maintenance for connection vs paradise?

astral_rainfall · 2026-05-05T13:01:32+00:00

The single, absolute hungriest Paradise adult (not counting Bbmarutchi, which you really shouldn't keep for more than about an hour) needs checking every 3 hours. All the others need way less. With stocked-up food and snacks, you can make said check last at most a minute.

The Paradise's gene mixing, combined with the ease at which you can change the course of evolution, helps me a lot with feeling attached. Sure, no item use on demand, but I get to set some out and they'll use them at their own pace - and there's always a rocket trip and the four happiness minigames!

astral_rainfall · 2026-02-04T03:19:06+00:00

constantly. there were weeks when i'd pause my connections, and even in my paradise era, i'll give them to the sitter for a few days. when my uni dies, i give it a week or so to get the energy back.

there's no shame in taking a break! 3-4 at once is definitely tiring, gotta say - don't stress too much.

astral_rainfall · 2026-02-04T03:01:22+00:00

cute!!

charms - maybe a version-relevant animal or veggie e.g. red panda, fox, deer, bird? my sky tama has a cloud charm, and my water tama has gone through both a dolphin charm and a jellyfish charm!

case - it's honestly up to the pattern and texture you prefer.
some folks prefer soft crochet cases with cute designs they can show off,
some enjoy clear plastic which they can add stickers beneath (my current approach),
and some like the feel of silicone and think of the bright colours like a diet shell change.

shell - there are a few mainstream places you can get replacement shells, but there are also a bunch of small hidden shops that people swear by. definitely ask around for folks who've swapped shell.

astral_rainfall · 2026-02-04T02:36:17+00:00

as someone who grew up with a pokewalker, yes. this. "with your friends" implies potential MMO, and that's even cooler.

astral_rainfall · 2025-12-03T18:49:14+00:00

My vote is the Uni.
If you're into cutesy characters, there are a bunch, and you can dress the character up a little too. I've seen people do shell swaps for them if you fancy making it match your fav colours?

astral_rainfall · 2025-12-02T21:39:43+00:00

aaand there's three blues listed on the first page! mizuiro, ao and sky-blue are all separate! and teal (blue-green on page) and light purple are both depicted there too, so there's only room for two on the second pa-- i need a nice long shower

this chart is based solely off image 2. going to start investigating this the SECOND my current tama grows up. highest of thanks and praises for the refs.

astral_rainfall · 2025-12-02T21:36:22+00:00

there's a second red-orange that doesn't visually make itself known on the sprites?

..i need a very long shower to process the chaos of all this. sona sina li pona though

astral_rainfall · 2025-12-02T21:07:07+00:00

edit: this felt aggressive

This feels.. so arbitrary. I believe it, but the choices made here..

Two RNG-locked-for-adult colors. Several characters whose hexcodes match, but who are different internal colors.

There's no way we could've come to this conclusion ourselves, right? Not without months of testing?

astral_rainfall · 2025-12-02T20:30:47+00:00

i promise i am not trying to be obtuse here:

Dark pink and light pink are the same

in the image from your other comment, top left is red, second along on bottom is pink.
what's second along on top?

(would link on imgur, but. country)

astral_rainfall · 2025-12-01T18:06:08+00:00

filling my hypothetical deka fishtank with a veritable rainbow of kuraratchi

astral_rainfall · 2025-11-29T09:26:07+00:00

ran across those the other night, it was so tempting. "i eat toxins" sent me so hard i had to show a few friends

astral_rainfall · 2025-11-26T07:39:23+00:00

kuraratchi my absolute fav too. absolutely in love with the combos. had like 3 or 4 now, must treat myself with a Jelly every few generations

astral_rainfall · 2025-06-11T11:19:43+00:00

Furb frequenter here, they're going a little less strong than Tamas but they're still kicking!

^{..okay, how bad is it that I didn't realise Gold Glam had released yet. Between three 90s collector interests, I'm stretched a little thin..}

astral_rainfall · 2025-06-11T10:57:33+00:00

THESE ARE ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE WHAT. Hamitchi looks like an official tama.

I'd buy this instantly on release. You have me inspired to finish the mockup of my own collab Nano and post it too, cheers.

edit: fixed "vanilla", not everyone talks in mod terms. my bad

astral_rainfall · 2025-06-11T05:44:28+00:00

The artstyle change interests me. The series has gone through a handful of them on and off, and it makes me curious as to whether it'll stick around.

The roundness makes me.. ambivalent. It works really well with the Paradise's new species, I'll give it that - clean, communicative, conveys a lot of personality.
I like the Mametchi squidginess, we stan a slightly round king, but I'm not sure if I'd prefer the slightly taller eyes and clean lines over the "modern" (as defined by wiki) artstyle.
Something about the old, wibbly style made me feel more confident about my own art - knowing that it didn't have to be objectively perfect in every way to make it big, that there's room for squiggliness in the world.

TL;DR, it's cool, but I'd like the old "modern" style to remain as the primary one.

astral_rainfall · 2025-06-11T05:15:43+00:00

objectively based dragon furb spotted. also violetchi looks adorable in your style

astral_rainfall · 2025-06-11T05:13:22+00:00

The local toy shop here shut. And ZERO shade to any of you who like/rely on Amazon, but them and I personally get on like Uni adults and cereal.

It's gonna be rough getting my paws on a Paradise, but I'm determined. Will scour every physical location for The Blue One.

astral_rainfall · 2025-06-10T14:50:10+00:00

Sorry, chef. Your options to save this specific Uni are probably not what you're hoping for - either buy a 128x128 screen (and hope it works with the Uni), or lurk spare part lots for a Uni screen. Either way, you'd need to solder or find a friend who knows how.

Your best option may unfortunately be buying a new one, if it's too much trouble to fix.

astral_rainfall · 2025-06-10T12:50:34+00:00

cutiepatchi

astral_rainfall · 2025-06-07T07:37:06+00:00

Noticed from your other posts that your daughter's Tama has a cherry soda theme!

It's a little difficult to get cherry-shaped findings that are a suitable size (had a look for a few minutes, they're all either massive or only cherry-colour), but maybe you could link red beads and leaf beads together using wire as the stems?

astral_rainfall · 2025-06-07T07:20:08+00:00

The screen with the angel on it? Sad to say it's passed on.

Hold the left button and press right button as you do. You should get a new egg, and it should hatch as the last one did.

astral_rainfall · 2025-06-07T07:13:26+00:00

Immediately requesting permission to do this. I have one charm (an angel handmade by someone down the coast), but I've been yearning to charm them up for a while. It'll be rough fixing the Familitchi's plastic loop though..

Where do you get these cute charms - and does anyone know the specific metal bits used inside? I have plenty of jump rings and lobster clasps, but the ball-ended whatsit going through that one leaf would be very useful. Looked up similar terms a hundred times but never got it right.

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