NESlife - Evolution Game

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NESlife

This is a war of evolution, where players have godlike powers…

Starting off in a primitive world with a few primitive species, the object of the game is to create new animal and plant mutations, and try to dominate the planet with them, by eating or otherwise outbreeding everyone else’s. Maybe there will be something like Earth’s evolution… Maybe, sentient species will emerge and it will eventually turn into a normal NES… Maybe it will just get weird :)

This is just for fun, im trying to keep it simple rather than aim for scientific accuracy… but I will try to keep it fairly realistic (hopefully with help from Disenfrancised)…

Players
To play, you can just post rough details of a new mutation. No commitment needed… My idea is that anyone can post to create one or more species, then just check back sometime to see how its doing. If you want to get any further into things, that’s up to you.

’Orders’
People may also want to specify where exactly in the world a new mutation will happen, or try to influence their critters to move to new areas, etc. Players might be able to take control of certain areas of the world with their species. I guess treaties and diplomacy could come into it somewhere :) But all that is optional.

Updates:
In the updates, new mutations will get added to the world, with a certain starting population. This will be mainly based on the population of the thing they evolved from (which would still exist). Be warned that bigger leaps of evolution will receive fewer starting numbers, so it wont be possible to make too big a leap at once.

Also, time will advance by millions of years, and populations of existing things will get updated. I would try to work out which species are doing well and which are declining in numbers (they may even go extinct), as well as any expansion into new areas of the world etc.

Its also possible that massive natural disasters could occur, changing the shape of the world and altering the climate. Random mutations could also happen (random things added by me).

‘Mana’:
I will keep track of who made which species, and those people will receive ‘mana’ based on how many of their creatures are alive, and how large/sophisticated they are.

For ‘advanced’ players, Mana could be spent to change the climate or create natural disasters to kill rival species etc…

Turns:
Not really a turn-based thing or a fixed schedule. Updating should be pretty easy, so I could do it every few days, basically whenever there is something to do.

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World history:
Spoiler :

Epoch –999 to Epoch 0
Gradually, the planet surface cooled, the seas parted, and a great land mass rose from the ocean.
For billions of years, bacteria were the only living things. Some began pumping out a special waste product, oxygen. Eventually the ocean could hold no more, and oxygen began leaking into the atmosphere.

Epoch 1
With the sea full of oxygen and plankton, more advanced forms of life could begin. Plankton-eating blobs evolved and spread all over the planet. Meanwhile, primitive microbes began combining their efforts, to form algae.

Epoch 2-3
Blobs diversified into various kinds of creatures. There were now predators and prey. The amount of oxygen in the atmosphere continued to grow.

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Starting World Map:
Spoiler :

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Starting species pic:
Spoiler :

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Species Info:
Spoiler Algae Group :

Home to most of the ‘plant’ species.
Sea Algae
Ancestor: Unknown
Info: Primitive, photosynthesising, green goo
Size: tiny-small
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean floor
Eats: minerals
Energy: very low
Origin: Epoch 1

Super Sea Algae
Ancestor: Sea Algae
Info: Grows faster, larger and taller to get more sunlight.
Size: small-medium
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean floor
Eats: minerals
Energy: very low-low
Origin: Epoch 2

Land Algae
Ancestor: Sea Algae
Info: Evolved to take advantage of the sunlight, gases and minerals found on the surface.
Size: tiny
Habitat: warm, moist land
Eats: minerals
Energy: very low
Origin: Epoch 3

Stinger Algae (Algaeus Porcupinus)
Created by: Silver Steak
Ancestor: Super Sea Algae
Info: Grows sharp stinger all over the branches to avoid being eaten by larger animals. Also, has sensory "feelers" that drift around it to detect animals nearby. It can trap and/or kill smaller animals, then absorb nutrients from the decomposing body.
Size: Medium
Habitat: Warm, shallow ocean floor
Eats: Minerals, decaying matter
Energy: Low-medium
Origin: Epoch 5

Floater Algae
Created by: Disenfrancised
Ancestor: Sea Algae
Info: Photosynthesisign spheres, a buoyancy vacuole allows them to float at the surface of oceans to effectively photosynthesise with the abundant light. Gaining minerals from fluxing ocean currents.
Size: tiny
Habitat: ocean sub-surface
Eats: Minerals
Energy: low
Origin: Epoch 5

Thick-skin Land Algae
Ancestor: Land Algae
Info: Evolved to take advantage of the sunlight, gases and minerals found on the surface. Recently, it evolved further, developing a thin, cohesive outer layer to better protect it from drying out. This, in turn, has allowed it to grow in areas it's thin-skinned brethren cannot.
Size: tiny
Habitat: warm land
Eats: minerals
Energy: very low
Origin: Epoch 6

Simple Moss
Created by: Warman17
Ancestor: Land Algea
Info: The Land Algea advanced to have more diversified cells in it's system. Along with the energy producing cells, the algea has developed sexual reproduction through the means of spores, and it has developed a primitive root system to hold it to the ground and rocks to avoid falling off.
Size: tiny
Habitat: warm, moist land
Eats: minerals
Energy: very low-low
Origin: Epoch 6

