Firstly, I think you guys did a really nice job of making them seem realistic. I do however think they could have some better functionality. So I'm here to give my opinions on some more features for pets.
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Have pets do their thing. For instance have the ability for parrots to go pick up bait, trinkets and bottles on the shore. Monkeys could go up trees and pick out bananas and coconuts and such.
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Have pets interact with other pets. Moreover, maybe they start off timid towards each other but as you play they play and progress. they would play together on the ship as you sail and become friends of sorts.
*Note: This functionality should be saved and applied in later instances with the same crew member. Maybe even only needing to do this process with one pet of the same type. -
Be able to train a pet to do cool moves. These moves would be pre-set moves by the game and then you can teach them in some way. They would have a random number applied to them as to how many times you need to repeat the process until they have learned. This could be expressed as a percentage and shown as them getting further in the animation of the moves, the further they progress.
Note: Please no dabbing or flossing. Maybe they can only do these tricks/moves whilst on the player arm and using the player emote wheel.
Thanks for reading. Feedback welcomed.