CS INTEREST ✅: Rluofee + Chickaboon 👀 LF: Advice

Posted 3 years, 2 months ago (Edited 3 years, 2 months ago) by artsybarrels

Are you interested in these closed species?

7 Votes interested in both
11 Votes interested in Rluofees
2 Votes interested in Chickaboons
9 Votes not interested

I've made some closed species during my second dA phase but they never really took off. 

I'm only presenting two species here but I actually made three (1 open species + 2 closed species).

Now that I'm migrating to Toyhouse from Refsheet (and on some extension, DeviantArt), I was wondering if anyone would be interested in them. If someone was interested enough in these closed species, I could refine and develop them more.

Actually, part of why I made these species back then is because I really thought the concept of adoptables was so cool and I wanted to practice creature design and challenge myself on creativity.

Anyway, let's get this show started!!

Today, I'll be presenting the closed species Rluofee and Chickaboon!

(Please answer the poll if you can! Thank you very much!!)


RLUOFEE

I made Rluofees with "companion creatures" in mind. Now that I think about it, they may even resemble those sidekicks/mascots you see from magical girl anime! Even with their general disposition, their existence and/or how they came to be is still clouded in mystery. I'm not yet sure if I should actually explore their "origin myth" or let them stay as this mysterious species that just get summoned by adventurers to help them. 

I think they could work well in high/classical/low/modern fantasy settings!

Here's an old info sheet I made for them back in October 2017:

https://www.deviantart.com/artsybarrels/art/Rluofee-Closed-Species-Info-Sheet-707703123

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Here's all the information I currently have for them:

Rluofees hoarde gold and gemstones. They're friendly but they don't like getting their tail touched. Their Pliodeel (some kind of "third eye" on their forehead) is actually blind and is only used for communicating telepathically (it glows when being used). Staring is common/normal for them and is seen as respectful when communicating.

They have a great sense of smell and hearing but have bad eyesight which is kinda ironic because wow they have three eyes. One-horned Rluofees are extremely rare. Rluofees with no chest fluff are rare as well.

Their cheeks conduct heat and their Flooneeze (extensions or other flesh on their head) are used to attract mates. Cutting their Flooneeze would cause the Rluofee to despair and die in sadness. They may have other markings other than the ones on their cheeks.

Rluofees are mostly kept as pets/companions by adventurers because of their power to produce and give healing dreams.

They are summoned from their realm by wishing on Kaluties. Kaluties are small stones (with the same colours as the summoned Rluofee) and are commonly found undergound or inside flower buds. How these Kaluties end up on those locations are currently unknown.

They are very fond of sweets and meat. Rluofees like to show affection to each other by rubbing their cheeks together and sharing heat.


CHICKABOON

I feel like I would enjoy doing more lore or world-building for them but I think it might take a long time to set up anything right now. I'm still very much in love with how they look though!

Chickaboons are intented to be some kind of "cutesy" social species but I think that would limit the possibility of future designs I might want to do for them. I also think that they would be fun to roleplay?? even though I don't know how to rp properly even if my life depended on it I would fail because I literally rp like this "*rolls around* uwu".

I might and I am actually very willing to tweak their "culture" so like instead of making preset or common personality traits I would need to emphasize on how they would interact with others and their environment based on how their culture works as a species? Does that even make sense? I'm so sorry;;

Here's an old info sheet I made for them back in October 2017:

https://www.deviantart.com/artsybarrels/art/Chickaboon-Closed-Species-Info-Sheet-707520172

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Here's all the information I currently have for them:

Chickaboons are very lucky. They can generate light from their horn/s and snout. Warm to the touch and with a big build, Chickaboons are a social species and love to show off their horns and chest fluff. They have fangs for puncturing cause they consume blood to improve the quality and growth rate of their fur.

Chickaboons with non-cone shaped and/or multiple horns are very rare. One-coloured chickaboons are almost nonexistent. They may have markings on their body.


Feel free to give me feedback on these species!

I would love to know what you think about them and if you have any suggestions I would gladly consider them as well.

Depending on the responses in this thread, I will be making new info sheets for both of them. I just want to see if there's enough interest. It is also very possible that I will tweak certain aspects of these species.


I would like to ask a few questions as well when it comes to managing closed species on Toyhouse!

1. Do you think making a world for a closed species would be good for managing it?

2. How do you manage your closed species on Toyhouse? 

3. Do you have any tips you could share for beginners when it comes to developing adopts and/or closed species?

4. Where do you get inspiration for designs? Do you practice any techniques or challenges when it comes to designing an adopt for a closed species?

I think that's about it! Thank you very much for reading this!! I really appreciate it~ nwn!!

artsybarrels

Oh yeah!! I forgot to add that I've already made designs for both species before ;u;

Here they are so you guys can know what to expect?? (If ever I do revive these closed species, I'll be making new art for these babies as well nwn!!)

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artsybarrels

i'm thinking that if i get enough interest for them i'll turn them into semi-closed species

so everyone gets 1 free myo slot where they can use common/uncommon traits and get access to 1 rare trait??

will also consider actually developing them more and use one or both for arpg because i think it would be fun to interact with others in events, games, and/or roleplay!

i think the system in open/closed species adopts is very interesting

shops, "currency", breeding, art prompts, and gacha would be nice as well!

i'd love to know your opinion on these nwn~

artsybarrels

changes on their info sheets are too be expected

this includes, but is not limited to, changes in their anatomy, rarity of traits, and lore

Pretty_Chookie

these look really cool. id be interested in adopting 

artsybarrels

Pretty_Chookie thank you so much!! ;u;

if you have any questions, feedback, or suggestions feel free to tell me~ nwn!!

artsybarrels

INTERESTED IN RLUOFEES: 6 + 10 = 16

INTERESTED IN CHICKABOONS: 6 + 2 = 8

NOT INTERESTED: 5

- as of 01/28/2021 4:14am GMT+8

I was considering making both of them semi-closed/open. I thought that it would be interesting if they could interact with the Chickaboons being the main species that people could use to RP with since Rluofees are meant to be just companions. Looking at the poll however we can see that people are more interested in Rluofees.

There's a lot of changes to be made and I will need a lot of help to decide as well so I might make a survey for that in order to make appropriate changes to both of them.

Thank you for everyone who voted!! nwn

artsybarrels

chiiochi thank you so much!! ;u; i'm still in the process of making a survey so i can finally decide what to do with them

i'll be posting it here in the thread and/or on the main post

if you have any feedback or questions, just hit me up! nwn