Custom Dog Foods

reina__ · November 2008

Sponsors should get an extra bonus. There could be a page where you can create your own custom dog foods. The price would change with the types of ingredients you can select (which may or may not have an impact on the dog's grooming or condition). Let's say if somebody creates one called, "Maximum Muscle," the ingredients could be chosen, and each ingredient ratioed 1-5. For example, the maximum number can be 15. In this case, Maximum Muscle has protein 5, fat 3, vaccines 4, carbohydrates 3. - The correct amount of protein and carbohydrate mixed together could have an impact on the endurance of the dog. - The correct amount of fat could keep the coat condition exceptional. - The correct amount of vaccines would keep the condition high even if the dog's exhausted (but the loyalty would still go down). Whoever does the coding can choose if they'd like the food to have an impact on the dog's condition or not. It could be just a fun thing to have on the side. And like, the certain ratios would have a certain expense. --Every ratio 5, would be like $8.00 --Every ratio 4, would be $7.00 --Every ratio 3, $6.00 .......and so on. a) The person can name the dog food anything they want, like Canidae, Eagle Pack, Timberwolf, Iams, [unless there's copyright issues but there probably isnt] or just something random, like Maximum Muscle or Cashmere Coat Formula or Power and Endurance. b) The person can pick the ingredients and ratios. c) The person can assign different foods to different dogs/puppies. d) There can be two boxes to switch regarding the age of the dogs. e) EDIT Three boxes to switch regarding the calibre of dog (stud, dame, neuter). Some foods could possibly have an impact on the stud's quality, like some stats go up by like .5 from what they would normally have been in the offspring. Same with the dame; her pups stats .5 up, depending on the dog food formula.

SylverWyndIV · November 2008

Wow, I think that this an amazing idea. It would definetely make VP a lot more interesting.

DiamondPuppy0809 · November 2008

It might confuse the "newbs" more than they already are when they arrive, but, hey, they gotta learn sometime anyhow. xD I think it would be... an okay idea. It's not an absolute thing that I would drool over to have in the game, but definitely interesting. I know that if they had made that idea in the beginning and it had been there when I first signed up, I just would've quit because of the complicity. [I'm also semi-dumb xD] ;) My opinion.

RacerFastRosy · November 2008

Idk if this is what she meant, but I think it's just a sponsor thing. That might help with the confusion, by the time you're a sponsor, you've got a decent grasp of what's going on. Usually. I like the idea, but I agree that it would make things more complicated. -Rosy

DiamondPuppy0809 · November 2008

RacerFastRosy wrote:

Idk if this is what she meant, but I think it's just a sponsor thing. That might help with the confusion, by the time you're a sponsor, you've got a decent grasp of what's going on. Usually. I like the idea, but I agree that it would make things more complicated. -Rosy

xD Oh, yeah. I forgot about the sponsor thing. XD Lmao. That's me... Ludie-the-ditz.

reina__ · November 2008

Yeah, only for sponsors. Maybe the ingredient selection process could calculate the cost of the dog food out for you while you select. That would make it a little easier, wouldn't it? It would add some more strategy to the game I think. If people don't want to choose their custom dog food, they can switch off a box that just uses Virtualpups Generic Dog Food (or you guys can call it whatever you want), so that there is no change in stats or anything. Even if condition/stats doesn't change I still think it would be a fun thing to have on the side; it would feel more realistic, even though you don't have to manually "Feed" them. The cost of dog food every turn would be though. What about a stud dog that sits in a kennel, eating Stud Dog Power Formula (with a high percentage of carbs and protein), and he is bred all the time, and the endurance of the pups go up by .5 every time? I think this would be ok, since a daughter of the stud can't be bred back to him, to gain even more endurance. The strategy would still exist, because of linebreeding or outcrossing; you'd still have to pick out a suitable stud, eating endurance food or not.

BuffyBoarding · November 2008

I think it would be unnecessary coding... we already have fame points to raise stats.

reina__ · November 2008

Yeah, I know..... but this wouldn't be as effective as fame points. Only 0.5, IF that. EVEN if we don't have raising on the males or females, it would still be fun!!! :!:

3eagles · November 2008

I think it's a GREAT idea, Reina. That would be so cool if we could do that.. You've put a lot of thought into this and I really think it should be added. We should leave the coding up to Nef to decide whether it's too difficult or not necessary. She's the only know who knows how hard (or easy) it would be to put something like that in the game. How is VP ever going to get better if ideas are always shot down because of coding issues?

NuTsRidgebacks · November 2008

i think it would be an interesting addition.

CORY · November 2008

I agree with 3eagles. You put lots of work into this Riena.It would be fun little twist.

reina__ · November 2008

Thanks for the kudos people. I think that everyone has mastered the strategy on this game... it could use a little refreshing of sorts.

Parker · November 2008

I don't like it. Why? Well what if you sent your dog to Joe to have it trained, and let's just assume Joe isn't the brightest crayon in the box and had a horrible mixture of food that hurt instead of helped. It would screw over your dog with every turn he took without you even knowing until you got it back and noticed the stats were lower than they should've been. so...uh... yeh, my two cents..

3eagles · November 2008

The food could maybe only be used by the dog's owner or something?

reina__ · November 2008

Thanks for pointing that out, Parker. Nice catch.. Yeah, 3Eagles. Like maybe the Virtualpups Generic Dog Food can be the only dog food allowed for use on lease... so stats don't change due to the food but to the training only.

Parker · November 2008

reina__ wrote:

Thanks for pointing that out, Parker. Nice catch.. Yeah, 3Eagles. Like maybe the Virtualpups Generic Dog Food can be the only dog food allowed for use on lease... so stats don't change due to the food but to the training only.

What if you lease it to your own training kennel/showing kennel where you'd want the benefits of your own food? See, there's too many flaws with leases and what not... which is why my vote is no. :[

reina__ · November 2008

Well, then it wouldn't really matter. It doesn't raise the stats, just the condition. It wouldn't do anything to improve your dog except to keep the grooming and condition up, but if the dog is eating it and is bred from then a stat might be raised, a bit, in the offspring.

Verwirrung · November 2008

love it

katie2794 · November 2008

I like the idea i just hate how only sponsers could use it, if you wanted this idea i think it should be set up like the gifty creater thing, everyone could bye it, just for the right price...

reina__ · September 2009

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Aziu · September 2009

Please do not bump almost year-old posts.

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