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New Evolution Name: Ignavus

Evolving from: Stam

New Trait I: Ability to live and reproduce in the shallow waters of the coastline, where there is (hopefully) less competition.

New Trait II: Ribosomes would start (apparently by reading RNA or something) making an enzyme that dissolves the remains of dead organisms (boring goo) that drop tothe bottom of the seawater into HONC (Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen & Carbon).

Brief Description: Slowly crawling into the warm and shallow waters washing the prehistoric seashores, the Ignavus would colour the coastlines a greenish tone of ultramarine. Although maybe more aesthetically pleasing than the rest of the organisms around, one would on a closer look discover that Ignavus is just more of the same extremely boring goo.

((I will later probably start including scetches of whatever I'm posting. Probably. When I feel like it. Also, read "later" as "whenever there's more diversity than slightly different colours of goo."))
 
Official cut off for Era 1 Evolutions is Thursday. Cause I'm excited for this game.

Btws, this game will have soft deadlines due to the my own personal life, and may be longer or shorter as necessary.

I'm liking all the evolutions so far guys, well done.
 
New Evolution Name: SuperGeno
Evolving From: Geno

New Trait I: Multicellular - allows a single supergeno to become larger then a regular geno and absorb more sunlight

New Trait II: Formation of a cell wall to keep the supergeno in a rigid state.

Brief Description: the supergeno looks like a geno in many regards, except it is much larger due to its multicellular structure, which allows it to catch more sunlight. Leading to it outcompeting regular geno's in areas its alive
 
Era 1 - The Augeii Era

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The Augeii Era was noted by an explosion of life and diversity as the evolutionary ladder was climbed by a multitude of new species. A variety of changes occurred from the base Geno or Stam species, some of which were highly successful, and some of which failed to make it to the end of the Era.

Life at Sea​

Life at sea was a hectic and brutal race for survival. The dominance of the Geno would come to an end, as a furious battle for sunlight would emerge. Though cooling near the end of the Era, the seas remained relatively warm and calm except for the influence of the moon and the odd tropical storm.

The major winner of the evolutionary fight for survival was the Augeo. An aggressive offshoot of the Geno seaslime, it developed a specialised protease in which to lightly dilute the water floating around it, while a little later developing enzyme inhibitors in order to stop the enzymes from digesting itself. This wall of digestive juice would be the exact thing needed to overthrow the Geno as king of the seas. While it may have took some millions of years, the Geno seaslime was replaced by the Augeo seaslime, which would be so successful in its task that its fossils would dominate the record of the time. Indeed, it is so all inclusive that the Augeii Era was named after this specific seaslime as well as making the Geno extinct in the oceans of the world.

One of the losers of the fight in the seas was the Gromoso. While it developed basic motor capabilities through the adoption of flagellum, it could only run away from the Augeo for so long. By the time the Augeo completely encapsulated the sea, the Gromoso was digested and eliminated as a competitor. Fossils of the Gromoso are rare except where the water was deepest during this era, the final locations that the Gromoso fled to.

The Gadd was another evolutionary fighter that lost its battle with the Augeo. While theoretically it could've been able to out compete the Geno in the long run due to larger mitochondria cells and basic vacuoles, the digestive menace of the Augeo would serve to put the Gadd onto the wall of out competed slimes.

Similar to the Gadd, the Phrallip was another evolutionary branch of the Geno that failed to make any headway into the seas. Similar to the Gadd in many ways, it has since been decided that it is an independent and sovereign slime due to the lack of vacuoles within its cells.

The last major population of interest to not survive to the end of the Augeii Era was the Kellip, though not for the same reasons as the Gromoso, Gadd, and Phrallip. The Kellip was a scavenger, consuming nearby seaslime when it could. However the rise of the Augeo gave the Kellip a noticeable advantage, as the Augeii digestive juices allowed the Kellip to consume nearby life without putting the effort in to digest it. Developing a pseudo-mutual relationship, as the Kellip used the Augeo as a digestive assister. It is presumed that a thin shell of Kellips surrounded Augeo growth. However it became a victim of the success of the Augeo, as when thee Kellip ran out of slimes to eat and places to "run", it was eventually made extinct by the Augeo.

