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

[worn python]

oh maybe

[mint dew]

this seems more reasonable and obvious than the conductor idea imo

[worn python]

so I guess if the Train attacks and you are close to it, it might read something like...```
SPATIAL DISTORTION DETECTED!

Avoid the anomaly as soon as possible! Do not approach or you will be reported to a superior officer!```

this is only a draft and tbh I am not sure how to convey both a warning and an urge to test the player's curiosity within such character limit.

[mint dew]

that could be cool but that seems like it encourages players to stay away

maybe two prompts would be needed: one for piquing curiosity and anotehr one for telling the player not to let go of the ladder

WARNING!
Extreme quantities of spatial distortion detected! Cling on to the nearest solid object and DO NOT LET GO.

[tight moat]

could be fun if the train arrived every hour on the hour

got a schedule to keep

[worn python]

not bad, I think you can cut the length of the message.

Spatial distortion detected! Find a nearby solid object to hold onto!```

...this sounds more like a black hole enemy tbh

[worn python]

That's a damn good idea, and sets it apart from the unpredictable Ghost Girl attacks.

[mint dew]

thats a great idea actually
arrives every like half hour or so

[mint dew]

lmao yeah but it works

[mint dew]

WARNING!
Extreme spatial distortion detected! Hold on tight and DON'T LET GO.

[worn python]

seems fine

[mint dew]

...maybe even a third warning for when it's ok to let go?...

[fossil wraith]

third trumpet warnig

[mint dew]

"Do you have instagram? A̷̛͋E̵̽́O̸͗̇O̴̽̚H̸̔͝H̶̎̏"

[mint dew]

ATTENTION!
Spatial disorder has decreased. We advise you to let go

(really rough idk )

[tight moat]

Every half hour allows up to 31 train encounters in a work day, every hour allows up to 15

[worn python]

I think something on the lines of: Spatial Distortion dissipated. It is now safe to let go.

[fathom spire]

lemme chime in with that it should probably happen every hour, every half hour would get very annoying i think

imagine having to dodge a killbox every 30s

[worn python]

and yes I agree with it being for every hour. even then I think it might take away a part of the wow factor it would have.

it should probably be a chance every hour.

[fossil wraith]

https://tenor.com/view/boosiefade-boosie-bruhwantedboosiefadebutgotthisinstead-gif-4018150076940301301

[fathom spire]

oh is it just a chance?

thought it was guaranteed every time

tbf i haven't read much of this yet lmao

[worn python]

I thought the idea would be that it would attack every hour as well

lol.

which I think can be tedious.

[dull needle]

#1238598452137562223 message
Be your own innovator :3

[fathom spire]

already sent it in the dev discord

[tawny herald]

secret black hole baboon hawk variant

it just hops around and when it is winding the black hole up it shows this message and then opens its mouth to reveal that its insides are a black hole

[dawn flicker]

oh right i forgot this thread is a #self-promo so here it goes shamelessly https://discord.com/channels/1168655651455639582/1238292999969181787

[fathom spire]

perish

<333

I FULLY SUPPORT THIS MOON AND ITS CONTENTS :FIRE:

[dawn flicker]

once i get the moon done (wont be soon lmao im making it very special) i'll get to making the interior of it which is gonna be a dojo :3

[worn python]

LOL, it really did go Bird Up mode and Bird Upped the place.

[sacred ferry]

opila bird baboon hawk variant

[still cloud]

interior is gonna take even longer lol

[snow peak]

i dare you to go to a target and chuckle at the top of your lungs

[mint dew]

ye thats good

alsp i have a really rough idea for another enemy:
THE NECROMANCER (Masked variant)
The necromancer finds corpses and revives them into Masked.

(when i said the concept was rough, i meant the concept was REALLY rough XD)

[tranquil berry]

I have idea of ghost girl specimen:
THE POLTERGEEEIST (boooo...)
Poltergeist will do very scary sounds and open and close doors near with player [except the closed key one] also he will able to teleport some items to other place, he able to attack but he not oneshots the player, he damage the player to 50% of hp and also he will make the players screen shake 3 second. Also able to turn off and on the lights in the factory/mansion, and close and open the door on the ship, also turn and on the lights on the ship.

[fossil wraith]

@tranquil berry

[tranquil berry]

yes

?

[fossil wraith]

it bangs on locked doors and tries to open them

[fossil wraith]

also i need your opinion on this song since nobody else seems to care

[tranquil berry]

nice idea

[tranquil berry]

let me listen it

[fossil wraith]

this one

[tranquil berry]

i listening

[tranquil berry]

i liked it

pretty nice

[tranquil berry]

i hope its good xD

[fathom spire]

i like your music but there's an artwork channel you can post your tracks in instead of using this channel. it's not that nobody cares it's the fact that you're just dropping these in here without saying a word; just use the dedicated art channel #artwork

well discord ate my message but like

[tranquil berry]

Xd

[fathom spire]

nvm it's there

whack reception

[tranquil berry]

yo bio, do you like my idea?

[dawn flicker]

me and TestAccount is working on a similar stuff #1223030163860750387 currently the mod uses an explosive door for one of the malfunctions as a placeholder, but i made a ghosthand and TestAccount already implemented it in the game, we only need to tweak some things but it does 10 dmg and knocks you back

there are other malfunctions too for it but you can try them out yourselves :3

[tranquil berry]

e

uuuhhh

ok

[dawn flicker]

and for the second part where it does stuff at the ship, we kinda have some ideas for a future creature doing something similar, but i wont get into details :p

[fathom spire]

I think it's interesting! as s1ckboy said he's working on a mod that does similar stuff

[fathom spire]

yeah that too

[tranquil berry]

oh

[dawn flicker]

but not a bad idea, dont get me wrong! just wanted to make stuff clear 😅

[tranquil berry]

oh ok

i also has idea of a hoarding bug specimen 🙂

[dawn flicker]

feel free to send it our way!

[tranquil berry]

k

[tranquil berry]

This hoarding bug look like the original hoarding bug concept art, he spawning outdoor more often on forest moons [March, Vow] he has 4 hp but hes more slower than the og hoarding. He will steal loot from baboon hawks and from the ship, and all loot they steal they will hide near with one of fire exits or somewhere near to the ship. also [if someone do the mod with or about them] the mod will add outdoor scrap, bones, skulls, and skulls of manticoils, and some times baboons. Also pieces of the costumes, like shoes, damaged helmets, and the badges [mostly spawn the interns one and rarest bosses] the white hoarding bugs will also find them. They also a bit stronger, they will do 2-3 damage. Thats my idea, idc if you won't like it

[mint dew]

wait you made that???? yo thats actually epic it was a frickin bop

[mint dew]

another outdoor entity that yoinks your loot seems a bit too much imo
like, "oh! a baboon hawk nest! this is where they took my stuff to!" and the a beefy bug yoinks it again and perpetuates the cycle

i like the idea but i feel like it could use a lil bit of tweaking

[tranquil berry]

xD

[mint dew]

its bad enough getting stuff from baboon hawks, i dont want the wild goose chase to be longer

[fathom spire]

oh shit there's hoarding bug concept art out there? I've never seen it

[mint dew]

i think he's referring to pinned comments

[tranquil berry]

yeah, i seen it in a video what was saying about deleted/unused things

[fathom spire]

that's really interesting, Imma look for that rq

[tranquil berry]

but i didn't found it

i able to describe the concept art

[mint dew]

ok several things:

1. another entity that steals ur scrap
2. 4hp, same as baboon hawks
3. deals 2-3 damage?? a player has 100 hp and im pretty sure regular yippie bug deals like 20

[tranquil berry]

i didn't really meant it deal 2-3 damage

he like doing 25 damage - 30 damage

if hoarding doing 20

[mint dew]

hoarding bugs do 30

baboon waks do 20

(i checked)

