A New Start for Discover Albia?
Life and a few computer meltdowns have all but kept me away from the Creatures community for far too long. Unfortunately, all of my Creatures files, including my beloved Norns, have been lost to cyberspace. There is a small chance I might be able to recover them, yet it looks like a fresh new start is in order!
The biggest obstacle at this point is the fact that I do not have a computer to run Creatures on: Macs have a way of not being very Windows-friendly. The good news? I am fairly certain I will be able to purchase a Windows emulator and get back on track with Creatures! There will most likely be a bit of a delay, but July is just about the time I hope to return.
In the meantime, I will be slowly making my way back into the community! I have truly missed everyone, in more ways than I can express. Actually playing Creatures and nurturing life have also been enormous voids in my life as of late. I have lots of news to catch up on, including the upcoming projects and games related to Creatures and Steve Grand!
I apologize for my many absences. Now that it looks like technology is on my side, I intend to be much more active. Stay tuned for some more Norn stories, as well as some topics related to the actual science within the games!
That is why it’s important, and I myself have learned the hard way a couple times, to back up your creatures every once in a while. I too recently had a hard drive crash. As my computer put it “Hard drive failure is imminent”. I almost lost my creatures myself. I’m backing them up every week or so now.
Maybe if you have a disc or something you could do the same with.
I’m sorry to hear that things have been crazy, but I am very happy that you updated. I’ve really been missing reading about the goings-on in Albia. And you have no idea how excited I was to see that you had updated the blog!
A fresh start might be a good idea anyways. It’s been so long, and I know I have trouble getting back into certain things if left for a long time.
OMG YOU’RE ALIVE!! :D
A shame the same can’t be said for your Norns, but it’s a joy to see you’re blogging again.
I’ve heard of others in the Creatures community dropping away and months later someone posting that they’ve passed on. It’s always a scary possibility so I’m pleased to see you back.
Good luck getting computers organised and hopefully we’ll hear from you again soon.
Yes! DA is now active!
Thanks for all of the positive comments! The somewhat good news is that my old laptop seems to be working for the moment, which should give me enough time to transfer all of my Creatures files! However, I still think that starting over is a good idea… Especially since the last world resulted in zero pregnancies over the course of many days.
ArchDragon, that is certainly a scary possibility. Should I be forced to take any other absences, they should not be technology-related: I’ll be sure to post about my whereabouts!
I am very excited to be bringing Discover Albia back! There are a few hiccups with getting Creatures 1 installed: I had hoped to use my original disc, but it looks like I will be using the GOG version of The Albian Years. Initial testing went well, although I have a couple of bugs to work out.
I hope everyone has been doing well!