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What sort of critters do you guys like?
Natural animals like lions and bears?
Fantasy animals like we use now?
AD&D monsters?
Humanoids and human sub-races? (elf, gnome,ect..)

vampires

Natural animals are good. A like a mix of both.

Abominations that send men iton gibbering maddness. You know, the Lovecraftian sort of vile evil.

Are you after suggestions for new monsters for Windemere? Or have I gotten the wrong end of the stick?
Doesn't matter. I think someone should create some dwarves, and other fantasy creatures would be cool.
On another note... instead of having just pigs and ducks, why not have other "neutral" animals about?

Mostly for Windemere. It would be silly to release a dmod with about 20MB of graphics when many of the originals are actually good.( especialy some of the tiles.)
I was already thinking Dwarves would be cool and easy 'cause both men and women can wear the same beard.
Undead? I like that, but it is more of a goth feel for the town than for the creature.

What about some undead creepers? Always wondered why they weren't in the original.

I would really like all sorts of natural animals (like tigers, bears, bats etc.) and some friendly animals like sheep, deer and birds. Dwarves, elves, halflings, trolls, lizardmen whatsoever would also be appreciated.

Oh, and dragons. I mean, real, big dragons would be extremely cool. Not those silly drakelings.....

Some boss or high level creatures like cerebus , chimera , gryphon , minotaur , gargoyle , kraken , and centaur . I also think that an assortment of undead would be a nice addition .

Legend's Tale already has graphics done for some of these, and some of them are pretty good (and some have been done for a while )

I'm curretnly working on a trailer for LT for Kyle and Tallis, so you can see these new creatures in action, but getting access to these graphics is dependant on the completion of the DMOD. (There is a gryphon... a phoenix... a demon... plus many more... MWHAAHAHAHAA)

Predator,alien((ya know the black things that look like bugs)) hmmmm oh yeah and a unicorn!

All the transformer, and all the ninja turtles as wll, and maby some of the pokemon and digimon and some cats as well as a large killer gatorade bottle that shoots rays of thirst quench at you and it makes you say "hhmm.... salty". Oh yea and some space ships with strong falic symbol resemblence, and a goat that always kicks dink, and chases him around in a cut scene for 45 minutes every time you see him, and a killer hat that when dink puts it on he emediatly die, or possibly goes bald and as well as speed racer, he evil. Maby some doctors and a few nurses and an operating tables with naked aliens on it and a killer message board that will hunt you with x ray vision.

Oh yea, and a porqupine

Dwarves, elves, etc? Not for me, unless you'll be doing a great variety of them, like the human townspeople we already have. Wouldn't want to see the same sprites on every screen of a dwarf village.

Undead creatures would be cool, like zombies or skeletons. Next to that, other fantasy creatures such as a gargoyle or a naga or something would also be cool. Ubercreatures like Kraken or Chimeara are probably cool, but not useable throughout the entire d-mod.

As for ordinary animals... Not too many. Bats would be cool for caves, maybe some bunnies for fields and a yeti for snowfields

i wnat reindrees <drool>

O_o.

lol That was cute. Haven't seen that before. Perfect for that post. chuckle

Someone (you) must do all these:
* Elves
* Dwarves
* More humans
* Big and intimidating dragons
* Lizardmen
* Ghosts
* Halflings
* Minotaurs
* Deer
* Birds
* Bats
* Sheep
* Cows
* Horses (that you can ride)
* Knights (the ones that exist are guards)
* More goblins
* Trolls
* More fish
* Ogres
* Skeletons
* Tall wizards (mages)
* Vampires that can transform into bats
* Wolves
* Bears
* Polar bears
* Penquins
* Hedgehogs
* Rats
* Cats
* Werewolves
* Foxes
* Elks
* Reindeer
* Those small elves that lurk around especially in december. (This lousy language called english doesn't have it's own word for tonttu does it?)
* Mermaids
* Harpys
* Centaurs
* Buffalos
* Normal people who can attack
* Children
* Dogs
* Fish
* Kangaroos
* Rabbits
* Squirrels
* Flying squirrels
* Mice
* Witches
* Dinosaurs
* Elephants
* Mammoths
* Neanderthal people
* Crazy aboriginals with spears and boomerangs
* Treestump monsters
* Chickens
* Umm... Näkkejä (don't know what the hell that is in english)
* These water people with those weapons (atrain) that have three spikes in the end (Similar to the weapons which devils have)
* Devils. Heh.
* Cyclops
* Golems
* Umm... hiisiä (don't blame me for not having a decent dictionary)
* ratmen
* catmen
* Alligators and crocodiles
* Pumas
* Weasels
* Monkeys that throw bananas at Dink
* Pigeons

Someone (you) must do all these

Or maybe he shouldn't do any of them?

