@Apple I almost feel sorry for the working turrets being thrown away

Yeah, but it goes beyond not making any sense.

@ginger Make sense? Oh, what fun is there in making sense?

EDIT: Ninja'd

edited 18th Mar '12 10:14:20 AM by crowlover

Great minds think alike.

I think even Discord would be bewildered wondering how "The Cake Is A Lie" became so popular

I wonder what Pinkie's reaction would be.

Attempt to prove the cake's existence.

edited 18th Mar '12 10:21:45 AM by Mio

I wonder what Pinkie's reaction would be.

She'd think it was a great amusement park, and never want to leave.

Oh god, if any "The Cake Is A Lie" jokes are made about the upcoming train episode, I swear I'm gonna punch something

In other news, does anyone have ideas for how to make it obvious to new players that they can go to the left in my game? Practically everyone thinks they have to go right at the start, and I can't figure out any good way to redesign the start screen to make it more obvious.

@ Ginger: I'm pretty sure it's already happened.

@ Story: A sign maybe. Pointing left.

I'll make a Dragon out of you.

Also just wanna say that Rainbow Dash is awesome for tackling a dragon out of the air.

edited 18th Mar '12 10:33:13 AM by Badwolfwho

@ ginger

Me too!

Also, for our more scientifically minded members, what's the name of the branch of science that cloning, gene splicing, genetic engineering etc all falls under?

Genealogy I think.

@story Well, you're officially getting me to try your game. Bythewaydoesithaveponies? (Guessing the answer is no)

edited 18th Mar '12 10:35:59 AM by crowlover

No, that would be the study of familial lineage.

I don't think it has it's own separate name. It's just a subset of biology.

edited 18th Mar '12 10:36:45 AM by Mio

@ Bad and Mio

Thanks!

And chemistry is the scientic branch of studying both artificial and nature materials yes?

So, the term I'm looking for is...Biologist?

edited 18th Mar '12 10:37:48 AM by ApplelightLimited

No, though I've thought about adding a reference or two. Keep in mind that most of the game was made years ago.

I know you can take Genetics at University so it might just be that. Or a geneticist.

edited 18th Mar '12 10:38:40 AM by Badwolfwho

Actually looking it up more, I think the term your looking for is Genetics, and person studying it would be a Geneticist.

EDIT: Whoa, ninja'd

edited 18th Mar '12 10:40:21 AM by Mio

Genealogy is studying the lineage of people.

The most traditional catchall is bioengineering, but that's also shared with tissue engineering, medical imaging and therapy, biotechnology, etc. More specific is molecular biology, which is the umbrella term for DNA, RNA, and protein studies. More specific than that is genomic studies, although I think this one varies from universities to universities in terms of how much they focus on the statistics of genes in population versus studying what the genes do. And then there's the new and budding synthetic biology, which I personally describe to people as genetic engineering on a very ambitious scale - traditionally genetic engineering only alters one gene at a time whereas the people who uses genetic engineering under the synthetic biology umbrella tries, what, 10 genes? Synthetic biology is very broad, anyway, and is probably most appropriately defined as 'what happens when computer science and/or engineering people start playing with biology'.

edited 18th Mar '12 10:40:36 AM by Crowind

Let's ask Dr Mordin Solus.

edited 18th Mar '12 10:41:37 AM by Badwolfwho

Thanks everyone for the responces.

Also, if you wanted to add a scientific term to potion making, what would fit best?

I actually read your post.

edited 18th Mar '12 10:43:11 AM by Chadaman99

@Apple Alchemy I'd say

Is that a compliment or what?

Pharmaceutics and/or pharmacology is the real world equivalent of mixing things and selling them. Apothecarist is the older term.

edited 18th Mar '12 10:45:27 AM by Crowind