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Post by StealthStyleL on Dec 13, 2015 17:33:33 GMT
On another thread, larvae were touched upon, so I’d like to give some ideas on that. Ok, so about a year ago (woah, I didn’t realise it was that long ago) I wrote a thing on Reddit about how I’d like eggs to be handled and larvae were brought up. Basically, by looking at the size of the organism the game should be able to work out the relative gestation period size and turn that into a bar. Through various methods, either through eggs, internal fetal development or other things, the meter moves along the bar.
For example, the bigger you make the egg, the more yolk, and so the further along the bar the meter goes. (Bigger eggs mean less of them.) If the meter does not reach the end of the bar, the young is not fully developed, as the egg only takes it so far, you will get a larvae, which the player can design in the OE. The larvae must then eat enough to then metamorphosise into a young version of the adult form.
About your bee problem, Atrox? Really, I’m not sure. How would ant colonies be done? Maybe the same way as that, I’m not sure. I hope someone comes up with an answer.
Also, you said you wanted to read the long thing I wrote? I didn’t write it here because it’s not all relevant. But I’ll bring it up soon. I just need to remember what I was thinking, so I can answer questions about it. Anyway, thoughts?
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Post by The_Wayward_Admiral on Dec 13, 2015 18:27:40 GMT
So just a clarifying question, are you proposing everything should start as a larva? I'm really very sorry, but I don't fully understand the meter either.
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Post by StealthStyleL on Dec 13, 2015 19:52:35 GMT
No worries. I think it's confusing myself. Sometimes it's hard to put what you imagine into words for others.
No, I don't think everything should start as larva. It's just one possible method.
Let's take an organism. The game will work out, by size, how long it will take for the organism to develop from conception to a young form of adults (e.g. when mammals are ready to exit the womb.) This is turned into a bar. There is a meter that moves further along the bar that shows how long the organism would spend in an egg, womb or equivalent. This can be put up by, say, increasing the size of an egg; more yolk. If the meter does not reach the end, the foetus would not be fully developed by the time it exits so it must become a larvae to make up that gap.
Hopefully, you understand. If not I'm happy to keep explaining.
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Post by The_Wayward_Admiral on Dec 13, 2015 19:54:41 GMT
Thank you! I believe I have a relatively complete understanding now.
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Post by tjwhale on Dec 20, 2015 0:05:34 GMT
I think this is a great idea. I liked it when I first read it and I like it now.
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Post by 0wolfmoon0 on Feb 1, 2016 16:02:10 GMT
Wow, That's actually a really great idea. It should be noted that human babies come out quite underdeveloped in comparison to other live-birth animals, so a larval stage should be optional.
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