Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Kirins and Hippogriffs

You voted, and in last month's poll, we had two very close competitors: the Kirin and the Hippogriff!

Up until the very end, the two breeds were within 10 votes, but the Kirin pulled away in the last few days, and is the winner of the poll!  Following these poll results, I am working on creating the new Kirin breed for inclusion in the Wings, Horns, and Hooves: Ultimate Unicorn Mod!

I already have the design worked out, as well as the powers I intend to give the Kirin breed - these will be a surprise (especially since I have to see how they work out in the code, and whether I need to change them).  I expect the Kirin to be ready in the next few weeks, but if the development turns out to be harder than I anticipate, or my schedule gets messed up, it may take a little longer.

Also, since the Hippogriff was so competitive, I am deciding to add it in as well, and I'll begin work on it as soon as I'm done with the Kirin!  I have done some thinking on its design and powers, but I still have much to finalize.  However, I'm excited!  I hope you are, too!

For your enjoyment, here's a link to the Kirin wikipedia article.


12 comments:

  1. Since the Kirin's are dragon-like, will they have wings? In the wikipedia post they don't, but I looked pictures, and some were able to atleast float. (Btw, i'm super excited for the Kirins! They're going to be so cool.)

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    1. Good question. I haven't completely decided what the final Kirin base DNA will include (whether to include wings or not, for example). Whatever I end up deciding, however, you will be able to breed them with other horses, and create winged or wingless variants.

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  2. I love Kirins so I a quite excited for this new update! I had an idea for them, maybe make them a uniue color from the other breeds, perhaps they can launch fireballs when one presses F instead of having the breed lower it's head to attack like other breeds. I love the work you did on the hippocamp, that tail is beautiful, so maybe give kirins dragon tails? Heck, if you wanted to, another direction oen could take, as kirins are described as a cross between a dragon and a horse, maybe have a little inspiration from the ender dragon?

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  3. Sweeet! Can't wait to see how this turns out.

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    1. Also, I suggest using the Qing version of the Kirin.

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  4. Can you guys add the headless horseman ghost and his black ghost horse? I'm surprised you haven't done ghost horses at all.

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    1. http://www.geeksofdoom.com/GoD/img/2015/09/headless-horseman-osprey-cover-530x716.jpg
      https://slm-assets0.secondlife.com/assets/1199779/view_large/8feceda0667ee49858929655f55951e2.jpg?1277204259

      This is how it would look historically more or less
      (if you can call fictional character historical lol)

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    3. I actually requested he add a soul horse. My comment is in the voting for the next horse breed, if you want to see my ideas.

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    4. These are cool ideas. I think at some point I will have to add Skeletal, Zombie, and Ghost version of the horses to the mod. Having a headless version of the Knight Vagabond probably wouldn't be too hard to add, either.

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  5. If you do make ghost versions they should just be transparent. It wouldn't hurt to make ghost versions of vanilla horses either.

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