I hope that whoever made the default Creatures Caves avatar doesn't mind that I put it through the Halloween filter and decided to share!
Friday, October 11, 2013
Friendly Nornish Spooks
I put the blame squarely on Laura at the Creatures Caves. The avatars below remind me quite a fair bit of the Ghosties in Pac-Man. The first of the pair was actually made on my mobile device using only Sketchbook Mobile Express by Autodesk. It was a quickie, using only flood fill on the default Creatures Caves avatar and the airbrush for drawing the little face. Not feeling up to figuring how to make animated gifs on it, I took to the laptop and had a wrestling match with Gimp. As you can see below, I won. Despite the smile being crooked I am quite satisfied with it. After all, who gives a care if a whimsical Halloween smile isn't perfect!
I hope that whoever made the default Creatures Caves avatar doesn't mind that I put it through the Halloween filter and decided to share!
I hope that whoever made the default Creatures Caves avatar doesn't mind that I put it through the Halloween filter and decided to share!
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
A Creatchi Post
Partly the reason why the first centaur pelts are taking so long! To keep myself from burning out on the sprite files I've been doing something in between them. Those who visit the Creatures Caves may have seen one of them. (This one, if you are curious but do not wish to look too hard.) Those familiar with the Caves also may be more familiar with a fun little feature called "Creatchi." For those who are not, the next section below is a very simple explanation that may satisfy your curiosity.
What is Creatchi?
As I've said before, Creatchi is a fun feature of the Creatures Caves website. It is a game where you take care of a Nornchi, Ettinchi, or Grendelchi. They are, respectively, the online equivalents of Norns, Ettins, and Grendels from the Creatures games. This web version is created by the site's admin, Rascii, with sprites made by Ghosthande of Breeder's Beware. It was unleashed upon the Caves community on April 4th, 2013. So far into its young life it has been growing rather smoothly, with very few minor hiccups that are dealt with swiftly upon being discovered.
Like Creatures, Creatchis come from eggs. An egg hatches about three hours after being picked and the hatchling, regardless of the species, starts out with three of their needs at about 3/4 of the way full. These needs, which are important to Creatchi health, are Hunger, Fun, and Social. Filling these bars is easily remedied by feeding your Creatchi with the provided piece of cheese, giving it a teddy bear to play with, and finding other Creatchis to socialize with. From that point onwards, caring for them is very simple as each of those needs drop about once or twice a day. Health only starts dropping when those needs have not been taken care of after a day. While new, the only thing the Energy need really does is make it a little more challenging to socialize. If it drops, its much more likely that your Creatchi will fall asleep on its own; preventing you from caring for it! The only way to remedy this is to wait until the Creatchi is awake for you to put it down for a nap by giving it the sleep mask item, which is unlimited and only appears when the Energy need drops. Speaking of the sleep mask, it brings me to note that the items provided to you (Apple, Cheese, Ball, Teddy Bear, Medicine, and Elixir) are not unlimited. You must be active on the Creatures Caves website in order to find these items for your Creatchi!
But what about socialization? Surely, there must be a reason behind it!
Well, there is! In addition to fulfilling your Creatchi's Social needs by prompting you to find friends for it to play with, it also gives your Creatchi a chance to breed once its old enough. But, there's a few requirements to the breeding aspect. First off, the Creatchi in question must be the same species. Second, the lucky Creatchi in question must be the opposite gender of your Creatchi. (As there is, at this moment, no "gene splicer" available and no way to change a Creatchi's gender.) Third, the Creatchis must be either Adolescent or Adults. And finally, the relationship score must be at level 5, which indicates that they know each other well enough to consider breeding! There is even more to Creatchi breeding, however. Unlike their Creatures counterparts, Creatchis are monogamous and can only breed twice in their lifetime. The level at which the second egg can be produced must be level 8 or higher and the Creatchis must not be senile at the time the second request is sent. (Although there have been documented cases of Senior pregnancies, and even a couple where the egg has been laid some time after death, many of these conceptions happen anywhere within two days before they turn senile.) After the second egg they can no longer breed and are free to mingle with others, if they so wish.
