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Pets!

It's all in the subject - it'd be great to have a pet in Glitch!

Posted 19 months ago by SQUIRT Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I agree.  I would like to have something besides a bummed pig, a nervous chicken and an indifferent butterfly to come home to.  I think it would also be nice to be able to take your pet to other places or have certain side quests to be done with the pet...like having to get special papers to have your pet paper trained, or if your pet is neglected, it could "break" like a tool or something and you would have to go somewhere to get it "fixed."  Just some thoughts.
    Posted 19 months ago by bedlamFLASH Subscriber! | Permalink
  • lol @ indifferent butterfly - I like it!

    I'd prefer it if my pet didn't need maintenance - that's kinda taken care of with pigs, chicks and plants.

    perhaps the pet could confer a special ability. fly? dig a tunnel? ride it like a horse? perhaps it could guard the house?

    perhaps another player could be a pet?
    Posted 19 months ago by SQUIRT Subscriber! | Permalink
  • A familiar could be interesting... send it home to retrieve something for you, or ask it to perform a repetitive task on your behalf, like mining a rock or harvesting/petting/watering all of the trees on the street. 
    Posted 19 months ago by glum pudding Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The point of a "pet" is not for it to take on an active skill, but rather to amuse and teach tricks.--think something more like a mobile garden gnome.  Mind you, anything more than just an automatic follow and teleport (as if to mimic a leash's actions) would require a *lot* more coding and more graphics to render.

    If you're looking for new "special powers" for your glitch, why not just ask the devs for it?

    On the other hand, if you want to work out something with another player, such that he or she is your pet, there's an easy way to do this: roleplay it.
    Posted 19 months ago by Hazmat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • perhaps I mean familiar rather than pet then. I certainly don't mean a pet in the usual sense. but yeah it'd be nice to have something around the house that doesn't require the same dynamic as the stuff you are growing to feed yourself. perhaps an animal that reflects the characteristics of your dominant giant in some  way.

    I like the glum pudding's idea of assigning it tasks - perhaps these could be the "tricks" it is taught?

    fair point about the coding involved Hazmat!
    Posted 19 months ago by SQUIRT Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ughhhh NOOOOOO pet society is the WORST game I have ever seen, and I would hate it if Glitch becomes one of those cutesy pretty ninny games.
    Posted 19 months ago by Yaya Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It will be nice to turn one of the pigs/chicken/butterfly in my backyard into a pet after learning maximum level of Animal Kinship. Or use the current egg seasoner to have a 'dog/cat/whichever egg' that can be hatched by a chicken.
    Posted 19 months ago by gia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • i AGREEE YES YES YES and YEEES :DDD
    Posted 19 months ago by Tinoo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Your mood should improve +50 if you can get the cat to purr and not shred your stockings.
    Posted 19 months ago by Ida Keen Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 to those that like the idea of a pet of some sort.

    just to clarify for the hard of reading I don't mean some lame cutesy animal.

    obviously it's a given that a pet would have to be cool in some particular glitchian way and add something worthwhile to the game - if it was just another animal that needed tending then it's not much different to livestock!
    Posted 19 months ago by SQUIRT Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd like a pet, but would love a mount.
    Posted 19 months ago by Not IxAEoN Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I would like this sheep, though I'm afraid that it might already belong to Terry Gilliam.
    Posted 19 months ago by glum pudding Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Like the idea of a pet that could go with me in the world, but also fetch things back at home for me if I need them...that would provide an interesting twist to the game.
    Posted 19 months ago by b3achy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I still think dragons would be the best thing.  You could ride them, send them home for things, and (burn down trees) roast pigs when the population got too large!
    Posted 18 months ago by Tradescantia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • A caterwaul: best (and loudest) guard-critter ever.
    A land shark: glitchen are friends, not food
    A pupperoni: also nibble-able for long journeys.
    A fraggle: you rarely see your pet, but you get a little story every time you do.
    A fairycake: has wings, will travel
    A fuzz: keeps order, shows up at neighborhood parties. Owner can't use no-no, though. 
    A platypus: just a platypus.
    Posted 18 months ago by Jennyanydots Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @glum pudding: top work for cyriak link
    @jennyanydots: awesomesauce! they're fantastic

    I like the fetchpet idea, too.
    Posted 18 months ago by arcturus Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I still think the best idea is to be able to send a picture of your pet and have the devs create and in-game version of your pet!  I would kill to have my kitty in this game!

    a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hph...
    We are best friends!
    Posted 18 months ago by Laurali Subscriber! | Permalink