(This lousy language called english doesn't have it's own word for tonttu does it?)
... (don't know what the hell that is in english)

The English Language

Have you ever wondered why foreigners have trouble with the English Language?

"Let's face it
English is a stupid language.
There is no egg in the eggplant
No ham in the hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England
French fries were not invented in France.

We sometimes take English for granted
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
Quicksand takes you down slowly
Boxing rings are square
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
If the teacher taught,
Why didn't the preacher praught.

If a vegetarian eats vegetables
What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
Why do people recite at a play
Yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and
Drive on parkways

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
Of a language where a house can burn up as
It burns down
And in which you fill in a form
By filling it out
And a bell is only heard once it goes!

English was invented by people, not computers
And it reflects the creativity of the human race
(Which of course isn't a race at all)

That is why
When the stars are out they are visible
But when the lights are out they are invisible
And why it is that when I wind up my watch
It starts
But when I wind up this observation,
It ends."

This is not mine but appropiate to scratcher's post.
Hasta la vista

English has about 60 000 words. Most have about 6000. This is because English has absorbed the root words from other languages like German, French and Spanish, then invented a bunch of things that needed names. If you want a smart language, try Esperanto. It was planned to make sense.
For now, I'll draw/blend a bit of everything people want and get them to Merlin so he has more to build on. Humans and hill tiles are giving me the most trouble, but by the time Windemere is ready there should be plenty to choose from plus everything already here.

Cool

Now if we know how fast you work, we'll have an estimate on how long it will take for Windemere to be finished

Heh. I'll try to model some of these.
EDIT: I made some fish. up to somebody else to texture it.
ANOTHER EDIT: ??? HTML doesn't work anymore?
ANOTHER ANOTHER EDIT: UBB code does.

Dude wth is that format and those fish only are fish in shape i could make something like that in less than 2 minutes.

Anim8or might be what you need to open it And also i spent less than 2 minutes on it Maybe i'll try something else or make a better fish.

And my fish is exactly the same as in the existing Dink Engine.

I will stick to Lightwave convert it to a better format like .3ds or .x something that most 3d programs can pick up.And i would suggest you dont post anything you haven't worked atleast 40 minutes on its embarrising to look at.

Actually, most 3d programs CAN pick up LightWave's stuff.

I was talking about the animator format its really weird look at it yourself merlin.Oh yeah by the way i know that lightwave is easy to pickup even game engines work with it. ((check the Unreal tournament directory to see what i mean, if you have it))

I was talking about the animator format its really weird look at it yourself merlin

I can't. The file is gone!

check the Unreal tournament directory to see what i mean, if you have it

I do, and that's why I suggested it. (I also have LightWave - really cool stuff.)

EDIT: Finally got it. And WTF are those things? They look like deformed, burnt goldfish crackers.

"Finally got it. And WTF are those things? They look like deformed, burnt goldfish crackers."

heh..that was funny Merlin..

(and WTH my italics aren't working.. )
>^..^<

Except they dont smile and they got there fins poking out, if goldfish had fins poking out the death rate in america would increase by 2% for obvious reasons.

<insert racist/sexist comment here>

*Insert stupid comment about your comment here*

*Thinks: Hmmm.... better spend more than 2 minutes on it the next time.... And use .obj format *

Why not texture it yourself like atleast make the bump map and spec map.

Well i'm very bad at texturing. Maybe bumps can be done but i find full-color uneasy.

I was talking about the animator format its really weird
Well it isn't THAT weird. It's very easy to use because it's just a plain text file wich you can edit freely. Also it's REALLY small when zipped.

Theres nothing that large object i made today is like 20kb.The image file is more than the object

Hmm, as for the original question, armored people with kukris would be the pimpin'ist, awesomest, greatest sprite ever.

Ok I didn't read most of these replies but... It is ilegal to say Windemere. Undead monsters would be cool in dink. Or for that matter any new creatures. More nuetral creatures would be cool too like cows and chickens and lizards. Also an attack for the peaend would be cool. And new knights with new weapons. Robots too, not sucky ones like on dink logan though. Minotaurs, Sentaurs, Devils, Yetties, Dwarves, "The Big Show", Insane hooded Druids and Preists, Evil cult groopie chics named Spike that wear headbands with rhyno horns and hound dog ears, a Gold Bonka with Green eyes, Elves, hot sword weilding Fantasy Wemon, Young Gnomes, Gian Ground Slothes, a Fairy with no clothes, Angels, large four armed boss guy, half man half slayer all skellaton boss guy, fire haired winged boss guy, Bats, Cats, Rats, Spiders, Giant Spiders, Half Spider Half Humans, Evil Wizards, Claw monsters, Tendral monsters, more scorpions, and a Partridge in a Pear tree. Also Martridge in a Pear tree. Could Tonttu posibly be Gnomes or Lepricons (I hate when people call those elves.) and could Atrain be Trident? Hiisia translates to something like Goblin.

