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Feeling generous this holiday season? Then why not participate in Grendel Man's Creatures Caves Secret Santa? In this event, you can play the Santa for another member of Creatures Caves and give them one more reason to anxiously await Christmas Day! Make sure to read the guidelines carefully before participating. |
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 As a Hobbit birthday gift/late Creatures Community Spirit Festival release/early Christmas present to the community, Moe has released the third beta of C2toDS!Release 3 is designed not for Beta Testers necessarily. That is, we know what the bugs are for the most part, so we aren’t in need of bug reports. This release is purely for the entertainment of the community. Such additions in this release include: Expanded wildlife. Almost every critter in C2 has been converted with only a few exceptions. The oceans in particular are teeming with life both new and old. New additions to C2 including critters based off of familiar and favorite COBs… New vendors! Some Lifekit and Object Pack Additions! Atmospheric effects to liven up the world! More secrets... |
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In this week's Creatures Online update, the team are working on a new build of the game to send to a dedicated lab for two days' worth of playtesting. The team are focusing on ergonomics, gameplay, stability and polish to get some feedback on what they have changed in the last few weeks - if it turns out positive, the team will move on to polishing the splicing and breed parts of the game. The same long tasks of bug fixing and polishing have been worked on, improving some visuals and knocking some items off the bug list. The thought bubble feature is being further refined - now, when pressed, they display the category icon and the verb the Norn has performed on it. The user can the press the reward or punish buttons accordingly. We can also tickle or slap the norns at any time by zooming in. Check out the forum for more information! |
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 The Albian Snails and Albian Glow Worms have finally arrived at Garden Box Central!The Albian Snail, Cepaea helenii, only appears during the day, hatching in the early hours of the dawn and dying in the early evening. In its single day of life, it crawls around, leaving a snail trail of moisture behind. The snails do not consume any food themselves, but creatures seem to enjoy pushing, pulling, hitting or eating the slow-moving snails. An Albian Snail egg is invisible to creatures' eyes. The Albian Glow Worm, Solarvermes alimaggsii, only appears during the night, hatching in the early hours of the evening and dying in the early hours of the dawn. In its single night of life, it crawls around, emitting a soft glowing light. The glow worms do not consume any food themselves, but creatures seem to enjoy chasing, pushing, pulling, hitting or eating the speedy glow worms. An Albian Glow Worm egg is invisible to creatures' eyes. The egg sprites were created by Mea of Caos of the Creatures Realm. Notes: *The Albian Snails and Albian Glow Worms will appear in the "Patch Plant" section of your Garden Box. This is so that they can use the "patch" infrastructure to function. *The eggs are sensitive to the time of day - the snails are diurnal, and the glow worms are nocturnal. This means that the eggs can take up to 10 in-game minutes to hatch. *They will die if they are placed in an underwater position. |
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 GOG.com is offering 70% off a selection of games this weekend, including the Creatures series! The offer lasts until Tuesday, December 3, at 10:59AM GMT.Grab Creatures: The Albian Years, Creatures Exodus or Creatures Village for just $1.79 each! This is a great opportunity to add more of the Creatures series to your collection. |
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In this week's Creatures Online update, the Creatures Online team have had a major breakthrough in memory management of the game, making the game far more stable in longer playing sessions. Slapping, as an action has been polished, and kits can now be hidden from view to give more space to the norns - very useful for small screens! Some special effects are being added to emphasise actions in the game (norns making cookie crumbs), and the thought bubble feature is being refined further. Check out the forum for more information! |
