Plagiarism: Please DO NOT redistribute any of the downloads on this page without my permission. DON'T use my artwork in the creating of your own breeds. Otherwise I shall get cross.

The Wyvern's Lodge is my tribute to the Creatures series of artificial life games, which I whiled away a great deal of time playing in the late 90s and early 00s. To download one of my breeds, click on one of the links below.
You can download the Docking Station game for Windows and Linux free.

I regret that I have no plans to update any of the breeds on this page. I'm no longer active in the Creatures community, and they're provided purely for the enjoyment of people who still play the game.

I apologise that the Uninteresting Norns were never released and the other life stages for the Tiger Grendels didn't get finished, but that era has passed. And as I used to say in the Wyvern's Lodge forum at the time, if you don't like it, you know what you can do. ;-)

Windows has caused an error and will now close. To resolve, please restart your computer and install Linux.

C3/DS

Atavist Ettins

These Ettins are based on the C2 Ettin sprites. Their genetics make them more laid-back than C3 Ettins.
Readme file
Atavist Ettins in a zip.

Plague Ettins

A new breed of Ettin, to bring biological warfare to the Warp!
IMPORTANT: Before introducing Plague Ettins to your worlds, please read the readme file included for important notes on the care of Plague Ettins!

Plague Ettin zip

Agent Pack of two rather disgusting plants

The Asteroid of Dr Moreau, a humorous story.

The Bubonic Bugle, an agent created my myself and TwilightCat for keeping your Ettins in the worst possible health. A word of caution: Bacteria may only be small, but making 10,000 of them is guaranteed to ruin your world. Don't leave this agent in places where creatures are likely to activate it repeatedly, and use the ports sensibly (no wiring it up to a pulse generator and going AFK).

All-in-one agent of the above kindly made by Mkid. If I remember correctly, Mkid comes from New Zealand, likes rugby, and Capitalises Everything. Cheers Mkid. :-)

Plague Ettin Voice is for the benefit of people without C3. Ettins and Grendels can't be used in DS as they cause error messages because they have no voice files. This installs an alternative voice of snotty grunts and retches (copy to 'sounds' folder) that will suit your Plague Ettins!

Yettins

If Viking barbarians appeal to you, or you're just a huge Jamiroquai fan, download below!
Yettins zip

Sphinx Norns

The Sphinx Norns are a hardy desert type of Norn originally created for C2. They don't get overcrowded so much as the normal Norns and have a more robust immune system.

Some people have been plagiarising my Sphinx Norns, painting them garish neon colours and redistributing them as new breeds.

I don't approve of this. Please do not use my artwork in your own creations. And if you want stripy, furry Norns in your worlds, please download the original Sphinx Norns which are a much nicer golden-brown colour, and not other plagiarised wannabe-Sphinxes.
Sphinx C3 zip

Uninteresting Norns

C1 had the Banana Norn. C2 had the Desert Norn. C3 and DS never had a 'plain old uninteresting Norn' with no hair that was good for pigmentation experiments and beautiful in its own uncomplicated simplicity. Not until now anyway...
(unavailable)

Tiger Grendels

This breed is NOT FINISHED. It's a beta version with the adult sprites and atts that you can download to play with in the game if you like. Please don't complain about it -- it's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
Tiger Grendel zip

Agents

Pogo Knights for C3 A silly Pythonesque toy chess horse.

Magma Toaster vends hot, anti-Sod toast that always lands jam side up and keeps your Magma Norns warm, without making them die from thirst like some agents do. Includes a Quirky Cooker recipe for biscuits. Yes, biscuits. The British have tea and biscuits; the Americans have cookies and milk. I don't like incongruous transatlantic juxtapositions and I'm of the tea brigade. :-)

DS Agent Pack a pack of agents for Docking Station, mostly for nostalgic purposes to do with Creatures 1.

Boulder Renovation Script The boulders in the C3 desert are classed as 'toy', only they have no push script! This means that creatures trying to interact with them as toys don't get the boredom decrease stimulus, and over time they'll lose their instinct to play with toys. Here are some .cos files to fix the boulders (and the gnarlers) so the creatures won't think they're toys. You may also notice an improvement in Ettin behaviour! (put the .cos in bootstrap\world folder, and the catalogue in the catalogues folder. You will need to make a new world before the changes are effective.)

C2

Sphinx Norns

Same as above, but for C2.
Sphinx C2 zip

Hatchery Expansion
C2 included all the files for the C1 Norns. However, these creatures were not accessible in the game; you could only import them by converting C1 Norns using the Nornverter. For the benefit of people without C1, and also for those with C1 who want more C1 Norns in C2, I created this egg pack, which replaces the default eggs with improved Canny genetics based on Lis Morris's and Chris Double's genome, C1 -appearance Canny Norns, and adds a lot of variety.
Hatchery zip