Bug Catching Profession?

[Limesy]

I was sad to see there isn't a bug catcher profession. Which professions use the caught bugs? Is it just fishing?

[madcoffee]

Originally posted by Limesy:

I was sad to see there isn't a bug catcher profession. Which professions use the caught bugs? Is it just fishing?

It's primarily used for catching live bait for Fishing and catching pest on the farm

[Feel Free Games]

Hey Limesy, what kind of critters and creatures could you imagine catching with it?

And what would you like to do with the ones you have caught?

[Limesy]

Originally posted by Feel Free Games:

Hey Limesy, what kind of critters and creatures could you imagine catching with it?

And what would you like to do with the ones you have caught?

After finishing a few of the demo professions, I'm not sure it would really fit as it's own with just catching bugs since it seems to support fishing as bait mainly. I'd love to see it expanded on to support other skills (and for those people that love to play the support role in their group of friends) but understand that there's limitations as well.

Some ideas could be:
- Catching silk moths or baby spiders to make silk/cloth for crafting
- Torchbugs/torchbug lanterns that could light up the mines without going out
- Ladybugs to speed up crop growth
- Worm Farms that produce compost over time

The more useful/non-bait critters could be spread out a bit rarer or perhaps acquired by breaking rocks or tracked by using something like "butterfly dust"?

Lots of random ideas, I know. I just love critter catching in games.

[Feel Free Games]

Although we've got a lot of other things we need to work on over the coming months, I must admit that seeing your ideas fleshed out like that really sparked my imagination. 😊

What would you call this profession?

Critter Farmer?
Bug Rancher?
Or... ?

[Limesy]

Originally posted by Feel Free Games:

Although we've got a lot of other things we need to work on over the coming months, I must admit that seeing your ideas fleshed out like that really sparked my imagination. 😊

What would you call this profession?

Critter Farmer?
Bug Rancher?
Or... ?

Critter Catching has a ring to it in my ears. Might be nice to keep it more "critter related" if you wanted to add things other than bugs to it.

Totally understand the scope, though. Rattling off ideas is easy but finding time to squeeze them in is always the hard part.

[ScreenWriterMike]

Critter Wrangler sounds like a fun profession. Either way, I’m into catching creepy crawlers.

[Feel Free Games]

Me too! 😁 Let's see if there's more of us out there.

[☥ Docdra ☥]

Well, IRL, they're (bug scientists) entomologists. However, if we're talking worms (not bugs) specifically the term is vermiculturist.

While I'm not specifically advocating for it as a profession, I could see it being used within some of the current ones - like Limesy suggested, a blacksmith can use lightning bugs to make lanterns, a fisherman can use bugs to make lures, a farmer can use them to attract/repel other insects, a cook can use them as ingredients, an adventurer for potions...

The possibilities would literally be endless depending on your imagination.

[iFoopets]

Originally posted by Feel Free Games:

Hey Limesy, what kind of critters and creatures could you imagine catching with it?

And what would you like to do with the ones you have caught?

Always love terrariums for displaying creatures!!!! :)

[Black Captain]

Zoologist.