[tranquil berry]

oh

then 35-40

[mint dew]

deals 30 damage? sooo literally just a stronger baboon hawk in every way

[mint dew]

*strong annoying baboon hawk

i like the idea of outside hoarding bug buuuuut baboon hawks kinda already fill that role

if youre gonna propose an outside-dwelling hoarding bug, at least give it some original traits

bloat bugs can on water and u can stand on them, light bugs are attracted to light, etc etc

honey feeder eats beehives

[tawny herald]

lowk would be sick to take the plague doctor scp idea

[mint dew]

ye but it i think it needs a lot more work than just "make player corpses into masked"

[dawn flicker]

@cobalt turret 🤐

[mint dew]

...well that's not ominous nor forboding whatsoever XD

[dawn flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/i-have-no-idea-what-youre-talking-about-kyle-broflovski-eric-acrtman-south-park-s12e3-gif-21154250

[shut badger]

damn 127 reactions now

crazy

[fossil wraith]

keep up the good work, fellas

[dawn flicker]

i mean the crew that is behind this is goated too

[drifting valve]

weve hit the 7 bit limit

lets hit 256 now

[fossil wraith]

the reactions going up on this post:

[dawn flicker]

we could hit that on mod-release :p

[shut badger]

when is the first official release gonna be anyways

this having its first stable release is gonna be so huge

[frigid hound]

This audio is so cursed, I can't disassociate it with that one meme

[drifting valve]

well i litearally just spent time doing this so :3

[fossil wraith]

...?

wdym cursed it's godly

like

https://tenor.com/view/ascending-energy-galaxy-gif-17739196

[fossil wraith]

this is that audio

[frigid hound]

If you don't know it's for the better lmao

[severe stirrup]

i know what youre talking about

[sage mauve]

Someday I will be orange...

[shut badger]

whats this for, an api?

[drifting valve]

:3

[fossil wraith]

⚠️ masked player enemy detected ⚠️

[fossil wraith]

https://tenor.com/view/goofy-goober-goober-gif-14479445704084642875

[dawn flicker]

bros leakin over here

[drifting valve]

yup, 100% of the codebase LEAKED

[sage mauve]

Every time I read DND I think it's Dungeons And Dragons.

[drifting valve]

i keep misreading it as dead

[dawn flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/dont-look-at-it-luca-paguro-alberto-scorfano-luca-close-your-eyes-gif-21415968

[sage mauve]

Okay, it's time to filter out all the sounds we audio designers made.

[dawn flicker]

yup im in constant DnD action

[dawn flicker]

i still need to make one for || 👌 || 🤔

[sage mauve]

Oops, leaked. [?]

[dawn flicker]

YOOUUU!!! || goddam genius ||

[fossil wraith]

😡

[fallen furnace]

Godammit

[dawn flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/this-isnt-happening-everyone-look-away-please-nothing-to-see-here-officer-barbrady-south-park-gif-21526904

[fathom spire]

you deserve that orange role my goat

[fathom spire]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1167636036281708615/1226255621699932220/ezgif-1-ed4a8cd86d.gif

you did this sfx so well man

[sage mauve]

Thanks, it took me a long time, I hope people appreciate it when they encounter Aloe Bracken in the game.

[dawn flicker]

we seriously need to change its name ._. Aloe Vera or something cuz im going to be Aloergic

[fathom spire]

The Aloe is the official name lmao

[dawn flicker]

oh aight

[fathom spire]

that's what the thread in the dev server's called sillyboy

[dawn flicker]

i mean true but everyone calls it aloe bracken xd

[sage mauve]

I just realized it's called The Aloe. 😂

And not "Aloe Bracken" xDD

[fathom spire]

ain't my fault!

i call it the aloe all the time

me literally 4 minutes ago smh

[dawn flicker]

nothing to see here!

[drifting valve]

youre going to do WHAT to the aloe's model

[fathom spire]

ADD A SHADER DAMN

[dawn flicker]

EYO

[fathom spire]

making me leak. it how dare you

[dawn flicker]

by the by 😳

[cobalt turret]

https://tenor.com/view/shrek-smirk-shrek-horny-shrek-shrek-gif-lmao-gif-10009820640929292677

[fathom spire]

i am the LAST person on the planet who'd thirst over this thing

that's reserved for the freaks

[cobalt turret]

Who

[fathom spire]

you

you're the freak

[cobalt turret]

Why would people thirst over Masa

[fathom spire]

no i mean over the aloe 😭

[cobalt turret]

Oh okay

[fathom spire]

also don't say that like xu ain't tryina get some

[cobalt turret]

Was like 'wtf does Masa need to scroll up????'

[dawn flicker]

way too much talk just because of a shader

[cobalt turret]

💀

[fathom spire]

AM I. WRONG???

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/451580047959261184/1116303047296024667/youtube-video-gif.gif

i know the fuck i'm not don't even try to convince me otherwise

[cobalt turret]

Silence married person

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/919788930348499004/1076597806569103460/ezgif.com-gif-maker8.gif

[dull needle]

Wooooow that's how u feel about me icic

[fathom spire]

https://tenor.com/view/cool-fun-white-cat-dance-cool-and-fun-times-gif-16435335956387921912

[dull needle]

Finding out a lot about people to do

[fathom spire]

yeah see?

she doesn't care for you

come join me, code me some enemies

[dull needle]

No one does

[fathom spire]

[dull needle]

Maybe after I finish my todolist

[fathom spire]

the todo list:

https://tenor.com/view/receipts-gif-6109038

[dull needle]

Well you've seen the todo list

:p

Or well, have access to it

[fathom spire]

true LMAO

yeah i read up on it

[drifting valve]

https://tenor.com/view/headpats-anime-cat-girl-beeg-pats-shake-pats-gif-7464612627661142514

[dawn flicker]

Im constantly adding new stuff for Xuperman

[fathom spire]

though when there's 70+ messages me da flojera

[dull needle]

I cant wait for next bioD update to just miraculously have those things in the todo list finished

[dull needle]

Shush u, no pats

U bad too

[dawn flicker]

oh boy i'll let you know if you are heading in a direction that we are

right now Code:Rebirth is doing great

oh wait i completely misunderstood what you meant lol

[dull needle]

Stick to enemy variety, thanks.

[dawn flicker]

||Nuh uh||

[fathom spire]

no promises, xiaolan

[drifting valve]

i will personally explode you guys

[dull needle]

U shush

[dull needle]

Okay, Mr ty

[fathom spire]

when viral company

[drifting valve]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/602207979105681451/1236185543730270249/image0.gif

[dull needle]

Alright ill cut dinner short and start working on viral company

[fathom spire]

finally, I can get my buddies to play letcom again instead of content warning

[drifting valve]

NO

[fathom spire]

harharhar

[drifting valve]

go eat

[dull needle]

I like west

[fathom spire]

GO EAT

FUCK YOU

[dull needle]

Mah

Nah*

I dont listen to bongo anymore

And I never listened to monty

[worn python]

I have a brilliant idea for a new enemy variant

[fallen furnace]

Listens to kanye

[worn python]

it's called

[fallen furnace]

West

[worn python]

Go eat.

[dull needle]

What is it

Nuhuh

That aint a concept pal

[fathom spire]

it's called sustinance

go eat , bitch ass

[worn python]

[dull needle]

Don't need it

I've lived fine without it

[fallen furnace]

Is this what flirting is 🤔

[fathom spire]

COMMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dull needle]

No cuz im upset >;c

[fallen furnace]

Hate flirting, got it

[dull needle]

Shush

[worn python]

pretty sure their concept of flirting is "hey instead of working for x, you work for me :3"

[drifting valve]

https://tenor.com/view/kiss-boys-kisser-mega-kot-brick-gif-11900063593491011307

go eat

[dull needle]

That aint flirting pal, you'd have to really impress me for me to flirt smh

[dull needle]

Nah, I already left the kitchen

[worn python]

ok how about I hit you with a brick smh my head....................

