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Looks like that’ll be an another round to the streak…

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Also a very interesting fact fermentation creates heat which increase body tempature a fair bit.

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I guess that can be useful for when somebody wants to go for warm blood…

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I wonder if all the plant eaters will have to adapt panting, or other body cooling methods, in the near future?

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All our creatures are still cold-blooded to my knowledge. Also they’re reptile-like, so it shouldn’t be too hard to develop sweating.

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Doesn’t help my lad who also is warm due to its size.

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Sweating can offer huge help in cooling down a creature still. All it needs is for the species to live abovewater.

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True but it’s also a very niche species which evolved sweating and other methods exist especially for a creature which cannot run (as in all four limbs are off the ground at once)

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We should also start thinking about the future before us.
In some 10 rounds the “Progress” will get up to 100%, most likely meaning civilization will descend upon the world.
We will have some 20 mutations to spend until that happens, including the 2 we spend after round 3 was released…

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Anything can happen, hell as unlikely as it is maybe humanity just stop, though don’t take my word lol.

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I bet some new mechanics will be introduced on round #14 regarding their arrival…

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Ms paint on pc, Pixlr on mobile.

Yeah, you should probably prepare. I’d focus on new patches( food) and intelligence.

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I’ll make sure humans out of all things won’t put an end to Volarae attempt #3.

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So something good is that the bones being hollowed might allow the creature to cool down my efficently cause of the moisture from mouth and nose could disappaite the heat around the head.

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I guess that’d help.

Also you’re halfway to spacefaring now!

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I was confused for a second then I remember the “rank” thing exist right next to the name.

Cause I was saying to myself “I am not even near space fairing as a elephant sized lizard”

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Also remember that thread creation counts as making a post.

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Round 4

@Cha @willow @aah31415 @AnthropocenianAge

The world

91% Complete…

The Fungus
It started slowly. A few deaths here and there, nothing out of the ordinary. It seemed harmless - just another simple infection, spreading slowly. But then, something changed. The disease spread quickly, killing creatures before they even noticed. Before long, it had spread across the entire planet - a Fungal Plague…

All creatures: -3 sustainable population.

Creatures
cha - Greater Ompard

@Cha

A large grazer, with complex mating rituals using ultraviolet plumage.

The Greater Ompard is struggling due to the disease, but still hanging on by a thread. It greatly increased it’s movement using hollow bones (+1 Movement), and a Unidirectional Air System (+1 movement).

Massive Herbivore (Foraging Level 5)

Stats:

  • Movement: 4*0.5 = 2

  • Strength: 1*1.5 = 2

  • Stealth: 2

  • Intelligence: 1 (Tier 0)

Feeds on: Vegetation

Hunted by:

Suited for: Plains, Forest

Population: 1.7

Sustainable population: 1.7 (+ 4.7 from food, -3 from the Fungus)

Distribution: Plains A = 1.1 , Forest A = 3.57

Mutations:
Stats:

  • Hollow bones (+1 Movement)

  • Unidirectional Air System (+1 movement)

*Throat sacs (+1 Movement)

*Ultraviolet vision (+1 Stealth)

  • Tusks (+1 Strength)

  • Nervous system (+1 Intelligence)

  • Legs (+1 Movement)

  • Eyes (+1 Stealth)

Size

  • Bigger size (Massive size)

  • Large plumage (Large size)

  • Medium Size

Diet

Longer neck (+1 Foraging)

  • Conical teeth (+1 Foraging)

  • Longer neck (+1 Foraging)

*Fermentation stomach (+1 foraging)

  • Herbivorous Diet

  • Longer Intestines (+1 Foraging)

Environmental Adaptions
  • Temperate Climate Adaption
Willow - Pecuarius falsalamandra - False Salamander

@willow

An amphibious reptile that looks like a salamander. Lays slimy eggs that can digest food.

Despite the plague, the False Salamander stil has a large population, due to its odd eggs. It gained pointy teeth (+1 Strength), and ditched sexual differentiation to lay more eggs(+0.25 food per humid, temperate or aquatic patch).

Medium Herbivore (Foraging Level 2)

Stats:

  • Movement: 3*1 = 5 (Swimming 2) (Climbing 1)

  • Strength: 1*1 = 2

  • Stealth: 1*1 = 1

  • Intelligence: 1 (Tier 0)

Feeds on: Vegetation,

Hunted by:

Suited for: Plains, Lake, Forest

Population: 9.69

Sustainable population: 9.69 (+ 12.69 from food, -3 from the Fungus)

Distribution: Plains A = 0.94 , Plains B = 1.6, Lake A = 2.75, Lake B = 2.75, Lake C = 2.75, Forest A = 1.9

Mutations:
Stats:

  • Pointy teeth (+1 Strength)

  • Sticky feet (+1 Movement, +1 Climbing)

  • Swimming tail (+1 Speed, +1 Swimming)

  • Swimming legs (+1 speed, + 1 Swimming)

  • Lung sacs (+1 speed)

  • Tusks (+1 Strength)

  • Nervous system (+1 Intelligence)

  • Legs (+1 Movement)

  • Eyes (+1 Stealth)

Size
  • Medium Size
Diet

  • Instinct to lay eggs on moss and algae (+1 Foraging)

  • Herbivorous Diet

  • Longer Intestines (+1 Foraging)

Environmental Adaptions
  • Temperate Climate Adaption
Egg

  • Ditch sexual different ion (+0.25 food per humid, temperate or aquatic patch.)

