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[Knightwing64]

Don’t worry, I’m sure you can come up with something cool for the tree! Like a poison tree that kills things that step on its roots and then uses the dead bodies for nutrients or som

Hmmm, a poisonous token would be fun. And also prevent all encompassing monopolies on niches.

I think I can add it.

We could add more tokens as the game progresses, like say (not naming names here) someone wanted to make a parasite capable of control other animals bodies and absorbing their nutrients, maybe we could start out with like a parasite token and then evolve towards the body control or som?

This is less of a classic step-by-step evolution game but more of a speciation game. The emphasis is on clades, not individual species. This game explores the divergence aspect of evolution, not novel adaptation. Parasitism could exist as a niche, but there can be no specifics like you say.

Ohhhh

[Magmacube_tr]

Okay, lets go!

Turn 0

A small pile of driftwood washes ashore after a journey through the endless sea. It doesn't matters exactly where it came from. Only thing that matters is that it has come carrying a a dusting of plant spores, and a handful of four legged cretins.

They shall be the new inhabitants of this island. They will diversify, in time. And not in a long time at all, for you see, this sea is not really endless, or even big...

We now begin. Make your actions people

Here are is the island Primiustra, and the variety of biomes which it contains. Other four will be revealed once this island is filled.

Primiustra(Temperate)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The Island Map
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Lukewarm Forest(♧)
Flying Predator:
Flying Omnivore:
Flying Herbivore:
Flying Scavenger:
Flying Nectarivore:
Flying Frugivore:
Arboreal Carnivore:
Arboreal Omnivore:
Arboreal Herbivore:
Arboreal Scavenger:
Arboreal Frugivore:
Ground Carnivore:
Ground Omnivore: Luca
Ground Herbivore:
Ground Scavenger:

Tree:
Shrub:
Weed: Chim

Lukewarm River(=)
Semiaquatic Carnivore:
Semiaquatic Omnivore:
Semiaquatic Herbivore:
Semiaquatic Scavenger:
Aquatic Carnivore:
Aquatic Herbivore:

Aquatic Weed:
Semiaquatic Weed:
Semiaquatic Shrub:
Semiaquatic Tree:

Cold Mountain(^)
Flying Predator:
Flying Omnivore:
Flying Herbivore:
Flying Scavenger:
Arboreal Carnivore:
Arboreal Herbivore:
Ground Carnivore:
Ground Omnivore:
Ground Herbivore:
Ground Scavenger:

Tree:
Shrub:
Weed:

Lukewarm Sea(~)
Semiaquatic Carnivore:
Semiaquatic Omnivore:
Semiaquatic Herbivore:
Semiaquatic Scavenger:
Aquatic Carnivore:
Aquatic Herbivore:
Aquatic Mesocarnivore:
Filterfeeder:

Aquatic Weed:
Aquatic Shrub:
Semiaquatic Weed:
Semiaquatic Shrub:
Semiaquatic Tree:

The island is mostly lifeless and barren, as you can see in the niche tables.

Those of you who chose animals (Which is only Knightwing, really) start from a ground omnivore in the temperate forest called Luka.

Plant choosers start from a weed in the same biome as well, named Chim.

Start speciating!

[Knightwing64]

(Wait, what am I supposed to be doing? 😅 Do I just make a species based on (ground omnivore)?)

[Magmacube_tr]

(Wait, what am I supposed to be doing? 😅 Do I just make a species based on (ground omnivore)?)

Yes. You see, the entire island is up for grabs for plants, nd when they speciate into more species, it will be up for grabs for you too. The diversity growth will be incremental.

For now, though, only a single species of plant exists, and that is a weed. So, you can now speciate into ground herbivore and carnivore niches.

[TricMagic]

Chimu?


Anyway.

Adaptation: Spread Growth of leaves outward, no stem, just roots and leaves around a centerpoint.

[Knightwing64]

Oh, alright. I get it now.

Species: A small looking insect like creature, they eat anything they can find in a attempt to evolve and further their glorious insectoid species.


Adaptation: These little insects learn to like the taste of flesh and swarm any fleshy thing they could find. Which is mostly each other, but survival of the fittest, am I right? Besides, the creatures who live in conflict are more likely to pass down better genetic traits to their offspring.


(Can I get pheromones? I’m trying to make a bunch of super solider ants and I need a queen to control them as with all ants, but such a thing requires pheromones.)

[Magmacube_tr]

Chimu?

I have no idea what that thing is. Chim as in "çim", One of the Turkish words for "grass".

Oh, alright. I get it now.

No, wait- ugh.

You are supposed to speciate. You have five actions each round. You use these to speciate and cover more ground.

This isn't like the previous game at all. That was a roll for success game, this one is pretty much a turf war, with dice rolls, and with predetermined adaptations.

An individal species is nothing more than a claim on a niche. I know that sounds dull at first, but with 20 other species with different niches and habitats, the clade that will be formed will be more than the sum of its parts.

What you can do is spend two points, and get both carnivore and herbivore niche. You are the only animal clade right now. Use that advantage wisely.

[Knightwing64]

Ohhhhh

 


(Tiny insects that swarm any other creature they see for fresh meat.) carnivore token

(A large- for this island anyway, mammal that’s eats tree bark and is covered in fur to protect its self from harsh weather.) herbivore token.

