blash365 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 It has been said on one of the recent art streams that gassy moos reproduction is currently being postponed because of other content that has higher priority. The reason is that the current critter reproduction needs alot of new art (egg + baby critter) that basically doubles the amount of work ("it's like creating a whole new critter"). I would like to use the time to come up with some nice alternatives to the current reproduction, that fits well with gassy moos, but has some advantages in comparison to the critter -> egg -> baby -> critter cycle. The advantages could be skipping a step saving extra work on the feature or simply adding a new unique interaction to the game. Maybe some nice ideas can surface that will allow klei to create something new (not necessarily related to gassy moos). All ideas require a gassy moo with a reproduction value of 100%. #1 Inflation Moo will blow up a new gassy moo like a balloon or gum. The new moo doesnt necessarily need to be a baby moo. #2 Segmentation Moo will split into two. It even rhymes! #3 Pop Moo will pop and two moos will emerge. #4 Flatuence Moo emits a huge cloud of gas, which forms another Moo. With reproduction, Moos would also need another way to part from their plane of existence. So feel free to post suggestions of how to balance the population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasza22 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Nice ideas there. I kinda feel like the moo needs a different reproduction mechanic than other critters. I was thinking of it requring more than one moo to reproduce or maybe the baby moo not being able to fly and just walk around and munch on the grass. Maybe if there are 2 or more moos they would enter a mating season after a while and then after a few cycles two of them would make a new one (animationwise i`m thinking they would kiss and a new small moo would appear between their mouths). This season would happen more often if they are tame and would end with no extra moos if they are expecting. The small moo could be just a smaller version of the adult one and grow (inflate) over time until it reaches maturity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blash365 Posted September 15, 2018 Author Share Posted September 15, 2018 Your suggestion sounds great as well (especially since some of the moo concepts looked promising enough to support different moo roles). But the problem is that it also involves increased work load. :/ If the moos go for the egg-hatch path, then maybe they should be using something else than an egg. For example a larva or puppet. #5 Bubbles Moo will emit bubbles floating up. The bubbles will merge to bigger bubbles until a new Moo forms. #6 Skinning Moo sheds off his skin, which persists as a separate Moo. #7 Moo Moon Mooing Moo starts to sing, roar, howl to the Moooon. The next comet season has a chance of containing Mooteors (Meteors with Moos inside). #8 Imootability Moo simply can't change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasza22 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 2 hours ago, blash365 said: But the problem is that it also involves increased work load. :/ I was actually thinking about all the moos looking the same to simplify things. You`d just need 2. There wouldn`t be any differences between them. Another idea would be the moo putting down a larva on the grass. The larva would grow on the grass until maturity and other moos wouldn`t eat that grass patch. 2 hours ago, blash365 said: Mooteors (Meteors with Moos inside). This made my day . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crypticorb Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 On 9/14/2018 at 6:31 PM, blash365 said: Segmentation Moo will split into two. It even rhymes! Divide and conquer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InternetGuy Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Why can't Moos be more like Xenomorphs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Whom Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Quote Why can't Moos be more like Xenomorphs? I just had an image of Meep running around, then suddenly stopping and dying as a moo burst out of his chest, which continued on to attack the rest of the colony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InternetGuy Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 2 hours ago, Doctor Whom said: I just had an image of Meep running around, then suddenly stopping and dying as a moo burst out of his chest, which continued on to attack the rest of the colony. That's what you get, Meep for peeing in the clean water constantly. Lmao. XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG pro Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 10 hours ago, Doctor Whom said: I just had an image of Meep running around, then suddenly stopping and dying as a moo burst out of his chest, which continued on to attack the rest of the colony. PUT IN MONOXIDE MEMES NOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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