https://creatures.wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=89.220.9.175&feedformat=atomCreatures Wiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T00:16:05ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.33.1https://creatures.wiki/index.php?title=Openc2e&diff=15009Openc2e2008-01-18T23:18:33Z<p>89.220.9.175: /* Status */ c2 worky. yay!</p>
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'''openc2e''' is an in-development open-source 'clone' of the Creatures [[wikipedia:game engine|engines]], in development since May 2004. The primary developers are [[Fuzzie]] and [[Bdonlan]], with [[Nornagon]], [[ElasticMuffin]], and [[Dylan]] having coded various bits. [[ElasticMuffin]] is also responsible for the website and the [[Windows]] builds, and [[Pez]] for the logo. Many other members of the community participate in testing.<br />
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The intention is to have an engine capable of running all the games in the [[Creatures series]], allowing people to run them on unsupported operating systems and to extend the engine in ways impossible without access to the source code. Note, however, that openc2e is ''not'' a game by itself; it needs game content from elsewhere (either official Creatures games or community-created ones) to be playable.<br />
[[Image:Creatures2 oc2e osx.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Old screenshot of [[Creatures 2]] on [[Macintosh|Mac OS X]].]]<br />
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It is a project of the [[Creatures Community Development Network]] and you can visit their IRC channel if you would like to ask questions or participate in development. At present builds are not publically available, but can be made available on request. However, the source code is publically available for people to make their own builds.<br />
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==Status==<br />
openc2e does not currently perfectly simulate physics, nor does it completely simulate [[Creature]]s themselves. However, it manages to run most of the [[Creatures 1]], [[Creatures 2]], [[Creatures Village]], [[Creatures 3]] and [[Docking Station]] agents well apart from physics issues, and accurately simulates the creature biochemistry in those games. The main aims of development at present (as of January 2008) include completing the Creature brain system and improving Creatures 2 support.<br />
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Other missing elements at present include network abilities (ie, the warp), the majority of serialisation (world saving/loading and creature exporting/importing) and [[music]] support beyond a preliminary implementation (thanks to work done by [[GreenReaper]] while developing [[MNGPlayer]]).<br />
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The eventual aim is being able to 'emulate' near-perfectly any of the Creatures [[engine]]s, and hence run all games in the [[Creatures series]]. It seems likely to eventually be the basis for [[Freetures]] and [[Lifandi]].<br />
[[Image:Openc2e ds may06.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Old screenshot of the Norn Meso]]<br />
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==Technical Bits==<br />
openc2e is an implementation similar to the [[Creatures Evolution Engine]] (generally referred to as 'c2e', hence the name), built using [[Wikipedia:Cplusplus|C++]], [[Wikipedia:SDL|SDL]], [[Wikipedia:Boost_library|Boost]], and the [[Wikipedia:Standard Template Library|STL]].<br />
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It currently consists of a [[CAOS]] parser and runtime (supporting multiple versions of CAOS, to allow support for all of the [[Creatures series]]), an implementation of the majority of the [[CAOS]] functions, code for [[simple object|simple agents]], [[compound agent]]s and [[vehicle]]s, a basic [[physics]] engine, [[genome]]/[[creature]] code, and [[sprite]], [[PRAY]], and [[MNG files|MNG]] file support. <br />
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It is known to run on [[Macintosh|Mac OS X]], [[Windows]] and [[Linux]].<br />
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==Tools==<br />
The project also includes some useful tools, such as a [[PRAY]] dumping utility similar to [[REVELATION]], a basic [[Injector|Injector Kit]], a [[Brain in a Vat]] clone, and the start of a genetic editor.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
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* [http://openc2e.ccdevnet.org/ Official Openc2e Website]<br />
* [http://openc2e.ccdevnet.org/docs.html Documentation of supported caos commands]<br />
* [http://cia.navi.cx/stats/project/openc2e CIA activity stats/changelog] - Useful for observing the latest progress on the project.<br />
* [http://code.google.com/p/openc2e/issues/list Bug Tracker] - Check this list before reporting bugs!</div>89.220.9.175https://creatures.wiki/index.php?title=Object_Variables&diff=37127Object Variables2008-01-03T23:18:09Z<p>89.220.9.175: oops, missing quotemarks</p>
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<div>'''Object Variables''' are [[variable]]s used to store information about a particular [[agent]].<br />
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There are various [[CAOS]] commands to access/change them, '''OBVx''' (used in C1 and C2) and '''OVxx''' (C2 and above), for accessing the variables of [[TARG]], and '''MVxx''' (C3 and above) for accessing the variables of [[OWNR]], where 'x' is replaced by a number (for example, OBV1 for variable 1, or OV12 for variable 12). Creatures 1 has 10 of them, 0 to 9, and the other games have 100, from 0 to 99.<br />
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In C3 and DS, when a script begins running, they are initially all 0 (integer type), but can be assigned any value.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
*[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.co.uk/cdn/cdn_more.php?CDN_article_id=7 C3 permanent variable usage] at the [[CDN]] - partial list of typical usages of object variables in C3.<br />
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<div>'''Object Variables''' are [[variable]]s used to store information about a particular [[agent]].<br />
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There are various [[CAOS]] commands to access/change them, ''OBVx' (used in C1 and C2) and '''OVxx''' (C2 and above), for accessing the variables of [[TARG]], and '''MVxx''' (C3 and above) for accessing the variables of [[OWNR]], where 'x' is replaced by a number (for example, OBV1 for variable 1, or OV12 for variable 12). Creatures 1 has 10 of them, 0 to 9, and the other games have 100, from 0 to 99.<br />
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In C3 and DS, when a script begins running, they are initially all 0 (integer type), but can be assigned any value.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
*[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.co.uk/cdn/cdn_more.php?CDN_article_id=7 C3 permanent variable usage] at the [[CDN]] - partial list of typical usages of object variables in C3.<br />
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[[category:C3 CAOS Commands]]</div>89.220.9.175https://creatures.wiki/index.php?title=Bramboo_Fix&diff=35153Bramboo Fix2007-09-02T08:25:05Z<p>89.220.9.175: link to site</p>
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<div>A fix for the [[Bramboo]] in [[Docking Station]].<br />
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It was made by [[Vampess]] and you can find it at [[Creatures Heaven]].<br />
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[[Category:Fixes]]</div>89.220.9.175https://creatures.wiki/index.php?title=Fixed_Star&diff=35744Fixed Star2007-09-02T08:24:48Z<p>89.220.9.175: link to site</p>
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<div>A fix for the blinking star in the Woodlands in [[Creatures 3]].<br />
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It was made by [[Vampess]] and you can find it at [[Creatures Heaven]].<br />
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[[Category:Fixes]]</div>89.220.9.175https://creatures.wiki/index.php?title=DS_Elevator_Fix&diff=35740DS Elevator Fix2007-09-02T08:24:23Z<p>89.220.9.175: link to site</p>
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<div>The [[Docking Station]] [[elevator]] lacks the script to carry adult [[Grendels]], this fixes it.<br />
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It was made by [[Vampess]] and you can find it at [[Creatures Heaven]].<br />
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[[Category:Fixes]]</div>89.220.9.175https://creatures.wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Creatures_Wiki_Homepage&diff=1636Talk:Creatures Wiki Homepage2007-08-28T15:53:31Z<p>89.220.9.175: </p>
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<div>==Random stuff==<br />
I was a fan of the first game years ago because of the concept of artifical life with semi-realistic dna interactions and the like- but I never played any of the later games, they any good in comparison? I can imagine the game creators giving in to less interesting ideas to please the masses, youkno, the way a band's first album is always the best. Kthx.<br />
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Perhaps breed pages should be separated by game? [[User:Bdonlan|bd_]] 17:58, 30 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
:If you click on the breed list, they are sorted by game in sections. They don't need to be sorted on the front page, and I'm still trying to get people to use categories. --[[User:Sgeo|Sgeo]] 18:02, 30 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
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Where do I report a bug? Searching for "log" at the following url:<br />
http://creatures.wikicities.com/index.php/Special:Search?search=log&go=Go<br />
Gives:<br />
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''A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:<br />
''SELECT cur_id, cur_namespace, cur_title, cur_text FROM `cur`,`searchindex` WHERE cur_id=si_page AND AND cur_namespace IN (0,9,11) LIMIT 0,20 <br />
''from within function "". MySQL returned error "1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'AND cur_namespace IN (0,9,11) LIMIT 0,20 ' at line 1".<br />
[[User:Bdonlan|bd_]] 14:29, 31 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
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:Report it at [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org MediaZilla]. Unfortunately, you need to sign up and it requires an e-mail address :-(. --[[User:Sgeo|Sgeo]] 14:34, 31 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
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::Hmm, might be more prudent to report it to the link from wikicities actually: [http://www.wikia.com/bugzilla/index.cgi wikia bugzilla] [[User:Bdonlan|bd_]] 14:51, 31 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
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:::And now it has been submitted: [http://www.wikia.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57 bug #57] [[User:Bdonlan|bd_]] 14:55, 31 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
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:Yes, searching for any three letter word appears to cause that error. --[[User:Astro|Astro]] 14:40, 31 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
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::I'd point out it seems to happen a bit more often than that. I can make it happen on 1 and 2-character strings as well. [[User:ElasticMuffin|ElasticMuffin]] 15:03, 31 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
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:::The search should be working again now, but it does only work with words of at least 4 characters. There ought to be a message explaining that rather than the current error messages though. [[User:Angela|Angela]] 23:42, 1 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
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Also, [[Project:Copyrights]] needs to be made, or at least the licensing guidelines stated somewhere. I've worked around it for myself by explicitly licensing my content - see my user page. [[User:Bdonlan|bd_]] 14:47, 31 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
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:Now set to be licensed under the GFDL. [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] 06:42, 2 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
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The left sidebar links to [[Current Events]], though it does not exist - where can this be changed? [[User:Bdonlan|bd_]] 14:55, 31 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
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:I've removed this for now by adding a dash at [[MediaWiki:Currentevents]]. This can be replaced with "current events" if the link is needed in future. [[User:Angela|Angela]] 23:42, 1 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
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==Advertising==<br />
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Please see [[wikicities:talk:advertising]] for news and problems about the ads which were recently added. If they appear at the top of the page, pressing ctrl and F5 should move them to the right place. [[User:Angela|Angela]] 22:00, 14 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
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==Suggestion==<br />
I suggest you create [[MediaWiki:Mainpage]] with only the words "Creatures Wiki:Community Portal" without quotation marks. This will set your main page to the page your main page redirects to. [[User:Jellochuu|&ndash; Jellochuu!]] 15:16, 27 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
:Unfortunately that leads to "Creatures Wiki:Community portal" being in the left hand side, along with "Community portal" on the line below. ;-)<br />
:What I *really* should do is to move it to Main_Page, which I will do shortly. [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] 16:48, 27 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
::I've removed the portal link using [[MediaWiki:Portal]] since that page now redirects to the main page which is already in the sidebar. [[User:Angela|Angela]] 17:47, 27 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
:::Good call. I'll talk with [[User:Sgeo|Sgeo]] and see if there's anything better to use that link slot for. [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] 18:14, 27 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
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==Related wikis==<br />
It may be useful to add a related Wikicities section on this wiki. See [[Wikicities:Category:Gaming]] for some which may have a similar theme to this one. Also, see [[Wikicities:Category:English]] for other English language Wikicities. [[User:Angela|Angela]] 23:43, 27 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
:The only moderately related one is Active Worlds. I've put a link to that on the [[Active Worlds]] page that we already have. Suggesting any link with Creatures and (say) Pokémon or Neopets is liable to get you toasted in a [[naven]] [http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?threadm=9hanhm%24ppr%241%40neptunium.btinternet.com barbecue] from regulars of [[alt.games.creatures]]. ;-) [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] 09:23, 28 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
::Maybe I shouldn't mention that NeoPets have listed [[Creatures]] at [[Neopets:Related]] then. :) [[User:Angela|Angela]] 14:56, 29 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