Spikeball Algae (Algaeus Volvus)
Created by: Silver Steak
Ancestor: Stinger Algae
Info: This evolution of the Stinger Algae has evolved a more complex, cohesive structure, and started to prey on smaller algae. If low on minerals or nutrients, they can detach from the seabed and roll around with the currents in search of food. If it happens to collide with another algae, it slowly unfolds and begins to leach nutrients from it. The remaining hulk is also planted with spores for new Spikeball Algae.
Size: medium
Habitat: shallow oceans
Eats: minerals, smaller algae
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 6

Snapper Algae (Algaeus Meatballus)
Created by: Silver Steak
Ancestor: Stinger Algae
Info: This evolution of the Stinger Algae has focused more on its carnivorous side, with a more complicated internal structure. When its feelers are triggered by a passing animal, the Snapper Algae folds together its branches over the prey in a split second, trapping it inside. The algae can gain more nutrients from the animal by secreting acid to partially digest it, instead of waiting for it to rot. Also, the Snapper Algae uses prey to spread its spores, by releasing the victim half eaten. Then, another animal may eat it and carry away the spores, which are later excreted in a new location.
Size: medium
Habitat: shallow oceans
Eats: minerals, small animals
Energy: medium
Origin: Epoch 6

Spiky Land Algae
Created by: TerrisH
Ancestor: Land Algae
Info: Evolved to take advantage of the sunlight, gases and minerals found on the surface. Has started to grow in the form of a thin column in order to allow more surface area to be in the sun. It has also grown into the soil, but has yet to develop a true root-system. It is also adapted to cooler climates.
Size: tiny
Habitat: moist land
Eats: minerals
Energy: very low
Origin: Epoch 6

Spore Algae (Algus paininunluckyhostus)
Created by: BannanLee
Ancestor: Sea Algae
Info: With the evolution of animals which ate it, spore algae look exactly like sea algae except for minute spores littered around it. Spores are carried in the guts of animals until they are excreted in new location, where they can develop into new algae. Also, the spores may begin to develop while still inside an animal, which is uncomfortable or even fatal. Animals are thus reluctant to eat too much spore algae.
Size: tiny-small
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean floor
Energy: low
Origin: Epoch 6

Shore Grass
Created by: Luckymoose
Ancestor: Super Sea Algae
Info: Has more advanced internal structure, internal tubes circulate nutrients and water between cells. Fast-growing.
Size: small-medium
Habitat: warm, coastal waters
Eats: minerals
Energy: very low-low
Origin: Epoch 6

Toxic Land Algae
Created by: TerrisH
Ancestor: Land Algae
Info: Evolved to take advantage of the sunlight, gases and minerals found on the surface. To survive predation, the land algae have begun to take in certain minerals to increase its toxicity, thereby poisoning those that eat it.
Size: tiny
Habitat: warm, moist land
Eats: minerals
Energy: very low
Origin: Epoch 6

Crystal Algae
Created by: Disnfrancised
Ancestor: Floater Algae
Info: The individual cells of a floater algae mat have produced tiny skeletons of Silicic acid to a)Focus sunlight onto their chloroplasts, b) Provide some protection against predators, c) aid in chemical regulation and d) Help temperature regulation.
Size: tiny
Habitat: ocean surface
Eats: minerals
Energy: very low
Origin: Epoch 6

Crystal Reefs
Created by: Disenfrancised
Ancestor: Crystal Algae
Info: In less turbulent waters, the buds of Crystal Algae sometimes remain attached to the parent cell forming a larger structure. Overtime for some sub species this became the norm, and larger and larger structures of Siliac acid have developed. The use of old cell spaces in the skeleton structure have allowed the new floating "crystal reefs" some clumps being up to 6 metres in diameter and 1.5 in depth to float on the surface of the oceans in a beautiful latticework that focuses light from the surface onto cells lower down in the structure, as well as allowing more efficent use and recycling of its resources.
Size: Large
Habitat: Ocean surface
Eats: minerals
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 7

Trapper Plant
Created by: TerrisH
Ancestor: Spiky Land Algae
Info: Has the appearance of a cluster of separate plants, with small and spiky shoots protruding out of the ground, centred around a larger central column. But it is in fact one single plant, connected by a special contractible base. When a small animal strays onto it, and brushes against the spiky outer shoots, the trap is sprung. The base of the trapper plant then attempts to curl up and trap its victim in the grip of its spikes. It does not yet have an efficient system for digesting the victim, but can still obtain useful minerals and nutrients form the corpse.
Size: medium
Habitat: warm, moist land
Eats: minerals, small animals
Energy: medium
Origin: Epoch 7

Snapball Algae (Algaeus Meatballus Volvus)
Created by: Silver Steak
Ancestor: Snapper Algae
Info: This evolution of the Snapper Algae has gained the ability to move about when low on nutrients, much like the Spikeball Algae. Still, the Snapball Algae preys on animals, and does not attack other plants. Snapball Algae have a more efficient digestive system. The feelers on the plants act as sensors for prey, and a small smelly bud has developed in the centre of the Snapball as a lure for animals. Otherwise, it is very much like its ancestor.
Size: medium
Habitat: shallow oceans
Eats: minerals and small animals
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 7

