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Creature Profiles v2.0

September 19, 2009 at 9:36 PM

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Do you think it's currently too hard to hatch eggs and/or level up your creatures? Please post your response to this blog post; we're considering re-adjusting evolution points for each species.

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Egg Cave's newest update involves CREATURE PROFILES!

Your creature's profiles have been completely redone with exciting new features! First off, they've been more streamlined and look a lot more like your regular user profiles (with a couple of exceptions, nonetheless). They don't look so boring and bland now! Actually, the old creature profiles (that just went offline) were from 6 months ago, back when Egg Cave was in development and barely operational! At that point in time, I can't exactly say I was concerned with the design. :P Time for an update, 'eh?

Secondly, you can now add profile text for each and every one of your creatures. A whole 500 characters! If you're a writer or just like dreaming, add a little "backstory" to your creatures! Where did they come from? What adventures have they had? It'll make things a lot more interesting and exciting for your friends to read! To update your creature's profile text, go to their profile and click the script_edit.png button. A text box will appear, where you can edit your creature's profile.

Third, eggs/creatures can now be fed REAL food! A little message/blurb will also be displayed (directly from the egg) after each feed (i.e. "Mmm! Yummy!"). More food concoctions will be released later! :)

Fourth, due to popular demand, Egg Cave now tracks the last 5 feeders for each of your creatures (excluding guests/non-registered users). This will help a lot of people know who actually *returns* feeds. ;)

UP NEXT: Adoption agency!

Thanks for being a part of Egg Cave.

Comments: 178

black_storm • 20 Sep 2009, 4:30 PM

Great updates! Though, I think eggs are a little too hard to hatch. I know the game should be challenging to make it fun, but none of my

black_storm • 20 Sep 2009, 4:31 PM

eggs have hatched. Not even the clicks or feeds ones.

mcforlife • 20 Sep 2009, 6:01 PM

The new profiles are great! And I think that its great how some eggs are easier or harder to hatch then others! It makes the game fun! 😊

luzal • 20 Sep 2009, 7:34 PM

Its pretty easy to hatch eggs. Drakomos are hard to hatch from my part of view. They need many clicks.... 😋 Anyway, once again great job!😃

xfyrebritex • 20 Sep 2009, 8:17 PM

For me, hatching takes a lot of work. But, I have taken myself out of the adoptables mainstream lately. so it's not all that shocking. xD

_skybranch_ • 20 Sep 2009, 8:28 PM

YAY! the feeding thing is so awsome!

id_24 • 20 Sep 2009, 9:55 PM

Whee, thanks Ian 😊 But Izzy wants a Bar of Chocolate item she can feed to people's pets m'kay?

id_24 • 20 Sep 2009, 9:56 PM

Oh and for the hatching thing... I find the lots of clicks/feeds ones hard, views aren't really a problem for me *cough* Most of mine are

id_24 • 20 Sep 2009, 9:58 PM

getting there now however 😋 I can see the views one being hard for people with no-where to put them though, like V's already said.

axiste • 20 Sep 2009, 11:14 PM

i think views are a bit hard for some people. but the clicks/feeds are pretty attainable. gj on the updates! thx. 😃

nilsfig • 21 Sep 2009, 5:15 AM

I think that Bunthoff, Drakomo and Aerlo should be easier to hatch

izann • 21 Sep 2009, 6:08 AM

Whew, fed a lot of people's eggs!! Man it's so hard to get views, I've been waiting forever for my eggs to hatch T_T

keyong97 • 21 Sep 2009, 7:17 AM

well i mean, its kinda hard to hatch eggs, like the bunthoff i have a friend, ivar, who is NEVER going to get that thing done, but i have a

keyong97 • 21 Sep 2009, 7:17 AM

n aureil at 84 or something with views

Ian • 21 Sep 2009, 8:06 AM

@id_24: CHOCOLATE! how could I FORGET?!!? @everybody else: thanks for the suggestions -- keep 'em coming!

vixibelle • 21 Sep 2009, 11:44 AM

I 2nd the motion for some uber-rare food item that fills the eggs happiness 100%! I feel bad for some peoples eggs when I'm the only person

vixibelle • 21 Sep 2009, 11:45 AM

who's clicked the poor things in a couple/few days and wish there were some way I could better help them.

eggge • 21 Sep 2009, 1:28 PM

I think you should make Terron eggs easier cause they are already hard to get and people dont even know if its feeds, clicks or views that

eggge • 21 Sep 2009, 1:29 PM

matter so if in the archives you put, it would be much easier!

eggge • 21 Sep 2009, 1:31 PM

and why do Calla`s exist??? no one has one, not even you Ian. and in the archives you should show how Calla`s Mo`s and Terrons evolve.

