BIGsheep
11-28-2007, 10:09 AM
Welcome back, I hope you slept well. You should now be rested enough to be able to cope with being faced with these mishapen oddities!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2367/2070358581_6e26041528_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2070358581&size=l)
What you see here is the initial idea for non-resident Piņatas. Currently, any Piņata who doesn't count your garden as their home can be seen as a monochrome version of their final selves but still very distinguishable by shape and size. This plan, however, was formulated to be quite different as these non-resident Piņatas would retain the same colours and marking but instead would be quite indistinguishable by shape. Once in the garden the Piņatas would have then morphed into their full form.
All the sub-sections of Piņatas, e.g. birds, quadrapeds, smalls things, slimy things, etc, would each have their own non-resident shape. On the slide above you can see this form next to their final form.
The Mallowolf and the Macaracoon were almost just jellybeans on stilts whilst the Parrybo and Crowla still retain some very distintive bird features. The cut duo of Rattle Snake and Cane Toad almost look like baby salamanders in their non-residency guise whereas the Whilrm and Taffly appear to have grown ears.
Most pleasingly, though, the Whilrm seems to have gained an eye. Although he still looks sinister.
One of the main reasons this feature never made it to the final game was because it would require yet another model for every Piņata. Given the overhead we have already this would have been very stressful to make space for although I do lament never seeing these jellybeans morph into a full Piņata.
Stepping away from the Piņatas, lets turn our attention to those in the garden who attempt to help you, the Gardener: the Helpers.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2357/2071151654_e9c2e47520_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2071151654&context=photostream&size=l)
The three Helpers in the centre are yet more casualties of the chopping block. Despite making it a good proportion of the way through the development cycle, in the end their service was no longer required and P45s were handed out.
Their job was to help you with species specific queries, with each one of them having their own speciality. The chap to the upper left knows all there is to know about lizards; the girl with Flutterscotch wings can tell you about insects; and the one all dressed up with nowhere to go in the centre is your resource for birds.
They are what the journal used to be. Rather than flicking through the tome you would go and talk to any of them just as you would talk to Seedos or Leafos. Obviously, though, this was no where near as convenient as just having direct access in the book and so for usability reasons they were let go.
The other two Helpers shown above, though, survived, but in very different ways. The Stork Helper on the right is what Storkos used to look like and you can see how she did actually used to where a stork hat on here head rather than her now preferred egg headwear.
The Postman is what you get when... well, it's best to not to know, I think. We have a suspicion something became detached when this was cooked up. Quite a far step from Fanny, really, as they were pencilled in to float through your garden, attaching balloons to any packages you wished to send. Needless to say this didn't really work but this is one of the real gems of the discarded ideas, in my opinion.
Anyway, that's all for today. Laters!
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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2367/2070358581_6e26041528_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2070358581&size=l)
What you see here is the initial idea for non-resident Piņatas. Currently, any Piņata who doesn't count your garden as their home can be seen as a monochrome version of their final selves but still very distinguishable by shape and size. This plan, however, was formulated to be quite different as these non-resident Piņatas would retain the same colours and marking but instead would be quite indistinguishable by shape. Once in the garden the Piņatas would have then morphed into their full form.
All the sub-sections of Piņatas, e.g. birds, quadrapeds, smalls things, slimy things, etc, would each have their own non-resident shape. On the slide above you can see this form next to their final form.
The Mallowolf and the Macaracoon were almost just jellybeans on stilts whilst the Parrybo and Crowla still retain some very distintive bird features. The cut duo of Rattle Snake and Cane Toad almost look like baby salamanders in their non-residency guise whereas the Whilrm and Taffly appear to have grown ears.
Most pleasingly, though, the Whilrm seems to have gained an eye. Although he still looks sinister.
One of the main reasons this feature never made it to the final game was because it would require yet another model for every Piņata. Given the overhead we have already this would have been very stressful to make space for although I do lament never seeing these jellybeans morph into a full Piņata.
Stepping away from the Piņatas, lets turn our attention to those in the garden who attempt to help you, the Gardener: the Helpers.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2357/2071151654_e9c2e47520_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2071151654&context=photostream&size=l)
The three Helpers in the centre are yet more casualties of the chopping block. Despite making it a good proportion of the way through the development cycle, in the end their service was no longer required and P45s were handed out.
Their job was to help you with species specific queries, with each one of them having their own speciality. The chap to the upper left knows all there is to know about lizards; the girl with Flutterscotch wings can tell you about insects; and the one all dressed up with nowhere to go in the centre is your resource for birds.
They are what the journal used to be. Rather than flicking through the tome you would go and talk to any of them just as you would talk to Seedos or Leafos. Obviously, though, this was no where near as convenient as just having direct access in the book and so for usability reasons they were let go.
The other two Helpers shown above, though, survived, but in very different ways. The Stork Helper on the right is what Storkos used to look like and you can see how she did actually used to where a stork hat on here head rather than her now preferred egg headwear.
The Postman is what you get when... well, it's best to not to know, I think. We have a suspicion something became detached when this was cooked up. Quite a far step from Fanny, really, as they were pencilled in to float through your garden, attaching balloons to any packages you wished to send. Needless to say this didn't really work but this is one of the real gems of the discarded ideas, in my opinion.
Anyway, that's all for today. Laters!
Prev: Day 2 (http://pinataisland.info/forum/showthread.php?p=108235#post108235)
Next: Day 4 (http://pinataisland.info/forum/showthread.php?p=108790#post108790)