Ari Cader

Ari Cader (often referred to as just Player or Protagonist for clarity) is the main protagonist of Arcade Spirits. While she has a default in-game design and name, her appearance, gender and name are all customisable by the player. She is labelled as The Unlucky One, burdened with a long-time family 'curse' which she believes gives her no chance for the future.

Appearance
Ari's appearance is entirely customisable by the player. Her default appearance involves dark skin with long, black hair. Her eyes are grey and match her hoodie, and she wears a dark grey shirt with grey jeans.

The player is able to customise Ari to their liking. They can choose between long hair (default), medium hair or short hair, and can choose any hair colour, including dyed hair. Likewise, they can choose any skin colour, eye colour or clothing colour. Changing pronouns will not effect Ari's design as her character design is left intentionally androgynous.

Personality
Ari is a very negative character at the start of the game, constantly down on their luck. She often feels as if bad things will constantly come her way. While Ari's personality is meant to be sculpted around the player's choices, she is naturally sarcastic and pessimistic, although later in the game she learns to trust in hope more.

Players can choose to focus on one or more of the five personality types: Quirky, Steady, Kindly, Gutsy or Basically, and Ari will often respond to events based on the chosen personality types. This leaves her personality very open for interpretation.