#Biodiversity - Expanding upon LC's fauna and their relationship with their habitats.

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tight moat
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Ghost girl changes by killing you

sly sail
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i believe she changes at kill

fathom spire
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atleast until they leave the facility

tight moat
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But my point stands

fathom spire
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it'll reroll once the person escapes

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she's nice, but possessive

sly sail
tight moat
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What I'm getting at is

fathom spire
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yeah she's kinda like ghostgirl in that regard

fathom spire
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or, well, i did

tight moat
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Once she "marks" somebody I think it would be cool if she would actually stay fixated on that target even if somebody else becomes more injured

fathom spire
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but just in the original description paragraph

tight moat
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Exactly, lil more flavorful

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And it prevents her from like

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Abandoning you?

fathom spire
tight moat
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If that makes sense

sly sail
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"YOU are going to be MY BABY today, dont run away from MAMA"

tight moat
fathom spire
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well I feel like sacrificing yourself to the mommy plant's pretty cool

tight moat
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Do you think that fits her character better than obsessing over one specific employee?

fathom spire
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FOR THE COMPANY type shit y'know

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it's not the predominant strat, but y'know

sly sail
fathom spire
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you can send someone in as bait to distract her

fathom spire
fathom spire
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not do anything?

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like

sly sail
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she could wait at entrance

fathom spire
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she'll just be useless after the target employee leaves

sly sail
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like "he's going to come back"

fathom spire
sly sail
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if they dont come back in 10 seconds she just goes to do other stuff

tight moat
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If the employee leaves that could easily be a point where she gets "reset" and can pick someone else

fossil wraith
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nuh uh

fathom spire
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I feel like the aloe's character is more just a general caretaker than gets obsessed with her patient, but inevitably when that person leaves she just switches to a new one

tight moat
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I'm just focusing in on how her AI picks a target based on injury

fossil wraith
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hey what if we make a passive-ish masked

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like how this is a passive-ish bracken

fathom spire
tight moat
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Don't get sidetracked, sagey

fathom spire
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like, that's it

fossil wraith
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what if we make like passive-ish versions of some of the enemies

tight moat
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Shoo!

fossil wraith
tight moat
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Aloe time!

fathom spire
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WE HAVE MASKED VARIANTS ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️

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read pinned graah

tight moat
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We're pressure cooking the M I L F first!!!

tight moat
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Ok so

fossil wraith
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actually tho

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can you show me where the thing is

fathom spire
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check pinned

fossil wraith
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where is it

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HOW DFO I FIND IT

fathom spire
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pinned

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bro it's PINNED on the THREAD

fossil wraith
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what

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????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

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oh

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it's in the upper right corner

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phooey

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ah there's only 2

fathom spire
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only?

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ok go on tilted

tight moat
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PASSIVE

  • Roams deep within facility, doesn't seek you out
  • Flees like a bracken from employees
  • Super non-lethal unless you really bug her like a hoarding bug for example

CURIOUS

  • When any employee becomes injured they will slowly fill a meter that marks them as the Aloe's obsession
  • More injured = faster meter fill
  • Aloe knows where injured employees are on the entire map no matter what and will stalk the currently highest meter employee

OBSESSED

  • When an employee fully fills the obsession meter, all other employees have their meters reset and paused
  • There can only be one obsession
  • Aloe will intensely stalk the Obsession with the Bracken stalk pattern, but instead of breaking your neck will just snatch you
  • When an obsession is snatched they are brought to the bracken nest where the aloe bracken will do a weird lil animation that heals the obsession
  • When the obsession is healed to full health, Aloe will roam the surrounding area exactly like she does in her passive state, except now she CAN kill other employees(?)
  • if the obsession leaves the nest she will realize after a delay and attempt to repossess the obsession non-lethally
  • Alternatively, while the obsession is being dragged or held by the Aloe, they can wiggle A and D on their movement to try and break free
  • Breaking free stuns the Aloe briefly so that the obsession can beat cheeks and leave before she comes after them
  • If an obsession repeatedly breaks free or sneaks out of the nest, there will be a steadily increasing chance that she switches to her Punishment phase
  • Injuring the Aloe contributes a SIGNIFICANT amount to this chance

PUNISHMENT

  • The Aloe attempts to kill her obsession after becoming exhausted by them
  • Alternatively, if her obsession is injured by another employee, THEY will be the target of punishment
  • Looking at her in this state no longer scares her off at all
  • She will be solely focused on her target and nobody else
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And then just as was mentioned, if the obsession escapes the building, they will lose their obsession status after, like, idk, 15 seconds?

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At which point Aloe goes back to passive

dawn flicker
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Tsundere bracken

tight moat
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If she's trying to PUNISH someone who hurt her baby this will not reset her to Passive, she reverts to Obsessed (unless her obsession died)

dawn flicker
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Cant wait to see how Bongo reacts when he sees aloe mechs lmao the coding for it will be such a struggle

sly sail
dawn flicker
sly sail
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both do different stuff

dawn flicker
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Well yeah

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But kinda

sly sail
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one drags you to heal, one drags you to kill you

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thing is, the fear you may have while it carries you until you see your fate

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gives it a touch

dawn flicker
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Im getting way too obsessed with modding tbh and ive gotta take a break cuz im going back to my parents for a couple of days

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But i’d want to work on my menus xd oh well i think i’ll work out a lore for murkydere

sacred ferry
fossil wraith
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and thy punisment...

