digital tems offer unmatched design freedom and allow us to justify huge changes such as this.
We weren’t sure, however, about the typing for the initial stage, because it didn’t fit the Mental type, and also because there was a drastic change between both forms. There was a lot of initial debate about the typing for these two: the final stage had to be a Mental Tem because of the voodoo theme, the floating and the psychokinesis. They were first brought to the table by our Breeder Tutorxic, who approached the design team with the idea of a two-stage Temtem based on turtles, with a voodoo doll theme. Pupoise & Loatle These Digital wonders were recently added with the Cipanku update, and always make an appearance when asking the community about their favorites.
The Cipanku update gave us the popular Pupoise and Loatle, while patch 0.7.2 granted us access to the beautiful Gardens of Aztlan. Follow the links to read more about previous Breeder tems and routes ! We’re here today, as is our custom, to share some insight about the process behind the latest Breeder (remember: the Backer tier, not Mimit) additions to the world of Temtem!įor those unfamiliar with the term, Breeder Backers are Kickstarter Backers whose unique perk was to design a Temtem line, and a route.