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Alright so posted in the OP Post is the playable organisms that you can use for evolutionary purposes in this thread. Got a nice little dossier of info for each of them. (Slight embellishments made to maintain a sense of realism)

Present Setting: We now revisit Janus just as it is entering the transitional period between the Ordiamentian Era and the new Sulioaic Era. This transition comes at a cost to some of the more primitive life of Janus, as flash periods of extreme volcanic activity and cold snaps which are an unfortunate result of the planet's stabilizing Magnetosphere and tectonic shifts. In spite of this, life's most prominent successes on Janus makes the transition into this new era. The shallow seas have become very welcoming to life being bathed in the radiant light of Lunt, warming the shallow coast lines around the thousands of islands, and the first proto-continents. The open oceans also grow deeper, with some regions of the sea reaching over 10 miles in depth. These regions are now only illuminated by its plant life.

--Planet Statistics--
Atmosphere: 74% Nitrogen, 7% Argon, 8% Oxygen, 3% Other Gases, 6% Carbon Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide 2%
Average Global Temperature: 76°F (24°C)
Tectonics: Present
Volcanic Activity: Active
Weather Systems: Turbulent Storm Systems; Current Driven Weather Systems

> Plant Organisms may be as large as the size 9 increment as stated below
> Plant Organisms may now inhabit the deep sea thanks to Mosroks and the surface of the sea.
> Animal Organisms may be as large as the size 7 increment as stated below.
> Animals Organisms are still unable to escape their watery lifestyle, but life on land has recently become more hospitable for those daring and hardiest of plant organisms.
> Silicates, Calcium, Iron, and soft metals like Copper are present in the environment and may be incorporated into an organisms diet/evolutions if desired.

--Size Increments--
• Size 1: Sugar Ant (0.1 - 1 cm)
• Size 2: Bumblebee (1.01 - 2.5 cm)
• Size 3: Mosquitofish (2.5 - 5 cm)
• Size 4: Poison Dart Frog (5 - 10 cm)
• Size 5: Giant Water Bug (11 - 20 cm)
• Size 6: Birdwing Butterfly (21 - 35 cm)
• Size 7: Horseshoe Crab (35 - 70 cm)
• Size 8: Australian Trumpet Snail (71 - 100 cm)
• Size 9: Japanese Giant Salamander (100 - 150 cm)
• Size 10: Aldabra Giant Tortoise (150 - 200 cm)
• Size 11: Leatherback Sea Turtle (2.01 - 2.5 m)
• Size 12: Mekong Giant Catfish (2.5 - 3 m)
• Size 13: Giant Pacific Octopus (3 - 4 m)
• Size 14: Ocean Sunfish (4.1 - 4.6 m)
• Size 15: Tiger Shark (4.6 - 5.2 m)
• Size 16: White Sturgeon (5.2 - 5.8 m)
• Size 17: African Elephant (5.8 - 6.5 m)
• Size 18: Great White Shark (6.5 - 8 m)
• Size 19: Manta Ray (8.1 - 9 m)
• Size 20: Porites Coral Reef Colony (9 - 10.5 m)
• Size 21: Whale Shark (10.5 - 12 m)
• Size 22: Gigantosaurus (12 - 16 m)
• Size 23: Blue Whale (16.1 - 22 m)
• Size 24: Brachiosaurus (22.1 - 30 m)
• Size 25: Smaug, The Desolater (30m+)

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And here is the blank template.

I will be posting the full size images from the previous Phylogeny Chart with the identified organisms seen in Dossier a little later. For now I suggest using this link.

http: suptg thisisnotatrueending com/qstarchive/911768/

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The Algea Lantern continues to increase in size, reaching the edge of the size that is currently possible with this climate. It experiences a mutation that causes the growth of two branches with lanterns, instead of only one.

This strain of Algea Lantern is called Lantea, so as to separate it from its sibling strain.

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>>980099
Cross-"pollination" between the Bead-tail Algetta (gen 4) and the Algetta (gen 8) has created the Borgetta. The Copper nervous-core of the bead-tail becomes circuitry within the Borgetta's body. The circuitry is flexible and capable of enduring the movements of the Borgetta. The cells of the Borgetta is capable of doing minor repairs (in case of damage) and changes to its circuitry, allowing for the development of new simple actions/behviours by trial and error.

( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOFws_hhZs8 )

The addition of extra copper in the Borgetta changes its hue to a more teal colour.

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>>980099
The animal's reproductive system is finally out, and can be studied with this development of their "bowties" which is a set of reproductive-related organs.

The creature now conjoined together during the process of mating, which last for a couple of days, and ends up with birthing hundreds of functional childrens.The parents usually dies after mating, because they sacrifice their own bodily mass and nutrients to hurried the creation process of their younglings.

besides this, the creature's eyes became better, able to discern shapes and colors. Their fins also toughen out, to support the movement of each other during mating

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>>980099
Like its ancestors, the algea reproduce by allowing it section to be broken off by the current, and nest in a new place. Near the shore, waves came crashing down very frefuently, causing the algeas to be hurdled by the wave, and grew together. Eventually, they evolved the supressive wave and became Flooring Algeas, which is shorter, multileafed, and stickier, preventing being uprooted or premature section breaking.

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>>980579
the Borgetta devlops sinewy rop like structures on the segments and indentatoins of its body, giving its body more structure and stability. it also devlops a more complex nervous circuit, allowing it to better proscess informatoin

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>>980099
The Clalgea Clusters have with time developed into simple fibrous structures. Their habitation being Shores, they physically anchor themselves attached to the seafloor or Flooring Algea >>980862
with their lower fibers.

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>>980579
Other Borgetta have gone down the route of increasing their "bandwith" to allow for better information processing. These Borgetta could now be considered as intelligent as an old pocket calculator, whatever that means. Due to a mutation, the cells surrounding the circuitry has started to emitt photons as electricity travels throughout the Borgetta. This together with the increased metal content creating a metallic sheen has given the Borgetta a unique look.

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>>980099
With increased mineral intake, such as calcium, the animals' nerveous system was supported by stronger, hardened, internal membrane, which stabilize its the growth of better eyesight, reflex, and size. It fangs also been developed with similar materials, enabling it to kill more efficiently

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Good Evening Folks. To any newcomers or folks that have been using the PDF I provided, you may or may not of noticed that some of the images are not at their 100% scale.

The attached image contains the 100% resolution sizes of each organisms features in the dossier PDF I made in the Thread Post.

Hope this helps you guys out.

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>>981028
The Borgetta develops blades/leaves on its sides to allowing for turning around while in place, as well as simply allowing for greater mobility.

That's all from me. good night, folks!

>>981067
*Also they develop a see-through mineral "lens" (it doesn't bend light) over the eye-holes, preventing particles from getting stuck inside the "eyes".

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>>980099
The animal uses its powerful clawed bottoms to latch itself on rocks nearer to the shore. Their eyes became better to watch out for potential prey.