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is DEATH

fathom spire
tight moat
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I figured we'd commit to the bit

fossil wraith
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cring

fathom spire
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she's more like, caring to a very intense degree than full on yandere

fossil wraith
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srry i had to

fathom spire
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she's just very possessive of her patients

fossil wraith
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we need the uhhh the fucking uhh

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☘️ , right

tight moat
fossil wraith
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☘️ and then ⚕️ 🏥

fathom spire
fathom spire
tight moat
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momdere

fossil wraith
dawn flicker
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Posted The Collector on dc - a company entity variant

fathom spire
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like how your movement is restricted while healing from a fracture or some other injury

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though i guess when i said "will get angry if not indulged" it came off more like obsessed behavior

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but it's like

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uuuh

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toriel from undertale yeah

tight moat
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Right right

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the lady that assaults you with fireballs

fathom spire
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the aloe will only kill other employees when they free the healed

fathom spire
tight moat
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ok so Aloe never gets sick of you trying to escape then?

fathom spire
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no i mean like

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she'll get sick of you escaping and kill you after doing it a bunch of times

fathom spire
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she won't immediately get angry at employees who approach you or anything

tight moat
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ohhhhhhhh

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keyword "when"

fathom spire
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she'll just get mad if you take them off her hands

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oh i thought you were confused with like, who she killed

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she can teamwipe, but you gotta fuck up a ton of times

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like

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you could have your buddies try to free you and then get killed

tight moat
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nah I thought she was aggressive towards anyone that got too close by default

fathom spire
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and then you yourself could try to flee enough times but fail to where she just gives up and kills you

fathom spire
tight moat
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aight aight aight

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so like

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if you walk up and mog her does she leave or does she just sit there until you slap her on the ass

fossil wraith
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wait wait

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what if she finds out another employee damaged you

fathom spire
# tight moat so like

when you free yourself during her aggro phase where she's tryina get you back to the spot?

fossil wraith
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like she sees or you go near another person and come back damaged

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also what if she thinks masked are employe-

tight moat
tight moat
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what is her response

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like just standing there staring at her

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like a foot away

fossil wraith
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PLS do

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acknowlage the employee daaging

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if someone hurts you i would assume she just gets mad at them

fathom spire
tight moat
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yes

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while you're in the nest and she's got you held

fathom spire
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yeah she'll just stand there

tight moat
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ok she just doesn't acknowledge them at all?

fathom spire
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she has no reason to really assume someone wouldnt want their friend healed

fathom spire
tight moat
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but she is cautious of the employees before she gets somebody right? Like a bracken is?

fathom spire
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yeah, she stalks

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but she's probably lost in the sauce or smth

tight moat
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poking her in the eyes and telling your friend to book it

fathom spire
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LMAO

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I imagine with the behaviors we've already proposed, a situation like this would make sense

tight moat
fossil wraith
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maybe make her react in a specific way if you have a weapon depending on the phase she's in

fathom spire
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scenario: you find your friend being healed by the aloe, and hit her with a shovel. this frees your friend, and makes the aloe stand back for a second before smacking you (like how she responds to being hit). you'd then run away and activate her """punishment"""" phase

fossil wraith
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no like i mean

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if you fucking brandishe a shotgun at her how does she react

tight moat
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veto

fossil wraith
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scared? anger? self defense?

tight moat
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not gonna come across well as a mechanic

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base bracken doesn't factor in your held item either

fossil wraith
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arrrgghh i have been defeated

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hmm..

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that gives me an idea

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maybe some sort of enemy (or maybe a existing enemy 🎭 ) that reacts in some way to ur held item

fathom spire
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she will simply throw hands

fathom spire
fossil wraith
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sotp trowing briks ayt me

fathom spire
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but i feel like maybe that would warrant adding special interactions for when you take the employee away

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cuz then she'd just go shucka shucka and stare at you as you take away her patient

fossil wraith
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molestor lootbug mod when they snatch bro away

fathom spire
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and i feel like she's complex enough

tight moat
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Hm?

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no no like

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mechanically unchanged

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she doesn't move from her spot or stop holding you

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but she'll stinkeye your coworkers and make threatening noises

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and then just as before, if they push her off of you she goes into Punishment

fossil wraith
fathom spire
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ye but like, it'd just feel awkward if she just shucka shuckas and then stares at you, unmoving while you take away her patient

fossil wraith
tight moat
fathom spire
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like a blank stare with shucka shucka indicates she's gonna do something if you get like, even an inch closer

tight moat
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when you take the patient she tries to GET you

fossil wraith
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mf when i sqaure up

fathom spire
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like, shucka shuckaing and then while you take her patient she just kinda

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begins to stand up?

tight moat
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aight hold on I feel like we're like

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getting lost here

fathom spire
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again it just seems visually awkward

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yeah lmao

fossil wraith
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if there was it would be like this: when patient gets freed she gets up, holds up hands all suprised then clenched fists and goes into anger idle

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itk

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suprise to anger or smth

tight moat
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I'm making a spreadsheet, we're starting here

fathom spire
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thank you i have real bad comprehension today lmao

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you're fr locking in LMAO

tight moat
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natural progression

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when you reach FULL HEALTH

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what does she do

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does she start to roam or does she keep gripping your baby body

fossil wraith
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me me >working for company >in moon >see flower bitch >aloe got my ass >am baby now

tight moat
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Sagey I'm gonna BEAT your ASS

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@fathom spire

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what happens next

fathom spire
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also this'll be a pain in the ass to rewrite to the aloe concept thread on the biod discord UAHGHHUAHGHHH

fathom spire
tight moat
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oh ok

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ok here's where we're at

fathom spire
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exactly, yes

tight moat
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ok

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gonna add some more

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added some arrows for readability

fathom spire
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i kinda prefer her to be lost in the sauce but i'm not against the shucka shucka

tight moat
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I mean it's your mod your call

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if you want her just zoned in that's fine

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I personally think it would be cool if she got agitated by people getting near her baby but if that's not the vibe you wanna deliver then no worries

fathom spire
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i think an actual stink eye would be funnier

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like she just side eyes you

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not entirely hostile towards you, cuz she has no way of telling if you're gonna take her patient away from her not

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she'd just be suspicious of you, but wouldn't antagonize you

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she's not evil

tight moat
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Can allies only free you with a weapon or can they just push E to poke her in the eyes

fathom spire
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well she does kill people but yknow what i mean

fathom spire
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a weapon's faster

tight moat
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kk

fathom spire
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but there's no real reason to use one, you can just free her normally

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it just speeds up the process and maybe makes her back up which would be better in some cases i suppose

sly sail
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like, reuse the warning slap

tight moat
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day's too short to get that specific

sly sail
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i dont see it here anymore, i really liked that

fathom spire
sly sail
fathom spire
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like she retaliates with a slap, hides and then resumes stalking

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yeh!

sly sail
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more of, you hit me? i hit you

fathom spire
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it's like a "fuck's wrong with you?!"

