Eggs, Eggs, Eggs

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Shbandicam 2015-04-10 12-16-34-848 copye didn’t even fall ill before she died. At 9 hours, 7 minutes, I thought her death was premature but Cassy was a difficult eater towards the end and pregnancies always seemed very hard on her. Her health even sat at a nice 60%. It wasn’t great, but it wasn’t awful, either.

The good news is that she’s survived by many eggs. They may have taken a toll on her, but I’m sure she’d be happy knowing she had so many children.

bandicam 2015-04-10 12-22-20-957 copySpeaking of having children, Mallory had a following of norns and a grendel by her side. It seemed like everyone was excited to see her egg. In fact, I guess Peony felt left out and decided to have an egg of her own, too! I now had two pregnant norns on my hands and this had me doubly excited. Perry, our excited, and happy father paced back and forth as Mallory started to lay her egg and add it to our impressive collection. Out popped this little blue thing and soon I was focusing on Peony. Including the egg Peony would soon have, we had 11 on our hands now. That’s a lot! Finally, she laid her egg and it joined the others.

Of course, I had to start thinking about introducing a new baby to the world. I could hatch one of the existing eggs or add a generation 1 baby. The gender ratio was pretty even so it really didn’t matter what I chose, in that regard. One thing was clear, though. I had to get some food in Mallory’s belly. Her health dipped as low as mid 30%!

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Thinning of The Herd

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bandicam 2015-04-10 18-22-25-311 copyThe moment I loaded the game to blog, Kerplunk succumbed to old age. He lived a pretty cozy life! Surrounded by friends and food, it would have been difficult for anyone to argue that he didn’t lead a happy and healthy norn life.

I wouldn’t have expected any less from one of the stream’s winners, either.

The numbers have thinned quite a bit since I started this project in January. Now, we only had 4 adults out of our 11 surviving norns and not a single one was younger than 2 and a half hours. Not very surprising given I introduced each of them at 15 minute intervals.

While I waited for something to happen, I decided to take a look at some metarooms. The truth was, I was burnt out from this group and wanted to try something new. With Creatures 2 completely cleared from my schedule, I wanted something to fill the gap, but not C2toDS. Instead, I wanted to try another gimmick world similar to my queen pearlmaid world from a while back. I have to say, Artemia Sea looks like an attractive world to play in, too.

bandicam 2015-04-10 18-35-54-026 copyStill, that’s planning for the future and probably doesn’t have a place in this post. I’ll come up with something. As I fiddled with other ideas, Logic passed away. He had a habit of exploring the other areas in C2toDS but here, he seemed to stick to his fellow Creature more. There was nothing wrong with that, and he made some friends in the process.

bandicam 2015-04-10 18-44-37-815 copyBecause nothing was happening, I decided to move everyone into the Grendel Terrarium, up on a bridge where there was no food. There was food in the lower levels, but the norns still had to travel down to get it. Basically, I just wanted tehm to move around a little.

And what happens? Fidget runs to the right and falls down. She usually smiled, but she wasn’t so happy after that unpleasant dive. Still, she survived and was happy to explore a little.

Many of the norns hadn’t moved since their relocation. I assumed it’s because their lives had become so easy. Not having to look for food made them lazy and they seemed to expect food when they felt hunger. I found this a little annoying and I guessed this contributed to their lack of exploration. To get them moving again, I placed food just outside of their reach so that they still had to get up and reach it. It seemed to work for some but others, like Flame and Spurius preferred to lie where they were.

bandicam 2015-04-10 19-12-16-033 copyPeri was the next norn to pass away. Again, old age was the cause. Just as most of the others, she led a happy and healthy existence. This didn’t make for exciting blogging, but at least all of the creatures were happy. Aster kept Peri company in her final moments. Then, as soon as Peri passed on, Aster rejoined the group. Maybe she just knew Peri was on her way out?

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Friendly Grendels, Cooperative Norns

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Wow! I fell behind this week. I guess a case of the common cold will do that, huh? Beside that, I’ve also had some personal projects that I’ve been working on and my YouTube channel has definitely been keeping me busy.

I’m back today to catch up with my Creatures 1 world, though! Better late than never, right?

bandicam 2015-04-10 11-59-48-380 copyDavid had recovered from his experience with that terrible disease but I was still worried for him. Really, I should have worried about Tabby whose health was a little worse off. You coudln’t tell from her smile, but her health sat around 50%. She wasn’t difficult come feeding time, which made me wonder why her health was so low in the first place. For the first time in a long time, I decided to do some genetic investigating.

Unfortunately, nothing in her genetics jumped out at me. I decided to see if carrots would be better food. When she did eat, she only had some honey. A carrot seemed to do the trick, though it also seemed she digested it more slowly. It was hard for me to describe and my incomplete understanding of norn biochemistry didn’t do me any favors.

bandicam 2015-04-10 12-08-31-055 copyAs I considered what to do next, I found Perry and Grub tickling each other and smiling in the well. I always knew that Norns and Grendels could become friends, but it was still refreshing to see when it happened.

I always play with “Grendel – Friendly” on because it allows Grendels the ability to interact with norns on their own terms instead of all interactions defaulting to a slap, as was originally intended and programmed into the game. Grub was even there to congratulate Perry and Mallory on their new egg. The boys seemed to greatly enjoy each other’s company and I hoped they’d be close friends for a long while.

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Creatures Community Quilt 2015

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Join in on the Creatures Community Quilt project for 2015!

View the quilt and the “public page” here.

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What is this?
The point of this project is to show your appreciation for the Creatures Community by adding your own 120 x 120 square to the quilt. Make your mark, show off your creativity and share your love of Creatures and the Community.

Over time, watch the quilt grow as I update the quilt every 4 squares. At the end of the year, I will ‘stitch’ all of the rows together and post the finished quilt online. Squares will be placed in the order that they were submitted.

If this turns out to be a popular activity, I’ll repeat this next year!

You can view the quilt here. I know I only frequent the Creatures Caves, but members from ALL forums are welcome to contribute to the quilt project so long as the quilt is PG-13 or lower and is Creatures related. Please send all squares to kezune_twitch@hotmail.com. I will host the files here on your behalf to avoid hot linking.

What are the rules?
– Maximum 10 squares per member. There is no minimum number, of course. This gives everyone an equal chance to express their adoration for the games and the community that they bore.
– Quilts must be related to Creatures. They can depict fanart, poems, screenshots, or anything else you can think of that is related to Creatures, including agents and works in progress.
– The squares must be no larger and no smaller than 120×120 px. Uniformity will make the quilt nice and tidy.
– You can share your squares in the Graphics section of the Gallery or host them yourself.
– I will not add your name to the squares so if you want your name included on them, you must add them yourself.
– Deadline is December 31st, 2015. You have plenty of time, but don’t forget!

How do I start?
For your convenience, I’ve already created these files for you to use. The .png file is only meant to be a guide and you don’t need to use the stitching. You can create your own stitching if you prefer, as well.
Below that picture, I’ve provided a link to the .PSD so that if you have Photoshop, you can use that.
The quilt squares can be made in any image editing software.


Get the PSD file here

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