I started playing Creatures back in the 90's like most of the community. I've been into virtual pets/life sims for as long as I've been into video games. Giga-Pets, Neopets, The Sims, Petz 4, and many others filled my afternoons. I hadn't thought about Creatures in nearly twenty years. Then, just a few days ago, I typed in the game on Youtube to see if anybody had uploaded any gameplay.
What I found was a channel called Discover Albia. The channel was started nearly ten years ago and was connected to a blog called Discover Albia. I was floored by the amount of care and enthusiasm the author, Jessica, had for her world. I learned things about the game that I never knew as a kid. Discover Albia carefully spread out the more complicated aspects of the game that I couldn't grasp back then and sparked a renewed interest in me. Once I had exhausted Jessica's channel, I went searching for others and that was how I discovered Freyla.
I typed in Creatures 1 in the Youtube search once again and changed the filter to most recent. To my surprise, I found a video posted in 2021! It mentioned some kind of festival and something called a Wolfling Run. I investigated further and found two years' worth of previous festival videos archived on the channel. I watched all of the 2020 Wolfling Run in one day and quickly signed up for 2021's. One thing led to another and I found myself in four different Discord servers centered around the game. When I expressed interest in playing the game again, the community was more than ready to help.
It's very old and takes a little effort to get up and running. Recently the games have seen a release on Steam, fixing some bugs and creating new ones. The Beta build has been discovered recently and I'm very interested in exploring that--the Creatures 0 Norns have captured my heart. I hope to make a significant contribution to this community one day.
The Sheif is a COB that puts a small room, invisible to Norns, right under the beehives, tucked safely away in the wall. The Sheif is made by Slink and can be downloaded here!
SILENT MUCO
I’m very sensitive to the “yucky” sounds Muco makes. If you are too, this mod is for you.
Silent Muco was made by Nirax and can be downloaded here!
C1toDS
C1toDS includes two teleporters that can teleport Norns between the Ark and Albia. You can pick these up and arrange them at your leisure. It also includes the old menu including the hatchery, favorite places, creature’s view, and a panorama of Albia.
All your old favorites are there and most of them have a new twist–you can pick them up! The organ in the temple, the teleporters, even the incubator itself can be rearranged to your desires. Click around and see what comes unglued! It also includes a lot of C1 COBS created by the community like a fridge that opens and closes and a dispenser that creates infinite smashable jugs. The carrot beetles hop around in the garden and the butterflies flutter through the greenhouse with their caterpillars inching along on the ground. The water spout works and can entertain young Creatures for ages. The original music features as well. It’s over all really nice.
C1toDS is created by Lacota and their team and can be downloaded at the Eemfoo Archives here!. If you need a little help finding the files, here are the links to them:
Agents
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When the Creatures 0 prototype was found, I lost my god damned mind. THIS IS WHAT THE IDEAL NORN LOOKS LIKE TO ME. They make some freaky babies with the other breeds though. This is the second time I've fallen in love with a digital chicken.
You can find Boids at EemFoo, HERE.
Nick Sanders, 2024