#yueffowl

[solobodor]

beastieball server gave me some requests yipee + my team sorry wirlpool the Mistic was replaced bc i needed my SPIRIT specialist back..

[buginacup]

I just played through essentially all of what was available in the playtest, and as someone who IMMEDIATELY loved Collarva (which I believe you said you worked on?) on sight in both moves and visual design (I LOVE that wiped pose out in the field of pulling down their silk hoodie, and using hunker/grit is just kind of insane tbh) I'm curious what parts exactly you worked on (I don't even know if you got to work on its not-evolutions [metamorphs?] tbh) Also, any favorite beasties of yours that were in the Playtest?

I did the whole metamorph line! There was a while in development where we could pitch beasties that matched roles we were looking to fill, rather than what we do otherwise where we turn an extant concept (created by Greg or Alexis) into a design. The ones from the pitching period often had the same artist throughout, though I'd say even with the concept beasties it often worked out that way!

(Not to mention we often gave feedback to one another in the design process! Nobody is working entirely alone.)

I pitched these all at once!

We weren't super satisfied with the face of Collarva so I did a few iterative takes on new directions we could take them. As you might tell we wound up going for something around B!

With Collarva->Plumask they were looking for an early game lepidopteran (butterfly/moth) and I'm the go-to bug girl. There are a lot of moths and butterflies in monster games (bugs are the origins of the genre nobody is surprised) and I wanted to represent a type of moth that hadn't gotten much love yet. Plume moths are dusty looking creatures that don't look like they should be able to fly at a glance, it pulled me towards making something eerie and ghostly!

Image source here.

I don't want to color anyone's read of the line too much, but my general overarching theme was about picking up various personas/behaviors/aspects like a mossy rock until you find yourself as an adult and shed what you don't need. Both Axolati and Collarva are pulling from my teenage theatre kid life, uhuhu.

You can actually see the concept art for most beasties in the Beastiepedia under Morphology->Visual Studies. It even lists concept artists and sprite artists! (Research is concept/pose work and Videography refers to their in-game sprite and animation based off those poses)

In terms of mechanics/design we often don't have too much direct say. Since the color palette is often relevant we typically know what types of moves they'll specialize in. In my experience I'll pitch a concept and then give a narrative/emotional description that they use to inform stats/moves/etc. There are maybe one or two times where I lent a hand with stats/moves but I don't have a ton of time to play the game outside of work so I was always a bit too behind on the meta to contribute much, personally.

Yueffowl and Collarva are both favorites of mine! There are three or four beasties/beastie lines that are my precious babies and they're both included. They're among the ones where I really felt the most like I was expressing myself in the design. They definitely feel like designs I'll be remembered for.

[songwings]

drew all of the april fools humanball beasties

coaches in order: ace, riley, riven, kaz, elena, reese, celia, craig, marcy, sunsoo, sports king, barnes mcbride, alessia, callisto, gene, valerie stride, marlin, dominic, and finally jack who is definitely a plumask

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Round 1 matchup 19

Who would win in a battle?

Yueffowl from Beastieball

Profitamole from Viva Piñata

Voting ended onJan 3, 2025

Propaganda for Yueffowl:

"Cool alien"

Propaganda for Profitamole:

"They make this noise all the time and it’s just fun."

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Yueffowl

"There are numerous reports of coaches seeing their Beasties swooped up by Yueffowl at night, only to find them returned unharmed in the mor

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The Profitamole is a yellow mole piñata. A harmless ambling bundle of fluff, if you can banish that rampaging Sour side. Profitamoles tend t

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Round 4 matchup 14

Who would win in a battle?

Illugus from Beastieball

Yueffowl from Beastieball

Voting ended onFeb 9, 2025

Propaganda for Illugus:

"A potential evolution of one of your "starter" beasties! Illugus is my favorite of the Sprecko line because of its super rad design and color palette. It also focuses on giving opponents the "trap" condition in battle, which is fun to build a team around!"

Propaganda for Yueffowl:

"Cool alien"

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Illugus

"Though eerily quiet, they are constantly sending and receiving spore signals with nearby mycelia. As a result they have uncanny environment

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Yueffowl

"There are numerous reports of coaches seeing their Beasties swooped up by Yueffowl at night, only to find them returned unharmed in the mor

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Round 2 matchup 19

Who would win in a battle?

Yueffowl from Beastieball

Urayuli from Inscryption

Voting ended onJan 19, 2025

Propaganda for Yueffowl:

"Cool alien"

Propaganda for Urayuli:

"This level of brutish strength needs no explanation..."

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Yueffowl

"There are numerous reports of coaches seeing their Beasties swooped up by Yueffowl at night, only to find them returned unharmed in the mor

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Urayuli

The Urayuli is a Rare Beast card that appears in Act I, Act II, and Kaycee's Mod. The Urayuli has extremely high base statistics with its 7

[buginacup]

really glad to see your writeup on the collarva line, i was immediately all "OMG a many-plumed moth!" as soon as i saw one. they're such weird creatures!

yueffowl and its metamorph might be some of my favorite mind-focused beasties in the game... am i right in thinking it's inspired by both barn owls and lophorinas?

Oh hi! ^_^ I saw your post about Yueffowl last night while I was lurking on the Beastieball tag and it made me so happy. It's nice to see little science communication choices pay off.

BEASTIEBALL SPOILERS BELOW:

And yes! You're 100% on the mark. Albrax's design came first. The barn owl portion stems from the general suspicion that the Flatwoods Monster sighting was a misunderstood scuffle with a barn owl (along with various other things). The idea of the line was to try and illustrate the way one thing can seem like another - and also to make a badass cool alienbird.

They're also vaguely avocado-like just because it was a fun shape direction to take the design in.

While Yueffowl definitely still has the iconic barn owl face, lophorinas obviously inspired its posture and wing shape. It's too perfect not to do! I think retroactively you could argue that Albrax's more vibrant plumage is due to this influence as well.

Thanks so much for your ask! -and for playing Beastieball! ❤

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Round 3 matchup 19

Who would win in a battle?

Yueffowl from Beastieball

Radlad from Ooblets

Voting ended onFeb 1, 2025

Propaganda for Yueffowl:

"Cool alien"

Propaganda for Radlad:

"too cool for school"

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Yueffowl

"There are numerous reports of coaches seeing their Beasties swooped up by Yueffowl at night, only to find them returned unharmed in the mor

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Radlad

Radlad is a radish-like Ooblet found in Badgetown. Radlads can be unlocked with the "Even More Ooblets I" upgrade from the Wishy Well. They