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Post by Hyruu on Oct 12, 2013 16:11:23 GMT -6
Okay, since the time I'm telling I'm going to do it, let's do it ! In the DrA Site Remake thread, we only were speaking about the project in general, this is why we need more threads to discuss particular points. There will be more topics like that once it will be needed to discuss other points more in detail, for the moment we need to focus on one topic to avoid spreading. So please stay in topic, and try to make constructive propositions and criticism to help the project.
The Species : The first thing we have to debate about are the species. I know we all have a lot of imagination and will all find plenty of nice ideas of species, but we also have to remember we can't take them all ! The first question we have to answer is how many species we must have at the beginning. While not having enough species can be a problem, too many species will be troublesome as well and we have to keep some for future releases, not to mention we don't want the user to have more species than he can have at the end. In my opinion, a maximum of ten species at the beginning sounds nice. Then let's find the species ! Here is a non exhaustive list of potential species I'm kinda throwing around : -Dragons : we want them. We need them. However do we keep only one specie of dragons or more (Easterns, Wyverns...) -Gryphons : sounds obvious when speaking of fantasy creatures, no ? -Hippogryphs : what about them ? I think they could be nice as a new specie after the release -Phoenix : just awesome, but variations of coloring might look... odd. I feel like they also would shine as new specie after release. -Cerberus : eh, why not ? -Basilisks : hmm maybe not that cute... but still an idea -Hydra : too many heads ? And no, I'm absolutely not browsing Heroes 3 creatures to find ideas. -Chimeras : actually with the coloring thing they could have two different heads (like the second head would have the second color as primary tone), which would be quite original -Pegasus : obvious -Unicorns : obvious as well, but... erm, dunno. -Roc : still browsing the creatures ^^ But sounds rather nice, no ?
Right now I don't think about anything else, so now let the discussion begin !
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Post by trozok21 on Oct 12, 2013 16:18:04 GMT -6
Maybe some sea monsters? Like Kraken or Leviathans, or Sea Serpents?
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shadowwolf18
Child Dragon
Crying over the loss of DrA, still ahve this stie though and you guys <3
Posts: 89
Fav DrA Species?: Furdragon
Your Species?: Blue hellhound ('cause why not ID )
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Post by shadowwolf18 on Oct 12, 2013 18:26:03 GMT -6
I do like the idea there for chimera's, and sea serpents are always very variable (blargh there's a wide variety of ways we could go with them ? WAHH SORRY ENGLISH STARTS FAILING AT 12 O CLOCK LOL )
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Post by Hyruu on Oct 13, 2013 15:09:13 GMT -6
Sea dragon/monster definitively is something we have to put ! The question is indeed what kind of monster is it going to be XD What about comments on the other species I mentioned ? Because I'm only sure for Dragon, Gryphon and Pegasus, as they're kinda symbols. The rest needs to be debated !
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Post by trozok21 on Oct 14, 2013 9:51:16 GMT -6
Hmm, yeah there's various kinds of sea monsters I suppose, time for some research. As for others, maybe make a poll and see which ones are popular?
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shadowwolf18
Child Dragon
Crying over the loss of DrA, still ahve this stie though and you guys <3
Posts: 89
Fav DrA Species?: Furdragon
Your Species?: Blue hellhound ('cause why not ID )
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Post by shadowwolf18 on Oct 14, 2013 16:23:43 GMT -6
Hippogryphs ID Who doesnt want a majestic beasty with horse and bird thrown in the mix ? We could do different bird races (Although Im prett sure other sites have had something similar in the lines of different bird types ) It's sort of a generic horse+griffin thing but that leaves a good few windows we could open in the lines of colour/patterns and body shape ouo Phoenix hnn I dunno, I love pheonix's and I'd guess they'd work good on a site but Im wondering mroe so in what way we could go if we wanted them to be a bit different or if we were going generic FIERY BIRD OF AWESOME ~ I cant speak for cerberus ID Love 'em too much lol I would love a pet one eue
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Post by Lunarblaze12 on Oct 14, 2013 18:48:05 GMT -6
All the ones on the list ^.=.^ Also, us a few different dragon species. And as for 10 to start, I'd say more like 5, 6, or 7.