:::Sssh!!! You'll disturb the flamemongers! And yes, I know; I contributed the description (on request :-). [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] 14:59, 29 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
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==Question...==<br />
Just wondering how you got links to JRChat and Administrators in the sidebar? [[User:Jellochuu|&ndash; Jellochuu!]] 13:27, 28 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
:Replacing the things that ''should'' have been there. Have a look at [http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419 this bug] - it describes the possibilities. For example, [[MediaWiki:Portal]] here has a - because we are not using it and don't want it to be shown, while [[MediaWiki:Sitesupport-url]] has been coerced into a link to [[Creatures Wiki:JRChat Applet]] named [[JRChat]] by [[MediaWiki:Sitesupport]]. [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] 13:57, 28 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
::Thanks! [[User:Jellochuu|&ndash; Jellochuu!]] 14:41, 28 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
:(note to future readers: [[MediaWiki:Portal]] ''is'' now used :-) - [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] 15:01, 29 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
:I noticed that on the main page the ''V'' in Category view is capitalized, but it is not everywhere else... [[User:Jellochuu|&ndash; Jellochuu!]] 17:17, 29 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
::Cache issue. Ctrl+F5 should fix it. [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] 17:35, 29 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
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==Sorting==<br />
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Why aren't the Games sorted by time? You should at least have Creatures Adventures before Creatures Playground .. leaving it alone in case anyone had a reason, but. Plus it'd probably be nice to link to (the nonexistent, but I should write it) [[Genetics]] under "Internals". Can you have a little (scripting) explanation next to the CAOS link? It's the only thing which isn't immediately obvious to someone who has only played Creatures, I think.. plus, "Internals" sounds a bit boring, why not "Workings" or similar? --[[User:Fuzzie|Fuzzie]] 03:30, 5 Feb 2005 (PST)<br />
:Done. The games were sorted in rough chronological and interest order, but not perfectly. [[Wikipedia:Be bold|Don't be afraid to make changes]]! :-) --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] 03:42, 5 Feb 2005 (PST)<br />
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==Featured Wikicity==<br />
Congratulations to everyone who has contributed to this Wikicity. It is the first wiki to be [[Wikicities:Wikicities#Featured Wikicity|featured on the Wikicities home page]]. [[User:Angela|Angela]] 01:07, 22 Feb 2005 (GMT)<br />
:Woot. Go us! Let's keep it up, guys (and gals!) . . . --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 01:41, 22 Feb 2005 (GMT)<br />
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== Live Preview ==<br />
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Does anyone appreciate the Live Preview feature that I added (from [[Wikicities:Live Preview|Live Preview]])? My main complaint is that it's slow. (And that it doesn't seem to work too well... --{{User:Sgeo/sig}} 01:14, 23 Feb 2005 (GMT)<br />
:Yes! Thanks! I think a simple modification would make it proper live (Activate the refresh script on modification of the edit box, if I remember correctly you can do that in Javascript). Of course, that would make it even slower, but I could fiddle around with it as a customisation on my user js. [[User:Netdroid9|Netdroid9]]<sup>([{{SERVER}}{{localurle:User talk:Netdroid9|action=edit&section=new}} talk])</sup> (male) 09:52, 23 Feb 2005 (GMT)<br />
::I've got an idea (This: wiki2html(editform.wpTextbox1.value); and onkeyup), hopefully it'll work [[User:Netdroid9|Netdroid9]]<sup>([{{SERVER}}{{localurle:User talk:Netdroid9|action=edit&section=new}} talk])</sup> (male) 10:54, 23 Feb 2005 (GMT)<br />
:Hmm... [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pilaf/Live_Preview#Version_0.5.2 look here], math and nowiki support... [[User:Netdroid9|Netdroid9]]<sup>([{{SERVER}}{{localurle:User talk:Netdroid9|action=edit&section=new}} talk])</sup> (male) 11:07, 23 Feb 2005 (GMT)<br />
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==Protection==<br />
You might find you can make the main page editable and avoid the spam by moving the content to templates. Replace the page with <br />
:<nowiki>{{main page intro}}</nowiki><br />
:<nowiki>{{main page news}}</nowiki><br />
:<nowiki>{{main page main section}}</nowiki><br />
:<nowiki><div style="text-align: right; color: #808080;"><i>Some images Copyright [http://www.gamewaredevelopment.co.uk Gameware Development Ltd] 2004-5 and used [http://www.gamewaredevelopment.co.uk/copyright.html with permission].</i></div></nowiki><br />
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Then put the content at the linked templates ([[template:main page intro]], [[template:main page news]] and [[template:main page main section]]) where they can be edited by anyone with some knowledge of how MediaWiki works, whilst making the spam bots think the page is protected. [[User:Angela|Angela]] 14:59, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)<br />
:That's an idea, although hopefully the index page is ''finished'', if you can call a Wiki page finished, as all the main categories are linked to and people seem to find it easy to use - [[User:Don|Don]] 18:19, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)<br />
::I don't think it's finished. Look how many edits are still made to the main page of Wikipedia, even after 4 years. :) [[User:Angela|Angela]] 01:38, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)<br />
:::I have separated things off into templates. Hope this works. :-) --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 01:58, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)<br />
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==Categorys==<br />
I noticed that we have a Tips, Cheats and Easter Eggs category and an Easter Eggs category. Since it's a bit redundant to have both, should we break off the T,C&EE category into three separate categories or merge the Easter Eggs entries into the T,C&EE?--[[User:CompExpert|CompExpert]] 00:43, 9 May 2005 (UTC)<br />
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:I'd say the latter - easier to find, and we can always split it later if it grows too big. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 06:51, 9 May 2005 (UTC)<br />
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==Languages==<br />
At present the Creatures Wiki is English and yet that only represents a portion of our [[Creatures Community|community]]. Might there be a way to either ask for volenteers to translate some of the pages or even to use translation tool to make the Creatures Wiki more accessible for others? - [[User:Don|Don]] 18:04, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)<br />
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:Separate languages have been considered before, and would be possible, but our most prolific non-english contributor didn't think it was such a good idea, basically because a non-english would always be a second-class relative due to the lower numbers . . . see [[Talk:Creaturesfrance]]. A link to a translation tool might be a good idea, though. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 22:42, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)<br />
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:: But is being a second-class relative better than not being at all? And in any case I'm certain it would end up having some unique content. We could country-tags to different language articles in the wiki, instead of putting it all in one article or creating a new wiki. For example: "Creatures (FR)" or "Creatures (DE)" for French/German articles on "Creatures". That would be the best way to do it, IMO. The tags would also only be required for articles with same name as English ones, articles which have the title in their language shouldn't need the tag. The pages also shouldn't have to be necessarily translated versions of their English counterparts, they could have different style and perhaps even information. If no one opposes, can I start translating some articles under that tag-system I suggested? --[[User:Andrettin|Andrettin]] 18:39, 16 April 2006 (UTC)<br />
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:::Well, obviously one person decided it was worth it given [[Fr:|Creatures Wiki France]]. :-) --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 18:44, 16 April 2006 (UTC)<br />
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==Vocabulary and categorizing it==<br />
Right now I'm creating an entry for Vocabulary and I'd like to put it in a category named Vocabulary. (I'd like it to be a subcategory of Internals) I'd then like to make subcategories on the words for each game. There would be All Games, words introduced in C1 and used in subsequent games, and each game would get its own section for words were used in that game but not all. (Like how "eat" was not used in C1 but it was in the other games.) Then each game would be divided into the kinds of words, noun, verb, adjective.<br />
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Some of these terms have been entered already. (Of particular note, "push" and "sleep.") The problem is, they're in a category with a different title. ([[:Category:Actions|Actions]]) I would like to implement my idea of categorizing the vocabulary but I'm unable to move/rename categories.<br />
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Does anyone support my idea or should I adapt to a different one?--[[User:CompExpert|CompExpert]] 07:11, 6 Jul 2005 (UTC)<br />
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What would the Vocabulary category contain? We have a [[:Category:Terms]], which is under the Community category, I believe. We also have a [[:Category:Genus]], which is under internals. If we just found a place to categorise the [[:Category:Actions]] (Internals would suit it best, I think), I think we'd just about have everything that you've just proposed. - [[User:Malkin|Malkin]] 07:47, 6 Jul 2005 (UTC)<br />
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:Thank you for pointing out the categories already in place. I will try to adapt what I've been thinking of to work with what's already here.<br />
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:> What would the Vocabulary category contain?<br />
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:If you don't mind me rambling on about it, I'll explain.<br />
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:I was making an article called Vocabulary which would define the term. I was also thinking of also putting in the number of slots for words as well, just to make it a little more useful. The article Vocabulary would be part of the category Vocabulary. The category would contain a subcategory for each game, DS Vocabulary, C1 Vocabulary and so on, and one marked All Games Vocabulary. Each of those categories would have subcategories for each kind of word. Noun, verb, and adjective, so we would have C1 Nouns, All Games Verbs, C2 Adjectives and etcetera. In each word-type category would be the words that go with it. ("Push" and "hit" for Verb, "seed" and "bigtoy" for Noun and so on.) (I'd like to point out that I don't know if the C3 and DS vocabularies are exactly the same or not so if they were, I would have lumped them together as C3/DS Vocabulary as well as their subsequent subcategories.)<br />
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:If a word was used in all the games, it would appear in All Games exclusively. If it appeared in less than all the games, the article for the word would have been placed in all the appropriate categories. For example: "Eat" wasn't in C1 but it was in C2 (I think) and later, so the Eat article would have the C2 Noun and the C3/DS Noun categories. (Did Village also have talking? They would have gotten their related categories as well.)<br />
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:Again, thanks to Malkin for pointing out what we already had.--[[User:CompExpert|CompExpert]] 08:42, 6 Jul 2005 (UTC)<br />
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== Search engine optimization ==<br />
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It has been pointed out that "Main Page" is not the ideal title for the home page with respect to search engines, as it doesn't reference Creatures in any way. I am therefore moving this page to Creatures Wiki Homepage to better reflect this. Old links should still work, they'll just go to the new page. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 01:41, 18 Sep 2005 (UTC)<br />
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==Logo==<br />
Where did our Creatures logo go? Pirateopedia isn't very nornish... ;) - [[User:Don|Don]] 19:13, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)<br />
:This is a [http://www.wikicities.com/wiki/Community_portal#New_servers known issue] on wikicities right now, due in part to the addition of several new servers. Hopefully they'll have it completely fixed soon. :) [[User:ElasticMuffin|ElasticMuffin]] 02:46, 28 Sep 2005 (UTC)<br />
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==Some Suggestions for Improvement of the Creatures Wiki==<br />
*First of all, I must say I think categories aren't exactly the best thing to use - their design is quite bad, list articles are much better IMO.<br />
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:I agree that lists are often useful, but why do you think they would be better, and for what particular purpose? The benefit of categories are that they effecively self-updating. The benefit of lists is that they can say more. Both may have a place here.<br />
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*In the (most probable) case we keep the categories, we should add one category for each game for official breeds. And another thing, the 'Official Ecology' category seems more like a 'C3/DS Official Ecology' thing, so do we change the category name or include in it all the official ecology articles from the other games?<br />
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:I think it was C3 because Gryph had C3. It could go either way. You could make subcategories for each game, say.<br />
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*Third: In the wiki, there is no clear definition between what is official and what isn't, and frequently categories group indiscriminately official with third party. and although I love many of the agents/cobs and breeds that were third-party developed, there MUST be clear delineation between those two grounds.<br />
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:Must there? What makes it hugely important that something was made by Cyberlife/Creature Labs/Entraline/Gameware and another thing was not? Often the fans did stuff that was actually better! The only real reason I separated the breeds to start with is that people had to pay for the official ones. '''*grins*'''<br />