However, even if the surface of the seas were to be dominated by the Augeo, that did not mean that no life beyond the Augeo lived and thrived. Indeed, many populations exploded during this time, even with the surface becoming a field of death for all but the Augeo.

One of these successful evolutions was the Vulka. Whether it was due to competition with the Genos or the Augeii, the Vulka would sink down from the surface. There they would cling to volcanic vents on the ocean floor and feeding originally off of the bacteria and archae that lived there, eventually adapting to living off the sulfur that was produced from these vents. Though during the Augeii Era they were not in extremely high populations, they filled a niche and survived, which is more than can be said about many other types of life in the sea.

Sinking into the ocean would turn out to be the most successful way of fleeing the Augeo. The Super Geno, in developing a solid and study cell wall, would survive the destruction of the surface by establishing itself on the shallow floors of seas and growing up until it reached what little light the Augeo did not take. Though it ended up turning a dull purple, it ended up absorbing enough light to allow it to live until the end of the Era.

Another type of life that would descend the depths was the Lutala. Evolved from the Geno, it utilised colonies of captured Genos to use as oars in which to propel itself through the water. This put it to a distinct advantage to the Geno, which was barely mobile. As well, recent excavations have proven that the Lutala could create new colonies of itself from parts broken from itself. However, due to its inability to deal with the Augeii enzymes on the surface, the Lutala was forced to descend into the shallow seas. Here the Lutala did moderately well, its new purple hue picking up what green sunlight was not blocked by the hordes of Augeo on the surface. By the end of the Era, small but stable populations of the Lutala were seen in shallow seas across the world.

The final major survivor of the Augeo did not descend into the ocean, but rather left it. The Geruno, seemingly sticking to the shores of the seas, was out competed by the Augeo in the ocean. However the Geruno would survive by being slashed into tidal pools and the like that dotted the rocky shores of the continents. Fortunately for the Geruno, the Ignavus, a similar but completely separate slime to the Augeo, had already established itself there. Where the Augeo digested live cells, the Ignavus digested dead cells. Establishing a mutual partnership, both thrived in the small tidal pools and lakes near the coast, where the Geruno would live through photosynthesis and the Ignavus would survive off the dead Geruno, ironically cleaning the pools and making them even clearer for the Geruno in which to thrive.

Life on Land ​

Life on land was not nearly as cutthroat as that in the sea. While a battle to the death occurred in the seas, life on land where content to display an extravagant series of evolutions that would come to be some of the most fanciful of the Augeii Era.

The most novel species on land was the Zwabber. Formed by Stams that would gather together and form large semi-spherical colonies, these balls of slime would end up rolling down hills, collecting any Stam that would be within it's path. However, due to a lack of internal circulatory systems, the cytoplasmic respiration could only supply a very thin membrane. This in turn would result in the Zwabber turning into a slime balloon of sorts, with the middle of the ball hollowing out. It is assumed that the wind helped blow these balls about, and at one time if one stood on the planet, they could see what are essentially green slime balloons floating across the landscape, eating the muck on the ground. Despite its novelty, the Zwabber had numerous faults that it could not overcome. The rather roundabout way of eating, the ease of destruction of the Zwabber through popping, and often being blown into the sea (as seen by Zwabber fossils in what was shallow and surprisingly deep water during the time), the Zwabber would not and did not survive until the end of the Era.

The other major evolutionary development on land was the creation of stalks. Found most strikingly in the Mastipula and Viridicorpuscle, these slimes would develop a rigid structure, losing much of their slimeness, and raising itself above the ground. Much like grass on Earth, the Mastipula and Viridicorpuscle would raise relatively high, relatively soaring above the lowly slimes on the ground. Independently similar, with the Viridicorpuscle having a slightly higher concentration of chloroplasts, these grassy plants would slowly replace the Stam everywhere that these plants would not be blown away. Dominating the lowlands, these plants would have interbred enough to become a single species. However, do to the plant retaining the higher chloroplast content within its structure, it was decided that the plant at the end of the era was most certainly a Viridicorpuscle and not a Mastipula.

A failed, if noted, evolution was that of the Dave. Adopting a similar tactic to the Augeo and the Ignavus, the Dave developed a digestive protease in order to digest and consume nearby Stam. However, unlike the Augeo and Ignavus, it was not aquatic and did not have the benefits of universal dispersal and assisted locomotion. Unable to move and often digesting all of its food before it could regrow, the Dave ended up most likely starving itself into extinction by the end of the Augeii Era.

