Creatures of the ERC Age

[Jennifer_P]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that we can do a random event. Just remember to make sure that the flower is big enough for the lizard to get into...

I put together a little quick pseudocode for the puzzle logic (there's probably a couple ways to make this more efficient if I thought about it). Do you like 1 in 6 odds for there being a bug in any one of the flowers, or is that too low of a chance do you think? And how often should this puzzle be replayable, perhaps once a day?

if(the player has not triggered this puzzle too recently...)

then bridgeExtended = FALSE; (by default the bridge is not extended)
bugInFlower1, bugInFlower2, bugInFlower3 = FALSE; (by default there are no bugs in the flowers)
flower1, flower2, flower3 = FALSE; (by default the flowers are closed)


Get a random number, and convert it to an integer between 0-17 for 1 in 6 odds of there being a bug in a flower
if the random integer is 0, bugInFlower1 = TRUE; (There is a bug in flower 1)
if the random integer is 1, bugInflower2 = TRUE; (There is a bug in flower 2)
If the random integer is 2, bugInflower3 = TRUE; (There is a bug in flower 3)

If (player touches flower1)
flower1 = TRUE (Open flower)

If(player touches flower2)
flower2 = TRUE (Open flower)

If(player touches flower3)
flower3 = TRUE (Open flower)

If(player extends bridge)
then bridgeExtended = TRUE;

If(bugInFlower1 and bug 1 are both true, or flower2 and bug2 are true, or flower3 and bug3 are true, and bridgeExtended is FALSE)
Then play lizard noises
Else if(bugInFlower1 and flower1 are both true, or flower2 and bugInFlower2 are true, or flower3 and bugInFlower3 are true, and bridgeExtended is TRUE)
Then play animation of the lizard crossing bridge and eating the bug in flower 1, 2, or 3 as appropriate

Reset all variables to FALSE
Store the time at which the player successfully triggered this puzzle somewhere so that they can't play it again for some time.

[Monkeyboy]

Well, the holidays were... um... hell. But I sat down today and "finished" the flower that our little lizard creature and beetles have a liking. I have a couple of different angles, 3 of which are colored and up top between the 2 colored it is in its closed form as well as below left, many of the other penciled sketches are me just trying to decide on a style, and working through to get an idea of what I liked. But, mostly I liked the colored images the best especially the one in the middle. And obviously whomever wants to model it can change what may be needed, etc.

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[Jennifer_P]

I like it--particularly the long streamer-like petals. You should give it a name... I guess we also need a bug design now.

Well, the holidays were... um... hell.

Owch?

[Jennifer_P]

http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp119/Jen_P/RustyFalcon.jpg
Ha! Found it at last!
This is the rusty falcon, which Lanen mentioned as a fish eating bird that will hang out by the waterfalls at the northern cliff face. Rusty falcons have (as you probably guessed from the name) rusty red-brown feathers. They don't screech, they warble rather musically. The body shape was a total rip-off of an Egyptian hieroglyph, with the exception of the pterodactyl crest of course.

[Lanen]

I like the falcon alot! Its a nice design that looks like it would fit in with the fauna we have already really well.

[robbieagray]

Have you considered modifying creatures and animals from ancient mythology?

[Jennifer_P]

Thanks, Lanen.

And no, I hadn't thought about modifying the mythical creatures, robbie; interesting idea. They might make good decorations for the ERC building perhaps...

[robbieagray]

Thanks, Lanen.

And no, I hadn't thought about modifying the mythical creatures, robbie; interesting idea. They might make good decorations for the ERC building perhaps...

Have any of you read any of C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy (yes, yes, I know it wasn't as popular as the chronicles of Narnia) it has some pretty cool creatures.