Clubmosses
Created by: Warman17
Ancestor: Simple Moss
Info: The clubmoss has a more sophisticated structure, with a system for transferring water and nutrients to different parts of the plant. The clubmosses are superior to mosses in that through they can grow upwards, forming larger vertical structures. However they require more sunlight and more stable ground so they can not go in the rocks and cracks and caves like moss can.
Size: small/tiny
Habitat: warm, moist land
Eats: minerals
Energy: low
Origin: Epoch 7

Not-so-Simple Moss (Bryophyta Funnius)
Created by: BananaLee
Ancestor: Simple Moss
Info: Very similar to normal moss. However, a creeping stem grows out of the moss containing a ball of spores (like a 'flower' of sorts) and nutrients are transferred to it. Once the ball of spores has ripened, it violently pops open, scattering more spores around the place.
Size: tiny
Habitat: warm, moist land
Eats: minerals
Energy: low
Origin: Epoch 7

Spike Reefs
Created by: Disenfrancised
Ancestor: Crystal Reefs
Info: As the Crystal reefs grow larger and larger some cells have become specialised for particular roles. With this the alage cells can be projected out of the water towards the sun without drying out or losing minerals giving a large boost in photosynthetic potential. Out on the open ocean Spike reefs have projections a few feet upwards, but in coastal regions shallow enough for the base of the reef to meet the sea floor the extra stability allows outgrowths metres high. Although generally limited to the ocean and tidal zones, they are beginning to forge up river systems.
Size: Large
Habitat: calm water surface
Eats: minerals and sunlight
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 8

Floating Trapper
Created by: TerrisH
Ancestor: Trapper Plant
Info: Floating Trappers bare only a superficial resemblance to their distant ancestors, as they have abandoned the land and returned to water. Below the waterline, the plant has many spikes dangling from it, and is rooted in place by a long anchoring tendril. It also has a kind of smelly ‘fruit’ to attract animals, and a more efficient system of digesting prey. When the plant needs to eat, it will curl downwards into a ball whenever an animal brushes against one of the dangling spikes. This usually traps the prey and skewers it from all sides. But every so often, the plant allows animals to nibble on the ‘fruit’, and be covered in sticky goo, containing a kind of pollen, which can be exchanged with other floating trapper plants that the animal visits.
Size: small-medium
Habitat: warm, rivers and shallow water
Eats: minerals, small animals
Energy: medium
Origin: Epoch 8

Blowgun Trapper
Created by: TerrisH
Ancestor: Trapper Plant
Info: Instead of physically curling up to trap its prey, the Blowgun Trapper uses compressed gas to launch a hail of small needle projectiles at its victim. These are loaded with deadly chemicals, designed to quickly disable the prey and to begin dissolving it from the inside. The broad area of spikes provide an obstacle, and tend to ensure that a stricken animal will remain at the base of the plant, where it can be digested and its nutrients absorbed. The Blowgun Trapper also has an improved root system, more efficient digestion of prey, and a primitive ‘bulb’ for storing water and nutrients during lean times.
Size: medium
Habitat: warm land
Eats: minerals, small animals
Energy: medium
Origin: Epoch 8

Kate Moss
Created by: BananaLee
Ancestor: Not-so-Simple Moss
Info: This is a further advancement from not-so-simple moss. It's "roots" are stronger, making them grab on much harder onto rocks and dig harder into little fissures. In addition, the spore stems become multiple ones that creep in all directions, smothering whatever it comes across.
Size: small
Habitat: warm, moist land
Eats: minerals
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 8

Simple Fern
Created by: Warman17
Ancestor: Clubmoss
Info: A simple fern-like plant, with dedicated leaf and branch structures.
Size: tiny-medium
Habitat: warm, moist land
Eats: minerals
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 8

Simple Grass
Created by: Warman17
Ancestor: Simple Moss
Info: The moss has begun to evolve small leaf-like blades into a large network of underground roots. The grass is versatile, able to live anywhere on land there is some water and soil. Without anything to block out it's sunlight, the simple grass inhabits both the wet and arid areas of the land masses.
Size: tiny-small
Habitat: land
Eats: minerals
Energy: low
Origin: Epoch 8


Spoiler Unclassified Species :

Sea Mushroom
Ancestor: Unknown
Info: A loose mixture of different microorganism colonies. As well as photosynthesis, it can absorb nutrients from animal waste and decaying corpses.
Size: tiny-small
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean floor
Eats: minerals, decaying matter
Energy: very low
Origin: Epoch 4

Land Mushroom
Created by: jalapeno_dude
Ancestor: Sea Mushroom
Info: Lives on land. It needs less sunlight than Land Algae, and can gain nutrients from decaying matter.
Size: tiny-small
Habitat: wet land, warm or cool
Eats: minerals, decaying matter
Energy: low
Origin: Epoch 6

