Subnautica (Concepts)
Maitland
West Australia Join Date: 2014-12-25 Member: 200270Members
West Australia Join Date: 2014-12-25 Member: 200270Members
What are the most beautiful or frightening creatures you know of?
Stygiomedusa gigantea (A Dementor-Jellyfish hybrid) http://theinvertedtower.tumblr.com/post/100161258619/spooky-question-10
Tanzanian Giant Tailless Whipscorpion (Supposedly harmless)
The Pink Underwing Moth larvae (Wow, it lives here in Australia!)
Promachoteuthis sulcus - Deep Sea Squid (With human-like teeth)
Lampreys (Not dangerous, our blood is too warm)
Deep Sea creature - Pyrostremma Spinosum, or the pyrosome http://www.unbelievable-facts.com/2014/10/unicorn-of-the-sea.html
The rest of them can be seen on my Journal post, for convenience: http://infoasyouneedit.deviantart.com/journal/Pictures-of-Aquatic-and-Insect-Species-502684195
Stygiomedusa gigantea (A Dementor-Jellyfish hybrid) http://theinvertedtower.tumblr.com/post/100161258619/spooky-question-10
Tanzanian Giant Tailless Whipscorpion (Supposedly harmless)
The Pink Underwing Moth larvae (Wow, it lives here in Australia!)
Promachoteuthis sulcus - Deep Sea Squid (With human-like teeth)
Lampreys (Not dangerous, our blood is too warm)
Deep Sea creature - Pyrostremma Spinosum, or the pyrosome http://www.unbelievable-facts.com/2014/10/unicorn-of-the-sea.html
The rest of them can be seen on my Journal post, for convenience: http://infoasyouneedit.deviantart.com/journal/Pictures-of-Aquatic-and-Insect-Species-502684195
Comments
What if we had a Kickstarter for the Cards that received enough votes on Trello (Feature Vote)?
With 'Kickstarter', if the funding goal isn't reached, then no one will be charged.
Also, if Subnautica had a Patron page, what could the developers offer in exchange?
I assume they could use it to hire temporary workers, otherwise I'm not sure how it would help them.
Having the workers, whose job is to be creative, be concerned about their funding, has a negative effect on workflow (Video).
Taking pictures (Photo's) of creatures
Like in the N64 game 'Pokemon Snap', we could take pictures of all the different animals, which gives us their name.
'Bleeding', causes predators to be attracted to you're location?
There is a 'Bleed' effect in the game, but what if it became a status condition, causing predators to be attracted to you're location? (Or would it be too annoying for the player?)
Speed-boat (Jet-ski) for returning back to the escape pod?
I noticed that from my watching of playthrough's, that people generally swim to the surface when they start making their way back to the pod. Although, it doesn't make any difference. But what if you could make a speed-boat (Jet-ski) of sorts? One that automatically travels to you're location, waiting for when you reach the surface?
Night-vision goggles
These would be a much welcomed addition, since the flashlight has limited range.
I don't think we are going to have night-vision goggles though because we want dark areas to have a different gameplay than lit areas. Just putting goggles on and then everything is as usual is likely not going to be it. Have a look into crafting flares. I'm sure we will see more elaborate uses of them once we have lots of caves in the game.
Also I don't think escape pod taxis are going to make it. Right now the escape pod is very important because it is the only place with a constructor. That is going to change. We will have much more ways to conquer the territory than just going on round-trip expeditions.
When exploring the caves at greater depths, I noticed how easily you can get lost in the Tunnels.
A beacon can be deployed at the entrance, so you'll know where to find it, but you still need to find the correct path.
If the cave system was shaped like a maze, then what if we could see through walls and find the tunnels that would lead out to the exit?
But the device would be limited to about 25m / 30m. This would also allow you to see through murky water.
For example, in the Cenote Angelita, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, there's an underwater river, caused by a phenomenon known as halocline
(A higher density of sea salt).
This effect can be quite deadly, for what appears to be air, is actually more water.
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There could be valuable materials in these places, but what if there were certain creatures (Jellyfish?) that you wouldn't see while wearing the device?
Why Night-vision goggles won't be used
The flashlight has limited range, but having night-vision goggles would ruin the atmosphere (The bio luminescent creatures wouldn't be as prominent).
So the team has decided to use Flares (Probably made using Magnesium) instead.
Seamoth (Leaving the head-lights on)
What if we could have the head-lights on the Seamoth switched on, when we go outside to collect items (Or explore the area)? Also, what if the Seamoth's HUD could identify materials at a further distance?
Scanning Device / Radar
What if we had a device that could help us find the minerals we're looking for? A radar of sorts (Dragon Ball?).
Poisonous food
What if some of the foods were poisonous? So we could take samples and scan them to see if their edible or not?
Monolith's
What if there were alien artifacts (Monolith), that provided us with new designs (Technologies) for our Fabricator / Constructor?