An average Creatchi without a best friend lives for 23 days, while a Creatchi with a best friend lives for 24. With that in mind caring for these digital creatures is a bit of a responsibility. So, remember to check in on your's at least every other day!
The Big Reveal!
With that out of the way, let's move on to the real subject of the post: My tracking sheets! As many of you in the community know, I've been keeping an eye on what colors and combinations appear within each species of Creatchi. While I could tell you what I have been seeing, week by week, I would much rather show you and let you see for yourself what has been found. These sheets are accurate as of October 8. Please bear in mind that they only show the colors and combinations that have been found, and in which gender. If you want the numbers for each, you will either have to wait or do the count yourself!
Because of how big these are, you will have to click on them to see the full view.
What is Creatchi?
As I've said before, Creatchi is a fun feature of the Creatures Caves website. It is a game where you take care of a Nornchi, Ettinchi, or Grendelchi. They are, respectively, the online equivalents of Norns, Ettins, and Grendels from the Creatures games. This web version is created by the site's admin, Rascii, with sprites made by Ghosthande of Breeder's Beware. It was unleashed upon the Caves community on April 4th, 2013. So far into its young life it has been growing rather smoothly, with very few minor hiccups that are dealt with swiftly upon being discovered.
Like Creatures, Creatchis come from eggs. An egg hatches about three hours after being picked and the hatchling, regardless of the species, starts out with three of their needs at about 3/4 of the way full. These needs, which are important to Creatchi health, are Hunger, Fun, and Social. Filling these bars is easily remedied by feeding your Creatchi with the provided piece of cheese, giving it a teddy bear to play with, and finding other Creatchis to socialize with. From that point onwards, caring for them is very simple as each of those needs drop about once or twice a day. Health only starts dropping when those needs have not been taken care of after a day. While new, the only thing the Energy need really does is make it a little more challenging to socialize. If it drops, its much more likely that your Creatchi will fall asleep on its own; preventing you from caring for it! The only way to remedy this is to wait until the Creatchi is awake for you to put it down for a nap by giving it the sleep mask item, which is unlimited and only appears when the Energy need drops. Speaking of the sleep mask, it brings me to note that the items provided to you (Apple, Cheese, Ball, Teddy Bear, Medicine, and Elixir) are not unlimited. You must be active on the Creatures Caves website in order to find these items for your Creatchi!
But what about socialization? Surely, there must be a reason behind it!
Well, there is! In addition to fulfilling your Creatchi's Social needs by prompting you to find friends for it to play with, it also gives your Creatchi a chance to breed once its old enough. But, there's a few requirements to the breeding aspect. First off, the Creatchi in question must be the same species. Second, the lucky Creatchi in question must be the opposite gender of your Creatchi. (As there is, at this moment, no "gene splicer" available and no way to change a Creatchi's gender.) Third, the Creatchis must be either Adolescent or Adults. And finally, the relationship score must be at level 5, which indicates that they know each other well enough to consider breeding! There is even more to Creatchi breeding, however. Unlike their Creatures counterparts, Creatchis are monogamous and can only breed twice in their lifetime. The level at which the second egg can be produced must be level 8 or higher and the Creatchis must not be senile at the time the second request is sent. (Although there have been documented cases of Senior pregnancies, and even a couple where the egg has been laid some time after death, many of these conceptions happen anywhere within two days before they turn senile.) After the second egg they can no longer breed and are free to mingle with others, if they so wish.
An average Creatchi without a best friend lives for 23 days, while a Creatchi with a best friend lives for 24. With that in mind caring for these digital creatures is a bit of a responsibility. So, remember to check in on your's at least every other day!
The Big Reveal!
With that out of the way, let's move on to the real subject of the post: My tracking sheets! As many of you in the community know, I've been keeping an eye on what colors and combinations appear within each species of Creatchi. While I could tell you what I have been seeing, week by week, I would much rather show you and let you see for yourself what has been found. These sheets are accurate as of October 8. Please bear in mind that they only show the colors and combinations that have been found, and in which gender. If you want the numbers for each, you will either have to wait or do the count yourself!
Because of how big these are, you will have to click on them to see the full view.
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