Important Stretch Goal Thoughts -- Pets?

While I like the basic idea of this, some people, like myself, are simply not creative writers and either wouldn't write in this, or wouldn't want to really show it off.

 

i think some people who voted yay simply could have thought that without the goal we wouldn't get pets until post release.

 

I'm all for pets but not for 250,000 as others have previously stated. Personally the Creature Splicing idea is a great addition for a sci fi themed game such as this. Would be awesome to see some of the results in game if it were to happen.

 

I think it'd be really awesome! I'm down for them!

 

Personally, I feel like companion pets should come later. The point of stretch goal's are to get something that people want to see day 1 and not in a patch a few weeks down the road. To me, I feel like it would be lackluster and filling the spot of something else more deserving.

Not to say pets aren't worth it, or that i'm not excited about them -- I definitely am. But if they're to fill the roll, how about give them other purposes besides looking pretty? MapleStory pets, for example, can be equipped with various items that allow pets to walk like 10 feet away from the player to pick up items/money. If added, it'd be nice to see them serve a purpose other than cosmetic.

 

That's true. Oh... what if they're posting "stretch goals" for things they've already finished? Sneaky.

 

Something I really love about this game is the atmosphere. The lonely feeling of being stranded on a planet and mining cold, dark caves by yourself. At least for the beginning of the game.

I think adding starter pets would break this atmosphere. I think the first few hours of the game should be spent by yourself. It would create a much stronger immersion just having you explore your first planet by yourself, just scraping by with supplies and struggling to survive. If pets were added, I'd like them to be added on like the second or third planet you explore. It would be like an active event you come across eg. finding it cornered in a cave and fending itself off from monsters, or you save it from a tree or something.


I think it creates a much stronger effect having you spend a bit of the game by yourself, and then suddenly you come across this cute pet that diminishes the lonely factor and acts as a bright beacon in a dark tunnel, to put it metaphorically.

 

But... no one said it's supposed to be a $250k (1m) goal. I suspect it will be a $50k or at best $100k goal.

 

It seems logical that if even a minority of fans are in favor of having an accessory companion following them around then it should be implemented; so long as there's an option to go without one if the majority is uninterested. Personally.. nah. Unless the pet is evolving or doing something entertaining or useful to me as the player, then I'm not really too excited for the concept.

 

PENGUIN PET GO GO GO! Would be nice to start off with a pet, since your homeworld got destroyed and you have a living memory of it left.

 

I don't know about you but I rarely, if ever, sit down and read books in a game. I especially wouldn't stop playing the game so I could read someone else's in-game diary when I could be blowing something up.

The only real use for such a thing would be to hide hints for a puzzle in a usermade dungeon or something.

 

Are there any opportunities for expansion in the spaceship customization route?

e.g. hulls

 

Nay.

I couldn't care less about the starter pets with monster taming already available.

Why would I want a vanity pet when I already have a more uniquely generated companion that can actually save my character's life?

 

If it's a $50k - (maybe) $100k goal, then that seems reasonable imo.

 

Paranoia ? Paranoia is only Paranoia when the premise is false. If there could be truth in it, what is it then? - Didn't someone else already say they put away their Tinfoil hat.
Overall, I think most people voting Yes are just voting in response to the question - but not actually thinking about anything other than "OMG! It's cute and if we make the stretch goal, I can have one!"

 

I like the DNA splicing/creature breeding idea the best.

 

How about the FTL style combat for 1mil?

(yes, I know this isnt supposed to be a 1mil stretch goal, just saying)

 

I just meant stuff they'd do after initial release. Stuff still for everyone.

 

I definitely feel like it should be a robust pet system if it is going to be implemented (perhaps finding eggs and other youth forms of pets and growing them to adulthood would be great) also being able to add mods or items to the pets that enhance your character such as inventory slots or shielding or something like that would be great. Whatever you decide to do we will enjoy the game!

 

These little walking cosmetics aren't worth more than 25k.