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For carnivores you have the challenge of keeping your cubs fed, and predators usually have longer time with their young than herbivores, which are quicker to develop and leave their parents (barring species like rhinos and elephants)
Though something elephant or rhino based would be cool, though predators that'd actually hunt them would be a problem then.
but anyways, herbivores would have food everywhere, you wouldn't have much of a challenge of keeping them fed, mostly just running from predators every time they'd show up
i myself would choose fox or a tiger =P
Also foxes are my favorite animals (yeah, thats why my nickname is Fox Soul)
I wouldn´t pick a herbivore because you have food everywhere. I also wouldn´t pick wolves because there are already loads of tons of games with wolves and M&D would probably suffer from copy rights because of Wolf Quest.
What would fit in an animal that not many people notice. Sometimes I forget that badgers even exist, and while felines are popular animals a lynx isn't typically the first one to pop into mind. Personally I though a bear would be pretty cool, but they're the top of the food chain and only really have to worry about other bears. Like Fox Soul said, foxes would be kinda cool but I think they're also in that category of being too popular like wolves(I'm sorry I really loves foxes too but they're popular...) and Jynn's idea of a tiger is freaking awesome(one of my top five favorite animals) but once again too popular, plus an apex predator :(
I would think of something like an ermine or martin. Not too noticeable, lower on the food chain but not too low(they're still predators). I'm not sure though... that's just my opinion.
I'm sorry... I just offended everyone on here :/
The only good games that have a foxes as playable animals are Ultimate Fox Simulator, for mobile and Seasons After Fall, which is linear and 2D.
So I think a shelter game with foxes would be nice, because many people still see foxes as a plague, and it wouln´t suffer from copy rights.
Another animal that can work is the caracal, but maybe it´s too similar to the lynx. Maybe a tasmanian devil? I don´t know, I can´t take the foxes out of my head :(
I think what they meant is that in culture foxes are popular, and that something that isn't as well-known could be a better choice.
-herbivores - In general, wouldn't be hard to find food, and lose their young much ealrlier than carnivores, meaning the game in general will be easier / shorter.
Example is white tail deer. Babies are born in May-June, and are fairly self sufficient by winter, though stay with their parent for a bit longer. But that means you'd have 3 seasons to raise them and then it's over, and during the winter where food would actually be scarce they'd be self sufficient and feed themselves. The rest of the time, finding food wouldn't be hard unless the create specific food sources you have to eat, but that means you just walk around until you find them and eat them, rather than the thrill and challenge of a hunt.
-smaller than fox - take the weasel someone mentioned. your prey would consist of things smaller than you, so mice and the occasional rabbit. It'd be like Shetler 2 just with more limited options and the same predators, so i'm not sure how well that'd go because it'd just be a similar experience
-wolf - opens up pack options as well as larger prey (moose and such), and could still have predators (bear, cougar perhaps), but wolves are indeed a bit over dune in game media
-fox - similar experience to a lynx, so you'll run into the same issue as weasel and other small predators in that it's going to almost be a carbon copy lynx experience, just with slight adjustments. the only benefit i see to fox is that it is quite popular culturally and thus will still pull in interested fans who don't mind replaying similar elements simply because they can do it as a fox
now if we were to go outside of North America we'd have different animals, but ultimately the same experience.
If we go Africa, the Cheetah, Jackal, etc would still have a similar life style to lynx and might not pull in anything new experience wise.
-Apex predators like Lion or Tiger will have few predators other than others of their species and opportunistic smaller predators like hyenas, so might not be a good choice either due to the lack of threats to you yourself, as there was for the lynx and badger
-now a large, complex herbivore like elephants could be a very interesting experience, except for the fact your young wouldn't be in danger from much. Not many things hunt elephants, so you'd wind up with no real danger. Same for Rhino.
so to sum up...i don't know what they can do for a new shelter game and still provide a new experience, but at least going with foxes would draw an interested crowd and still make sales
Also I was thinking specifically of the pine martin.
As a seal you have to avoid drowning, freezing and countless fearsome predators in the lonely, cold ice plains. Sounds suitable, no?
Other bears, travelling during the melting season, and the struggle to find food. And, if it's possible, to go down swimming underwater, hunting for fish. In the water, you'll be in danger yourself. Don't forget orcas, guys!
Anyway, those are all the dangers I can think of off the top of my head ;3