sly sail
fathom spire
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not like a "back off" type of slap

sly sail
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i really liked the "back off" slap tbh, like, "im working here, get the fuck away"

tight moat
fathom spire
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LMAO love the wording

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yeah that's pretty much it

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behavior spread sheets are kinda goated ngl

tight moat
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I'm still goin

fathom spire
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also congrats we got past 45 reactions >:))))

sly sail
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love the use of the word "Baby" and "Mommy" to reffer to player(you as an employee) and aloe(Mama loves you💖 )

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still wanting the bestiary lore to have a not obsesive but either shy aloe who learnt how to write in english

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and there's where the "she" pronoun sed for her comes(she did use it on the talk with the bestiary author)

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also wanting for each update to have a different bestiary author, but not really sure about that part

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like, an author for only from 3 to 5 creatures? why

fathom spire
tight moat
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it doesn't include the target selection mechanic but that's just "hey if you're injured for a while she decides you're baby"

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or "If you're heavily injured then she very quickly decides you're baby"

sly sail
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got booboos? mama will get close to baby

got BIG booboos?
mama will TAKE the baby

sly sail
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cant get to look it upperceive

dawn flicker
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On the dc we will need flowery’s ideas - we are thinking about a rework on her 🌻

sly sail
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idk how far up will be and dont know how to use the search feature

torpid summit
# tight moat

this chart is cohesive but itll be bold of anyone to try to rescue me

fossil wraith
fathom spire
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if you read the docs you'd see she can't stay outside for long since she has sensitive skin

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but she will get outside if she's close enough to her target when they leave the facility

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she'll chase outside for a bit

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then go back in

fossil wraith
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hmm

fallow dock
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I feel like she should have something to make her escapable because once she drags you to her nest if she is as fast as a bracken it sounds basically impossible to outrun her for long

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Especially if her nest is far from any exit

fathom spire
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nah don't worry, she's slower

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and she doesn't really accelerate like the bracken normally does

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so outrunning her's not too hard if you watch out for walls and dead ends

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and, y'know, monsters

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also i think what makes brackens able to be outrun for atleast a little bit is how they have a slower turning speed

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so most likely this would also carry over to her

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thanks for bringing that up !

fossil wraith
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maybe on mansions and such there could be random rooms with a stockpile of scrap (yes this is masked having hoarding bug behavior don't throw a brick at me pls)

cobalt turret
fossil wraith
cobalt turret
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nonononono

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Dont you--

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🧱

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What is that 😩

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Cuz that shit's FIRE

fossil wraith
cobalt turret
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You make bangers 🔥 that's really cool

fossil wraith
fathom spire
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hard bangers fr

cobalt turret
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YOU KNOW WHAT MASA IS ABOUT TO ASK MONTY 😩

fossil wraith
fathom spire
cobalt turret
fathom spire
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oh, disc jockey?

cobalt turret
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YES

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Ok so

fathom spire
fathom spire
cobalt turret
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Yuhhh Masa knwos that but

fathom spire
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and i'm pretty sure s1ckboy can too? not sure

cobalt turret
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Masa would like to get multiple music artists in on it :3 Because that creature is also supposed to be a idea for music artists to just go ham on making improv track should they want to

fossil wraith
fathom spire
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nice! yeah the music sounded familiar

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do you compose these?

cobalt turret
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Masa will just post this. ^^

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There's a chance that at some point we're gonna actually have a music based creature. Not sure when or if but the concept is around and liked but just not fleshed out or prioritized.

When it is being worked on, do you wish to gain a notification perhaps for it? Because the general idea around it is for is to have different tracks it will play, and Masa would love to encourage music artists to just kinda go ham on it should they want to groove around.

The creature is inspired by DJ Music Man if that says something about the general gist of what Masa means :3

fossil wraith
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i have like

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prolly 10 actual songs that i made in that folder

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the rest are in audacity or FL studio or somewhere deeper in my system files

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(steal credits)

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or stuff from the dropship

fathom spire
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if you could find those and send em to me that'd be appreciated!

fossil wraith
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...

fathom spire
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just don't wanna use mashups since those are uuh

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let's just say a grey area in copyright

cobalt turret
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dw, Masa won't pressure you into this. Just got excited for seeing a music track and Masa wanted to atleast give you a heads up for it. ^^

What type of variant would it be? Because we dont actually have a.. thief-esque creature yet Masa thinks.

fathom spire
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we may get back to you whenever you find those :]

cobalt turret
fathom spire
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no of course

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i never said we would, just wanted to check it out if they were interested

cobalt turret
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Use more question marks next time smh smh

fossil wraith
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i can't be bothered to dig rn

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these are the ones i can find in my songs folder

fathom spire
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sick! if you're interested, we may reach out to you eventually for a track or two

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thanks for going out of your way to find these

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you dont have to participate by the way, it should come from you

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so don't worry about it if you don't feel like it 👍

cobalt turret
fossil wraith
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tsk, girl omggg 😒 💅 ✨

torpid summit
torpid summit
torpid summit
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i lob ultimate lethality

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ultima-lethality?

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megadeath

fossil wraith
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there's a mod that makes movement like ultrakill

torpid summit
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oh yeah no i found that one yesterday LOL

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it’s a little jank so I have to rewire my ultrakill muscle memory for Lethal Company jankiness

torpid summit
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config easter egg that gives aloe sisphyus voice lines (not actually this is a joke)

fossil wraith
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YOU CAN'T ESCAPE!

torpid summit
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I wouldn’t even try this is my home now

cobalt turret
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Throw bricks at Sisi (he'll try to push it up a steep hill)

cobalt turret
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Now put breakcore with that picture

torpid summit
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no need this gif literally has 4-1’s track already playing in my head

cobalt turret
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lmaoooo

fathom spire
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[MODELS NEEDED] Biodiversity - Expanding upon LC's fauna and their relationship with their habitats.

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HELLO!!! we're still looking for coders but we've currently got one and two possible others aswell, hooray!!