[drifting valve]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/602207979105681451/1236185543730270249/image0.gif

[dull needle]

Blame bongo, I'm upset

I gotta be in the mood to eat

[fossil wraith]

https://tenor.com/view/black-cat-water-cute-cat-shower-cat-gif-27550509

[dawn flicker]

i eat to be in a mood

[cobalt turret]

We literally had 2 dates 💀

[dawn flicker]

I never had a date with Masa ._.

[fathom spire]

you haven't been in xu's server if you think that's the extent of it

[dawn flicker]

||We are spies in Xu’s server||

[fathom spire]

this guy gets it ❤️

[sage mauve]

I still don't understand why waste bricks by throwing them at other people.

Thanks to all the bricks that were thrown at me at Biodiversity, I already have 50% of my house built.

[worn python]

I've seen enough to know how others react

https://tenor.com/view/smart-thinking-thoughts-think-ponder-gif-7713620

[fathom spire]

https://tenor.com/view/boykisser-brick-throw-kiss-boys-gif-11348714524182573531

[fathom spire]

bro building a 1km tall house

[dawn flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/sponge-bob-brick-sponge-bob-square-pants-like-a-bag-of-bricks-like-a-ton-of-bricks-gif-12819394620296320200

[sage mauve]

50'1%, let's gooooo

[sage mauve]

Yeah, it has to be luxury.

[worn python]

at this point, there's going to be a brick monster added to BioD

[fathom spire]

not gonna lie

[sage mauve]

Although in real life I prefer to buy a small house.

[fathom spire]

i had a concept

[sage mauve]

Reason? How lazy to clean big houses, lol.

[dawn flicker]

You just need your emotional support Butler to clean

[fathom spire]

samee

[sage mauve]

No, that one wants to stab me.

[dawn flicker]

Its the emotional support part

[cobalt turret]

WHAT? WHY DO YOU FEEL TALKED TO 😭

[tight moat]

I think it's jealousy

[cobalt turret]

Regardless

Aloe <3

[dawn flicker]

It totally is..

🥺

[dull needle]

Waiting on 3rd

[mint dew]

son of a

you got me XD

[final canopy]

Me as well as a bunch of other people waiting for this mod to release.

[dawn flicker]

Everyone is working hard 🫣

[drifting valve]

heres a better screenshot lol

[dull needle]

yeah cuz s1ckboy's screenshot made no sense lmfao

[dawn flicker]

Oh god he leaked the “hhwrt” 😨

[dull needle]

wait when was this message sent

by bongo

[drifting valve]

this morning i think

nvm i lied 1pm

[dawn flicker]

7 hours ago

I was sleepin at 5 am lol

[dull needle]

good

thought it was within the last 2 hours or so

[drifting valve]

i was watching too intently too do anything else lol

[dull needle]

shoulda been watching me

[drifting valve]

https://tenor.com/view/boykisser-you-like-kissing-boys-don't-you-cat-lowpoly-3d-gif-9960745507421464646

[mint dew]

ok so i was looking over the wax soldier and i'm realising now that there are like no weapons/items in the game that can melt something (except for easter egg, ig it sets stuff on fire)

the mansion fireplace and old bird flamethrower are the closest things we have to "melt" the wax soldier, and teh fireplace is oddly specific while old birds don't roam inside facilities

so I was thinking: nutcracker variant... with a flamethrower
alternatively, butler variant with molotov cocktails XD

[dawn flicker]

i know someone who really likes flames

[mint dew]

(<--)

My idea for molotov cocktail is simple: once u kill the butler variant, it drops it. The cocktail can be thrown like a stun grenade and creates an AOE of fire that lasts for a few seconds. You can also drink it in order to explode :3

[fallen furnace]

How about taking damage makes it overheat so the wax melts

Maybe some sfx to show that

[dawn flicker]

i dont think we are changing up wax soldier but for a different variant this could be a nice starting idea 👌

[mint dew]

ye that could work

but imma be honest its kinda boring that all enemies in LC that can be killed can be killed with a shovel/shotgun/knife

giant is the only exception (and yet you can STILL kill it with a shovel/shotgun/knife, it's just less efficient)

so im thinking you can easily kill wax soldier with something that melts it and it takes much longer to kill it with something that doesn't, kinda like the giant

[dawn flicker]

well i mean it could be always patched but rn waxy is coming along nicely

[fallen furnace]

What were the 3 nearly done again?

[mint dew]

how do u kill wax soldier rn? like any other entity? and it melts when u kill it i assume?

[mint dew]

ogopogo was one of them i think

[valid garnet]

detonate yourself with a jetpack everytime you encounter a wax soldier 💀

[mint dew]

💀

[tranquil berry]

are you planning only 1 nutracker specimen?

[mint dew]

check pinned comments

[dawn flicker]

Check the screenshot for github pushes above ^^

[dawn flicker]

well for the first batch yes

[fallen furnace]

Ah right thanks

[tranquil berry]

k

i'll paste my ghost girl specimen in mod ideas

[mint dew]

elaborate on "heat"

there's not much in LC that makes "heat"

does "heat" mean explosions? easter eggs? or is biodiversity going to have an exclusive way to make "heat"

bc they can "withstand great damage"

kinda reminds me of the giant - can also "withstand great damage" but is susceptible to fire

so im wondering if wax is gonna have a less efficient way to kill it and a more efficient way to kill it

[dull needle]

i think u misunderstand how the giant works

it doesnt "withstand great damage", it just has more hp than other monsters

and the egg doesnt put it on fire on purpose, its very highly likely a bug because the egg deals so much damage (the egg really shouldnt be dealing that much damage) and the game thinking the game was a missile

and not susceptible to fire, it's suspectible to one hit from a missile or egg, which "puts" it on fire

[fallen furnace]

Question on the egg

If it has such high damage, why doesn't it one shot players?

Or is it enemy specific?

[dull needle]

because player damage != enemy damage

monsters have like 3~ hp on average

players have 40, and their damage functions are different

[fallen furnace]

That makes so much sense now

[dull needle]

like why does a shotgun one shot a player but not a giant that has much less integer hp?

that type of thing

also i mistyped, players have 100 lol

im pretty sure missiles and eggs just borrow landmine explosions and change it slightly where enemies get dealt more damage

[mint dew]

wellll having more hp does technically mean it can withstand great damage

also the thought of easter egg being a bug is actually kinda crazy i always thought it was a feature

[dull needle]

but also for whatever reason eggs just one shot every enemy

hearing zeekers talk about balancing and whatnot for the jetpack

then also send a one shot item into the game

ehhh

[fallen furnace]

Tbf egg came in the april fools update so it checks out 🙃

[mint dew]

theres a simple explanation: theyre decently rare so theyre not super-OP, they take practice to throw properly and it's hilarious to hear a party whistle followed by your opponent collapsing on the floor dead XD

[mint dew]

true

[dull needle]

april fools != ruin game mechanics lol

[dull needle]

they're not that rare, not a lot of practise needed as well, and it's just hypocritical to think its intended lol

[mint dew]

i like to think of it as a happy accident

u actually stand a chance against the giant now

(without needing old birds or cowering in the ship)

[dull needle]

i preferred the giant being unkillable

well not unkillable

i do like that its killable

[mint dew]

well u have old birds in that place now XD

[dull needle]

i dont like that its one shott-able

[mint dew]

that is a good point i suppose

[dull needle]

keep in mind that old birds are a big threat to players too

they aint a throwable item that u can easily not get damaged by

[mint dew]

ye, thats why i said instead of unkillable big plants u have unkillable giant interstellar mechas with rocket launchers

[dull needle]

which kinda is just the same thing with a different face lol

[mint dew]

hey, easter eggs weren't my decision ¯_(ツ)_/¯

i think they're neat

[sage mauve]

I usually find Easter eggs quite frequently.

