Hello, people of the Soup of Cereal or the Cereal of Soup!
Obviously we like Cereal Soup. For some, it's a new experience and others, it's a way of life and community. I'm still new and getting the hang of things in general. Even now, I want to be online more often before my time will be limited with school and whatnot.
Now, then, the topic! I wanted to ask what would, was or is the selling point for you regarding Cereal Soup? What is it that would, without a single doubt, sell you to the game and community for as long as you have access to the internet? What would have to happen for you to go "Ok, my life is Cereal Soup, now"?
What would? More like, what is. For me, Cereal Soup looks attention grabbing because of perspective, I love games that put you in as the animal with the freedom to run around and do whatever you want. When I realized that you had several cool actions, objectives, and things to discover, I became even more hitched. So you could imagine my excitement after learning about all the new things coming up!
But I think what makes "Cereal Soup my life now" is the staff and design, as well as the community. For one, the staff is hella awesome, after asking some of the in game moderators a few questions and such. But when one pointed out to me that you they accepted ideas, suggestions, designs, and more, I immediately was awestruck. I think of all things I want to do most in this game is help out. And me being a digital artist, I'll create piece after piece after piece for the game, even if it's never used ^^ Even after creating my first character I was indulged in her ((Making a reference of her right now actually))
So honestly, what amazes me most and the reason I'm going to stay till the end is the openness to the public and the ability to help, donate, and be inspired by the game ^^
Note; What I say here focuses more on the game itself rather than the community, because from a creator's standpoint, community is something that's really out of your control, so it's hard to do much about it from a market standpoint(since you guys are involving money in this game now!). So I'll just be sharing what IS directly controlled by the admin's/creator/etc!
When joining a new online thing, I always read and absorb as much of the game's lore so im informed of the game's world(i do this for every single game i join), and what really interested me were the Suricate and Raptor species and the separate god's for each one, especially the story. Usually every other game had horses, cats or dogs, but birds? a separate species for lil ferrets?? BOII IM A BIRD LOVER AND THIS SHIT MMMMMMMMMMMM hooked me good ya'll nicebruhlookingood so it gave me a really good first impression <33
After downloading the game and registering, the first thing that really WOW'ed me were the beautiful as hell graphics and the tutorial! because a lot of other animal games, like the IT server games for example, they can't stray too much from the original code so, sadly, their stuck as they are. But CEREAL SOUP, there's not just a dog or cat specie, theres even an animation for the tail when you walk backwards, flea's, pick up option, really varying dance movements(ears and hair actually do their own wobble and aren't stiff as hell) and scratching and etc(lmao im a goddamn sucker for small details like this :'DDDD). Making my characters, I was immediately stunned when i saw the marking, hair and colour options, because i had never seen an independent animal game do something as varying as this(probably because the only options there was; were the Impressive Title Servers. These were the only online creature games that i could find, so it's nice to see a game bringing new cutlery to the table!)
The map's pulled me in even further. The graphics, layout, everything was really different from previous animal games i've played. Like, my gosh, the maps, each one of them is different and the layout's for each one is unique, their all beautiful without being too jarring or over the top. They aren't gigantic as all hell either, instead they each make good use of their own space. Heck even one of them is super fucking tiny but it's beautiful and even has little insects you can eat there, a really nice place for RP that map. What's more was the skull hunting me and a friend had to do for the canis and felis skulls which really made some good memories <33
Fast forwarding, I hear that the game will have a tribe system and I was excited to see that the tribe system was really organized & polished. Then I hear about buff's, special traits, affinities & so many other planned updates which interested me further. Since affinities were already in game, 2 of 5 special traits were already implemented and since update log's had pictures and GIF's that were fully accessible to the public, it really re-assured me that this game might actually be a thing. Because a lot of games leave their audience in total darkness and end up going on a very long hiatus without updates, understandable since progress and work and all that but I've left and forgotten so many games because of this common occurrence. Really damaging for any game, so i hope CS never has to come to that
So from my experiences with the game, the premium membership definitely looks worthwhile to me since it's not at all a jarring price(lot more expensive in my country's currency but it's still in an acceptable range), so i'm actually quite interested in getting it later. Though I do want to see what else you guys implement before doing that! :0
Overall, the things that hooked me the most were the colors, map designs, character creator, varying specie(varying but they're all interconnected with each other, like that alliance with the raptors and felis <33) and the movement options/buffs(oH and those magic powers ya'll keep talkin' about, so im definitely gonna stick around for a really long while! )
It's a roleplay game, which means full extensive variety to absolutely everything. Wether that's facial experessions, to body changes, to tens and tens of varieties in actions, Hundreds of maps, thousands of new things to explore, A large playerbase that gets very well along with eachother, Etc.
I've been playing Animal Crossing... I would love more water/wind/atmosphere sounds (edit: Oh there are already those sounds yay!). I'm also interested in, making temporary garden plants, digging for water wells. & I love catchable creatures/balloons in the sky/etc with variety and rare mobs.
