After unwrapping presents and gorging on roast dinners, I thought it was time to bring some Christmas magic to Bok’s Banging Butterflies. The new butterfly would look different at Christmas, providing another small Easter Egg (or should I say “Christmas Gift?”) for players to discover.
Texture
The pixels that get put onto a model.
The Amazing Hummingbird Moth
One night in Siem Reap I saw what I thought was a hummingbird buzzing around some flowers. I got close to it and it was a strange sight. It zipped from flower to flower, its wings humming like a small bird.
The Souls of Living Entities
Many cultures believe that butterflies are the souls of the dead. I wanted to represent this idea in the Butterfly Mod. So this week I added the Féileacáin, the Irish spirits of the dead, represented as butterflies.
Finishing Up the New Moths
I’ve been adding even more moths to the mod ready for the next release. Some of these have custom behaviours and others don’t. I also contemplate adding butterfly breeding, so that players can artificially increase the number of butterflies in their farms.