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Shantae

Shantae is the titular character and protagonist of the Shantae video games from WayForward Technologies. As the daughter of a human rather and Guardian Genie mother, she is a half-genie with magical powers. Some of these powers include her whipping hair, attuning to magical items, and performing magic dances that grant her shapeshifting abilities. Cristina Vee voices Shantae in the original game plus Shantae and The Pirate’s Curse..

Walter from Don’t Starve Together

Walter is one of the newer added playable characters to the survival horror game series, Don’t Starve.

He is a scouting type character, in-universe as a Pinetree Pioneer, and is one of the two Canadian characters out of the cast (the other being Woodie). After being pulled into the Constant, he ended up befriending Woby, a dog(?) that he found there.

Walter has wildly curly black hair, white eyes, freckles, and he wears a scouting cap (I couldn’t find a close enough one, but nautical caps are fairly close if you need a start). He’s usually seen wearing his Pinetree Pioneer uniform, comprised of a light tan scouting shirt, red neck ribbon, a brown belt, forest green shorts, white crew socks, and brown laced shoes.

Dio/Robin from Mad Father

Robin/Dio is one of the major characters in the 2012 RPGMaker pixel horror game Mad Father.

For the majority of the early part of the fandom, he was referred to as Dio by the fans, and was also called as such on the Steam announcement page, but is called Robin in-game, so it’s a bit up for debate. He protects Aya throughout intense points of the game, and tries to get her to leave with him, to keep her safe.

Dio/Robin has short, fluffy golden-blonde hair, and brown eyes, though depending on the point of the story, one of them is heavily damaged/missing, and he covers it up with a wrap bandage. He wears an off-white/cream button up shirt with the sleeves partially rolled, cuffed brown pants, dark suspenders, and light brown shoes.

Jackie from Only Up!

Jackie from Only Up!

In the indie platformer game Only Up!, Jackie must climb, literally, out of a junkyard and up the world to escape from poverty. Jackie’s name is inspired by the folktale Jack and the Beanstalk, where a boy climbs high enough to pass through the clouds. No word on if the namesake wore a t-shirt promoting NFTs though — as Jackie does with his Goblintown hoodie.

Wickerbottom from Don’t Starve Together

Wickerbottom is one of the original playable characters in the survival horror game series, Don’t Starve.

She is a librarian that loves cats, and has an extensive knowledge of a wide variety of topics. This is expanded upon in her short, where she is shown essentially absorbing the entirety of the information in her library.

Wickerbottom has white hair worn up in a tight bun, and beady black eyes, unlike a lot of the other characters. She wears low, rectangular glasses, a yellow patterned button up shirt, a dark red skirt, black tights, and white clog-like shoes.

Webber from Don’t Starve Together

Webber is one of the playable characters of the survival horror game series, Don’t Starve.

He is a young boy that got merged with a spider during a lab experiment gone wrong, fled from his home, and now lives in the Constant with the other survivors.

Webber, due to being partially spider, has course fuzzy black hairs all over his body, spider legs sticking out of his head, an assortment of white eyes, and long yellowy fangs.

brad armstrong from lisa the painful

Brad Armstrong from LISA: THE PAINFUL

Brad Armstrong is the broody protagonist of the RPG game LISA: THE PAINFUL.  Brad is a tormented character trying to do his best to protect Buddy from the Rando Army.  He is also addicted to the drug Joy, which is a blue pill.  To recreate his look from the game, you’ll need a balding head, a black beard, and a scar over your right eye.  Brad wears a brown poncho, dark pants and shoes, and has brown cuffs on his wrists.  To mimic Joy, you can use blue candy.

Maria from Mad Father

Maria is a major character in the 2012 RPGMaker pixel horror game, Mad Father.

She is the assistant to Aya’s father, as well as his lover, and works as the family’s maid. Aya isn’t close with her, and doesn’t like her very much, but Maria does try to keep her at least relatively safe for a good part of the game. This leads to Aya reconsidering their bond.

Maria has coppery-brown hair worn in thick braids and tied with light pink ribbons, bright green eyes, and she wears red lipstick. Her outfit as the family’s maid and Alfred’s assistant is nurse-like, with a white headpiece, a long sleeveless green dress, and a white, high collared under layered shirt with puffed sleeves. The type of shoes she has is unclear, due to the skirt length on the sprite.

Ellen from The Witch’s House

Ellen is the witch of the Witch’s House, a 2012 RPG Maker pixel horror game.

The majority of her story is written in the ‘Diary of Ellen’ novel, and it details the history of her rough upbringing, the background of how she became a witch, and what lead up to the start of the story of the game, including her interactions with Viola.

Ellen has very long, light purple hair, worn slightly tied back with a large red bow, and golden, slitted pupil eyes. She wears a white long sleeved collared shirt with a black bow at the neck and ruffled sleeves, and a long red sleeveless dress with a poofed skirt. She does not wear shoes.

Diogenes from Getting Over It

Diogenes from Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

In Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, Diogenes is a nude philosopher who lives in a large metal cauldron. He gets around with only the help of a Yosemite hammer, which he uses to grab onto surfaces, and push and pull himself around. One slip though and he’ll find himself at the bottom of a steep mountain.

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