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Time for a peek! These were posted to our Patreon account two weeks ago so if you wanna see them earlier, please consider a pledge of just $5 a month to there!
These are from artist Rubyz, backgrounds for the site! These will likely be used in explore, though we may edit them to where they can be used for cats too if people like them!
What do you think?
- Ran
Background and explore artist Kaen did this gorgeous background! Honestly, I watched her paint it and I still think she just took a picture, really. The detail on those leaves, am I right?!
Patrons saw this post two weeks earlier and alphas saw it a week ago! All this and more can be found on our Patreon for just $5 a month! Patreon allows for sneak peeks, fresh new updates, lengthy posts about various things, and soon, some videos on our artists' drawing processes and meet the team! Pop over to our Patreon and pledge today!
- Ran
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k, bar on the left - description says nothing abt fantasy ; on top of that: "ice age never ended", "ice age world" . misleading much? meh
I honestly believe calling it “misleading” is somewhat of an overreaction but that is your prerogative, not mine. As I stated in my previous ask, Feranix was never going to be wholly realistic. If that is not the sim for you, I am sure there are numerous others out there that are rooted in realism that you could play. If you would like to message me privately off anon, you may do so at my personal blog, hookisms, and I will be more than happy to point you in the direction of a few that I know and have myself played.
That being said, these messages here are doing nothing for you, as I have already answered your questions. Further asks of this nature will be deleted as Finn and myself feel that they are going nowhere.
Thank you for your time and questions.
- Ran
Edit: Ah, here we go. From the section of our FAQ that was written around this time last year or so, when we first set up the blog. I remember writing this myself, as I did most of the writing for the blog.
"In what era is Feranix set?
Feranix is not actually set in an “era.” In order to cater to a more fantasy setting, we have essentially come up with an alternative earth where the ice age as understood and studied never ended."
So hopefully that clears up any confusion or worries of “misleading.” Feranix was always going to be fantasy and we’ve been open about that from the beginning. If anyone has any further questions, they can be sent off-anon to my personal, hookisms but as I stated before, we will not be taking questions regarding that here.
so it's not even prehistoric, it's just a fantasy sim? dissappointing
I’m sorry you feel that way but Feranix was never going to be just a prehistoric sim. We plan on having numerous fantasy elements, including gods and other deities as well as fantastical mutations and pelts. We are primarily a prehistoric simulation game set on an Earth-like planet and have intended from the start to have numerous fantasy elements. I’m sorry if you were lead somehow to believe otherwise but that was the plan from the beginning and we intend on sticking to it. Never in any of the development cycle did we consider sticking to a realistic scenario and I believe we have been upfront about that.
- Ran
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As we edge closer and closer to our demo launch and, later this year, Alpha release, we do plan to start utilizing our Patreon more and more. Patreon is definitely the best way to support Feranix, truly! We recently redid it, going from 8 tiers down to just 4 but the rewards are EXCELLENT, such as a forever upgrade as well as a chance to create an NPC! And a lot more stuff too!!
Patreon is a monthly donation but that is a good thing for us! Money from the Patreon is currently being collected to fund our alpha coding later this year and we will need a LOT of it! We also hope to have enough banked to start paying our dedicated artists for their extremely amazing work.
So if you want to see Feranix really succeed, please consider pledging to us on Patreon. Even $5 or $10 helps so, so much on a monthly basis and your support means more to us than I can even say.
And if you cannot give monthly, please consider making a one-time donation or purchasing an alpha account! Accounts are still $25 each until the demo launches - send it to [email protected] via Paypal’s pay for goods and services with your name and email and addressed as an alpha purchase. One-time donations can be sent the same way, just mark them as a donation with your name and email. Significant donations get a neat little reward!
And if you can’t do any of that, please consider reblogging this so more and more people can learn about Feranix! Thank you!
- Ran
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And now for something completely different...
Finn and I have a very exciting announcement to tell you all today. We are pleased to tell you all that we are teaming up with TauntedOctopus and BinaryRabbit of Northern Call and Griffins of Darkholme to create a new wolf sim game - Court of Seasons!
Taunted and Binary decided to close their wolf sim, Northern Call, after a lot of talk with their team. However, Finn and I both love Northern Call and so we decided to offer our assistance either on helping them to redo it or to make a new site together. It was decided that we would be making an entirely new website and so, here we are!
Taunted, Binary, Finn, and I will be the co-owners of it. A mixture of Feranix and Northern Call team members will make up the development team. At this moment, only members of the development team that have finished their current projects for Feranix are joining the Court of Seasons team.