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*Fourth: The creatures wiki should be more supportive of BamZooki. I know it is a 'Creatures' wiki, but what is 'Creatures'? Only the titles with 'Creatures' in their name? No! 'Creatures' is (or should be) a title given to all A-Life experiments made by Cyberlife/Creature Labs/Gameware. Sea Monkeys would enter this category. And so would Yeren (Beasts). Creatures experimented with A-Life genetics, behavior and ecology. BamZooki experiments with A-Life locomotion and physics, and quite frankly, I see BamZooki as some kind of spin-off of Creatures, just like Sea Monkeys and Yeren were. It is not the 'main' 'Creatures' series, but it is still part of the whole of 'Creatures'.<br />
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:We have articles about all the games CL/GW made, but that doesn't mean we have ''detailed'' articles on them all. Many of them were less than notable. None of them developed anywhere near the fan base.<br />
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:[[BAMZOOKi]] is, of course, closer to the topic than many of those, and also rather popular now. Perhaps it should be covered more. But when you say "supportive", what do you intend for us to do? We all know about ''Creatures'', not BAMZOOKi. If you want to write articles about it, that's cool. If you want '''us''' to, that's a different matter, because we don't know the topic.<br />
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:You need at least one contributor before you get the content; it doesn't work the other way around because the contributors don't know the content. I would suggest that if you want such content, you should start it yourself, and then get others from the BAMZOOKi community to help you fill it in. :-)<br />
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:I did actually talk to [[Ian Saunter]] about this topic. He thought that it would be nice to have more of a community for those interested in artificial life. He also said that he wasn't necessarily expecting the Creatures Wiki to fulfil that need.<br />
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Just sharing my ideas, and I hope some of them will be appreciated. --[[User:Andrettin|Andrettin]] 13:58, 27 January 2006 (UTC)<br />
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:Ideas are good. It is also good to have a renewed focus for the future as well as memories for the past. But be aware that on a wiki, actions speak louder than words. If you want people to do something, [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|be bold]] and start do it yourself. :-) --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 05:45, 28 January 2006 (UTC)<br />
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===help wiki?===<br />
In regards to the recent influx of people using the wiki as a forum-substitute/help desk-thingy, I can understand why they'd be confused - after all, most of the Mac articles are help-oriented, and the [[Autokill]] and [[QCM]] articles have extensive help sections. I guess the question is, what should we do? Should we add in help topics for the really really common things, or move the help stuff off-wiki somehow? -[[User:Malkin|Malkin]] 00:43, 4 February 2006 (UTC)<br />
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:Has there been a recent influx? I'd only really noticed the one person.. Anyway, I think the best solution, if one is really necessary, would be to push people towards the popular forums somehow. Not sure how customisable mediawiki is in this regard, but a generic "If you have a question about X rather than this article, you should probably discuss it on (link to forums here) instead." on the top of talk (or edit?) pages might be useful? - [[User:Fuzzie|Fuzzie]] 12:42, 4 February 2006 (UTC)<br />
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::It's mainly been that one person, although the Mac people do it too (which is understandable, given the holes in the official documentation). Maybe a reminder that people are likely to get a quicker, more accurate answer from the forums than the wiki. Also, that talk pages are generally for questions about the article itself, and not about the subject of the article... (although some of our younger members might find that concept confusing in itself). Oh well. - [[User:Malkin|Malkin]] 22:05, 4 February 2006 (UTC)<br />
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::Kutoka do offer good, English support for the Mac Creatures games via email as well - [[User:Don|Don]] 21:35, 14 February 2006 (UTC)<br />
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===About Troll goal===<br />
This guy is clearly derranged. He was going around systematically trashing a large part of the wiki. I have repaired all the damage (it may not seem so on Recent Changes, but I used a bot flag for some of them) and banned him permanently. So before you worry, don't. It's all good unless he comes back, in which case we will ban him again. Whatever. :P [[User:ElasticMuffin|ElasticMuffin]] 02:37, 13 February 2006 (UTC)<br />
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::You did a a good job, EM. Thanks. :) - [[User:Malkin|Malkin]] 23:21, 15 February 2006 (UTC)<br />
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==Gah, CSS help!==<br />
I have to go to bed now, but the modifications I've made to the templates on the front page look merely good in firefox and downright poor in IE. Can someone who knows a fair bit about CSS help me out here? [[User:ElasticMuffin|ElasticMuffin]] 08:37, 5 March 2006 (UTC)<br />
:Nevermind, GR rocks. What do you think, though? Does it look better now? [[User:ElasticMuffin|ElasticMuffin]] 15:22, 5 March 2006 (UTC)<br />
::Hmmms... I think it is a bit too colourful, personally, but, that's just me... --[[User:KaelisRa|KaelisRa]] 17:44, 5 March 2006 (UTC)<br />
::The bottom two boxes need sizing to the same height as its more noticeable in colour when they differ slightly, but overall its pretty cool! - [[User:Don|Don]] 17:58, 5 March 2006 (UTC)<br />
:::Fixed. :) Also created a new footer template for the stuff on the bottom. [[User:ElasticMuffin|ElasticMuffin]] 18:18, 5 March 2006 (UTC)<br />
::::Perfect! It looks amazing - [[User:Don|Don]] 22:02, 5 March 2006 (UTC)<br />
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==April fools cleanup==<br />
As of 11:58, everything seems to be done. Except the llama wiki picture. Someone might want to fix that.<br />
[[User:71.3.6.165|71.3.6.165]] 04:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC) (Shaons in disguise!)<br />
:I'm sure it will get there. It's still April Fool's Day here for another 3 hours. ;) [[User:MonaLS|MonaLS]]<br />
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== Need for a page. ==<br />
Called [[Hibernation Mutation]], i think if it deserves a 3 page count on the Gameware forums, it deserves a wikipage, -- Jetamo<br />
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:Then click the link above and make it! :-) --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 19:10, 16 April 2006 (UTC)<br />
::Okay GreenReaper. i'll try doing one :) --[[User:Jetamo|Jetamo]] 17:22, 18 April 2006 (UTC)<br />
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==Where's the Navbar?==<br />
I would like to know the location of the navigation bar template on the left side so that I can update the help link. Anyone know? [[User:ElasticMuffin|ElasticMuffin]] 13:44, 28 April 2006 (UTC)<br />
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:I tweaked it now, but looking through [[Special:Allmessages]] is the trick, I think. Not entirely sure how it works. :) [[User:Fuzzie|Fuzzie]] 14:08, 28 April 2006 (UTC)<br />
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==Map and Classifier Assignment Pages==<br />
Does anyone think it would be a good idea to begin a section for the classifier range assignments here on the wiki, instead of continuing to use Bibble world? It seems that Bibbleworld isn't updated much and I've heard of people requesting ranges and not having their names appear on the list. I was also thinking that we might try to have the Map page here instead of at the norngarden site. There have been map clashes because no one knows what space is open anymore. [[User:Clohse|Clohse]]<br />
:I think it's safe for the classifiers to stay on Bibbleworld - Bibble has in my experience been ready and willing to make changes with all possible speed. However I believe you're right about the map assignment - the page at norngarden hasn't been updated for a long time and it doesn't surprise me to hear of clashes. If there are enough people in favour I certainly think it's viable to use the wiki for such a purpose: abuses should be easy to spot, and there's really no incentive for them. Possible problem is people reserving large areas prior to project completion and then never finishing.. but this is a problem for any reservation system. --[[User:Alexwatson|Alexwatson]] 21:20, 26 June 2006 (UTC)<br />
::Well, I'd be happy to help but I'm fairly "wiki-ignorant." I'm a wiz at cutting-and-pasting, though. The list of rooms and coordinates shouldn't be a problem to put in, but what about the big graphic showing the location of the rooms. Will it be possible to include that as well? [[User:Clohse|Clohse]]<br />
:::Possible (see [[Creatures Wiki:Help|Help]]), but high maintenance. The point of using the wiki, I suppose, would be that anyone could edit in the details of their metaroom. If that involved editing the map too it would be too hard (or at least too much effort) for most people. Still the map is quite useful. Shrug. --[[User:Alexwatson|Alexwatson]] 20:37, 27 June 2006 (UTC)<br />
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==Should we move this?==<br />
This is the only page currently being spammed on here. Should we make this a redirect to somewhere else, a subpage perhaps, and then make this protected? A bit of a jury-rigged solution but I think it'd work... Any opinions? [[User:ElasticMuffin|ElasticMuffin]] 02:43, 28 July 2006 (UTC)<br />
:Do you think the spambots are being aimed at this particular URL? I haven't the foggiest how the scripts work, but I know everyone (especially the admins) must be getting tired of reverting the same thing over and over, so I say try and do whatever it takes to keep those nasties at bay! >:o Maybe a soft redirect, like this (inspired by Wikipedia)?<br />
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''This soft redirect exists to keep nasty llama-shavers away.''<br />
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The llama ''(Lama glama)'' is a large camelid that originated in North America and then later on moved on to South America. The term ''llama'' is sometimes used more broadly, to indicate any of the four closely related animals that make up the South American branch of the family Camelidae: the true llama, the vicuña, alpaca, and guanaco. They were used as a system of transportation for the Incas.<br />
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:::<small>[[Image:Editnorn.png]] [[Llama Wiki|More about the llama, courtesy of the Llama Wiki.]]</small> <br />
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:>:D --[[User:Anduin|Anduin]] <sup>([[User Talk:Anduin|Talk]])</sup> 07:01, 28 July 2006 (UTC)<br />
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==Fonts?==<br />
Lisa once said that the fonts used for Docking Station was "World of Water" (from here: http://www.larabiefonts.com/) and for the recompilations by Fusion Labs, Kutoka, they used the "Neuropolitical" style font. It's only a piece of trivia, but it would be useful for putting an 'official look' on releases, etc. For example, Liam and Don seem to be using Neuropolitical on the CCSF releases a bit. Any idea as to how to fit this into an article somewhere? - [[User:Malkin|Malkin]] 06:02, 5 August 2006 (UTC)<br />
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==Wikia Gaming footer==<br />
Would it be acceptable to add the following footer to the [[Main Page]]?<br />
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'''Other [[w:Gaming|gaming wikis]] from [[wikia:Wikia|Wikia]]'''<br /><br />
<small>[[w:c:eq2|EverQuest 2]] &bull; [[w:c:hellgate|Hellgate: London]] &bull; [[w:c:warhammeronline|Warhammer Online]] &bull; [[w:c:aoc|Age of Conan]] &bull; [[w:c:starcraft|StarCraft]] &bull; [[w:c:lotro|Lord of the Rings Online]] &bull; [[w:c:fallout|Fallout]] &bull; [[w:Gaming|More...]]<br>[irc://irc.freenode.net#wikia-gaming Wikia Gaming IRC channel]</small><br />
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We're trying to get Wikia's gaming wikis more linked with each other. It's not mandatory, but it would be appreciated :). You can change the links to point to any other gaming wikias you like or cooperate with. [[User:Ausir|Ausir]] 02:11, 28 August 2007 (UTC)<br />
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:Well, the trouble is that Creatures is perhaps really more of a "toy" than a game, and there don't seem to really be many similar/relevant other gaming Wikias around - and linking to a bunch of random games doesn't seem like it's a good idea. [[User:89.220.9.175|89.220.9.175]] 12:27, 28 August 2007 (UTC)<br />
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::Is [[w:c:spore|Spore]] similar? What about some of the [[w:Virtual Pets|Virtual Pets wikis]]? [[User:Angela|Angela]]<staff /> ([[User talk:Angela|talk]]) 13:12, 28 August 2007 (UTC)<br />
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Spore is probably similar enough. I tried picking the relevant-looking sites out (does Neopets count as a game? I'm not really sure what it is, just that it seems popular with Creatures players), but it still looks kinda too short to me. Perhaps we could include some other more generic links, but I don't really know which might be a good idea. - [[User:Fuzzie]]<br />
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<small>[[w:c:neopets|Neopets]] &bull; [[w:c:spore|Spore]] &bull; [[w:c:sims|The Sims]] &bull; [[w:c:secondlife|Second Life]] &bull; [[w:Gaming|More...]]<br>[irc://irc.freenode.net#wikia-gaming Wikia Gaming IRC channel]</small><br />
|}</div>89.220.9.175https://creatures.wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Creatures_Wiki_Homepage&diff=1634Talk:Creatures Wiki Homepage2007-08-28T12:27:20Z<p>89.220.9.175: /* Wikia Gaming footer */</p>
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<div>==Random stuff==<br />
I was a fan of the first game years ago because of the concept of artifical life with semi-realistic dna interactions and the like- but I never played any of the later games, they any good in comparison? I can imagine the game creators giving in to less interesting ideas to please the masses, youkno, the way a band's first album is always the best. Kthx.<br />
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Perhaps breed pages should be separated by game? [[User:Bdonlan|bd_]] 17:58, 30 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
:If you click on the breed list, they are sorted by game in sections. They don't need to be sorted on the front page, and I'm still trying to get people to use categories. --[[User:Sgeo|Sgeo]] 18:02, 30 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
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Where do I report a bug? Searching for "log" at the following url:<br />
http://creatures.wikicities.com/index.php/Special:Search?search=log&go=Go<br />
Gives:<br />
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''A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:<br />
''SELECT cur_id, cur_namespace, cur_title, cur_text FROM `cur`,`searchindex` WHERE cur_id=si_page AND AND cur_namespace IN (0,9,11) LIMIT 0,20 <br />
''from within function "". MySQL returned error "1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'AND cur_namespace IN (0,9,11) LIMIT 0,20 ' at line 1".<br />
[[User:Bdonlan|bd_]] 14:29, 31 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
