Cosmic Road Trip

Cosmic Road Trip is a 3D open world action game following variations of Trip from alternate universes. Developed by sunset☀studios for the Horizon, Cosmic Road Trip is their first delve into the New Fantendoverse. The game itself is of a small scale in-universe, and is mostly based on building lore on Alternate Fantendoverses, as well as Trip himself. The game recieves regular updates with new Trips, alternate costumes, and other features.
==Setting==
Over the years, many different takes on the character Trip have been introduced. It was long established that these Trips existed as parallel versions of each other, and that nobody is really sure what Trip is, or isn't.
The premise for the game centers around one Trip, known ingame as Legacy Trip. Legacy Trip is a Trip from a universe where the Earth was deemed uninhabitable, and mankind lives on a large spaceship, in which magic and science coexist. Trip was a soldier-in-training on this ship, dubbed Station V. He discovered he is part of a lineage of great heroes with the ability to tap into a pocket dimension known as the T-Verse. Legacy Trip struggled with trying to fulfill this role for a long time, before deciding the pressure was too much for him. In an act of impulse, he stole a pod from Station V and fled to the cold expanse of space. Eventually, he stumbled upon the power to use the T-Verse as a gateway between dimensions. Legacy Trip found himself in the New Fantendoverse, and soon learned of his true heritage as one of hundreds of Trips scattered throughout the multiverse. Eventually, this Trip found a run-down spaceship and repaired it, choosing to travel the Fantendoverse to track down his fellow Trips, and scavenge for supplies in the worlds they visit.
==Gameplay==
===Exploration and Combat===
Cosmic Road Trip is a 3D action-platformer with various open world maps to explore, much like Super Mario Odyssey. If the player's Horizon is hooked up to a TV, a map will be displayed on the controller's screen, and in handheld mode, the map will be displayed in the pause menu. This map allows the player to mark areas of interest, and will be filled out as the player explores the area.
Combat in Cosmic Road Trip finds a middle ground between the horde combat of Fire Emblem Warriors and the mostly one-on-one combat in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. each character fights in their own unique way, but can carry a weapon with them. By switching to their weapon, they will adopt that weapon's fighting style. Each Trip possess a unique personal skill, which varies between characters, as well as a Mastery. Masteries are much more useful than most skills, though there are very few of them. Characters can equip Rings to give them special enchantments.
===Main Hub===
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The Nexus Nebula is the main hub, where your Trips will relax between outings. A variety of things happen here, such as bonds being strengthened, shops being encountered, stamina being restored, items being discovered, and more.
===Recruiting Trips===
When in the Nexus Nebula, you have the option to spend coins on opening a Portal Beacon, similar to summoning in Fire Emblem Heroes. This will cause a portal to open somewhere in the universe, bringing a Trip to join your ranks. Since infinite universes exist, it's possible that you will summon a version of Trip that you have already recruited. This isn't entirely bad, though, as oftentimes duplicates will carry exclusive weapons or rings, and have a high chance of wearing an alternate costume.
====Appearance Rates====
TBA
===Timeline Merges and Aberrations===
When you have two Trips of the same kind, you have the option to merge their timelines. Doing this will smash their timelines together, which shouldn't be much of a problem considering they're the same person, essentially. The two Trips will become one and the same, freeing up a spot in your roster and distributing any bonuses any of them may have.
However, Timeline Merges will likely create Aberrations, if the Trip has a corresponding world. More often than not, these will be very minor changes, such as an NPC's dialogue being altered, a few new trees being planted, or a statue being destroyed. Sometimes, these Aberrations could be drastic. One of the merged Trips may come from a timeline with drastic changes, though this can be identified by them having a different greeting phrase.
===Levelling Up===
TBA
==Trips==
===Default Trips===
The default playable characters.
Trip 	Description 	Skills
Legacy Trip	"Together, we can rewrite the future!"Legacy Trip was the Trip who assembled the Nexus Nebula and founded this team of Trips. Originally from a universe where Earth was deemed uninhabitable and mankind lived in a spaceship known as Station V, Legacy Trip discovered he was part of a lineage of great heroes with the ability to tap into a pocket dimension known as the T-Verse. The pressure became too much for him, and he fled to the New Fantendoverse, founding a team of Trips from across the multiverse to rewrite his destiny. 	T-Verse
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Portal Master
 	"Ready to make your wish come true!"Rihlat Qasira is from an old Arabic universe, and was once a poor thief named Trip. One day, she stole from a sorceress, who cast a curse on her, trapping her in a lamp. Once freed from this lamp, she would be obligated to grant 3 wishes, before retreating back in. Thus, the legend of Rihlat Qasira, the jinn of the lamp (named after an inscription on the lamp), spread across the land. The lamp, being ornately decorated, eventually wound up in the possession of the royal family. The beautiful princess accidentally freed the genie, and fell in love. During their time together, the princess only made one wish: to revive her friend after he was killed by the royal guard. Shortly after, though, the lamp went missing during unknown circumstances and wound up in Legacy Trip's hold. Rihlat Qasira now seeks to find her lost love, as she is still under her ownership.	Lamp
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Trophy Master
===Recuitable Trips===
These Trips are recruited upon encountering them in their respective world. Some may require you to complete a short task first. Often, their personal skills will be required to complete their world's objective, leading to important cutscenes.
===Wandering Trips===
These Trips have a chance of appearing in the Nexus Nebula launchpad and can be recruited from there.
The default playable characters.
