Totem(All images Info on the Key Item) - ashleycrouch/pirate-game-jam-2022 GitHub Wiki

Confirmed Design

lil pixel of totem

Turnaround View(Plus how colors would work on said item)

<-- Top-Down View

  • The wings are the white(or color chosen to replace white) for the item.
  • The main body is light grey(or color chosen to replace light grey) for the item.
  • The middle/crystalline center will be whatever the third color is chosen to be in a give location.

Moodboard for the totem design.


This is the base totem design. If a character has a bigger backstory or is more relevant to the plot, it can be changed to any item that matches the personality of said character.

Totem Backstory

The Soul, an object every living being holds on to till their passing. There are many tales of ways to avoid another being stealing a soul.

All of them are moral lessons of the past and many believe there is no true way of anyone or anything taking a soul. But creatures lurk around, wishing and tricking others into giving their souls. The totems are one trick in a way to remove a soul from a body without causing the soul to disappear and preventing the holder of the soul from passing from the removal of the soul, but forever unable to control their own actions and desires if the owner doesn't hold the object.

It is easier to hide the totem in a safe place than it is to keep it on your person. As anyone, not just the creature who you made the pact with can force it away from the person if in plain sight. As all souls give of a wave of power to all those who draw near the totem.

Along with the taking of a soul, the Totem will take the powers owned by the soul as well. Meaning if one is on possession of another's totem, they will earn the powers the totem holds, till they lose it.