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:Report it at [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org MediaZilla]. Unfortunately, you need to sign up and it requires an e-mail address :-(. --[[User:Sgeo|Sgeo]] 14:34, 31 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
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::Hmm, might be more prudent to report it to the link from wikicities actually: [http://www.wikia.com/bugzilla/index.cgi wikia bugzilla] [[User:Bdonlan|bd_]] 14:51, 31 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
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:::And now it has been submitted: [http://www.wikia.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57 bug #57] [[User:Bdonlan|bd_]] 14:55, 31 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
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:Yes, searching for any three letter word appears to cause that error. --[[User:Astro|Astro]] 14:40, 31 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
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::I'd point out it seems to happen a bit more often than that. I can make it happen on 1 and 2-character strings as well. [[User:ElasticMuffin|ElasticMuffin]] 15:03, 31 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
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:::The search should be working again now, but it does only work with words of at least 4 characters. There ought to be a message explaining that rather than the current error messages though. [[User:Angela|Angela]] 23:42, 1 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
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Also, [[Project:Copyrights]] needs to be made, or at least the licensing guidelines stated somewhere. I've worked around it for myself by explicitly licensing my content - see my user page. [[User:Bdonlan|bd_]] 14:47, 31 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
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:Now set to be licensed under the GFDL. [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] 06:42, 2 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
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The left sidebar links to [[Current Events]], though it does not exist - where can this be changed? [[User:Bdonlan|bd_]] 14:55, 31 Dec 2004 (PST)<br />
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:I've removed this for now by adding a dash at [[MediaWiki:Currentevents]]. This can be replaced with "current events" if the link is needed in future. [[User:Angela|Angela]] 23:42, 1 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
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==Advertising==<br />
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Please see [[wikicities:talk:advertising]] for news and problems about the ads which were recently added. If they appear at the top of the page, pressing ctrl and F5 should move them to the right place. [[User:Angela|Angela]] 22:00, 14 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
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==Suggestion==<br />
I suggest you create [[MediaWiki:Mainpage]] with only the words "Creatures Wiki:Community Portal" without quotation marks. This will set your main page to the page your main page redirects to. [[User:Jellochuu|&ndash; Jellochuu!]] 15:16, 27 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
:Unfortunately that leads to "Creatures Wiki:Community portal" being in the left hand side, along with "Community portal" on the line below. ;-)<br />
:What I *really* should do is to move it to Main_Page, which I will do shortly. [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] 16:48, 27 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
::I've removed the portal link using [[MediaWiki:Portal]] since that page now redirects to the main page which is already in the sidebar. [[User:Angela|Angela]] 17:47, 27 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
:::Good call. I'll talk with [[User:Sgeo|Sgeo]] and see if there's anything better to use that link slot for. [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] 18:14, 27 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
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==Related wikis==<br />
It may be useful to add a related Wikicities section on this wiki. See [[Wikicities:Category:Gaming]] for some which may have a similar theme to this one. Also, see [[Wikicities:Category:English]] for other English language Wikicities. [[User:Angela|Angela]] 23:43, 27 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
:The only moderately related one is Active Worlds. I've put a link to that on the [[Active Worlds]] page that we already have. Suggesting any link with Creatures and (say) Pokémon or Neopets is liable to get you toasted in a [[naven]] [http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?threadm=9hanhm%24ppr%241%40neptunium.btinternet.com barbecue] from regulars of [[alt.games.creatures]]. ;-) [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] 09:23, 28 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
::Maybe I shouldn't mention that NeoPets have listed [[Creatures]] at [[Neopets:Related]] then. :) [[User:Angela|Angela]] 14:56, 29 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
:::Sssh!!! You'll disturb the flamemongers! And yes, I know; I contributed the description (on request :-). [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] 14:59, 29 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
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==Question...==<br />
Just wondering how you got links to JRChat and Administrators in the sidebar? [[User:Jellochuu|&ndash; Jellochuu!]] 13:27, 28 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
:Replacing the things that ''should'' have been there. Have a look at [http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419 this bug] - it describes the possibilities. For example, [[MediaWiki:Portal]] here has a - because we are not using it and don't want it to be shown, while [[MediaWiki:Sitesupport-url]] has been coerced into a link to [[Creatures Wiki:JRChat Applet]] named [[JRChat]] by [[MediaWiki:Sitesupport]]. [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] 13:57, 28 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
::Thanks! [[User:Jellochuu|&ndash; Jellochuu!]] 14:41, 28 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
:(note to future readers: [[MediaWiki:Portal]] ''is'' now used :-) - [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] 15:01, 29 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
:I noticed that on the main page the ''V'' in Category view is capitalized, but it is not everywhere else... [[User:Jellochuu|&ndash; Jellochuu!]] 17:17, 29 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
::Cache issue. Ctrl+F5 should fix it. [[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] 17:35, 29 Jan 2005 (PST)<br />
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==Sorting==<br />
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Why aren't the Games sorted by time? You should at least have Creatures Adventures before Creatures Playground .. leaving it alone in case anyone had a reason, but. Plus it'd probably be nice to link to (the nonexistent, but I should write it) [[Genetics]] under "Internals". Can you have a little (scripting) explanation next to the CAOS link? It's the only thing which isn't immediately obvious to someone who has only played Creatures, I think.. plus, "Internals" sounds a bit boring, why not "Workings" or similar? --[[User:Fuzzie|Fuzzie]] 03:30, 5 Feb 2005 (PST)<br />
:Done. The games were sorted in rough chronological and interest order, but not perfectly. [[Wikipedia:Be bold|Don't be afraid to make changes]]! :-) --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]] 03:42, 5 Feb 2005 (PST)<br />
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==Featured Wikicity==<br />
Congratulations to everyone who has contributed to this Wikicity. It is the first wiki to be [[Wikicities:Wikicities#Featured Wikicity|featured on the Wikicities home page]]. [[User:Angela|Angela]] 01:07, 22 Feb 2005 (GMT)<br />
:Woot. Go us! Let's keep it up, guys (and gals!) . . . --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 01:41, 22 Feb 2005 (GMT)<br />
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== Live Preview ==<br />
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Does anyone appreciate the Live Preview feature that I added (from [[Wikicities:Live Preview|Live Preview]])? My main complaint is that it's slow. (And that it doesn't seem to work too well... --{{User:Sgeo/sig}} 01:14, 23 Feb 2005 (GMT)<br />
:Yes! Thanks! I think a simple modification would make it proper live (Activate the refresh script on modification of the edit box, if I remember correctly you can do that in Javascript). Of course, that would make it even slower, but I could fiddle around with it as a customisation on my user js. [[User:Netdroid9|Netdroid9]]<sup>([{{SERVER}}{{localurle:User talk:Netdroid9|action=edit&section=new}} talk])</sup> (male) 09:52, 23 Feb 2005 (GMT)<br />
::I've got an idea (This: wiki2html(editform.wpTextbox1.value); and onkeyup), hopefully it'll work [[User:Netdroid9|Netdroid9]]<sup>([{{SERVER}}{{localurle:User talk:Netdroid9|action=edit&section=new}} talk])</sup> (male) 10:54, 23 Feb 2005 (GMT)<br />
:Hmm... [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pilaf/Live_Preview#Version_0.5.2 look here], math and nowiki support... [[User:Netdroid9|Netdroid9]]<sup>([{{SERVER}}{{localurle:User talk:Netdroid9|action=edit&section=new}} talk])</sup> (male) 11:07, 23 Feb 2005 (GMT)<br />
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==Protection==<br />
You might find you can make the main page editable and avoid the spam by moving the content to templates. Replace the page with <br />
:<nowiki>{{main page intro}}</nowiki><br />
:<nowiki>{{main page news}}</nowiki><br />
:<nowiki>{{main page main section}}</nowiki><br />
:<nowiki><div style="text-align: right; color: #808080;"><i>Some images Copyright [http://www.gamewaredevelopment.co.uk Gameware Development Ltd] 2004-5 and used [http://www.gamewaredevelopment.co.uk/copyright.html with permission].</i></div></nowiki><br />
:<nowiki>__NOTOC____NOEDITSECTION__</nowiki><br />
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Then put the content at the linked templates ([[template:main page intro]], [[template:main page news]] and [[template:main page main section]]) where they can be edited by anyone with some knowledge of how MediaWiki works, whilst making the spam bots think the page is protected. [[User:Angela|Angela]] 14:59, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)<br />
:That's an idea, although hopefully the index page is ''finished'', if you can call a Wiki page finished, as all the main categories are linked to and people seem to find it easy to use - [[User:Don|Don]] 18:19, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)<br />
::I don't think it's finished. Look how many edits are still made to the main page of Wikipedia, even after 4 years. :) [[User:Angela|Angela]] 01:38, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)<br />
:::I have separated things off into templates. Hope this works. :-) --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 01:58, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)<br />
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==Categorys==<br />
I noticed that we have a Tips, Cheats and Easter Eggs category and an Easter Eggs category. Since it's a bit redundant to have both, should we break off the T,C&EE category into three separate categories or merge the Easter Eggs entries into the T,C&EE?--[[User:CompExpert|CompExpert]] 00:43, 9 May 2005 (UTC)<br />
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:I'd say the latter - easier to find, and we can always split it later if it grows too big. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 06:51, 9 May 2005 (UTC)<br />
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==Languages==<br />
At present the Creatures Wiki is English and yet that only represents a portion of our [[Creatures Community|community]]. Might there be a way to either ask for volenteers to translate some of the pages or even to use translation tool to make the Creatures Wiki more accessible for others? - [[User:Don|Don]] 18:04, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)<br />
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:Separate languages have been considered before, and would be possible, but our most prolific non-english contributor didn't think it was such a good idea, basically because a non-english would always be a second-class relative due to the lower numbers . . . see [[Talk:Creaturesfrance]]. A link to a translation tool might be a good idea, though. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 22:42, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)<br />
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:: But is being a second-class relative better than not being at all? And in any case I'm certain it would end up having some unique content. We could country-tags to different language articles in the wiki, instead of putting it all in one article or creating a new wiki. For example: "Creatures (FR)" or "Creatures (DE)" for French/German articles on "Creatures". That would be the best way to do it, IMO. The tags would also only be required for articles with same name as English ones, articles which have the title in their language shouldn't need the tag. The pages also shouldn't have to be necessarily translated versions of their English counterparts, they could have different style and perhaps even information. If no one opposes, can I start translating some articles under that tag-system I suggested? --[[User:Andrettin|Andrettin]] 18:39, 16 April 2006 (UTC)<br />
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:::Well, obviously one person decided it was worth it given [[Fr:|Creatures Wiki France]]. :-) --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 18:44, 16 April 2006 (UTC)<br />
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==Vocabulary and categorizing it==<br />
Right now I'm creating an entry for Vocabulary and I'd like to put it in a category named Vocabulary. (I'd like it to be a subcategory of Internals) I'd then like to make subcategories on the words for each game. There would be All Games, words introduced in C1 and used in subsequent games, and each game would get its own section for words were used in that game but not all. (Like how "eat" was not used in C1 but it was in the other games.) Then each game would be divided into the kinds of words, noun, verb, adjective.<br />
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Some of these terms have been entered already. (Of particular note, "push" and "sleep.") The problem is, they're in a category with a different title. ([[:Category:Actions|Actions]]) I would like to implement my idea of categorizing the vocabulary but I'm unable to move/rename categories.<br />
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Does anyone support my idea or should I adapt to a different one?--[[User:CompExpert|CompExpert]] 07:11, 6 Jul 2005 (UTC)<br />
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What would the Vocabulary category contain? We have a [[:Category:Terms]], which is under the Community category, I believe. We also have a [[:Category:Genus]], which is under internals. If we just found a place to categorise the [[:Category:Actions]] (Internals would suit it best, I think), I think we'd just about have everything that you've just proposed. - [[User:Malkin|Malkin]] 07:47, 6 Jul 2005 (UTC)<br />