[dull needle]

so much for being rare, i foudn one testing my weather randomly lol

[fallen furnace]

Yeah I wouldn't call them rare either

[mint dew]

i mean ye they're not "rare"

i think i may have said that based off my luck ._.

anyhow this has derailed way off topic what im trying to say is it would be cool if biodiversity had some way to melt the wax soldier without attacking it with a shovel, knife or shotgun.

[tight moat]

I think the hairdryer should be able to melt Waxboys

[tight moat]

fireplaces in the mansion will melt him

no melee weapons cause melting

the zap gun might cause melting?

easter eggs SHOULD cause melting imo

[dawn flicker]

Thats a great idea 👀

[dull needle]

i dont understand this thought process

[tight moat]

it's a flaming explosion

[dawn flicker]

Thats a bug isnt it?

Like isnt it just firecrackers?

[dull needle]

its not?

[tight moat]

it's got FIRE right in the name!

[dawn flicker]

Duuh but it shouldnt be strong enough to melt it 🤔

[tight moat]

eh when the methods to melt are so limited I don't see an issue with having another method, especially one so RNG dependent

[dull needle]

you can make or have another method, but the easter egg just sounds very stupid for this purpose lol

[tight moat]

the easter egg is stupid on principle

like you'd just be matching Zeekerss' energy

[dawn flicker]

Thats true🙄

[fallen furnace]

Melt him if he gets too close to fireplaces in the mansion

[dawn flicker]

🤫

[tight moat]

#1212451384021221457 message

[fathom spire]

the main reason behind me making biodiversity was originally me disliking the disconnect entities had with their environments and how little each monsters interacted with eachother

so yes, the fireplace is oddly specific

also keep in mind electricity melts stuff too

[fallen furnace]

Clearly great minds think alike 😎 (forget the second part of that idiom)

[worn python]

I'm prettyyyyyy sure the Easter Egg explosion counts as Blast damage

and as far as I am aware, Blast = Stuff goes on fire

[fallen furnace]

Not necessarily

[fathom spire]

ogo, feeder and aloe, feeder's the least finished cuz it lacks a few features and doesn't have a model

[fathom spire]

bars actually? writing that down on the GDD

[fathom spire]

it's not flaming at all

i do not think it should cause melting

[tight moat]

I think it would be funny if it did tho

[fathom spire]

I think it dealing normal damage would be enough

like the explosion has no fire in it lmao

visually it's just like a flashbang

with confetti

[mint dew]

ye i was thinking the same thing!!! great thinks mind alike wait no

[mint dew]

omg yesssss

[dull needle]

Here's the problem with that, the stupid ass egg doesn't do any damage

It insta kills

[mint dew]

yunno what would be rally funny

[dawn flicker]

Fireexits have FIRE in their name lol

[mint dew]

if wax soldier detects that an egg is too close to it, it will kick it back at the player XD

[mint dew]

https://tenor.com/view/yippee-happy-celebration-joy-confetti-gif-25557730

WAIIIIIT ok so i was thinking for more thinks that could melt wax soldiers and i came up with a cool idea that isn't necessarily related

ok so: it would be really cool if you could jam and apparatus in the back of entity (let's say the wax soldier) and they would get much stronger and faster but slowly overheat, melt or explode (doesn't have to be wax soldier, can be tin turret for lack of a better example)

[fathom spire]

booo

[mint dew]

hear me out:

[fathom spire]

writing it down

[dull needle]

Yeah but why

[fathom spire]

yeah I'd just give the wax soldier osp

[tight moat]

OH NO AN EGG! QUICK, WAX!! THROW IT BACK!!!

[dull needle]

My favourite item, wax filled apparatus

[fathom spire]

it'd need osp anyway cuz I don't want people one shotting it w a shotgun

[tight moat]

The soldier in question:

[dull needle]

I dont use abbreviations you english heathen

What's osp

[tight moat]

How much enemy damage does the shotgun do?

[fathom spire]

would be funny, just not the variant I'd add an app mechanic to

[mint dew]

i said that as an example and also i reckon a power core has enough capacity to melt a being made mostly out of frickin wax

[dawn flicker]

not sure about the apparatus, but for an old bird variant maybe that could work (well as an overheater mode - which we kinda had some talk for a not yet accepted concept, but it was quickly denied)

[dull needle]

I can agree with that

[mint dew]

precisely

[fathom spire]

also doesn't help that wax mostly only appears in tier 3 moons which mostly have mansion interiors

[mint dew]

not help in what way
mansion has fireplace room

OH as in apparatus im sorry im braindead

XD

[fathom spire]

LMAO yeye

like it'd be harder to have that interaction in there

[mint dew]

yeahhh the "app overcharge" idea seems better suited for a different entity

(hear me out: indoor mini less powerful old bird)

[fathom spire]

though I guess since we're figuring out how to make enemies interact with light for another entity we could have it so the apparatus is the facility equivalent to the fire place, where it also melts when near it

[tight moat]

Young bird

[tight moat]

I would honestly recommend this since yeah factories don't have fireplaces

Feel the righteous burn of a radioactive rod

[mint dew]

waiiiit
factory light bug main attraction = app
mansion light bug main attractions = fireplace + main room chandelier

[mint dew]

"umm that's not a robot toy" 💀

[dull needle]

NotsoRad Mech

[tight moat]

Bad Mech

[mint dew]

has a BB gun for one arm and those toy clamps for the other lmao

[tight moat]

The nut pincher

[tight moat]

And then a zippo lighter taped to it

[mint dew]

alright but real talk an indoor old bird would be kinda cool

[ocean flame]

mounted ceiling turret

[tight moat]

I guess Nutcracker is like that

[mint dew]

like the robot dog from Content Warnng but old bird

[mint dew]

iiiiiii suppose ye

actually yeah

[tight moat]

Robot with a ranged weapon that kills you based on sight

[mint dew]

brutal

[tight moat]

And also has a one-shot melee attack

[mint dew]

well when u put it like that...

[ocean flame]

i want indoor eyeless dogs

[fathom spire]

Lad Mech

[tight moat]

I did have an idea for a blind indoor enemy but it wouldn't really be a variant of anything

LAD MECH

[mint dew]

i was thinking about that and that would be terrifying

[tight moat]

JUS A LIL LAD

[fathom spire]

yeah p much lmao

[mint dew]

MAD MECH

[ocean flame]

moth

[mint dew]

*Futile.
*Futile!
*FUTILE!!!

[mint dew]

moth bug

[ocean flame]

[mint dew]

Also i had an idea for a bracken variant

well honestly it can be applied to a buncha entities but bracken sounds more appropriate bc "slinking in the shawdows" and whatnot

so: an entity that emerges from the pits on facility layouts

im thinking like hands that reach out to drag you in or smth
(no clue how this would work on mansion)

[tight moat]

Ah yeah we've discussed the pit monster

It's more of an earth leviathan variant because they're the only thing that big

[mint dew]

i was thinking of the indoor pits on facility layouts like the beam jump or the catwalk rooms actually, think earth leviathan may be just a tad too absolutely gigantic for that XD

though a monster that BREAKS said catwalk would also be eppic

[tight moat]

No no no

[ocean flame]

ford f-150 outdoors that runs you over

[tight moat]

You're not seeing the vision

[fallen furnace]

Old bird variant with apparatus to change behaviour could work ig

[mint dew]

odl bird variant that actually just transforms into ac-130

[ocean flame]

thats not how you spell ford f-150

[tight moat]

https://youtu.be/qFNBUs7O-h4?si=GqzOsMn3rFpIBkna

[fossil wraith]

https://tenor.com/view/rec-room-watch-yo-tone-rec-room-memes-gif-25222384

rec room?

