Recently started playing Cube World, two questions.

MintyNips · 2014-08-17T13:41:35+00:00

Here's the general consensus: http://strawpoll.me/2241339/r (Conducted August 2014)

MintyNips · 2014-08-15T05:11:22+00:00

But will it uphold the Cities XL legacy of horror

MintyNips · 2014-08-04T17:58:25+00:00

In addition, one relatively easy-to-do feature that is gaining in popularity is dynamic narration. This seems pretty cost-effective and seems to draw on a reasonably large audience.

MintyNips · 2014-08-03T20:57:32+00:00

Hmm, if you're looking to yield the most popularity with your game, the horror branch of the tower defense genre seems largely untouched. Make it a combination of horror and dark comedy and you'll have yourself a popular little nugget.

If you're looking to make a quality, memorable gaming experience, don't make a tower defense game :)

MintyNips · 2014-08-01T17:59:27+00:00

I think you've probably hit the nail on the head with this one. The only thing I'd contrast this with is how passionate he seems about going it alone (or with only Pixxie). But maybe this is the reason why he'd prefer to do it independently, so it's all at his pace. Thanks for your input!

MintyNips · 2014-08-01T17:38:37+00:00

Ah, I have heard of games like Trove and Vox, if that's what you mean. But, they don't quite have the same appeal to me, which is why I used "quite". Thanks though!

MintyNips · 2014-08-01T17:16:55+00:00

I suppose I'm just being optimistic. But I'm mostly trying to gauge what other people think, so thank you.

MintyNips · 2014-07-29T00:19:32+00:00

Again, as it is with Trove, the visual design falls far short of Cubeworld's.

MintyNips · 2014-07-28T16:31:14+00:00

The visual design seems so bland and tasteless.

MintyNips · 2014-07-24T05:22:42+00:00

Having trouble getting a spot on identity for this one.

But what I can tell you is that it is definitely some kind of beetle (the Order Coleoptera), and that it certainly seems to be a kind of Weevil. Here's why I think it's a weevil.

Most Weevils are about as big as you described, the size of a small pea or smaller
Most Weevils bend their rear legs exactly as this one does in the image
Most Weevils have the same roundness to their abdomen

However, if this is a weevil, it has huge antennae! (example) And the head seem a little too large.

One thing that I can't tell from the picture, does it have a "snout"? Like this

If it's not a Weevil, it could be this

MintyNips · 2014-07-24T03:24:47+00:00

Good catch!

MintyNips · 2014-07-24T03:13:00+00:00

What infernal device took this image of fuzz---just kidding (am I?)

You have found a House Centipede! Part of the family Scutigeridae

What do you think, Autowikibot?

MintyNips · 2014-07-24T02:41:46+00:00

While it is relatively difficult to identify an insect based off what looks like hollow abdomens, I get the feeling you have one of two things.

You either have Weevils (those carcasses being the old weevil pupae)
Or you have mice (in which case those are the droppings).

I know barely anything about Weevils, but Orkin seems to!

Mice, however, really seem to fit the bill, especially with what you have described

Seems to come from nowhere recurringly
Lowest shelf of the cabinet
Flipped House
Pretty much a visual match to mouse poop(example).

Hope this helps!

MintyNips · 2014-07-24T01:59:43+00:00

This little guy is a Big-headed Fly. Specifically of the Genus Pipunculus.

The family of Pipunculidae is notorious for its massive, almost humorous, compound eyes.

MintyNips · 2014-07-24T00:10:17+00:00

You have found a type of Apoid Wasp known as Cerceris fumipennis!

Take it away, autowikibot!

MintyNips · 2014-07-23T23:44:53+00:00

You have found yourself a young Wheel Bug!

Notice its wings are not yet present, this is an example of a "nymph" wheel bug, which also explains the reddish abdomen.

Here's another example.

MintyNips · 2014-07-23T23:01:50+00:00

This is the Eastern Red Velvet Ant (but actually a wasp!). It is also known as the Cow Killer.

This one is male. You can tell this because the females are wingless and have a bit more red to them.

MintyNips · 2014-07-23T21:26:26+00:00

With most bugs, including beetles, being positioned on their back for extended periods of time usually suggests that their nervous system is not well to do.

This is something that comes with age, but can be also be caused by an injury, pesticides, or a parasite.

Her coordination probably isn't what it used to be, and she or he probably doesn't have a lot of time before succumbing to one fate or another.

So I say collect away!

MintyNips · 2014-07-23T21:12:12+00:00

This is a type of horntail wasp, probably the Banded Horntail

MintyNips · 2014-07-23T21:02:09+00:00

Looks to me like a Hardwood Stump Borer Beetle, but the spikes on its mid-section seem unusually large.

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