Notes and Such from Around the Creatures Community
There are always new and exciting things to find in the Creatures community, but with a lot happening lately, I wanted to take a moment to highlight a couple of important new developments. Naturally, I’ve most likely left out some things that have been going on: It’s the nature of our ever-changing and imaginative community! Nothing was intentionally left out… Blame it on my old mind, which aged another year yesterday. Comments are always open, so feel free to share anything and everything else related to Creatures!
- Creatures 1 at Discover Albia: This is more of a personal update. The latest C1 posts have not sparked as much interest as those involving my C3/DS world. In no way will I be abandoning this world: The focus will temporarily shift towards Creatures Docking Station. This will also give me more time to work on the updated C1 Grendel and do some extensive testing. Genetics lessons and case studies may also be coming out related to Creatures 1, but the actual world and the drama within will be taking a short break. Everyone will be back in action sometime in August!
- Guest Downloads at The Grove: The Grove is a forum owned by TreeSprite, which has housed many downloads for the Creatures titles throughout the years. Its unfortunate feature has been how only registered members could access these downloads, yet new user registration has been down for quite some time. Thanks to a post by JTGibson on the GOG forums, guest downloads have now been enabled! Have a look through these treasures that are not always easy to find.
- A Birthday and a Release from Grendel Man: Grendel Man celebrated a birthday earlier in the week! And to stand out, he was the one offering the gift to us! The Moonshadow Grendels V2 are an awesome new breed for C3/DS that come in both Banshee and regular Grendel sprites. They’re quite unique, and Grendel Man provided an excellent explanation. Try them out soon!
- A Finished Chione Background from Mea: There is an amazing metaroom being worked on at the moment, and Mea recently released a screenshot showing off the Chione Background. I was amazed by it! Every time I look at it, there seems to be something new to find. We still have to wait for its actual coding and release, but it shouldn’t be terribly long until that happens!
- New Blogs from GrayDragonEmily and SpringRain: When I see a new Creatures blog, I usually get a little too excited. Even better: Two new blogs have started up within the last couple of weeks! Emily’s Observations is all about Creatures Docking Station and a group of mainly Grendels, while SpringRain’s Creatures Blog details the lives of an interesting population of Horse Norns in C1. Everyone plays these games differently, and it’s nice to read and see what goes on in these worlds!
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Hi again, a quick question. At some point I’m going to try and get one of the Creatures games again, one that works on my laptop or whatever I have when that time comes around. Do you have any tips for someone wanting to start a Creatures blog at some point?
Thanks for all of your comments, Chip! I may not be responding to each one, but I’ve been reading them all and getting a good laugh out of a few!
Blogging about Creatures should, above all else, have some form of fun in it for you. That goes for everything in general, but it rings equally true in this scenario. It’s also easier to do, since the games can be enjoyed in countless different ways! You might want to get a few ideas in line about what your blog will be about: Creating breeds? Looking at genetics? Documenting worlds? Or something else? I had the luck of going in and not really knowing what I wanted to write about, but I wasn’t going to be bothered if no one commented. I still recommend checking spelling and making sure everything is readable, yet make each post enjoyable for you! You should never feel like blogging is like a boring job that you dread. Many Creatures bloggers (myself included) have gone on hiatus from time to time when that spark just isn’t there. Connecting with other Creatures blogs is also a plus, but that doesn’t mean you’ll get tons and tons of readers up front. Sometimes it takes some time for people to get into your posts, which shouldn’t be taken personally. Bottom line: Blog about what interests you, share your passion and ideas, and enjoy the readers who stop by! You know I’ll be one of them!
And if you need any help with making layouts on Blogger, I would be happy to offer some other tips, if need be!
Wow, someone who still plays these games! I just discovered the wonderful gem that C3DS is, and trying to find content about it is like going through a forgotten crypt sometimes. Wonderful to see someone play the creatures games in 2012. (By the way, you’ve helped me several times. Without you, I never would have even gotten the game running.)
I’m glad I could help! The community is small, but still surprisingly active after so long! I’ve got a list of links to the right of a bunch of fairly active Creatures related sites, if you’re looking for some more. Feel free to ask any and all questions: I’m always thrilled to hear when someone either picks up the games for the first time, or gets back into them. Good luck with everything, and enjoy!
I know that when you said I could ask question you probably didn’t mean right away, but I’ve been having one big issue with my C3DS game- illness. Even doing my best to keep my Norns out of the jungle, sometimes one will still get sick. Once one is sick, it seems like I just can’t eradicate the disease from the population. I isolate the sick norn in the DS Norn room (which I don’t use for normal Norn raising) the second I think something might be wrong, but another Norn will often get sick anyway. Even after I isolate a Norn until the hoverdoc gives them a clean bill of health and they’ve stopped showing symptoms, it seems they keep spreading the disease somehow. I just can’t completely get rid of an illness once a single Norn gets sick. Is this normal? What can I do to better protect my Norns from illness, and help cure any that get sick?
(Also, I just noticed we have the same first name if I’m reading right!)
This explains why, two days ago, someone called Mea send me loads of Norns. She was probably testing her new metaroom :D
The Chesire Cat: When your Norns are sick, do they exhibit lots of coughing or sneezing? Sometimes histamine A or B floats around and just causes Norns to react to it, without being technically ill. It’s more of an allergic reaction, if that makes sense! Does it seem like no other toxins or bacteria are involved? I would recommend injecting antihistamine, or feeding them some lemons from the Norn Meso: These are a natural source of antihistamines. That’s the main thing that comes to mind, but feel free to let me know if there’s more involved! And yes, indeed, if you’re also a Jessica, we share a first name!
Gonzo: Could be! Mea is a master with creating beautiful things for C3/DS. I can’t wait until Chione is all set and released!
Okay, thank you very much. My biggest problem was indeed histamine A. I guess I was failing at getting rid of it because it just floats around, and was taking it’s own good time to leave. I was making sure to give them plenty of lemons, but I was worried that getting sick so often would kill them. Again, thank you. Now I don’t have to be so terrified if one gets sick.
Also: *secret Jessica handshake* :D
Gonzo: I was actually just running an experimental feral run at that time & I left a portal or two open to give the creatures a chance to escape if there was anyone online. Since I had been concentrating on finishing the Chione background, I hadn’t played with my creatures for a while & after I finished the background, I decided to let that world run for awhile while I rested & took care of a few other things. The creatures in that world apparently decided to go on a breeding spree which is probably part of why you got so many. The ones I got from you are doing pretty well so far, & I’ve exported one of them to add to the world that my CreatureLink norn Relbia is currently living in. So you might see some of their descendents sometime on CreatureLink.
I actually have no skill at coding caos, so I can’t test the room myself. Like most of the community, I have to wait until it is released to play with the Chione metaroom. :)
Hey, SpringRain here. =^_^= Thank you so much for mentioning my wee blog (and GrayDragonEmily’s) on Discover Albia. I never really expected it would get any attention. So I’m super happy. Hehe.
I’ve been trying to read through all the entries of this blog here since the beginning and really been enjoying it.
I only realised today of course, (after making it to the April 2012 tab) that the reason some of the entries seemed to come out of nowhere sometimes was because I’ve been missing bits. Nuuu! T_T It’s like missing some chapters out of a good book. I’ll have to go back through the older posts to read all the good stuff I missed out on. Ahaha.
1. definitely excited for Chione i’m like hyped. i think it is going to be worth the wait though
2. yeah i saw the message on creature caves about the new blogs and i quickly checked them out the other day. i believe one is c3/ds related and the other c1?
3. we all love grendel man <3