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User:Geek2Nurse

2012-05-17T07:13:05Z

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'''Geek2Nurse''', formerly known as '''LadyLong''', began her career as an electrical/software engineer. She first discovered Creatures 1 in 1996, when she was working from her home in the Pacific NW USA as an interactive Web application and database developer for a company in California. This happy arrangement gave her the luxury of working in her pajamas, and also allowed her to indulge her love for norns, letting them play in the background while she worked to the cheerful sounds of their bibbling, and occasionally checked in to see that everything was going okay.

By the time Creatures 2 came out, she was managing a team of developers and working 80-hour weeks keeping her employees supplied with caffienated beverages and Nerf machine guns, while trying (rather unsuccessfully) to thwart upper management's constant insistence on eliminating any possibility of actual productivity by demanding detailed daily updates from each developer on what they were currently working on. Which primarily consisted of writing detailed daily updates to satisfy upper management's micromanagement tendencies, and then taking out their frustrations by shooting each other with Nerf machine guns, a fact which they prudently refrained from mentioning in their detailed daily updates.

Meanwhile, the shiny new Creatures 2 software gifted her by her son languished unopened on a shelf in her computer room. She completely missed the advent of Creatures 3.

LadyLong and her team were all laid off during the tech market downturn after 9/11, and went their separate ways, although remaining good friends. One became a construction contractor, another became a forest ranger, and one moved to Denmark. The rest eventually found new jobs in the tech industry. LadyLong, however, both unemployed and in the throes of "empty nest syndrome," as her 3 children had now all reached adulthood, decided it was to try something new. She dabbled for a while in graphic design, but discovered that the categories "things that are fun to do" and "things people will pay for" had very little in common. So she decided to be a flight attendant, but that plan never made it off the ground (*ahem*), as it turned out she was too tall to qualify. Finally, she started over from scratch, went to college all over again, earned a second BS exactly 25 years after her first one, changed her alias to Geek2Nurse, and became a psychiatric nurse.

She and her husband moved several times during those years, and the Creatures 2 box continued to languish, now lost somewhere in the stacks of moving boxes that somehow never all got unpacked.

In her first nursing job interview, Geek2Nurse was asked if she had any psychiatric experience. She replied, "I've worked a lot with programmers." She got the job. Then, somehow feeling she had not yet endured enough trauma, she decided to go to graduate school. She finished in the summer of 2011, becoming a psychiatric nurse practitioner, and was now faced with the daunting task of trying to remember what people actually DO who don't have to spend every waking moment studying. That was when she remembered her norns, and was struck with a compelling need to return to Albia. Thanks to the magic of Amazon Prime, she was able to quickly gain possession of C3/DS. Then she spent several frustrating days making it run on her computer. And finally, she found the thriving online Creatures community and began lurking and learning to manage these new norns.

Now she is happily spending her days off making up for all the years she missed playing Creatures, and is rediscovering her engineer self as she learns CAOS and dabbles in making agents.

Her Creatures 1 CD turned up in her daughter's software collection, but her Creatures 2 software is still lost in the garage somewhere. She still dreams of someday finding it and *finally* breaking the seal.

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'''Geek2Nurse's Agents:'''

[http://nornia.geek2nurse.com/files/agents/starflower1.4.zip Starflower] - A rewrite of the C3 Pinky Flower, with a growing cycle, edible seeds, and the ability to be carried by norns

[http://nornia.geek2nurse.com/files/agents/Bleubell1.1.zip Bleubell] - A rewrite of the C3 Bluebell, with the same attributes as the Starflower

[http://nornia.geek2nurse.com/files/agents/trapper1.0.zip Trapper Update] - A revision of the C3 Trapper that allows it to eat both good and bad critters and bugs, to aid in population control

[http://nornia.geek2nurse.com/files/agents/Magic%20Words%20Kill%20Half.zip MW Kill Half] - Another means of population control; uses the [http://creatures.wikia.com/wiki/Magic_Words Magic Words Core by Amaikokonut]. Using speech bubble commands, any population of agents within family 2 can be reduced by half.

[http://nornia.geek2nurse.com/files/agents/GargoyleDS.agents Gargoyle] - Strictly decorative; a gargoyle for decorating C3/DS worlds

[http://nornia.geek2nurse.com/files/agents/FaeryeDS.agent Faerye] - Another strictly decorative element, a faerye statue for C3/DS

[http://nornia.geek2nurse.com/files/agents/Lamppost_v1.1.agent.zip Nornia Lamppost] - A lamppost that can be turned on/off by norns or the hand, and emits light CA when on

