In the year 3716, humanity lives under constant risk of ruin from a colossal alien threat known as "Gigant". Fleeing its destruction, a mysterious young girl arrives on ARK-3, a magnificent city built in the sky…and it’s up to you to take care of young Ciel until she reaches adulthood and becomes ready to fledge the nest.
Tropes:
- After the End: The game is set in a future where most of humanity has already fled the Earth, and the remainder is at constant risk of alien attack.
- Alien Invasion: The "Gigant", which are responsible for the current state of the setting.
- Animal Motifs: Ciel, the girl "under your wing", is frequently associated with birds.
- Canon Name: The default name for the girl you're tasked with protecting is "Ciel Turner".
- Character Title: "Ciel" (which is French for "sky") is the default name of the young (or rather, fledgeling) girl that the player raises.
- Driving Question: How did Ciel, a mere child, become the Sole Survivor of a human-Gigant conflict? It turns out she was actually being kept in stasis beneath where the conflict occurred, and the fighting just happened to uncover her.
- Fish out of Temporal Water: Ciel; a late-game twist is that she was originally a distinguished member of the Elvan family from a thousand years in the past, placed in cryogenic storage by her original parents.
- Floating Continent: The main setting is ARK-3, a giant city floating above Earth's landmasses.
- Hello, [Insert Name Here]: Although "Ciel Turner" is the Canon Name of the girl you're tasked with raising, the player can choose to change both her first and last names when she's first introduced.
- Heroic Resolve: Outside of combat, Ciel can still use her fighting abilities to succeed in other tasks, with the gameplay trailer
justifying such a thing as "a purely metaphorical drop kick". - Is It Something You Eat?: Ciel's friend Marco loves to play soccer, which she initially thinks is some kind of food and not a millennium-old sport.
- Match-Three Game: While not the main gameplay element, for Ciel to make progress with her tasks or fight dangers on Earth's surface, the player has to match symbols on a grid in specific orders.
- Turn-Based Combat: Should Ciel and her friends choose to explore Earth's surface, this is how encounters with wild beasts are handled, with the Match-Three Game element determining which attacks are used.
- Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: To quote the gameplay trailer, "Now in spite of the slightly bleak premise, Ciel Fledge is actually a really upbeat, wholesome game."
- Virtual Paper Doll: Ciel can wear the various outfit pieces you buy for her, and you're allowed to mix-and-match headpieces, tops, bottoms, shoes, and accessories.
- We Will Spend Credits in the Future: Nieve almost gets in trouble with Sylphine for trying to buy accessories with amber instead of the credits used by the citizens of Ark 3.