Antler Worm
Ancestor: Unkown
Info: Tiny wormlike creature. One end has a hard spike, which can burrow deep into the ocean floor. The other end branches out into tentacles, which collect plankton from the water. These are only extended at night, and will be retracted back underground if attacked by a predator.
Size: tiny-small
Habitat: shallow ocean floor
Eats: plankton
Energy: very low
Origin: Epoch 6

Reef Antler
Ancestor: Antler Worm
Info: Buries itself in the underside of Crystal Reefs, where it hangs upside-down, collecting plankton from the rich waters near the surface. It ‘pays’ for its home by excreting waste products that can be useful to the crystal reef. It is also covered in small stingers, highly irritating to touch, which helps to deter large animals from the reef. Can sometimes can be found away from Crystal reefs, as it attaches itself to other objects such as a Blob Mollusc or Deadly Toxic Blob.
Size: tiny-small
Habitat: shallow ocean floor
Eats: plankton
Energy: very low
Origin: Epoch 7

Sucky Antler
Ancestor: Reef Antler
Info: This evolution of the reef antler now lives by attaching itself to large predators. It usually positions itself under the mouth of the host. As the host feeds, the tentacles of the Sucky Antler will pick up any tiny scraps of food that float by. It does not harm its host, except to create a little drag when moving through the water.
Size: tiny
Habitat: warm ocean
Eats: scraps
Energy: very low
Origin: Epoch 8


Spoiler ‘Yuky’ Branch :

The descendents of the humble yuky worm are some of the most complex and sophisticated creatures yet to evolve.

Yucky Worm
Ancestor: Unknown
Info: Primitive, tiny creature. Burrows through seabed looking for corpses or animal waste to feed on. Puts off predators by having a very disgusting taste when eaten.
Size: tiny
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean floor
Eats: Decaying matter, animal waste
Energy: very low-low
Origin: Epoch 4

Spiny Worm
Created by: jalapeno_dude
Ancestor: Yukyworm
Info: This is the world's first vertebrate. Predators trying to eat this may have some trouble...it's developed a hard backbone/spine, which most of them won't be able to break.
Size: tiny
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean floor
Eats: animal waste, plankton
Energy: low
Origin: Epoch 6

Warm Worm
Created by: jalapeno_dude
Ancestor: Spiny Worm
Info: In addition to a primitive spinal cord, the warm worm has developed a more sophisticated internal structure. It is able to better control its body temperature and reduce heat loss, enabling it to thrive in much colder waters. Of course, it retains all the predator-foiling goodness of its ancestor...
Size: tiny
Habitat: ocean floor
Eats: plankton, algae
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 7

Warm Fish
Created by: jalapeno_dude
Ancestor: Warm Worm
Info: In an example of parallel evolution, the Warm Fish has developed characteristics similar to the Fasterswimmer/Fasterfish, specifically a tail and fins. Though not as fast as the Faster branch, the Warm Fish can survive in cold water, and has well-developed defences making it hard for predators to catch.
Size: small
Habitat: ocean
Eats: plankton, algae
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 8
 
Spoiler ‘Uber’ Branch :

Home to large, generally non-carnivorous species. These include the largest and most heavily-armoured species in the world.

Uberblob (Blobbus Uberus) Exctinct!
Ancestor: Blobster Mk1
Info: Keeps growing for years until it reaches a large size. When fully grown, its skin is too tough and thick for smaller predators to get through. If it lacks food, it can drift on the ocean for years in suspended animation, until it detects plankton again.
Size: small-large
Habitat: ocean
Eats: plankton
Energy: very low-low
Origin: Epoch 3
Extinction: Epoch 6

Exoskeleblob (Exoius Blobius)
Created by: Luckymoose
Ancestor: Uberblob
Info: It has evolved the tough outer skin to a point in which it is an exoskeleton like those of Shrimp and Insect. It still moves at a slow pace and usually drifts in shallow water to eat sea algae.
Size: medium– large
Habitat: warm ocean
Eats: Sea Algae
Energy: low
Origin: Epoch 4
Extinction: Epoch 7

DeepBlob (Blobbus Abysius)
Ancestor: Uberblob
Info: Spends most of its life near the ocean bottom, at high sea pressure and low temperature, in order to avoid contact with the predators and parasites found it warmer waters. Due to lack of food in this environment, it has developed a very slow metabolism and life-cycle, and can hibernate for long periods.
Size: small-large
Habitat: deep ocean
Eats: plankton, decaying matter
Energy: very low
Origin: Epoch 6

Exoskeleblob MkII (Exoius Blobius II)
Created by: Luckymoose
Ancestor: Exoskeleblob
Info: It has evolved the tough outer skin to a point in which it is an exoskeleton like those of Lobster or soft Mollusc. It moves at a slower pace as it now settles in shallow waters to eat super sea algae.
Size: medium
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean
Eats: plants
Energy: medium
Origin: Epoch 5

Blob Mollusc (Blobbius Mollusci)
Created by: Luckymoose
Ancestor: Exoskeleblob
Info: It has evolved the tough outer skin to a point in which it is a very thick, tough shell. It can hardly move, except when the water moves it. It settles around Sea Algae in clusters like Oysters. It feeds on them using a small tube which is the only thing sticking out of the shell.
Size: small-medium
Habitat: Warm, shallow ocean.
Eats: Plants
Energy: medium-medium
Origin: Epoch 6

