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Post by Lavie on Dec 15, 2016 17:57:00 GMT
So one of the things I want for beasts (besides skins) is to have a special "variation" of a beast. Most pet sites have this. Usually it's a different colored version of the creature, but instead what I'd like is to have our variants animated, maybe with a glowy effect, and add a fancy title in front their names like "Diamond", "Platinum", "Royal", or something. Their borders on your pages and their own pages will also be more colorful and shiny.
These variants can only be obtained rarely by chance when a beast is summoned. I may add an option to "upgrade" your beast to the variant but not sure. If you get a variant beast, any skins you purchase for it will also work with the animation and such. Special skins may have a totally different animation to go with it as well.
Tell me what you think! My main problem right now is trying to decide what to call the variant. I'd like something catchy and fitting. Would love help with that haha!
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Post by Manewa on Dec 15, 2016 19:53:56 GMT
Oh, so obtaining one would be kinda like shiny hunting in pokemon then? Sounds cool!
As for the name, how about 'Noble'? Just something from the top of my mind.
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Post by Lavie on Dec 16, 2016 13:13:33 GMT
Yep, kinda like that!
And thanks for the suggestion, though I'm not sure "noble" would fit as we are going to have beasts that are quite the opposite of 'noble' in terms of disposition and appearance haha!
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Post by chicago on Jan 30, 2017 22:09:13 GMT
It could be sorta like Dragon adopters (r.i.p.) where if you have enough material pertaining to a certain creature and special items that one cant find conventionally, you could dye it/change its color permanently. Kitsunes could use fur, slime use... slime/ooze, gryphon feathers and so on and so forth.
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Post by Magdalena on Jan 30, 2017 22:22:02 GMT
Time to brainstorm some ideas for titles of our special beasts:
Diamond Platinum Royal Noble
Elder? Holy/Unholy? Divine? (Thanks to my husband for that one! xD) Supreme? Angelic? Celestial? Sacred? Eternal? Godly?
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Post by twilight on Jan 30, 2017 23:23:11 GMT
Time to brainstorm some ideas for titles of our special beasts: Diamond Platinum Royal Noble Elder? Holy/Unholy? Divine? (Thanks to my husband for that one! xD) Supreme? Angelic? Celestial? Sacred? Eternal? Godly?I think all of those suggestions are excellent! They kinda convey the "mystical" feel Beasts would have and they would fit most every kind of fantastical creature I can imagine. I wouldn't mind having a Holy and Unholy version for some beast. There are legends where an otherwise friendly spirit can be corrupted.
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Post by chicago on Jan 30, 2017 23:28:19 GMT
All these adjectives remind me of Terraria! That gives me an idea. In Terraria, different adjectives give different boosts. Some give all good boosts, some bad and many give a mix. If "upgrading" monsters become a thing, how about doing something similar with battle boosts? You could reupgrade how much you want if you have the money but you could end up with a weak monster. Weak monsters could cost less to take a gamble and upgrade which would give incentive to invest in weak monsters.
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Post by Magdalena on Jan 30, 2017 23:38:24 GMT
We could also make it so weak beasts could be recycled via unsummoning or killing them with a small and/or scaling bonus due to their rarities and boosts; this would allow for their resources to be farmed/reclaimed in the event their stats are truly crap. xD
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Post by Lavie on Jan 31, 2017 1:37:45 GMT
These are all really awesome ideas! I love the idea of upgrading beasts! I am definitely adding that to the feature list. (:
As for having animated beasts (the title of this thread lol), I may have to forego that idea. Legendary skins will definitely be animated however. I do still want some kind of random, rare status effect or visual appearance that beasts can be summoned with, now just to figure out what. Kind of like shinies or Pokerus in pokemon. Just a neat little thing that will make some beasts more unique and valuable, and only obtained by chance through summoning. (: Hrmmm.
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Post by Magdalena on Jan 31, 2017 10:32:17 GMT
One idea is species variations. For instance, with the Kitsune, there could be a tiger striped variation? Or one that is a cat instead of a fox, so a catsune? Or something like that. x3 But I suppose that, since it's not true to the mythos, that might upset the more diehard mythology fans.
Maybe, regarding the kitsune again, there could be one that spawns with an orb and some foxfire wisps? It would still be the same kitsune design, just with additional accessories that are canon to the mythos. The slime could have skulls and bones floating inside it, the inugami could have an ethereal skeleton showing through the ghost/spirit portion, the chickens could have color variations relation to chicken species, or maybe a cockatrice variant? Sheep could have a black sheep, etc.
In the future, beasts such as the werewolf could sport a red cape and a basket, or could be wearing a sheep costume. There could also be super rare holiday editions during holiday events.
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Post by Lavie on Jan 31, 2017 18:30:22 GMT
Hmm, those border on skin ideas (I'm not sure if you read about 'skins' yet). I'm gonna brainstorm and I'll definitely post my ideas here! The only things I've thought of so far are just having a simple shiny icon show up on beasts' profiles, and maybe changing their border color on player profiles (which we have added to dev site) to a different color just to signify "Look at me, I'm SPESHUL!" The second idea would be to have this plus maybe have these creatures' stats naturally higher? Like how sometimes in the real world there's geniuses, so maybe in our world certain beasts are just naturally better. That could cause balance issues probably, so maybe instead these beasts are just summoned with maxed stats. Yea, that sounds better. I mean, what's the point of having a shiny special beast if its stats are super low? So to paint a picture: You're a new player. You've summoned a few chickens and a kitsune or two. You create another chicken and lo and behold this one has this crazy fancy golden (or whatever shiny color) border around it. Its stats look pretty good compared to your other chickens too, and it has a fancy icon on its profile unlike your other beasts. You ride with this special golden chicken into battle only to get beaten by a kitsune, but hey, at least he looks fabulous.
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Post by Magdalena on Jan 31, 2017 20:21:12 GMT
Oh yeah, in retrospect, my previous post would all probably fit better with skins. xD
I suppose we could just run with Shiny or something synonymous, because the scenario you painted is hilarious, and then you get to say 'I found a Shiny Chicken!' If you're considering simple animations, maybe the border could run a simple shimmer animation, so it's really speshul!
I would suggest Sparkly in place of Shiny but that brings up bad Twilight memories. :T
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Post by twilight on Jan 31, 2017 21:22:45 GMT
What about a background, or a colored Aura surrounding the creature (Unless that's what you meant by border?), It would be immediately apparent that the creature was special. The creatures name could also look different depending on rank. Maybe the background/ aura could still be animated? A little shimmer, sparkle, or lightning strike effect.
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Post by Lavie on Feb 1, 2017 0:43:43 GMT
twilight it'll be something like this but perhaps animated and with texture And then some kind of icon and fancy things in the profile too!
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Post by twilight on Feb 1, 2017 2:06:47 GMT
Oooohhh!
Okay, yeah that could look pretty cool! It'd be a bit like a shiny (foil?) Pokémon card. Different colors and animations depending on the rank, plus future skins will add a lot more customization than I was expecting (also a lot more collecting! Yay!)
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