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[TricMagic]

I find it fun the first apex Predator isn't the Perfect Predator. But there is a reason Birds are king.

Or Slimes.

Just you wait…

At some point they're be able to track you down and eat you.

[Knightwing64]

I will drain the life from your slimes.

For I am the perfect predator. And you are NOTHINGGGGG






(Wonder if it’s ever going to get to the point of us developing tech and stuff)

[Knightwing64]

Also, we need to look for more players. How do we do that?

Somebody advertise lol

[Magmacube_tr]

Question. Are the turnips still Benthic? Since they seem to debuff all other animals.

They are not. Turnips are obligate parasites that move only for a short time throught their lifespans, spending most of their time attached to another creature. They are outside that kind of classification.

[TricMagic]

Keep on forgetting they're more parasites than predators.

[Magmacube_tr]

Also, we need to look for more players. How do we do that?

Somebody advertise lol

Yeah, the game will expand as time goes on. At some point, you three will have so many species that the game will grind down to a halt. Because you simply can't develop that too many.

[TricMagic]

Which hopefully involves an action to cut them loose, hopefully. Let them develop on their own.

I'm mostly trying a way around that mind you. Being able to pass along useful evolutions to others in the line.

[Knightwing64]

Do not worry. My species will cut down all overpopulation issues….

Dun dun dun

[Magmacube_tr]

Turn 8


The Events

Power: 27
Temperament: N/A


The Actions

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Team LGEM
notquitethere
1: Split Steering Urchinite: 4
    A) An immune system.
    B) Fins from Spines
2: Split Eyeful Seagranate: 3
    A) An immune system.
    B) Improve digestion to digest sludgie lineage.


Team X2
TricMagic:
1: Improve cross-species RNA pollination on Flagellating Snatchiblie: 2+1+(-3)=0 (lol)
2: A simple circulatory system for Antennaed Sludgiboo: 5
SS: 1


Team Perfect Predator
Knightwing64
1: An immune system: 4
2: A better nervous system: 3+1=4

The World

The current era of tectonic calmness and climate stability continues to stretch on, it seems.

Also, apex predator changed.

The Guguli Shallows | Algea Prairie Biome | (10/15 species)

Spoiler: Local Species (click to show/hide)

A bottomfeeding proto-animal the size of a large sea snail, with hardened skin, a wiggling gastropoid foot and many long spines, open, immunised circulatory system and a suction-powered, herbivorous digestive canal that runs through it, with two eyes near the mouth.

A bottomfeeding proto-animal the size of a large sea snail, with hardened skin, a wiggling gastropoid foot and many long spines, open circulatory system and a suction-powered, omnivorous digestive canal that runs through it, with two eyes near the mouth.

A bottomfeeding proto-animal the size of a large sea snail, with hardened skin and many long spines, open circulatory system and a suction-powered, herbivorous digestive canal that runs through it. It slowly moves by expelling its digestive slime out of its butt.

A filterfeeding proto-animal the size of a large sea snail, with spiny hardened skin, open, immunised circulatory system and a suction-powered, herbivorous digestive canal that runs through it. It has a swim bladder along with a set of muscles that control its spines, which it uses to swim around.

A filterfeeding proto-animal the size of a small fish, with spiny hardened skin, open circulatory system and a suction-powered, herbivorous digestive canal that runs through it. It has a swim bladder along with a set of muscles that control its many pairs of fins.

A bottomfeeding, apex predatory proto-animal that is akin to a giant, 20 centimeter big, veiny amoeba with a beating heart at its center. It finds its way via electrolocation by two large sensitive eyepots on its slime skin. It reproduces via broadcast fertilisation and dispersion of RNA and spores.

Ecosystem Effects: -20 population to all benthic animals.

A bottomfeeding proto-animal that is akin to a large amoeba. It finds its way via electrolocation by two large sensitive eyepots on its slime skin. It reproduces via broadcast fertilisation and dispersion of RNA and spores. It eats anything it encounters.

Ecosystem Effects: -5 population to all benthic animals.

