Here's a peak on some of the progress I've made of the game in the works.
1)Craddle Town features numerous specialist areas and villagers who will help you on your quest, unwittingly for them. Among them are folks like the hospital peeps, the blacksmith, lolita mage, the very catty felioidulous genius scientist and the mayor who has your trust. You'll save the town first and continue to report back to it, using it as your home base throughout the game.
2)The forge itself forms a heavy part of the game's crafting system. Aside from dropped equipment, a lot of armors and costumes will need to be made with the right materials first. Then to further refine to remove their corruption they'll need to be 'defeated and tamed' within the lab before they're truly available to you.
3)Oakland Grove is the main town of October 8! It forms a crossover area with the park located in the new jersey town, where a few of Oct 8's cast members can be interacted with. I'm not sure how heavily I'll lean in on this aspect but you can be sure it'll be interesting to see the result.
4)The Furri tribes you see made their first appearance in 'Change District.' Here they're back, hoping to live peacefully and away from undue corruption. Raven may have a chat about that..
5)The Reservoir, a place where additional materials needed to craft certain equipment and items can be found. Might be useful in the future!
6)The northern woods beyond Craddle Town hold the dungeons where more powerful foes and bosses will be found. They'll need to be overcome before the rest of the overmap can be unlocked!