Planet genesis

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

M1: The proto-feathers on the wings evolve into forms even more similar to regular feathers, increasing the surface area of the wings and control whilst airborne.
M2: Intelligence increases further, with members of the species sharing the location of fallen corpses with other two-headed ompards on a regular basis.

[willow (they/her or yours are was/were)]

M1: bladder turns into a network of tubes feeding aminoplasts with ammonia, and taking the water back into the blood after it’s been cleaned(minor food, and drought resistance)

M2: endosymbiosis a microbe that uses bioluminescence for communicationand have it specialize into eyespot plastids and lumenoplasts (will be very relevant to intelligence and intraspecies communication later)

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

I wonder where will that spaceship crash…

[Cha (Waluigi)]

Mutation uno: Leathery feet added onto the already broad feet which allows them to walk on hotsand

Mutation dos: The coat surronding the throat spread to the top of the body to reflect light away from them and retain heat during the night.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

I wonder if humans will do anything about the drought, as it’d be quite embarrassing to lose a biota they had been waiting for it to achieve a good level of development for a few hundred years now…

[Cha (Waluigi)]

Maybe they’re testing the creatures ability to survive and adapt to a changing world

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Yeah, but it’t not like this will be happening when humans move in to our lands…

[CatSquared]

Well, agriculture requires a lot of water, and so do humans, especially those rich enough to live on a planet.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Well it is in their interest to keep atleast a few species around…

[CatSquared]

Also, Fun Fact:
The Steel Wall was not supposed to be a mystery at this stage. It was supposed to be completely explained Round 6, and hinted at Round 2, but no one has noticed. I have no idea why.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Um, we have noticed it’s existence? And we know it’s probably not worth it to send a populace to lands behind the wall since they’d most likely be shot down very quickly.

[CatSquared]

I meant it’s purpose, not it’s existence.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Isn’t it obvious? It’s purpose is to keep creatures out of some area where they aren’t meant to be.

[CatSquared]

I won’t say the purpose, but It isn’t to stop the movement of creatures between areas.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Will we learn the remaining things about it at like round 10 or so? As technically we’re past the time we were supposed to learn about it per what you said.

[AnthropocenianAge (AnthropocenianAge Arthropleura wants to give you a hug!)]

I just realized my organism will look like a small weird plesiosaur when humans see it rivers and lakes.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

And it has some horns too I guess. It’s even named after them still.

[CatSquared]

Round 9

@Cha @willow @aah31415 @AnthropocenianAge

The world

96% Complete…

The Drought

Over time, the Drought only got worse. Many Creatures died, unable to find food or water. There was no hope…

Lake A Becomes Dried-up Lakebed A

False Salamander: No extra food from eggs/endosymbiosis in temperate patches.

All creatures: -5 Sustainable population (increases each round)

The Fungus
The Fungus has now been partially reduced, now almost eradicated.

Fungus Health: 1/9 (-1 per round, -1 per immune system mutation)

The Fungus lowers your sustainable population depending on it’s health (9-7 is 3, 6-4 is 2, 3-1 is 1, 0 is 0)

Immune systems reduce The Fungus’s health, and reduces it’s damage to you by 1.

All creatures: -1 sustainable population.

Creatures

cha - Greater Ompard

@Cha

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

The Greater Ompard has gained leathery feet that can walk on hot sand (+1 Heat Resistance), and a coat that defects heat during the day and keeps it in during the night (+1 Heat Resistance), allowing it to now inhabit the deserts.

Massive Herbivore (Foraging Level 7)

Stats:

• Movement: 5*0.5 = 3 (Swimming 1) (Mud Walking 1)

• Strength: 1*1.5 = 2

• Stealth: 2

• Intelligence: 1 (Tier 0)

Feeds on: Vegetation

Hunted by:

Suited for: Plains, Forest, Jungle, Swamp, Lake, Desert

Population: 29.85

Sustainable population: 29.85 (+32.85 from food, -1 from the Fungus, -3 from the Drought)

Distribution: Plains A = 1.25, Plains B = 1.25, Plains C = 1.25, Plains D = 4, Forest A = 1.7, Forest B = 1.7, Forest C = 5, Jungle A = 2.7, Jungle B = , Jungle C = 2.7, Lake C = 0.9, Swamp A = 2.7, Swamp C = 2.7, Desert A = 2, Desert B = 2, Desert C = 2

Mutations:

Stats:

• broad circular feet to spread the weight evenly out and not sink into the ground (+1 Mud Walking)

• Air sacs for swimming (+1 Movement, +1 Swimming)

• 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

• Larger Fermentation stomach (+1 Foraging)

• Longer neck (+1 Foraging)

Longer neck (+1 Foraging)

• Conical teeth (+1 Foraging)

• Longer neck (+1 Foraging)

*Fermentation stomach (+1 foraging)

