Announcement and More Nurtured Norns

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Before I begin, I just wanted to make a small announcement.

I will no longer be covering Creatures 2. Until the existing issues with my computer are fixed (which will cost us some money) I can’t play the game due to stability issues. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

To make up for this, I’ve decided to schedule posts for Creatures 1 and Creatures 3/Docking Station to fill out the available days. Now, Creatures 1 coverage will be published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays while Creatures 3 and Docking Station will be published on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Sunday is still a break day or a bonus day for non-creatures  games.

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bandicam 2015-04-01 19-21-53-050 copyThis poor ship! Look at all the norns it has to carry! This isn’t the first or last time so many norns got stuck in the ship, but it’s still a pretty funny sight.

bandicam 2015-04-03 10-36-06-927 copyWhile everyone crowded around the radio and pressed it again and again, Peri who’d wandered all the way to the kitchen, was relaxing by the fridge and grabbing a few bites to eat. This girl seemed to enjoy this luxury.

Back on the island, I noticed some norns on the bridge at the upper level! It seems when I swept through and tried to fix collision issues, I missed the blue umbrella. Stain and Aster seemed out of place up there and weren’t too impressed. They just wanted to get some coconut meat from the area by the radio, after all.

bandicam 2015-04-03 10-37-39-475 copyThe other island norns spent their time ridding the paddle boat back and forth but some were starting to get off and explore. Logic and Fidget snoozed in the swampy area to the right of the temple. Peri still lingered by the fridge and-

Oh dear. As I checked on everyone, I got a death notification. This time, Eve has passed away.

bandicam 2015-04-03 10-46-51-449 copyThe best comfort is knowing that she had some friends around her. Everyone seemed to really like Aster, so it was a big bonus to have such a well liked norn keeping her company in her last moments.

I moved everyone back to the garden for feeding since the paddle boat seemed to prevent some norns from eating. They just kept getting swept away before they could have a bite! Right away, many of the norns started munching on the available carrots and potatoes and I showered them with a little extra food for seeds and fruit. As a result of their high spirits there were, naturally, a lot of pregnancies.

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Islanders

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After exporting all of the “egg bombs” that I was using to store the excess eggs, the game wasn’t just running much more smoothly, but it was also easier to count the number of norns remaining in this world. With 15 norns to keep track of, goodness, I still had a lot of lives to watch after.

bandicam 2015-04-01 18-59-19-648 copyI did notice a problem right away, though! And it’s a pretty funny looking problem. I guess I just lack the old, pregnant sprite for this breed! Hah! Oh well. Despite lacking her entire torso, the missing sprite didn’t actually hurt her, so it was more funny than anything.

bandicam 2015-04-01 19-03-07-459 copySoon, everyone had started to separate into groups and the house group was larger than the others. It even included Marsyia, who soon passed away due to her old age. I actually had to separate her from the others in the group to get her picture! The kitchen in the house was so crowded with norns trying to get all sorts of food from the fridge.

Now, Flame and Eve were the only two by the carrots and most of the boys were by the lemons, eating the fruit and the potatoes that grew underfoot.

bandicam 2015-04-01 19-05-38-736 copyI liked watching all the norns break off into different groups. It gave me a pretty neat insight into how norns decide who to make friends with and what they liked to talk about. More than anything, they enjoyed talking about how much they like or dislike other norns (even with fixes) but even still, the other ways they interacted gave away who they liked and who they didn’t. It also affected who they chose to stay with. Slapping usually resulted in at least one norn leaving to join another group, for example.

bandicam 2015-04-01 19-17-19-379 copyEventually, I decided to move the entire population over to the island. Peri was the first to leave, though perhaps only to lay her egg, but she marched on towards the house. This group is made of a lot of homebodies!

bandicam 2015-04-01 19-19-05-298 copyAs I watched Peri heading home a death notification appeared. This time, it was Akuma. Towards the end, he became a talker and is the one who got everyone started saying “me like aster” in the first place. You can see above that he was surrounded by friends when he passed away. Nearly everyone left really liked his company!

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AHH! Bacteria!

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bandicam 2015-04-01 21-29-12-451 copy Would you look at that happy face? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a norn look so happy during pregnancy! And look! She’s still holding her ball. Maybe she’s hoping to give it to her baby once it hatches?

Too bad that was so far off because of my hatching policy. At least she was willing to eat for me, probably because her boredom was so well managed. The little smarty pants always had a toy with her, so there was no reason to be bored! She later laid her egg with no problems and that brought our total to 7 eggs. Quite the number!

Cassy, as usual, complained about hunger but was so preoccupied with Danny and hooch that she practically refused food! Fed up, I moved the hooch to the small pond below the waterfall. I still didn’t have any success feeding her. I guess Danny was just that great a distraction.

