Pironaut Expedition

Pironaut Expedition is a 3D platforming collect-a-thon game developed by Seashiba Studios and is said to release in Winter 2025 on Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch.
== Story ==
The game begins with a Pironaut drone tasked with sending recruitment invitations across Spectria, the game's main setting. However, a windy stormy causes the drone to accidentally drop the letters. One of them reaches a young villager child working on one of his chores, who is immediately excited when he grabs it. After spreading the news, his mom is skeptical that he'll make it, but still takes him on a flight to the Pironaut Headquarters the next day.
After introducing himself as Glen and signing his signature, the kid says his farewells to his caretaker as he is given a rather small room to live in. The next morning, he and plenty of others are given a set of trials to complete, and if they rank up a total score of 50, they are officially part of the group. Regardless of what the players does though, he would always be tripped or pushed back by a few mean trainees.
After the trials, Glen becomes one of the trainees with a score of less than 50. However, due to his longtime desire of becoming a Pironaut and his incompetence, he begs for a second chance. Much to his surprise though, instead of doing the trials again, the admins give him a seemingly tiring task of collecting Soul Jewels and returning them to the office that seemed impossible for a trainee, but Glen accepts anyway out of sheer desperation.
== Gameplay ==
Similar to a few sandbox platformer titles, mainly the original Spyro the Dragon, the player is first dropped in a 3D environment where they can practice their platforming and controls, check out collected artifacts, buy spare power-ups, and most importantly, enter worlds through portals. In each world, there are a list of goals to follow that eventually lead you to the game's main collectible, Soul Jewels. Once all required tasks are completed, the next world is unlocked. The chips can also be used for unlocking additional tasks in worlds whose required tasks were already completed.
Within each world, there are also various other collectibles to find. The most common collectible is the Piro Coin, which is used to buy certain items and power-ups. Wisps, a special type of item with its own shop, can be equipped by the player for a preferred, customizable control scheme. Also hidden within each world are a series of Artifacts that will be displayed in the HUB world's Museum as well as raise the player's Reputation when collected.
Speaking of which, the player's Reputation Level is required for getting 100% true ending, and can be raised by talking to NPCs, accepting and completing their tasks for a certain world, and of course, collecting a majority of all the other collectibles, including Artifacts.
== Characters ==
=== Major ===
Character 	Description
Glen 	The game's main protagonist. Glen is a young villager kid who desires to become a Pironaut with a burning passion. When his dreams are about to come true however, he fails the trials and is given a second chance to prove himself. He may be incompetent and sometimes childish at a first glance, but shows he does have determination in fulfilling his goals.
Mirius 	A guardian spirit trapped in the body of a relatively cheap yet supernatural acoustic guitar to attract the attention of a future Pironaut, being Glen, and is able to talk to him using telekinesis. While she is sometimes disappointed in him for doing such childish actions, she still encourages the best out of him like a second mother.
Master Siege	The current leader of the Pironaut Organization that everyone else in the group looks up to. He gives Glen a second chance to prove himself a true Pironaut in nature by collecting several Soul Jewels from getting into the wrong hands, but is secretly using him for his own plans...
Lilac 	Siege's young and almost perfect daughter and co-manager who is destined to take over the famous organization when he is away or his ruling campaign is over. Despite her many talents, she knows about Master Siege's true plans and doesn't like it, but also doesn't know how to tell the others without making a scene. She is the main protagonist in the Spectral Dreams DLC.
== Communions ==
In some spots of each world, there are glowing magic circles hidden on surfaces known as Communion Runes. Using Glen's guitar, the player can play a small melody using button patterns. When successful, Glen will receive the rune's ability. Additionally, the player will also receive two extra lives, and will lose the ability when they lose those extra lives.
Ability	Description
Flame 	With the ability of fire, Glen is able to control pyrokinesis and create fireballs as an attack that bounces across surfaces for half a minute. He is also immune to lava and heat-based obstacles, but damages in water.
Ocean 	With the ability of water, Glen is able to control hydrokinesis and blow water bubbles as an attack that carries any item or enemy it touches before blowing up. He is also able to move underwater more swiftly.
Plant 	With the ability of nature, Glen is able to control botanokinesis and uses a vine-covered bow as a ranged attack, as well as a leaf shield that can be used for defense and gliding in the air.
Storm 	With the ability of the wind and thunder, Glen is able to hover in the air agilely and also control brontokinesis, sending balls of lightning as an attack using enough Willpower.
Category:Games
Category:Original Games
Category:2025
Category:3D Platforming Games
Category:3D Games
Category:Platforming Games
Category:Collectathon Games