Busy as a Bee with an Empty Honeypot
With a very clear consensus about my Creatures 1 projects, I’ve been looking into the honey and lemons… Also known as the other culprits in the neverending eating confusion! The honey is not all too bad, except that empty honeypots can still be interacted with by Norns and Grendels. In their minds, food should be inside when the objects are pushed. Not a terribly difficult fix, although I enjoy working through every script! The lemons are a bit trickier because they require a set of new sprites. Spoiler: Lemons will have a proper growth cycle, similar to that of the carrots! Only I’ve discovered that my attempts look quite horrible, and there aren’t really any existing images in Creatures 1 to use… Lemon buds are actually quite unique!
I still plan to work on the lemon sprites, although if there are any experienced Creatures 1 spriters who might be interested in helping out, feel free to contact me! I’ve been tied up with other stuff outside of Creatures lately, which explains the sudden calm and quiet atmosphere. Never fear: I’m planning on catching up with a new Artemiidae video, plus a couple of answers for the Creatures Hive! Survive this quiet spell, and I’m sure there will be plenty of excitement to come within the next week. There should also be a rather big announcement coming soon, related to those mysterious survey results. Come back soon!
I’m really looking forward to the improved foods – the difference made by hiding the (old) lemons and using the new carrots was really dramatic!
I can’t wait to get somewhere with them! Still looking for anyone who’s decent with sprites to help out with the lemons. I’m thrilled to hear that the updated carrots have been working out very well: I noticed a huge improvement in eating habits during testing! Maybe C1 Norns and Grendels will turn out to be the better eaters after all… I’ll be sure to get back to these fixes as soon as I have some more time!