On the other hand, the Shynd would survive the Era. Developing thicker cell membranes and basic vacuoles, it would become a hardier version of the Stam, even if it had less of an ability to produce mass amounts of itself for a low energy cost. As such, it could not compete in the great slimefields of the planet, but would thrive under the stalks of the Viridicorpuscle fields and in cooler temperatures, where the thicker membrane and higher energy reserves could maintain the Shynd.

Stam, though no longer dominating the land, would come to share it with the other major evolutions of its time.

The days of old were not to continue forever, as the increased oxygen content of the many plants would pump even more oxygen into the atmosphere at the cost of CO2. This meant that, slowly, the world was cooling. However the result of that would be for a different time.

(Next update Wednesdayish)
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Survivors:

Sea:​
  • Augeo
  • Vulka
  • Super Geno
  • Geruno
  • Ignavus
Land:
  • Viridicorpuscle
  • Stam
  • Shynd
The Forgotten:
  • Geno
  • Gromoso
  • Gadd
  • Phrallip
  • Kellip
  • Zwabber
  • Mastipula
  • Dave
 
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oooh, that's very cool what happened to my Geruno and the Ignavus

I may be a bit early with this looking at the timestamps, but can we have a summary list of what's left alive and what isn't?
 
Falc said:
oooh, that's very cool what happened to my Geruno and the Ignavus

I may be a bit early with this looking at the timestamps, but can we have a summary list of what's left alive and what isn't?
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I'm trying to use the more subtle message of the NES forums, but it's not working due to the font I chose :S. I'll add a list on the end of the update.
 
Dadarian said:
I'm trying to use the more subtle message of the NES forums, but it's not working due to the font I chose :S. I'll add a list on the end of the update.
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I think what you've written is excellent, don't get me wrong. And it doesn't have to be a list, I mean, if you intend to update the front page with the tree or something, that would probably suffice for me.
 
Falc said:
I think what you've written is excellent, don't get me wrong. And it doesn't have to be a list, I mean, if you intend to update the front page with the tree or something, that would probably suffice for me.
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Shynka is providing us with a pixel art Tree of Life. Which will be up ... eventually.
 
((10/10 would Augeo again. Great and expedient update Dadarian. I'll try and have a new evolution by the time I get home.))
 
New Evolution Name: Vacca
Evolving from: Ignavus
New Trait #1: Hard Cell-walls with the ability to specialise certain parts of it.
New Trait #2: Glucose storage.
Brief Description: Vacca is a somewhat unique for this time as it exists both on land and in the shallow areas of the sea. The hardened cell wall allows it to survive in both these areas and the local specialisation allows for some areas to bind in chains with other Vacca or form extend parts of the wall for a larger surface area. Its ability to store glucose and gain molecules such as HONC allows it to grow in periods rather than continuously. It is found in and around pools of stagnant or slow moving water, but can survive in shallow seas.
 
New Evolution Name: Shyndpuscle
Evolving from: Shynd
New Trait #1: Parasitic. The Shyndpuscle evolve the ability to drain energy and sustenance from Viridicorpuscle (and possibly any derivatives), though usually not enough to be fatal to the Viridcorpuscle
New Trait #2: Defensive compounds. The Shyndpuscle has evolved to protect its primary food source, and secrets substances that breakdown the cell walls of other slimes when threatened.
Brief Description: Similar to the Shynd in shape and wall thickness, the Shyndpuscle is significantly more transparent and tends to be of a light pinkish tinge (due to the compounds it uses to defend itself). Usually found spread over the lower stalks of Viridicorpuscle, which due to the Shyndpuscle's vastly reduced ability to absorb light, are still able to receive sustenance. The Shyndpuscle help defend the Viridicorpuscle from potential predators and colder environments well the Viridocorpuscle produces the energy needed for the Shyndpuscles to survive.
 
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New Evolution: Viridiboras
Evolving from: Viridicorpuscule

New trait one: cells at the growing edge (in top of stalk) will divide more rapidly, with the ones facing the sun growing faster, dividing more, and gradually bending the top of the plant until it is essentially one circular leaf. Picture a sort of land-lillypad.