User:Geek2Nurse

2012-05-17T06:44:41Z

New user account

C3/DS CAOS Codes

2012-05-17T02:37:13Z

Codes which affect agents: emit

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	\| Change what a creature calls an object (to the [[Classifier#Creatures_3.2FDocking_Station_genus_numbers\|C3/DS classifier numbers Hand-Potion]])		\| Change what a creature calls an object (to the [[Classifier#Creatures_3.2FDocking_Station_genus_numbers\|C3/DS classifier numbers Hand-Potion]])
	\| targ hots cato XX (where XX is a number from 1-25)		\| targ hots cato XX (where XX is a number from 1-25)
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		+	\| To make the agent under the hand emit a [[smell]], where X is the number corresponding to the smell type, and Y is a number between 0 and 1 corresponding to the smell strength. Note that objects can only emit one scent type.
		+	\| targ hots emit X Y
	\|}		\|}

User:IrenaRaymond272

2012-05-16T21:57:51Z

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ColonelJ

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	'''ColonelJ''' (A.K.A '''Jessica''' - but not [[Jessica\|this one]] - and '''southern_bound''') has been a member of the [[Creatures Community]] since [[history#1999\|1999]]. She has contributed to the Creatures Community by writing [[:Category:Fiction\|stories]], making custom graphics, and helping out on community projects.		'''ColonelJ''' (A.K.A '''Jessica''' - but not [[Jessica\|this one]] - and '''southern_bound''') has been a member of the [[Creatures Community]] since [[history#1999\|1999]]. She has contributed to the Creatures Community by writing [[:Category:Fiction\|stories]], making custom graphics, and helping out on community projects.

-	As far as ColonelJ's accomplishments in the Creatures Community go, she entered the 2005 "[[Survivor]]" game on [[Creatures Caves]], and her Norn won first place in Nornish's C1 "[[I'm A Creature, Get Me Out Of Here!]]" in 2005. She has also penned many stories of fond memories of Norns. Stories such as ''In Memory of Stella'' and ''The Story of Maria'' tell of those treasured, bygone days.	+	As far as ColonelJ's accomplishments in the Creatures Community go, she entered the 2005 "[[Survivor]]" game on [[Creatures Caves]], and her Norn won first place in Nornish's C1 "[[I'm A Creature, Get Me Out Of Here!]]" in 2005. She has also penned many fan fiction stories detailing her various ''Creatures''-related anecdotes.

	ColonelJ currently resides in Oregon, USA. When she is not writing, she enjoys crafting, cooking, and of course, playing ''Creatures''.		ColonelJ currently resides in Oregon, USA. When she is not writing, she enjoys crafting, cooking, and of course, playing ''Creatures''.

Jessica (Discover Albia)

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Jessica

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	:''For Jessica of [[Discover Albia]], see [[Jessica (Discover Albia)]].''		:''For Jessica of [[Discover Albia]], see [[Jessica (Discover Albia)]].''
	[[Category:People]]		[[Category:People]]
-	[[Category:Agent Engineers]]
-	[[Category:Breed Makers]]

Creatures 4

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	The game was officially [http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/72296/2011_The_Year_of_CREATURES_return.php announced] on 16th May 2011 and it will be the first Creatures game for iOS. BluesNews were able to confirm that the free-to-play game will be microtransaction-based (small fees), though "most of the content will be entirely free."		The game was officially [http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/72296/2011_The_Year_of_CREATURES_return.php announced] on 16th May 2011 and it will be the first Creatures game for iOS. BluesNews were able to confirm that the free-to-play game will be microtransaction-based (small fees), though "most of the content will be entirely free."

-	[[Bigben]], the publishers, have been given the rights to distribute Creatures 4, and all of the previous Creatures games in Europe.	+	[[Bigben]], the publishers, were given the rights to distribute Creatures 4, and all of the previous Creatures games in Europe.

	'''From the Gamasutra website:'''		'''From the Gamasutra website:'''
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	==Payment==		==Payment==
-	C4 will be a free-to-play game. An online registration is neccessary, and there will be levels in the game, unlocking items in the shop and in the machines. There will be a boxed version available, which will come with copies of the original Creatures games, as well as some in-game bonus items.	+	C4 will be a free-to-play game. An online registration is neccessary, and there will be levels in the game, unlocking items in the shop and in the machines. There will be a boxed version available, which will come with copies of the original Creatures games, as well as some in-game bonus items and a collectable Norn figurine.

	There will be two currencies in game: coins, which will be collectable in-game by doing actions, and golden eggs, which are occasionally given out as special occasions or will be buyable in the shop for real money.		There will be two currencies in game: coins, which will be collectable in-game by doing actions, and golden eggs, which are occasionally given out as special occasions or will be buyable in the shop for real money.
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	==Release==		==Release==
-	The game was originally planned to be released in early 2012 on iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPodTouch), PC (online client), Mac (AppStore, online client), but Fishing Cactus have had to delay the game in order to add more content. The game's release date will most likely be in June 2012.	+	Creatures 4 was originally planned to be released in early 2012 on iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPodTouch), PC (online client) and Mac (AppStore, online client), but Fishing Cactus delayed the game in order to add more content, and it's release date will most likely be in June 2012.