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only thing we need now is rigged models and we can get this all rolling

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(also yeah modellers would be nice!)

fossil wraith
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sometimes.. i dream of cheese...

surreal harness
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Massive news

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Getting programmers not the cheese, but that's cool too

drifting valve
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theres gonna be like 18 quintillion programmers lol

fathom spire
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5 billion at least 🙏

tawny herald
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you know, we're looking for audio makers too 😉 (with rizz)

tawny herald
drifting valve
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yeah it is good lol just we are assembling the avengers

fathom spire
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on my nick fury shit

tawny herald
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when did a thunderstore staff come in here?

fathom spire
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i think someone simply @'d them

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like, in reference to something

dawn flicker
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Probably to pin something

fathom spire
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nah i @ xu for pinning

cobalt turret
sage mauve
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I want to be the green Power Ranger, the best avenger.

cobalt turret
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Scarlet Witch in a power ranger suit 😩

tight moat
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Which ranger would she be?

surreal harness
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I mean, probably red given her whole shtick

cobalt turret
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Scarlet Ranger

Its a different kinda red, cause its just bl--

A different, unique, better print

dawn flicker
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Any modellers / animators / voice actors are welcome to join! This project is ONGOING!

We have 14 members right now:

  • 3 sounddesigners
  • 3 coders
  • 2 modellers
  • 1 animator

And the rest are helping with concepts (idea - lore - sketches)

hushed basalt
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I don't mind giving either modelling or animating a try, though I am a novice at both

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Do you have a list of what's been fleshed out?

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Ah nevermind I see the pinned

dawn flicker
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Send me a DM and i’ll inform you

fathom spire
fathom spire
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if you're ever interested feel free to reach out 🙇

quick path
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My modeling methods are somewhat unorthodox but im willing to lend some help

quick path
fathom spire
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OML I KNOW THAT FIRST ONE

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i remember seeing that in here!! it looks so sick

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also i love those designs :]

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0 pressure, of course

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but if you're interested i'd love to have you

fathom spire
quick path
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I was alr planning on modeling one (The Honey Feeder cause I really like the design and it seems like the easiest to do with my method) but knowing my model could be used is nice to know

still cloud
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I might work on this mod in summer

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in like early june

dawn flicker
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Update- for now imo we have enough modellers. We could use the help of maybe one more coder that has knowledge of implementing custom scrap items.

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Since we will be adding items to the game AND we still have many entities that will need to be coded.

fathom spire
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True true, forgot about the ideas thread hehe

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[CODER NEEDED] Biodiversity - Expanding upon LC's fauna and their relationship with their habitats.

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Biodiversity - Expanding upon LC's fauna and their relationship with their habitats.

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we got a sick team going fellas yoiled

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Anyone who's interested in working on this should reach out, but as s1ckboy said we're only actively looking for one more programmer!

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[CODER NEEDED] Biodiversity - Expanding upon LC's fauna and their relationship with their habitats.

dawn flicker
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@crude valve so this would be the one. Most of it is behind a developer dc but what the mod is all about is adding variants of existing monsters and dynamically spawning them and the og entities to give a unique feeling to the game. ||It will also have unique / cursed items added|| but the main theme is around the variants.

Icon would be 256x256 and banner for readme im not quite sure right now but if you give it in some sort of rectangle size i could scale it down later. It wont need writing on it, i’ll add a custom font onto it later.

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If youve got any questions feel free to ask! Also you can take your time, no need to hurry.

crude valve
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nodnod

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i also make custom fonts

dawn flicker
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Well you could show one and we’ll see :p

crude valve
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the font i use for my Elf Prince series on youtube

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my Tiger's Tale Studio font

dawn flicker
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@fathom spire

fathom spire
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literally just hopped on the thread hehe

dawn flicker
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Lmao

fathom spire
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super cool

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I haven't thought much abt what the aesthetic for it would be, since when s1ck asked me abt this i was like, half asleep

dawn flicker
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Well if you have custom fonts then we could just give out some of the words we’d need for the banners like “features” “special thanks to” “credits to”

fathom spire
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I think a banner that sticks to the game's main aesthetic would be fine

dawn flicker
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And some more

fathom spire
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as I'm not trying to deviate from it with this mod

fathom spire
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you could take inspiration from that but a more nature focused look would work best for this mod specifically

woven snow
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did this thread finally got coders?

fathom spire
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yep, we've got 3!

woven snow
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after 90 years

dawn flicker
woven snow
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lol

fathom spire
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still looking for whoever might be interested in joining though

dawn flicker
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Yessir

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We are makin great progress

fathom spire
dawn flicker
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We could use one more that is knowledgable with items

woven snow
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tho why adding items

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i think that's too much lol

dawn flicker
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Some concepts require it. We are staying grounded to the mods original idea tho

fathom spire
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they're not unique ones, just twists on existing ones

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and they're like, a bit out of the way mostly

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and won't be coming soon, at all

dawn flicker
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Yup

woven snow
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if this comes with every idea that yall said

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it's probably going to become an Advanced Company 2 (if it comes out)

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except for the part of polemics

fathom spire
dawn flicker
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Yeah we are not making cosmetics and exp system etc but enemies and items are on the menu for sure

crude valve
woven snow
fathom spire
fathom spire
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eeeh

woven snow
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proceeds to rap as Eminem

dawn flicker
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I mean we could say what will be in the first batch just the names?

fathom spire
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flowery bracken, bowler brain (though might be reworked), most of masa's dog variants that she suggested are either scrapped or not accounted for, same with the mechanic baboon hawk that she suggested

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then honey feeder almost got scrapped, but then got reworked

dawn flicker
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Im glad it did

fathom spire
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if i don't find anything interesting to do with the megacoil i might scrap that one

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kinda wanna see what I do with the nesting thumper, cuz its standalone behavior's kinda meh

woven snow
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what do you think about the ghost enemy i said as an idea

fathom spire
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uuh i kinda forgot it, don't think i wrote down any of it

woven snow
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or is it going to be taken inspiration for the hat man or idk it's name

fathom spire
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bowler brain's the hat man, yeah

woven snow
fathom spire
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bowler brain i just can't find anything interesting to do with, so it's not fully accounted for :P

woven snow
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and you had to point at him with 2 pro flashlights to make him go to other place of the map

fathom spire
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oooh right

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i'll think about it I suppose

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though currently we're trying to explore the ones we currently have rather than add new ones

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which is why i've done some trimming

dawn flicker
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Wegot almost 10k comments geez

fathom spire
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blame masa me tilted and adri LMAO

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too much yapping

dawn flicker
dawn flicker
crude valve
dawn flicker
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I’d say yes, that would also give me more time to work on other stuff 😅 and i dig your custom font

crude valve
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nodnod cool

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and thanks!

dawn flicker
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For now the list is:

  • “Biodiversity”
  • “Credits to”
  • “Special thanks to”

maybe something like “News” too

cinder arrow
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So this is more expanded more on the adding monsters and “Biological” side of Lethal company?