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In this week's update on Creatures Online, the new thought bubble feature is being refined to only display when a norn is learning, not whenever it is thinking. The UI for the close-up view has been improved to let us interact more with the norns when we're taking care of them, and the first five minutes of the tutorial phase are being reworked to help guide the player through the process of hatching their first norn. Read all about it on the forums! |
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 Has it reached the end of the CCSF already? Darby, Ghosthande, and I hope that the last two weeks have been very enjoyable for every Creatures fan! Thank you to everyone who helped make this festival possible this year. No sad faces, though: Today still features a plethora of new releases to enjoy!Chester's Remarks: "My favorite saying is that everything must come to an end; even the best carrot. I shall be deep in exploration of this underwater world! Who knows... Perhaps this is where I find an aquatic carrot!" DAY 14 RELEASES AND NOTES - Deep Abyss by Grendel Man and Mea: Explore this wonderful and mysterious aquatic metaroom! - Pobble by Clohse: Make sure no Creature drowns when Pobble is around! - Fruit Sculpture by Ghosthande: Let your Creatures eat this delicious new C3/DS agent! - Chester Coloring Page by Darby: Bring Chester offline with this adorable coloring page! - Coral Sprites (Golden Corals and Red Corals) by Mea: Imagine the possibilities with these sprites! - Aquatic Userbar by Eprillios: Match today's theme and show off your love of the aquatic! - Ettin Exploration Equipment by Sam999: Take a look at this adventurous Ettin! - Ask Laura Column by Laura: A final witty word from Laura! - Metaroom Idea by LoverIan: Check out one final CCSF metaroom idea at LoverIan's blog! - Contest Winners: Don't forget to find out who won the CCSF contests! Congratulations Sam999, Christine, KittyTikara, and InsanityPrelude! - Giveaway Winners: Congratulations to Rat-Tailed, ArchDragon, Cake, and Lenn for winning the GOG.com codes for various Creatures games! Winners will be contacted today with instructions for redeeming these codes. This was a wonderful year to celebrate Creatures, and I hope that there was something for everyone! My fellow co-coordinators, Darby and Ghosthande, were immensely helpful and had some amazing ideas. Special thanks to Rascii for hosting the CCSF at Creatures Caves! You can always help support Creatures Caves if you like. And naturally, a hearty thank you to those who contributed and those who simple enjoyed the festival. Creatures might be an old game, but this community always finds new ways to innovate and make things interesting. There are many years of the CCSF left: Keep an eye out for news in 2014! As always, a heartfelt welcome to all for keeping Creatures alive. |
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 We've hopped along the CCSF with Chester the Rabbit in no time at all; maybe the little bunny could use a rest in... Your world! Today's main release features a wonderful little rabbit for your DS worlds. Don't forget to vote in the contest polls; today is the last day that they're open! Only one more day left in the CCSF... Enjoy!Chester's Remarks: "I must be looking in a mirror! Guess the competition for my carrots just increased exponentially!" DAY 13 RELEASES AND NOTES - Chester the Rabbit by Clohse: Set little rabbits like Chester loose in your Docking Station! - Swamp Pod Plans by KittyTikara: Take a look at a wonderful swampy metaroom idea. - Pizza Dough Mushroom Sprites by Mea: Delicious looking sprites, courtesy of Mea! - Creatures 2 Userbar by Eprillios: Show your support for the second instalment of the Creatures series! - Old Article submitted by Malkin: Another great old-school article! The full citation is "Creatures 2". Next Generation: 23. July 1998. - Ask Laura Column by Laura: More witty and useful advice from the one and only Laura! - Metaroom Idea by LoverIan: LoverIan is back to posting a new metaroom idea each day at his blog! |
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 I decided that I couldn't wait until Friday to unveil the surprise. Courtesy of Sophie from Fishing Cactus, and in honor of the current 2013 Creatures Community Spirit Festival, Creatures Caves has been provided with twenty-two never-before-seen concept art images from the planning stages of Creatures Online.One image will be posted in the promo gallery each day for the next twenty-two days, starting today. The image for today is a series of sketches of cave critters. Please feel free to discuss each image in the comments section of each post.  News will not be posted each day, so be sure to check the promo images gallery directly for the new posts. And be sure to enjoy today and tomorrow's remaining 2013 CCSF releases! |
