INFO: In this game, the players will create and develop a species in an enviroment. Inspired by Will Wright's Spore

RULES: Every 2 days or so i will post a poll which will come in one of four categories:
1. Information
2. Mutation
3. Add On
4. Other
All players will read the poll and post their vote. I will add on to the creature and post the next poll. The game will continue for atleast ten turns and then in every poll afterwards the players will be allowed to vote to finish developing the creature.

The option with the most votes will win, in case of a tie a tiebreaker will be run. if the tie breaker ends in a tie then a new poll will be set up with new options.
In the Beginning i will post information on the enviroment and in every post afterwards a description of the creature will be availible.

There is no limit to the number of players. You can join in the middle of the game

Players:
RoboPig
Judge Deadd
azzaman333
MjM
Perfection
Kan' Sharuminar
Swiss Bezerker
Yuri 2356
Bluemofia
Cody the Genius
Souron
Abgar

I'm in. inininin

I'll join. I hope i'll understand it more when playing.

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I'll join. I hope i'll understand it more when playing.
I'm in on similar lines

I'll join. I hope i'll understand it more when playing.

Same boat, but I think I get it.

I'll join.

in . in. in.

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How small are we going to start with, single cell?

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How small are we going to start with, single cell?

Yup, but one of the first (probably the second) decisions will be to determine size when we become multicellular.

btw, if we get 15 sign ups i will end sign ups prematurely because that many votes would be too many.


Since lots of people seem confused let me give you an example of the game works (remember, just an example, the game hasnt started yet):

Enviroment: A cold arid wasteland with patches of dry grass and a few hard leaves. The summer is usually around 32F and very stormy with lots of snow. The WInter is close to -40F but with more clear skies. The winter is too cold for snow, but chunks of ice are formed. Water is scarce and in the frigid winter the only food and water supply is the snow and ice or the flesh and blood of other animals.

The primary other animals here are tiny furry mammals need impics and a large bird named the tetrydoris.

The Enviroment is very important for making decisions. The creature that we design must be well suited for it's habitat. Because this game spans billions of years the enviroment might change once or twice, probably drastically. When the players vote to end the game the animal will be evaluated based on many factors including it's ability to survive in the enviroment.

Round 1: What should the name be?
1. pillyditor
2.cranzizer
3.xbill
4.civfanatasourus

Not very important but we will stick with one name.

Round 2: What should the creature's size be?
1. 15 inches long
2. 4 feet long
3. 6.5 feet long
4. 10 feet long

Size will increase through each generation or decrease.

We will continue like this and after 10 turns we might choose to end the game. ALong the way the creature might turn into a ferocious beast, that has no brain. It might become an energetic being that has no mind or defenses. It might turn out to be a sloth-like creature that sits in a hole in the snow but with minimal (or none) survival skills, but thinks great inventions.

I changed the rules so that you can join mid-game

Can I join now?

ofcourse you can

Oh, me too?

in.

Can it evolve into two divergent species?

Can it evolve a symbiosis with another species?

Cody is in!
Souron is in and no to the first question, what does the second question mean?


OK, lets start!

Enviroment: We have been given a great habitat. Lush jungle trees roll down the low hills. A river cuts throught the center of the area giving us many fish to hunt. There is a semi-extinct volcano to the north and what seems to be an ocean a little bit west of that. Fruit and vegetables are abundant, however there will be heavy competition for them. Many creatures, some great, some small survive among us. In the summer heavy monsoons moisten and clean the ground, but in the winter the plants here shrivel up, but do not die, which can put creatures in rough spots during the winter.

Decision: What should we name this thing?
1. Our Beast
2. Civfanatasorus IIII
3. Tirindrydon
4. Fifth Horseman of the apocalypse

we are also not PMing the votes, just post them here instead

I'll join! I'll join!

Let's name our savage beast: Civfanatasorus!

I suppose it would be blasphemy if I didn't vote Civfanatasorus :p

I vote for #2 as well.

Could I still join, or is it too late?

ofcourse abgar, now vote! it is your destiny!

I'll go with "Fifth Horseman of the apocalypse"

I suppose it would be blasphemy if I didn't vote Civfanatasorus :p

Of course! Sauruses are always cool.

Civfanatasorus.

Of course! Sauruses are always cool.

Speaking of which, should it be Civfanaticosaurus?

Cody is in!
Souron is in and no to the first question, what does the second question mean?


OK, lets start!

Enviroment: We have been given a great habitat. Lush jungle trees roll down the low hills. A river cuts throught the center of the area giving us many fish to hunt. There is a semi-extinct volcano to the north and what seems to be an ocean a little bit west of that. Fruit and vegetables are abundant, however there will be heavy competition for them. Many creatures, some great, some small survive among us. In the summer heavy monsoons moisten and clean the ground, but in the winter the plants here shrivel up, but do not die, which can put creatures in rough spots during the winter.

Decision: What should we name this thing?
1. Our Beast
2. Civfanatasorus IIII
3. Tirindrydon
4. Fifth Horseman of the apocalypse

we are also not PMing the votes, just post them here instead

Numero Zwei! (2)

Fifth Horseman of the apocalypse, no doubt about it!

fifth horseman of the apocalipse :)

I'm going to go with option 3.

Why not Sally?

II: Civfanatosaurus!

The Civfanatasorus roams the land!