[mint dew]

OH.

soooo bobbit worm pro max???

[tight moat]

Worm up

[ocean flame]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/540392678802587675/1236191629845463040/watermark.gif

[mint dew]

hear me out: same entity, different sub-varients of it for mansion and facility layouts

facility layouts break catwalk rooms and drag you into pits
mansion layouts break throughw alls

[tight moat]

Good way to recycle assets

[dull needle]

Depends how much of a variant you're making

At some point it's better to get newer assets if its totally different

[tight moat]

I think it would work being the same entity

It's just that in mansion layouts it would need to be like

Ooh

Ok

The way you'd do it is that it's an enemy that spawns in place of a room tile

So on facilities the new room tile is a pit jump that has the monster in it

And in the mansion it's a room tile that has the monster behind a cracked wall

Either way it would detect you based on sound probably, so it can hear you running and such

[fathom spire]

I don't know if we'd be able to have something straight up break a part of an interior like that

seems a bit... hard to balance

like with catwalks specifically you could theoretically just get stuck

[dawn flicker]

that would be super hard to code

[mint dew]

well, it wouldn't actually break it, just leave an asset that looks like a broken wall and when u interact with it, it brings you to another "hole asset" on the other side of the wall

kiiiinda breaking immersion a lil bit tho

[tight moat]

Can't bake a thing into a room that detects noise?

[fathom spire]

that's not hard

what's hard is to balance an enemy that permanently disables a path for you by destroying it

the cracked wall works, what doesn't work is one that just breaks the catwalk

esp if we're talking about a recreation of the pit jump room

[tight moat]

Oh no no no

It would make a gap you can jump

[mint dew]

nah it doent break teh whole catwalk, it just acts as anotehr jumpr oom u gotta do

[mint dew]

ye

[tight moat]

Same size as the jumping rooms

Like

Hold on does someone have top-down images of facility rooms

[fathom spire]

ok that's better

[fathom spire]

only problem is sometimes pipes generate on the ceilings of those rooms

so if the hole is riiight below one of those it's pretty much unjumpable

[tight moat]

So basically

[fathom spire]

but you could also just hop on the railing

(i think)

[mint dew]

mmmh good point

[tight moat]

Well no ideally it'd be a new room (that looks like an old room) so you'd design it specifically to be jumped across, simply removing the pipe or not putting the gap under a pipe

[mint dew]

my original idea was an entity that roams INSIDE the death pits and drags you down, catwalk-break was a completely different idea

[tight moat]

Oh ok

I mean that'd probably also work

[dawn flicker]

i love the idea but i'll say this would take way too much effort to do - not even sure if its completely possible for LC

[mint dew]

the monster from pit or the monster that breaks walls and catwalks

?

[dawn flicker]

breaking the interior

monster in the pit is not an issue but breaking interior is uhh i dont even know

its a very cool idea and would love it but ye

[tight moat]

Breakable parts would be pre-built to break, not just "oh anything can break"

[dull needle]

You say that but like

Do you even know what you're saying

[tight moat]

Yeah 's a section of the room pre-cut with an animation of it breaking, similar to the bridges on Vow and uhh

Assurance?

The new map

[pure ridge]

adamance

[tight moat]

That's the one

The other A map

[mint dew]

artifice?

[tight moat]

Nah nah it was adamance that has the bridge

Basically imagine the bridge mechanic except indoors and based on sound instead of weight

[dawn flicker]

well the breakable bridges are different from the interior catwalks

thats why im saying that it would be super hard to actually do that

[tight moat]

Hence why this would be a new room tile

[dawn flicker]

again, i like the idea very much but this would be super hard and i'd say lets just leave these crazy mechs for Chaos :p

[dull needle]

You wanna stick a new room tile into a base game interior is the problem

Its not as simple as just modifying a tile even

[tight moat]

Oh is that not doable?

[fallen furnace]

Just make a new interior that's otherwise the same

(Likely not a good solution)

[sage mauve]

You just have to create [Lethal Company 2 - now more chaotic than ever.]

[tight moat]

Factory interior (devious variant)

Actually a "broken" factory interior variant would be neato

Like busted walls and ceilings and stuff

[fathom spire]

I'd like to work on a facility interior that's just the factory one but broken and overgrown

[tight moat]

More jumping puzzles

[fathom spire]

but that's a side thing

[fallen furnace]

"Puzzles"

Literally just a jump

[tight moat]

Mhm that's not this thread

[tight moat]

Idk, parkour sections

[mint dew]

InteriorDiversity 💀

"adds new variants to the existing interiors in the game!"

[fathom spire]

we Ooblterra'ing up in this bitch

I'm not opposed to the idea honestly but we've got enough on our plates right now

[dull needle]

Does Ooblterra do its own stuff

Doesnt*

[fathom spire]

I'll keep it in mind though, would love to make interiors some day

[dawn flicker]

#1238292999969181787 - moon variant (+interior variant later too)👀

[fathom spire]

in the sense that we're adding 25973942 things

smh

[dawn flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/shameless-plug-promotion-marketing-leespoons-gif-18658808

[fathom spire]

like Ooblterra was a moon now it has that, an interior, enemies, hazards, etc

[dull needle]

To be fair

Ooblterra modifies base game interiors no?

[pure ridge]

also, i don't think that the idea they have is much different from my sentient room idea, right?

[dull needle]

Very different

[pure ridge]

the falling bridge would be done with animations, like you mentioned to me for my idea, right?

[dull needle]

Completely so

[pure ridge]

oh huh

[dull needle]

Deleting things is a no no

Adding is okay

Plus you'd probably do your thing using map objects or enemies

[pure ridge]

ah ok

[fathom spire]

no idea

never played it

will do in the future

[sage mauve]

All the sfx (sounds) I did for Biodiversity. ✌️

Soon that orange role will be mine.

/evil laugh

[dull needle]

Those are quite compressed

Im assuming atleast

I hope your aloe etc sounds aren't like 8 bit 😭

[sage mauve]

Nah, 2 bit. (?

[fallen furnace]

just hear a dial-up tone when it shows up

[sly sail]

she speaks in morse code

[dawn flicker]

bro basically made the sfxs for all that are close to beta lol

didnt even notice that

[dawn flicker]

HELL YEAH!

[sage mauve]

True, hahaha.

[fathom spire]

they sound good asf though 🚬

[fathom spire]

he's just THAT. GUYYYYY

also when are you gonna finish yours wink wink

[dawn flicker]

right right i've gotta make that one last sfx lol

[fathom spire]

LMAO yeah yeah

[jolly pike]

ages ago Oobl Lab was achieved by model-replacing mansion layouts but we're not doing that anymore

WTO should be self contained now

[dull needle]

Ahhh icic, was it technically its own interior at that time too?

[jolly pike]

depends on your definition of "its own interior", at that point

either way, I do remember that back before anyone figured out how to get interiors working, I did try manually adding my own tile to one of the default tilesets

and it just straight up did not work no matter how hard I tried

maybe youll have more luck than me but to my knowledge theres no mod that does this

[dull needle]

Icic that's good to know

[fathom spire]

oh shit what the hell are you doing here, hi

i gotta try ooblterra sometime that shit looks peak man ❤️

[severe stirrup]

https://thunderstore.io/c/lethal-company/p/youmaysayimamemer/FacilityExpanded/

there's this but god knows if it even works

[fathom spire]

i recall someone saying they uploaded the files wrong so it doesn't work or smth

[drifting valve]

yeah I remember that

also I couldn't figure it out a couple months ago when I tried for a whole day

[dull needle]

THE GITHUB LINK IS TO THUNDERSTORE

LMAO

[fathom spire]

yeah 😭

[pure ridge]

they a little confused, but they got some knowledge apparently

[mint dew]

would be cool if while wax soldier was in melting animation, it'd briefly hold up a thumbs-up as a terminator reference

https://tenor.com/view/bh187-terminator-thumbs-up-arnie-gif-19225204

[tight moat]

He doesn't die is the thing

It's a rage state

[mint dew]

wait it's a rage state??? why did nobody tell me that XD

i thought that was like the most effective way to kill it or smth lmao

*efficient

[fallen furnace]

We thought it was a given (clearly not)

[dull needle]

Necrowing you work on bioD?