Water Gipper (Aqua Gipous)
Created by: LuckyMoose
Ancestor: Exoskeleblob mk II
Info: The outer shell has become tough like those of crabs. It has gained 6 legs for crawling along the shallow water bottoms. It's mouth has formed two teeth which are used like the squids beak, giving a powerful bite. Its light-sensitive cells have developed into basic eyesight. Its internal structure remains simple, which allows them to reproduce quickly. Eggs are carried by the adult until they hatch, to give them some protection.
Size: small
Habitat: Shallow ocean.
Eats: Plants or dead animals.
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 6

Land Gipper (Terra Gipous)
Created by: LuckyMoose
Ancestor: Water Gipper
Info: Becoming more insect-like, the Land Gipper can breath air, and can walk on land to feed on plants. It remains tied to the sea, as its young must develop in water. It buries its eggs on sandy beaches.
Size: small
Habitat: warm, wet land / coastal waters
Eats: Plants or dead animals
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 7

Colony Gipper (Colonius Gipous)
Created by: LuckyMoose
Ancestor: Land Gipper
Info: Becoming even more insect-like, the Colony Gipper spends much of its time underground in communal burrows. This mutual protection allows eggs to be safer underground and food to be shared evenly. The Colony Gipper has a larger, stronger jaw, and has also evolved a basic poison stinger. These weapons can be used for defence, or for hunting smaller prey. It has a more sophisticated body, with improved senses and the ability to survive both hot and cold climates.
Size: tiny-small
Habitat: land
Eats: Plants, dead animals, small animals
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 8


Spoiler ‘Speedy’ Branch :

Home to small and agile creatures, both hunters and hunted. These have some of the highest populations in the world.
Fastblob Exctinct!
Ancestor: Blobster Mk1
Info: Still has very basic nervous system and no eyes. But when it detects vibrations, or something touches it, it can swim away in a random direction. Can only swim fast for a few seconds at a time.
Size: tiny-small
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean
Eats: plankton
Energy: very low-low
Origin: Epoch 3
Extinction: Epoch 5

Fasterblob (Blobbus Celerior)
Created by: jalapeno_dude
Ancestor: Fastblob
Info: Still has very basic nervous system and no eyes. Can now detect the direction of vibration, and will run/swim in opposite direction. Can still only swim for a few seconds, but faster now, hence the name.
Size: small
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean
Eats: plankton
Energy: low
Origin: Epoch 4

Velocofish (fishus rapidus)
Created by: ~Darkening~
Ancestor: fastblob
Info: Over the millennia, the fastblobs grew. The pectoral fins were elongated, the tail grew out and the creatures became carnivores. Using their speed to their advantages, they quickly gained an advantage upon smaller species. Like their earlier counterparts, however, they can go use their advantageous speed for a small amount of time. Possesses rudimentary eyes, and a basic nervous system.
Size: small
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean
Eats: Small animals
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 5

Fasterswimmer (Natator Celerius)
Created by: jalapeno_dude
Ancestor: Fasterblob
Info: Due to the development of fins and the elongation of the tail, the species now spends most of its time in deep water (as opposed to the ocean bottom). Primitive light-sensing organs, so it can sense depth.
Size: small
Habitat: warm ocean
Eats: plankton
Energy: low
Origin: Epoch 6

Dentas (Dente rasoio)
Created by: ~Darkening~
Ancestor: Velocofish
Info: Loss of back fins, elongation of the body and jaw. Expansion of a cartilage jaw to skull, increase of speed.
Size: small-medium
Habit: warm ocean
Eats: animals
Energy: medium
Origin: Epoch 6

BiggerSwimmer
Ancestor: Fasterswimmer
Info: Grows up to three times as big as Fasterswimmer. Although a larger target, it is till fast and agile, with powerful muscles. It also has increased metabolism and sharper reactions.
Size: small-medium
Habitat: warm ocean
Eats: plankton, baby animals
Energy: medium
Origin: Epoch 7

Corpas (Corpos Cartilagine)
Created by: ~Darkening~
Ancestor: Velocofish
Info: The major change was the expansion of the cartilage skull to a primitive skeletal system. They also grew around a foot longer, coming into an average six and a half feet. The last change was their nervous system, which became more advanced to allow for more rapid responses. They have a slightly higher appetite to fuel their more active and aggressive lifestyle.
Size: small-medium
Habit: warm ocean
Eats: animals
Energy: medium-high
Origin: Epoch 7

Animas: (anima fredda)
Ancestor: Corpas
Info: Following increased competition, the Corpas migrated into the colder waters. They developed a more complex bone system, well developed eyes, and became primitive "warm-blooded" creatures. Their intelligence also increased, developing a "code" of recognizing other group members. In extreme cases, when there isn't any other food available, they turn to preying on different groups of Animas.
Size: medium-large
Habitat: cold ocean
Eats: animals
Energy: medium-high
Origin: Epoch 8