DECIDE: how long should this creature be?

1: 3 inches
2: 2 feet
3: 6 feet
4: 9 feet

if somebody wants to convert to metric, fine by me.

oh, i will also not be updating the player list, we dont need it for a anytime sign up game

2 feet. Then me and this lizard will have something in common. :groucho:

1 of course

2 feet. Then me and this lizard will have something in common.
are you making a small penis joke ? :confused:

Enviroment: We have been given a great habitat. Lush jungle trees roll down the low hills. A river cuts throught the center of the area giving us many fish to hunt. There is a semi-extinct volcano to the north and what seems to be an ocean a little bit west of that. Fruit and vegetables are abundant, however there will be heavy competition for them. Many creatures, some great, some small survive among us. In the summer heavy monsoons moisten and clean the ground, but in the winter the plants here shrivel up, but do not die, which can put creatures in rough spots during the winter.

3 inches. That way we can do with less food.

But, are we a carnivore? If we are, bigger means we can eat others, such as the 3 inchers. So, im sticking with 2 feet.

are you making a small penis joke ?

Argh, some people dont get it. :shake:

But, are we a carnivore? If we are, bigger means we can eat others, such as the 3 inchers. So, im sticking with 2 feet.

If we are a carnivore that's even worse.

A herbivore requires only let's say 1 acre of land to feed itself. Then for the carnivore, for every herbivore it eats, it requires 1 acre of land. Obviously, it can't live on just 1 herbivore a year, so a decent amount of herbivores required to support the carnivore would let's say, 10.

So, to support itself, the carnivore needs to have 10 acres of land to support itself.

Thus, being a herbivore would be more efficient. (10% rule of biology)

9 feet, since bigger is always better.

6 feet. (2 metres)

3 inches long, 9 feet wide

2 feet. I want to build burrows like a rodent.

I'll throw in the vote for 2ft as well.

2 feeeeeet

What the hell, I'll bite.

I'll say 2ft feet.

THE CIVFANATOSORUS ROAMS THE LAND. IT IS ONLY 2 FEET LONG.

DECIDE: What kind of ivore are we?
1. Carnivore, highly adapted to catching animals and meat, unable to digest most plant life
2. Herbivore, highly adapted to eating plants, even many poisounous ones, cannot catch meat
3. Omnivore, fairly good at catching animals and digesting most plant types, but not specialized in either field

i vote omnivore. if we vote carnivore, our size limits us to eating bugs and not growing very intelligent, if we vote herbivore our size, once again limits us to eating plants, fruit and flowers at the bottom, leading to food shortages. as omnivores we can eat those bottom flowers when we need to and eat meat when we need to. ofcourse later om we might develop into pack hunters allowing a wider meat selection, which also means that we could be carnivores. however i personally feel being a herbivore is the worst choice.

Omnivore, adaptability rulez! :rockon:

Carnivore sounds the coolest, but I suppose I'll vote omnivore purely for the bonus to adaptability it'll give

Omnivore.

Only way to make up the shortcomming of 2 feet long.

Omnivooooore

I say omnivore.

Carnivore, our size lets us eat animals.

herbavore xcl

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Herbivore.

I'll vote omnivore. Humans are omnivores, and I want this animal to eventually become like a hyper-intelligent humanoid rodent.

Make it photosynthetic

Make it photosynthetic

Photosynthetic rodents. Hmm. Tunnels would not be an option.

Photosynthetic rodents. Hmm. Tunnels would not be an option.
Not if the soil is translucent!

Omni-vore.

...Don't you mention "vore" next to me.

The Civfanatosuorus roams the land. It is only 2 feet long. As an omnivore it has a wide selection of food, which allows it to eat vegetables during the summer months and smaller rodents and smaller plants and flowers during the winter.

DECIDE: what is our shelter?
1. A tunnel
2. A small pit
3. shade of a tree, or bush
4. a cave or den

Shatde of tree or bush.

My reasoning is that it can then have a greater variety of places to hide, anywhere that has shade. And then it can have easy access to food.

Tunnels! That would be cool.

small BBQ pit!

i say tunnel, if we have a high energy level then we can escape quickly by building a tunnel. plus, mmore safety at night.

small BBQ Pit

Tunnels! Our creature could build a labryinth of them, and could travel and retreat to wherever it wants. MUHAHAHAAA!

A tunnel.

Tunnel! W00t! Prairie dogs from hell! :evil:

small pit .

A tunnel...

Actually trees, as in in the branches, could be a great shelter enviroment.

Particularly becouse monkies lived in trees, and they evolved into inteligent humans.

My vote goes to....

tunnels! I have a feeling our little omnivore eats worms and ground insects too.

A tunnel!!!

Tunnels sound good, since a 2-foot-long animal doesn't want bigger creatures in its home!

Nice, a 2 month bump. :D

Sorry, this is just so interesting!

Bump!


live!

No BBQ pit means it's not worth it. :mad:

Can I join this game? If so, then I vote for tunnel.

A tunnel under a tree's Roots.

This is just like NESLife except all play one creature!

tunnels are lame. BBQ foreva :drool:

joINing...

Tunnel will win, but I vote pit. Because pits are nice places.

I'll join! i vote all 4 depending on the creatures mood.

You guys do realise that this will most likely never actually continue unless someone else decides to run this.

I'll run it if everyone votes for pit.

in if its not too late.