OK, the hero is a cow that was abducted by aliens and given intelligence and hands as well as I guess a head-mounted laser. When he attempted to escape his captors his ship crashed here on this planet- (Which may well be earth in the far future) and he's now hoping to evade his captors and get to a legendary mythic paradise where he'll be safe. The disk-shaped thing is an alien robot who acts as his guide here. Good?
*Edit* No, on second glance the hero is a zebra-like alien who's looking for parts to repair his damaged ship or get to a point to rendezvous with the mothership so he can go home.
What is on top of his(Typo's) head is the other main character, Piknik Wing. She's Typo's best friend and has raised him since he was a baby, though a lot of that is intentionally left in mystery. And the disk shapped thing is the wait icon- I used one of those sun watch things. It animates with it's shadow passing around. Your second idea is pretty much the original idea I had for the game; ship crashes, several ways to get it working again. You spend the game trying to repair it. I do appreciate the help though!

I haven't given up, so heres a quick comparison of old vs new.

*Old

*New
These are 2 screen shots of an area calleds the rolling space hills aka the Space Garden. In the original version, after traversing the desert, the hills ascend into the heavens and at the end is giant statue in the shape of a goose. This is were the town of Dimuru was... Rather than being in the desert. Sounds more interesting, huh? I don't know why I changed it. Guess I'm a desert fanboy. The old screenshot is just 5 days away from being 2 years old! Can you beleive that? I wonder how the rest of game would look if I finished it when I was 16...

also chuckie egg I can't wait to kill all zompie