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I love it

dawn flicker
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Well it still stays vanilla like but it stray further in the creativity a bit. We’ve got some great stuff in the chamber! Tho most of them will need time to be implemented.

fathom spire
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there's stuff like convergent evolution, variations on existing monsters, expanding their families and exploring ways they couldve evolved for different environments n stuff

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or to fill different niches, etc

cinder arrow
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I’m here for full support! I love biological mods! Allows me to study them

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That’s why I wanna make a new creature

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This idea is the main inspiration

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Dude once I see one thing of this mod released I’m getting my camera and notes and I’m writing down stuff to make a dossier

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sorry- I’m excited-

fathom spire
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DON'T APOLOGIZE THAT'S FUCKING AWESOME !!!! :)))))

cinder arrow
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I wanna try and get pictures

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I wanna make a dossier for these things

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Game Biology and Game photography is what I love to do

dawn flicker
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She’s watchin you @cinder arrow

shut badger
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out of curiosity, what's the progress on this? 👀

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this is looking like the actual v50

drifting valve
dawn flicker
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3 models in progress rn too

dawn flicker
cinder arrow
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just you wait- ILL HAVE YOU ON CAMERA AND ON MY WALL

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Why did that not reply?

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Eh

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this is like- the only reason I wanna get into 3D modeling- or at least make basic stuff-

shut badger
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it's actually amazing how there's this many people collabing in a single mod

dawn flicker
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I want to get back to it - ive got a custom enemy i really want to make and so im starting from scratch (not this mods entity)

shut badger
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didnt ur working on this too bongo 👀

dawn flicker
#

Tbh when Bongo just asked if we still need a coder i fkin flipped out of my chair lmao

cinder arrow
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ugh I wanna make something to show my appreciation for this mod but I physically can’t since I ain’t creative:(

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Eh I’ll figure it out

cinder arrow
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AHA I figured it out

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Anyways, I’m gonna have my animal artist friend help me get some concepts for creature ideas, because I just had a burst of creativity ideas

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Anyway ILL BE WATCHING THE PROGRESS OF THIS MOD

fathom spire
fathom spire
shut badger
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oh fuck you're the one who started all this? actual flames bro

fathom spire
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ye! i'm the op hehe

shut badger
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i should've looked at who the op was when i read the post lmfao

fathom spire
#

this was mostly inspired by xu's giants mod, got to work on concepting and designing entities as soon as I saw the model for the redwood giant hahah

fathom spire
#

most of this wouldn't be possible without the support of so many people on here so i'm just super grateful rn asoidjsaojsa

shut badger
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this community is flames

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legit haven't seen so many ppl working on a single mod like this b4

dawn flicker
dawn flicker
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It only started with people makin concepts and models then everything just started forming out to be a grand project

fathom spire
#

nah this was made 10 days after the giant specimens thread was created

shut badger
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u prob get this asked a lot, but when do u think a first release will happen? im assuming some variants will roll out in future updates rather than releasing v50 the entire zoo all at once

fathom spire
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LMAO no yeah we're working based on a priority list right now

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we're probably gonna be releasing 1 or 2 entities for the first release, but we don't know when that'll be

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since v50 dropped it might delay some stuff hehe

shut badger
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siick

dawn flicker
#

I’d like to say we dropping 5 in the first 👀 but it’d depend on the development and also the betatests

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But monty is the shotcaller

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Im just stickin my nose everywhere 🙄

shut badger
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bet bet

fathom spire
spark oak
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Bro if my friend saw this he will spam u with the wonder of u gifs

cinder arrow
#

Reading about the Aloe in another server with the biodiversity posted-

Can I have her as a friend? She is friend-

cinder arrow
sage mauve
#

No, run away, in the end they will betray you and break your neck.

dawn flicker
#

…or worse 👀

cinder arrow
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Idc she’s friend shape

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(All seriousness tho- The Aloe as a outside bracken that is “nicer” then the original is amazing-)

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I need to seee more

cinder arrow
#

a plushie works too-

tight moat
fathom spire
cinder arrow
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Unofficial lethal company server

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That’s the name
“Unofficial lethal company community”

fathom spire
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ooh yeah, right

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s1ckboy made a thread there looking for programmers

dawn flicker
#

yessir

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tho i locked it since we got the two coders

torpid summit
dawn flicker
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I believe so. @fathom spire right?

torpid summit
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PLEASE im weak i love that

fathom spire
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ye! they're intentional

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it was @sacred ferry 's idea

sacred ferry
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:3c

fathom spire
#

Alright! Quick update- we might need some help with rigging a few models going forward hehe

tight moat
#

I can give guidance on how to do this since it's actually not too insane of a process

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Just won't have time to do it myself

fathom spire
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fair enough!

