Give us something interesting to do with the xenos egg
- Vekter
- In-Game Admin
- Joined: Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:25 pm
- Byond Username: Vekter
- Location: Fucking around with the engine.
Give us something interesting to do with the xenos egg
(That isn't just breeding a bunch of them so they can go apeshit Left 4 Dead on everyone when they get out).
That's it, that's the thread. I hate this damn egg. I really do. It's fun, I'll never not laugh when the aliens manage to get out, but I hate it from a design standpoint because it doesn't do anything other than inform the crew that they can either break it or look forward to xenos in the next thirty minutes to an hour when the power goes out or the admins get bored.
I would like some way to experiment with or on them or some other interesting mechanical function for them.
That's it, that's the thread. I hate this damn egg. I really do. It's fun, I'll never not laugh when the aliens manage to get out, but I hate it from a design standpoint because it doesn't do anything other than inform the crew that they can either break it or look forward to xenos in the next thirty minutes to an hour when the power goes out or the admins get bored.
I would like some way to experiment with or on them or some other interesting mechanical function for them.
AliasTakuto wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 1:11 pm As for the ear replacing stuff, you can ask Anne but I don't think this is what I was banned for. If I was all I can say is "Sorry for being hilarious"...
Omega_DarkPotato wrote:This sucks, dude.
Spoiler:
- blackdav123
- Joined: Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:04 pm
- Byond Username: Blackdav123
Re: Give us something interesting to do with the xenos egg
you're supposed to make a queen then dump a plasma can in and kill it so you can use the organs but even then its still just gamer loot that you cant even really use unless you're coating the station in resin for funsies or an antag laying more eggs
Weston Echard on Sybil
- zxaber
- In-Game Admin
- Joined: Mon Sep 10, 2018 12:00 am
- Byond Username: Zxaber
Re: Give us something interesting to do with the xenos egg
It would be neat if it didn't require a ghost under nominal situations. Like, it's a special egg that spawns braindead/simple intelligence xenos, and then you expose the mobs to a gas that causes them to replicate or whatever to promote harvesting and too much gas mutates them into gaining sentience.
- Jacquerel
- Code Maintainer
- Joined: Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:10 pm
- Byond Username: Becquerel
Re: Give us something interesting to do with the xenos egg
It's tough for me to think of what this wuold be which doesn't essentialyl boil down to some kind of one-and-done experisci node and nobody even likes those.
- zxaber
- In-Game Admin
- Joined: Mon Sep 10, 2018 12:00 am
- Byond Username: Zxaber
Re: Give us something interesting to do with the xenos egg
You could borrow an idea from chem and make it a temporary bonus.
For example; an extract you refine into a drink/injection that gives you the xeno tackle ability, but only twice. If you want to do it again, you have to extract more xeno material.
Ideally, the bonuses should be xeno-related. You could also include the ability to move while nearly invisible or grow a chitin spaceproof exoskeleton, but only for a short duration in both cases.
Tying back into my prior post, these could be obtainable by subjecting a xeno mob to a condition (such as, but not necessarily, a specific gas mix) which would provide xeno material over time. You could also increase the intensity of the condition to increase output at the risk of the xeno gaining sentience.
For example; an extract you refine into a drink/injection that gives you the xeno tackle ability, but only twice. If you want to do it again, you have to extract more xeno material.
Ideally, the bonuses should be xeno-related. You could also include the ability to move while nearly invisible or grow a chitin spaceproof exoskeleton, but only for a short duration in both cases.
Tying back into my prior post, these could be obtainable by subjecting a xeno mob to a condition (such as, but not necessarily, a specific gas mix) which would provide xeno material over time. You could also increase the intensity of the condition to increase output at the risk of the xeno gaining sentience.
