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[Matchmaker Event] Breeding a wolf to an NPC

[Matchmaker Event] Breeding a wolf to an NPC
Posted 2023-02-24 07:28:00 (edited)
#963416
I was really hoping we could breed our wolves to the NPCs and I was very disappointed to find out that isn't a thing. My idea is that we could get one (1) breeding to any NPC that has a maxed-out affection meter. The breeding could be used at any time on any of our wolves (not limited to our lead wolf in the event a player wanted to choose an NPC that is the same sex as their lead). I think adding a feature like this would be really fun since you could get some really cool new wolves this way. Maybe having a litter limit of just one pup to make it fairer? I don't know if that would be necessary though since the litter would most likely be made up of potato pups since RNG isn't always kind.

(Ideas on how this could be implemented are in the comments below) 		Wulf
#108703
Posted 2023-02-24 10:16:28
#963531
I think this is a great idea!!! I would love this! support!
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#1644
Posted 2023-02-24 11:17:18
#963578
I feel like this would be tricky to implement. You could kind of have it operate like the weekly raffle studs, where there is a dedicated pack for them and each week a new one acts as the breeding male. So you could do the same and have a staff-run account with in-game versions of the NPCs. However I'm not sure how that would work since none of them would be time-locked and you'd have multiple wolves to breed to at the same time. And that's only considering the male NPCs, I have no idea how they'd implement the female NPCs considering they really can't be studded like male wolves can.

If not doing something akin to the raffle studs, I am not sure how that would work without coming too close to each player getting to keep the NPC as a wolf in their pack (which a lot of folks wanted but the devs have made it clear as to why they won't do that). You could have them be a temporary pack member, I guess? Claim a NPC into your pack, sort of pair bond one of your own wolves to them and breed them, and as soon as the pups wean the NPC dips out? Seems like a lot of work.
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#20022
Posted 2023-02-24 13:14:57 (edited)
#963644
I agree this would probably be difficult to implement. I like your idea of doing something similar to raffle studs, that would also work. I think there's probably a few different ways to implement something like this, whatever is easiest would be the best option.

One idea I had was it could have a drop-down menu like the one the match matching/dating feature has and you select the two wolves to breed. If using a male NPC for the breeding that would be simple, you just breed them together and the female gets pregnant, similar to a regular stud breeding. As for a female NPC that might be a bit tricker because of the weaning process so I was thinking for a female NPC they could "watch over the pups" until they have weaned and after 5 roll overs (when the pups wean) the pups (2.5 months old) would join the player's pack (you would get a notification message telling you about new arrivals).

Maybe even having some fun flavor text for both the male and female NPC breedings, like the match maker explaining how the breedings work. The match maker could say something under the lines of "Now that you've gone on a couple dates and gotten to know some of these wolves, if you want, you can select one of your wolves, including yourself, to pick partner. Selecting a partner is optional. If you decide to select a partner they will be breed to your chosen wolf. Only partners who have full affection meters can be selected so if you have your eye on someone you haven't impressed try going on a few more dates with them to win their heart!" (This is a rough idea but you get the gist of it) 		Wulf
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