Spoiler ‘Freaky’ Branch :

Home to some of the more unusual and deadly sea creatures…
Freaky Blob (Blobbus Freakazoidus)
Ancestor: Blobster Mk1
Info: Still has very basic nervous system and no eyes, and still a very poor swimmer. But long tentacles have sense of touch, can be extended like a net to sweep for plankton, eggs, baby animals etc.
Size: tiny-small
Habitat: ocean
Eats: plankton, baby animals
Energy: very low-low
Origin: Epoch 2
Extinction: Epoch 7

Freaky Toxic Blob (Blobbus Freakazoidus H4x0ri)
Ancestor: Freaky Blob
Info: Living chemical factory. Still a poor swimmer, and has no eyesight. But tentacles have poison stings, which can stun or kill its prey, or defend against predators. Also fights with rivals of same species, each trying to poison the other. Chemical warfare drives the evolution of this species, each individual is constantly producing new poisons and antidotes within its body.
Size: small-medium
Habitat: warm ocean
Eats: plankton, small animals
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 3

Jetty-Freaky Blob (Blobbus fastanfreakazoidus)
Created by: BananaLee
Ancestor: Freaky Blob
Info: Tentacles have grown far longer and sense of touch has become far more refined. It swims around slowly using its tentacles. Upon touching anything deemed to be a predator, it rapidly contracts its seawater-filled sacs, pumping water out like a jet, and allowing it to zoom away to safety (or into the mouths of other yawning predators)
Size: tiny-small
Habitat: warm ocean
Eats: plankton, baby animals
Energy: low
Origin: Epoch 6

Deadly Toxic Blob (Blobbus Freakazoidus Pwnzori)
Created by: Erik Mesoy
Ancestor: Freaky Toxic Blob
Info: Highly poisonous to the touch, and secretes toxins used to kill its prey. Since these weapons require little action, more energy can be used to propel the creature, which now moves at a reasonable speed. It is still small and squishy, but its chemical weapons are formidable.
Size: medium
Habitat: warm ocean
Eats: small animals
Energy: medium
Origin: 6

Jetty-Freaky-Preddy Blob (Blobbus fastanfreakazoidus w/ added zest!)
Created by: BananaLee
Ancestor: Jetty-Freaky Blob
Info: The blob has grown larger and now feeds on smaller blobs and anything smaller than it. It has evolved light-detection cells (sight) which can detect movement. It also has better control over its jetting, enabling it to manoeuvre around. The tentacles have increased in number, and it can literally tie smaller animals in knots as it draws the prey into it's main body.
Size: small-medium
Habitat: warm ocean
Eats: plankton, baby animals, other blobs
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 8


Spoiler ‘Wormfish’ Branch :

Home to the most sophisticated animals, the most intelligent animals, and the most fearsome predators…
Wormyblob
Ancestor: Blobster Mk1
Info: Moves by thrashing its wormlike body around. Has very basic eyesight.
Size: small
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean
Eats: plankton, baby animals
Energy: low
Origin: Epoch 2
Extinction: Epoch 6

Paddleworm Exctinct!
Ancestor: Wormyblob
Info: Has improved nervous system and increased metabolism. Is faster, more manoeuvrable, and has slightly better eyesight. Also has basic teeth for attacking larger prey.
Size: small-medium
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean
Eats: small animals
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 3
Extinction: Epoch 4

Flapperworm (Wormus Flappydactylus)
Created by: Lord_Iggy
Ancestor: Paddleworm
Info: The Flapperworm has developed its primitive appendages more. Its rear appendages have grown significantly larger, allowing for faster movement. Its front appendages have grown stronger. It now uses them for gripping, although it is still fairly poor at that. Everything else remains similar to its ancestor.
Size: medium
Habitat: warm or cold shallow oceans
Eats: small animals
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 4
Extinction: Epoch 6

Paddleblobfish
Created by: The Farow
Ancestor: Paddleworm
Info: This evolution of the paddleworm has gradually been growing a bony outer skeleton. Also, signs of a simple tail are forming allowing for faster movement in the sea.
Size: small
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean
Eats: smaller animals
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 4
Extinction: Epoch 6

Shellion
Created by: Lord_Iggy
Ancestor: Flapperworm
Info: This evolved form of Flapperworm is heavily armoured to protect against rivals and other predators. To meet its energy needs, it has become omnivorous, and also travels further than previous predators.
Size: medium
Habitat: oceans
Eats: small animals, plants
Energy: medium
Origin: Epoch 5

Threadworm
Created by: Disenfrancised
Ancestor: Wormyblob
Info: Info: A much smaller and thinner version of the Wormyblob, limited eyesight. Slips inside the mouth of an Uberblob or Exoskeleblob whilst they feed then burrows out of the digestive tract with a single sharp tooth (related to the Paddleworms) and rapidly breeds within the nutrient rich body cavity before the host dies and they escape.
Size: tiny
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean
Eats: nutrients from host body
Energy: low
Origin: Epoch 5