- mrmelbert
- In-Game Game Master
- Joined: Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:26 pm
- Byond Username: Mr Melbert
Re: Give us something interesting to do with the xenos egg
Do you have any ideas for something interested to do with the egg
Admin: December 2020 - Present
Code Maintainer: December 2021 - Present
Head Admin: Feburary 2022 - September 2022
Youtube Guy: sometimes
Code Maintainer: December 2021 - Present
Head Admin: Feburary 2022 - September 2022
Youtube Guy: sometimes
- Itseasytosee2me
- Joined: Sun Feb 21, 2021 1:14 am
- Byond Username: Rectification
- Location: Space Station 13
Re: Give us something interesting to do with the xenos egg
omelette
- Sincerely itseasytosee
See you later
See you later
- RedBaronFlyer
- Joined: Wed Jun 22, 2022 2:41 am
- Byond Username: RedBaronFlyer
- Location: SS13, Manuel Division, Cargo Bay
Re: Give us something interesting to do with the xenos egg
WARNING, Prolonged exposure to my opinions can be mentally scarring or in some cases, FATAL
Stamper of papers, pusher of crates, and the cleaner of floors.
I'm Eugine Adrian Hynes on Manuel, I'm very uncool.
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/iz6cUEL.png)
![Image](https://imgur.com/wlF1llV.gif)
Stamper of papers, pusher of crates, and the cleaner of floors.
I'm Eugine Adrian Hynes on Manuel, I'm very uncool.
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/iz6cUEL.png)
![Image](https://imgur.com/wlF1llV.gif)
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/XqjJVnI.png)
Super Aggro Crag wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 5:11 pm I assume he did it elsewhere because it's fucking goofball and he never half-asses his shitty ideas, he full asses them so both cheeks are absolutely slathered in shit
-
- Joined: Fri May 07, 2021 5:18 am
- Byond Username: Yulice
Re: Give us something interesting to do with the xenos egg
Make it spawn simplemob xenos and then re-add obtaining xeno organs from simplemobs via taking them to the DNA extractor in gene (minus getting egg organ if you're worried about funny xeno gaming)
- TheFinalPotato
- Code Maintainer
- Joined: Sun Oct 13, 2019 7:58 am
- Byond Username: LemonInTheDark
Re: Give us something interesting to do with the xenos egg
do it (+ achievement)
- Ziiro
- Joined: Sun Sep 23, 2018 5:12 pm
- Byond Username: Ziiro
- Github Username: Ziiro
- Location: Robotics
- Contact:
Re: Give us something interesting to do with the xenos egg
alternatively: do the above and keep the xeno egg organ, because a traitor scientist raising an army of loyal xenos is emergent gameplay and the egg only spawns 1% of the time or some shit.
- Indie-ana Jones
- Joined: Mon Aug 26, 2019 6:15 pm
- Byond Username: Indie-ana Jones
Re: Give us something interesting to do with the xenos egg
I remember seeing sprites for this somewhere, but I'm pretty sure there used to be an idea where you could put regular sized xenos into this weird machine thing where they would then control robotic xenomorphs. I would assume the robotic xenomorphs would be AI-linked and forced to follow AI laws or something.
- Helios
- Joined: Mon May 05, 2014 5:07 pm
- Byond Username: Shodansbreak
Re: Give us something interesting to do with the xenos egg
Yeah. Combine them with Exosuits for Frank Horrigan level monstrosities aligned with the station.
Sounds like a joke, but human pilots, posibrains and intellicarded AIs control Exos differently, giving exos a custom xeno hybrid paint job, and a few exclusive abilities would be a cool way to use eggs.
- zxaber
- In-Game Admin
- Joined: Mon Sep 10, 2018 12:00 am
- Byond Username: Zxaber
Re: Give us something interesting to do with the xenos egg
Helios wrote: ↑Mon Jul 10, 2023 10:25 pmYeah. Combine them with Exosuits for Frank Horrigan level monstrosities aligned with the station.
Sounds like a joke, but human pilots, posibrains and intellicarded AIs control Exos differently, giving exos a custom xeno hybrid paint job, and a few exclusive abilities would be a cool way to use eggs.
Spoiler:
-
- Joined: Sat Aug 21, 2021 3:27 am
- Byond Username: Redrover1760
Re: Give us something interesting to do with the xenos egg
Add significant rewards for scanning alive xenos. Nothing rackets the tension up like standing next to a xeno and trying to scan them as you hope you dont get fucked in an instant.
Maybe.
Maybe.
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users