Yeah, right you are, trident is indeed what I mean. As for tonttu, yeah, I would call them gnomes if I had to do it in english... My dictionary says they're elves, but in my opinion that just isn't right.

Ok I didn't read most of these replies but...

Not a good idea.

It is ilegal to say Windemere.

No it's not, unless I don't know what ilegal means.

Undead monsters would be cool in dink.

No, generally undead monsters are alive. (Let's see if anybody gets that.)

More nuetral creatures would be cool too like cows and chickens and lizards.

Moo.

Also an attack for the peaend would be cool.

What's a peaend?

And new knights with new weapons.

Knights generally only have an axe.

Robots too, not sucky ones like on dink logan though.

Who plays a d-mod made by a dead guy? And they had robots on that thing?

...Sentaurs...

What's a Sentaur?

"The Big Show"

I don't get it.

Insane hooded Druids and Preists

We're not insane! <looks around>

Evil cult groopie chics named Spike that wear headbands with rhyno horns and hound dog ears

Uh, no.

Hot sword weilding Fantasy Wemon

What's a wemon?

Half Spider Half Humans

SimonK already has something like this.

Evil Wizards

Don't make fun of me!

...Tonttu...

You mean elves?

Knights generally only have an axe.

No, they have lances and swords and shields and horses.

Quite a list. Hm...
So far I have a nice big lizard, a green frog type guy (not sure why I built him...), and a lion(nice one). I think I'll try some humanoid next. Dwarf or gladiator or zombie/skeleton.
Be patient though, both the engine and graphics will take time, but it's shaping up fine.

No, generally undead monsters are alive.

If you like to brag about your 'perfect' english skills while others aren't that good as you (I mean "ilegal" and "Wemon" I'm sure you know what they were meant to be, so don't react in this way please), check what de dictionary says about undead. And I know, if something is un-dead it isn't dead. But there are other things than life and death only. I mean, your computer isn't alive, does it mean it's dead? No! It's 'un-alive', for the sake of parallelism.

EDIT: I don't wanna know what your computer is made of, nor am I sure if it's alive or not, mine isn't anyway. Hey, where's the monitor going!!

Magicman's right about the spelling. Only desperate people use spelling mistakes to their benefit.

And actually, I've never seen a knight with an axe... Only with a sword, lance, warhammer, mace and crossbow.

Now for an on-topic remark, attack animations for ordinary people (only punching) would be great. I can't count the times people want these normal type of sprites to attack, turning them into simple touch damage creatures.
And new weapons for the existing knights would be a dream come true.

Actually, I think you've never seen a knight at all.

The peasent shoul be able to hit people wit his schyth. and now that I put more thought into it Martridge would look terrible in a pear tree and would probably be dreadfully imbarassed.
The Big Show

"I dont get it."

What was meant by this is ther shoul be an enemy that looks like the 7' 500 lb wrestler which I moatly meant as a joke. OOH and some very gothic phyrexian like things in D-Mods would be cool. And a headless gnome wizard.
Oh and ask WC or consult your dinktionary if you donnt believe me about "Windemere"
not realy ilegal but still fobidden.

WC's not here and it's not in my dictionary. What does it mean?

I said Dinktionary www.geocities.com/russianmyst/dinktionary

and you know when I said Sentaur I meant Centaur.

Actually on that one I didn't.

EDIT: I still don't get it. Why is it forbidden?

I can get to the page, but where are the links to all the words? I can only get to whacky definitions for some reason. Might be a Mac thing... Javascript doesn't work properly ... ahhh... what is the secret of Windmere...

And is that Smeg's Ma over there?

Windmere isn't forbidden on the Dinktionary page... about the only term that refers to censorship is to do with Morrowind, and some fool's rant about staff getting pissed off about it.

Man, I gotta thank you for helping to chase that pompous buffoon away from here.

He was in "The Creeping Sands" was he not?...

Ok Im an idiot but I think this makes most of you morons as well Windemere is a viliage soth of stonebrook and not something that one would need new creatures for. right? right!

The name Windemere has been adopted for the new game engine now being developed. It will be like Dink, but able to run many kinds of graphic and sound files in higher resolusion and colors.

NetHack monsters are cool. I almost got my pants wet, when a huge red D attacked to my@.
Zombies are also cool...