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#1 Mikeemoo

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Posted 31 January 2013 - 11:09 AM

Hi all,

Working on OpenCCSensors has given me the confidence to try a new mod from scratch, so I'm working on a mod called DNACraft.

It's complete work in progress at the moment, won't be ready for release for a long time..

The basic concepts:

At a high cost, you can sequence a mobs DNA, and it writes it to a new item called DNA. You can modify the DNA by merging two DNAs together, or, you can put any organic material (seeds, meat, whatever) into a DNA Centrifuge with a few bottles and it'll extract DNA Fragments. You can merge the DNA fragments with DNA in a DNA splicer, and it'll copy random relevant traits across.

Once you have some DNA, you can then merge the DNA with an Egg, Seeds or Sapling to make a new mob/tree/crop. The thing you create displays particular traits from the DNA.

To sum it up:

You can mix DNA of different mobs or organic material and make your own new creatures and trees and whatnot. Of course it'll be a huge balancing act, but I believe I've got the systems in place to keep it balanced. Your mutant mobs will be able to breed with each other..etc..etc..

A few videos to show off some of what I've been working on:

This first one is just me playing around with concepts:



Next one, I've now got the system in place where I can put any mixture of body/head/legs/wings together:



(Yeah, he has no nose, but easy enough for me to add in)

I'll post updates to the mod as I go. It's open source, so if you want to get involved then please do..

http://www.github.co...keemoo/DNACraft


Still a lot of work to go, such as mobs inheriting traits that decide what their item drops are, what AI behaviours they use..etc..

Watch this space.

#2 ETHANATOR360

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Posted 31 January 2013 - 12:41 PM

Looks complex interesting and fun to play with :)

#3 Bimgo

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Posted 31 January 2013 - 11:32 PM

Looks really complex, but funny.
If you need some idea or beta tester i'm up ^^

It's like fossil archeology and possibility are infinite!!

For exemple (some idea i has) :
* manual manipulation and the possibility to work with cc for use some mechanized machine for dna traitment (DNA sequencer, DNA extractor, DNA analyser, ...)
* make some booster for help dna manipulation result to keep stability and duration of subject (like drugs '_' )
* a dna manipulation bar of experience, if you make a lot of research you have much chance to have succes with other degree of difficulty

there is a lot of possibility!

#4 Skullblade

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 01:23 AM

Looks amazing but here is the million dollar question...can u breed them? Because I want a human pig chicken that levitates farm :D

#5 Mikeemoo

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 02:44 AM

Yep, you'll be able to breed them. :)





#6 Mikeemoo

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 06:06 AM



#7 remiX

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 06:35 AM

Lmfao, this is legend to have fun with xD

#8 Mikeemoo

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 07:39 AM



#9 Orwell

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 08:32 AM

Oh my god, I'm in. :D You got to give me a little task on this as soon as I'm done with my exams. ;D (no pressure :P)
This is just an awesome idea...

#10 Mikeemoo

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 09:52 AM

Spider body + chicken head & wings + ender legs = ostrich!

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#11 NeverCast

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 10:00 AM

You sir are a monster!
I LOVE IT xD

#12 NeverCast

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 10:01 AM

though I think there should be some sort of skill, or quality to the combination of DNA.

DNA is very fragile and the slightest change typically leads to disease.
Would be a nice aspect, that animals would die, or fall apart, or just .. end up.. idk, messed up, *Imagination Offline* ! URGH

#13 digipenguin

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 11:41 AM

if you're looking for testers, I'll help.

I have tested for several games before, and I think that this mod will be awesome (maybe you should add evolutionary pressures, i.e. pigs don't live in snow etc. in order to have more traits)

by the way, can your ostrich teleport?

#14 anonimo182

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 11:59 AM

Awesome! I am open to test

#15 Skullblade

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 12:21 PM

View PostMikeemoo, on 01 February 2013 - 09:52 AM, said:

Spider body + chicken head & wings + ender legs = ostrich!

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Dear Jesus what unholy creature of d*mnation have you created :P
I would love to bug test and get to try this out, looks amazing :D

#16 Mikeemoo

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 06:34 PM

Heh, thanks guys! :)

It's still a long way off needing any beta testing, but thanks. When it's nearing completion i'll post links here first.


View Postdigipenguin, on 01 February 2013 - 11:41 AM, said:

by the way, can your ostrich teleport?

Possibly.. depends on what traits he inherited along the way :)

#17 Mikeemoo

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Posted 01 February 2013 - 07:41 PM

Hey big SpEnder....



#18 Mikeemoo

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Posted 02 February 2013 - 07:10 AM

Spicheepelot!



#19 TheOddByte

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Posted 02 February 2013 - 08:01 AM

Seems Awesome! :D
Love when you'll be able to put a download link for it so we can test it. :)

#20 Skullblade

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Posted 02 February 2013 - 09:13 AM

How are genes and traits determined? Are there going to be pheno and geno types? Will there b recessive and dominate traits?





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