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Hello everyone.

Trying to breed for a shiny normal (two tone) Chao. I've tried several times with breeding a normal two tone chao and a shiny yellow chao, but all I seem to get is another shiny yellow chao.

Is it possible with a different combination, or are there other factors I need to consider?

(Picture is from the Chao Island 3D Chao Viewer, if it wasn't obvious)

Thanks in advance.

So I see there are a few game devs here making chao garden-like games.

I plan to make my own one - working on an engine for it currently and trying to scope out the features/concepts/niches for the game - I already have a lot of ideas (some are a bit more unique) but they need consolidating into something final still.

What I know for sure is that I want a simulator/evolution system/chao style gameplay for the core. How that expands to a more fully featured game is still being considered - thinking of mixing it with maybe adventure/exploration/rpg/palworld kinda vibes so there's something else to do other than just pet raising.

The main problem is that I'm a developer, not a 3d modeller / animator / artist etc.

Is there anyone here who would be down for working on a project like this? Probably one or two people at most - someone who is good with 3d assets and someone who is good with audio and sfx.

Probably better posting on r/INAT but I thought I'd rather ask the likeminded chao community first.

As I posted a few days ago in this sub, I am working on a game and it's coming along beautifully. I am just curious though, as to what you guys would be looking for in a game like this to keep you interested for the long run? Here are the current features. (For prototyping they are called 'homies' for now)

The homies:

• Homies are born from an egg and are given a random color and pattern at birth.
• They have moods and expressions - You can make them cry by taking their toy from them, or tossing them, or you can pet them and make them happy. They have excitement, neutral, angry, sad, crying, frustrated, sleeping and more on the way.
• They have full autonomy - They will sleep, eat, play with toys and train their skills on their own, even when you're away, so you can stop playing and come back to check on them.
• They are going to have options to interact with the player for increased experience rates with training.
• They can level up primary stats - Stamina, Strength, Speed, Intelligence.
• As well as sub-skills - Climbing, running, puzzles, swimming, etc.
• They are able to transform to a stat focused look, if they have a strong stat. I would like to have mixes eventually too, but that will depend on the support I get for the game, and what kind of pricing I can work out with an artist.
• If they don't have a stat that is particularly strong they will keep the base head and body.
• Those stats can be used in minigames, like karate, foot races, climbing races, rubiks cube races, etc.
• You can breed homies.
• It is impossible to max out a first generation homie - they must inherit strengths from a parent.
• You will have to go through several generations over many months to get a maxed out homie.
• Everything is tracked in a journal - from birth, to accomplishments, to special events.
• There is a shop and inventory system - You can put accessories on your homies.
• They must be fed, petted and played with to be kept happy. Happiness will bring up special events that you wouldn't have seen otherwise, and makes them actually love you.
• They can accumulate favorite things - spots to hang out, best friends, favorite toys, etc.
• WIP: Currently building a system to make them interactable - Pet them, pick them up, etc. with your cursor or finger

The garden:

• A top down experience, mostly a plain flat grass garden.
• The shop has decorations - trees, beds, rocks, toys, fences, shrubbery, etc. for decorating your garden to make it your own.
• Each garden, starting with the first allows up to 12 homies.
• There are 3 expansion slots, you can choose what goes there - a beach, another grass garden, more coming on that.

The minigames:

• You can use your stats in minigames/competitions.
• You compete against randomly generated homies.
• Garden tokens are earned through wins, used for spending in the shop.
• Foot race - Speed, Run from point A to point B before the opponents.
• Atlas stone - Strength, lift all of the atlas stones on to their platforms before the opponent.
• Rubiks cube - Intelligence, sit down and solve a Rubiks cube before the opponents.
• Climbing - Strength/Climbing, climb the wall and hit the button before the opponent.
• More on the way.

What this game will never have:

• Any purchasable micro-transaction currency that can progress you past others.
• Ads.

I can only find info for SA2 emblem requirements for Chao eggs, but since there are fewer emblems in SADX I assume the requirements are different. I have 113 emblems and it still hasn't appeared in the black market yet. The yellow/pink/purple set of Chao eggs is my second set on this save file. Do I need more emblems or do I just need to keep checking back?