Teach a few basics, and name your Norn!
Select Creature's View from the View menu. Another window will appear. Move this to somewhere out of the way on your screen, but where you can still easily see it. The object in the middle of this new window shows you what your Norn is looking at. Wave your hand around near to your new born Norn. The more exaggerated you can make the movements, the more the hand will stand out to your baby creature.
After a few seconds of this, you should see the creature focusing her attention on your hand. Making sure that the Norn is still looking at your hand, and the Creatures 2 main window is selected, type "daddy" (or "mummy" if you are a female Norn parent!). You may need to repeat the word several times before she learns it. You can hold the CTRL key down and tap the 'S' key to repeat the last thing you typed. All being well, after a few times she'll learn the name for the hand. |
Youâll find that if your Norn is looking at something else, you can encourage her to look at your hand just by typing in the name you've given it, in this case "mummy." This will tempt the Norn to focus her attention on the hand. This works with any object once it has been named, so once your Norn knows the word for food you can type "food" to tempt her to direct her attention at it.
Let us teach your Norn to follow the hand object. Tickle her on the nose by clicking on it. The hand shows a little angel graphic to indicate that you are positioned correctly over her nose. If you see a red devil instead, you're positioned to slap your Norn - which you do when she misbehaves.
Now move the hand away. If she walks towards it, tickle her again and repeat the process. She enjoys it, and sheâs learning that if she walks towards the hand, she gets a nice tickle. It is a little like attracting a toddler with candy! If she doesnât want to pay attention, try slapping her briefly and repeating the process.
Now it is time to name her. Double click on the BIRTH event.
This opens the Owner's Kit applet and automatically makes the appropriate Norn the currently selected one (you can only have one of your Norns selected at once). There are eight of these applets; each designed to help you with a specific aspect of Norn care. The Owner's Kit deals with birth registration, photograph album and general information about your Norn's life. Click on the tab labelled Owner to enter birth registration information. Name your Norn by clicking in the name box and typing a choice. You can also enter details about yourself as the parent below that. This information can then be used to identify the parents of any given Norn when it is transferred over the Internet. |
CAUTION: Be Careful as to how much information about yourself you give away! If you decide to exchange your Norns over the Internet , all of the information you give on this screen will be transferred too. So think twice before effectively publishing your e-mail address and real name on the Internet.
When you have typed in your information, click on the Register Birth button to register the creatureâs birth. This will also teach your Norn her name, in this case, Alice.