Babs

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bandicam 2014-12-01 22-00-03-645 copyBobby was born last time and now, Opal is pregnant with another egg! It didn’t take much encouraging, either. I just led Gavin to the kitchen to meet with Opal and they decided on their own to make an egg. I didn’t have to say a thing! don’t mind the 7 there, it quickly dropped to 1 and her pregnancy continued as normal.

They even continued to kiss for a lot of Opal’s pregnancy. It was a struggle to get her separated so that she could eat – as with all my females so far, her pregnancy was a little tough on her and she needed to eat. Once she finally did it, I was satisfied to let her roam as she pleased. I just wished norns didn’t keep trying to eat the sad little carrot sprouts rather than the full vegetable – it didn’t seem to do them any good to try to eat the little things.

bandicam 2014-12-01 22-07-22-767 copySpeaking of little things, Opal finally laid this little egg in the herb garden. She sampled some plants while she waited for her egg to arrive and I quickly moved it to the kitchen. Since Bobby was old enough already, I decided to let this little egg hatch.

Out popped Babs. bandicam 2014-12-01 22-13-34-627 copyThank goodness we have a girl this time! So convenient, really. I hadn’t even bothered to check her genes before deciding to let her hatch. Once she did hatch, they were open season.

Emitters

Most norns have an emitter that causes them to get lonely over time. In Babs, she gets Fearful! How awful! I imagine she’ll want to spend a lot of time with other norns.

Rather than producing Adrenaline when she feels pain, Bab’s body will actually produce Alcohol! How curious! I’m curious to see what this turns into.

Reactions

In Babs, feeling Tired, Sleepy or Bored will not produce any punishment. She also has a new “blank” reaction where Nothing becomes nothing. This opens the door for some interesting mutations.

Stimuli

She will also experience more Crowdedness from being patted by another creature but she will not gain SexDrive.

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Bobby!

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bandicam 2014-12-01 11-07-22-635 copySick of Species? Well, I’m not, but I figure you might be sick of reading about it. So let’s go back to Albia, shall we?

When I arrived, this little egg was ready and waiting to hatch. I had to scoop it up before it had the opportunity, though! I still had to make my rounds and feed the other norns, especially Lydia who’d just given birth to this egg.

I popped it into the incubator and soon I had a new little friend.

bandicam 2014-12-01 11-12-27-107 copyAnother boy! His name is Bobby. At first, I was worried he was stuck like Gavin was but my fears were unfounded. He only took some coaxing with a ball to get moving but once he was up, he wouldn’t hold still!

I did manage to teach him all of the computer words and a few nouns before he was up and at ’em. Once he was fed, I took some time to look at his genes.

Reactions

Normally, NFP + NFP- would give 1 reward from birth. In Bobby, he doesn’t get the reward until he’s reached the Adolescent stage.

He also has a new “blank” reaction which is None+None = None+None.

With that settled, it was time to make my rounds.

bandicam 2014-12-01 12-24-12-135 copyHe spent most of his time looking around at things inside of the house’s computer room and kitchen but Opal managed to get him down with a lift. She sipped coffee and play with the ball with us.

I had to start thinking about a mate for him, though. With two fertile females and three males, the ratio was just a little off. I could hold off on adding a new female since Opal was still very young but it’s important to plan for the future.

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Species – The Islands

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Species 2014-11-29 23-48-09-019Not that it was especially surprising, but the population actually went up and started to threaten the population cap when it floated over 800. Toying with the ecology helped take their numbers down to about 350, though. I slowly raised the water level to give most of the creatures time to reach shore and I increased the fertility to compensate for smaller available land. Eventually, the area was split up into islands and the total population dipped to a meager 150. I boosted the land’s fertility.

When I was finished, the Water level reached 0.6, and the fertility of the land was 0.8 but the limited land prevented huge populations – despite the increased fertility of the land, creatures were still competing for food and bald, eaten patches of earth started to show through. With three separate islands, however, I had a new environmental influence in my world. The population’s rise and fall was starting to become cyclic as food came and went.

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Finally, the islands were mostly separated and the creatures were starting to look more and more interesting. My favorite of the four above is probably the brown pig-like creature. They’re cute in a way.

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Species – About Food and Water

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Species 2014-11-29 23-04-35-779Slowly but surely, it was getting drier and less green inland.

This left wetter, more fertile areas more densely populated. It might have increased populations but with the number of species sitting around 30 and the number of individuals over 700, it seemed like competition wasn’t enough. I do like to think that my rovers had a hand in these large numbers, though.

To get numbers back down and more sustainable, I decided to decrease the water level again. While I waited for levels to go down, I took these.

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I toyed around with more ways to make life more difficult for the creatures, including putting up fences, adding and removing climate control machines, etc. The number of species increased as the total population decreased, though. I decided to add a rover to feed creatures with high Energy Capacity – creatures that can store more food and energy in their bodies.

As numbers continued to decrease, I took some time to enjoy the watering hole. It was quickly becoming my favorite area to explore

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It was probably because of the water that the creatures were able to survive – water meant the plants would be plentiful. The greenery itself also kept things visually interesting, but that’s not to say the coast wasn’t interesting in its own right.

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Species 2014-11-29 23-27-03-554Coastal creatures were just as varied and seemed to have no qualms about exploring inland. As for the large desert areas, there were no large herds. It seemed the animals were most interested in lush areas with food, which makes sense. I did start to wonder whether there would soon be carnivores, though.

A quick search through all the species showed that no, there were no carnivores or herbivores, all the species were still Omnivorous. I thought it would be time for another change, though. I lowered the water level to 0.1 and increased the fertility by 0.1. Less water was bad news but extra fertility might be enough to make up for the loss.

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