> Anyway, what's the meaning of the name?
I was trying to mimic the way Metroid was named, combining parts of two words
to approximate what the game was about, but the most important things were
that the name is unique and that it sounds cool. I was using Japanese words,
and these were the ideas I came up with, but none of them were really
satisfactory:
Chikama (地下魔), from "chika" (underground) and "ma" (demon)
Chikoshi (地下道士), from "chika" (underground) and "madoushi" (sorcerer)
Chixoshi (地下阻止), from "chika" (underground) and "soshi" (obstruction)
I liked the idea of using an X in the name, so I started thinking about how I
could change the last one to make it better. There wasn't a Japanese word I
could find that worked, so I figured, hey, it doesn't have to be all
Japanese; why not "Hex"? That would sound cool. So the name "Hexoshi" is a
combination of "hex" (six) and "soshi" (obstruction).
So really, while the name originally was a reference to the setting of the
game, that was ultimately ditched in favor of a name that's nonsensical, but
at least sounds nice. :) I would like to make the name meaningful, though,
mostly by putting in references to the number 6 and in particular probably
having 6 bosses. But that's not set in stone; making the game good has a
higher priority.