It also develop more muscles in its lure to be more forcefull when grabbing their prey, and to prevent it from being snatched away by the currents. Through mutations, they develop whitish stripes in their lure line that helps camouflage it between the tall algeas. Its mouth also develop some more elastic parts, which can extend when needed.

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the Mor-Mungus begins to use its bait extensoin less and less as it becomes gradually more active, and as a result devlops a basic mace like attatchment, to ound and hook possible prey, stopping them from running. they also develop more claws across its apendages, giving it better grip, alloving it to move reeeaaaaaally slooooooow. this new, more agressive mungus is called the mofux-mungus

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>>980946
With stronger internal structure, this independently moving plant can became longer and move faster.

>>980099
This is a good looking evo, I'll join in if I find the time. Good work guys.

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>>981228
the Borgetta devlops more senews, even devloping a limb to further increase its propulsoin and increasing its ability to steer its movement. its senews become animated, capable of expanding and contracting, giving the Borgetta the ability to pump water through its body more effectively by expandi ng and contracting its senews, greatly increasing its speed, and furthering its nervouse circuits complexity, and simplifying its learniong process, as it is now able to contract specifics sinews. this new Borgetta is called the Hydrauligetta

It's good to be back.

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>>980099
The Bead-Tail Algetta's "computer", while more energy efficient than a neural system, still took a fairly big amount of the creature's energy, forcing it to shut it down at night. To combat this, the Bead-Tail has developed a second bead that acts as a primitive energy storage. It is filled at day and is used up at night. Also, just to be sure they have enough energy for the battery, their "leaves" are now also capable of using heat to produce energy, although they rely mainly on photosynthesis. They are now known as Bead-body Algetta.

Important note: just like their ancestors the Algea clusters the Algetta species have very few cells in their bodies: each "leaf" is a single cell and both the "computer" and the "battery" are a single cell each.

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>>980099
The Twizzler Kina's grinder is now outside it's mouth, allowing it to "bite". And "bite" means "drill a hole in food and suck up everything that was turned into fine paste". Due to this, they are now omnivorous and can eat (at least a part of) anything that isn't covered in hard armor. Their drill also gives them the ability to make dens in sand.

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>>983158
The Bead-body Algetta changes the placement of it's "leaves" to gain a more maneuvearble body. In the process, it's fron and back sides have switched places, with the "computer" becoming the front end and the "battery" becoming the rear end.

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For some Twirl Kina the tentacles end up separating. At the same time the amount of tentacles increases. Due to this change, its mouthhole becomes two holes on its side.

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>>984003
With time, the Swim-kina evolves even more tentacles. Its body shape also changes, becoming more round and symmetrical.

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The Abominable Mor-Mungus develops an organ behind its eyes capable of sensing vibrations and their direction in the water, crudely mimicking hearing. This organ is very sensitive, however, and is therefore protected with a fur-covered skin-flap.

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>>984003
With that, a strain specialize itself at latching on big plants and just roll it body along the stems, slowly eating up the algeas material that commonly werent targeted by any other animals. When the animal matures and became bigger, it leaves its own tree, and begin open ocean living of filtering algeas like normal, but they kept this vertical pose up, while moving sideways in the sea

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The Depths Algetta evolves long extremities. These are used for multiple purposes. The appendages are covered in a material that easily captures spores of other Depths Algetta, aiding in its reproduction. They are also used as sensory organs, allowing to Algetta to feel if it is swimming to close to anything, seeing as it can only register colours.

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>>983166
some Twizzler Kina feel that things like "sensory organs" and "basic nervous systems" are an overrated waste of precious energy. They lose the eye spots, although the strip of skin still rotates in place, and their mace develops into a spinning blender to chop up food without thinking. Instead of hunting for food, they just swim in a straight line through the ocean, digesting whatever can't escape. To increase their chances of catching prey unawares, they become blue to blend in with the water around them.

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>>983236
The Bead-body Algetta grows additional "tail" leaves to help it collect more sunlight and mov faster. This increase in energy also speeds up the rate at which it can reshape the copper pathways in it's "brain" bead.

>>984653
Huh. Idk what the weird grey shape is but it doesn;t show up on my saved file.

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>>984050
The Swim-Kina develops two small appendages above its mouthholes. These help in making the water flow into its mouths so it can filter Algea more efficiently. They also help somewhat in orientating the creature.

>>984660
Transparency

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>>980862
In order to collect more sunlight, as well as to deter the Clalgae clusters from shadowing them, the Flooring Algae begins to float at the surface once more. It's tendrils become stiffer to remain upright under the increased weight, and it greatly benefits from the increased surface area. due to the way the tend to cluster together, they appears to form small "forests" on the surface of the ocean, hence the name.

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>>984204
The Mor-Mungus further capitalizes on it's new sense by learning to vibrate it's mimic at a certain high-pitched frequency and then hearing the echo. This gives it a better sense of the depth of objects around it, allowing it to lunge a prey much accurately. This can't really be called "echolocation" yet, as it only gives a rough estimate of distance.

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The Mosroks increase in size and as they do they add on additional stems.

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>>984683
Due to a mutation the Swim-kina's mouth-appendages grow larger and more efficient at what they do. The same mutation has also caused the Swim-kina to now have two photo-sensitive organs.

These Swim-kina are now called Skelkina.

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>>984653
The Bead-Body Capitalizes on the increased energy even further, and adds a second, even larger battery bead. It also specializes the two: the smaller is better at building up and releasing energy in bursts, like a capacitor, and is mainly used to help the computer think or reshape itself; the larger second bead stores energy more efficiently, is mainly used to move the leaves/fins, and allows the Algetta to be active all day and night. The downside is that it needs to swim more actively in order to keep the extra weight up.

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>>984816
The Skelkina develops hairlike structures on its mouth-appendages. These make them even more efficient at directing water into the mouths as well as making the swimming easier. Algea often gets stuck in its hairs, these get eaten as it puts the appendages in its mouth, closes the mouth and drags the appendage out, leaving the algea in the mouth.


Just realized that I've been making a face, I guess I'll roll with it.

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>>983016
the Borgetta becomes able to detect colours, not by devoloping its eye itself but by producing 2 new ocullary sensors of different colours. it also further devlops its fins nerves, allowing it to articulate the sinews on its fin.

>>984912
Hydrauligetta*

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>>980981
In response to
>>984695
a subspecies of Clalgae Cluster that had already adapted to grow on the flooring algae follows it to the surface of the ocean, hanging upside-down and growing longer in order to collect sunlight. They are mildly symbiotic, as their roots will occasionally accidentally "fuse" with the host forests and they will begin sharing nutrients, although this is neither common nor necessary to survive.

>>984901
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>>984901
As it's other fins have become less precise at helping it navigate due to the hair growth, the Skelkina extends it's primitive skeletal system out into a "dorsal" fin, allowing it to swim straight while also harvesting algae from its fins.

You brought this upon yourself.

>>984977
>>984947
NigelKina? ThornKina?

