Welcome to the The Official Avali Wiki!
Welcome, visitor, to the official wikispace of the Avalon Ministry of Information. This data has been collected and parsed for the benefit of annexed and visiting races. It is intended to provide a place where you may learn about the Avali and come to better understand their culture, arts, and civilization.
For those who prefer a brief introduction; if the Avali were to be summarized in a single barrage of adjectives it would be: "four-earred, diminutive, post-singularity, fluffy, nomadic, avian, space-raptor hunters/singers”.
For those who prefer a longer approach: the Avali are nomadic pack hunters from an iceball world far outside the goldilocks zone of their local star. As such, they evolved with more of a focus on sound than eyesight, have 4 very sensitive ears and, unsurprisingly, a culture that values sound and music more than visual arts. As an uplifted species, they are now teetering on the brink of technological singularity, and so display a paradoxical mixture of high-technology and nomadic tribal culture.
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History of the Avali Concept
The Avali began life as a socratic exercise as to how differences from humanity in an alien civilization would lead them to develop in different ways than are familiar, and cause them to form a completely different picture of their universe.
The Avali were made their first public appearance as a race created in the hit game Spore, albeit misnomered due to an oversight in how Spore stores names. Though already recognizable as what would eventually become the Avali, the concept was far from finished and continued to develop over the years. Despite the handful of changes since, their appearance in Spore set the basic shape of Avali physiology and culture, and additionally provided a first glimpse into the dangers lurking at the edge of Avali civilization.
Some years later the Avali returned in the form of a modification for the indie game Starbound. The race had continued to undergo development over the interim period between Spore and Starbound, and the results were the Avali featured in the modification today. The Avali have since become a major part of the Starbound modding community, featuring in several other add-on modifications, such as Catalina Industries Incorporated and the Racial Crossover Mod.
News
- Current unofficial release: v1.6.6 "Really working!"
- Last official release: v0.12. "Now with more bugs!"
- Upbeat Giraffe update in progress: Now with 90% less parity!