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:Thank you for pointing out the categories already in place. I will try to adapt what I've been thinking of to work with what's already here.<br />
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:> What would the Vocabulary category contain?<br />
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:If you don't mind me rambling on about it, I'll explain.<br />
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:I was making an article called Vocabulary which would define the term. I was also thinking of also putting in the number of slots for words as well, just to make it a little more useful. The article Vocabulary would be part of the category Vocabulary. The category would contain a subcategory for each game, DS Vocabulary, C1 Vocabulary and so on, and one marked All Games Vocabulary. Each of those categories would have subcategories for each kind of word. Noun, verb, and adjective, so we would have C1 Nouns, All Games Verbs, C2 Adjectives and etcetera. In each word-type category would be the words that go with it. ("Push" and "hit" for Verb, "seed" and "bigtoy" for Noun and so on.) (I'd like to point out that I don't know if the C3 and DS vocabularies are exactly the same or not so if they were, I would have lumped them together as C3/DS Vocabulary as well as their subsequent subcategories.)<br />
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:If a word was used in all the games, it would appear in All Games exclusively. If it appeared in less than all the games, the article for the word would have been placed in all the appropriate categories. For example: "Eat" wasn't in C1 but it was in C2 (I think) and later, so the Eat article would have the C2 Noun and the C3/DS Noun categories. (Did Village also have talking? They would have gotten their related categories as well.)<br />
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:Again, thanks to Malkin for pointing out what we already had.--[[User:CompExpert|CompExpert]] 08:42, 6 Jul 2005 (UTC)<br />
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== Search engine optimization ==<br />
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It has been pointed out that "Main Page" is not the ideal title for the home page with respect to search engines, as it doesn't reference Creatures in any way. I am therefore moving this page to Creatures Wiki Homepage to better reflect this. Old links should still work, they'll just go to the new page. --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 01:41, 18 Sep 2005 (UTC)<br />
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==Logo==<br />
Where did our Creatures logo go? Pirateopedia isn't very nornish... ;) - [[User:Don|Don]] 19:13, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)<br />
:This is a [http://www.wikicities.com/wiki/Community_portal#New_servers known issue] on wikicities right now, due in part to the addition of several new servers. Hopefully they'll have it completely fixed soon. :) [[User:ElasticMuffin|ElasticMuffin]] 02:46, 28 Sep 2005 (UTC)<br />
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==Some Suggestions for Improvement of the Creatures Wiki==<br />
*First of all, I must say I think categories aren't exactly the best thing to use - their design is quite bad, list articles are much better IMO.<br />
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:I agree that lists are often useful, but why do you think they would be better, and for what particular purpose? The benefit of categories are that they effecively self-updating. The benefit of lists is that they can say more. Both may have a place here.<br />
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*In the (most probable) case we keep the categories, we should add one category for each game for official breeds. And another thing, the 'Official Ecology' category seems more like a 'C3/DS Official Ecology' thing, so do we change the category name or include in it all the official ecology articles from the other games?<br />
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:I think it was C3 because Gryph had C3. It could go either way. You could make subcategories for each game, say.<br />
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*Third: In the wiki, there is no clear definition between what is official and what isn't, and frequently categories group indiscriminately official with third party. and although I love many of the agents/cobs and breeds that were third-party developed, there MUST be clear delineation between those two grounds.<br />
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:Must there? What makes it hugely important that something was made by Cyberlife/Creature Labs/Entraline/Gameware and another thing was not? Often the fans did stuff that was actually better! The only real reason I separated the breeds to start with is that people had to pay for the official ones. '''*grins*'''<br />
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*Fourth: The creatures wiki should be more supportive of BamZooki. I know it is a 'Creatures' wiki, but what is 'Creatures'? Only the titles with 'Creatures' in their name? No! 'Creatures' is (or should be) a title given to all A-Life experiments made by Cyberlife/Creature Labs/Gameware. Sea Monkeys would enter this category. And so would Yeren (Beasts). Creatures experimented with A-Life genetics, behavior and ecology. BamZooki experiments with A-Life locomotion and physics, and quite frankly, I see BamZooki as some kind of spin-off of Creatures, just like Sea Monkeys and Yeren were. It is not the 'main' 'Creatures' series, but it is still part of the whole of 'Creatures'.<br />
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:We have articles about all the games CL/GW made, but that doesn't mean we have ''detailed'' articles on them all. Many of them were less than notable. None of them developed anywhere near the fan base.<br />
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:[[BAMZOOKi]] is, of course, closer to the topic than many of those, and also rather popular now. Perhaps it should be covered more. But when you say "supportive", what do you intend for us to do? We all know about ''Creatures'', not BAMZOOKi. If you want to write articles about it, that's cool. If you want '''us''' to, that's a different matter, because we don't know the topic.<br />
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:You need at least one contributor before you get the content; it doesn't work the other way around because the contributors don't know the content. I would suggest that if you want such content, you should start it yourself, and then get others from the BAMZOOKi community to help you fill it in. :-)<br />
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:I did actually talk to [[Ian Saunter]] about this topic. He thought that it would be nice to have more of a community for those interested in artificial life. He also said that he wasn't necessarily expecting the Creatures Wiki to fulfil that need.<br />
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Just sharing my ideas, and I hope some of them will be appreciated. --[[User:Andrettin|Andrettin]] 13:58, 27 January 2006 (UTC)<br />
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:Ideas are good. It is also good to have a renewed focus for the future as well as memories for the past. But be aware that on a wiki, actions speak louder than words. If you want people to do something, [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|be bold]] and start do it yourself. :-) --{{UT|GreenReaper}} 05:45, 28 January 2006 (UTC)<br />
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===help wiki?===<br />
In regards to the recent influx of people using the wiki as a forum-substitute/help desk-thingy, I can understand why they'd be confused - after all, most of the Mac articles are help-oriented, and the [[Autokill]] and [[QCM]] articles have extensive help sections. I guess the question is, what should we do? Should we add in help topics for the really really common things, or move the help stuff off-wiki somehow? -[[User:Malkin|Malkin]] 00:43, 4 February 2006 (UTC)<br />
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:Has there been a recent influx? I'd only really noticed the one person.. Anyway, I think the best solution, if one is really necessary, would be to push people towards the popular forums somehow. Not sure how customisable mediawiki is in this regard, but a generic "If you have a question about X rather than this article, you should probably discuss it on (link to forums here) instead." on the top of talk (or edit?) pages might be useful? - [[User:Fuzzie|Fuzzie]] 12:42, 4 February 2006 (UTC)<br />
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::It's mainly been that one person, although the Mac people do it too (which is understandable, given the holes in the official documentation). Maybe a reminder that people are likely to get a quicker, more accurate answer from the forums than the wiki. Also, that talk pages are generally for questions about the article itself, and not about the subject of the article... (although some of our younger members might find that concept confusing in itself). Oh well. - [[User:Malkin|Malkin]] 22:05, 4 February 2006 (UTC)<br />
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::Kutoka do offer good, English support for the Mac Creatures games via email as well - [[User:Don|Don]] 21:35, 14 February 2006 (UTC)<br />
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===About Troll goal===<br />
This guy is clearly derranged. He was going around systematically trashing a large part of the wiki. I have repaired all the damage (it may not seem so on Recent Changes, but I used a bot flag for some of them) and banned him permanently. So before you worry, don't. It's all good unless he comes back, in which case we will ban him again. Whatever. :P [[User:ElasticMuffin|ElasticMuffin]] 02:37, 13 February 2006 (UTC)<br />
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::You did a a good job, EM. Thanks. :) - [[User:Malkin|Malkin]] 23:21, 15 February 2006 (UTC)<br />
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==Gah, CSS help!==<br />
I have to go to bed now, but the modifications I've made to the templates on the front page look merely good in firefox and downright poor in IE. Can someone who knows a fair bit about CSS help me out here? [[User:ElasticMuffin|ElasticMuffin]] 08:37, 5 March 2006 (UTC)<br />
:Nevermind, GR rocks. What do you think, though? Does it look better now? [[User:ElasticMuffin|ElasticMuffin]] 15:22, 5 March 2006 (UTC)<br />
::Hmmms... I think it is a bit too colourful, personally, but, that's just me... --[[User:KaelisRa|KaelisRa]] 17:44, 5 March 2006 (UTC)<br />
::The bottom two boxes need sizing to the same height as its more noticeable in colour when they differ slightly, but overall its pretty cool! - [[User:Don|Don]] 17:58, 5 March 2006 (UTC)<br />
:::Fixed. :) Also created a new footer template for the stuff on the bottom. [[User:ElasticMuffin|ElasticMuffin]] 18:18, 5 March 2006 (UTC)<br />
::::Perfect! It looks amazing - [[User:Don|Don]] 22:02, 5 March 2006 (UTC)<br />
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==April fools cleanup==<br />
As of 11:58, everything seems to be done. Except the llama wiki picture. Someone might want to fix that.<br />
[[User:71.3.6.165|71.3.6.165]] 04:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC) (Shaons in disguise!)<br />
:I'm sure it will get there. It's still April Fool's Day here for another 3 hours. ;) [[User:MonaLS|MonaLS]]<br />
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== Need for a page. ==<br />
Called [[Hibernation Mutation]], i think if it deserves a 3 page count on the Gameware forums, it deserves a wikipage, -- Jetamo<br />
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:Then click the link above and make it! :-) --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<sup>([[User talk:GreenReaper|talk]])</sup> 19:10, 16 April 2006 (UTC)<br />
::Okay GreenReaper. i'll try doing one :) --[[User:Jetamo|Jetamo]] 17:22, 18 April 2006 (UTC)<br />
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==Where's the Navbar?==<br />
I would like to know the location of the navigation bar template on the left side so that I can update the help link. Anyone know? [[User:ElasticMuffin|ElasticMuffin]] 13:44, 28 April 2006 (UTC)<br />
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:I tweaked it now, but looking through [[Special:Allmessages]] is the trick, I think. Not entirely sure how it works. :) [[User:Fuzzie|Fuzzie]] 14:08, 28 April 2006 (UTC)<br />
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==Map and Classifier Assignment Pages==<br />
Does anyone think it would be a good idea to begin a section for the classifier range assignments here on the wiki, instead of continuing to use Bibble world? It seems that Bibbleworld isn't updated much and I've heard of people requesting ranges and not having their names appear on the list. I was also thinking that we might try to have the Map page here instead of at the norngarden site. There have been map clashes because no one knows what space is open anymore. [[User:Clohse|Clohse]]<br />
:I think it's safe for the classifiers to stay on Bibbleworld - Bibble has in my experience been ready and willing to make changes with all possible speed. However I believe you're right about the map assignment - the page at norngarden hasn't been updated for a long time and it doesn't surprise me to hear of clashes. If there are enough people in favour I certainly think it's viable to use the wiki for such a purpose: abuses should be easy to spot, and there's really no incentive for them. Possible problem is people reserving large areas prior to project completion and then never finishing.. but this is a problem for any reservation system. --[[User:Alexwatson|Alexwatson]] 21:20, 26 June 2006 (UTC)<br />
::Well, I'd be happy to help but I'm fairly "wiki-ignorant." I'm a wiz at cutting-and-pasting, though. The list of rooms and coordinates shouldn't be a problem to put in, but what about the big graphic showing the location of the rooms. Will it be possible to include that as well? [[User:Clohse|Clohse]]<br />
:::Possible (see [[Creatures Wiki:Help|Help]]), but high maintenance. The point of using the wiki, I suppose, would be that anyone could edit in the details of their metaroom. If that involved editing the map too it would be too hard (or at least too much effort) for most people. Still the map is quite useful. Shrug. --[[User:Alexwatson|Alexwatson]] 20:37, 27 June 2006 (UTC)<br />
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==Should we move this?==<br />
This is the only page currently being spammed on here. Should we make this a redirect to somewhere else, a subpage perhaps, and then make this protected? A bit of a jury-rigged solution but I think it'd work... Any opinions? [[User:ElasticMuffin|ElasticMuffin]] 02:43, 28 July 2006 (UTC)<br />
:Do you think the spambots are being aimed at this particular URL? I haven't the foggiest how the scripts work, but I know everyone (especially the admins) must be getting tired of reverting the same thing over and over, so I say try and do whatever it takes to keep those nasties at bay! >:o Maybe a soft redirect, like this (inspired by Wikipedia)?<br />
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The llama ''(Lama glama)'' is a large camelid that originated in North America and then later on moved on to South America. The term ''llama'' is sometimes used more broadly, to indicate any of the four closely related animals that make up the South American branch of the family Camelidae: the true llama, the vicuña, alpaca, and guanaco. They were used as a system of transportation for the Incas.<br />
