This idea was part of the 2025 game jam ideas project.
One wish
Every child in the world gets one wish, most of the time this wish is wasted on trivial things like I want chocolate. Or I don't want to go to bed, or I want my mommie. Most wishes occur at the age of 18 months to 24 months. (Kids are dumb)
But every once in a while that wish is used to create a cryptid or monster.
These monsters are easily found and captured. By a secret organization. They are stored in a zoo, a cryptid zoo in a secret location. The zoo is filled with all of these cryptids from over the generations. Thousands of them.
The childhood dream monsters cannot be destroyed, only captured and caged. For the one wish of a child is a permanent wish.
This process worked for generations, Until a foolish young child wished to "see ALL the monsters".
All of the monsters in this world were instantly transported to her small town. Havoc ensues.
There were far too many and all at once for the secret organization to handle. The secret was out. The monsters were out. (Inciting incident)