So I've recently moved and started a new job (and have already managed to convince one of my new coworkers to try Creatures), but because of reasons I find myself in need of a more portable source of entertainment than my beefed-up gaming desktop. And I have a crappy laptop on hand. Solution? Migrate my Creatures setups to the laptop. The games are over 20 years old, so even the lowest-end of modern laptops can handle them easily.
So I packed everything up, installed Creatures 1 and 3 on the laptop, ran through my world setup, and moved everybody over. Granted, there was one small hiccup - while creatures can be exported, eggs cannot, and my inventory in Eden had 19 eggs in it, so I had to hatch them all and export them on the spot. They're now tucked in a folder waiting for generation 2's turn in the world, when I'll analyze them (and any other eggs laid between now and then) and select which ones to bring into the world. I suppose I'll put the rest up for download because I've bred more than I can handle in the world.
But for now, I have generation 1. And one of the benefits of having Creatures on my laptop is I can play during lunch break at work!
Things were more-or-less calm for most of the hour, with creatures spreading out across the newly revamped Eden, although tragedy did strike. I hadn't set up the biochem kit, and x-ray had crashed, so I once again didn't have a full view of what was going on, when Lakeivy fell ill with Antigen 4 and Fever Toxin. Sadly, he didn't make it. I shut the game down briefly so I could fix the catalogue files and get my x-ray up and running again.
Mistreed also caught a sickness while she was hanging out in the Jungle, but between my swift intervention and her tough Hardman immune system, she pulled through. The same went for Wolfflower, though she needed more assistance. They got a heaping helping of Antigens 5 and 6 respectively.
Wolfflower, however, had additional problems. Though she didn't seem to be hungry, she had low glycogen levels, filling the Ark with sad music. I spent the remainder of my lunch break trying to talk her into eating, and ultimately had to put up the white flag until next time.