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>>980981
Some strain of this plant were continuoysly stirred and twirled by the waves, which eventually evolved to bundle them up to prevent loss of colony. The bundled up parts are very strong, and enabled the plant to grow into various length, and they also relies on upper leaves to collect the power and distribute it to the whole algea

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>>980099
Increase of nutrients in the water, makes the Clalgea Cluster even more lush than before.These plants take kindly of the waves spreading them far and wide in the sea, and is a mobile home for many herbivorous gen 1 creatures.

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>>980099
The Ab Chomper's two front abs develop protrusions at the sides which are used as legs when the Chomper's tongues are occupied with food. It is vveerryy ssllooww when using the protrusions and just slow when using the tongues.
It's sensitive "head" is now more distinct, and it has aquired simple compound eyes.

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>>984841
The Bead-body Algetta tries to grow a second "computer" but due to an error in their genetic code the new cell is covered in photosensitive spots much like those on their "leaves", giving them a very simple compound "eye". They have also grown more "leaves" both for better energy absorbtion and better swimming abilities.

Also, a question for The Librarian: in the last thread you said creatures can only go up to gen 15, does that mean they stop evolving at just gen 15 or at whatever gen they were previously + 15?

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>>980099
Caldroo develop better horn to inspect and kill prey. Most impressive is that they also make the horn to beflexible, and can help spoonfed any item it found across into its mouth. The animal gradually develop stubble of a feet as well to balance itself out.

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>>980099
Whiskers Cald maintain an elongated mouth to snatch preys without breaking their formation.

>>987121
Not OP, but I assume every multiple of 15.

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>>980099
The secondary tendrils of the Cutter Sha-Kina grow longer, stronger and develop small light sensitive spots, providing them with a faster mode of travel, and enhancing their ability to detect danger

>>987121
Any one orgnanism may be evolved up to 15 times. No more evolutions for that individual organisms will be accepted after.

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>>987103
Another "error" in the Bead-bodies DNA causes some of the cyanogerelum, the organelle normally responsible for extruding copper crystals to be used in biocircuitry, to move outside of the beads. They still output copper "wires", but with no proteins to cut them, the wires grow until they break off. The Bead-body is able to adapt these wires into a fairly sensitive form of electroreception, allowing it to detect magnetic or electric fields from a few yards away. It uses this to sense and avoid animals, as their muscle contractions cause weak electrical pulses.

>>988266
also they are gen 10 and 0.5 cm long, sorry.

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>>984901
Some Skelkina go down a somewhat less silly route, instead developing powerful ring-muscles around its two mouth-holes, as well as sharp calcium-based teeth. These Skelkina now swim up to Twistalgea >>987031
as well as Cladophora Clalgea >>984938 grab a hold of them with its mouth tentacles, then proceeds to chomp down on them.

These are now called Skelkers.

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>>984977
Although its central fin does help it swim straight, this divergent line, now the Thornkina, is still lacking in precise maneuvering. To make up for this, it develops two further fins on the side of its body. This has the side effect of allowing it to use its feelers to filter feed much more often, giving it access to more easy food.

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>>988456
heh
You realize what has to happen now, anons.

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>>988280
The Skelker develops an additional set of eyes. The pink ones allows for the registration of colour while the red ones register shapes as well as light and dark. This addition makes the Skelker the most dangerous predator in all of Janus, if you're a plant, that is.

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>>981067
The Borgetta develops additional leaves on its top part. Shimmering in the daylight, they attract other Borgetta and thereby aid in reproduction as the Borgetta release their spores closer to each other.

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>>987948
The animal became bigger with the increase of nutrients and food in the sea. It give it more reach and thus more vision range. Its main eyes are still the best and got even more clearer vision with increased interna neural system

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>>988479
Some Skelkers develop an extra pair of powerful tentacles, allowing for more mobility and grabby of plants.

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>>988479
Other Skelkers have started to make their home in the depths of the sea, only coming up to the surface during the days long nights to feed on the different Clalgea Species.

Due to their change in habitat their pigment have changed, making them become partly see-through. Seen within here is Clalgea floating around in the Skelkers stomach.

>>988245
That doesn't seem very well thought out given that the organisms' gen is not reset at the start of a new thread. After some time all organisms will end up at gen 15 and the only way to continue the evogame would be to restart.

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>>980099
The Mimic Tungus adapts to the newest lifeform around it: the Borgetta. The Borgetta is easy prey... which makes it the perfect bait. Mimic Tunguses who mimic the Borgetta are now known as Borgic Tunguses.

In addition, their coloring has become more mottled for better camouflage.

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>>980099
The Tungus Sha-Kina hangs around the Tungus quite a bit. With its fin shape, though, it found it difficult to stay in one place-- near the Tungus-- very long. So it evolved claws and a different wing shape designed to cling onto rocks... or even the Tungus itself.

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>>989071
The Skelker is not very threatening. Two new pairs of tentacles hope to solve this, for use in intimidating predators.
Copper is now in the Skelker diet due to its presence in plants. This is expressed as a series of little round discs in the Skelker's skin, originally coppery when new but quickly oxidizing. It's rather difficult to eat metal discs, which helps the Skelker to ward off would-be predators.

>>989773
You dont have to. You simply can also branch out like crazy from previous generations before that. Helps to make the new game didnt start with small roster.

>>989773
I think what Libby means is that each species can only go through 15 generations per thread, not overall

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>>980099
some Bearded Cald grow long, flexible, tube-like extensions to their heads, with their jaws at the end. this allows them to take advantage of food in more difficult to reach places and also makes catching the more mobile plants of Janus far easier

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>>980099
other varieties find their tough bodies forming into proper chitinous shells, which they can retract their heads into in times of trouble. They also develop the begins of legs interspaced throughout their fins.

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>>983166
The Twizzler Kina's drill becomes more effective, allowing it to make simple tunnels in sand. They use this ability to ambush prey from below. Also, their side rotors begin receding into the body, making it harder to swim but encouraging more energy to be put into spinning the drill.

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>>980099
>Extinction Event WILL happen during this thread and likely with little warning. Be ready for life to adapt.
this is a recipe for a dying thread, but that's none of my buisness.

Anyways, here's the species

>>988997
As the leaves on its side facilitate better movement, mutations resulting in a multiplication of controllable leaves are beneficial and kept by future generations.

>>990846
>>983166
Taking a creature designed for speed in open waters, and filter feeding, then suddenly turning it into a tunneling creature that is an ambush carnivore. Makes perfect sense.

>Reasons why I've quickly lost enthusiasm in this game.

>>991253
>designed

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>>980099
The Algadda develop small hoops on one side of their secondary leaves and hooks on the other. These are used to attach the Algadda to other members of their kind, as the hooks (unsurprisingly) hook onto the hoops, much like Velcro. while not insanely strong individually, a large number of connections is enough to keep two Algadda firmly stuck to one another. This allows Algadda to hook together and form large nets (the surplus of individuals meaning that the chance that a single plant will be grazed beyond survival is lessened as is every Agadda's chance that they will be that plant)

>>991253
If you don't like it you can make a version more similar to the original

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>>980099
The mouths of some of the herbivorous Twizzler Kina grow wider, allowing them to increase their intake of food (and thus increase their size), though it does slow them down a little. Their fins grow longer to compensate for the speed decrease caused by the enlarged mouth

>>991253
You.

