CHAO PET! ~2Tails~ SPEAKS!

Rlan: Thanks for doing the interview with me

2Tails: No ploblem

Rlan: What made you decide to create a Chao Pet Simulation?

2Tails: Well I own the SEGA Dreamcast (got it the day it came out). The day I got It, of corse I got Sonic Adventure. A few weeks later my sister finnaly buged me enough to try to rase my own Chao. I loved it, the way you can trade Choa's over the Internet and race them against others. Sometime latter I fell apon SFGHQ and learned how to use CnC so I took my knolege of HTML and what I learned from CnC and made "Chao Pet!" the first (that I know of) game made with CnC where you can trade files over the internet.

Rlan: how long were you in the making of the Chao Pet?

2Tails: ........ Well It did take a while to first get the hang of the whole "saving" thing and multiple aplications switiching files. So I say about a month (but with many breaks) for the game, and about a week for the web site.

Rlan: How was the saving process created? did you make it by scratch, or use a program of showing how?

2Tails: Well I used and extention, but other wise I made it from scratch.

Rlan: did the way you thought it would turn out change through the development? or did you stay on the one track the whole way?

2Tails: Yes it changed. I got it better than I thought. When I started, the race trackes I had in mind were just going to be just running with not jumping or any thing interesting. Thats why track 1 (one) is so boring. Also twords the end I added the Walking thing witch poped in my head the day I was going to send it in. Also the idea of "faty" foods making your Choa slower was put in at the very end. And many other small things.

Rlan: Speaking of the races, will there be extra tracks avaliable? and prehaps even more chao allowed to go against each other at once?

2Tails: Yeah there will be many more tracks out! I have many knew Ideas for tracks. The only reason I haven't put any out because Im working on a Special Edition of "Chao Pet!" so I haven't much time with that and School. About there being more Choa's in a race, I might considert that but that means I have to change all the tracks.

Rlan2: were there any things which you wanted to add but couldn't under the power of c&c/tgf?

2Tails: Yes. I wanted to have vitalized programs on my web site that uploaded the Choa's and neatly organized them, but you are very limited with vitalized. And I don't know any thing about CGI scripts. I also wanted your chao to have special charicteristics, like in SA but that would nead alot of Sprites and to do that on CnC is almost imposible, with all the file transfers that are neaded.

Rlan: So I suppose a "create your own coloured Chao" type creator is out of the question?

2Tails: It looks like that

Rlan: Darn. =)

2Tails: Well I could have a choice of 3 colors.

Rlan: well.. we'll see won't we :P

2Tails: yeah.

Rlan: anywho, What could we see for this "special edition"?

2Tails: Cheats, Chaos the protecter of Chao's is a hidden choa! (can't race him like that). When your raceing Choa's and forget witch is witch, theres a list showing you. A slightly new area to rase your Chao. And I fixed some bugs. And more

Rlan: Is there a release period for the SE?

2Tails: This weekend, I hope. It takes so long for me to upload the thing.

Rlan: Can't wait! well thanks for your time 2Tails, and we hope Chao Pet! SE is a big Sucess =)

2Tails: Thank you