• Herbivorous Diet

• Longer Intestines (+1 Foraging)

Environmental Adaptions

• Leathery feet that can walk on hot sand (+1 Heat Resistance)

• A coat that defects heat during the day and keeps it in during the night (+1 Heat Resistance)

• More water in hump (+1 Drought Resistance)

• Flaps beneath the head to increase surface area and cool down (+1 Heat Resistance)

• Hump/fat storage to endure harsh times without food and water (+1 Drought Resistance)

• Thicker Skin (+1 Humidity Resistance)

• Temperate Climate Adaption

Willow - Pecuarius falsalamandra - False Salamander

@willow

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

Medium Herbivore (Foraging Level 2)

The False Salamander has gained a network of tubes to supply ammonia to amnioplasts, and take water back into the blood (+1 Drought Resistance). It has also managed to Endosymbiosis a second microbe, this time with bioluminescence, so it they communicate and warn each other of hiding predators (+1 stealth).

Stats:

• Movement: 8*1 = 8 (Swimming 5) (Climbing 1)

• Strength: 1*1 = 2

• Stealth: 2*1 = 2

• Intelligence: 1 (Tier 0)

Feeds on: Vegetation,

Hunted by:

Suited for: Plains, Lake, Forest, River

Population: 11.2

Sustainable population: 11.2 (+14.2from food, -1 from the Fungus, -2 from the drought)

Distribution: Plains A = 0.4, Plains B = 0.4, Plains C = 0.4, Lake B = 2.5, Lake C = 2.25, Forest A = 0.5, Forest B = 0.5, River A = 2.75, River B = 2.25, River C = 2.25

Mutations:

Stats:

• Endosymbiosis a microbe with bioluminescence, to communicate and warn each other of hiding predators (+1 stealth)

• Durable claws for burrowing underwater (+1 Movement, +1 Swimming)

• Lung cells produce lots of myoglobin (+1 Movement, +1 Swimming),

• Better Swimming Muscles (+1 Swimming, +1 Movement)

• Pointy teeth (+1 Strength)

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

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

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

• Lung sacs (+1 Movement)

• 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

• Tubes to supply ammonia to amnioplasts, and take water back into the blood (+1 Drought Resistance)

• Small external gills to hydrate faster in water (+1 Drought Resistance)

• A wax layer that can be shed after spending an hour underwater (+1 Drought Resistance)

• Temperate Climate Adaption

Egg

• Sync the cell cycles of the chloroplasts with the cells. and have them specialize into amino acid factories and nitroplasts when not exposed to light (+0.25 food per humid, temperate or aquatic patches)

• Fins running down the sides of the torso, increasing surface area exposed to light (+0.25 food per humid, temperate or aquatic patch)

• Endosymbiosis an algae Endosymbiosis a small algae (+0.25 food per humid, temperate or aquatic patch)

• 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

An aerial, duel-headed scavenger.

Proto-feathers become closer to normal feathers, helping with flight (+1 flight, +1 movement), More intelligence (+1 Intelligence)

Medium Herbivore/Scavenger (Foraging Level 7)

Stats:

• Movement: 6*1 = 6 (Flight 4)

• Strength: 1*1 = 1

• Stealth: 3*1 = 3

• Intelligence: 3 (Tier 0)

Feeds on: Vegetation, Scavenged Corpses
Hunted by:

Suited for: Plains, Forest

Population: 8

Sustainable population: 8 (+11 from food, -0 from the Fungus, -3 from the drought)

Distribution: Plains A = 2, Plains B = 2, Plains C = 2, Forest A = 2.5, Forest B = 2.5

Mutations:

Stats:

• Proto-feathers become closer to normal feathers

• Helping with flight (+1 flight, +1 movement), More intelligence (+1 Intelligence)

*Proto-feathers (+1 flight, +1 movement)

• Organ for smell (+1 stealth)

• Better Eyesight (+1 Stealth)

• Wings for flight X 2 (+2 movement, +1 flight)

• More neurons (+1 intelligence)

• 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)

• Grinding teeth (+1 Foraging)

• Fermentation Stomach (+1 Foraging)

• Separate digestive tracts X 2 (+2 foraging)

• Herbivorous Diet

• Longer Intestines (+1 Foraging)

Scavenging

• Scavenging beak (+0.25 food per patch)

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

Environmental Adaptions

• Mesothermy (+1 Cold Resistance)

• Temperate Climate Adaption

Immune System:

• Basic Immune system (-1 pop damage from The Fungus)

AnthropocenianAge - Precuarius taurum - Bull Ompard

@AnthropocenianAge

A stealthy, horned forager.

