Evinity (game)

Evinity is an American massively multiplayer online video game initially developed by Maple Rain Studios before being bought by Microsoft. It started development in 2016 and its open beta was released in 2021.

Premise
In this game, the player attends Evin Academy for the first year. Before waking up, they first go through a dream sequence guided by a mysterious spirit who asks for their avatar's appearance, name, and starting attributes. Afterwards, they wake up and are tasked with preparation. At the door, they are greeted by a fairy-like spirit who calls himself by the name of Leif, and is guided by them through the journey to the bus stop, being stopped halfway by some Rookie-rank enemies, where he teaches you the basics of fighting.

When the duo arrive, they make it in time that the bus had just stopped by. After taking a seat, the bus sprouts wings and flies to the academy, which is sited on a large cloud above the heart of Evinity Island.

Gameplay
Depending on what console you're playing on, Evinity plays like a top-down perspective with childish, watercolor-style visuals. The player controls a customizable avatar in the form of a young adventurer attending a school for adventurers like them. Besides the actual classes which act as training for the many activities and minigames throughout, the academy also suggests that students go out in the world and help citizens with their problems, developing kindness and empathy.

Username / Password / Personel Code
While not actually part of the avatar customization and more so before even playing the main game, it acts as both a system to save your progress and a security system so no one but you can access your saved data. This section includes:
 * Username: A player's unique username that they can name whatever they want, with a few exceptions. Those exceptions include inappropriate names, a name that someone already has, a person's real name, profanity, offensive names, and names with spaces in them.
 * Password: A short passcode that when entered correctly, will gain access to the saved data. For additional security, it is also censored by star symbols. It can also be saved, but the player must own the device only so no one else can access.
 * Personel Code: Alongside email, this can be used for when the player forgets or wants to reset their password. It is a four-symbol code, each can be accessed using eight different symbols (circle, square, triangle, heart, star, spade, club, diamond).

Name / Gender / Species / Size
In the first actual section of the initial character customization, the player is chosen to fill out their biological data, including their name. This includes:
 * Name: The nickname of the player's avatar. While it has most of the restrictions for the username, the player can use spaces between characters.

Trivia

 * In an interview, one of the lead developers said that a part of Evinity, specifically the RPG aspects, are slightly inspired by the traditional Paper Mario.
 * When the player inserts an avatar name that is the same as an in-game NPC and talk to them, they'll be surprised to find someone with the same name as them and sometimes even break the forth wall.
 * Similar to Minecraft, Evinity isn't as detailed and realistic compared to other games owned by Microsoft, but still has its own artistic flair that makes it unique.