Coneworm
Ancestor: Wormyblob
Info: Most of its body is protected by cone-shaped shell, which evolved from hardened skin. This provides some defence against predators.
Size: small
Habitat: shallow ocean
Eats: plankton, baby animals
Energy: low
Origin: Epoch 5

Nematoda (Hydratrinchella)
Created by: Alex994
Ancestor: Paddleworm
Info: Has improved nervous system and increased metabolism. Is faster, more manoeuvrable, and has slightly better eyesight. A primitive sense of smell has developed to “smell” blood. This fish lives in “schools” where several members of the same species move around in for protection and to hunt. The basic teeth of the paddleworm have been improved and have become much stronger and sharper.
Size: small
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean
Eats: animals
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 5

Crustacean (Uber-Hydratrinhcella)
Created by: alex994
Ancestor: Nematoda
Info: Evolved from the Nematoda, this creature is much more formidable. The head and body has become more streamlined, and the brain has progressed further allowing the Crustacean to signal to its fellow animals such things as danger, prey and etc. The eyes have also developed “skins” allowing the Crustacean to see longer and clearer then before.
Size: small-medium
Habitat: ocean
Eats: animals
Energy: medium
Origin: Epoch 6

Giant Paddleblobfish
Created by: The Farow
Ancestor: Paddleworm
Info: The Paddleblobfish's heart grew more efficient over time to handle the growing fins of the animal. The brain also became more complex to out smart the various prey in the ocean. The lengthened fins and tail of the animal allow it to move quicker. This creature has also grown much larger to be able to prey on a much larger variety of animals.
Size: medium-large
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean
Eats: animals
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 6

Tiny Paddleblobfish
Created by: The Farow
Ancestor: Paddleblobfish
Info: This evolution of the paddleblobfish has become much smaller in size and is a lot more social then its larger cousin. These much smaller versions feed on algae while attaching itself to the rocks with simple claws. They also feed on small organisms in the rocks.
Size: small
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean
Eats: small animals, plants
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 6

Reaper (Wormus Celeristrikus)
Created by: Lord_Iggy
Ancestor: Flapperworm
Info: Its rear fins have grown larger still, allowing this creature to reach higher speeds. Its body has grown streamlined, its arms tucked into its sides. The Reaper's mouth has become stronger and toothier, and has developed a strong jaw. The Reaper's eyes are developed beyond the level of its ancestors. Its combination of speed, deadly jaws, and keener eyesight make it a much more deadly hunter. Fortunately for the rest of the world's species, Reapers are fiercely territorial, and often kill and eat each other if they get into border conflicts.
Size: medium-large
Habitat: shallow ocean
Eats: animals
Energy: medium-high
Origin: Epoch 6

Spiral Shell
Ancestor: Coneworm
Info: Its cone shell has gradually become more compact by curling up into a spiral. Its internal structure is now more developed and efficient overall. It has also adapted to survive away from shallow water.
Size: small
Habitat: ocean
Eats: plankton, baby animals
Energy: low
Origin: Epoch 6

Clazer (Wormus Aeriatus)
Created by: Lord_Iggy
Ancestor: Reaper
Info: Clazers have evolved giant fins, which it has evolved to use for both flight and swimming. Clazers live in the ocean, but can leap out of the water and glide for long distances above the waves. From this position, it has an advantage in hunting unsuspecting animals just below the water. Occasionally, it can also snatch smaller land animals from along the shoreline. It has a higher appetite to fuel its higher-speed lifestyle.
Size: medium
Habitat: ocean
Eats: animals
Energy: high
Origin: Epoch 7

Noisy Paddleblobfish
Created by: The Farow
Ancestor: Tiny Paddleblobfish
Info: As the Tiny Paddleblobfish became more social the brain grew to handle the various communication signals. The Noisy Paddleblobfish soon had to create more ways to communicate, so they began to make clicking noises. The cooperation with its own species is necessary for the survival of the individual. A group of these animals can also make a cacophony of alarm calls, which distracts and deters all but the most determined predators.
Size: small
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean
Eats: small animals, plants
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 7

Frogus-Icky (Toadius Nemato)
Created by: Alex994
Ancestor: Nematoda
Info: The Nematoda after being stuck inside an inland lake have not only evolved, but diversified! As the seas have become more and more crowded in the inland lake, the "Frogus-Icky" began moving out gradually. The tail has declined in use while the "legs" have become steadier to support the small body. Claws have developed as well to help it attack its prey as well as new respiratory organs. Alas the brain power of the Nematoda is much declined in Frogus-Icky. The offspring of said animal still needs water though...
Size: small
Habitat: warm, coastal
Eats: plants, small animals
Energy: medium
Origin: Epoch 7

Darter (Wormus Procelerior)
Created by: Lord_Iggy
Ancestor: Reaper
Info: Continuing in the same directions that Reapers have been evolving for epochs, the Darters are now totally streamlined, save their deadly claws. Darters have better-developed eyes, probably the best yet in existence. This makes them deadly hunters on their own, although their aggressive tendencies with other members of their own species prevents co-operation. However, the aggression ensures that the weak do not survive, strengthening the Darter gene pool.
Size: medium-large
Habitat: ocean
Eats: animals
Energy: medium-high
Origin: Epoch 8

