Vacura

[Jboy2000000]

I know its been assumed that pretty much anyone and everyone now assumes that Vacura is a dead project will never be finished, but while looking at the wiki for a personal project, I found they have their own race page, and it even says you can apply to play them. Did I miss a memo or something about the Vacura? Because, the whole "apply here" thing, the page of Vacura makes the pages of the other races look like child's work comparatively, in both size and complexity. Is there some movement on the Vacura front, pushing them closer to actually be a playable race?

[Frances]

I'm actually wondering why the project has been cancelled - has a reason ever been stated besides "Covert is gone"?

[Jboy2000000]

Well, do you really need more of a reason? Covy was in charge of the project, maybe the only person working on it, and theres also another big project going on, the new map, and a more medium size, and I still feel useless, project, Skulls Aurora website thing.

[Frances]

Implementing a new species shouldn't be terribly hard since you can just build upon the existing framework of other species (unless there's a *special mechanic* to implement).

Finishing up the Vaurca would mostly be a matter of lore, and the lore team has plenty of able and willing participants.

[Jboy2000000]

Well, they do have a big amount and buffs and debuffs. So, that could be the problem, and you also need sprites, the lore is already bigger than any other race, so the problem, I guess, would be sprites, coding the buffs and debuffs, and then the matter of apps and stuff, which itself could be a problem, because theres already a giant backlog of custom item apps.

[jackfractal]

They're mostly finished in the code already. They have a species datum at least. Not sure about their icons.

[Alberyk]

They're mostly finished in the code already. They have a species datum at least. Not sure about their icons.

They are missing sprites and organs, I think, there is an ipc placeholder sprite.

[Jboy2000000]

So, hold up, THE most hyped project ever, since before the new map was announced (maybe even more hyped than that), that nearly every single person thought was dead and in the ground, and the staff didn't play this up, at all, that it WASN'T dead? Hell, I remember Skull saying Vacura was dead more than once, I won't lie, I lost my faith in staff, if I knew this was still going on, I might not have been so fast to drop my faith

[jackfractal]

Oh they're still dead unless someone revives them. The only difference is that they're dead in a different spot. That spot just is slightly closer to finished then most people believed.

[Tenenza]

We would also need to plan out their lore implementation and the events thereof, if we're going to continue the original plan of doing an event series for this, although those aren't so much dead blocks as some delays.

[Lord Lag]

has_organ = list(

"neural tube" = /datum/organ/internal/vaurca/neuraltube, //Not implimented

FOR VAURCA! IT WILL BE DONE!

Or ill cry trying.

[hivefleetchicken]

It's up to Scopes, and that's pretty much that.

If it is a thing, the lore team would probably be happy to help.

But if Scopes says it ain't, then we bury these space bugs.

[Owen]

I don't think it is getting done...

[rrrrrr]

what tipped you off, the 4 month gap between your post and the last reply orrr

[SilverTalismen]

Vaurca are applicable now

[Guest]

Vaurca are applicable now

They are not joking you can apply and get whitelists now.

[Fire and Glory]

Vaurca are applicable now

They are not joking you can apply and get whitelists now.

Heh, everyone goes on about how the Vaurca will never be finished and also how they SHOULD be finished.

...And then they get finished with so little fanfare that half the community has doubts until a staff member officially says something.

[Demonofthefall]

woah, wait up, they are actually finished and playable now? If so I must apply.

[Guest]

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