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Transformative Foods : JuJu Buff?

In another game I've played where you can also make food, there is a food one can make that, when eaten, randomly transforms the eater into either a pirate or a ninja. The buff lasts an hour after which the player returns to their previous appearance. There aren't any particular advantages to the transformation, other than that it is funny and fun.

I don't want an exact copy of this idea in Glitch. But I love the possibilities, the chancey random  transformation aspect. I would like to see a food we can make, or maybe a new herb, that can transform the eater into something else.

The question is, what would we become? My first thought is that we might get a 15 minutes of looking like a JuJu. Or maybe a Crocodile Bureaucrat.

Please comment with your thoughts and suggestions of other possibilities. If this were to happen I think there should be at least 4 different possible transformations to keep it as random as possible.

Other ideas for things to transform into or events that cause the transformation?

Posted 17 months ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • pig, pig, pig!   http://beta.glitch.com/forum/ideas/4873/
    Posted 17 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • love this
    Posted 17 months ago by sakmet Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nanookie read your pig thread (love it) and would love to have it combined with this idea/be one of the transformations.

    Also as I read your thread I thought that one of the transformations could be the Death Buff, the player is transformed into a walking Grave Stone, and they could just play out their 15 minutes of transformation before returning to normal or are given the Optional ability to TP to Purgatory to assist 3 others there with their penance to return to normal sooner. 

    (ETA additional info to paragraph above)
    Posted 17 months ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink
  • lol, TCF, I have an image of gravestones bearing little Glitch feet doddering around Ur!

    I like the idea of being a gravestone, but it seems like there's not much to do as one, what else could a gravestone do for fun?
    Posted 17 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Nanookie A big part of the value in these transformations is simply the humor and fun that accompany them. And if the buff is limited say from 5-15 minutes then they don't have to do too much other than providing the magical transformation itself. The player can actually function normally with no loss of glitchabilities.

    But as far as objectives, perhaps in the same way with your pig idea - players who receive the Grave Buff have to get three players to do a gravestone rubbing in order to get turned back - and players who do x number of rubbings could earn "Grave Rubber Extraordinaire" type badges/rewards.

    If they were transformed into a Bureaucrat maybe they would have to go to the Bureaucratic Hall and pick up three of the paper cups that litter the floor and donate them to a Giant. Or have to ask three players give them a cup of water. Now the Bureaucrats are having to wait! And so it could be part of a quest/achievement for other players and give the Bureaucratic Hall more use.

    And being transformed into a JuJu, you would need to make amends for your thieving JuJu ways by giving something away to 3 players - it doesn't have to be pricey - even the lowest player could harvest three beans or cherries and be done with it. Or! When other players click on a transformed JuJu, one of the options could be "Steal JuJu Outfit" ending the buff on the transformed player and transferring it to the new player. Again, achievements/badges ensue.

    I know if it is just the transformation that it doesn't drive the story of the game any further ahead or add much in the way of content, but the simple absurdness of turning into a Grave or a JuJu alone would be fun for me. But with the added aspects of adding achievements/quests for other players related to these transformations I think it would be a great addition to the game.

    What else could we be turned into?
    Posted 17 months ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It might be fun to get turned into you, or you into me. 

    Thinking about this some more, will post later.
    Posted 17 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If I was going to be a juju, I wouldn't want to waste my time watching the bottoms of Glitchen feet as they sailed over my jello cup head.  I would want a view into a juju hideout, filled with piles of stuff stolen from Glitchen and piles of orb shards waiting to be take to the Rook.  

    I posted somewhere else that juju's should be stealing orbs from Glitchen because they break them and give the shards to the Rook (plus I thought orbs should fight off a rook, while shards increased its power) as a kind of pay off to keep the Rook from messing with them.  So that is just an aside, but I still like the idea, so posting again.

    I want to see the juju's dancing by the light of a tower of firefly jars, except that juju's should square dance, because that would be hilarious.   I could even do a mini-game of square dancing with juju's, and if I screwed up my part, they would recognize that I was not one of them and I would get kicked out of my juju skin.  If I won the mini-game, I would get a prize from the juju cache of goodies.  
    Posted 17 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 1st things 1st -  now I want to hear the JuJu Square Dance MusicBlock!

    ok wait ima go make this and come back later!
    Posted 17 months ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink