/evol/ - Evolution Games

>>30

Some of the Dicos have grown roots long enough to find the underground moisture that the Ibys use during the dry months. This causes many Ibys to dry up and die.

These are now Dicas that stay rooted all year while Dicos continue to roll.

>>30

The Nish grow water pouches on there bellies that they fill during the wet season and drink out of during the dry season. If a Nish is running low on water, he may try to kill another Nish and use his pouch for moisture. Females prefer bigger pouches on their mates.

>>30

The Ibys grow a spike that resembles a horn or tooth used for digging deeper and as an attempt to protect themselves from the Nish during the few months they are out in the open.

>>30

Iby which tend to be slower, find it difficult to escape predation, especially during the wet season as dico sprout. The Ibyx are those which developed a set of hind limbs allowing them to move quickly as they crawl across the sand and dig into the ground.

>>32

To protect the Dica's soft tissue during the dry months, it develops a woody bark.

>>36

Ibyx develop a thick, leathery outer layer of skin which protects the inner layer from losing moisture, and makes their bodies much less prone to desiccation compared to their clear bodied counterparts.

>>40

As the skin of the Ibyx toughens, it finds a need for a less passive defense, so a sizable, barbed attachment develops on the tip of its tail.

Oh man, I love you guys. Thank you for helping to make my dreams a reality.

Updated tree as token of gratitude.

The Nish find there is little advantage to individual water reserves once the pools dry up. A variant appears called the "Nish Tanker". Only one in every 12 or so have this gene, that allows them to gorge themselves on water. The other Nish protect their immobile companions and are gifted with water in return.

>>40

The Ibixa, a different breed of Ibyx, grow pairs of small tusks at their front teeth. Its purpose is three-fold: The first to act as defense against the Nish, using their hardened tusks to gore their predators; The second to act as defense against the debris which get in the way while digging, or even on the surface during a particularly heavy storm; and the third, to defend their right to breed- the Ibixa differing from their genetic cousins the most in that they are incredibly territorial. An area of about 2 meters (Ibixa aren't very big) will be owned by an Ibixa and the rest of his family, and then there will not be another territory for another meter at least. Males tend to leave their nests once they reach maturity in order to challenge the alpha male of another nest.

>>32

While the dica are firmly rooted, it was much more difficult to spore as the plants weren't dispersed so well. Should the plants happen to be in a dry spot for a year, it meant death.

A variety which bore strings of what could best be described as fruit started out as a minor mutation, but became much more successful as their progeny began to overtake the desert landscape.

The sweet strands contain spores, which, if a Nish or Ibyx were to consume, would also have gotten a good number of spores on its body. As the creature moves about, the spores of the Dicad scatter throughout the desert, blooming as rains return.

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Also, Aether, would three at a time be too much? Again, this does go by pretty slow. I think a mountain range, a forest, and a beach would make sense to do next. The desert could in fact be caused by the rain shadow created by the mountain range, and a forest could be right over the range.

>>47

The Niz are a variant group of Nish which have sprouted wings. With the ability to fly, the niz are much more mobile than their grounded brethren and are capable of covering greater distances in a shorter amount of time.

>>44

>>52

The Ibyx's tail spikes adapt to cling to the bottom of the Niz. They detach after a long flight. This doesn't always assure a better habitat, bit it has allowed the ibyx to spread further across the landscape.

>>30

The original spinning Dicos have grown a sort of cap like a mushroom, to keep the sun of the ground around their short roots, keeping them cool and moist in the wet season. The curved cap also functions to help them roll farther during the dry season.

>>47

>>56

Another variant of the Nish are the Nosh, whose two front legs have developed into large claws. They have very small water pouches, but are able to better protect the Nish Tankers than normal Nish. They can also pick off pesky Ibyx that cling to the Niz.

>>63

With a longer body it's able to hold on to its prey with its head and it's tail bounces up with its hindlegs and brutally poisons the enemy.

>>48

>>30

if you pee on it in september dico turns into dicíco

>>45

New tree. T I'm really liking the different Nish variants.

>>64

Speaking of which, what's the name of your Nish?

>>67

In the spring it rains for 3 months straight so dicíco absorbs water and blooms a flower but then it stops raining again and dicímo starts to dry out again

>>70

>>72

nice Nash

Btw, both both my brother and I are playing so not all of these edits from the same ip are me. He is using the tripcode faggot

>>64

with antenna nashyd can find prey easier and

crawl faster with more legs

>>35

baby moma of the iby clan

>>47

Due to the other Nish varieties being more willing to protect Nish Tankers with more water, the belly sac has become quite extreme. Their hindmost pair of legs has developed into a powerful limb that's long enough to reach the ground even when they're fully engorged. At the end of the wet season, the Nish Crawler Tanker tops off its reserve and slowly drags itself into a shady spot behind a rock or hill where it will spend the rest of the dry season, as it will waste less water without the direct sunlight on it. Its body has also become smaller to reduce its water needs. Before gorging itself at the end of the wet season, it sheds its exoskeleton, replacing it with a thin shell that helps to offset the weight of the water so it uses less energy crawling into shade. With the Nosh and Nash guarding it, it can survive even though its own defenses are drastically reduced. The chitin on its walking legs remains rigid to withstand the force of dragging its heavy body. Over the course of the dry season it consumes minerals from the surrounding sand that it uses to harden its exoskeleton, so by the start of the wet season it is ready to resume its normal life. However due to its awkward gait and small body, it will continue to stay near Nosh and Nash for safety.

>>33

The Iby's horn has a new use. To puncture the water sacks of Nish, by waiting in ambush below the sand.

>>81

The Iby lose their legs and adapt a slithering movement. This is much faster on the surface than dragging their bodies with only two legs. They lose much of their ability to burrow to stay moist, but they can now better escape the Nosh and Nash when penetrating the Tankers

>>83

Whoops here's the png

>>71

The dicimo develop small holes where the slippery Iby can escape the harsh heat. This is a symbiotic relationship. The Iby population grows which puncture more tankers, leaving pools for longer.

>>62

The Nosh's claw changes from hefty and curved to long and slender. This allows them to hunt Ibys that are hiding inside Dicímo. They stab the Iby and tiny barbs on the claw hook into the Iby's soft flesh so it can be extracted. Occasionally Nosh will bring a speared Iby to their Tanker, as it cannot hunt for itself. Conveniently, the straight claw can also pierce into the joints of other Nish subspecies, and interspecies fights have a higher mortality rate.

>>89

Dicímo adapted to live in flaming areas where the nosh can not get to it

>>90

Nosh grew a longer tail and a bigger pincher to help defend himself, and attack prey

>>84

Iby no longer lives in Dicímo he grew thick skin and a longer body not needing moisture allowing him to leave his slimy habitat

>>61

dico changed color to blend into the ground better

>>92

I really appreciate the effort you put forth here, lord knows we need what few people we have to make this board work. I feel you are taking some hefty creative liberties here. First, I find it hard to suspend my disbelief that a plant can live in a fiery area. I also never mentioned any active volcanoes in the area. I was willing to forgive the "pee on this plant for this effect", but let's calm it down a little. Let's just say dues to brushfires (very common in the desert) the Dicimo needs to be partially cooked to drop its seeds. Another thing:

>>97

>Iby no longer lives in Dicímo

The first evolutionary action taken should not be to undo what the last player did. The iby have just developed a symbiotic relationship with the dicimo and you send the iby away and burn the plant.

Like I said, I really appreciate the effort, you are making a lot of posts and helping to advance this game a lot. Let's not get too wild with it. Thank you.

>>65

>>66

The Ibixa splits into the Ibixia. It stands on its new strong hind legs allowing it to charge with its sharp tusks. Though this behavior is mostly used for mating, they occasionally use it to hunt Nish and Iby variants.

>>99

Sorry Aether, like I said in the other thread this guys my brother. After reading this I don't think he's going to post anymore but if he does I'll make sure it's not complete bullshit like many he's posted so far.

>>39

The Dica grow taller to protect their leaves from land creatures, now only the Niz can get to them. The bark becomes harder as well.

