Friday, August 10, 2012

Nsii: Preparing

 Nsii
Protip: Pronounced "see"

My first mission for this new world was to prepare it for its future inhabitants.


...and by prepare, I apparently meant "scatter My Little Pony toys around for Norns to find".


These are going to be the geekiest Norns that ever lived. ...where was I? Oh, right, preparations.


~How Nsii Works~
  1. It is a closely monitored world with mostly independent Norns. I give the Norns some guidance--discouraging elevator spamming, helping them learn how to use vehicles--but the primary goal here is "survival of the fittest".
  2. Their first world is Creatures 1 to Docking Station.
  3. There are 5 default breeds, each one selected randomly. Deep Norns are ignored because they cannot die of old age. When a certain breed goes extinct in Nsii, a new one is introduced.
  4. Toys are scattered around the world for the Norns to find.
  5. The population capacity is set at  40.
  6. To prevent a surplus of unhatched eggs, only 1 female Norn of breeding age is allowed to live in the world at a time. Female offspring are exported at the age of Child, and are brought back in the order of their export once the current Alpha female becomes Ancient. 
  7. Infertile and immortal Norns are exported.

While you were reading the guidelines of Nsii, the Norn breeds were determined! Here they are...

~Norn Breeds of Nsii~
  1. Konnichiwa (Panda; that's the only one I have sprites for)
  2. C1 to DS Santa 
  3. Dodgy
  4. Magma
  5. Element Air
  6.  City
Our Konnichiwa Norn, contrary to my expectations, ended up being a boy! I led him straight to his new world, but I'm a mite concerned about how he's going to fare without being surrounded with bamboo in the Meso.

Leaving him to his own devices, I went back to get the Air Norn. His tummy is purple, yes; this is because I do not have the Bengal Norn sprites necessary to view him properly. It's strictly a cosmetic thing, though. 

I hopped back to the Genetics Kit to fetch the female, a City Norn. City Norns grow up rather quickly and die young--I'm worried she might not have successors! But her breed does love company, which is a good thing if you're going to have a world with 40 occupants. I've worked with a City Norn before, and they're carrot lawnmowers and wicked curious!
Since she would age the fastest, I hatched her last, after the other three males.

~The Norns of Nsii~
Generation I
  1. Kaito/Konnichiwa
  2. Energy/Air
  3. Isshoku/Dodgy
  4. Pyro/Magma
  5. Remry/Santa
  6. Metropolis/City

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