[fallen furnace]

Haha you make me laugh

[dull needle]

You said "We" >:c

[fallen furnace]

I say we as a collective for the discussions

[dull needle]

Mhmmm

Tbh I didnt realise either lol

I thought the more injured the more wazy it got

Hell they were talking about ways to burn it earlier

[dawn flicker]

shall it be? 👀

[dull needle]

No

[fathom spire]

it still is, it just doesn't outright kill it

[mint dew]

so it puts it in a rage mode and slowly makes it melt so that you just gotta survive? thats hella cool actually

[fathom spire]

eeeeh not exactly that

it's just an enraged state where his health points are almost halved and his attacks are faster, but he's easy to outrun

if it were to instantly go into a death timer as soon as it comes in contact with fire it'd be too easy to kill it

[mint dew]

ah ok i see

[tight moat]

I figured he'd just take double damage while molten

[fathom spire]

well, no it just removes 3 hit points

[tight moat]

Can it kill?

Like if he's already at 3

[fathom spire]

nah, itd put him at 1

[tight moat]

What's he start at, 5?

8 still?

[fathom spire]

it's a seeeecreeeet 👻👻👻👻👻👻

||8||

||or 7 we haven't started programming it||

[tight moat]

I would suggest the latter

Or turn the melt damage up to 4

[fathom spire]

well see, that's for the balance testing phase

[tight moat]

Less of a balance thing and more making sure the melting is relevant enough to feel worth going through the effort for

Unless he literally can't be killed unless he's molten

[fathom spire]

we discussed this like a month or two back but like

that's exactly a balancing thing

[fossil wraith]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-sochi-sochi-the-cat-post-this-cat-when-they-least-expect-it-gif-10012483772678340442

[fathom spire]

so we'll just handle it when we have to balance this thing, I'll probably make it 7 base

[fathom spire]

well no, the point is you could do it without melting him, it's just very hard

[tight moat]

Yeh

Gonna take some testing in practice to see if 3 damage makes the difference apparent

[dawn flicker]

👀

[fallow nest]

👀

Hypeee

It has been a joy seeing how far all of you are getting with this mod, congrats to everyone! 😄

[dawn flicker]

Rn im trying to make one of the entity work on my moon ._.

[cinder arrow]

Oooo

[dull needle]

Hey alli

Are u a big lore person

[cinder arrow]

Depends… why?

[dull needle]

I'm planning on having a bunch of lore into my new mod, the type that let's u add story logs into any moon vanilla or custom etc

Would u be interested in making some lore?

[cinder arrow]

I can’t say I’ll be amazing at it, but I would LOVE to give it a try

[dawn flicker]

Alli is a great lore / idea / concept person ^^

[dull needle]

Wow you're not here to make fun of me for recruiting

[cinder arrow]

ty<3

I try to be good

[dawn flicker]

cant make fun of you all the time

also i was a bully to you all day long lmao

[dull needle]

I'll add you to the discord since I'm sleepy rn

You can see how big the mod I'm planning is

[cinder arrow]

I want details on it soon

Whenever-

Honestly idc when-

also 128 reactions- Jesus biodiversity-

[dawn flicker]

i stalk your idea threads hoping some of them get the attraction of others to do

[cinder arrow]

most of them don’t probably because I’m still technically new

Also- I can’t- code

[sage mauve]

I spend all my imagination writing all the lore of a solar system for a roleplay that I direct for my friends.

It was a bit ironic, really.

Since before this type of thing was done by another friend and at the time I complained that each project was bigger (and less successful).

The greatest thing he did was the lore of an entire world.

And I think it's a good idea to make a solar system.

😂

/suffer inside.

[worn python]

I love seeing lore for modded stuff ngl

a part of me just wants to find out what happened, like how Hoarding Bugs adapted outside and ate Circuit Bee hives

[dawn flicker]

🤐🤐🤐

[fathom spire]

really need to write the Honeyfeeder lore ☹️☹️☹️

Bloat bug lore is very easy but Feeder's gonna be a bit harder

[worn python]

I'd offer to help but my lore writing is so shit xd

[fathom spire]

Hmmm

I mean if you can do evolutionary history that justifies the speciation you may

[dawn flicker]

Lore ideas are appriciated too. Even if they are not polished — we could polish them

[fathom spire]

yeah yeah!!!

[worn python]

I might cook up something like that at some point, tho I usually try bestiaries if anything

(it's 1 am so uh maybe later)

[tight moat]

Not that I think there needs to be another nutcracker variant but I had the funny idea for a nutcracker variant who is just equipped with a trumpet and works identically to the normal nutcracker except because he's unarmed he just rapidly walks at you with intent to kick your soul out of your body

https://youtu.be/Gjq7G249ctY?si=9f-Q9J48RavOnl5m

meanwhile blasting this song

[fathom spire]

tin turret was gonna have this song 😭 😭😭 LMAO

just sped the fuck up

at like 1.25x

would be really funny when he's in fistycuffs mode

[mint dew]

HAHA YESSS XD

i can alr imagine heavy mechanical beast of a tank marching towards with a minigun you whilst popping off on a trumpet XD

[worn python]

Given a good think, I think I may have an idea on Honey Feeder came to be:

They would be a curious case of converging evolution: While the Hoarding Bug would have been the descendants of ants (Hymenoptera order), the Honey Feeders are descendants of beetles (Coleoptera order), more notably, of the family Scarabaeidae. While Hoarding Bugs have been around for a good while, Honey Feeders are a more recent finding, approximately discovered around 2085, presumed to be another result of mutation of the Fading Nebula / Thistle Nebula.

The reason as to why they evolved into a similar shape to the Hoarding Bug is due to the increased population and evolution of Circuit Bees. Formerly, its descendants would burrow underneath the hive to obtain honey, although Circuit Bees later adapted to such by generating static electricity to ward off threats, which necessitated the beetles to evolve into a significantly larger shape likewise to a Hoarding Bug, however all resemblances happened to be coincidental. The inside of their mouth and stomach are lined with a non-conductive mucus that doubles as an immobiliser to trap Circuit Bees guarding the hives. Their leg extension was an evolutionary leftover from one of its descendants, originally meant to catch hives whilst underground, now appropriated to intimidate predators. Honey Feeders forego elytras and wings in favour for a hardened carapace to protect themselves from threats.

I did come up with a fictional bullshit scientific name for it, that being: Dynastes-heracros.

• Dynastes being the genus of numerous large beetles belonging to the Scarabaeidae family.

• Heracros being the Japanese name for the Pokemon Heracross, also known to feast on honey.

