artist meet

had a wee chat yesterday, talked about the accessories for the ebucs.
when you start the game and make your own ebuc, the stuff that donna has done so far is good! we can stick with that.
the other extra stuff would be bought with real money / points earned in the game.
the stuff would be to increase the ebucs fitness, intelligence, creativity and beauty.
fitness:
tread mill
hula hoop
trampoline

Intelligence:
Books
glasses
manacle
bubble pipe

Creativity:
Easel
musical instruments (piano, drums, triangle, kazoo)
garden

Beauty:
hats
dress up stuff

feel free to add more!
their was also a thought about having some things to be cruel to the ebuc, like slap / whip / flail? the girls weren't too keen on this!
also, each item has 3 levels - home made, cheep and expensive. the ebuc gets more out the pricey ones...

Ebuc moods would be on a sliding scale with 7 levels, if it reaches the happiest mood it might float away and if it reached the saddest / angriest level it would run away then if you started another ebuc and entered it into a competition the old one would come back and sabotage it to get revenge.
also, the combination of features you choose for the ebuc at the start would result in it tending towards a specific mood, kind of simulating a personality. the moods could be shown in the shade of it's colour - vivid meaning it's happy, dark = sad / angry, pale = ill

also if you didn't sign into the game for a while the ebuc would get sad/ depressed/ suicidal

a few more ideas were floating around but not discussed much - you could send it away to ebuc school, send it to a friends house (if an ebuc was sent to your house you would have more to play with but the owner would have to trust that you would treat it right and not start slapping it about loads)

- Iain, Donna, Suzanne, Olympia