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:>:D --[[User:Anduin|Anduin]] <sup>([[User Talk:Anduin|Talk]])</sup> 07:01, 28 July 2006 (UTC)<br />
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==Fonts?==<br />
Lisa once said that the fonts used for Docking Station was "World of Water" (from here: http://www.larabiefonts.com/) and for the recompilations by Fusion Labs, Kutoka, they used the "Neuropolitical" style font. It's only a piece of trivia, but it would be useful for putting an 'official look' on releases, etc. For example, Liam and Don seem to be using Neuropolitical on the CCSF releases a bit. Any idea as to how to fit this into an article somewhere? - [[User:Malkin|Malkin]] 06:02, 5 August 2006 (UTC)<br />
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==Wikia Gaming footer==<br />
Would it be acceptable to add the following footer to the [[Main Page]]?<br />
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We're trying to get Wikia's gaming wikis more linked with each other. It's not mandatory, but it would be appreciated :). You can change the links to point to any other gaming wikias you like or cooperate with. [[User:Ausir|Ausir]] 02:11, 28 August 2007 (UTC)<br />
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:Well, the trouble is that Creatures is perhaps really more of a "toy" than a game, and there don't seem to really be many similar/relevant other gaming Wikias around - and linking to a bunch of random games doesn't seem like it's a good idea. [[User:89.220.9.175|89.220.9.175]] 12:27, 28 August 2007 (UTC)</div>89.220.9.175https://creatures.wiki/index.php?title=Creatures_Docking_Station_2&diff=28455Creatures Docking Station 22007-08-05T17:37:47Z<p>89.220.9.175: Undo revision 40076 by 81.146.8.168 (Talk)</p>
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<div>'''Creatures 4''' is the nickname for a hypothetical new 2D game in the [[Creatures series]]. It was suspected that this title would be very much in the style of its predecessors, yet with more advanced technology and improved online playability (as introduced in [[Docking Station]]). <br />
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==Three Dimensions==<br />
[[Image:Sphericus.jpg|right|thumb|Sphericus, home of Creatures 3D]]In November 2005 it was officially announced that (provided a publisher for Creatures was found) [[Gameware]]'s next official Creatures game would be in 3D. More information on this topic is available in the [[Creatures 3D]] article.<br />
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<div>The [[Creatures series]] of games has had a long and convoluted history. This page is dedicated to it, in particular the events surrounding the companies involved in their creation: [[Millennium]], [[Cyberlife]], [[Creature Labs]], [[Entraline]] and [[Gameware]].<br />
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A good overview from Development Director [[Ian Saunter]] is provided in:<br />
* [http://www.gamewaredevelopment.co.uk/creatures_more.php?id=17_0_6_0_M8 A potted history of Creature Labs and Gameware Development (the official story)]<br />
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More on the relationship between the various companies can be found in:<br />
* ''[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.co.uk/diary_more.php?id=100_0_9_20_M A step back in time]''<br />
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Large amounts of this timeline were derived from [http://fp.cyberlifersrch.plus.com/creaturesarchive/creatures_history.htm Steve Grand's notes]. Many thanks to [[Steve Grand|Steve]] for providing this resource to the community! <br />
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[[Image:Creaturesandegg.jpg|right|frame|''Creatures'': Their Life Is In Your Hands]]<br />
==Timeline of Events==<br />
''Don't hesitate to fill stuff in - and don't feel you have to restrict yourself to official doings, anything that has interest to the community is fine :-)''<br />
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===Pre-1992===<br />
*'''Late 1986/Early 1987''': [[Steve Grand]] is inspired by his reading of ''[[wikipedia:The Planiverse|The Planiverse: Computer Contact With a Two-Dimensional World]]'' ([http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0387989161/ Amazon UK], [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0387989161/ Amazon US]; at time of writing, probably a lot cheaper to buy from the US!) and suggests [[Creatures]] to his employers as an educational game - but there is no interest<br />
*'''1988''': [[Millennium]] is founded by [[Michael Hayward]], [[Tony Beckwith]], [[Ian Saunter]] and one other - they remain for a few months in Michael's house before moving to a local science park; [[Steve Grand]] remembers suggesting [[Creatures]] again (although Ian has no memory of this, so perhaps this was to his old employers)<br />
*'''1990''': [[Millennium]] release Hoverforce, Horror Zombies from the Crypt and Thunderstrike<br />
*'''1991''': [[Millennium]] release Virtual Reality, Volume 2, Stormball, The Adventures of Robin Hood and James Pond 2: Codename: RoboCod (which makes a return 12 years later as [[James Pond: RoboCod]])<br />
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===1992===<br />
*'''1992''': [[Millennium]] release Cyber Empires, The Aquatic Games, Daughter of Serpents, Global Effect and Rome AD 92<br />
:''[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]: I remember Global Effect! Great game!<br />
*'''September 1992''': [[Creatures]] is 'officially' conceived, although it will take years to develop fully into the game we know today. From [[Tips.txt]]:<br />
:''The initial ideas for this project were conceived on a motel balcony in Winthrop, WA, USA in September 1992.''<br />
*'''4 November 1992''': [[Steve Grand]] writes [http://fp.cyberlifersrch.plus.com/creaturesarchive/initialpitch.htm A Mouse for Windows]<br />
*'''16 November 1992''': [[Steve Grand]] writes [http://fp.cyberlifersrch.plus.com/creaturesarchive/ewokspitch.htm Little Computer Ewoks]<br />
*'''23 December 1992''': [[Steve Grand]] writes [http://fp.cyberlifersrch.plus.com/creaturesarchive/techproposal.htm Ewoks techie bit for proposal]<br />
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===1993===<br />
*'''1993''': [[Millennium]] release James Pond 3: Operation Starfish<br />
*'''8 March 1993''': [[Steve Grand]] writes [http://fp.cyberlifersrch.plus.com/creaturesarchive/mythography.htm Small Furry Creatures: A Mythography] (first use of [[Small Furry Creatures]] as title), which contains the first details of the [[Journey]], [[Grendel]]s (although not as we know them today), [[Ettin]]s (even dumber than they turned out) and the [[Shee]] (Siðe)<br />
*'''1 June 1993''': First available notes from [[Steve Grand|Steve Grand's]] [http://fp.cyberlifersrch.plus.com/creaturesarchive/progdiary.htm programming diary] - very interesting reading<br />
*'''18 July 1993''': [[Steve Grand]] writes the first fragments of a [[Creatures]]-themed novella, [[Wulf's Journey]], creating the first Creatures fiction story over three years before the game was actually released<br />
*'''12 December 1993''': [[Steve Grand]] explains that the mythology is [http://fp.cyberlifersrch.plus.com/creaturesarchive/rationale.htm intended for background purposes], not as an actual plot line:<br />
:''I never intended Creatures to be an adventure game or have a fixed plot at all - the idea was that you would create your own stories . . . But everyone had interpreted my mythography stuff far too literally, and people were trying to make Creatures into some kind of Norse adventure game . . .''<br />
:''[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper's]] thought: '''"Viking Creatures: Norns with Horns!"'''''<br />
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===1994===<br />
*'''3 May - 10 May 1994''' A prototype [[Secret Adventure Mode]] is documented in [[Steve Grand]]'s programming diary. [http://fp.cyberlifersrch.plus.com/creaturesarchive/progdiary.htm] <br />
*'''6 July 1994''': [[Michael Hayward]] decides that the game needs more time to mature and that [[Steve Grand]] should "take the game out of the schedule" (see the [http://fp.cyberlifersrch.plus.com/creaturesarchive/progdiary.htm diary entry])<br />
:''[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]: I think this was a very important decision - without the extra time for correct positioning and reworking, [[Creatures]] would never have been the game it turned out to be. Heck, it was still for DOS back then, and [[bibble]] hadn't even been conceived! :-)''<br />
:It is also interesting to note the features described as possible for the rewrite, many of which would not be fully realized until [[Creatures 3]] or [[Docking Station]]: ''Decided to add 5 months to schedule; more gratuitous graphics; more facial expressions; new norns (monkeylike); everybody’s norn is unique; complete rethink and rewrite of code; add hooks for extensions; allow norns to travel from one person’s system to another, via disc or modem; buy new norns; possible speech in/out.''<br />
*'''1 August 1994''': The [[Cheat]] menu is added<br />
*'''10 October 1994''': Plans for DDE support are finalized, laying the foundations for [[:Category:C1 Tools|external tools]] to communicate with [[Creatures]]<br />
*'''14 November 1994''': [[Michael Hayward]] first demonstrates the [[Creatures]] prototype to '''Warner Interactive''', who liken its breadth of appeal to that of the first spreadsheet, Visicalc<br />
*'''20 November 1994''': [[Cyberlife]] is set up to develop and exploit [[Steve Grand|Steve Grand's]] ideas<br />
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===1995===<br />
*'''23 January 1995''': [[Steve Grand]] has the idea of making a [[background model]] of the [[Creatures]] environment and digitising it; [[Mark Rafter]] agrees a few days later, and begins work on the model<br />
*'''Mid-1995''': [[Cyberlife]] agrees a publishing deal with '''Warner Interactive''' and a advance of £1m is paid representing an estimated 200,000 units of sales; in fact, over half a million copies of the [[Creatures]] will eventually be sold, a large proportion overseas<br />
*'''19 July 1995''': [[Creatures]] finally has a complete [http://fp.cyberlifersrch.plus.com/creaturesarchive/designdef.htm design definition] - as with most software development projects, it required actually building most of the program to fully define it . . .<br />
===1996===<br />
*'''10:50 am, 21 March 1996''': The first [[norn]] ever bred in captivity was born. He was called [[Cain]], son of [[Ron]] and [[Eve]].<br />
*'''22 April 1996''': The twin spectres of [[disease]] and [[bacteria]] are introduced to [[Creatures]]<br />
*'''November 1996''' The [[Cyberlife]] department has 10 people in it<br />
*'''11 November 1996''': [[Creatures]] is released, selling 100,000 copies in the first month; its publishers - '''Warner Interactive''' - are quickly acquired by '''GT Interactive''', who become the new distributors<br />
*'''December 1996''': [[Christmas Pack|Christmas Pack 1]] for [[Creatures]] is released - it has over 4000 downloads in the first week. The [[Object Injector Kit]] is included with the Christmas Pack. [http://web.archive.org/web/19970110042052/www.cyberlife.co.uk/creatures_shop_christmas_pack.htm]<br />
*'''18 December 1996''': The "[[Norn]] 6-pack" is released: Buffy, Dion, Jarvis, Melvin, Sharla, and Teesha ([http://www.zen9361.zen.co.uk/keep/creatureswiki/sixpack.zip download])<br />
<br />
===1997===<br />
*'''1997''': [[Steve Grand]], [[Dave Cliff]], and [[Anil Malhotra]] write ''[http://fp.cyberlifersrch.plus.com/articles/agents_'97_paper.htm Creatures: Artificial Life Autonomous Software Agents] <br />
*'''March 1997''': [[alt.games.creatures]] is founded<br />
*'''May 1997''': The term "[[wolfling run]]" is coined.<br />
*'''2 May 1997''': Margot Adler of NPR reports on [[Creatures]] : [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1039605 listen to it here]<br />
*'''July 1997''': The PS1 division of [[Cyberlife]] is sold to Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, along with 60 of the 80 jobs at the company.<br />
*'''15 July 1997''': [[Creatures]] is released in the USA by [[Mindscape]]<br />
*'''22 July 1997''': [[Slink]] [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.games.creatures/browse_frm/thread/44013b1fbc114c0f?hl=en prophesized] Creatures traveling the [[Warp]] from computer to computer. <br />
*'''August 1997''': [[Object Pack|Object Pack 1]] for [[Creatures]] is released, along with the [[Observation Kit]] and [[Preview Kit]]<br />
*'''5 August 1997''': [[Creatures]] is awarded Best Strategy Game at Macworld Expo<br />
*'''1 September 1997''':The term "[[feral run]]" is coined.<br />
*'''7 September 1997''': The [[NORN Collective]] is [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.games.creatures/browse_frm/thread/1635a9226de7d6e0/b9eb0601eba0bd4d conceived]<br />
*'''October 1997''': [[Object Pack|Object Pack 2]] for [[Creatures]] is released<br />
*'''22 October 1997''': The [[Naven]] is "discovered" by [[NitGold]], and is reported to [[A.G.C.]]. <br />
*'''December 1997''': [[Christmas Pack|Christmas Pack 2]] for [[Creatures]] is released<br />
*'''17 December 1997''': The [[Genetics Kit]] for [[Creatures]] is released.<br />
*'''28 December 1997''': The [[Bacchus]] [[mutation]] is reported to [[A.G.C.]]<br />
*'''29 December 1997''': [[Flame]] [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.games.creatures/browse_frm/thread/3108bfe5253867c6 forms] the [[Norn Doll Wanters A Lotters]]<br />
<br />
===1998===<br />
*'''1998''': [[Steve Grand]] and [[Dave Cliff]] write ''[http://web.archive.org/web/20040328020451/http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/dave_cliff/papers_online.htm Creatures: Entertainment Software Agents with Artificial Life]'' (archived page) <br />
*'''11 February 1998''': [[Mindscape]] announce that they will be publishing the sequel to [[Creatures]], which is currently approaching 400,000 units sold; their CEO says that:<br />
:''"Anyone who has ever played with Creatures will be pleased with the surprises the sequel has to offer."''<br />
*'''28 February 1998''': The [[Secret Adventure Mode]] in [[Creatures 1]] is reported [[A.G.C.]] by [[David Wood]]<br />
*'''17 March 1998''': [[Cyberlife|Cyberlife's]] [[Applied Research]] department wins a Ministry of Defence contract to research unmanned airborne vehicles<br />
*'''29 April 1998''': [[AntiNorn]] launches [[Tortured Norns]], instantly becoming the most hated person in the [[Creatures Community]]<br />
*'''May 1998''': [[Lisa de Araujo]] joins as internet marketing manager <br />
*'''8 May 1998''': [[David Ball]], formerly of Nortel, is appointed as Chairman of [[Cyberlife]], and Professor [[Chris Winter]] takes over as Development Director <br />
*'''9 May 1998''' New Scientist magazine writes [[Agents from Albia]].<br />
*'''22 May 1998''': [[Toby Simpson]] states that [[Creatures 2]] will be released "early Q3 this year" in [http://www.gamasutra.com/features/game_design/19980522/simpson_toby_01.htm From Creatures to Androids: An Interview with Toby Simpson of CyberLife] (password protected)<br />
*'''23 May 1998''': [[Norn and Grendel Day]]<br />
*'''28-31 May 1998''': [[Blueberry]] the [[norndoll]] is stolen while [[Cyberlife]] are attending the E3 games conference - a £1000 reward is posted, but will remain unclaimed for almost a year<br />
*'''13 June 1998''': [[Bean]] posts the first of her [[HoloDeck series]] of [[:Category:Fiction|stories]] on [[alt.games.creatures]]<br />
