Development

Newheart City

 * As with usual superhero city locations, I wanted to make Newheart feel like its own character. Taking inspiration from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and New York City (arguably the most common city superhero stories base their fictional locations on), Newheart is a modern city that thrives on connections and the diversity of culture in it. Newheart is one of the most sufficiently advanced cities in the world today. The idea is that this is an example of how the onset of superhuman culture and society might be handled at best, as Newheart is one of the leading positive examples in their world, while the other countries and cities are still picking up the pieces or much, much worse for wear.

The Nature of Superhumans and Their Superpowers

 * It's definitely tricky coming out with a fresh, unique take on superhumans and superpowers, and I didn't want to stray too far from the familiar concepts embedded in the genre. That being said, the best I've done by far is to re-contextualize how they could exist in the real world. Not in an edgy, dystopian way where powers are outlawed and everyone is more or less forced to act human, but where it strikes a balance of being 'controlled' and also 'free'.
 * Seeing how varied superhumans and superpowers are in pop culture, it's not far-fetched to think that this would actually be extremely dangerous in real life. While it's also very common for people in these fictional settings to fear these superhuman individuals and take measures to contend with them out of fear or the desire to control them, I often feel as if these sentiments are not fully explored enough - they seem to be missing one or more key components, whatever they may be. The reality, I believe, is that heavier sanctions would be put on these individuals, as powers even as simple as the ability to lift 10, 000 kg of whatever or super speed or have absolute control over a single element like fire would be extremely dangerous in the wrong hands, and there is never a shortage of such wrong hands.
 * The only way to counter this was to make almost everyone a superhuman. That way, the world wouldn't be focusing on only controlling a certain demographic of individuals - it would be too easy that way. Just group them all together and have them follow a certain set of rules and you're good to go. However, that becomes even more complicated when everyone's a super (about 75% of the population, really), and the powers that be like the authorities can't take advantage of those people, because they also belong to that demographic of superhumans.
 * It's always had me thinking how most if not all superhumans in pop culture