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 Grendels often inspire fear in some, but never such a great exodus! Today's main release features a new genetic Grendel breed. We also have an awesome new C3/DS agent that will help with all sorts of exportation! Only a few more days left of the CCSF... Enjoy!Chester's Remarks: "My poor carrots! They were stolen from me, and I shall complain because complaining is what I often do best." DAY 12 RELEASES AND NOTES - Tera Grendels by HavenHoney: Download this new very brightly colored Grendel breed! - Mass Exporter by Clohse: Discover a new and simple way to export your Creatures! - Bakery Celebration Sprites (Cookies and Piles of Frosting) by Mea: The bakery explosion continues! - Linux Userbar by Eprillios: Find another great userbar to show off your preferences! - Ask Laura Column by Laura: More witty and useful advice from the one and only Laura! - Metaroom Idea by LoverIan: LoverIan is back to posting a new metaroom idea each day at his blog! |
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 Today marks the 17th anniversary since the release of Creatures in 1996! We have a bit of an old-school feel to the releases tomorrow, with a new metaroom to enjoy and a very interesting article from the mastermind behind Creatures! Enjoy!Chester's Remarks: "I'm swimming, swimming, swimming! So much to explore down here, but I have a feeling no one has perfected an underwater carrot yet. That shall be my invention... If I could figure out how to invent! I'll just be a bunny for now." DAY 11 RELEASES AND NOTES - Sea Monkey Marina by Clohse: Have fun letting your Creatures swim around in this new aquatic metaroom, complete with lots of things to discover! - Article from Steve Grand: Find some fascinating information about the evolution of Creatures, as well as some ideas behind Steve's new project, Grandroids! - Old Article Submitted by Malkin: Today's blast-from-the-past article is very fitting, as it features an interview with Steve Grand from 1997! The full citation is "The game industry's Dr. Frankenstein". Next Generation: 8-13. November 1997. - Bakery Celebration Sprites (Donuts, Puffy Donuts, and Tarts) by Mea: Celebrate the CCSF and Creatures' birthday with these delectable sprites! - Creatures 1 Fan Userbar by Eprillios: Declare your support of the original Creatures game! - Ask Laura Column by Laura: More witty and useful advice from the one and only Laura! - Metaroom Idea by LoverIan: LoverIan is back to posting a new metaroom idea each day at his blog! |
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 We've seen a wide variety of breed releases so far, but none with a decidedly metallic feel until today! All of the contest entries also closed yesterday, and the polls have opened as of today! Make sure to vote for who you think should win the poetry and screenshot contests. Lots of excellent entries!Chester's Remarks: Pretty colors! It's rather difficult to weave between these legs, though... Much safer to peer out from underground today!" DAY 10 RELEASES AND NOTES - Colortrue Gaius by Jessica: A colorful pack of new Gaius to enjoy! - Updated Gaius by Jessica: Just a few genetic changes help improve this breed! - Contest Entries by Various: View the entries, and then vote for the poetry and screenshot contests! - Redcap Mushroom Sprites by Mea: More mushrooms to enjoy from the talented Mea! - Harlequin Userbar by Eprillios: Spread your love of the very colorful Harlequin Norn! - Ask Laura Column by Laura: More witty and useful advice from the one and only Laura! |
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 ArchDragon has developed and released his first Creatures 1 breed, the Perfecio Norns.These Norns were designed to overcome some of the issues present in the original breeds, specifically sleeping and eating. These Norns should be significantly better at both, as well as having a more realistic immune system and a range of other improvements. You can download them here at Creatures Caves, in the Breeds section, or over at The Creature Arch, where you can find a range of additional information on them through their development process. |
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 In this week's Creatures Online update, Fishing Cactus have gotten some feedback from the BigBen testers which they are working on implementing. Fishing Cactus are experimenting with a new way to give rewards and punishment to the norns - adding a small thought bubble showing the action the norn just did and the drive that triggered the action. A “yes” and “no” button in the bubble can be pushed to give feedback to the norns. The eggs have also been altered to hatch by being tapped. (Pictured) What do you think about these new developments? |
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