A predatorial proto-animal size of an orange. It finds prey and its way through the water via crude electrolocation by many sparkly dots in its slime skin, moving by flagellating its slime tendrils. It reproduces via broadcast fertilisation and dispersion of RNA and spores, producing planktonic embryo and sometimes even mostly unviable hybrids with its sister species.

Ecosystem effects: -20 population to all benthic animals

A bottomfeeding predatory proto-animal that is akin to an amoeba. It finds its way via crude electrolocation by many sparkly dots in its acidic slime skin. It reproduces via broadcast fertilisation and dispersion of RNA and spores.

Ecosystem effects: -5 population to all benthic animals.

A parasitic proto-animal with many long, muscular, skin penetrating feeding tendrils, a net of nervous cells and a hardened shell of flesh. They jet around by pushing water off their gills, and have a sense of smell to detect things around. They anchor themselves to their hosts via their tendrils, using a weak electric shock to stun the host, though that usually also attracts the Giant Sludgiboo, which can see it.

Ecosystem effects: -10 population to all other animals.

[TricMagic]

Who's the Apex now?^{Giant, that's who}   (And does that mean the Sludgiboo has solved the infection?)

Team X2
1: Improve cross-species RNA pollination on Flagellating Snatchiblie: Take 4!
2: Giant becomes King Sludgiboo, developing a proto-brain within the core/heart.

[notquitethere]

LGEM #1 Speciate into two sister species Slimesucker Seagranate:
- A: Mutate muscular/tendon system so the spines can be stabbed at prey
- B: Mutate camoflage to go unnoticed by predators and prey

LGEM #2 Speciate into two sister species Scattery Pinecovy:
- A: Mutate an immune system into its open-circulatory system
- B: Mutate eyes so can actually spot predators and algae

[Knightwing64]

I will not stand for this.


Mutation 1: In response to increased predation from the giants, the Tracker Turnips develop even stronger electric shocks that not only increases their combat abilities, but also lures the giants to them, which is where the second mutation comes in.

Mutation 2: The Tracker Turnip learns to disguise their bio electricity into a perfect match for the giants, and as the electro sense is their only way of sight, they won’t be able to disguise a hostile turnip from a friendly giant, which will be their doom.

[TricMagic]

I will not stand for this.


Mutation 1: In response to increased predation from the giants, the Tracker Turnips develop even stronger electric shocks that not only increases their combat abilities, but also lures the giants to them, which is where the second mutation comes in.

Mutation 2: The Tracker Turnip learns to disguise their bio electricity into a perfect match for the giants, and as the electro sense is their only way of sight, they won’t be able to disguise a hostile turnip from a friendly giant, which will be their doom.

Spoiler: Well, this will be fun. (click to show/hide)

[Magmacube_tr]

Turn 9


The Events

Power: 55
Temperament: 5


The Actions

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Team LGEM
notquitethere
1: Split Slimesucker Seagranate:
    A) Muscles: 2+1=3
    B) Camoflage: 3
2: Split Scattery Pinecovy:
    A) Immune system: 3
    B) Eyes: 2


Team X2
TricMagic:
1: Improve the cross-species population of Flagellating Snatchiblie, again: 2+1+(-2)=1 (GODDAMMIT DICE GODS) (You realise that you aren't specifying where to put the SS roll so it defaults to your first roll, right?)
2: Central ganglion for Giant Sludgiboo: 3
SS: 2


Team Perfect Predator
Knightwing64
1: Improved electric stun attack: 3+1=4
2: Giant Sludgiboo tricking electric signalling: 1+1=2

The World

A new strain of algea has appeared on the seamount. Instead of being microplanktonic, these algea grow in small clusters on the sandy soil, and have quickly made the place an actual meadow. This affects nothing in regards to the wellbeing of the  pre-existing ecosystem, since you are all filterfeeders to some extent and have no adaptations to eat or actively seek this food source.

Diarrhea Cownut and Acidic Blechiboo are extinct due to being outcompeted.