New trait two: the plant will release airborne spores to spread it's genes more widely.

((Don't know enough about biology, is this too big a step for one turn?))
 
New Evolution Name: Nommer
Evolving from: Stam
New Trait #1: Some groups of Stam cells gain the ability to move around using cellular Pseudopods. They mainly use this ability to hunt for food.
New Trait #2: These evolved Stam cells can also secrete a Digestive Enzyme that is not dangerous to themselves and allow them to eat other Stam cells as they move around.
Removed Trait(s): None
Brief Description: Nommers are not too different from the unicellular hives of Stams they evolved from, if not for their ability to move around in swarms devouring their competition and then reproducing. In short, they are an aggressive and carnivorous mutation of the Stam. They also retain their ability to feed off light, allowing them to survive for some time even without eating.
 
New Evolution Name: Shyndpod
Evolving from: Shynd
New Trait #1: Proto-legs. This version of Shynd has a version of small movable pods that serve as sorta legs
New Trait #2: Advanced digestive Enzyme. This new Enzyme allows the Shyndpod to easily eat and digest Stam and Viridicorpuscle

Brief Description: Its Shynd with legs. Still the same color.
 
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New Evolution Name: Cadaveristhos

Evolving from: Ignavus

New Trait I: Ability to derive glucose from the remains of other organisms that it’s already dissolving into HONC.

New Trait II: Ability to hibernate in extreme environments.

Brief Description: The warm and shallow waters were not welcoenough, mostly because they were slowly becoming less warm. A new form of goo emerged and became crawling deeper into the depths of the ocean, feeding off the remains of dead above-sea organisms. It also developed an ability to survive in environments too cold or warm by remaining in a stagnant condition, not feeding or reproducing.
The independence from direct sunlight as a source of energy also dictated the radical change of colour that Cadaveristhos went through in comparison with its ancestor, Ignavus, casting off all shades of green and becoming an ugly tone of grey - fitting for an organism feeding off of the corpses of others.
 
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Name: Augine
Evolving From: Augeo
Evolutionary trait #1:
The Augine cells are much larger than the ones they evolved from, which leads to a decrease in numbers. Due to the fierce competition for nutrition, only the biggest cells tend to survive.
Evolutionary trait #2:
Due to their increased size the Augine cells give off stronger enzymes. In fact, each enzyme is so strong that it actually tends to destroy other Augine cells that are dissimilar from the one that is secreting the enzyme. So if one cell splits into two, they will tend to have compatible enzymes, but the next generations will only be compatible with their "siblings" and not their "cousins".
Description:
Augine cells have become almost entirely predatory on other cells in the sea and have shed themselves off of the ability to absorb sunlight. However, they still retain a more pale greenish colour due to there being no advantage to another one. Augine cells are highly parasitic upon Augeo cells. They do not cover the oceans in carpets due to the fact that they decompose each other, so usually there will be very small clusters (Invisible to the naked eye) floating in the oceans and causing holes to appear in Augeo colonies. Once the Augeo cell colony that the Augine cells stop reproducing, the Augine cells will either move onto another colony by pure chance, or die off.
 
New Evolution: Geruno Complex
Evolving from: Geruno
New Trait #1: Evolution into multicellular organism
New Trait #2: Small root system to draw water from the ground

Brief Description: The division between the upper and lower halves of Geruno ultimately leads to a split, producing two different types of cells which work together to form a single, multicellular organism, consisting of two layers.

The top layer of cells becomes specialised in absorbing sunlight: the cells spread out as much as possible to maximize the area exposed to sunlight.

The bottom layer of cells becomes specialised in absorbing water: the cell walls becomes much more ragged, starting to look spungiform, to maximise the area exposed to water.

Most Geruno Complex organisms are formed of a few upper cells and about 2-3 lower cells per upper cell. Water is absorbed through the lower cells and passes to the upper cells where the photosynthesis occurs. Nutrients are then passed back to the lower cells.

One slightly unexpected byproduct of this occurs at the water's edge. As the spungiform lower cells form longer and longer strands, they start forming a rudimentary root system, which enables the organism to survive on land as well, as long as the ground is moist enough.
 
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