URBAN CREATURES

26 April 2022

Considering all the items, species and areas databased, it would be nice to have something rounding those things together. This was where villages came in.

A comparably late addition compared to most of the main features mentioned in the last article, villages are themed locations with their own exclusive shops, items and species, each locked to a specific version:

Village	Shop	Eatery	Park	Hub	Grounds
Dawnshire^R	Miracle Mart	Wakey Bakery	Sunshine Station	Solcrest Manor	Dawnshire Sanctuary
Hobglen^R	Baxter and Sons	The Red Reivos	Gloaming Bazaar	Cinder Chateau	Hobglen Territory
Stratospire Ridge^R	Woolpack Novelties	Flighty Chophouse	Liberty Place	Nimbus Palace	Stratospire Base
Luster Falls^R	Laserwares	Tonic Tearoom	Millennium Park	Metro Hub	Luster Reserve
Langrel Post^R	The Tradepost	Langrel Maltster	Settlers' Square	Ivory House	Langrel Turf
Duskwick^B	Murk Market	Stockyard Tavern	Moonlight Midtown	Dark Hall	Duskwick Grounds
Darkwater Bay^B	Laguna Port	Seabream Bar	Palm Coast	Lakefront Guild	Darkwater Shanty
Ashenbrook^B	Cabin Goods	The Hothouse	Snowbank Street	Voxhall Court	Ashenbrook Campground
Arcadus^B	Garland Hobby Store	Cornucopian Brasserie	Grand Galleria	Hillcrest Gardens	Arcadus Field
Fortstead^B	Torc's Trinkets	Grillworks	Century Plaza	Steel Citadel	Fortstead Preserve

Every village shares amenities: shops for items, eateries for uh, eating, parks for meeting villagers and NPCs, hubs for quests and hunting grounds.

The names are mostly just fluff, but it'd certainly make the in-game world feel less clinical. That and NPCs. More will be elaborated on next time.

Originally there were only 100 locations drafted out and ID'd, with every village and their establishments taking up spaces after that. Names were even drafted for most of 'em, too, but that was cut down to make for another hundred more locations to hit 200.

Not that all of them were going to be implemented immediately.

Ho hum.