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Mannikin
HLFlare 28 Sep, 2019 @ 2:35pm
Hey, DrPvtSkittles
Cardboard, endless Cardboard boxes!

Possible NPCs, But they're In 5x2 Cardboard boxes that spawn with any treasure pool etc, but it acts much like a mimic but just follows (Player).

- Possible Job Offer Patch for that though to have him stay. lol
- Maybe touching up on some compatibility issues with FU/BYOS.
(might just be my end though but hope it wasn't a rude idea to ask. :steamfacepalm: )

If there was any sorta 'world and terrain' for them it'd probably be a whole display themed everything!

- I'm thinking a Cardboard Teleport to a Realm that is very well... Be kinda vanilla but with a twist, ONLY Cardboard critters exist in this realm.
"if monster pool spawns things anyways, good explanation would just be;
"All these things wondered here or fallen in."

(I was thinking of Floating boxes originally but could work as Second Biome or Main.)
(Also Size is another thought so I'd think half the size of a small planet just in the case that files have to compensate for expanding chunk loads for new Box Realms)


*JonTron - excited noise*
Their is allot of potential with this that I'm Brainstorming some weird Ideas for furniture.
Like more display cases, Pose Hooks to Stand, Sit , Sleep and look great on display!
(Or in a display box)

Tech
- I am Become BOX! (Addon idea that gives a square Morph tech List based on vanillas.)
"I really wanna Flop around as a Box"

Tools
- Tape Gun Grappling Hook

Loot.
- Lost Shipping! - "Hm, A Package?"
- Cardboard boxles, Just random small loot like capsules.

And weapons...
- Well... "The limbs of my kin, how handy?"
- Crafty Crafting Weapons. (Stuff like scissors, Tape Saw, Blueprint board as a Shield.)

Monsters.... or even vanity(Clothing)?
- Something out of my nightmares, like the second Silent Hill film....
- Cardboardian Critters, they're quite the package.
- I'm Busy Being Boxy, Just wearable cardboard for the fun of it.

Decor.
- Do I have to say it, Yes. ( "Cardboard, it makes anything when you're crafty!" )

Blocks,
- Well probably cardboard. haha :balloon:
- Wet cardboard! (Part of the biome list of things that could grow grass, it's like mud.)
- Dry cardboard. (Something like sand and has Tape Overlay instead.)
- Burnt Cardboard, (FU feature possibly? Every Cardboard block would have this feature. )
- Compost Board, (Could be the Dirt for said Realm so it'd be brown, Cropping too.)
- CutCardboardBoard, (Functions like loose silt for multiple biomes.)
- CoreBoard, The Wavy Parts. (No idea atm other than being a Divider.)
- (Maybe Something more for stone but I can't think of anything else but Dense Cardboard)

(Seven elements for cardboard are here, mix and matching all these would color the world nicely.)
(Glue/HotGlue would be other Liquids to look into) Oil would be on the spawning list for realm.



The possibilities can go far as long as it's thought out but as far as I know this wouldn't be too big of a mod memory wise.

?! Could simply make an Awesome Micro Terraformer! !?
But Trees might be anew Thing to feature as well seeing as Dirt for the Realm Might just be Brown Cut Cardboard but maybe it'd just be Brown Compost Board.
(Trees could have adverse effects and resemble Very Tall Coat Racks but overcome by nature so leafs.)

Maybe a category for more alt body forms too for let's say I'd wanna be a skinny skelekin mannikin? (Maybe even ruined... or burnt.. soaked... Dusty.. )
I don't know if doing that one is possible without choosing between things since I love all the Mannikin Creations. :balloon:

There is already tons of wood craftables for such needs.


:steamfacepalm: It's just the thought that skimmed my mind, but take it from you will.
I just love playing Starbound as all of us and I hope you enjoyed my thoughts. :balloon:
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Neb 28 Sep, 2019 @ 7:46pm 
There is nothing cardboard related in this mod.
DrPvtSkittles  [developer] 28 Sep, 2019 @ 7:48pm 
I am confused about the abundance of cardboard for a race made from wood :P

Also "- Maybe touching up on some compatibility issues with FU/BYOS." I'd say the onus is on them.

Unfortunately you are asking for things I've not done before (biomes and custom npcs) so I can't see myself going in this direction.

I can't make a category for custom bodies, though I could think of an alternate body patch.

You've given me something to think about :) cheers
HLFlare 29 Sep, 2019 @ 11:32am 
Ah cause they can come through shipping and I guess it's just cause what wood makes.
It's just when I think of the Mannikin I think of the ones in a storage, with boxes.
Along with all my crafting materials. haha ^_^'
Had a thought, is there a cardboard block? XP



I can believe a tree could grow in muddy/compost cardboard but if it were it's own realm it'd probably be like going through a Alice Trip through the rabbit hole. But a very strange Box. >w<
(Kind of a futurama reference.) XD

Always thought they were kindled by some Magic, But individual beings. lol
Thus it's world being one of those strange un-explainable places. Would be more of a retreat though, for this race.

Good to keep these as some notes anyways, Maybe someone would expand on this Idea of just one strange box. It's only a Sapling of an Idea but this mod definitely sparked them. :)

Glad I've given food for thought,
Sorry that I might be kind of a whirl to talk to. :balloon:
And apologize for my affinity for Cardboard. :steamfacepalm:

But really, Thank You;
For being part of this Starbound community and bringing up the fun factor when we play. :balloon:



P.S. I love this race, because it makes me wonder ever so.
Like how many kinds of them are out there really?

Happy to say I'm one of them. :steamhappy::balloon:
,Cheers! :D
DrPvtSkittles  [developer] 29 Sep, 2019 @ 7:59pm 
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