	==Third-Party Development==		==Third-Party Development==

Jessica (Discover Albia)

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	* Day 8: [http://www.creatures.org.uk/ccsf2011/addons.php?id=51 Creatures 1 No-Mutate Norns] (Six Pack)		* Day 8: [http://www.creatures.org.uk/ccsf2011/addons.php?id=51 Creatures 1 No-Mutate Norns] (Six Pack)
	* Day 9: [http://www.creatures.org.uk/ccsf2011/addons.php?id=53 Creatures 1 Discover Albia Norns] (Four Pack)		* Day 9: [http://www.creatures.org.uk/ccsf2011/addons.php?id=53 Creatures 1 Discover Albia Norns] (Four Pack)
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		+	She is also the author of the [[Updated Creatures 1 Grendel]]. This project is currently in the works, and will include all C1 sprites and body data for three life stages of the male and female Grendel. Further plans are in place to convert this breed to C2 and C3/DS with the updates.

	[[Category:People]]		[[Category:People]]

Jessica

2012-05-12T15:34:16Z

Moving the updated C1 Grendel information to Jessica (Discover Albia)

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-	Jessica is the Autor of the [[Updated Creatures 1 Grendel]]. Some of her [[COB]]s are also [http://www.creatures-of-avalon.de/cobs_jessica.htm available] at [[Creatures of Avalon]].	+	Some of her [[COB]]s are also [http://www.creatures-of-avalon.de/cobs_jessica.htm available] at [[Creatures of Avalon]].

	:''There is another person called Jessica, more commonly known as [[ColonelJ]].''		:''There is another person called Jessica, more commonly known as [[ColonelJ]].''

Jessica

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-	Jessica used to run [[Norns of Our Albia]]. Currently she is in between university degrees and lives in Brisbane, Australia. In her spare time, Jessica enjoys drawing, reading, sewing and analysing fruit fly DNA.	+	'''Jessica''' used to run [[Norns of Our Albia]]. Currently she is in between university degrees and lives in Brisbane, Australia. In her spare time, Jessica enjoys drawing, reading, sewing and analysing fruit fly DNA.


-	Some of her [[COB]]s are also [http://www.creatures-of-avalon.de/cobs_jessica.htm available] at [[Creatures of Avalon]].	+	Jessica is the Autor of the [[Updated Creatures 1 Grendel]]. Some of her [[COB]]s are also [http://www.creatures-of-avalon.de/cobs_jessica.htm available] at [[Creatures of Avalon]].

	:''There is another person called Jessica, more commonly known as [[ColonelJ]].''		:''There is another person called Jessica, more commonly known as [[ColonelJ]].''

	:''For Jessica of [[Discover Albia]], see [[Jessica (Discover Albia)]].''		:''For Jessica of [[Discover Albia]], see [[Jessica (Discover Albia)]].''
-		+	[[Category:People]]
-	[[Category:People]][[Category:Agent Engineers]]	+	[[Category:Agent Engineers]]
		+	[[Category:Breed Makers]]

History

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2012:

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	*'''16 April 2012''': [[Waterfall Grendel]]s V3 from [[Grendel Man]] is released, an agent pack and the [[Silence Falls]] [[metaroom]] also from [[Grendel Man]] and [[Mea]] is released alongside the Waterfall Grendels.		*'''16 April 2012''': [[Waterfall Grendel]]s V3 from [[Grendel Man]] is released, an agent pack and the [[Silence Falls]] [[metaroom]] also from [[Grendel Man]] and [[Mea]] is released alongside the Waterfall Grendels.
	*'''25 April 2012''':[[Metallophagus Grendels V2\| Metallophagus Grendels V2]] released by [[Grendel Man]].		*'''25 April 2012''':[[Metallophagus Grendels V2\| Metallophagus Grendels V2]] released by [[Grendel Man]].
		+	*'''10. May 2012:''' [[Updated C1 Grendel]] released by [[Jessica]].

Crypt

2012-05-11T21:25:48Z

Dang.

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	It is accessible through the statue of two Norns playing in the [[Norn Terrarium]], near the [[carrot]] patch, above the [[Learning Room]] door and the [[Egg Layer]].		It is accessible through the statue of two Norns playing in the [[Norn Terrarium]], near the [[carrot]] patch, above the [[Learning Room]] door and the [[Egg Layer]].

-	''After a certain amount of registered creatures' deaths the buttons which let you browse them or register a new one may not work properly.''	+	Note: After a certain amount of registered deaths the buttons which let you browse them or register a new one may stop working, showing empty panels instead.

	In [[Creatures 1]] and [[Creatures 2\|2]], these records are kept in an [[applet]].		In [[Creatures 1]] and [[Creatures 2\|2]], these records are kept in an [[applet]].