Is this good? 😭

[Magmacube_tr]

Ohhhhh

 


(Tiny insects that swarm any other creature they see for fresh meat.) carnivore token

(A large- for this island anyway, mammal that’s eats tree bark and is covered in fur to protect its self from harsh weather.) herbivore token.

Is this good? 😭

Ehhhh... Your cannibal insects could be tiny shrews and your herbivore could be a grazer instead. That is because there are no trees to eat bark off of and you play as a tetrapod. Also, you all stem from those two common ancestors. There are no insects, for the sake of the game not being too complex.

[Knightwing64]

Ohhhhh

 


(Tiny insects that swarm any other creature they see for fresh meat.) carnivore token

(A large- for this island anyway, mammal that’s eats tree bark and is covered in fur to protect its self from harsh weather.) herbivore token.

Is this good? 😭

Ehhhh... Your cannibal insects could be tiny shrews and your herbivore could be a grazer instead. That is because there are no trees to eat bark off of and you play as a tetrapod. Also, you all stem from those two common ancestors. There are no insects, for the sake of the game not being too complex.

I accept this change

[Magmacube_tr]

Ugh, fine! I will do the turn just with Knightwing!

A.B means After Beginning.

Turn 1

1000 A.B

A small amount of time passes, not a small amoujt for you and me, but for the universe. A blink of an eye, lets say.

And maybe it is because of that, the ecosystem which has formed on the first island, Primiustra, is still down on its bare essentials.

Diversification of plants seem to have stalled as to not even having begun, and animals, by the lack of plants which to take support from, have also stalled in their evolution; only managing to speciate into 3 species instead of potentially many more.

This has upsetted somebody. The ground shakes with fury, and the sea vibrates with a strange song.

Future seems as unpredictable it was a millenia prior. Time will reveal the unknowns.

We have already begun. Make your actions this time people, please.

Actions

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Animals (1/7):

Knightwing64(Black)

Speciate to ground carnivore from Luca: 7: Success

Speciate to ground herbivore from Luca: 6: Success

Plants (2/3)

a1s(Red)

Nothing...

TricMagic(Yellow)

Nothing...

Primiustra(Temperate)

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The Island Map
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~~~^♧♧♧~~~
~~~^♧===~~~~
~~~^♧♧♧~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~

Lukewarm Forest(♧)
Flying Predator:
Flying Omnivore:
Flying Herbivore:
Flying Scavenger:
Flying Nectarivore:
Flying Frugivore:
Arboreal Carnivore:
Arboreal Omnivore:
Arboreal Herbivore:
Arboreal Scavenger:
Arboreal Frugivore:
Ground Carnivore: Unuca-Carn-Terra
Ground Omnivore: Luca-Omni-Terra
Ground Herbivore: Redsi-Herb-Terra
Ground Scavenger:

Tree:
Shrub:
Weed: Chim-Weed-Terra

Lukewarm River(=)
Semiaquatic Carnivore:
Semiaquatic Omnivore:
Semiaquatic Herbivore:
Semiaquatic Scavenger:
Aquatic Carnivore:
Aquatic Herbivore:

Aquatic Weed:
Semiaquatic Weed:
Semiaquatic Shrub:
Semiaquatic Tree:

Cold Mountain(^)
Flying Predator:
Flying Omnivore:
Flying Herbivore:
Flying Scavenger:
Arboreal Carnivore:
Arboreal Herbivore:
Ground Carnivore:
Ground Omnivore:
Ground Herbivore:
Ground Scavenger:

Tree:
Shrub:
Weed:

Lukewarm Sea(~)
Semiaquatic Carnivore:
Semiaquatic Omnivore:
Semiaquatic Herbivore:
Semiaquatic Scavenger:
Aquatic Carnivore:
Aquatic Herbivore:
Aquatic Mesocarnivore:
Filterfeeder:

Aquatic Weed:
Aquatic Shrub:
Semiaquatic Weed:
Semiaquatic Shrub:
Semiaquatic Tree:

Primiustra is still very barren, plants didn't evolve at all.

If this persists in the second turn too, I will take the plants to autopilot. They will evolve on their own.

[Knightwing64]

Get a Lukewarm Forest ground scavenger through a mutation in the tiny shrews that allows them to digest the various Knick knacks that are on the ground.

[TricMagic]

Adaptations5:
Cla-chim: Spread Growth of leaves outward, no stem, just roots and leaves around a centerpoint.
Cli-chim : Improve Photosynthesis to get as much light as possible.
Nra-chim : Sprout new weeds from the root systems edges.
Nru-chim : Extend the root system, with added connection to other weeds in the cluster.
Sha-chim : Random cross-breeding with other weeds.

[a1s]

Let me know if I'm doing this wrong:

Speciate from Chim alone:
into Shrub, 1 try.
into Semiaquatic Weed, 2 tries
into cold Weed, 2 tries.

[TricMagic]

Let me know if I'm doing this wrong:

Speciate from Chim alone:
into Shrub, 1 try.
into Semiaquatic Weed, 2 tries
into cold Weed, 2 tries.

You can speciate from other players? Thought you were a tree...