>>100

Ibixia's tail grows longer for balance while running. It can now make sharper turns while charging, and its attacks become more accurate.

>>52

The Niz morphs into Nizyd. It is able to carry more water in their pouches but for a temporary amount of time as the weight of the water drastically reduces its speed. When the pouch is full its legs hold on to the pouch so that they don't burst when flying. To regain their speed, the Nizyd uses its long stem, like a syringe, to transfer its water to the Nish Tanker.

This makes the Nish swarm more dependent as the Nizyd needs to work with the rest of the Nish to thrive.

>>73

Tree update

>>108

Up to him I guess. I left out some of his more radical evolutions but put in most. What do you think?

>>104

The Dica splits into the Dicong. This plant has adapted to store large amounts of water within its trunk. Its leaves are less tender and smaller than the Dica's.

>>117

An off-shoot of the Ibixia, the Ybxi comes to life. Its legs are much longer than its ancestor and it allows the creature to hop, gaining much faster movement. Its tusks shorten and the claw on its foot becomes its main line of defense/attack.

Event Time!

From the sky descends a powerful being. You do not possess the mouth-parts to pronounce its name, but it goes by Snub-Nubborath.

The spirit looks down onto the once barren rock and sees life. It proposes a challenge. It splits the land like a knife though cake. The world trembles as the desert rips apart. The Chasm is deep. During the rainy season it fills with water and the vernal pools become fewer and fewer. Surprisingly during the dry season it never fully empties. Most of the creatures in the land are attracted to this new wonder, but it puts prey and predator very close.

The being waits for a few years, then returns to the stars.

>>84

>>130

The Phiby, coming from the Iby realize that the chasm has all the moisture they'll need, and spend all their time in it. They develop small fins on their sides and tails to more efficiently navigate the depths. They now use their horns for digging into the walls of the chasm to sleep undisturbed.

>>74

>>130

The Nashyd adapt multiple water sacks on it's back and a suction tube mouth to bring water from the chasm to other Nish. This lessens the need for all the Nish to be near the main water source, but increases the danger for the Nashyd

>>61

A shoot off of the Dico, the Decia have adapted to float on the water. With the new environment the Decia flourish and are a common sight on the river during the wet season.

>>133

Decia splits into Deciol. It begins its life free floating, but then attaches a rhizome to the wall of the canyon during the dry season. It then sends out a long root to gather nutrients from the river below.

Updated tree as well.

>>134

forgot the tree. We may need to start breaking this up by species soon - how exciting!

>>120

Off shooting from the Ibixia, the Ibixin have longer arms adapted to cling onto the newly created chasm. Though their arms aren't so well adapted for climbing, their claws, having already been adapted for digging, are still more than capable of clinging onto the chasm walls, allowing them to slowly descend.

With a ready source of water, the Ibixin have come to have a diet of primarily decia, however, are capable of eating dead nish insects.

Like their ancestry, the Ibixin are highly territorial.

>>131

The Phiby branches into the Phir. It grows to massive size feeding on the creatures that get too close to the water. Its horn also modifies for better cavern-digging.

The Nashyd's water sacks come become linked and grow larger. Due to this they develop larger legs to carry the larger weight

>>127

Dicong grow even longer and thicker roots to get more moisture out of the chasm. With water now in abundance, its leaves begin to droop

>>131

>>147

At the same time the Phir developed, so did the Pho. Instead of growing large, they grew small, and instead of modifying the shape of their horn, the modified the position. The Pho now stab themselves into larger plants and animals with their nose horn and suck out blood or sap from the wounds.

>>147

>>155

Pho in a parasitic relationship with Phir.

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Pho has developed hooks to grapple onto Phir.

Some Nashyd soon begin to develop the water pouch on their stomach and the ability to curl up into a ball and roll. This allows increased protect and mobility. This new species will be called Nashod

>>154

The Dicong begins to send out runners. These underground roots shoot out new plants and can stretch miles beyond the chasm and still shuttle water to the furthest plants.

>>51

The Decad adapts to vining up its cousin plants. It releases its fruit at the highest peak, to increase spore dispersal.