These could be new ship parts or perks, such as the ability to self-repair. New ways to harness energy (Solar power), new compounds (Drugs) that we could use on ourselves, or other creatures, or a device that would enable you to breathe underwater (Artificial gills?)
Taking advantage of the defense mechanisms of other creatures
Just as how the Clown fish are able to hide amongst poisonous sea anemones, because of their immunity to stinging tentacles.
What if you could trick the Poppers into ignoring you and attacking the larger creatures that might be after you?
Freeze Ray
What if there were creatures that couldn't be hurt, unless you froze them?
In Metroid for example, the Ice Beam was used to combat Metroids, parasitic life forms that could absorb all types of energy.
(DeviantART guide on how to draw Ice)
Shelter / Underwater bases
I think a safe house becomes more appreciated when you've exposed to precarious situations (Danger v.s Respite).
The escape pod allows you to think about you're next move, without being pressured.
In my opinion the freeze ray and and the the artifical gills in particular would ruin the feeling of the game.Other ideas like your monolith idea also sound a little bit off to me.But if instead of the monolith they would use parts of your original ship that would be much better in my opinion.It could even be combined with your underwater base idea.What if you couldn't build those bases only found them, like damaged empty lifepods that jettisoned during the fall off the ship or just simply some secluded part that broke of the ship and still presurized.You could find them in the ocean floor randomly and use them as temporary bases, some of them could have new blueprints or complete constructs inside them, like your solar panel idea.Also if not solar panel what about wave energy converters?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_power In an ocean planet they would be an ideal source of power.
It allows you to remain underwater without needing to make a return trip to the surface. But they'll be a point where there's not enough Oxygen to sustain the Human body. But from about 40m down, you'll save space in you're inventory by not needing an air tank. Another effect, is how the temperature drops as you go down.
It's certainly not an end all be all, because that's really what the most endgame of endgame items should take care of, while this would be more of a "DNA" swapping sort of thing-- maybe one of those items that is extremely useful right after a tutorial or prologue
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Long term goals here. Fingers crossed. You don't simply add that stuff in a week or two.
I also like symbiotic behaviours like the clownfish. We definitely want tons of them. Ideally everything would interact with everything in a natural but mindblowing way. Note that the Crash already attacks creatures large enough to be a threat including Stalkers and Gasopods. Try luring a Stalker over to a Crash nest and observe.
I have an idea for the kelp forest or the mushroom biome, what about a colony of eusocial creatures, like bees, or more accurately wasps.They would be around half the size of a peeper and agressive to everything but the player could distract them by giving them fish from his hand and aproach the nest and harvest something from it.-Tell me if it is already planned or something, as I said I'm new here.
A rock or part of the ground could be alive. Some examples of this could be the Nomes from 'Return to oz'
I've also noticed that in the concept art of the Lava zone, there's a mound of Basalt (Cooled lava) that resembles a head of sorts.
Other examples include the Demon Wall from FFIV (1.) (2.), and the fourth Possessor from Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon.
Greek Fire
A Syrian engineer (Kallinikos of Helioplis - AD.700) made a substance that would continue to burn, even when submerged underwater.
What if an animal, such as a sea dragon, could do this? Being able to produce a fire that burns underwater?
Decorator crab
They stick mostly sedentary animals and plants to their bodies as camouflage or, if the attached organisms are noxious, to ward off predators.
What if there was a crab that could grow poppers on it's back?
Wave Colossus
What if a Pyrosome took on the form of a wave, using the wind to push it across the planet's surface.
Together, the zooids would somehow be able to raise the height of a wave, appearing somewhat as a water-type colossus.
This blog post (The second picture down) could be used as a good example.
Can you tell from my avatar I kinda like dragons and Sea Serpents? lol
Would love to see a massive sea serpent in the game, though I wish them luck in animating it cleanly as I bet it's really hard
just more huge animals then the game would be so awsome
it is a alien world after all
Yep, it shoots out a sphere and whatever is touching that sphere will be frozen until the sphere disappears
Though some things are unaffected
There are creatures on Earth who have been known to disguise themselves as being part of the ground.
The Stargazer
The wings of the "Spiny Flower Prey Mantis", look as though they could be used as fins.
Another candidate, is the "Devil's Flower Prey Mantis".
Two species of Moth larvae, including the remarkable, "Calleta Silkmoth Caterpillar".
And the frightening "Lobster moth caterpillar"
Another Nudibranch (Sea Slug) by the name of "Phyllodesmium poindimiei"
Like the Lampreys, the jaws of a Hagfish also appear to be quite intimidating.
The "Japanese Spider Crab" is the largest Crustacean on Earth.
It's also known as the "Dead Man's Crab", because it is thought to have fed on the dead bodies that sank during WW2.
This gif shows one that's molting from it's shell.
Helioceras heteromorph ammonite (Extinct Cephalopod)
Also, I don't know if it's been mentioned before, but could the developers render something like a Bigfin Squid?