just describe the creatures or civilizations you want to create when thrive is out. I’d probably do something arboreal evolving into a “treehouse civilization” like those of the Korowai
LAVA PLANTS! It was the first thing I ever played. and maybe a species that believes in the end of all things and sets out to commit that end when ascended. And ooooh what about a very long lived species that cultivates the world around them, and, ah it would be awesome to play a species without sight and a unique way of seing things if they add a translation of those senses in later stages!
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Pretty much what I do with Shaveka with long lived vegan creates with arms who take care of the other creatures and are just one big country. It would be interesting to see how one country early on would work and what bonus being a vegan civilization could bring. Also having a nigh ageless leader is always fun too.
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So how long until I can evolve a Frieza species?!? Or a Saiyan?
Most likely you’ll have to wait until the ascension stage.
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this is the only correct way to play thrive
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Should we added Saiyanism to ascension perk list?
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Proceeds to be completely oblirated by the square-cube law
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Big ol’ composite organism! Portuguese man o’ war style!
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I guess this could be added one day with the help of creating various versions of your species’ individuals (like ant versions) in macroscopic.
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I’d like to create a sapient reef-building life-form. It would probably be interesting to effectively be the environment as well as a society
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You don’t plan to take it to the stars, right?
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I want to see how large and diverse an Eusocial species can be. On earth, the largest are mole-rats, but I want to make something dog-wolf sized. Also, I want to see if I can have juveniles that dabble in several abilities with several possible adult forms that specialize in one ability.
I also want to see if I can use sidophores for mining ore efficiently, though I worry the creature would need to eat enough of the ore it might not be worth it.
And a gliding, amphibious, burrowing creature that can run and climb trees. Just to see if I can.
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The reason why eusocial species are usually small is that, the larger they are, the smaller the hive is in population and the longer it takes for the newborns to become useful.
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Different sources say different things, but most sources (actually, every source I read EXCEPT Wikipedia) suggest that wolves on average have more pups per year than Damaraland Mole-Rats, while some dog breeds (closely related to wolves) can have much more (and in that case on par with what Wikipedia says the Damaraland Mole-Rat has). In terms of growth, wolves reach full size close to the same time Damaraland Mole-Rats do, but then take another year and a half to sexually mature (which would really only effect the queen).
Note: Wikipedia says Damaraland Mole-Rats can have 3 litters a year. Every other source I read (looking for there maturity rate) stated they only have 1 litter a year. Some, but not all, dog breeds have multiple litters a year, but wolves just have 1. If we assume the same number of litters per year, wolves, on average, seem to reproduce more than twice as fast. Naked Mole Rats (the OTHER eusocial mammal), however, unquestionable out breed them both.
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Even then I’m not sure if wolf-sized eusocials could effectively be subterranean. I’d guess there’s a good reason why eusocial animals aren’t larger than a NMR…
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Polar bears burrow through snow to make maternity dens. Wombats bigger than around half the size of the average wolf make burrows from 3 to 30 meters long and up to 3.5 meters deep. The extinct Giant Ground Sloth made much larger burrows, with one measuring 600 meters long, 1.5 meters tall, and 1.3 meters wide. I think wolf sized creatures could dig a burrow.
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Yeah… But then why didn’t any eusocial creatures that large ever evolve?
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Why does one eusocial mammal produce up to 14 times the offspring of the only other eusocial mammal and also live twice as long? Naked Mole Rats can live for over 30 years and still be fertile. Name any other rodent that does that. Nature is strange sometimes.
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