The Ibyx develop claws on all of their limbs and the claws also grow much larger allowing them to climb Dicong and Dicad for the fruit and leaves.

A variation of Nosh become more solitary then their brethren. They sport broader flatter shells, and more shovel like claws. They can often be found hiding under the sand near the chasm waiting for prey to pass by.

Decia have begun too link together to more efficiently share nutrients, often creating large patches of Decia on the surface of the water.

>>143

Ibixin through natural selection that the strongest survive. Naturally, those with the biggest and beefiest arms are the most capable of passing on their genes. As such, a wide range of the Ibixin population have longer, stronger arms.

These strong arms are used to climb canyon walls in search for food in case it is scarce, dig into the dirt for food and shelter, self defense for whatever reason, breaking off roots of the dicong plant for consumption, and more so than their tusks, fighting for territory and mates.

>>181

They've evolved too distinctly. In my head, there is a sort of caste system and the variants do interact, but the species are all separate, distinct, and rarely capable of creating fertile offspring.

>>175

The Dicong develop a specialized way of reproduction. While the dicad plants are capable of releasing spores through their fruit, the dicong cannot, relying on the wind to reproduce. With the dicad plants forming vines up the dicong plant, the dicong uses the fruit of the dicad in order to spread its own spores. In this way, as a creature reaches for the dicad fruit spreads the spores of the dicad, they also spread spores of the dicong.

>>129

Ybxi develops a pouch to help nourish the baby until its legs are strong enough to hop on its own

>>135

NEW TREES

One for each now.

DICA

>>187

NISH

>>181

The way I figured it was that there were different groups that each had every type of Nish, and were reletively peaceful to members of their own group. And that they competed with the other groups

>>188

IBY

>>187 oops meant Dico

>>104

Dica that are very close to the water grow more, fuller leafs

A variation of Iby called the Ibin gain front limbs with 3 small claws made for digging and ripping away bark. They also gained short front teeth for chewing bark. They dig downwards towards the roots of Dicong and use the roots for water and food.

>>184

Dicong begins to produce a chemical compound in its roots to discourage Ibin from feeding on them. It is very foul-tasting, and in large enough quantities, causes kidney failure. This change is not readily apparent but a cross-section of the roots reveals that the tissue has taken on a reddish hue.

>>183

From the Ibixin come the Ix. An apex predator that shakes the ground. Their tusks are primarily used in fighting other IX, like their ancestors. These hulks are often seen patrolling the canyon, looking for thirsty prey.

The Ix, a a large predator, branches to a new predator, filling a new niche- which is a nimbler, more strategic large creature- Ixirn.

It has more compact and slightly less muscular front legs, and it has a large horn on it's head in place of it's tusk.

It has a nub branching off from it's neck. Inside is an expansion of the brain- a fast center that helps the Ixirn decide what to do with it's horn and how- taking into account distance, speed, etc.

It runs along the sand and sparse plants, searching for a creature, which it then rams with it horn.

>>183

The Ibja, more accustomed to live in the canyon, have adapted to live more in the water. While their forelimbs are the same, the Ibja differentiate themselves from their ancestors by their hind limbs which end in flippers that allow them to propel themselves quickly through the water while using their strong forelimbs to push and steer. They usually escape predation by swimming, however, during dryer months, they are capable of dragging their bodies through the dirt using their strong forelimbs and climbing up canyon walls as their Ibixin ancestors have done.

Like their ancestors, the Ibja are primarily herbivorous, feeding on decia floating in the water.

The Ibja have gained a fluorescent green pigment on their tops and bottoms, as well as small muscular appendages.

These appendages may allow the Ibja to swim without unsettling the water or moving around much, allowing predators to believe the Ibja may simply be floating plant matter.

The green markings are also encouraged through sexual selection.

>>193

The Ibin adapts to life in the trees. Its horn shortens and its claws grow wider for it to better grip and rip bark. Their pigment also starts to form a crude camouflage.

