Felis Avatar Available in Free Beta

By Bixyl Shuftan

One of the upcoming avatars that I had heard the most about is the anthro “Felis” domestic cat avatar by Uchi Desmoulins, notably through Internet film clips. A few days ago, I heard a beta version was available for free. So some friends and I went to the Curious sim to go get a copy.

The sim had a few structures, including an underground sewer. As for the avatar, to get a copy one had to find a marked box and click it within 10 meters of it. Once someone clicked on it, it would vanish and appear else where in the sim. To help others looking for it, some people who already had the avie would sit on it to make it easier to see.

What made things tricky was when it appeared in the vortex in one corner of the sim. It was inside a depression marked off with “do not cross” tape, a little fencing, and signs. The vortex crackled with lightning, and dust rolled down the rim and into the hollow, disappearing in the hole. Anyone getting too close, whether on foot or flying in the air, would be sucked in and ported elsewhere in the sim. Needless to say, when the box appeared there, getting it could be a challenge.

For a free avatar, the beta Felis is very good. My friends thought it looked great, some mentioning the detail of the whiskers, and one the muscle tone. Someone in a group chat thought it had a lower ARC than most feline avies he knew of. The avatar has a built in “Muzzletalk,” and will move it’s lips when speaking, or if the nose is clicked. The eyes are also adjustable, both the color and the width of the pupils from huge and round to narrow slits to somewhere in between. Uchi also made available a box with two more pairs of eyes, one having pupils that get smaller instead of narrowing. The “Box of Eyeballs” appears near the main entrance.

The avatar has no head hair other than fur. But one can easily get it elsewhere (I use the hair from my Wingless avatars for it). And only comes in one color: white.

The Felis is not Uchi’s only free avatar. Earlier this year, Uchi made available a beta version of his Ringtail for no charge.

For a beta feline avie, just “purr-fect.”

Bixyl Shuftan