Absorbs more water in dry climates, producing solid urine (+1 Drought Resistance), Longer intestines absorb more water (+1 Drought Resistance)

Medium Herbivore (Foraging Level 6)

Stats:

• Movement: 6*1 = 6 (Swimming 3) (Mud walking 1)

• Strength: 2*1 = 2

• Stealth: 3

• Intelligence: 1 (Tier 0)

Feeds on: Vegetation

Hunted by:

Suited for: Plains, Lake, Swamp, Forest, Jungle, Rivers

Population: 15.35

Sustainable population: 15.35 (+17.35 from food, -0 from the Fungus, -2 from the Drought)

Distribution: Plains A = 1, Plains B = 1, Plains C = 1, Lake B = 1.5, Lake C = 0.8, Swamp A = 2.3, Swamp C = 2.75, Forest A = 1.2, Forest B = 1.2, Jungle A = 2.3, Jungle B = 2.3

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)

• Longer Neck (+1 Foraging)

• 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

• Absorbs more water in dry climates, producing solid urine (+1 Drought Resistance)

• Longer intestines absorb more water (+1 Drought Resistance)

• Mucous secretion (+1 Humidity resistance)

• Instinct to create mud wallows (+1 Heat resistance)

• Temperate Climate Adaption

Immune

• Innate Immune system (-1 pop damage from The Fungus)

• Adaptive Immune system (-1 damage from the Fungus)

Patches

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

Light Beige: Coast

Light Pink: Coral Reef

Dark Orange: Snow Fields

Light Orange: Dried-up lakebed

Blue Grey: Open Ocean

New patches

The Wreck

A radioactive chunk of metal.

Needs: Drought resistance 2, Heat resistance 3, Radiation Resistance 5

Unexplored

Explored patches

Plains A

Food: 4 Vegetation

Creatures: Greater Ompard (1.25), False Salamander (0.4), Two-Headed Ompard (2), Bull Ompard (1)

Plains B

Food: 4 Vegetation

Creatures: Greater Ompard (1.25), False Salamander (0.4), Two-Headed Ompard (2), Bull Ompard (1)

Plains C

Food: 4 Vegetation

Creatures: Greater Ompard (1.25), False Salamander (0.4), Two-Headed Ompard (2), Bull Ompard (1)

Plains D

Food: 4 Vegetation

Creatures: Greater Ompard (4)

Lake B

Food: 2 Vegetation, 3 Fish (Meat)

Creatures: False Salamander (2.5), Bull Ompard (1.5)

Lake C

Food: 2 Vegetation, 3 Fish (Meat)

Creatures: Greater Ompard (0.9), False Salamander (2.25), Bull Ompard (0.8)

Swamp A

Food: 5 Vegetation

Greater Ompard (2.7), Bull Ompard (2.3)

Swamp C

Food: 5 Vegetation

Greater Ompard (2.7), Bull Ompard (2.3)

Forest A

Food: 5 Vegetation

Greater Ompard (1.7), False Salamander (0.5), Two headed Ompard (2.5), Bull Ompard (1.2)

Forest B

Food: 5 Vegetation

Greater Ompard (1.7), False Salamander (0.5), Two headed Ompard (2.5), Bull Ompard (1.2)

Forest C

Food: 5 Vegetation

Creatures: Greater Ompard (2.7), Bull Ompard (2.3)

Jungle A

Food: 6 Vegetation

Creatures: Greater Ompard (2.7), Bull Ompard (2.3)

Jungle B

Food: 6 Vegetation

Creatures: Greater Ompard (2.7), Bull Ompard (2.3)

Jungle C

Food: 6 Vegetation

Creatures: Greater Ompard (2.7), Bull Ompard (2.3)

River A

Food: 3 Vegetation, 3 Fish (Meat)

Creatures: False Salamander (2.75), Bull Ompard (2.25)

River B

Food: 3 Vegetation, 3 Fish (Meat)

Creatures: False Salamander (2.75), Bull Ompard (2.25)

River C

Food: 3 Vegetation, 3 Fish (Meat)

Creatures: False Salamander (2.75), Bull Ompard (2.25)

Desert A

Food: 2 Vegetation

Creatures: Greater Ompard (2)

Desert B

Food: 2 Vegetation

Creatures: Greater Ompard (2)

Desert C

Food: 2 Vegetation

Creatures: Greater Ompard (2)

I advise trying to reach Tier 1 within the next 3-7 rounds…

Also, I should say, the Wreck is a later game thing. It won’t be that useful until around Tier 4 or Tier 5, or Industrial/space stage.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

M1: Like camels, the fat cells of the two-headed ompards now host extra cytoplasm for water storage (drought resistance)
M2: More intelligence increase, now better remembering and sharing the locations of water sources to others of it’s kin.

[Cha (Waluigi)]

Didn’t find an iron wall but I did find this glowing rock.

Mutation Uno: larger fermentation stomach (saltasaurus looking ah)

Mutation dos: improved smelling to search for fresh food and water in a area of dwindling supplies.