• The naming scheme was partially inspired by Hercules Beetles' scientific name: Dynastes-hercules, but also inspired by the real life naming of beetles with Pokemon names, such as the Binburrum-articuno, Binburrum-zapdos and Binburrum-moltres

[sacred ferry]

ooo i like this alot actually

@fathom spire lookie look

[fathom spire]

you got the heracross reference 😊

I love this a lot

[worn python]

https://tenor.com/view/epico-cat-epico-cat-epic-cat-meme-epic-cat-epico-meme-gif-20299736

[fathom spire]

the convergence angle's interesting, was originally applied to the fun guy to relate it more to brackens

but I figure it works well enough for honey feeder aswell

did you read up on my previous evo history thingy I wrote? it also fits in pretty well w that

[worn python]

I figured with both it and the Hoarding Bug looking very... ambiguous, I thought adding the convergent evo thing would be neat

[worn python]

and no, I never knew you did that

crazy coincidence 😂

[fathom spire]

damn LMAO

i think i included it in the encyclopedia right under the light bug entry

actually no, i included it above it

this little tidbit here

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.

[worn python]

ah ye I just found it, it was above the Light Bug entry

[fathom spire]

no idea how this one holds up since i wrote it a month or so ago

[worn python]

explains why I missed it, since I instantly went to find the Honey Feeder entry

[fathom spire]

yee yee

it's a good angle heheh

[fathom spire]

also yeah they're meant to be pretty similar physically

originally it was so people could just slap a shell on the hoarding bug model and call it a day when modelling

but the current model was made from scratch so now it's just a neat design detail that connects em together

[worn python]

Ah I see you take the route of taking care of your modellers, by letting them take the cheap way

props to the guy who had strong aura vibes and modelled the whole thing from scratch, a real "fuck it, we ball" move

[dawn flicker]

we love them ^^

[fathom spire]

shep is an absolute goat ♥️

[dawn flicker]

and the coders too!

goated coders joined our crew tbh

[fathom spire]

oh well that's an absolute given, the coders are all fucking great ❤️

[worn python]

I've followed this project since I joined and I have noticed a few names here and there from other mods, very cool to see a massive project like this get the traction it deserves

very keen to see this mod get released some day

[fathom spire]

tysm!!!

if it weren't for people like you who come in here and chat and stuff we would have never gotten this thing going

[mint dew]

honestly, my headcanon is that the honey feeder shares some distant ancestors with the spore lizard

i mean the resemblance in their designs are uncanny

spore lizard uses fungi, perhaps honey feeders have some kind of fungus-like substance inside their mouth that acts as a non-conductive padding that also absorbs the bees' stings?

[fathom spire]

you mean cuz of their gaping mouths?

[mint dew]

yes, also their bodies look kinda similar

also, will honey feeders be resistant to lightning at all?
im saying this bc y'know, CIRCUIT bees but also if lightning strikes a beehive inside the honey feeder

[fathom spire]

should probably tell bongo to do that yeah

I just found out beehives are conductive a few days ago

[mint dew]

pretty sure they only become conductive once u pick 'em up but i could be wrong

[fathom spire]

really? that's interesting, I never saw it like that

but you right they kinda have a similar body type

[fathom spire]

yeh

[mint dew]

i meannnn the "extending legs" part might be a biiiit different XD

wait a second... extending legs

wish.com extension ladder?

[fathom spire]

I meaaaan

if you can get on top of it then that's sure to work LMAO

[sudden condor]

What's the status of the mod so far?

Doesn't say wip anymore in the title

Is there a release?

[dawn flicker]

Did we have wip in there 😮

We are getting close to beta - theres still some work that needs to be done.

Tho work is slowed down rn cuz most people have exams comin up

[tall sapphire]

It is in the mod idea forums

[fathom spire]

We never had a w.i.p., but we did have a [CODER NEEDED] in there for a while

status is: we're currently testing behaviors and getting some animations done for two entities, expect a release within this month? maybe? :P

no official eta lmao

[fathom spire]

me when I lie like a little goblin

[dawn flicker]

Beta release

[fathom spire]

OH FUCK LMAO

I misread it as "it is in the mod releases forum"

I'm sorry I called you a goblin Grimgar you didn't deserve the heat 💔

[sudden condor]

Oooh I see

[fathom spire]

behind the scenes, at bio hq:

[dawn flicker]

Look at all those cuties

[sly sail]

im still confused as to why we have a nitro exclusive emote on the dev server

[sacred ferry]

idk lol especially since only two people in the server even have nitro

[graceful fractal]

True, I wish they would make the animated emotes free.

[tall sapphire]

Turn emotes into miniature gifs and add them to your favorites

Basically free animated emotes

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1118987796678459432/1232407905022513162/1230604516198453289.gif

[dawn flicker]

Bruh i made the animated emote

I dont have nitro

😂😂😂

[tight moat]

Just save it as a favorite gif

[fathom spire]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1174410085037002912/1191572681313763419/A8C34698-8CB8-4955-B63F-F0225ED9B7C2.gif

this guy gets it

[fathom spire]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/540804816524410911/1232106254386855987/speed.gif

exactly!

(this is the animated emote)

[sullen violet]

sorry i was backreading
and i think an old bird that's broken down and now functions more like a turret or a sentry of some kind could be cool :]
okay thats my thought this mod concept rules and kicks ass okay byeee

[solar junco]

cool mod.
any idea of when it would be released?

[dull needle]

never

[solar junco]

what?

[solar junco]

why?

[dull needle]

im kidding, dunno

at some point in the future

[solar junco]

oki

[fathom spire]

after we get to do some proper testing!

so say, maybe by the end of the month?

not an official eta but just a sort of estimate

[solar junco]

cool

[fallen furnace]

End of month or riot /jk

[sage mauve]

It's a lie, the WIP will be in 20 years.

[shut badger]

release tmrw 10pm

[dawn flicker]

omg update tomorrow at 10pm?!

v55 👀

nooo stahp we're not doing it here too

[shut badger]

[sly sail]

are we(didnt do much myself, but im intrigued and invested on this) really releasing it this month if things go as expected?

[fathom spire]

maybe!

[mint dew]

I have an idea

THE TULIP FLOATER: (tulip snake variant)
Tulip Floaters are four-eyed creatures with balloon-like abdomens that hover above the ground. They seem to pump themselves up with some kind of gas and heat themselves up, not too dissimilar to the functionality of a zeppelin or hot air balloon.

Tulip Floaters are a bit under 3/4 employees tall. They have no wings to, but they do have a sticky harpoon-like tongue stored in their mouths which they mainly use to prey on forest berries and piss off Baboon Hawks.

However, Tulip Floaters also use their tongue to impress their mates: they pull objects towards themselves and "bounce" them off of their "balloon organs". Employees should be cautious around these adorable creatures - while not directly harmful, they can launch you pretty high into the air. They're especially dangerous in numbers: multiple Tulip Floaters can procedurally grab onto an Employee, launching them higher and higher into the air.

Tulip Floaters use their aforementioned tongues to move around: they will latch onto objects (and some entities like Forest Giants and Old Birds) to propel themselves.

Their balloon organs also have the side effect of granting them the ability to float on water - one can find them happily bobbing up and down during flooded weather. Watch out- if they latch onto you while floating, they could bounce you into deep waters.

aaand another one bc why not

THE WHALEWORM: (earth leviathan variant)
Whaleworms are a subspecies of the Earth Leviathan, but are quite different in behaviour to them.

Whaleworms roam underneath the surface, occasionally spewing a jetstream of water and rubble into the air that typically reaches the size of a three-story building, similar to Earth's whales. It is unknown why Whaleworms demonstrate this behaviour as such giants are difficult to contain for scientific analysis. Some scientists speculate that they do this in order to clear out the rubble in front of them; others imply that this is their unique hunting style.

However, the most commonly accepted theory is a combination of the two: once a Whaleworm ejects rubble out of their blowhole, they emerge out of the ground to swallow anything that was carried along by the stream whole. This makes these creatures very dangerous: not only does falling from such a height do significant damage, but the worm could catch you before you even hit the ground.

yunno what, I'm feeling creative today
this one's kinda goofy

THE BUILDER: (butler variant)
The Builder resembles a Butler wearing a construction hat and safety vest. Once a Builder spots a lonely player, they will attempt to quickly raise a wall to trap the player in. They will then start filling the space with a concrete-like substance: liquid at first, but solidifies fast, eventually burying one alive. After a while, the gigantic cinderblock slowly melts back and dissolves, leaving only a small cube of concrete to encase the player.