*'''29 June 1998''': The [[Creatures series]] becomes the only computer game to be [http://web.archive.org/web/20010219021419/http://www.creatures.co.uk/Newstand/mediabox/ns_media_dome.htm awarded the Millennium Products marque] (archived page) - over 500,000 units have been sold, and from this ''[http://web.archive.org/web/20040820002256/http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/dave_cliff/creatures.pdf The Creatures Global Digital Ecosystem]'' (archived page) later estimates a global [[norn]] population of around 5 million<br />
*'''July 1998''': [[Cyberlife]] does a [http://web.archive.org/web/20010523134523/http://www.creatures.co.uk/newstand/survey/ns_survey_web.htm survey] (archived page) of the [[Creatures Community]] - the demographics have remained relatively the same ever since the previous survey. <br />
*'''August 1998''': At this time the [[Cyberlife]] team is about 40 people<br />
*'''27 August 1998''': [[Creatures 2]] is released by [[Mindscape]]; members of the [[Early Adoption Program]] receive their copies some days later. <br />
*'''10-13 September 1998''': [[Cyberlife]] host ''[[Digital Biota]][http://www.cyberbiology.org/ 2]'' in Cambridge - among the participants are [[Steve Grand]], [[Chris Winter]], '''Richard Dawkins''' and '''Douglas Adams''' ([http://www.biota.org/people/douglasadams/ his talk])<br />
*'''Mid-September 1998''': The [[Creatures 2]] [[Object Pack|Object Pack 1]] is released<br />
*'''22 September 1998''': [[Cyberlife]] release their updated [[Creatures 2 genome]].<br />
*'''October 1998''': The [[Creatures 2]] [[Object Pack|Object Pack 2]] is released<br />
*'''13 October 1998''': [[CptSiskoX]] is arrested for copyright and trademark violations<br />
*'''December 1998''': The [[Creatures 2]] [[Christmas Pack]] is released<br />
*'''7 December 1998''': Mattel [http://news.com.com/2100-1001-219053.html?legacy=cnet purchases] The Learning Company (which owns Mindscape, producer of the [[Creatures series]]) for $3.8 billion in stock - they soon realise they've made a mistake and resond by slashing costs like marketing budgets<br />
*'''12 December 1998''': [[Frimlin's Kiwi Creatures]] wins the [[Golden Shee Awards]], being voted the Most Popular Creatures Site; [[Ping]] and [[Ali]] come joint second with [[CreaturesLife.net]] and [[Albia 2000]]<br />
<br />
===1999===<br />
*'''1 January 1999''': [[Mike Raiford]] [http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?threadm=O3ij2.816%24d01.5550%40typhoon01.swbell.net releases] the first version of [[GEL]]<br />
*'''2 January 1999''': The [[alt.games.creatures#JNCOBOY|&#91;JNCOBOY&#93; EVERYONE READ!!!!]] thread starts on [[alt.games.creatures]] - it subsequently receives over '''7000''' replies spanning 6 years<br />
:[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]: The above is a current (Jan 2005) estimate - the thread has not yet stopped!<br />
*'''11 January 1999''': [[Francis Irving]] joins [[Creature Labs]]<br />
*'''3 February 1999''': [[Dillon]] creates [[alt.games.creatures.moderated]]<br />
*'''5 February 1999''': [[Cyberlife]] launches the [[Creatures Development Network]]<br />
*'''1 March 1999''': [[Cyberlife]] release the [[Sprite Workshop]], [[COB Compiler]], [[Attachment Editor]], [[Egg Maker]], [[Genetics Mapper]] and [[RGB Converter]] onto the [[CDN]]<br />
*'''9 March 1999''': After raising £1 million in equity from '''Foresight Technology''' and appointing [[Howard Newmark]] as Publishing Director, [[Ian Saunter]] as Development Director and [[Toby Simpson]] as Creative Director, [[Cyberlife]] officially splits into three departments - [[Applied Research]] (defense projects), the [[Cyberlife Institute]] (research and development) and [[Creature Labs]] (entertainment); of the three, only [[Creature Labs]] lasts more than a year<br />
*'''1 April 1999''': [[jcarrcwalk]] releases [[Dragon Nornior]]<br />
*'''25 April 1999''': [[Creature Labs]] begins selling the [[Room Editor]] and the [[Pose and Gait Editor]] (PAGE)<br />
*'''20 May 1999''': [[Ashley Harman|Ash Harman (Frimlin)]] joins [[Creatures Labs]]<br />
*'''June 1999''': [[Ben Gonshaw]] joines [[Creatures Labs]]<br />
*'''June 1999''': [[Wayne Stallwood]] joins [[Creature Labs]]<br />
*'''16 June 1999''': [[Moca]] creates the first issue of [[We be Creatures!]]<br />
*'''18 June 1999''': [[SETI@home|Creatures SETI@home team]] founded<br />
*'''28 June 1999''': [[Creature Labs]] becomes the first computer game developer to be awarded the ISO 9001 TickIT certification<br />
*'''13 July 1999''': [[Chris Chat]] is founded by [[Chris Der]]<br />
*'''16 July 1999''': [[Bean]] posts her last chapter in the [[HoloDeck series]] on [[alt.games.creatures]]<br />
*'''7 October 1999''': [[Creatures Adventures]] is released by [[Mindscape]]<br />
*'''29 October 1999''': [[HomeCreatures]] goes live<br />
*'''November 1999''': The [[Applied Research]] department is closed, including the [[Origin]] project and [[Steve Grand]] leaves [[Cyberlife]]; the [[Cyberlife Institute]] closes with his departure<br />
*'''1 November 1999''': [[Creatures 3]] is released in the USA by [[Mindscape]] - as a result of problems at the company it is barely promoted and sales are dismal<br />
*'''20 November 1999''': First patch for [[Creatures 3]] is released<br />
*'''12 December 1999''': [[CreaturesLife.net]] notes that an add-on to [[Creatures 3]] is in the works - ''"Currently named '[[Docking Station|docker]]' it allows you to dock to C3 spaceships."''<br />
*'''Late 1999''': [[Dave Cliff]] and [[Steve Grand]] write ''[http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/dave_cliff/creatures.pdf The Creatures Global Digital Ecosystem]'' [PDF]<br />
<br />
===2000===<br />
*'''January 2000''': PC Gamer (Feb edition) confirms that there is likely to be a "Creatures 3.5 - Docking station", scheduled for Q3 2000<br />
*'''12 January 2000''': [[Cyberlife]] officially begins calling itself [[Creature Labs]],<br />
:''". . . and moves into the entertainment sector and returns with a new direction and new focus."''<br />
*'''15 January 2000''': [[SteerPike]] dies; much of the [[Creatures Community]] mourns his loss<br />
*'''18 January 2000''': [[Creature Labs]] appoints a new CEO, [[Chris McKee]]; his previous job was at '''Interleaf''':<br />
:''"[a company providing] enterprise-wide software solutions for XML-based Internet content management"''<br />
*'''17 February 2000''': Update 2 for [[Creatures 3]] is released by [[Creature Labs]]; it includes a newer, more expressive [[genome]]<br />
*'''23 February 2000''': [[Creature Labs]] announces the development of [[Beasts]]:<br />
:''"Beasts" is an exciting new game from Creature Labs based on the mysterious wilderness monster known as the Abominable Snowman or Yeti, tracks of which have been discovered in the Himalayan regions of India, Nepal, and Tibet. According to locals, the Yeti is but one of several unidentified creatures that occupy the highlands of southern Asia. Accounts of another giant known as Sasquatch or Bigfoot have persisted among some American Indians whose tribes inhabited the forests of the Pacific Northwest."''<br />
*'''March 2000''': [[Mark Stamps]] is appointed Director of IT at [[Creature Labs]]<br />
*'''10 March 2000''': The [[Creatures 3]] [[Genetics Kit]] is released<br />
*'''6 April 2000''': [[Creature Labs]] announce the development of ''Sea-Monkey Marina'' (subsequently entitled "The [[Amazing Virtual Sea-Monkeys]]") - CL Publishing Director [[Howard Newmark]] states that:<br />
:''"As long-time fans and admirers of the Sea-Monkey phenomenon, we have always felt that a Sea-Monkey title based on our CyberLife technology would be a great success. We're very pleased to be associated with such a huge brand and we're looking forward to doing it justice with a superb product."''<br />
*'''25 April 2000''': The first episode of ''The Last Shee in Albia'' is published, introducing the [[Lone Shee]]<br />
*'''28 April 2000''': [[Daniel Silverstone]] (Kinnison) leaves [[Creature Labs]]<br />
*'''26 May 2000''': [[Creatures Labs]] license the original [[Creatures]] on '''Freeloader''', an online game distribution service<br />
*'''2 June 2000''': The [[Creatures 2]] [[World Switcher]], previously only available in the [[Life Kit]], is released as a free download<br />
*'''9 June 2000''': [[Creature Labs]] and [[Chaos Development]] announce the imminent release of [[Montu]]<br />
*'''27 June 2000''': [[Creature Labs]] [http://web.archive.org/web/20020329035112/http://www.creatures.co.uk/Newstand/mediabox/ns_media_genomemap.htm announce the complete mapping of the Norn genome] (archived copy)<br />
*'''July 2000''': The [[C12DS]] project is started<br />
*'''6 July 2000''': Prior head of '''Our Price''' and '''Waterstones''' [[David Clipsham]] joins [[Creature Labs]] as chairman<br />
*'''25 July 2000''': A new [[newsletter]] is announced, entitled ''Much Ado About Norns''<br />
*'''August 2000''': Issue 2 of ''Much Ado About Norns'' asks whether [[norn]]s are alive - [http://www.gamewaredevelopment.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=31092&postcount=30 47% say they are], 20% that they aren't; the rest don't know<br />
*'''15 September 2000''': [[Creature Labs]] sign deals for the [[Snowman Interactive Storybook]] with UK publisher '''FastTrak''' and French distributor '''Emme''' and with '''SWING! Entertainment''' for [[Creatures GBA]] and the GameCube<br />
*'''October 2000''': Venture captial specialists '''3i Group''' and '''Foresight Technology VCT''' invest £2.5m in [[Creature Labs]] in convertible loan stock, almost all of which will subsequently be writen off<br />
*'''20 October 2000''': [[Aktion Millennium]] starts at [[Mummy's Creatures]]<br />
*'''2 November 2000''': [[Creatures Trilogy]] is released by '''Encore Software''' in the US, and [[Creatures Adventures]] wins an EMMA<br />
*'''3 November 2000''': [[Les Edgar]] - co-founder of '''Bullfrog''' - is appointed to the board of directors for [[Creature Labs]]<br />
*'''7 November 2000''': [[NeoDecatur]] releases the [[Americana Pack]] for [[Creatures 3]]<br />
*'''11 November 2000''': [[Creatures Playground]] is released by '''Havas Interactive''' in Europe, '''Encore Software''' in the US and Canada<br />
*'''17 November 2000''': [[Graeme Williams]] joins [[Creature Labs]]<br />
*'''4 December 2000''': [[Andrea Ciolini]] and [[Dominique Whitman]] join [[Creature Labs]]<br />
*'''26 December 2000''': [[Thaddaeus Frogley]] and [[Gavin Buttimore]] win the 15th International Obfuscated C Code Contest with [http://thad.notagoth.org/thadgavin/ THADGAVIN]<br />
<br />
===2001===<br />
*'''24 January 2001''': [[Ian Konrath]] joins [[Creature Labs]] as CFO - [[Chris McKee]] says that:<br />
:''"Ian has the right background - first-hand experience of guiding a company through an IPO, successfully negotiating venture capital and credit lines, and actively working with analysts and the financial community. His proven track record in strategic planning and financial management make him ideally suited to support our growth and corporate development"''<br />
*'''29 January 2001''': [[Jewels]] suffers a fatal stroke; the CC mourns<br />
*'''13 February 2001''': [[Toby Simpson]] and [[Ben Simpson]] leave [[Creature Labs]] to form [[Nicely Crafted]]; they will be joined by [[Mark Ashton]] and [[Robert Dickson]] in late 2002. On the same date, the [[Valentine Norn]]s for [[C2]] are released. <br />
*'''17 February 2001''': [[Millennium Creatures]] relaunches at www.millenniumcreatures.net<br />
*'''1 March 2001''': [[Creature Labs]] ''re''-announce the development of [[Beasts]] as a real-time strategy game<br />
*'''March 2001''': [[Mummy]] launches [[Aktion Farbtopf]]<br />
*'''27 March 2001''': [[Creature Labs]] announce the release of [[Docking Station]]<br />
*'''May 2001''': [[Creatures Labs]] and subsiduaries have 70 employees<br />
*'''2 May 2001''': The [[Bondi Norn]]s are released for [[Creatures 3]]/[[Docking Station]] - DS beta testers get them free<br />
*'''June 2001''': [[User:Sent|Sent]]: This is a little bit of information that other community members might not know about. [[HomeCreatures]] was eventually closed down as it was inactive. There was originally a merge that was meant to take place between [[Creature Creations]] and [[HomeCreatures]]. The merge started going underway with [[Tim]], myself and other Creations staff members having access to the HC databases, although with there being a few problems (I believe it was with the MGON staff, although I can't be sure) the merge never really took place.<br />
*'''4 July 2001''': [[David Worlock]] is appointed a non-executive director of [[Creature Labs]]<br />
*'''5 July 2001''': The [[Turtle Norn]]s are relased<br />
*'''7 July 2001''': The [[Hardman Norn]]s are released for [[Creatures 3]]/[[Docking Station]]<br />
*'''25 July 2001''': ''Friedeger'' becomes the 100,000th [[norn]] to travel through the [[Warp]]; despite [[Apollo|Apollo's]] attempt to clinch the record by flooding it with many norns ([[Apollo|Apollo's]] computer couldn't handle hundreds) that he copied with the help of [[Clucky|Clucky's]] [[Mini-Copier]], [[KDC]] takes the prize.<br />
*'''August 2001''': Directors at [[Creatures Labs]] realise they are running low on money again and begin searching for new funding options<br />
*'''13 August 2001''': [[Creatures Internet Edition]] (including the [[Magma Norn]]s) is released<br />
*'''20 August 2001''': The [[Treehugger Norn]]s are released for [[Creatures 3]]/[[Docking Station]]<br />
*'''31 August 2001''': The multi-site [[Creatures Forum]] is released by [[Uttar]], [[Helen]] and [[Dan]]<br />
*'''October 2001''': [[Creatures Labs]] release [[Ms. Pac Man: Quest for the Golden Maze]] and [[DIG DUG Deeper]] about now<br />
*'''16 October 2001''': [[Creature Labs]] release The [[Amazing Virtual Sea-Monkeys]]<br />
*'''25 October 2001''': The [[classifier]] reservation system is launched at the [[CDN]]<br />
*'''November 2001''': [[Ben Gonshaw]] leaves [[Creature Labs]]<br />
*'''12 November 2001''': [[Creatures Internet Edition]] for Linux is announced<br />
*'''22 November 2001''': The C3/DS [[Map Editor]] is released at the [[Creatures Mall]]<br />
*'''27 November 2001''': [[SwixSnow]]'s ''Atari'' becomes the 200,000th [[norn]] to pass through the [[Warp]]<br />
*'''30 November 2001''': The [[Toxic Norn]]s are released for [[Creatures 3]]/[[Docking Station]]<br />
*'''7 December 2001''': [[Creatures PS1]] is released in Europe by Swing! Entertainment Media AG<br />
<br />
===2002===<br />
*'''January 2002''': [[Origin of the Digital Species]], a 30-minute documentary produced by the Discovery Channel and filmed by Penninsula Films, released.<br />
*'''11 January 2002''': [[Creatures GBA]] is released in Europe by Swing! Entertainment Media AG<br />
*'''24 January 2002''': The [[Zebra Norn]]s are relased for [[Creatures 3]]/[[Docking Station]]<br />
*'''February 2002''': Work on [[Beasts]] (by now called [[Yeren]]) stops; [[Thaddaeus Frogley]] leaves [[Creature Labs]]<br />
*'''8 February 2002''': [[Creatures GBA]] is released in the US by [[Conspiracy Entertainment]]<br />
*'''14 February 2002''': [[NeoDecatur]] releases an updated [[Valentine's Day Pack]] for [[Docking Station]], while [[Alien]] and [[tomtschek]] release the [[Pink Poodle Ettin]]s<br />
*'''15 February 2002''': The [[Astro Norn]]s are relased for [[Creatures 3]]/[[Docking Station]]<br />
*'''March 2002''': [[HomeCreatures]] finally shuts its doors.<br />
*'''6 March 2002''': Members of [[Wikipedia:H2G2|h2g2]] write an [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A663491 article] on the [[Creatures series]].<br />
*'''25 March 2002''': The [[Harlequin Norn]]s are relased for [[Creatures 3]]/[[Docking Station]]<br />
*'''April 2002''': [[Creature Labs]] steps up talks with '''3i''' to secure further funding in order to avoid a cashflow crisis. Previous funding from this and other sources has raised £7m.<br />