Fuck you.

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>>991276
pic related isn't really a mutation, more just adding a visualization of the colonies.

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>>990564
The shelled variety of Bearded Cald lose their shorter antennae and develop a shorter neck, making it both easier and quicker for them to retract their head into their shell. additionally they develop a long tongue, covered in sticky hairs that allows them to swipe minute plant matter from the water and consume it. Also their fins connect at the rear

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>>994766
Some of these Bearded Cald lose their heads entirely, the upper side of their body becoming an unbroken shell with a single "seam" at the top of the body, from which the creature (now called a Barnacald) extends a short, but extremely wide tongue covered in long, sticky bristles. This is used to filter algae from the water, which the Barnacald feeds on. Barancald spend most of their lives anchoring themselves to rock faces with the claws that tip their stubby legs and filtering food from the currents, only detaching in times of great danger and using their fins to swim away to find another rock to attach to. The undersides of the Barnacald have also become far less well protected, as they rarely need to protect it (seeing as they spend most of their time with it practically unreachable) and it allows them to strengthen the shell on top of their body

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>>980099
Some Twizzler Kina stays true to its original way of life and keep on being a swimming filter feeder. The abundant nutrients now foster its growth as the animal became bigger and its body is more durable to attack. One of other innovation is better propeller in the back that allows it to inhale and exhale more quantity of water faster, allowing much speedier travels

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>>980099
Their sidefins became more developed and stronger, to help anchor itself in more environtment.

>>994929
Dustier coloration begin to be spotted in the animal as they became more docile in the rocks. They also develop feelers that can help them feel the ocean better while they are shielded.

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>>990550
The animal became more forward oriented and more active at grazing the plant life.

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>>997318
>>997319
Those feelers grow larger, only partially to more accurately feel the ocean, but mainly to aid (and eventually replace) the claws in anchoring in the ocean floor. the feelers are hard and unfeeling for the most part, only the youngest part of them, the tip, retains the sensitive tissue, sent through a sensitive stem within the feeler-tentacles to the mouth.

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>>991789
This wide mouthed variety of Twizzler Kina (now called the Wide-mouthed Twizzler) develops an additional pair of propeller jets on its side fins, allowing it to move faster and further compensating for the annoyingly un-streamlined mouth

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>>987067
Some Ab Chompers undergo a mutation that gives them two more tongues. Due to having twice as much limbs as before, their speed is raised from "slow" to "average". To accomodate their new limbs their mouth grows bigger. They are now known as Quadruped Chompers.

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>>987067
Other Ab Chompers instead grew bigger protrusions at it's sides, which makes it just slow when using them to walk, meaning it's tongues are now used only for eating since walking on protrusions is just as effective as using the tongues to walk.

if anyone wants to check out my Evogame thread over here
>>987863
I would really appreciate it. it's my first time acting as a gm so any advice would be appreciated :)

>>997589
my big advice to you is

a.) get a better style, something that's more attractive to edit. If I look at your creatures, if I'd emulate your style and added stuff with it, it would look tacked on no matter what.
Strictly avoid symbols, like the pattern of the slapper, it should be understandable by looking at the thing what is what. You can't assure that for mutating players, but you should facilitate it with the right style.

b.) keep gen 1 simple, don't start with well defined abilities and niches. People should see a blank canvas, not a big system to be slightly modified. that comes later.

c.) don't do an evo thread when another one is going on on qst, there are just not enough people on here for two of them.

d.) Fucking use family trees, they're the best thing about the game, they make you want to add to the big picture. don't just put in the animals like so. That last one also applies to this thread, it's far too difficult to find a good family tree

>>997606
Thanks! I'm actually continuing a thread from a little while ago, which is why everything is already pretty diverse. Guess I should wait for this thread to die and then start a new one with simpler pictures? If you want I think I can throw together some simple family trees, they won't be very long tho. This is really great advice!

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>>997466
The strength of the Chomper's limbs has increased so much, that a form of transport solely reliant on their grip is advantageous.
So they develop a gaseous sack on their back, which lifts their body up and gives their tonguelegs the only contact with the ground, keeping their body from dragging.

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>>989084
The Diving Skelker develops pods on the ends of its tentacles. These pods contain glowing algea, allowing the Skelkers to locate one-another in the dark depths of the sea.

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>>989071
Other Skelkers go down the route of speed, evolving fins on the ends of its two large tentacles.

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>>989071
And a few Skelkers develop a stronger internal structure within their main bodies. This has led to them getting two bumps on their "fore-heads". The two large tentacles have also here mutated, giving the Skelker "fingers" to grab vegitation with.

>>998166
sure you don't wanna develop something besides your pet creation?

>>998226
Like the Borgetta? The Algetta? the Mosrok? The Lantea? the Cladophora Algea? or maybe you mean the (Mor-)Munguses?

The reason I haven't been adding to any others in a while is because I'm passing time doodling while waiting for the extinction-event that's happening soon.

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>>997723
The gaseous sacks of some quadruped Chomper's get larger and provide an increased level of buoyancy to them. it is so great an increase that some of them find themselves lifting off the sea floor entirely and floating through the ocean (hence their new name: Floating Chompers). Their leg-like protrusions become stronger and develop into something closely resembling fins, that they use to provide themselves with some semblance of direction that isn't based on the currents. They remain predators, dragging anything that comes into contact with their tongues into their waiting maw

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>>998393
in order to direct itself while floating, the floating chompa begins to suck water in through its "main" mouth and shoot it out of its tongue fin things. This lets it more faster and more precisely, but requires more energy and makes it harder to snatch prey; so it usually swims with it's fins.

>>998729
also, should this be gen 5? the 15 evo limit is only per thread, right?

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>>988456
The Thornkina also develops it's eyes further, but in a different way: it evolves simple, pinhole-camera like structures that allow it to adjust for distance or brightness. To facilitate this, the muscle around it's eyes develop, and they become very slightly prehensile. They rotate and "zoom" independently, but the Thornkina's primitive nervous system can only focus on one at a time, leaving the other to drift and twitch at random.

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>>998788
because it no longer needs them to maneuver, the Thornkinas bristled fins simplify drastically. Although they are still able to be moved, they can only be swiveled or pointed in different directions and are not prehensile. When escaping predators, it folds them close over it's mouth holes, to reduce the drag the fins create and to stop the holes from causing low-pressure zones to form, which would slow it down. When swimming normally, it fans them out into the water to collect detritus, occasionally flicking one fin into it's mouth to feed. The lower energy demands help it grow faster, and the simpler nervous network needed to control them frees up precious processing power. It is now able to look through both eyes at once, albeit with less concentration than only one at a time.

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>>999001
It also grows a simple calcium-based bone ridge at the "top" of it's now-fused mouth. This allows it to "clean" it's feeding fins quicker and more efficiently, and it also begins to use it to tear off chunks of plants, mainly clalgae clusters and the like as the ridge is too soft for anything much harder than strands of algae.