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any help is appreciated

tight moat
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Idk if you're gonna tackle it yourself but yeah I'm open to being pinged

fathom spire
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Nah I ain't the model guy, I'll be pinging you but I'll probs tag you alongside whoever's working on them atm

tight moat
#

kk

fathom spire
#

though A Friend™ might've hooked me up w a person who's willing to rig

tight moat
#

ooga

fathom spire
#

we'll see, imma still consult you on it though since you're good for that sorta stuff

woven snow
#

i need some

fathom spire
#

you'll never escape this project tilted

tight moat
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I'm not trying to lol

woven snow
fathom spire
tight moat
#

Taco Bell when it enters my body be like

fathom spire
woven snow
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and it was 1/4 of the taco

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so i cant confirm this...

fathom spire
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weak

woven snow
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i was on Mar del Plata that time

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lol

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haven't noticed but

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if you search not too common words in the chat

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most of them are from this thread

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lol

fathom spire
#

that's cuz we're goated B)

fathom spire
#

nice place

torpid summit
cinder arrow
#

Friend shape

cobalt turret
#

Masa's also back now from the grave ready to give Monty headaches with bricks and flames >:)

cobalt turret
fathom spire
fathom spire
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yeah sure!! as always, any help is appreciated! feel free to jump on whenever you want

midnight spindle
#

yall should make a server

tawny herald
grizzled belfry
#

Do you guys still need a coder?

dawn flicker
#

We could use another 👀

sage mauve
#

We are going to bring the entire community to help us make Biodiversity. 😎

dawn flicker
#

Are you familiar with custom items/scraps implementation?

grizzled belfry
#

Ya

dawn flicker
#

We could defo use your help then!

grizzled belfry
#

What item is it

dawn flicker
#

Lydion could you talk to him im a bit drunk and heading out with 2 girls rn lmao

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Add him to the dc and show him the TC and TST thread

sage mauve
#

(I don't understand abbreviations, help)

dawn flicker
#

Collector and slim shady xdd

sage mauve
#

I will send the link to the server. '^'/

grizzled belfry
#

Noice

sage mauve
#

Forgiven.

cinder arrow
#

Can I join even if I can’t help make the mod?

sage mauve
#

Well, it was just a joke, I think that depends on Mounty who is our powerful leader in this project.

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Maybe you can help by giving ideas for variants, for example.

cinder arrow
#

I just love this mod and I want to watch its development

sage mauve
#

I joined the project because I wanted to help with audio, my second job in sounds is at Biodiversity, I am not an expert like SpinMaster.

cinder arrow
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Guess I’ll be watching this forum since I ain’t real good at any mod making stuff

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I uh, would try and suggest a idea but I’d prefer to not add much

dawn flicker
#

@fathom spire i think we dont need more coders so you can change the title

fathom spire
fathom spire
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Biodiversity - Expanding upon LC's fauna and their relationship with their habitats.

tall thistle
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swag

fathom spire
#

new concept art dropped

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||none of you who know DARE reveal what this is I shall brick you to death||

dawn flicker
#

Its a ||concept art|| ||whatchu lookin at 👀- i aint leakin this one🫣|| ||stahp 🙄||

fathom spire
rose pecan
#

I have an idea of what it may be, but it seems unlikely by how it looks

dawn flicker
#

You can always share your idea, it might even get implemented in a way :p

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Ideas are welcome for us to polish out concepts 😁

bleak iron
#

kinda looks like a new type of nest/hive to me 👀

rose pecan
#

thats what I thought yeah!

bleak iron
#

though idk if it’d fit bees, looks more like an ant nest but like, built up instead of inside the ground

rose pecan
#

very unique nest/hive, if it is one

limpid plaza
#

I know it isn't the traditional "termite mound" look, but it does give off "termite-infested wood" vibes

dawn flicker
#

Well, stay tuned for more sneakpeaks 👀

rose pecan
#

Will do!

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excited to see what's to come

dawn flicker
#

|| Leakin.. Shhh!! - not that theres much to see tbh xd one entity’s coding is halfway done ||

tawny herald
#

you guys ain’t ready for this

cinder arrow
#

Because I have one that seems- weird but cool to me

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It’s for the Baboon Hawk

fathom spire
#

we're currently trying to not add too many to the pool unless they're the first for a base entity or incredibly interesting

fathom spire
cinder arrow
#

Ok I’m writing this and I’m realizing how long it is-

fathom spire
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LMAO no worries no worries

cinder arrow
#

Okay- so- this is very long but here

It’s called a Banshee Hawk

A much more slender and creepy looking Baboon Hawk, lurking in dark environments. Its white glowing eyes resemble the bracken, with a blank stare.

The physical appearance is more slim and much skinnier then its much bulkier cousin. It appears to be more of a pale blue, with hair on its head, neck, and arms.

Its arms appear to be slightly longer than the original, able to grab and move more efficiently.

Its hands are much larger, able to grip and use tools to its advantage.

Its wings appear the same, though much thinner.

Its legs remain roughly the same.
Looking a little thinner

Its head still has the bone look to it. The horns however curve up instead for mostly display, but will use them to instead charge at predators.

It has a tendency to steal more then just items, on occasion, it will capture players by surprise and drag them to its nest. Ending their life or saving them or later.

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Yeah it’s long-

fathom spire
#

oo

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super fucking adore the visual concept

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and i like that they're more prone to stealing than the baboon hawks are

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would be cool that because of their slender body they could lift their own weight better

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cuz like, since the baboon hawk's so heavy and has such dinky wings it can't actually fly

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so if this one's lighter maybe it could at least jump 👁️

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i'm just imagining this dude going like

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i love it, very cryptid-like

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need more cryptid dudes

cinder arrow
#

I like imagining things like that

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Like a scene

cinder arrow
#

That’s like- their only indication they are there

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They are silent otherwise

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And mostly nest on hard moons like Rend, Dine, and Titan

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you just see your friend being dragged into the woods by two pale hands

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sorry sorry I went on a rant

fathom spire
cinder arrow
fathom spire
#

exactly why masa's on the team lmao

cinder arrow
#

If I can think of other idea I’ll run them by you and try to shorten them

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Anyways- I have another more behavioral idea that maybe should be another mod idk could be this one-

fallow dock
cinder arrow
#

Not really, it’s more of a solo hunter, but sometimes they will team up with others to drag heavy players away, they will fight one another for the items and food though

cobalt turret
#

...Its true tho

#

dawn flicker
topaz summit
#

ohhh im glad i looked in here. this whole thread is full of some really sick stuff

cinder arrow
dawn flicker
#

Workin on the mod

topaz summit
#

daaaaang

fathom spire
#

mostly thanks to s1ckboy lmao, a bunch of the coders etc came from him heheh

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slow and steady progress is being made though ;J

fossil wraith
#

he doesn't type THAT well

dawn flicker
#

Im# deunk sry

tawny herald
#

can i post the server here?

fathom spire
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no lmao

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it's a dev server

tawny herald
#

ohhh

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will it be open to the public after release?

fathom spire
#

that's all that's needed, I see no need for a separate server

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  • I don't wanna manage a community server it's annoying LMAO
fossil wraith
#

it

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..