The Guguli Shallows | Algea Prairie Biome | (10/15 species)

Spoiler: Local Species (click to show/hide)

A bottomfeeding proto-animal the size of a large sea snail, with hardened skin, a wiggling gastropoid foot and many long spines, open, immunised circulatory system and a suction-powered, herbivorous digestive canal that runs through it, with two eyes near the mouth.

A bottomfeeding proto-animal the size of a large sea snail, with hardened skin, a snail foot and many long, movable spines, open circulatory system and a suction-powered, omnivorous digestive canal that runs through it, with two eyes near the mouth.

A bottomfeeding proto-animal the size of a large sea snail, with hardened skin, a wiggling gastropoid foot and many long spines, open circulatory system and a suction-powered, omnivorous digestive canal that runs through it, with two eyes near the mouth. Its soft, gelatinous tissues output the ambient-like electric signals, which prevents the sludge linage from detecting it.

A filterfeeding proto-animal the size of a large sea snail, with spiny hardened skin, open, immunised circulatory system and a suction-powered, herbivorous digestive canal that runs through it. It has a swim bladder along with a set of muscles that control its spines, which it uses to swim around.

A filterfeeding proto-animal the size of a small fish, with spiny hardened skin, open, immunised circulatory system and a suction-powered, herbivorous digestive canal that runs through it. It has a swim bladder along with a set of muscles that control its many pairs of fins.

A filterfeeding proto-animal the size of a small fish, with spiny hardened skin, open circulatory system and a suction-powered, herbivorous digestive canal that runs through it, along with photoreceptive spots on its back that steers it towards the sea surface. It has a swim bladder along with a set of muscles that control its many pairs of fins.

A bottomfeeding, apex predatory proto-animal that is akin to a giant, 20 centimeter big, veiny amoeba with a beating heart and a small clump of nerves at its center. It finds its way via electrolocation by two large sensitive eyepots on its slime skin. It reproduces via broadcast fertilisation and dispersion of RNA and spores.

Ecosystem Effects: -20 population to all benthic animals.

A bottomfeeding proto-animal that is akin to a large amoeba. It finds its way via electrolocation by two large sensitive eyepots on its slime skin. It reproduces via broadcast fertilisation and dispersion of RNA and spores. It eats anything it encounters.

Ecosystem Effects: -5 population to all benthic animals.

A predatorial proto-animal size of an orange. It finds prey and its way through the water via crude electrolocation by many sparkly dots in its slime skin, moving by flagellating its slime tendrils. It reproduces via broadcast fertilisation and dispersion of RNA and spores, producing planktonic embryo and even lethally unviable hybrids with its sister species.

Ecosystem effects: -20 population to all benthic animals

A parasitic proto-animal with many long, muscular, skin penetrating feeding tendrils, a net of nervous cells and a hardened shell of flesh. They jet around by pushing water off their gills, and have a sense of smell to detect things around. They anchor themselves to their hosts via their tendrils, using a moderate electric shock to stun the host, though that usually also attracts the King Sludgiboo, which can see the shock even though it mimicks its electric signature; King Sludgiboo has no qualms about eating its own kin.

Ecosystem effects: -15 population to all other animals.

Was already looking for a way to intruduce the multicelluar plants lol. I was going to force them in turn 10, but this is more natural.

[TricMagic]

1: Improve the cross-species population of Flagellating Snatchiblie, again: 2+1+(-2)=1 (GODDAMMIT DICE GODS) (You realise that you aren't specifying where to put the SS roll so it defaults to your first roll, right?)

Yes, yes I do. The Dice Gods apparently love it.

King Sludgiboo has no qualms about eating its own kin.

More Slime for the King Slime. Haha.

Team X2
Improve the cross-species pollination ability of Flagellating Snatchiblie, Take 5!
King Sludigboo splits in two lines.
\The First improves it's processing ability, to the point of being able to identify prey types and recognize patterns. And developing a structure around it's core.
 \The Second turns the mass into a more shifting form like a pancake, taking advantage of the algae that have formed to hoover up the new food source. While smaller in mass, it's body manipulation and algae diet renders it a green color that blends in with it's primary food source.