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>>999041
To compliment it's developing herbivorous lifestyle, the Thornkina's side fins become less paddle-shaped and more spoon-shaped, allowing it to hover in place while grazing more easily. It's mouth narrows and strengthens to help it chew through clalgae, and it begins feeding on other, tougher plants. It still uses its bristles to filter-feed when food is scarce, or during massive algal blooms. This increased dietary intake gives it more time to spend on other activities. After eating, it is common to see Thornkina take advantage of their ability to float in place and well-developed eyes; and just sit, taking in the natural beauty of Janus's biodiversity.

ok editing this made me physically ill so im going to go evolve something else

>>998788
>>999001
>>999041
>>999560
They die out because they evolved too fast and as such the population was too low to continue propagating without inbreeding. Also because they were too SMASHING for this world.

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>>997470
with their dual graspers now fully utilized for eating, the previous gap in their body slowly grew filters over generation to help breathing, eventually becoming primitive gill like filaments that help support the animal becoming bigger. Their eyes became better as well

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>>997456
A strain of the Wide-mouths, develop more muscles to keep up with their new propellers and side fins, which eventually led to the genesis of Cordinated Twizzler, which, while still a swimming filter feeder, can turn and move with more direction than previously possible. Its mouth also host another muscle, which can give it ability to turn away its feeding mouth or even close it temporarily when the animal wishes to.

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>>997456
Another strain overcome the wide unstreamlined mouth by slowly growing it to he sharp ended, which means, more room to filter feed the algeas in the water as it swims through it, but no longer hinder their speed.

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>>980317
In even more deeper places, where nutrients are more scarce, a lantea sacrifice its mass as long as the glowing parts of it stays alight. To help even itself in the water, the "cap" of each "lantern" enlarge itself to balance the stem in the water, and with materials in the water, the inside of the "cap" had shiny properties that doubles up the light of each lanterns.

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>>984695
>>984938
Foresting Algea grew sideways as the sun prevent them from growing taller. It continues to be supplied with moisture and nutrients form bottomplant
while
the Cladophore Algea became more lush as the partnership with the aboveplant give them more indirect sunlight energy

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>>980099
The Foams also hoards moisture and nutrients from the seafloor now, and can become wider than everbefore

>>1000181
RIP in peace, sweet prince

>>1001284
I missed the first thread. Can someone explain how the lantern plants get energy without any sunlight? Do the bioluminescent algae filter out stuff from the water or something?

>>1001244
The graspers are actually only tongues, so it eats through the hole behind it's "gills". Not an evolution, just stating what this anon probably forgot.
Also, what's up with the hole in it's back?

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>>990846
The Twizzler Kina's fins are now better at navigating the tunnels it makes. Also, the internal organ that spins the drill grows muscular protrusions, making liquid input less necessary for drilling, although it's still very important and the less of it is in front of the animal the slower the drill spins.

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>>1001302
The foresting algae continues growing, nearing the size limit for plants. It is one of the largest biological structures on Janus, but is far from the largest single organism as each section is made up of multiple specialized algae. The Cladophores continue to assist their host organism, and specialize into two subspecies. The first focuses more on filtering out fresh water and inorganic nutrients from the water; as it is almost completely shaded from the sun, it loses it's green coloration and gets energy entirely from the forest above. It also sometimes "catches" small swimming organisms that try to take a bite out of it, digesting them and providing a massive influx of fresh nutrition. This behavior is still accidental.
The second species only exists around the edge of the base forest, and helps catch any sunlight that it misses. The strands lengthen and tilt outwards in order to capitalize on the amount of light they receive, and a mutation gives them darker, more absorbent pigments.
I'm still assuming that the gen # is counted from the start of the thread, in which case all three of these evos are actually gen 5.

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>>981032
the DaVinci Cald specializes its two sets of jaws, the inner ones being used more crushing and grinding food as well as interacting with it's environment, and the outer pair elongating into a tusk-like set of stabbing implements.

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the hydrauligetta develops basic proteinsynthesis organs, allow it to eat meat. in an evolutoinary jump it becomes omnivourouse, using its sinews to suck prey in aswell as move. it also increases in size to allow it to take in more prey. the hydrauligetta is now as savage killing machine, giving it the new name hydraulirator! scary!

its main prey is the >>1001495 and other small kina. its main hunting method is sucking at its tunnels, cacuming the kina into its mouth

>>1001620
vacuuming, I'm dumb

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>>1001620
Two minor changes give the Hydraulirator even more of an edge.
First, its eyeholes shrink and develop small silicon lenses to further focus light. Together with it's copper-based nervous system, this gives it sharp eyesight with remarkably good depth perception.
Second, it further exploits the copper deposits in it's body to grow sharp copper spikes along its fins. While not particularly useful for injuring prey directly, they help give the Hyrdaulirator a better grip within Twizzler Kina tunnels, as well as helping to defend it from behind. It also replaces its teeth with copper.

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>>984792
The Mosrok spreads the Thiol to the rest of the plant, aside from the evolving "berries". While this has some impact on photosynthesis, the massive drop in predation more than makes up for it. Anything stupid enough to take a bite makes good fertilizer for the Mosrok and it's neighbors. The roots become very slightly mobile, slowly twisted around; this stirs the dirt to spread around nutrients as well as increase the rate of decomposition. In desperate times, they can also be used to slowly move the whole organism, although this is so slow that it isn't even visible.

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>>998729
some of these Floating Chompers find the tubes in their tongues that the water jetted from turning into Lamprey-like mouths. You see, there are many creatures swimming about Janus that are too big be swallowed whole. As such, the Chompers develop these mini mouths to allow them to tear off chunks of flesh from their prey and swallow them with out having to drag the pieces back to its mouth. additionally the find themselves developing a pair of light sensitive spots, making it decidedly less blind

>>1002147
maybe add the new stuff to the X-Ray?

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>>987046
The Clalgea Cluster develops a specialized subspecies that forms a largish fluid filled sac which joins all of the separate strands of normal Clalgae. This primitive organ is used for both nutrient storage and reproduction. The algae slowly release both sperm and egg cells into the sac, where they combine and form small, hard seeds. This sit dormant until the sac bursts, either due to rough currents, herbivores trying to eat them, or just being too full of nutrients. Once released into the ocean, the seeds form another, smaller nutrient sac, onto which Clalgae strands will attach over time. The normal species still reproduce by having pieces torn off.

>>1002147
also, counting OP as gen 1, this is only gen 7

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>>1002173
Your wish is my command However I'm both a really shit Genie and a not great artist, so apologies for ze quality

>>1002258
good stuff! Looks good

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>>1002258
With the basic structure in place, the Floating Chompa gains the ability to route food directly though its tingues into its digestive system, bypassing the mouth entirely.
The now-vestigial mouth shrinks, separating from the hole that the tongues emerge from and becoming its own orifice. It is now used exclusively to inhale water.
This change allows the Floating Chompa to build up higher water pressure and move faster, as well as letting it move while chasng prey. The eyespots greatly help it when hunting.