The substance's main weakness is a shovel: it can be used to smash the concrete or to dig it while it's liquid.

Upon death, Builders drop buckers of conrete, which if used correctly can efficiently neutralise targets.

Alternatively, Builders could drop jackhammers or smth idk my creative juices are kinda running out XD

[solar junco]

verry cool ideas

i could not think of anything thats even close to this in like 100 years😂

[mint dew]

me neither i have no clue where my inpiration came from 💀

[solar junco]

lol

[sudden hedge]

The Cask of Amontillado

[frigid hound]

Once a Builder spots a lonely player, they will attempt to quickly raise a wall

so he's a Fortnite player

[solar junco]

true

[sacred ferry]

crank 90s

[mint dew]

new nutcracker variant: he just cranks 90s on you

[plucky garden]

buffed up heavy riot nutcracker with miniguns in both hands

[fathom spire]

great minds think alike..

Saw the initial description of the tulip floater and immediately thought "that's the Lung Dragon"

[dawn flicker]

Just a fool would need me of reminding them of the latter part of that quote 🙄

[fathom spire]

I like the jetstream mechanic, very fun

[fathom spire]

I'll smack ya

[dawn flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/the-crazy-gorilla-comedy-channel-univision-creator-network-comedian-did-you-just-slap-me-gif-13768305

[mint dew]

ye i was also thinking "huh... this is kinda like the lung dragon XD"

[tawny herald]

i love it! i love the coevolution part where the circuit bees produced electricity, so it was able to make non conductive saliva

[tawny herald]

would be cool to add an old bird variant to this so they work together

its a concrete cannon thing that just spews wet concrete into the room the players trapped in

[worldly cipher]

👀

Still waiting for v0.0.1

[drifting valve]

i will smite you :3

[worldly cipher]

Biodiversity is fake news. Does not exist.

[dawn flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/bricks-gif-6525378798534810671

[worldly cipher]

https://tenor.com/view/brick-catch-throw-ball-caught-gif-567067953767015613

[sage mauve]

Yeah, all our advances really were in a dream.

[solar junco]

What's happening?

[worldly cipher]

Is this a factual statement? 😜

jk

[solar junco]

I hate everything

[worldly cipher]

One day biodiversity will be among us!

[solar junco]

True

I hope so

[worldly cipher]

It will be a glorious and work intensive day.

[solar junco]

Ok

[worldly cipher]

The problem is some of these devs are doing like 20 projects Cough @dawn flicker Cough

[solar junco]

Lol

[dull needle]

yeah blame sickboy

hes the reason its not getting released rn

[dawn flicker]

😭

[worldly cipher]

smh sickboy

[dawn flicker]

Comeon its gon release soon 🥺

[worldly cipher]

That is what I heard last time haha

I use that word too. I have been saying SC would release soon for the past 3 weeks.

[dawn flicker]

I feel like the only way i can stop the bullying is if i leak 😩

|| we are also testing my moon :3 ||

[worldly cipher]

hahaha you didn't need to 😛

[dull needle]

wow @fathom spire where was my invite

[dawn flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/move-bye-go-leave-shoo-gif-16160046

[sage mauve]

There is only invitation if you work with us. (?

[dull needle]

no i've already told monty i wouldnt be available lol

[sage mauve]

R.I.

.P*

[sage mauve]

Yes, even this thread is a dream, when Monty wakes up, the thread will disappear.

[sage mauve]

Monty is going to throw another brick at S1ck for leaking information.

[dawn flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/shhh-gif-22617818

[sly sail]

it was not "leaking" it was "informing people of the advances of the mod and how much we(mainly yall) are working on this"

[sage mauve]

Please, I just want to see another brick thrown at him.

Most of my messages are:

70% irony, joke, sarcasm, whatever.

20% Please help me, I don't understand what I did wrong in my modpack. 😭

10% Serious

[sly sail]

yeah, mine was also joking, is a bit of a leak tbh, but its not like showing anything

its just "look, we gonna test them entities soon, mod its going well"

[sacred ferry]

biodiversitytastic

[fathom spire]

it's coming alright

[fathom spire]

https://tenor.com/view/what-star-lord-guardians-of-the-galaxy-mother-dead-mother-gif-20223787

[fathom spire]

I'm scared of getting the entities called shit so I didn't wanna invite you

also this is for the biod server

[dull needle]

its okay, i already know they shit

[fathom spire]

when we have anims I'll drop betas

[dull needle]

bitch im pretty sure i've seen u ask generic and smxrez in my server

[fathom spire]

if they wanna test?

[dull needle]

yeah

[fathom spire]

yeah ofc but this is super early testing lmao

[dull needle]

so they can test but i cant 😔

[solar junco]

what u guys talkin about?

[fathom spire]

you wouldn't even be available stop bitching!!!

[fathom spire]

we're just joking around

[dull needle]

an invitation is what matters and u know that

uhh yeah

joking around

100%

[solar junco]

um

ok...

[fathom spire]

this is testing for the people in the biod server, ya stinky

[solar junco]

ima leave u to it

also

[solar junco]

SUS

[dull needle]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeXVUBr2/ monty core

[dawn flicker]

🧱

[solar junco]

brick

[dawn flicker]

Ofc they can they are part of the Xu hater group

[dull needle]

not surprised

[dawn flicker]

baka Xu

[solar junco]

SUSY BAKAS

[fathom spire]

bro watches tiktok

also that's you you're the coder nerd i'm the chad artist muahahaaa

[dull needle]

You literally look like that

You've posted pics where u 1 to 1 did that exact pose

The skeletal structure resemblance is uncanny

[fathom spire]

jump off the empire state building

[worldly cipher]

So yeah I am totally a dev, I made that thing that does the thing. I see you on the test day.

[worldly cipher]

Saw this on reddit and thought of you guys haha

https://www.reddit.com/r/lethalcompany/s/1I5EA6ri8B

[fathom spire]

AWW HAHAH

#1241004917746044988

i'd love to get my body dragged by a small bracken

[mint dew]

everybody gangsta until the dog is fifteen times its normal size XD

[fathom spire]

literally had that happen a few days ago

[mint dew]

HAHA (I'M TERRIFIED LMAO)

[fathom spire]

it was literally the size of the whole ship

my coward ass ship mom friend was scared shitless 😭

[mint dew]

ok but now imagine: earth leviathan but it's the size of a normal worm, it pokes you and you get vaporized from existence XD

[mint dew]

dude i can imagine XD

at lest it was too big to fit inside.... right?...

[fathom spire]

👁️

i don't know

[fathom spire]

LMAO

[mint dew]

tiny old bird the size of the robot toy that launches you into the stratosphere

[dull needle]

afaik they dont touch the navmesh agent

so yes

[mint dew]

https://tenor.com/view/war-vietnam-ptsd-shell-shock-moment-gif-3022747568394546158

[mint dew]

i thought so XD

whelp cant wait to be pummeled by a thumper with fists the size of the doorframe, then XD

[fathom spire]

i thought wexop was gonna change it so they did

atleast for exterior enemies

[dull needle]

oh dunno tbh

cant remember

[fathom spire]

though idk if that'd be the best idea cuz I can see forest keepers just becoming giant killbox roadblocks that never move

[drifting valve]

if y'all wanna see how development is going, here

[fathom spire]

smh you didn't even show my dad's cat

catto panchu!!!

[drifting valve]

I couldn't get it all into one screen shot :3

[fathom spire]

also i'm just waiting people to finish their tests n stuff