I returned to the island to find Grub making friends with David (who blinked, of course)bandicam 2015-04-01 21-43-21-857 copy. The pair was talking about the lift button and sharing complaints. David talked about how tired he was and Grub kept repeating “Grub food”. I guess he was hungry!

Poor Mallory was hungry too and her health reflected that! Perry was in the same area as her and kept eating the carrots, though! What a greedy norn! His health was at a cool 77% and Mallory’s was at 55%. Before I could get a carrot in Mallory, Peony became pregnant. Of course, with Perry moved out of the way, Mallory still didn’t eat.

bandicam 2015-04-01 21-53-33-321 copyI tried to get her to sleep instead since rest seemed to be her biggest need. Even so, she didn’t sleep and her life force continued to decline. I injected her with “Sleeping Pill” and decided to feed her once she woke up. Once she woke up, I offered her a parsnip and she ate without being asked! Soon, she had that bright, smiling face on again. This got me thinking and I decided to try helping out Cassy again.

bandicam 2015-04-01 21-57-55-699 copyI had little success and as I was trying to feed her, David got sick. Grub and Peony were nearby and I couldn’t get them away from him because they decided to play with the lift. It took a few rides on the lift before I managed to get him away on the paddle boat. Antigen 0 turned out to be the culprit this time and, thankfully, he didn’t get anyone else sick. Once he was ashore, I had a real challenge on my hands trying to feed him. I offered him some cheese but a sneeze had him spinning out of control. He finally got to eat it when his health was at about 40%. Then, he ate a carrot. It crept up to 56% when I finally talked him into sleeping.

bandicam 2015-04-01 22-11-56-123 copyUltimately, it was his body that would win the battle. If we were lucky. All I could do was bring him food. His health took a sharp turn downards as his antibodies increased in number. The bacteria fought hard, but I had faith in him. I mean, look at that goofy, optimistic face. Of course, as I took his picture, he aged right before my eyes

The battle wasn’t over yet, though! We still had an antigen to fight and it was fighting hard. When his health dipped to 38%, I started to lose hope. Of course, the girls couldn’t let me take a break during a time like this. Tabby became pregnant while I helped David fight his sickness. David at least kept eating. I wondered why his fight was so difficult but then, a deeper look into the science kit revealed two unknown toxins in his body! It seemed like the bacteria were starting to evolve. Unfortunately, I had no idea how to deal with unknown toxins in this game. I hopefully injected David with Anti-oxidant but it seems like his body was already winning. His antibody 0 count was finally higher than antigen 0 and he was finally recovering.

His status was finally reading “Healthy” and I could move on to other things, like Peony’s failing health. Thankfully, she didn’t have an illness and quickly ate the carrots I offered her. I also collected Tabby’s egg, which was laid during my trouble with David. I hardly noticed the 20 minutes pass because the experience was so nerve wracking, but it was finally over. I couldn’t even take many pictures!

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Relocating The Nurture Norns!

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bandicam 2015-04-01 12-41-25-575 copyJust as before, it seemed like time was just ticking down and all the norns were eventually going to die of old age. Given how cozy their lives were, I at least knew they were going out happy. Dark Cat would be the next to go and I have to say, I especially liked him. He was quiet and liked to stick to himself. Besides that, he also had a wild appearance.

When he finally passed away, Delia was by his side. She was a bit of a loner too, so I decided to leave her where she was, but I did have an idea to make the last 4 hours of this world more interesting. I decided to add a new metaroom and what better room than C1toDS? Once they were in here, they couldn’t get back out, either.

I lined everyone up in the metaroom and unfroze them. Instantly, everyone was on the move. There was even a huge spike in the number of pregnancies!

Untitled-1 copyI guess the way things worked out were interesting, but it seems like a lot of friends got seprated from eachother when they seprated into those small tribes.

bandicam 2015-04-01 13-06-21-466 copySadly, Lin passed away in front of the stove. At least she was kept warm, but what an unusual way to go. The norns around her were praising Aster!

Then again, Lin’s never stayed in one place for very long. She was always the ship’s wanderer, roaming from one tribe to the next. I’m glad she got to be surrounded by so many norns when she passed away.

There wasn’t much roaming anymore, however. Stain was the first to make it to the swamp and even so, quickly turned back and returned to the garden where most of the other norns were.

bandicam 2015-04-01 13-15-21-859 copyI couldn’t blame them for choosing to stay there. The food was abundant and that’s where all their friends were! The norns in the house ate from the fridge and everyone seemed active and happy! Only a handful had to be told to eat (Akuma, Flame, Logic) but once told, they were happy to oblige.

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