What about centaurs? And hippocampi? Harpies and hippalectryons? Satyrs and minotaurs? Dryads, naiads, and sirens too? And we can't forget manticores XD
I like Leviathan~
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Post by Hyruu on Oct 15, 2013 0:39:26 GMT -6
We're kinda lacking of room for species, so I think we won't be able to put more half-birdies than gryphon and hippogrif...
Luna, I'm kinda not sure about humanoid or half-humanoid species... Not only they wouldn't really go well with coloring but also... Well they're part human. That'd be weird to adopt some of those. Manticore sounds nice though !
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Post by trozok21 on Oct 15, 2013 13:04:13 GMT -6
Has anyone mentioned a sphynx yet? Or harpies? Only humanoid features would be faces, so that's up to the artists discretion if they wanna try illustrating those
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chaos
Dragon Hatchling
Thesis not going anywhere... *sigh*
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Fav DrA Species?: Wyvern
Your Species?: A layer of image in one's eye
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Post by chaos on Oct 17, 2013 5:07:56 GMT -6
May I suggest a hydra? Have one head as a hatchling, adding one each time they changed stage, so it'll be like 2 on child, 3 on teens, 4 on adults and 5 on ancient
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Post by Hyruu on Oct 18, 2013 13:06:13 GMT -6
I already mentioned Hydras, but your idea is really interesting ! Changing the number of heads sounds fun ^^
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Post by Lunarblaze12 on Oct 18, 2013 16:57:24 GMT -6
Hydras and Harpies have been suggested ^.=.^
I like the Sphynx idea XD
So, not centaurs, druids, saytrs, or naids, then. I still want Manticores and Hippalectryons, though. And Hippocampi.
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Post by Hyruu on Oct 18, 2013 18:11:36 GMT -6
Harpies also are part humanoid, so dunno as well. And so do the Sphinx... they wouldn't really go well with fancy colors anyway. But actually, the problem isn't to find new species, the problem is to select the best ones to implement !
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Post by Sylar on Oct 18, 2013 18:45:28 GMT -6
Since I already suggested most of what's up here earlier I'm not sure what else to suggest. Thornbeast does not draw humans, please keep that in mind.
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Post by Lunarblaze12 on Oct 19, 2013 13:51:54 GMT -6
We can implement them all XD Just release a new one every year or half year~
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Post by Sylar on Oct 19, 2013 18:39:01 GMT -6
At the moment Thorn is working on an over $200 commission so it'll take time for her to be able to do a lot of work for this site. Don't forget that art is her job so please don't over work her with species. I like the ideas but we need a somewhat small amount of base species to be done first so the rest can be spaced out.
also wait a second we never said anything about them having so many stages! We barely discussed anything besides some stages and different species!
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Post by Hyruu on Oct 19, 2013 19:51:44 GMT -6
Clearly we can't put that many species, especially right at the beginning. This is why, again, we need to chose some ^^ But I don't really think we can afford many stages indeed, especially if we go with some color-customization thing. 3 stages will be enough if we manage them well.
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Post by Sylar on Oct 20, 2013 14:34:55 GMT -6
Topic moved to where it belongs.
Hyruu please cool it down you're acting a bit too dominant and as if this is up to you. This is a group thing but I believe final word goes to Fuzzball Thornbeast and myself.
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Post by Fuzzball on Oct 20, 2013 15:17:11 GMT -6
SylarWell, it doesn't really apply too much to me as this project is separate from the forum, and I've basically decided to stick with the forum rather than aid with the project. I actually don't really have anything to contribute other than any testing you guys may need, as I can't program (yet) nor can I draw. :3
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Post by Sylar on Oct 20, 2013 15:26:32 GMT -6
ahh but Fuzzball you are the one that made this all possible by creating these forums. I feel like you really deserve credit for that!
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