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>>980099
Taking advantage of the massive amount of filter-feeders on Janus, a subspecies of algae cluster loses its photosynthesis and becomes parasitic. When inhaled by an organism, it attaches somewhere alongs their digestive track and begins syphoning nutrients from both the hosts food and blood. It sometimes even preys on Floating Chompa, although since they do not eat through their mouths the Blood Algae gets less nutrients.

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>>980099
In order to continue eating the now-poisonous Mosrok, Pale Cald make their digestive systems more complex and efficient, enabling them to filter out the high thiol levels in their diet. This also lets them get almost 100% of the potential energy and nutrients they eat, letting them grow slightly larger. Since Mosroks have no other predators, the Pale Cald has much less competition and are able to become slightly less murderous, although the more aggressive males do usually survive longer. Since Mosroks now recycle dead organisms, the Pale Cald population increase is even more beneficial to both organisms.

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>>1001244
>>1001482
Well then, the gills should perhaps be a permanent addition on the upper part of the mouth while it enlarges. The grasping tongues can suit it sizes then. More stubs on the bottom of its body to balance things out.

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>>1001498
>Foresting Algea / Panel Algea
cant withstand the direct contact with the sun, even when supplied from bottom plants, the Foresting Algea then slowly lose more of its original composition to became more absorbant and durable, ending up with laid out leaves that surround the whole area like an umbrella. Reminiscent parts of their ancestors sticky parts can still be seen in bubble like protrusions between the leaves, but they are mostly harmless and does nothing

>Leaf Algea
It becomes more wavy to increase its surface area

>Root Algea
Function mainly the same with previous gen, but it became stronger and harder to break.

>>1002796
are...are those lightning bolts

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>>984577
To say they are now blind are too harsh, as they are still had the nerve system which revert their "eyes" into light spots again. Their rotor became bigger and the creature relied on it heavily for it continual movement. However, such devolution to extend the rotor outside that happen in their body also affect their ingestion system and thus the only organism beyond size 1 that this creature can ingest are only plants, and weak ones at that, such as the algea clusters and other weak tear away algeas, making them mainly herbivorous. Heck, Kinacopter's corpse that dies due to choking are common to be seen.

>>1002884
those are just some very rugged looking leaves that shrink partially due to heat.
Im not drawing everything from scratch, man. Its more helpful this way.

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>>1002195
With this new orb being the center of Clalgea Cluster livehood, new generations of this species now grew around the orb

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>>1002566
The female Pale Cald continue to fan water under the Mosrok for her eggs, but a chance mutation causes them to also begin lifting up the "scales" on the base of the Mosrok and fanning water under them. Because a Mosroks bioluminescence is a byproduct of chemosynthesis of inorganic chemicals present in the deep ocean, this cycling of water gives them access to a massively greater amount of energy. For the first time ever, Pale Cald are actually helpful to their hosts, instead of just feeding off of them.
And also they get bigger, stronger tails to help them move water.

>>1002916
lol, I'm not criticizing. These look way better than the old leaves.

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>>997314
The Dancing Kamoina Develops small, retractable flaps to help get the attention of potential mates.
I also used a higher-res pic. Tried to add on the larger fins as best I could, sorry if they don't line up.

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Some Floating Algea have come to live on the shorelines/strands/beaches of Janus. Due to this, the structure of their colonies have changed, creating colonies that are more dense and less porous. While losing their ability to float they have instead gained the ability to capture moisture underneath themselves, thus allowing these hardy organisms to survive on land.

>>1003120
Algea Foam*

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>>984751
The Abominable Mor-Mungus grows small, bony growths on the end of its lure. It claps these together to create louder, cleaner pulses of sound, allowing it to tune its simple echolocation to a specific frequency. It also grows lighter fur to blend in better with its arctic environment.

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>>1001309
The high specialization of
>>1002796
means that Panel Algae are slowly outcompeting Foam Algae on the surface of the ocean. The seafloor is already highly competitive, and even the shores are being colonized by better-adapted plants. The generic Algae Foam has only one way to go: up. Also, every evo quest has to have at least one lighter-than-air organism, especially if nothing else is flying.
It starts from a chance mutation that modifies how the algae perform photosynthesis, causing the most prominent byproduct to be hydrogen instead of oxygen. They still store this gas in bubbles between algae, however, and over time, this buildup causes them to become lighter and lighter. Eventually, they are light enough that a breeze can pick them up and carry them high into the air. There, they can float for days, even weeks if eather is favorable. They expand on their nutrient storage abilities to last longer cut off from the water, and seal off the edges of the disc to prevent gas leakage. Not try flight yet, but allows less competition for space.

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>>980099
The Stinging Phractal-Tungus develops its tongues to be even more transparent, almost invisible to the primitive sight of most organisms. The urticating cells, however, turn green to mimic an algae cluster or something like it floating in the water, attracting herbivores to the Tungus's waiting mouths. They also begin taking advantage of the same biochemical process used by Mosrocks, allowing the tips of the tongues to briefly flash. This allows them to be seen much farther away.
They are also now fully immune to their own poison.

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>>1003120
Just in case, the plant now became more bumpy so that they can rejuvenate themselves witht he water from the waves. Some parts also anchor itself to the bottom, trying it best to keep the landfall harder to break

fuck that planetview is awesome

Apologies for delays again. Life in this new year has been more than a little hectic recently. Expect a Phylogeny Chart and World Event leading to our extinction event at some point tomorrow.

Thank you for your patience

>>1003669
ok, the planet is definitely dope, but could someone make a simpler version? that looks hard as fuck to edit

>>1002147
They already had photosensitive organs though, the antenna on the front had four simple compound eyes (>>987067) on it.

>>1004009
Well looks like the truly blind one was me. Though I suppose one can never have too many eyes/eye-like organs

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>>1003271
The algae Float grows a water-filled ring along the outside of its disc. By circulating the water around this, it not only moves nutrients, but rotates itself in place like a frisbee. This lets it stay up even longer.

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>>980099
The middle finger on Ab Glommer's tongue develops four simple olfactory receptors, giving it a primitive sense of smell but making the finger more fragile. Due to this, the Ab Glommer uses just the side fingers more often than it uses all three, leading to the side fingers becoming better at gripping to counteract the loss of a third holder.

>>1004860
Okay just so folks know. The organisms mentioned here will be the last one added to the current phylogeny chart I'm building.

This doesn't mean any organisms made after this one won't be counted, but they won't be seen on the Phylogeny Chart I've been building.

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>>1001495
To protect themselves from >>1001620 and >>1001696 the Twizzler Kina converts the side tentacles into hooks that can be used to anchor the creature inside it's tunnel. Their fins also grow hooks just to be sure.
Also, their drill starts absorbing calcium from sand, becoming tougher. Due to this, sometimes the Kina can escape the predator by making a hole in it's face, which is usually painful enough to deter the enemy. However the Kina can only perform this maneuver if it's angled towards the predator when it is succed out.

