Wanna help make a cool mod?

[Fidooop]

Hey! I am Fidooop and I'd like to make a christmas mod for Don't Starve with cool things like Santa Clause as a playable character, and a little elf pet that follows you around and snow flowers that grow in winter that can be used in making jars which are used in christmas lights so you can make a christmas tree that acts as long time lighting (hard to make ofcorse) and other things too!

 

Reason I need help is because I am a terrible artist and I am brand new to the whole mod thing... most of what I will be doing is influencing the idea... and by going through this with people who know how to do this I can become a good mod maker! other then the terrible artistry part ofcorse xD

 

If you want to help me out go ahead and add me on steam @ steamcommunity.com/id/Fidooop (after commenting and telling me that you are adding me to help with the mod and not to trade)

 

an advanced thanks to anyone willing to team up with me and make a really cool mod!

[Fidooop]

My current ideas are:

 

Santa playable character (spawns with big red coat and hat that gives sanity gain and 100% invulnerability to cold! and he also spawns with a santa sack which is a reskin of the krampus sack. he can also build the treasures from graves out of tiny materials so you can get gold fast from the pig king! and not only that he can build 1 extra toy and craft all grave digger items with that extra toy to make toy collection item which you can either give to pig king for something better then gold or give to a normal pig who will then follow you till death!)

 

Elf pet (hard to keep pet that you can only get in winter time by finding an eyecandy-cane that will melt when placed on the ground or placed in a chest during summer or placed near a fire! it will however be safe in the freezer or your inventory or your backpack during summer but if you give it to chester he will swallow everything that is stuffed into him because it tastes so sweet! the elf will be a fast little guy who stays far away from enemies and has a small inventory for storage  (4 inventory spaces) and has little health the reason he has so many downsides and he is so hard to keep is because when you are close is cuteness gives sanity and he drops christmas time sweets like cookies and candycanes which are made with love and they will not only feed your hungar but they will also give you health! but an other downside is that your naughtiness meter doubles when he follows you because he sends all the info to santa unless you are santa then he sends the information to you...)

 

snow flowers that grow in winter (look like big snowflakes)

 

glass jars (made with snow flowers and flint and are used for food storage to keep them unspoiled and is also used in christmas lights)

 

christmas lights (made with alot of jars, rope, and lightning bugs and can be put on a tree for christmas lighting which will last for a long time)

 

christmas staff (made with blue gems and ice flowers and twigs and can spawn winter at any time)

 

ice giant (boss that hides in an ice cave that randomly spawns down in the caves in a dark area)

 

you guys can also reply to this thread with cool ideas of your own and if me and anyone who wants to help me has time to make it and it doesn't make you totally OP then we will totally make it! hope we have enough time between now and the end of december

[raptor980]

OP much?

[seronis]

OP much?

Your point? Some people want things to be easier. If you have a suggestion to balance things give it though. Just stay on the 'constructive' side of criticism =-)

[Fidooop]

OP much?

OH MY GOSH SO MUCH FACEPALM!!!! I forgot to list santa's cons! instead of a naughty meter krampus actually attacks him randomly... because he is his enemy! and because of his fat butt and cholesterol he has less health and is slower! so even though he is op on the upside you don't wanna use him for the downsides

[raptor980]

Your point? Some people want things to be easier. If you have a suggestion to balance things give it though. Just stay on the 'constructive' side of criticism =-)

I get what you mean. Sorry, Just seemed really overpowered to me. The immunity to cold though still seems a little OP. If you want a more balanced character, I'd say Santa has more cold resistance than other characters. If you could replace Krampus with the Grinch during winter that'd be awesome. His slowness evens some out. Maybe Krampus/Grinch only attacks during winter randomly. Does his coat wear down after a while? If so, I'd say ditch the sanity gain boost to even him out and have it only for warmth purposes.

 

Sort of like the trick or treat mod, it'd be cool if you could leave presents on the doorsteps of pigs one night in winter (Christmas) for a small sanity boost.

 

Maybe still have the naughtiness meter, and just have the Grinch come randomly in Winter.

 

He should have a bigger stomach than most. 

 

Also if he spawns with a sack and coat, you have to choose which one to wear. If it were me, I'd make the coat part of him and just have him spawn with the sack and hat and more resistance to cold rather than invulnerability to it.

 

Sorry that my thoughts are jumbled and hard to follow. I kinda just typed stuff as it came in my head.

[Fidooop]

I get what you mean. Sorry, Just seemed really overpowered to me. The immunity to cold though still seems a little OP. If you want a more balanced character, I'd say Santa has more cold resistance than other characters. If you could replace Krampus with the Grinch during winter that'd be awesome. His slowness evens some out. Maybe Krampus/Grinch only attacks during winter randomly. Does his coat wear down after a while? If so, I'd say ditch the sanity gain boost to even him out and have it only for warmth purposes.

 

Sort of like the trick or treat mod, it'd be cool if you could leave presents on the doorsteps of pigs one night in winter (Christmas) for a small sanity boost.

 

Maybe still have the naughtiness meter, and just have the Grinch come randomly in Winter.

 

He should have a bigger stomach than most. 

 

Also if he spawns with a sack and coat, you have to choose which one to wear. If it were me, I'd make the coat part of him and just have him spawn with the sack and hat and more resistance to cold rather than invulnerability to it.

 

Sorry that my thoughts are jumbled and hard to follow. I kinda just typed stuff as it came in my head.

really really good ideas you have there...

[seronis]

Slowness is a much bigger penalty than you might think at first glance because of one balancing factor.  Hound attacks.  A normal player can at least somewhat evade them by running and using environmental factors to slowly escape completely.  Big fat santa?  He's hound food unless he has really preparred in advance and has enough friends and armor.

[Fidooop]

Slowness is a much bigger penalty than you might think at first glance because of one balancing factor.  Hound attacks.  A normal player can at least somewhat evade them by running and using environmental factors to slowly escape completely.  Big fat santa?  He's hound food unless he has really preparred in advance and has enough friends and armor.

that's why he can get pigs to follow him till death with "toy collection" item