Ok so I thought I'd combine my ideas you saw in my poll <3
So the group would be a world quest video game sort of thing, where everyone is a Gamer, has an Avatar, and has an animal companion (this is an option for people who can't draw humans). The animal companion can speak english, btw. There is a floating island with a place called the Training Area (name suggestions for this is desired aha). This Training Area is where people learn the basic skills of becoming an exploring Gamer, also known as an X. X's get to leave the island once they had gotten up to the level (by submitting deviations to the group) with shards and once they had bo