>>1004866
>>1004879
Sorry, took too long to write the description of the animal and didn't refresh the thread so I didn't know I couldn't make another evolution.

>>1004885
It still counts. I just won't be adding it to the current Phylogeny Chart

okay guys help me, what's a good animal to go onto land? I started two drafts, and both times I realized I was editing carnivores.

Who would be good to take advantage of the Mat Algea on land?

>>1005385
Man, can't we just stay in the water a little bit longer? My skin is just starting to get wrinkled.

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>>1004559
A thin, translucent bubble forms on top of the Algae Float. By releasing waste gasses, the bubble is inflated and serves two purposes: first, it acts as a sort of greenhouse to help concentrate sunlight; and second, it traps heat from sunlight. This causes the waste gasses to warm up and become less dense, which proves to be the final step needed to let the float become truly airborne. They still occasionally touch down to suck up nutrients, but mostly make due with stored material.

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The algea lanterns that were previously found in shallow waters have found a new niche. By having its base grow under the sand/mud in the water and growing from the shoreline up on, land it can now receive the star's sunlight directly. It survives the harsh environment by having its stem go underneath the Algea Mat and penetrating it wherever a lantern grows. The lack of sun on its stem and leaves is made up for by the extra sunlight and the lesser amount of predators.

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>>980099
The Ab Muncher is being hopelessly outcompeted by the dozens of other predators, so it adopts to a easier niche. By burying itself in the sand and keeping it's mouth shut, it is almost invisible, unlike the Ab Squeezer. When something swims overhead, it grabs and quickly subdues it's prey with it's muscular tongue and powerful teeth. It can last for over a week on a single meal, but must climb out of it's hole to defecate. The Ab Nommer develops simple, motion-sensitive eyespots on its chin.

>>1001498
How can it digest animals? It has no organs to do so, it's unrealistic

>>1005604
I partly agree. It's getting somewhat ridiculous how herbivores and plants are turning into carnivores with only a single generation. Soon there will be nothing but plant-based carnivores and other animals running around and eating eachother.

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>>1005604
*cough* carnivorous plants *cough*

Anyway, here is an updated Phylogeny Charts with all but the three most recent additions of organisms above.

If you for some reason you don't see an organism on either of these charts it is most likely because I deemed it too silly to have survived long-term.

World Event coming after this. (Should do a decent bit of nuking to the carnivorous plant life)

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>>1005640
And here is part 2 of the Phylogeny Chart

>>1005604
as I said in the descriptoin, it develops simple digestoin units similar to that of single celled organisms that allows it to extract protien and other minerals from living creatueres

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>>1005640
I think I should maybe hold off evolving the plant tho.


thind some other creature every one forgot about to turn into GOD

that davinci fellow looks promising

>>1005657
It got evolved pretty recently
>>1001579

>>1005724
yeah but its still only gen 3

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>>1005536
The Algae Float (now Saucer) begins dissolving more nutrients into it's water ring. As a side effect, it also begins to force some of its helium to dissolve too, helped by the increasing pressure kept in place by the thick outer skin. This lets it go longer without touching the water and makes it a bit more buoyant. The nutrient deposits in the center of the disc shrink.

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>>1005593
The Algea lantern evolves leaves that together grow upwards in "crowns". This gives the Algea Lantern the ability to capture more light when it's daytime.

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Aaaand going to mirror the system in here just in case anyone isn't in the chat.

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>>1006353
Seostea, actual color would be green due to methane and hydrogen.

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>>1006361
Janus, ignore the bit abt poison atmosphere it just doesn't like that the pressure is so high

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>>1006364
reinia, should really be a bit warmer due to greenhouse effect

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>>1006365
first moon, very boring. would be interesting to evolve on a moon with so many options for space travel.

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>>1006368
2nd moon, some air but otherwise pretty simple. not sure why its so much colder than everything else

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>>1006372
final moon, this one is tidally locked so a bit cooler looking

Just a note to the creators. I'm gonna step in and say that the normal temperature ranges seen here >>1006364 , >>1006365 and this does not apply to the global temperature mentioned in my World Events.

That said, this information provided is more than helpful and appreciated from at least my perspective.

>>1006825
Yeah, this is more "fanart" than anything, I just like filling in the little gaps and planetbuilding is a bit of a hobby of mine

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>>998393
Some floating chompers have to adapt to how there isn't as much (as easily catchable) food floating around as there was on the ground, so ones that can consume plant matter, algae torn off from the colonies by currents, spores, the likes, have better chances to live.

AMong those, now dubbed omnichompers, as they are now omnivores, the big grabbing tongues are retarded in favour of a bigger mouth (and with that a bigger stature in general). The quadrupletongue shrinks down to a single four-prongued grinding instrument for larger plant or animal matter, which it trys to just catch in the currents against which it's floating.

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>>1008024
another change resulting from the new diet is a change in colour, taking on some of the chlorophyl that it consumes.

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>>997433
I think it's time to show the Barnacald with the tongue as described in generation 12 >>994929

Hope I represented it well enough

>>1005640
Carnivorous plants have dedicated body parts to digest the insects tho. those are just magical roots.

>>1008660
I mean, if you plant a tree over a dead body the tree will grow better. The roots aren't literally digesting dead stuff, its just that anything that happens to get caught will be absorbed.

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>>1003669
The anchor parts of the algae become longer and sturdier, allowing it to suck more moisture from the rock. The bumps eventually become a specialized segment of the algae that is able to absorb water from the sea breeze. These mutations allow the algea to live further inland. It's primitive roots slowly turn rock into soil.

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>>998147
The Diving Skelker fuses it's sets of eyes, growing them in the process. These are extremely sensitive to a wide spectrum, and can pick up faint lights from a long distance. The symbiotic algae in their pods change from pink to green, helping them remain camouflaged amongst the Mosroks and Lantern Algae. While they are no longer able to locate each other solely by color, they learn to flash these bulbs in specific patterns to communicate simple messages.

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>>1001270
The Wide-mouthed Twizzler adapts to hunt for the Algae Saucer when they come near the surface, jumping a foot or so out using their powerful jets and spearing the disc with their sharp "chins". Since they are still filter feeding, they first suck out the nutrient-rich water from the disc, then repeatedly stab the stricken disc to cut off pieces of algae and eat them. Their mouths shrink to lower water resistance and help them jump higher, but they look really creepy as a result, hence the name.

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--World Event: The Sulioaic Extinction - The Brilliant Burning Light--

Life starts out so fragile in its humble beginnings, unconscious to the infinite number of catastrophes waiting to snuff it out. In this fortunate case life on Janus has had over a 100 million years to evolve and stretch across the planet in a great many forms. In recent time Janus' axial tilt has finally stabilized at a 31 degree tilt which solidifies the climate zones of Janus. This impact helps to define the reach of most organisms in the oceans and coasts of the world.