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it'll eventually die out and you won't have to bother with it anymore

next solar
sacred ferry
#

wooaahh what is that........ (this is a teaser am i doing this right)

cinder arrow
#

Her

fathom spire
#

wait.. it.. it couldn't be...

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is.. is that...

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YOILED??? IN LETCOM??

sacred ferry
#

guys.... get yor hammers.....

cinder arrow
#

-grabs hammer-

woven snow
#

Is any creature already working?

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like if any of the created creatures already has a basic mechanic that workd

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works*

sly sail
fathom spire
sudden condor
#

What's the first creature you're working on?

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Please be the light bug

sly sail
#

you can check the priorities on the pins

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has been swapped with honey feeder

fathom spire
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yeah! mb, I thought it woulda been too hard to implement so I swapped it for honey

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though light bug won't be implemented too late into development :]

sudden condor
#

Awwww

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Gonna miss that cutie

still cloud
#

This could def be accomplished with the enemy skin kit registry. You can’t do full ai changes but you can def change the mechanics

fathom spire
#

don't worry! he'll be there, maybe in batch 2 ! 🙇

dawn flicker
#

we are not even close to being done with batch 1 but batch 2 is already lookin 🔥

fathom spire
#

but most of these have very diff behaviors to their vanilla counterparts

fallow dock
#

When this becomes a real mod will this move to mod releases or stay here?

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Or will their be 2?

sacred ferry
#

im sure once like we got a pretty sizeable amount of actual progress on the first release of the mod montyll make a releases post probably

fathom spire
#

more people gather up on mod releases

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which'll be helpful for bug reporting n such!

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i'm still really really happy with how many reactions this thread has though <3

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if i could archive threads and save em to my computer i'd def do it for this one once we transition

graceful fractal
#

I could help with any of the entities for this also since there seems like a lot.

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Also one thing I'm thinking will be a problem is the 20 mb size limit

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We'll probably have to split it into separate mods and then load them using a modpack

fathom spire
#

we could do that with the batches :]

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our plan for release is we do batches of entities with periods inbetween where we bug fix stuff

graceful fractal
#

Ok, that makes sense.

woven snow
#

If this ever releases it's probably going to be the mod in lethal company thunderstore with more people that has worked on it

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lol

woven snow
dawn flicker
#

love the community we have here

next solar
dawn flicker
#

well theres a couple concept guys (idea, lore, 2d design)

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then theres sounddesigners, modellers, animators, programers

next solar
#

how many people who code or model or animate or sound

dawn flicker
#

we all share our thoughts on concepts and decide what way one variant should be like

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  • 5 programmers
  • 3 animators (maybe 4?)
  • 4 modellers
  • 3 sounddesigners
next solar
#

do the modelers and animators have overlap (aka somebody does both)
or I guess that goes for all roles

dawn flicker
#

5 modellers*

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there are some overlaps between them

next solar
#

ok I should just word it better mb
im trying to figure out how much "manpower" exists for putting the stuff ingame
how many people who can do either programming animation model or sound are on the team

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not saying the other roles arnt important im just curious about the actual implimentation side

tight moat
#

What's the list of names who actually put direct work towards a final product

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Like, I have given a lot of talking points and suggestions for the mod but I would not put myself on that list

dawn flicker
#

once the first release is out i'll write down who worked on what and in what way xd

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otherwise Monty's gona brick me

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Im super excited about the variants they all seem super crisp (well the prios, other concepts still need work, but the upcoming variants will also be supersick!!)

next solar
dawn flicker
#

For the 19 members of the dc we are crediting them in the readme once the mod is uploaded. Some might have added more to the mod than others (meaning some only were there for ideas/lore/etc. concept phase stuff) but they still added a ton to the whole thing - and will continue to add to the later batches 😁

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The list will be there once the first release is up / once the first thread on #1169056298856362105 is made.

fathom spire
#

would you count devs as only people who code?

fathom spire
tight moat
#

Ready for my special spanks

sacred ferry
#

in a modleryoiled

next solar
#

as in modeleing animation coding

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sound

tight moat
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And writing, for the logs

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Anything a player directly experiences

fathom spire
fathom spire
tight moat
#

Depends

next solar
tight moat
#

Probably not because it's lethal company

next solar
#

again im not saying your role isjnt important

tight moat
#

Monty being the director would count imo

fathom spire
tight moat
#

Mod does not exist without them

next solar
#

im just talking about the raw stuff that goes into the physical mod that is seen and heard ingame
programming (its ai and functions)
its visuals (animations modeling)
its sounds

tight moat
#

"Project Lead" Monty

fathom spire
#

5 coders, 3 animators, 3 (5 technically but 2 are on break and haven't done work yet) modellers, 3 sound designers

next solar
#

do any of those overlap like does a modeler animate

fathom spire
#

there's overlap (as far as I know) only with shep who can both animate and model

dawn flicker
#

1 coder is also on a break 😅

fathom spire
#

though i'm pretty sure that one of the coders can do some other thing

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not completely sure though

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as I haven't looked into the credits they've given in their own mod projects

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is this being asked for a specific reason or just out of curiosity?