*'''16 April 2002''': [[BioLabs]] release the [[Borg Norn]]s for [[Creatures 3]]/[[Docking Station]]<br />
*'''20 April 2002''': [[Aktion Pentatypus]] starts at [[Mummy's Creatures]]<br />
*'''24 April 2002''': The [[Lone Shee|Lone Shee's]] [[Fallow Norn]]s are released for [[Creatures 3]]/[[Docking Station]]<br />
*'''25 April 2002''': [[Creature Labs]] non-executive director [[Les Edgar]] is rumoured to be interested in purchasing [[Creature Labs]], 3i having pulled out after conducting further due-dilligence on current management<br />
*'''May 2002''': ''3i'' is not willing to accept the executive board's recomendation that [[Creature Labs]] be sold to board members for £75,000 when it had invested £2.5m just 18 months ago, and new options are demanded<br />
*'''14 May 2002''': [[Creatures - Raised in Space|Creatures: Raised in Space]] is released for the PS1 by [[Conspiracy Entertainment]]<br />
*'''27 May 2002''': An extraordinary general meeting is held, presided over by [[Creature Labs]] chief executive [[Chris McKee]] in which options to save the jobs at the company (numbering somewhere between 50 and 43) are discussed; a new holding company is subsequently formed with an infusion of £400,000 in addition to the £75,000 previously offered, but shareholders who fought hard to preserve their interest in the company predict that with a prior "burn rate" of £2m in 15 months:<br />
:''"if the management doesn’t improve and the business made more commercial it could be back in trouble very soon"''<br />
::It's been suggested that this was just one grumpy investor, and that Business Weekly were being overly negative. --[[User:GreenReaper|GreenReaper]]<br />
:In other news, Creatures Labs released the [[Magma Norn]]s (previously only available in [[Creatures Internet Edition]])<br />
*'''June 2002''': [[Creature Labs]] officially changes its name to '''[[Entraline]] Limited''' - Cyberlife Technology Ltd remains its operating subsidiary<br />
*'''1 July 2002''': [[GreenReaper]] releases his C3/DS [[logon skin|logon screen skins]] for Windows XP<br />
*'''2 July 2002''': The [[Siamese Norn]]s are relased for [[Creatures 3]]/[[Docking Station]]<br />
*'''12 July 2002''': The adapted Atari game [[Warlords]] is released<br />
*'''16 July 2002''': [[Wayne Stallwood]] leaves Creature Labs to start his own business venture; he is bought a Gamecube as a leaving gift and continues to work at CL as an external consultant from time to time<br />
*'''September 2002''': '''Hasbro''' release the [[R2-D2|R2-D2 Interactive Astromech Droid]] with programming provided by [[Creature Labs]]<br />
*'''13 September 2002''': [[Francis Irving]] leaves [[Cyberlife]]; his friends buy him a digital camera as a going-away present<br />
*'''20 September 2002''': [[Creatures Gold]] is released by Focus Software<br />
*'''16 October 2002''': The [[Banshee Grendel]]s are relased for [[Creatures 3]]/[[Docking Station]]<br />
*'''December 2002''': [[Weihnachtsaktion Secret Santa]] 2002 begins<br />
*'''1 December 2002''': [[DClick]] creates the ''[[What Creature are you (quiz)|What Creature are you?]]'' quiz<br />
*'''5 December 2002''': [[Creature Labs]] finishes the PC conversion of [[Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams]]<br />
<br />
===2003===<br />
*'''4 February 2003''': The [[Creatures Mall|Creature Labs Mall]] is closed.<br />
*'''10 February 2003''': [[Ladybird Norn]]s for [[C2]] released. <br />
*'''24 February 2003''': [[Cognition Games]] buys the rights to the [[Macintosh]] version of [[Creatures 3]].<br />
*'''28 February 2003''': [[Ashley Harman]] (aka '''Frimlin''') leaves [[Cyberlife]] - as he packs up on the 20th he has this to say:<br />
:''It was a bit odd to be standing in the centre of the Creature Labs office, packing away the cute stuffed toy Norns and Grendels I've accumulated from fellow Creatures fans. As I looked around the office, there were no other Norns to be seen. But it's been steadily more and more like that over the last couple of years -- I should have been used to it. But the moment spoke to me, all the same.''<br />
*'''March 2003''': [[Entraline]] directors [[Chris McKee]], [[Ian Konrath]], [[Howard Newmark]] and [[Ian Saunter]] decided liquidation is inevitable after all hopes for major new contracts fail<br />
*'''19 March 2003''': [[DockingStation Aftermath]] forum opened by [[Mark Stamps]] to keep the community apprised of the situation, and what was to come<br />
*'''20 March 2003''': [[Creature Labs]] closes - many [[CC]] members say goodbye on [[Lisa de Araujo]]'s [http://web.archive.org/web/20040116122341/http://nicelytoasted.net/burnt/archives/002207.shtml weblog] [http://web.archive.org/web/20040116131016/http://nicelytoasted.net/burnt/archives/002235.shtml posts]<br />
*'''21 March 2003''': [[Hippi Norn]]s for [[C2]] released.<br />
*'''3 April 2003''': [[Docking Station]] servers are turned off<br />
*'''15 April 2003''': [[Entraline]]/[[Cyberlife]] is liquidated subsequent to its final extraordinary general meeting - reasons cited include insolvency of their German publishing partners and a poor outlook in the general gaming industry; shareholders tack on "poor management"<br />
*'''16 April 2003''': [[Ian Saunter]] gets a call from ''Mark Bevan'', who had worked on [[FightBox]] and was now with the BBC, asking about [[Evo Warriors]] - although CL/Entraline is now dead, Ian convinces a friend who is tired of consulting ([[Jeremy Cooke]]) to fund development of a reduced version of the game, which will end up being [[BAMZOOKi]]<br />
*'''28 April 2003''': Business Weekly states that in addition to sums owed to investors 3i, NW Brown, Hermann Hauser and Peter Dawe, the former [[Entraline]] owed £75,000 to its administrators plus £200,000 to the Inland Revenue, and that the [[:Category:Employees|employees]] had been working for the last three months without pay; the same investor as before said:<br />
:'''"We have heard the management team may try to make a case for buying the assets. If this does turn out to be the case, messing up a business, trashing all the debts and keeping the assets does not seem right. This company collapsed because of the management’s lack of management and sales skills. One hopes they will emerge from this debacle empty-handed."''<br />
<br />
*'''7 May 2003''': [[Gameware Development]] is incorporated<br />
*'''7 June 2003''': [[Mark Stamps]] gets the first core [[Docking Station]] server back online.<br />
*'''18 June 2003''': [[Docking Station]] user registration re-opens; ''[[Survivor]]'' begins at [[Creatures Caves]]<br />
*'''Mid 2003''': The ''Albia region'' is founded on [[NationStates]]<br />
*'''2 July 2003''': [[Crazy Creatures Captures]] opens at [[TreeSprite's Creatures Grove]]<br />
*'''3 July 2003''': [[Gameware Europe]] is formally announced as the purchaser of assets and intellectual property rights of [[Cyberlife]] after rumours from former CL staff - CEO Jeremy Cooke claims to be ''"dedicated, not only to the continuing development of the innovative [[Creatures series]], but also toward the ongoing creation of these uniquely entertaining A.I. concepts for television and mobile-phones"'' and notes that there were ''"many excellent UK studios hit hard by the present market conditions" - our first priority is to get the Internet-based offering, Creatures [[Docking Station]], back on-line and assure the loyal fan-base of our intention to continue to provide them with entertaining Creatures concepts''<br />
:The [[Creatures Community]] felt this was terrific news as the [[norn]]s had been saved from liquidation.<br />
*'''4 July 2003''': [[Gremlin Norn]]s released by [[West Winds]]<br />
*'''18 July 2003''': [[edash]] conceives the [[Creatures Community Project]]<br />
*'''5 August 2003''': [[C12DS]] website comes online<br />
*'''25 August 2003''': [[Mummy]] launches [[Aktion Limited Edition]]<br />
*'''5 September 2003''': [[Survivor]] finishes, with [[Gryph]] victorious<br />
*'''27 September 2003''': [[Kunterbunt Norn]]s are released<br />
*'''31 October 2003''': Official [[Gameware]] websites begin to come online<br />
*'''14 November 2003''': [[Gameware]] announces the use of its toolkit in the upcoming CBBC show [[BAMZOOKi]], which is scheduled for release in March 2004<br />
*'''December 2003''': [[Gameware]] release [[James Pond: RoboCod]], and also opens up various [[Creatures]] [[:Category:Official Tools|tools]] and [[Life Kit]]s, once sold at the [[Creatures Mall]], for free download to show their support for the [[Creatures Community|Community]]; [[Weihnachtsaktion Secret Santa]] 2003 begins<br />
*'''26 December 2003''': The public beta of the [[C12DS]] [[metaroom]] is released by [[lacota]]<br />
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===2004===<br />
*'''28 February 2004''': [[Aktion Breed Detective]] begins<br />
*'''3 April 2004''': [[Sarah]] and [[Tafgana]] win [[Aktion Breed Detective]]<br />
*'''May 2004''': [[Metacore]] development team formed<br />
*'''22 May 2004''': First work on [[openc2e]] starts, originally intended to be a simple CAOS simulator to assist in developing agents.<br />
*'''30 May 2004''': [[Norn]]s are featured alongside such British gaming icons as [[Wikipedia:Lara Croft|Lara Croft]] and [[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong|Donkey Kong]] at E3. [[Gameware]] is chuffed. <br />
*'''24 June 2004''': [[k9norn]] is reported to the Australian Police<br />
*'''25-31 July 2004''' The first [[CCSF]] is held, with a Christmas in July theme.<br />
*'''August 2004''': [[Gameware]] releases [[Creatures - The Albian Years|Creatures: The Albian Years]] (published by [[Fusion Labs]]), and announce that they have licensed all games in the [[Creatures series]] to '''Infinium Labs''' for use on their ''Phantom'' gaming system, as well as having acquired [[SceneMachines]] with a view to using their mobile technologies in future games; CEO [[Jeremy Cooke]] says:<br />
:''"SceneMachines takes us closer to our vision for simultaneous cross-platform, non-violent game applications."''<br />
*'''October 2004''': [[Gameware]] releases [[Creatures Exodus]] and [[Creatures Village]], again published by [[Fusion Labs]]<br />
*'''14 October 2004''': The [[Corona]] Development Team is announced<br />
*'''15 October 2004''': [[Corona]]'s first metaroom, The [[Garbage Dump]], is released<br />
*'''15 December 2004''': [[Gameware|Gameware's]] [[Ian Saunter]] reports:<br />
:''"Creatures-wise, we’ve been continuing our quest to find partners with the right level of commitment needed to take forward the [[Creatures series|series]]. It’s bound to come as something of a disappointment to the many devoted Creatures fans that regularly check here for better news on this front, to hear that, so far, we have not secured such a partner. True, we have re-released all the older titles now in Europe, and these remain available to purchase from our Shop. We are also continuing to host and support the Docking Station Hub, which, I hope, does demonstrate our ongoing commitment to reviving the game and bringing along new offerings based on the Shee-universe. Still, I’m afraid we will have to wait yet a while for this to become a reality. And, to be frank, we have to face the prospect that it might never happen!"''<br />
*'''24 December 2004''': [[Aquatilis Caverna]] room 1 beta is released.<br />
*'''30 December 2004''': The [[Creatures Wiki]] is launched; within one week, 500 pages have been written<br />
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===2005===<br />
*'''16 January 2005''': [[Bahama Norn]]s released<br />
*'''26 January 2005''': [[Gargoyle Norn (C2)|Gargoyle Norns for Creatures 2]] released<br />
*'''5 February 2005''': The first [[Get Online Day]] is held - the [[Docking Station]] server crashes hours into the event<br />
*'''9 February 2005''': The [[Creatures Wiki]] contains 100,000 words on over 800 topics<br />
*'''10 February 2005''': [[Amanora's Creatures]] redesigned<br />
*'''21 February 2005''': [[Konnichiwa Norn]]s released<br />
*'''2 March 2005''': [[Gameware]] [http://www.gamewaredevelopment.co.uk/diary.php mentions the Creatures Wiki]<br />
*'''5 March 2005''': The second [[Get Online Day]] is held<br />
*'''20 March 2005''': [[El Dorado Norn]]s released for [[C2]]<br />
*'''25 March 2005''': [[Alien]] and [[Tafgana]] release an improved version of the [[Easter Norn]]s<br />
*'''28 March 2005''': The Wall Street Journal [http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB111196673261990485,00.html mentions the Creatures Wiki], [[Steve Grand]] also mentions the Creatures Wiki in his weblog.<br />
*'''2 April 2005''': 3rd [[Get Online Day]] is held - [[DS server]]s '''don't''' [[crash]]<br />
*'''May 2005''': Russian versions of [[Creatures Exodus]] and [[Creatures Village]] are released<br />
*'''18 May 2005''': [[Kutoka Interactive]] announces that it plans to release [[Creatures Exodus]] and [[Creatures Village]] in a 'hybrid' format, for both [[Windows]] and [[Macintosh|Mac OS X]]; [[Reptile Norn]]s released<br />
*'''20 May 2005''': [[Survivor]] is slated to begin, however, [[Creatures Caves]] goes offline<br />
*'''21 May 2005''': [[NornenMeister]] releases the [[Calypso Norn]]s; [[Survivor]] actually begins<br />
*'''30 May 2005''': [[Element Norn]]s released<br />
*'''24 July 2005''': [[Spike Norn]]s released by [[Kari]]<br />
*'''26 July 2005''': The [[C12DS]] team is testing 'the final release candidate'<br />
*'''31 July 2005''': The [[Creatures Community Spirit Festival]] 2005 is declared<br />
*'''8 August 2005''': The [[Snow Norn]]s for [[C1]] are released<br />
*'''14 August 2005''': [[C12DS]] is released!!<br />
*'''21 August 2005''': The [[Creatures Wiki]] reaches a total of 2000 articles.<br />
*'''30 September 2005''': [[Kutoka Interactive]] released [[Creatures Exodus]] and [[Creatures Village]] for [[Windows]] and [[Macintosh|Mac OS X]]<br />
*'''15 October 2005''': [[Alien]] releases the [[Fluffy Norn]]s<br />
*'''18 October 2005''': [[clohse]] releases [[Ron's House]]<br />
*'''24 November 2005''': [[Amanora]] releases the [[Flora Norn]]s version 2.<br />
*'''27 November 2005''': [[Christmasnorn]] 2005 begins<br />
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===2006===<br />
<br />
*'''23 January 2006''' - [[Openc2e]] celebrates its first live norn birth.<br />
*'''26 February 2006''' - [[The Evil Council]] declares war on [[Gameware Development]].<br />
*'''1 April 2006''' - [[Anduin]] llama-fies the [[Creatures Wiki]] under the name [[User:Llamanduin|Llamanduin]]. [[User:Malkin|Malkin]], [[Spook]] (anonymous), and [[User:MonaLS|MonaLS]] pitch in soon after.<br />
*'''19 July 2006''' - After a long period of downtime, [[Rascii]] revives the [[Creatures Caves]] [[forums]].<br />
*'''30 July 2006''' - The [[CCSF 2006]] begins.<br />
*'''October 2006''' - [[Creatures 2]] is run on [[Openc2e]].<br />
*'''11 November 2006''' - [[Creatures]] celebrates its 10th anniversary since launch date.<br />
*'''25 November 2006''' - Community member [[User:KnyteTrypper|KnyteTrypper]] passes away of pneumonia at the age of 56. Efforts are immediately made to console the community by his friends and family. KnyteTrypper's C3/DS Nexus is archived.<br />
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===2007===<br />
<br />
*'''9 April 2007''': [[Jelisa_j]] releases a beta of her [[Tilynn Norn]]s.<br />
*'''23 April 2007''': A recruitment call is put out by [[Don]] for the [[CCSF 2007]].<br />
*'''25 April 2007''': [[ElasticMuffin]] [http://forums.gamewaredevelopment.com/showthread.php?t=7668 makes an announcement] about the progress of [[openc2e]]. At this stage, creatures have brains.<br />
*'''7 June 2007''': Due to an ISP failure, the [[Gameware]] forums crash, and all the databases are (at least temporarily) lost.<br />
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