  • Ability to lay eggs in small pockets of water (+0.25 food in temperate humidity and+0.5 food in humid humidity)

  • Thin, sticky egg membrane + phagocytic eggs (+1 food in aquatic patches, slight chance of endosymbiosis)

aah31415 - Pecuarius Maxillaavis - Two-Headed Ompard

@aah31415

A duel-headed scavenger.

The plague hit the Duel-headed Ompard hard. It will go extinct in two rounds if it doesn’t gain more food. It also gained a longer neck (+1 Foraging), and a better heart for running.(+1 Movement)

Medium Herbivore/Scavenger (Foraging Level 7)

Stats:

  • Movement: 1*1 = 2

  • Strength: 1*1 = 1

  • Stealth: 1*1 = 1

  • Intelligence: 1 (Tier 1)

Feeds on: Vegetation, Scavenged Corpses
Hunted by:

Suited for: Plains

Population: 1

Sustainable population: (+ 2 from food, -3 from the Fungus)

Distribution: Plains A = 2

Mutations:
Stats:

  • Better heart (+1 Movement)

  • Tusks (+1 Strength)

  • Nervous system (+1 Intelligence)

  • Legs (+1 Movement)

  • Eyes (+1 Stealth)

Size
  • Medium Size
Diet

  • Longer neck (+1 Foraging)

  • Rudimentary grasping limbs (+1 Foraging)

  • Scavenging beak (+0.25 food per patch)

  • Grinding teeth (+1 Foraging)

  • Fermentation Stomach (+1 Foraging)

  • Different heads for scavenging (+0.5 food per patch)

  • Separate digestive tracts X 2 (+2 foraging)

  • Herbivorous Diet

  • Longer Intestines (+1 Foraging)

Environmental Adaptions
  • Temperate Climate Adaption
AnthropocenianAge - Precuarius taurum - Bull Ompard

@AnthropocenianAge

A stealthy, horned forager.

Despite the plague, the Bull Ompard is still very common, and is in no threat from the disease. To help with foraging, it gained a Ruminant Chamber to the left of the the main stomach (+1 Foraging), and a Longer Neck (+1 Foraging).

Medium Herbivore (Foraging Level 5)

Stats:

  • Movement: 4*1 = 4 (Swimming 1) (Mud walking 1)

  • Strength: 2*1 = 2

  • Stealth: 3

  • Intelligence: 1 (Tier 0)

Feeds on: Vegetation

Hunted by:

Suited for: Plains, Lake, Swamp.

Population: 10.1

Sustainable population: 10.1 (+ 13.1 from food, -3 from the Fungus)

Distribution: Plains = 1.1, Plains B = 2.8, Lake A = 1.4, Lake B = 1.4, Lake C = 1.4 Swamp A = 5

Mutations:
Stats:

  • Mud walking (+1 movement, +1 mud walking)

  • Webbed feet (+1 swimming, +1 Movement)

  • An extra tail to warn and communicate (+1 stealth)

  • An extra pair of legs (+1 Movement)

  • Eyes on the top of it’s head (+1 stealth)

  • Bull horns (+1 strength)

  • Tusks (+1 Strength)

  • Nervous system (+1 Intelligence)

  • Legs (+1 Movement)

  • Eyes (+1 Stealth)

Size
  • Medium Size
Diet

  • Longer Neck (+1 Foraging)

  • Ruminant Chamber to the left of the the main stomach (+1 Foraging)

  • More teeth (+1 Foraging)

  • Herbivore teeth (+1 Foraging)

  • Herbivorous Diet

  • Longer Intestines (+1 Foraging)

Environmental Adaptions
  • Temperate Climate Adaption
Patches

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Key

Pale Green-Yellow: Plains

Light Grey: Cliffs

Light Green: Forest

Teal Green: Swamp

Light Blue: River

Blue: Lake

Yellow: Desert

Dark grey: Mountains

Dark green: Jungle

New patches
Explored patches
Plains A

Food: 4 Vegetation

Creatures: Greater Ompard (1.1), False Salamander (0.94), Two-Headed Ompard (2), Bull Ompard (1.1)

Plains B

Food: 4 Vegetation

Creatures: Bull Ompard (2.8), False salamander (1.6)

Lake A

Food: 2 Vegetation, 3 Fish (Meat)

Creatures: False Salamander (2.75), Bull Ompard (1.4)

Lake B

Food: 2 Vegetation, 3 Fish (Meat)

Creatures: False Salamander (2.75), Bull Ompard (1.4)

Summary

Food: 2 Vegetation, 3 Fish (Meat)

Creatures: False Salamander (2.75), Bull Ompard (1.4)

Swamp A

Food: 5 Vegetation

Bull Ompard (5)

Forest A

Food: 5 Vegetation

Greater Ompard (3.57), False Salamander (1.9)

Surprisingly, no creatures have evolved intelligence yet.

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M1: Develop an Immune system, which will not only deal with the fungus but also with the pathogens coming from the corpses.
M2: Thanks to the heart upgrade, the neural network of the specimens gets a major upgrade, forming many ganglions of neurons across their bodies.

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Genuine question here cause I can’t find an answer does it take longer for a virus or pathogen to kill its host if it’s larger?

Merely asking cause I know cancer in whales kill each other due to the size of them.

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