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(asking out of curiosity, i'm not like, annoyed by the question or anything lmao)

fathom spire
#

ah okok

sage mauve
#

I'm more inexperienced than S1ckboy and Spinmaster, but I take the opportunity to learn.

dawn flicker
# next solar curiosity

we could say 15 out of 19 people are adding ingame stuff if we exclude ideas/lores/bestiary/2dsketch basically

fathom spire
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i'm the concept art guy and project leader/manager/ BIG MAN IN TOWN

dawn flicker
sacred ferry
#

im also not as experienced in like modeling as others on the team prolly are but so far its goin well and the one model ive made so far turned out well

next solar
#

it was more so to see if yall were lacking in the modeling department because I would offer to help to make some simple things but it seems like you guys are fine

fathom spire
fathom spire
next solar
#

leak the entire mod right now !!!! /j

fathom spire
#

it's been put in artwork before i thinkk

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but it was an old rendition

sacred ferry
#

yea but its been tweaked abit since

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yea

sacred ferry
next solar
fathom spire
#

I know you've done some cosmetics work in the past (I think, there's a lot of people here that do all sorts and i could be wrong) so maybe if we need help modelling objects and such we could call you in

fathom spire
fathom spire
#

auugh you're gonna make me bluuush you guuuuyssss

dawn flicker
#

You mean ||yeah im jebaitin||? 🫣

tight moat
next solar
fathom spire
#

tiltedhat to be REMOVED from biodiversity credits, asked to leabe the ideas thread

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FUCK

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leave*

#

my joke is RUINED

tight moat
#

bottom bottom bottom bottom bottom bottom

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bro can't even deny the allegations

fathom spire
#

erhmm shut up shut up shut up!!!!!!!!!!! not true!!

sacred ferry
#

what the sigma

fallow nest
#

Yo Monty congrats on having this mod developed! 😄

fathom spire
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thanks dude!!! i'm really happy we're getting stuff done already, super super excited for the future

fallow nest
#

Really excited to see what you guys are cooking up, I'll keep more of an eye on this!

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I hope everything goes well

cobalt turret
#

Its gonna be great! The lore is gonna be rich, and Masa will make sure of it! 😩

Will be excited too to see whenever Slendy & Wendy gain their progress! Been following you on this server for a while 💜

woven snow
#

if you did modelling yes

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or code

fathom spire
#

i mean I technically have the final word in gameplay design and balance

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but who cares i'm the director AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO STO-

woven snow
fathom spire
#

i will not copyright variants if that's what you're asking lmao

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apparently the mod'll need licensing but i'm not, like, copyrighting the idea of variants

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it's not even remotely an original idea

woven snow
#

no i mean

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WE copyright the ideas that we've created

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for example if i make an idea

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I COPYRIGHT IT!!!

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and i would be able to SUE you

woven snow
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As Milei once said, "VIVA LA LIBERTAD CARAJO!", everyone's free to copyright their idea and sue you if they want

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but they have to do it fast

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before you do it FIRST

sacred ferry
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#artwork message

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hi guys yoiled

cinder arrow
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she is so pretty:)

cobalt turret
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Masa's girl, look at her 💜

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She's grown up so much

sacred ferry
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they grow up so fast..... wipes tear from eye

cobalt turret
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Thank you for helping her grow 🥺 you're such a good parent

sacred ferry
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yippeee!!!!

dawn flicker
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Man i still love these fanarts... @lapis burrow i'll be looking forward to more when the mod actually comes out 🫣

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||smash... still||

tight moat
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Thank God I wasn't tasked with modeling aloe vera

dawn flicker
tight moat
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Oh no that's not why

dawn flicker
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lmao

terse horizon
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#artwork message
Is the knife in this it's own unique item?

dawn flicker
sage mauve
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Maybe yes, maybe no, maybe you just made it up in your head or it's actually a reality...or a simple illusion. (?)

dawn flicker
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is it a knife tho? 🤔

terse horizon
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It has an eye, could it be a creature?

sage mauve
dawn flicker
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We'll have to wait for it to be shown more / see it on release 😋

sage mauve
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Yeah, just a little dose of spoiler to quell the Biodiversity cravings (or heighten them).

dawn flicker
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I'm also a bit scared to try it with the monsters we have 😳 the unknown is super scary but knowing them in writing but experiencing them in game is also different

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Me when I try BioD

cobalt turret
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Writing it on paper makes you think playing the full release wont be terrifying.. Little does Masa know however, that Masa's not coding them in

fathom spire
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recently wrote something that would justify speciation within the Hoarding bug population, enjoy!

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The common Hoarding bug seems to have a pack mentality when it comes to its survival instincts, they may be alone at times but they're best suited to work as a team in their scavenging efforts. Their fixation with collecting trash is a remnant of their past, when they used to compete with many other insectoid life forms, causing them to try their best to collect as much food as possible before their competition did.
Their diet consisted of dead insects, food scraps and small bits of carrion that they'd be able to break down slowly to feed their pack. Their sort of pack mentality (more akin to gang mentality as competition with other insects began to subside) did not extend to other members of it species, meaning that when competition with other life forms began to quiet down, they would fight amongst themselves, eventually isolating different groups to different environments, forcing them to change up their body plan and eating habits, but retaining their most primal instincts.

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I also wrote a big chunk of text about the evolutionary history of light bugs

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but i'll post that when all bugs are written about

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I'll work on some writing tidbits like these for most of the biologically tied variant groups we have, so whoever happens to enjoy these, you have something to look forward to heheh

crude valve
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i will be working on art after i get back from work today

dawn flicker
tawny herald
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we should close this post and post in in mod releases with a WIP tag

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bc it is being worked on

dawn flicker
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Monty is going to do that i think on beta

fathom spire
fathom spire
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also if i did that we'd get people coming in all the time asking "hey when's the mod coming out?"

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or "when is x entity gonna release?"

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which i dont mind but i'd rather have something before i make the thread

dawn flicker
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I'd say on beta you could make it

fathom spire
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yeah! once we get a functional entity out :J

fossil wraith
fathom spire
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congrats on 60 reactions goobers :0

cinder arrow
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That’s how many people love this

fathom spire
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holy fuck 63 LMAO

cinder arrow
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65 :3

fathom spire
graceful fractal
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66

woven snow
fathom spire
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no lo leas entonces culo sucio

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(con amor)

sly sail
sly sail
drifting valve
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this thread has about the same amount of reactions as meltdown 😭

fathom spire
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like, stuff like lethal phones has only 17 or so reactions

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imperium has a total of 18 i think

drifting valve
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gonna be crazy when the mod releases thread is made

fathom spire
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watch it get like 5 reacts

drifting valve
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biodiversity releases when v840 releases

fathom spire
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A RELEASE IS A RELEASE GRAAH

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"it'll be out when it's out" said a wise man

drifting valve
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best commit message

dawn flicker
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69 reacts 👀 🫣

woven snow
sage mauve
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Pechurina con papas.

graceful fractal