Download the Updated Creatures 1 Grendel
This baby Grendel has a smile a mile wide to celebrate a momentous occasion! One might notice that she looks a tad bit different from other baby female Grendels from Creatures 1. After toiling away with every individual image included in the baby female Grendel sprites, I am happy to announce that I have completed the first version of the updated C1 Grendel! The easy route would have been to simply rearrange a few images, but I chose a longer project that involved copying and recoloring all of the male Grendel sprites. More work means better results, though!
The fixes are not limited to just the babies, though. The adult female Grendels also received a makeover using the adult male Grendel sprites as a template. This has also vastly improved the posture of female Grendels: Now that they have identical sprites as the males, they also have identical body data. This was already true for the adults, but the update includes fixes to the baby female Grendel body data. Can’t let the boys have all of the fun here!
I have plans for an additional version in the future, with even more updates. In particular, I would like to update the female head sprites and body data: Note that these have remained unchanged with this version. Head placement is slightly off for the babies and adults, while there are a few extra pixels floating to the left and/or right of the head in different poses. Never fear: I will be working on these! Also planned are new senior sprites for males and females.
I hope these updates will vastly improve the appearance and movement of C1 female Grendels! I did some testing myself, but please feel free to let me know if any issues arise. I have a feeling some body data may need to be tweaked for baby males and females, but this current batch of updates should fix the major problems associated with the Grendels! I also included a couple of sprite updates for the male Grendels: They involve a minor update to one of the hand sprites. Stay tuned for the next version and round of updates, which will hopefully finalize the Creatures 1 Grendels! Have a wonderful time with these Grendels!
Download the Creatures 1 Complete Updated Grendel
All .att files are body data files, and should be placed in the C1 Body Data folder. All .spr files are sprite files, and should be placed in the C1 Images folder. These are meant to update already installed .att/.spr files.
Yyyyyaaaayyyyy!!!! Sadly I still haven’t had a female Grendel hatch in my worlds, but this update makes me very happy none the less.
Oh heck yes. I hope you know that you’re quite awesome.
*Downloads*
You might want to include the baby female (and corresponding adult female) heads – I tried hatching a female after installing the new sprites, and she came out with an oversized head for her body. :X
Also, Muppetboy didn’t make the baby males – he just hosts them. The actual creator was Greg Poehlein of the Norn Holiday.
This is just for C1 correct? Not the conversion of the c1 grendel to C3/DS?
ArchDragon: Hopefully you’ll get to see a female Grendel in your world soon!
Grendel Man: Oh my! An oversized head is a bit of a dilemma… I didn’t want to include the heads because I’m already making progress on some new ones, and I plan on having those come out soon. The main goal of this version was to fix the major graphics issues, while my next (and hopefully final) version will include all life stages for both genders. Also, thanks for the correction on the credit: Updated the main post with a link to Norn Holiday!
Mea: Yes, this is just for Creatures 1… At the moment. I plan on converting the final version over to C2 and C3/DS, or maybe asking for some help in the process! As Grendel Man mentioned a while back, I believe the slopes in these later games create the most problems for the female Grendels. It won’t be too soon, but I plan on making fixes for C2 and C3/DS, too!
Yay! This is lovely. My baby grendels look much, much better now, and no longer hobble around with horrible twisty feet.
Thank you so much for fixing this :D
Awesome, Jessi! Feel free to report any issues you may notice: I still think some of the body data may need some tweaking, but I’m pretty confident that there aren’t any glaring issues… Like those twisted feet! Ha ha! You’re very welcome! Hopefully I’ll have the complete version out at some point.
Although as I’ve found out, creating new female Grendel heads is quite hard. My first attempt resulted in something that looked like the Donald Trump version of Grendels. Seriously! I still can’t stop laughing!