Trip 	Description 	Skills
 	"Hi-ho! For the Mistress!"Trippy is a version of Trip from a fairy tale universe where a short-haired Rapunzel is on a quest for revenge and a prince named Phillip has recruited a girl raised by wolves to slay a dragon. Recently in this universe, Snow White has cast a curse on the dwarf forest, causing the dwarves to follow her blindly. Trippy was in the middle of mining when he was summoned to the Nexus Nebula launchpad, and he's not very happy about being taken from his work. The curse has weakened significantly now that Trippy is in another dimension, but he still believes that he has joined the team of Trips because it's what Snow wants. As his name implies, Trippy is very clumsy.	Miner
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Trap Master
Bounty Hunter Trip	"This better have a good pay."Bounty Hunter Trip comes from a universe where bounty hunters travel to the reaches of the universe to take out their targets. Even iconic characters like Unten, Strafe, Leah, and Rachel are bounty hunters in his universe. Trip does the job for the money, but he loves his job with all his heart. He's skilled at what he does, and he enjoys nothing more than meeting new people on his journeys, making a friend or maybe two, and shooting them in the head. 	Bounty
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Subspace Master
===Event Trips===
These Trips have a chance of appearing in the Nexus Nebula launchpad and can be recruited from there. However, these Trips are only available as long as the event lasts. They tend to be more powerful than your average Trip.
===Alternate Costumes===
Each character has 3 alternate costumes, which can be unlocked by summoning a Trip that you have already recruited. These duplicate Trips have a high chance of possessing one of these alternate costumes. Legendary costumes, however, have a significantly lower chance of appearing.
==Skills==
===Personal Skills===
These skills are exclusive to each Trip.
===Mastery===
Each Trip has one of the following Masteries.
==Spotlight Events==
While most events allow you to summon exclusive Trips to recruit, Spotlight Events increase the chances of certain Trips appearing.
==Characters==
===Victory Devotees===
The Victory Devotees are a mischevious group bent on causing destruction throughout the universe. They disguise themselves as iconic Fantendoverse characters in order to give them a bad name. Rumour has it that they met at a support group after losing loved ones in battles fought by these so-called "heroes". They recognise that Trip is a staple in the Fantendoverse, what with there being so many different versions of them, and have made the Trips their enemy.
Victory Deotee	Description
Miss Jackson 	Miss Jackson leads the Victory Devotees. For the most part, she prefers not to get her hands dirty. The other Devotees don't do anything about it out of fear. When she's needed, though, Miss Jackson is a formidable opponent. She has the ability to manipulate the smoke that she breathes, and is exceptionally skilled at what she does. Miss Jackson makes it a point to personally greet the Trips each time they encounter the Devotees. While the rest of the team go by codenames, nobody knows what Miss Jackson's real name is.
Klon 	Klon is a member of the Victory Devotees determined to give Unten, the saviour of Zeon, a bad name. While Unten is a nervous wreck, Klon oozes confidence. The rest of the team joke that he's a "bear" impersonating a bear, but he doesn't mind. Klon's husband was an expert mechanic before he was killed in one of Unten's battles, and engineered Klon's weapon, though it wasn't intended for its current use. Klon uses the generators on his belt to channel electricity through his gloves. That, combined with his strength, make him a tough opponent to beat.
===Allies===
Character	Description 	World
Azure 	Azure is a resident of Cyropolis. Though she works as a simple wedding planner, Azure took it upon herself to venture up the Congélé Mountain when the city began to freeze over, armed with a shotgun. She can't remember how it happened, but she returned from the mountain with half of her left arm gone, and ice slowly creeping up her arm. Contact with her frozen arm will cause instant freezing, so Azure keeps to herself. When the Trips cause a scene on main street after an encounter with some masked foes, Azure is certain that they can assist.	Cyropolis
==Worlds==
World 	Description
Hub Alsihr	Hub Alsihr is Rihlat Qasira's home dimension. Once the home of great riches, architecture and art, the kingdom is now practically in ruins. It's being ruled over with an iron fist by a man who was revived from the dead by a genie, and now seeks to harness that genie's power. The princess has gone into hiding, and nobody has seen her in a long time.
Cyropolis 	Cyropolis is a bustling city with towering skyscrapers and a vaguely Parisian aesthetic, nestled at the foot of a mountain. There's only one problem: it's frozen over. Nobody's really sure why, but they're certain that it's something to do with the nearby mountain. However, it's extremely dangerous to climb. One such citizen attempted to scale the Congélé Mountain, and ended up with a frozen arm and dangerous abilities.
==Nexus Nebula==
TBA
==Rings==
TBA
==Weapons==
TBA
==Trophies==
TBA
==amiibo Compatibility==
TBA
==Polls==
<poll>
Which of the original 4 Trips is your favourite?
Legacy Trip
Rihlat Qasira (Genie Trip)
Trippy (Dwarf Trip)
Bounty Hunter Trip
</poll>
==Gallery==
Legacy Trip.png|Legacy Trip
Legacy Trip 2.png|Legacy Trip (alternate art)
Rihlat Qasira.png|Rihlat Qasira
Trippy.png|Trippy
Bounty Hunter Trip.png|Bounty Hunter Trip
Miss Jackson.png|Miss Jackson
Klon.png|Klon
Azure New.png|Azure
==Trivia==
*Many Trips are based on existing concepts for Trips
**Legacy Trip is from an abandoned concept known as T-Verse
*Many Trips come from previously existing universes
**Trippy is from the Happily Ever After universe
**Bounty Hunter Trip is from the bounty hunter universe, which was only hinted at in What-Ifs?
*The Nexus Nebula comes from a scrapped concept
*Miss Jackson is based on the Panic! At The Disco song of the same name, with her smoke powers coming from the music videos
*The Victory Devotees are named after Victorious and LA Devotee - songs by Panic! At The Disco - and Fantendo Smash Bros. Victory