Goonhub
12-24-2012, 07:39 PM
Just for the curious, what exactly changed about botany that made it suck? I haven't played botany since these latest changes went through, so I'm a bit clueless on what changed to make it terrible.
As far as suggestions, more interesting/funny/useless effects from the various plants would be nice. All anyone ever grew in botany was weed, tomatoes, and sometimes chiles. Not much else was grown because the other stuff was either useless or its effect could be found elsewhere much easier. Having some wacky effects on the plants would give more reason to grow them.
Some examples would be things like kiwi fruit, which could be sliced and put on food as a topping or crushed/blended into drinks. Upon eating, it has a chance to make you grow a beard/turn you VERY hairy.
Another example could be some kind of generic bean plant. Eating the beans causes one to fart uncontrollably, with more beans in your system meaning more farts. A mutation of this plant causes it to drop tofu on harvest, which can be eaten raw or used as a meat substitute in food. Eating it turns you into a vegan, with reduced strength and a thin frame. So you hit softer, but are slightly harder to land a blow on.
A mutation of mushrooms could result in the Penis Envy mushrooms(can't seem to find the scientific name) that not only get you high as fuck, but also make you spout witty dick jokes while you do it.
Allow botany to grow wool, which can be thrown in the GM for a generic jumpsuit, then subsequently colored with dye that can be extracted from other plants in botany through the seed extractor, which would be renamed to just "extractor". This wool can also be given to the clown/cluwne, who can work their circus-y magic on it to transform it into cotton candy, which makes the person who eats it honk when they fart for a short while.
As far as suggestions, more interesting/funny/useless effects from the various plants would be nice. All anyone ever grew in botany was weed, tomatoes, and sometimes chiles. Not much else was grown because the other stuff was either useless or its effect could be found elsewhere much easier. Having some wacky effects on the plants would give more reason to grow them.
Some examples would be things like kiwi fruit, which could be sliced and put on food as a topping or crushed/blended into drinks. Upon eating, it has a chance to make you grow a beard/turn you VERY hairy.
Another example could be some kind of generic bean plant. Eating the beans causes one to fart uncontrollably, with more beans in your system meaning more farts. A mutation of this plant causes it to drop tofu on harvest, which can be eaten raw or used as a meat substitute in food. Eating it turns you into a vegan, with reduced strength and a thin frame. So you hit softer, but are slightly harder to land a blow on.
A mutation of mushrooms could result in the Penis Envy mushrooms(can't seem to find the scientific name) that not only get you high as fuck, but also make you spout witty dick jokes while you do it.
Allow botany to grow wool, which can be thrown in the GM for a generic jumpsuit, then subsequently colored with dye that can be extracted from other plants in botany through the seed extractor, which would be renamed to just "extractor". This wool can also be given to the clown/cluwne, who can work their circus-y magic on it to transform it into cotton candy, which makes the person who eats it honk when they fart for a short while.