>>178

Onosh, nosh which prefer actually living inside the chasm, lay waiting at the bottom of the chasm's waters waiting to strike their prey with their claws. When camoflaged in the dirt, they use their antenna to detect disturbances within the waves before striking.

>>147

From the Phir comes the Phirn.

It becomes almost twice as large, spending it's life swimming and keeping open it's giant jaws, taking in thousands of gallons of water and tens of gallons of food in just hours, either by skimming the surface or filtering closer to the bottom. It alternates between these behaviors.

The horn it no longer needs is internalized and made smaller. They grow just barely faster than they would with the full size, external horn.

Their head is now more structured.

>>210

During dry seasons, when Ibja leave the canyons and crawl out to the larger desert, they grow more hook-like claws which allow them to better dig into the shells of the nish and its progeny.

>>190

Dica has developed a light absorption appendix. It sprouts only during the periods of intense solar activity, leading to believe that it somehow benefits from garnering light at the far end of the electromagnetic spectrum. The bulbous deep violet sacks at the Dicax's roots seem to be composed of a nervous tissue and must be inevitably related to the absorption of UV light.

>>79

From the Nish crawler tanker comes a new kind of Nish- The Nish Mother Tanker

This Nish breeds with any capable Nish from a different clan or group from their own, and then lays it's eggs into it's own water sack. The eggs hatch within and then underdeveloped Nish swim around in the nutritious of it's mother before they all break out of the sack, leaving the mother to regrow the sack.

It's young splits into two groups- one group to increase the population of the current colony, and another to become a new group, accompanied by a new young mother who travels off to another pool and/or rock, spreading the genetic code of the mother.

It's new physical features are a larger head which contains a larger brain and shows a fancy pattern to show it is a mother, and a small appendage it can make small whistling sounds or drip out concentrated minerals. It can use this to control it's colony on a basic level, telling them to come near or go away, to work or rest, and finally to reward the colony for it's efforts.

>>236

During dry season, many Ibja became fond of wondering too far from the chasm. Some of these Ibja have adapted to life on the trees. This new species, known as the Ibja, use their hook-hands to grab onto bark. What were once flippers, had evolved suction cups, allowing the Ibjin to hang gracefully off branches, or leaves. When suitable prey arrives, the Ibja drop from their perch, goring their prey with sharp tusks. Once it is done eating, it clambers back onto the tree and tries again.

While the ibja always returned to the safety of the waters to mate, ibjin don't have such a luxury. Ibjin mate in trees. Adult male ibjin, upon maturity, leave their trees in search of a mate. They challenge the alpha of another tree in a sort of jousting competition, where the two hang off a leaf or branch and smack eachother until one falls off. Whoever stays becomes the victor, and the new alpha of the tree.

>>236

A different variant of the Ibja, the Ibda, evolve on the side of the chasm opposite of the Ibjin. The ibdin, while retain the crawling locomotion, are much more capable of defending themselves using their flexible, barbed tails. While slow, they are capable of burrowing shallow holes in the ground, using their tails to mimick sprouting dica. When prey gets close enough, they move and stab their prey using their barbed tails or clawed arms.

The ibda are nomadic, and some even find their way back into the chasm where they return to the water. They are still quite capable of breeding with ibda and sometimes create fertile young. Because of their distance from the other side, it is unknown if ibda and ibjin can create fertile offspring or if they could even create offspring at all.

As larger, more deadly animals evolve a new species splits off from the Nish Crawler Tanker. The Nish tank acts as a defens from the larger beasts of the desert, rather than useing pincers and claws to hunt the smaller desert beasts (like the other ones) these large animals ram into opponents, this means their legs have become large and thick, in addition to this, its other legs have formed a small plate on the underbelly to protect its water source (as the ramming would otherwise burst it).

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>>239

Male Ibjin develop a hairy purple mustache which grows similarly to the dicad flowers. While it is primarily used as camouflage, the Ibjin also use mustaches as a mating display, many grooming their facial hair.

Mustaches only grow on mature males, however, those who do have it, are capable of using mustaches to disguise themselves as dicad flowers. While disguised, they await prey in the form of niz, which they later strike down with their hooked claws.