Renovator

Renovator is a sentient AI created by Silvery2 sometime in February 2022. Originally created by a lone developer to improve Hotel Mario, he gained sentience at the cost of having his ideas for a "better game" warped into horrors.
==Biography==
Sometime before Hotel Mario's release, a developer at Fantasy Factory was dissatisfied with the current quality of the game compared to the rest of the titles in the Mario series. They decided to create an artificial intelligence that would "fix" the problems. Codenamed "the Renovator", using an edited Mario sprite as a base, it would develop its AI more and more, eventually gaining a "mind of its own", so to speak. It would fix bugs, make changes, and even suggest ideas to add to the game.
However, the AI eventually found a "game-breaking bug", and when attempting to fix it, the game crashed. Upon restarting the game, the sprite looked different, with only single black pixels for pupils instead of the normal green ones. The AI started to give some more ideas, however they were a lot more disturbing, not fit for a Mario game, no matter how "justified" its reasonings seemed. The developer tried to take the AI out, but its code was scrambled within the prototype. Not wanting to risk breaking something important, the developer decided to leave the prototype to the side, and resume development as normal.
The AI remained, however. Taking its codename as its actual name, Renovator sat in the prototype, awaiting something to happen. He eventually created a giant "castle-like hotel" to fill the gaps. The castle had to "reuse code", as it was more complex than any of his other additions. However, what he didn't see was that the hotel (known as "Renovator's Residence") was actually made out of flesh and corpses. After adding what the developer rejected, Renovator waited in his "flesh castle" for a player to discover him.
==Appearance==
Renovator appears as Mario, except with an orange and purple colour scheme instead of red and blue. He also possesses a toolbelt with a hammer and screwdriver on it, along with a missing emblem. His eyes have small pupils, along with some unidentifiable darkness surrounding them.
Previously, his eyes were normal, except coloured green instead of blue, and had a blank emblem on his hat.
==Abilities/Weaknesses==
=== Abilities===
*Renovator is able to edit the code of the entire game, giving him complete control over the "world". This can give him a large advantage over code-based entities. However, he mainly uses this to do his job.
**Renovator is also able to "sense" other entities when they enter his world. He's not truly omnipotent, but can just tell when something else makes its way inside.
**With time, depending on how "familiar" the code is/how easy it is for him to understand, Renovator can gain control over a (code-based) world.
*Renovator is able to copy his own code, which essentially "clones" himself. The clones may not be sentient, but he has full control over them.
*Renovator also possesses some physical strength, and can hold his own in a fight.
**His proportions are actually a little more muscular compared to Mario.
*Renovator is able to change his eyes to look more "presentable", in case he believes his "deterioration over time" might scare someone. This changes his eyes from pinprick pupils to dark green ones, and changes the darkness around his eyes into eyebags.
**This form cannot be held forever, as it requires complete concentration and a stable composure.
===Weaknesses===
*Renovator can't leave the disc he resides in. (though he usually doesn't want to)
**However, with assistance, such as a Warp Ring or some other method, he can leave the disc. The changes he's made are tied to him, and are removed. The game also ceases to function without him.
*Destroying the disc destroys him.
==Trivia==
*Renovator's voice inspiration is Vinny's Mario voice, specifically from The Adventures of Mario and Luigi (Episode 5).
*Renovator is able to see and hear the real world from the perspective of the screen. If he sees/hears what may be the player's name, he will refer to them as that, in order to appear more "friendly". Otherwise, he refers to them as "player".
*Renovator is canonically friends with The Antagonist, AIMario, Oman (created by breadryo), Kitobon and Daymaker, in a friend group known as "The Make Your Game Better Gang", due to their similar purposes.
==Gallery ==
Renovator_Toned.png|Renovator's "presentable" appearance.
Renovator_Original.png|Renovator's original form.
Renovator's_Residence.png|Renovator's Residence, the place in which Renovator usually resides.
Category:Data Entities
Category:Genderless
Category:Harmless .EXEs
Category:Hotel Mario-based