Feranix is still going to be our top priority. It will always be our top priority. It is remaining under mine and Finn's ownership and will be a separate entity from Court of Seasons. Nothing in Feranix is changing. There's absolutely no need to worry about anything on that front. We're still very much in control of Feranix and news about what is going on with it will come soon!
For now, join us in celebrating our new partnership! Questions can be directed to our askbox or to Finn and I on our Discord server.
- Ran
Feranix Feature - Hunting!
Hey guys!
We’ve got a Feature treat for you guys today regarding our Hunting System. We all want lots of pretty cats, but with great prides come great responsibility. So, let’s get down into the nitty gritty of how feeding your cats will work.
While Hunting on Feranix will be easy to learn, you might find it challenging to master. Fine-tuning your hunting party and training its members will be of the utmost importance in order to have a successful hunt and bring food back to your den.
Hunting Parties
A Hunting Party on Feranix must consist of at least one male and one female. The hard cap on hunting party size is ten individuals. Only adult cats can hunt. Your cubs and adolescents will have to stay at home. The total stats combined of the males in your party (strength + speed + stamina) are your Party Defense. The total stats combined of the females in your party (strength + speed + stamina) are your Party Hunting Prowess. Party Defense is used to fight off scavengers while Party Hunting Prowess is used to catch and kill prey animals.
Successfully defending your hunting party from scavengers will give the males in your party a small boost to each of their stats. Successfully hunting an animal will give the females in your party a small boost to their stats. This is the best way to train up your young cats! Get them hunting early and often and you’ll have seasoned hunters in no time. Let’s look at two Party Structures:
Person A has four (4) cats (one male and three females) in their party. The male has 500 Total Stats going towards Defense and the females have 1200 Total Stats going towards Hunting Prowess.
Person B has seven (7) cats (two males and five females) in their party. The males have 200 Total Stats going towards Defense and the females have 800 Total Stats going towards Hunting Prowess.
While Person A has fewer cats in their party, they have a higher chance to ward off a scavenger attack or succeed in a hunt because their cats are more seasoned.
Hunting Areas
Each male and female in your pride will have 10 “Hunting Steps” per day. After organizing your Hunting Party, you will select from one of three Hunting Areas: Beginner, Medium, or Advanced. Be aware that any cat can enter any of the hunting areas. However, if you choose to enter an area with a hunting party that is too advanced for their skills, you may waste all of your hunting steps and have no meat to show for your effort and no stat increases to show for your hunters.
The Beginner Hunting Area is filled with small prey. Here, you will only encounter lone, weak scavengers. You can easily feed a small pride and train young cats in the Beginner Hunting area. Be warned! If you start expanding your pride with too many members before your cats are strong enough to reliably hunt in other areas, you may have trouble feeding that many inexperienced mouths.
The Intermediate Hunting Area is filled with medium-sized prey animals. Small bands of scavengers roam the Intermediate Area, adding to the risk of searching for the larger prey animals here.
The Advanced Hunting Area is filled with large prey animals, but vicious packs of dire wolves roam this area. Hunting here is a dangerous task and not for the faint of heart, but a good hunting party can bring home enough meat to feed their pride for days.
Starting Out
All new players on Feranix start out with their lead cat and two subcats: one female and one male. This means that you can start hunting in the Beginner Hunting Area on the very first day you login! A small tutorial will guide you through the hunting process the first time you attempt it.
Expanding your hunting party is as simple as breeding new cats into your pride, purchasing cats from other players, or selecting them from the as of yet unnamed “Adoption Area,” where unwanted (and site-generated) cats can be picked up for free.
Just remember: the more mouths you have to feed, the more meat they need! If you have lots of cats with low stats, you’ll find it almost impossible to feed them all while hunting in the Beginner Area. Sustaining a pride of roughly five cats is quite doable, but make sure you’re training your cats or they just won’t be experienced enough to properly feed themselves!
Why are you looking for more artists?
Numerous reasons.
The closer we move to alpha, the more we find there are things that need to be done. We want to ramp up the activity we’ve been doing lately and that means that we will need more artists as we move forward. Simulation games cannot be made with one single artist or even just a handful of them - they are big beasts that need a lot of time and effort put into them.
Furthermore, the artists we have are busy. We’re hoping that adding a few more people to the team will better distribute the burden of work that needs to be done as well as move things along somewhat faster. As I noted in an ask answered earlier today, things have slowed a bit due to real life problems. More artists will hopefully solve the problem of lagging development.
We also just feel that the time is right to add a few new people to the team. The Feranix team is close-knit and we work well together but we are aware that we’ll be growing in the future and beginning to spread out a bit more will help the team learn how to interact with other people.
Hope that answers the question.
- Ran
