Antcruz Adventures



Antcruz Adventures was a scrapped webcomic that was revealed in early 2019 and was to start in May of said year. Mainly taking inspiration from games such as Earthbound and Kirby, the webcomic was to center on Antcruz, Sarah, Dash, and Natalie as they team up with Aihana to save Planet Blossom from an invasion led by Sieren, who intends to steal ancient weapons hidden inside of the planet's capitol building and use them to destroy Earth. The comic was to consist of 3 volumes, each consisting of at least 50 pages, the third of which featuring crossovers with other OC universes. In the end, only the title page for the first volume ended up getting finished, as I would realize how time-consuming the project would end up being.

Notably, the webcomic was to be the debut of Aihana, who was also meant to be a character exclusive to the comic, but after it was scrapped, Aihana was scrapped along with it as well until she was brought back as a mainline character in 2021. The story of the comic would also end up being reused for Antcruz RPG, but with some alterations.

Antcruz Adventures Vol. 1: The Mission to Planet Blossom
Almost immediately after Antcruz doses off in the basement, Sarah comes running down in a panic, alarming Antcruz that Nia has gone missing. The two follow the trail of mist that she left off and find themselves in the forest, also finding her glancing at what appears to be a destroyed escape pod. A mysterious girl falls out of the dismantled pod and reveals herself to be Aihana, the princess of Planet Blossom, and alerts Antcruz that Sieren is planning to raid the planet in order to steal the hidden nuclear weapons the royalty have been hiding inside of the castle walls and wipe out humanity. Antcruz, deciding to put his abilities to what might be the biggest test yet, decides to travel through space and help her put a stop to Sieren’s scheme, with Sarah, as well as Dash and Natalie tagging along as well.

Antcruz Adventures Vol. 2: The Legend of Final Sieren
After the escape pod that Aihana had previously already fixed crash lands again on the planet Mystal, Aihana is able to repair the ship once again, but the main problem is that all of the Zaxxonite energy used to power the ship has leaked out, leaving it unable to properly function. Thankfully, it’s a coincidence that Mystal is the planet they ended up on, since the planet is the home of this energy, but the gang must still deal with being stranded and isolated on this mysterious planet that they’ve never previously been on until they’re able to find it. Meanwhile, as Sieren makes preparations for the Planet Blossom invasion, she finds an ancient hieroglyph that was buried and hidden by soldiers during the war between humans and sabous that foretold of a transformation that only the queen of sabous could activate.

Antcruz Adventures Vol. 3: The Multiverse and the Revolution
After Antcruz, Aihana and the gang finally find the Zaxxonite energy and refuel the ship, they finally make their way back to the Planet Blossom monarchy castle, only to realize that the raid is already taking place and the area is generally in a terrible state; Queen Sakura is endangered and the military is being attacked by Sieren’s henchmen. Before the five can react, Natalie and Aihana are kidnapped and the remaining three are warped into a “multiverse” by a technician sabou, a never-ending portal between different dimensions, leaving Antcruz, Sarah, and Dash on another mission to find someone who can send them back to their own universe to find Natalie and Aihana and defeat Sieren. Meanwhile, while captured, Natalie attempts to bust her and Aihana out of their abduction and try to find the queen in the midst of the chaos. With Sieren taking control of the monarch and acquiring the hidden weapons, will the gang still be able to successfully ruin her plans?



Trivia
- As the concept of the planets and the Blossom Royalty were not fully realized yet, Aihana and Sakura were the only members of the Blossom Royalty that were to appear, as Wari and Akaihana weren't even conceptualized yet. Sakura also had a completely different, more human-like design at the time. There were also no references to Supertree or Cyansector. Zane and Ava would also likely have had an effect on the plot had they been conceived at the time.

- The multiverse from volume 3 would have included appearances of other artists' universes, such as parapadarappa33, BoredRabbit, and CosmicToons, among others.

- As the plot of the webcomic was recycled for the plot of the game Antcruz RPG, some aspects were altered, such as the previously mentioned OC universe idea being scrapped, as well as newer characters such as Zane, Ava, and the remaining members of the Blossom Royalty being involved.

- The logo for The Mission to Planet Blossom was intended as a reference to Coolmathgames.com.

- The name of the "Zaxxonite" energy was also a reference to the Sega arcade game Zaxxon.