It is this event and also Janus' positioning in its latest orbital cycle around Seostea that kicks off what will be the moon world's first mass extinction. Janus finds itself in the full exposure to Lunt during one of its violent solar storms which unleashes waves of radiation that bathes the coasts and surface of the ocean in burning radiation. This burst of energy destroys a great deal of the surface plant life, and sundering the food webs in the shallow seas and surface level of the global oceans. Plant organisms that have become carnivorous or reliant on other means to sustain their metabolisms will find this era especially dire to their existence. It is only those organisms that live in the dark depths of the seafloor and in the arctic ocean underneath the thick sheets of glacial ice find refuge from this celestial event.

--Extinction Event Rules--
> All organisms found above this post are liable to go extinct. No new organisms may be made after this point.
> Creator/participants must roll a 1d6 (roll+1d6) to determine the fate of an organism.
> Each creator/participant may roll for up to 5 organisms to save.
> You must roll a 4 or higher to save any organism from extinction.
> Organisms that live either in the deep seafloor, or in the arctic ocean must roll a 2 or higher to survive.
> Carnivorous Plant Organisms and organisms that live in near the surface of the ocean and coasts of the land must roll a 6 to survive.
> Only 22 organisms will survive this mass extinction. Once that number is reached, that's it.

Godspeed to the organisms of Janus. I will be available for questions on the extinction event as it happens.

Rolled 5, 6 = 11 (2d6)

>>1008727

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>988266
Rolling for computer worms.

Rolled 2 (1d6)

>>1005775
Rolling for UFO wannabees.

Rolled 3 (1d6)

>>1004860
Rolling for dicks with tongue animals.

Rolled 6 (1d6)

>>1004879

>>1009642
Rolling for Caldro, Barnacald and Long Cald

Rolled 3, 3, 2 = 8 (3d6)

>>1011068
K let's try that again

Rolled 6, 3 = 9 (2d6)

>>1009567
>>989059
And rolling for these two and hoping for less death

Will a species die out if every species that it preys upon goes extinct?

Rolled 3, 6 = 9 (2d6)

>>1009498
>>1008031

Rolled 4, 5, 5, 4 = 18 (4d6)

>>1005593
>>1005594
>>1003430
>>1003158

Rolled 4, 6, 6 = 16 (3d6)

>>1003068
>>1003013
>>1002889

Rolled 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 2 = 24 (6d6)

>>1002706
>>1002796
>>1002443
>>1002297
>>1001696
>>1001579

>>1010414
I must specify that Bead-body Algetta does not live on the surface of the ocean.

Rolled 6, 3, 4, 3, 2, 5, 4, 4, 1, 3 = 35 (10d6)

>>1002095
>>1001284
>>1001253
>>998166
>>997309
>>994726
>>991167
>>989896
>>989804
>>987330

Rolled 5, 6 = 11 (2d6)

>>987031
>>987208

And so my job here is done:all landlubbers and carnivorous plants have gone extinct, and at least 22 species survived for the next thread.

>>1011083
remember that that last one is arctic

Rolled 6 (1d6)

>>1011094
only five per person mate

>>1008161
rolling for this mofo

Rolled 2, 6, 3, 2, 6 = 19 (5d6)

>>1001284
>>991167
>>998154
>>998166
>>998147

Rolling

>>1011099
Only five rolls per participant, mate. I believe Librarian usually rolls for the species that are unaccounted for by the rest of the participants.

Rolled 4, 2, 4, 5 = 15 (4d6)

>>1008031
>>1008024
>>991167
>>994726
also for these guys

>>1011146
>>1008031 Was already rolled for in >>1011082. It's actually the last creature I rolled for that counted.

Rolled 2, 3 = 5 (2d6)

>>1011160
phew, well I guess I'll roll for the squeezer and the ab squeezer then

>>1010103
noice.

>>1011268
These two live on the seafloor so they should be okay, right?

>>1011322
If it's the deep seafloor then yeah. If not then they dead son

>>1011322
i would have assumed

So right now, discounting that one guy rolling fifty times, I have mat algae, bead-body, twizzler kina, diving skelker, weird-mouthed twizzler, barnacald, lantea, borgetta, and omnichomper surviving, which is 9 out of 22 organisms.
For extinctions I have algae saucers, ab glommer, caldro, long cald, cutter sha-kina, both flippin' and grippin' skelkers, and algadda. Not sure about the squeezers, but I assume extinction since they aren't in the deep ocean, just the normal sea floor.
Unaccounted for are (deep breath): land-based lanterns, ab muncher, fractal tungus, abominable mor-mungus, dancing kamoina, pale cald, kinacopter, ab chomper, panel algae, blood algae, floating chompa, hydraulirator, davinci cald, great mosrok, cordinated (sic) twizzler, trueswim twizzler, tungus sha-kina, borgic tungus, whiskers cald, clalgae clusters, dotted skelker, cute sha-kina, mimic tungus, and the two boring deep-sea tungus that no one likes.

Rolled 1, 6, 4, 1, 4 = 16 (5d6)

>>1011775
in order: blood algae, ab nommer, fractal tungus, abominable mor-mungus, and pale cald. The last two get a +2 due to environment.

>>1011780
NOOO MY FLUFFY BABIES!!!
AND ALSO MY PARASITIC BABIES.

Also depths algetta, rolly kina, and twistalgae. And maybe all of the base organisms depending on how this works? I'm just gonna let OP handle the details I guess :/

>>1011775
>>1011146 got a five for the Algadda so I think that one's still alive.

>>1011848
LIves on the surface, needed a 6. Sorry, but at this rate everything on the surface is gonna get wiped the fuck out.

>>1011855
actually it lives IN the shallow seas not on the surface of them, so it should be fine.

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how do dice? I want my baby to survive

also thius guy exists now

the mofux-mungus begins to devlop large plates of scales, allowing it to brave the depths of the oceans incredible pressure and possibly even with stand that the inhospitable conditoins of the surface.

Roll?

>>1011901
type dice+(however many dice you want to roll)d(the number of sides to the dice 6 for a d6 for example) in the options field.

Rolled 1 (1d6)

>>1011901

>>1011901
also I'd hold off on evolving stuff until we know what survived, just so you don't do some massive edit on a creature that no longer exists to evolve from

>>1011907
oh geez, sorry dude

chers.


hopefully the hydrauligetta doesn't die *ba-dum-tsss*

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>1011972
din't work retry

>>1011979
heyo! hydraulirator lives on!

>>1012019
oh
shit

it died

>>1012025
wait why did it die? no one else has rolled for it yet.

>>1012094
He just did and it's a carnivorous plant, meaning that he would've had to have rolled a 6 for it to survive.

>>1012347
tru

Rolled 3, 3, 3, 5, 4 = 18 (5d6)

>>1011775
God save them

>>1001579
>>1002990
>>1003068
>>980678
>>1001302

Rolled 4, 3, 2, 5, 6 = 20 (5d6)

>>984792
>>1002195
>>981032
>>987330
>>1001253

If you cant save the last gen, lets backpedal a bit and try saving its direct previous ancestor!

>>1014012
>the only ones failing are the Davinci Cald and Cluster Algea.. AGAIN
Sorry bruh. Those two had a nice concept, especially the Davinci having irregular eye and primitive nerve+spine system