The Many Moments in a Creature’s Life
Written onThere are some moments in Creatures that are absolutely perfect, and I was thrilled to find one. The elder Oppeid looked on as Flakstad and Grytting took turns bouncing the ball in the garden. I forgot all about Flakstad’s mutations, and enjoyed watching him blend in and have fun. Little Grytting rarely left his side: He might have been older than her, yet she took responsibility for his well being as best she could.
Dragvik had quickly grown into an adult on the island of Albia! He met Aldra there, and they decided to hand me a single egg to watch over. It was the first in nearly an hour, and I was much happier with the slow pace! The proud father posed near the ocean among the coconuts. I could not help but think he looked like a White Haired Pixie Norn which had hopped into a bright red scuba diving outfit. One has to find some humor in Norns as often as possible! With such short lives, it’s important to savor the adorable and silly moments. Dragvik knew just how to make me laugh!
Most of the activity in Creatures 1 took place near the incubator and garden regions. Engan, Valla, Flakstad, and Ytteren formed a mass of Norns that was difficult to distinguish. Valla blended in almost completely! The most amazing member of the group turned out to be Skuld, the lone Grendel. I took a moment to check on her, since she had been around for so long. She was already over thirteen hours old! I decided to try to stay close to her and treat her very well, since her time was almost up. Skuld enjoyed watching the clock, as if she knew.
One might think that the most noise came from the large group of Norns, but that would be quite incorrect! Ramsvika had isolated herself for hours, despite my efforts to move her back to the group. Since she was left alone so often, she adopted a way of speaking to herself. Constantly. I heard “get good Ramksvika” over and over again. Such a silly Norn! If I ever came across her with a frown, a few tickles was all she needed to beam with joy. At least she ate and slept on her own!
Random question. I noticed you have the coconuts on the Island. How do your Norns go eating the pieces? Mine always seemed to have problems and I no longer inject them.
I have the same problems, ArchDragon: I’ve used them mainly as decorations. I have an updated version of the coconuts which supposedly fixes them, but anytime a Norn picks up a piece and makes the eating motion, nothing happens. I’ve also noticed that when I pick up some pieces, they end up disappearing. I do believe that the next world will have better food sources that aren’t so glitchy!
Which reminds me that with the updated injector kit, there is no way to remove COBs after they’ve been injected. Or am I missing something obvious?
Oh, you can still remove COBs, but it’s rather hidden and frankly, stupid. If you manually type in the COB name, plus the ‘.rcb’ it will allow you to remove things.
The injector kit in GOG’s C1 (which I’m assuming is being used here) isn’t the updated version – I actually believe it’s the one that got shipped with the original C1. Why they didn’t bother including the updated version is beyond me.
And “get good ” is the creatures’ way of saying their need for pleasure is high. Kind of odd way of stating it, but there you go.
ArchDragon: Thanks so much for that information! It’s very hidden, and I hadn’t even thought of trying that out. Very useful! I’ll be sure to make a note of this when I put together my list of favorite C1 COBs.
Grendel Man: I miss the nice Injector Kit. I got spoiled when Creatures 1 worked off of its original disc. I’m pretty sure it would still work, but the GOG.com version has seemed stable enough! Thanks for that helpful hint about their language, too. Normally, Norns would say “get yes [Name]” but that never sounded like a sentence to me. I suppose it does make sense that they would express their NFP in that way. Another excellent piece of information: Thank you!
Oppeid looks like a duck in the first picture XD
Flakstad is intriguing, as was Arnes back in the day.
Fun to read as always.
Thanks, Luci! Come to think of it, Oppeid did have the appearance of a duck in old age… Look at his neck and head placement! Ha ha! I still miss him, and all the rest who passed away since this post.