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 Gumbo   |
Ok, so I decided to make a metaroom... For nano norns. I posted a prototype in the graphics section. It looks really simple and has simple colors, but I want it to look like it's meant for nano norns. Here it is, but I'm still working on it... There will be a forest area, a jungle area, cave systems, and probably more. Maybe a desert/water area. Again, it's a prototype. So I've gotten most of the sprites done, I've made plants, critters, vendors, machines, etc. because you can't put any outside plants unless you want them to autokill... And I'm going to make a fully functional ecosystem chart at some point. I just need coding now, once i finish sprites. But... I am total poop at CAOS. So yeah, if anyone would like to help me with this, or just have some suggestions... Eh. Also I might downsize it to be under the hub, but that will take some work. (hint hint silvak  )in the spring you gotta let the flowers fully blossom |
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 Solariana |
Oh my, it's so cute. XDD <3<3<3 I think the way you did the graphics really does seem to suit them. Unfortunately, I really am not one who knows how to CAOS for a full ecosystem...so maybe someone else can help you wth that. ^^' But if you need sprites, hey.  Drawing today! |
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 Prodigal Sock Ghosthande  |
Hey, I remember hearing about this a while ago. Looks cool! I might suggest levelling out the floors a bit though. Curved floors look nice but they can be a real pain to map, and Norns in general tend to have a hard time walking down steep slopes.  |
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Gumbo |
Choco, can you do really really tiny (like 4 pixels tall) plants? that would be good, even better would be critters. Also ghosthande, i kinda gave up on this a while ago, but I"m trying to revive it... And I guess I have to level the floors, mapping for that small of a place would be really tough... in the spring you gotta let the flowers fully blossom |
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 AquaShee |
Actually, you can't make rooms below a certain size if I recall correctly. So your nano norns will always have lots of ceiling space! Less curved floors will also help with mapping the room, as I don't know how thin a room can be. The Community Scribble: make (y)our own metaroom! |
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 Wiimeiser |
Technically there is no minimum size, but the editor poses a minimum of at least 12x12 or something IIRC Hashikin ko Tyni Kong Taria Haju'Rumia'an Klodz'Proddi. Terdish oxen saur yessi atai Kongo Dolpik! |
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Gumbo |
Wii, is that 12-pixel minimum? Egad, I have to do a second draft once I get off the plane... in the spring you gotta let the flowers fully blossom |
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Gumbo |
Ok, second draft of the background is nearly done, will be posted by sunday  in the spring you gotta let the flowers fully blossom |
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 KC11 |
"One day, the Lone Shee's parents decided to buy him a nano norn farm to get him to shut up about genengineering a dog...." Do not upset the ugly worm, lest it be a dragon in disguise. (>oo)> |
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Gumbo |
XD That is going to be the official backstory from now on. in the spring you gotta let the flowers fully blossom |
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 Amaikokonut |
That was my first thought when I saw it-- it really does look like an ant farm! It certainly looks cute and novel! My only worry would be the giant speech bubbles that would obscure large portions of the room XD  [Naturing :: Nurturing] |
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Gumbo |
Oh dear, I hadn't even thought of that... Mute nano norns anyone? XD But seriously, anyone have any ideas what to do about the speech bubbles? Also the seeds and fruit and stuff are going to be extremely small, down to a single pixel... I suppose these could be problems in the spring you gotta let the flowers fully blossom |
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Ettina |
I have a thought about speech bubbles - they're determined by a cos file script. Maybe you could include an edit to the speech bubble script that checks which metaroom they're in and resizes their speech bubble if it's your nano metaroom? I'm not a cobbler so I'm not sure how that would be done, but anyway that's a thought I had. By the way, I don't care if anyone steals my ideas for their own work, as long as you don't try to stop me from making my own stuff. Many ideas I mention are things I don't have the time or skill to actually do. |
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Amaikokonut |
^ this is certainly possible, only even resized speech bubbles would have to be massive to contain readable text. It may be better to just eliminate them entirely, though then you would have to use other tools to make sure your creatures are happy (or learn to understand creatures burble!) [Naturing :: Nurturing] |
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Ettina |
Could you maybe have a special agent in the room that shows the creatures' speech, kind of like a chat box? By the way, I don't care if anyone steals my ideas for their own work, as long as you don't try to stop me from making my own stuff. Many ideas I mention are things I don't have the time or skill to actually do. |
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Prodigal Sock Ghosthande |
A chat box would be neat. It might take a couple tricks to make Creatures use it while speaking in the metaroom, but it would be a nice solution. |
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Gumbo |
Wow. That is such a good idea, a norny chatroom. They all have feeds XD. But seriously, could you even reroute the speech bubble things into chatroom format? that seems like totally breaking the game... Maybe it could be a standalone agent, or only used in the metaroom itself. I would have to make room for the chatbox as well. Maybe a terra-like dropdown panel? in the spring you gotta let the flowers fully blossom |
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 silvak |
Norn-Speak-Chat would be really neat and similar to my thinking and suggestion. Wether in a drop-down or fixed screen......if it could include notifications about pregnancy, birth, hatch, lifestage, and death too then you would have a little transcript of your room. Lost Content, help find it a home! |
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Gumbo |
:O But how long would it go on for? anyone up for coding this? Just noticed malkin's invisible speech bubbles agent, could code be salvaged from that? in the spring you gotta let the flowers fully blossom |
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 Malkin Manager |
All it does is make the speech bubbles not show up in photographs or on the remote sensing cameras - it couldn't be used for this. My TCR Norns |
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Gumbo |
Ok, just a little question about the actual metaroom.. Is a decent-sized aquatic area worth anything at all? I mean, are there any nano-sized aquatic norns? Would anyone want to use it in this metaroom? in the spring you gotta let the flowers fully blossom |
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Prodigal Sock Ghosthande |
I can think of one offhand: the Algae Norns. But it might need to be a relatively isolated section, I mean a drowning nano would be kinda hard to rescue... |
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Gumbo |
Yeah, i was thinking of that, so i put a little pond in a little alcove-cave, i might make it bigger... Still working on version 2. in the spring you gotta let the flowers fully blossom |
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Gumbo |
Ok, I am hitting a wall and thinking of scrapping this whole thing. Lost all the sprite files in accidental desktop cleanup. Looking for backups. Throw critter/gadget/plant ideas at me. in the spring you gotta let the flowers fully blossom |
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