Camouflage creatures.

BreithanBreithan Join Date: 2017-08-30 Member: 232729Members
There needs to be some type of fauna that can camouflage itself to match surroundings. A herbivore would be cool but a predator would be terrifyingly brilliant! I want to be scared please add this!

Just imagine this. You're picking up quartz on the cliff faces of the blood kelp. Calmly thinking about the windows you intend to construct and the lithium and copper you need to collect later. As you move from one quartz crystal to the next, you suddenly freeze.

Something looks wrong about the next piece of quartz. Then it moves a little. You slowly start backing away when a 20 meter section of the cliff wall seems to fracture and shift. That odd piece of quartz shimmers and turns a pale blue. Then the color spreads throughout the "rock" as it transforms into the shape of a terrifying sea monster.

You flee at the sound of it's horrifying gurgling, back to your seamoth and attempt to enter it but the creature is already upon you. It slams into you poor little seamoth and then grabs it and flings it against the ravine wall, destroying it. In the commotion of the explosion, you manage to hide in a tiny, dead end cave. Silence follows. Your oxygen won't last forever. After 60 seconds of eternity you peep your head out. Nothing. Just the blood kelp zone.

You begin your accent to the safety of your cyclops. Not 15 meters in as you pass close to a bloodvine, it's blood oil orb opens to reveal a giant eye, staring into your soul. You double your speed as the bloodvine begins to wriggle and writh. You try and focus on your cyclops' ping without looking back. You hear that heart-stopping, deep gurgling from behind and you can't take it and spin around to look. Just in time to see its mouth envelope you whole.

You push you desk chair away from the computer, stand up, and go to change your pants.

Comments

  • Hulkie2345Hulkie2345 New York Join Date: 2017-08-23 Member: 232598Members
    A ton of people will be rage quitting and complaining about being instagibbed while trying to reach safety. No one likes invisible characters. This would have a hard balancing act. I like the idea though.
  • BreithanBreithan Join Date: 2017-08-30 Member: 232729Members
    edited October 2017
    Hulkie2345 wrote: »
    A ton of people will be rage quitting and complaining about being instagibbed while trying to reach safety. No one likes invisible characters. This would have a hard balancing act. I like the idea though.

    Well it doesn't have to kill you so quickly. It could be relatively weak aside from its stealth and camouflage. I just got carried away writing a scary subnautica short story!
  • SnailsAttackSnailsAttack Join Date: 2017-02-09 Member: 227749Members
    Hulkie2345 wrote: »
    A ton of people will be rage quitting and complaining about being instagibbed while trying to reach safety. No one likes invisible characters. This would have a hard balancing act. I like the idea though.

    It doesn't have to be invisible. It could just blend in with random plantlife, which subnautica generally has lots of.
  • LightcodeLightcode Join Date: 2017-10-09 Member: 233465Members
    Fantastic idea. Considering that most mobs in the game are rather easily avoidable and predictable, an angler fish or mimic octopus type of creature would definitely add a thick layer of excitement and challenge!
  • Hulkie2345Hulkie2345 New York Join Date: 2017-08-23 Member: 232598Members
    Hulkie2345 wrote: »
    A ton of people will be rage quitting and complaining about being instagibbed while trying to reach safety. No one likes invisible characters. This would have a hard balancing act. I like the idea though.

    It doesn't have to be invisible. It could just blend in with random plantlife, which subnautica generally has lots of.

    It's still designed to sneak up and kill players. Doesn't matter how much is visible. If it can be seen normally, than it's pointless. If it's hidden like you want. It can grief players. Some people will like it, others won't.
  • Pilipin0_pridePilipin0_pride Join Date: 2017-09-29 Member: 233295Members
    About camouflaged herbivores: a likely candidate could be some distant relative of the Gasopod. The new creature could share its cousin's build and behavior, but more shy and relies on speed instead of poison for self-defense.
  • angeluscaligoangeluscaligo Join Date: 2018-02-01 Member: 236483Members
    Well, technically you could argue that the Crabsquid already has some form of semi-camouflage in regards to the Anchorpods. Even the cinematic trailer used that idea :D
  • Hertz94Hertz94 Join Date: 2018-03-07 Member: 238683Members
    What about a little creature? It could be locate in the now-not-so-safe-safe shallows. It would be neat.
  • Muninn_CrowMuninn_Crow Join Date: 2018-02-27 Member: 238401Members
    I think it would be better suited to a prey species, rather than something that could harm the player. This way, you can have small camouflaging creatures, yet avoid the increased likelihood of griefing the players. It would seem likely, then, that the creature would be used in some capacity for a camo suit technology, based on its innate ability. Otherwise, a potentially bizarre meal. :P
  • Catsfan45Catsfan45 Join Date: 2018-01-27 Member: 235894Members
    Good idea but when making something like this it might be a good idea to add something to give the player a hint or a clue that it is a creature.
  • BlueBottleBlueBottle Australia Join Date: 2018-02-03 Member: 236674Members
    Finding that Seamoth sized eyeball in the rockface is always a bit of a giveaway
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