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Air hockey is so last millennium. But seriously though, spaceships are everywhere, yet people still play air hockey.
By Thor's beard! and here I though it couldn't get any better than Alien Alpacas. Now we have alien VIKING alpacas?
Mad military space wizard forces innocent people to play Air Hockey for eternity on his ship! NPC things are getting even more interesting!
Alpine mini-biome info There is a new grassy stone tile that you can see around the left and bottom of the alpaca picture. There is also a new grass type, which you can see in the bottom right of the picture. The roof is made out of the new Sod Blocks. All the Alpine mini-biome objects got grass/moss added to them. Here are the looks, click on them if you want to see a comparison with the old versions: , , , , The "Slush" block also got a new look. It is more pale now. (also seen in the top left of the alpaca pic) New: vs Old: Alpaca info: You can get alpacas as tenants (I have added them to the tenant wiki page) The alpacas also have chest armor now, but that picture was taken before it was put in it looks like. The alpacas act as guards when you see them in the Alpine mini-biome. (only attack if threatened) Here's the current Alpaca dialog (including tenant dialog) - Code: "converse" : "Have ye always been so hairless?", "I dinnae see many like ye around, I tell ye that!", "I'm itching to batter some beasties.", "Are ye a fighter, or a craven?", "I've been a warrior since I was a wee Alpaca.", "I had some wee traveller ask me if this was a costume...", "Courage is better than keenest durasteel.", "Always have a wee nap when ye can!", "Keep the heid!", "Be keepin' merry, friend!", "Eat well if ye want te fight well!", "I dinnae care what ye look like, as long as ye strong of heart!", "Do I look like I'm in a costume? Just askin', it dinnae mean anything...", "Ye must be cold without a fur coat like me.", "I'm itching to batter some beasties.", "Do ye get many that look like ye?", "Some hardy stone furniture makes an Alpaca happy, I tell ye!", "Ye dinnae look like a coward. I respect that." "tagCriteria" : "Has something moved in my place of dwelling?", "Have ye moved something around?", "Something is nae right in here..." "enclosedArea" : "There's a wee draft in here...", "Could ye sort out the wall in here?", "I think there's a wee break in my home! Can ye fix it?" "otherDeed" : "There should nae be another deed in here!" "severe" : "I dinnae thing I can live here any longer!", "This is not a proper home for an Alpaca!", "I think I've had enough with ye!" "final" : "I'm done with ye! I'm flitting!", "I'm not living with ye conditions any longer!", "I'm nae living like this!" "beacon" : "Ye have need of me?", "Do ye need me for something?" "rent" : "Here's a gift for all ye help.", "Take this, ye wee helper of mine!" "reattack" : "I'm surprised ye showed ye face again!", "Ye back? Have at ye!" "attack" : "Have at ye!", "Ye craven!", "Dinnae think ye can get away!" "killedTarget" : "Away with ye!", "Another fight won, lads!", "That's what ye get!" "lostTarget" : "Run away ye wee coward!", "Dinnae come back!" "outOfSight" : "Where did ye go?", "Ye wee blighter! Get back!" "cantReach" : "Get back with ye!", "Ye craven! Just because I can't reach ye!", "How did ye get there?" "cheerOn" : "Have at the rotter!", "Make the craven hurt!", "Have at 'em!", "Cut 'em te size!" Other Nightly News: Status pods have new projectiles, some of which actually give you items like pixels and bombs. Several new Snow microdungeons. Here's all of the Nightly Snow microdungeons now: Frozen Lake ~ Ice Spike Pit ~ Secret Snow Cave ~ Snow Arch ~ Snow Bunker ~ Snow Cabin ~ Snow Hut ~ Snow Pitfall That "Glitch Underground Maze"? There's now an Avian Temple Maze that uses some of the same structure. So they may be making maze dungeons for several races. NPCs now throw stuff in the trash. (Just an animation I think, not actually destroying items) NPCs also have animations for: crouching to pickup something, punching things, hylotl dancing, "wiggling", "postmail". Challenge Doors have a new "vanishing" animation. They now disappear 15 seconds after you use them. Quiqksilver posted another section of his harsh educational build. The NPC teleportation from yesterday seems to just be to a random location within a few meters.
I hope to god that there is a lochness monster boss that can spawn in lakes in the alpine biome. Or dragons. That would be neat also.
I can't understand, why one of the NPCs started jumping abd talking? There definitely was no goal. So display says, at least.
I feel like the npc's should have conversation initiating a air hockey battle instead of them randomly grabbing the table and starting for no reason also I think if they do have a conversation before the action the npc proposing a battle can be denied a match by the opposing npc. This will add a feeling of choice and realism within the game. Maybe for each thing the npc says after they win or lose the game can be randomized based of a possible list. Like the random weapon name variants.
Yet oddly, the score does not change. Maybe he just got so excited from playing air hockey that he couldn't contain himself anymore. I've seen it happen.
It would be good if NPCs eventually got to have likes and whatnot like pets do. That would be instead of randomly interacting with whatever interactables are near them.