parfaite • 21 Sep 2009, 1:47 PM

Ian, I think it's pretty cool that some eggs are not easy to hatch.. It forces us to play more and to have more patience! lol!

keyong97 • 21 Sep 2009, 3:36 PM

umm im never gonna evolve shadowstar, never ever EVER, there is no way im EVER going to get 3000 views to evolve him, EVER

cheesy_morgan • 21 Sep 2009, 5:45 PM

Muramasa: I'd be willing to bet the adoption agency comes out before a food like that comes into existence, so you wouldn't really have to

cheesy_morgan • 21 Sep 2009, 5:45 PM

worry about people feeding the eggs you don't want.

cheesy_morgan • 21 Sep 2009, 5:46 PM

And Ian DOES answer questions. It's not like he ignores us.

ivarngizteb • 21 Sep 2009, 6:01 PM

What board is the eggcave thing on on neopets? And I'm the friend of keyong97's, I'll find a way to hatch Ivar.

amers • 21 Sep 2009, 6:13 PM

I think that the fact that some eggs are harder to hatch makes it sweeter when they do. But I've never been fond of easy. Easy = boring ;]

joy • 21 Sep 2009, 9:33 PM

The only thing I implore is to not make any eggs limited or extinct. I think every egg should always be available to the public.

joy • 21 Sep 2009, 9:33 PM

Too many times on different sites I have seen things limited, and it's not fun that way, only fun to the few people that have those eggs. ☚ī¸

joy • 21 Sep 2009, 9:36 PM

By limited I mean, only 100 eggs in existence and none will ever be made again. Only nice feature to the few that can get those eggs. 😋

kopakasheild • 21 Sep 2009, 9:40 PM

@Posts from forever ago I think hatching is hard too because I don't trust those adoptable hatching sites. Too many risks for viruses. D:

andygal • 21 Sep 2009, 9:55 PM

I don't get a whole lot of feeds but my eggs aren't dying, it doesn't take that many feeds a day to keep them alive.

andygal • 21 Sep 2009, 9:56 PM

and I like that some eggs take a lot of work to hatch, it gives you a challenge to work towards.

cprather • 22 Sep 2009, 12:33 AM

wow thank u joy i agree 1000% i say unlimited eggs 4 all

nilsfig • 22 Sep 2009, 4:07 AM

Also I really, really hope that eggcave won't be costing money in the future. It wouldn't be fun..

nilsfig • 22 Sep 2009, 4:08 AM

.. if you needed to pay real money to get ''special eggs''

lion • 22 Sep 2009, 5:05 AM

@muramasa - Ian is a very busy person. Give him time to answer your questions. Gosh, he probably doesn't read these for hours after we post.

Ian • 22 Sep 2009, 8:09 AM

hey guys. 😊 nobody asked me any questions really, but i can give you guys some info:

Ian • 22 Sep 2009, 8:10 AM

1. callas will be obtainable in the future. 2. we will have a couple of limited ed eggs, but everybody will have an equal chance.

Ian • 22 Sep 2009, 8:11 AM

3. egg cave will never cost any money to play. 😊 4. all evolution stages are going to be readjusted. no worries, some will still be a

xepha • 22 Sep 2009, 8:13 AM

@Muramasa : You see in the footer of Egg Cave, there is a 'Contact Us' link. With that, you can send a ticket to Ian just anytime and (c)

xepha • 22 Sep 2009, 8:13 AM

he replies whenever he can. But I'm almost positive he won't tell you how to hatch the Terron. It makes the game fun.

Ian • 22 Sep 2009, 8:14 AM

to hatch/level up. we're not going to dumb it down so much that it's too easy. what fun would that be? 😊

Ian • 22 Sep 2009, 8:15 AM

@mura: you hatch terron eggs the same way you hatch every other egg... more stats! 😊

secillia • 22 Sep 2009, 10:43 AM

I wish we could feed our eggs more than once! They die too fast! ☚ī¸ How about breakfast, lunch, and dinner? 😋

klemicat • 22 Sep 2009, 11:45 AM

Oh yeah thats so annoying. I want like 10 of my eggs gone, but it takes forever.

qwertyqwerty • 22 Sep 2009, 12:24 PM

I think that adult forms should not need to be fed. They're adults, so they are able to live without help, aren't they? 😉

naleap • 22 Sep 2009, 12:39 PM

*waves* Agrees with qwerty 😋

parfaite • 22 Sep 2009, 1:33 PM

@Ian, did I tell you that you rock today? no? Sorry my mistake, Ian, you rock! LOL!

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