Edits: Suricates already
People who made this community, you're making me feel welcome. ^^
I like exploring each patch. I just sniffed treasure and found treasure inspector npc cave!
I find that, resting, chatting, at Tombet and seeing people's characters is wonderful.
The lore and maps are great, opens a lot of imagination.
the selling point is that it's a free animal mmorpg that isn't unfinished and/or abandoned or an impressive title server. the devs have been putting a lot of effort into it!
The selling point for me was the awesome community and the awesome game. So many nice people and dedicated staff and this game itself...just how much it's growing, how much better it's getting. And of course eventually getting the honor of actually working with the staff team itself. That's what made this game worth it 1000 times over.
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the game and it's graphics how it wasn't abandoned like so many in the past
but what really stricked me was it's community and staff.
I was shocked on how the community was when entering the game after a very long time.
It was friendly, open, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. Even those who were silent, they weren't across the map just chilling with one, they were all nicely together, there wasn't a barrier between players, there wasn't a barrier between players and staff. Everyone was chilling, and no one was getting upset you sat too close and you weren't a friend, no one was mini-modding and poking fun at your design, not even throwing a tantrum because you sat on their pixels, there wasn't arguments breaking out concerning politics, or even stupid arguments that resulted into growing bigger, I spotted no one who acted like an elitist and looked down at everyone. Everyone was enjoying themselves.
And then there was the staff, honestly it just shocked the hell out of me they listened to an idea and showed it possibly being in the game. Sure many games do 'suggestions,' but I never saw them actually go, 'oh hey that's neat,' shows you the suggestion they are working on that you suggested. like tf
that was like 3 months ago for me but u don't understand i'm still shook
It wasn't a toxic, like so many are in the animal community, it was just a pleasant place, that I wanted to join.
Cereal Soup without doubt is my life. There are plenty of reasons, almost too many to name because of how much work and effort has been put in to keep this community/game a friendly and diverse one.
- Character Creator I would kill to be able to spend my life in character creator, there's an influx of ideas when I enter the creator and I usually don't know where to start so I end up spending about 2 hours creating each char lol.
- Amazing Community The community is a blessing for me, everyone is so nice and friendly and you all seem to be enjoying yourselves which is beyond great! I personally would never leave my computer if I had the chance to spend day and night in-game or on the forums.
- Amazing Staff Now I know you will believe me when I say this - the staff I work with are the best people I met in my life. Honestly if I could I would spend my whole life with them because damn they're amazing. There's funny moments and sweet moments, sure there's sometimes conflict but it ends up working for the benefit of Cereal Soup and I love how everyone is so involved with CS. Mama blackie has dedicated so much into CS and it's truly amazing how much work has been put in. Ahhh
I found this game at the beginning of the year during a time in my life where I had almost no friends. Finding this community and immersing myself in the game's world and being able to create and provide for it has changed my life and has helped me realize what I want to do for a career. I've never met such a welcoming and loving online community, and you can expect me to stay with cereal soup for many years to come!
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Everything about this place has me sold. Especially the memes.
In all seriousness though, everything from the wonderful people here to the game itself is why I'm still here. The community is absolutly wonderful. Everyone here is so nice and helpful. We're all just kinda... there for each other. And don't get me wrong, the staff are awesome too! If there's anything that stands out to me about the staff, it's that unlike most other servers, You'd rather be treated like everyone else rather than be treated like you're above everyone else. You don't feel the need to act professional, and to be absolutely honest, I love that. It really makes me (along with many, many others as I can presume) feel like everyone here has the same status on the fourm, game, anywhere! In a sense, We're all kinda like one big family.
and I mean, who's to say I'm not 100% sold on CS already?
Hey, I know that probably sounds very cheesy, but I'm being honest. Everything here is wonderful, and I plan on sticking around for as long as I can :>
blackmailchan: wai wai i see youuuu
Sept 21, 2015 18:06:33 GMT
blackmailchan: reav if you get on and see this- no the pelt has not been made yet- you can go ahead and make one!
Sept 21, 2015 18:07:41 GMT
blackmailchan: and also if u want to animate something i still have the scorpion who needs a little bit of redoing but is rigged to be animated and already has a few animations on it too
Sept 21, 2015 18:10:29 GMT
blackmailchan: hes linked in the to do list for u
Sept 21, 2015 18:10:51 GMT
Nøwαι: Blackie, I see you tooo! :'D
Sept 21, 2015 18:59:41 GMT
Nøwαι: This is black magic.
Sept 21, 2015 18:59:47 GMT
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blackmailchan: i love skype : - )
Sept 21, 2015 20:44:59 GMT
blackmailchan: im gonna keep this up in case skype fucks up a third and final time
Sept 21, 2015 20:46:09 GMT
blackmailchan: oo theres some people online in the game today too : 0 ! woa
Sept 21, 2015 20:50:22 GMT
Deleted: yells at own ass
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