Frogus-Goody (Toadius-Opercullum)
Ancestor: Frogus-Icky
Info: The slow moving Frogus-Icky has grown up to become the Frogus-Goody. The webbed feet of the Frogus-Icky has given way to “feet” and its legs have gotten stronger as well. In addition, its teeth and jaws have become longer and larger, and if a tooth breaks, another will grow to replace it. This powerful bite allows the Frogus-Goody to attack tougher-shelled creatures. The reproduction of the species has also changed, allowing “internal fertilization” in which the female lays her embryos in much harder and dry-resistant barriers - primitive shelled eggs. The mother often defends the eggs until they hatch, and may even feed the young for a while until they are able to get food on their own.
Size: small-medium
Habitat: warm coastline
Eats: mostly animals, some plants
Energy: medium
Origin: Epoch 8

Komodo (Ordrinchthyes)
Ancestor: Crustacean
Info: A “swim bladder” has appeared as an organ to allow the Komodo to manoeuvre itself better in water. The hind “legs” have turned to fins while the tail has increased in size. A small fin has also appeared on back of the Komodo to help it steer better. Finally, flaps of the skin have appeared near the head connected to the gills that open and close to bring water in to gain oxygen. As a result of that, the nose has lost its purpose of breathing though it still retains the purpose of smelling blood. The brain of the Crustacean continues to grow, as the Komodo now are capable of hiding among dense algae and etc to surprise its prey.
Size: medium
Habitat: ocean.
Eats: animals
Energy: medium
Origin: Epoch 8

Giant Salamander
Created by: The Farow
Ancestor: Giant Paddleblobfish
Info: As the Giant Paddleblobfish was being out competed in the seas because of their immobility, they moved onto land to feed. The Giant Salamander hides in lakes and streams near the shore waiting to ambush unsuspecting prey. As the creature moved out onto land more it developed lungs and now has to surface for air.
Size: medium-large
Habitat: warm, coastal
Eats: animals
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 8
 
Spoiler ‘Crawly’ Branch :

Perhaps the most diverse branch, home to the first amphibious creatures, as well as many parasite species…
Crawler Mk1
Ancestor: Blobster Mk1
Info: Crawls around slowly on basic legs, but can still jump up and swim short distances. Can also sometimes burrow into the seabed to hide from predators.
Size: tiny-small
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean floor
Eats: plankton, plants
Energy: very low-low
Origin: Epoch 2
Extinction: Epoch 7

CrunchyCrawler
Ancestor: Crawler Mk1
Info: Improved, more efficient legs. Still has no eyesight, and only has basic nervous system. Doesn’t burrow or swim, but has a basic shell to protect from most predators. Has small pincers which help it eat plants, these are also used to fight with rivals of same species. Has basic sense of smell and touch.
Size: small-medium
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean floor
Eats: plankton, plants
Energy: low
Origin: Epoch 3

Zerg Larvae (Zergus Core Genus)
Created by: Cleric
Ancestor: Crawler Mk1
Info: Crawls around slowly on basic legs, but can still jump up and swim short distances. Burrows into other larger creatures, feeding itself and reproducing inside the host.
Size: tiny-small
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean floor
Eats: plankton, corpses, or absorbs nutrients from host body
Energy: very low-low
Origin: Epoch 4
Extinction: Epoch 6

Snappy Crawler (Biticus Moosicus)
Created by: Kentharu
Ancestor: CruchyCrawler
Info: A larger Jaw than that of its ancestor, the Snappy Crawler devours its prey by using both its "pincer's" and jaw. The dominant predator on the sea-floor at the time of its appearance.
Size: small-medium
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean floor
Eats: sea-floor animals
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 5

Zerg Larvae mk2 (Zergus Core Genus)
Created by: Cleric
Ancestor: Zerg Larvae
Info: Now even better developed, it is faster and has developed a good nervous system and senses so it can find hosts more easier. While they are rumoured to be spawned from a seabed organic hatchery of sorts, if the area has an extremely small Zerg populaton they can terminate the host and use its body to produce more larvae. But it should be noted it is only used to increase the population if it is close to extermination in the given area.
Size: tiny-small
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean floor
Eats: plankton, corpses, or absorbs nutrients from host body
Energy: very low-low
Origin: Epoch 5

Zerg Manta Dray (Zergus Batoidea)
Creator: Cleric
Ancestor: Zerg Larvae
Info: This species is almost identical to earlier Zerg Larvae in the first part of its life-cycle. But after growing to maturity, the larva enters a pupal stage, and after a long gestation period it will emerge as an adult Manta Dray. The Dray has a large flat body and it has a boneless skeleton made of tough elastic substance, all which allows it to swim trough the ocean smoothly and effortlessly. It has developed heavy, rounded teeth for crushing shells and exoskeletons. The Manta Dray will attack animals with such protection, tearing a hole in the armour, and injecting its eggs into the victim. The main purpose of the adult Manta Dray is to spread eggs over a wide area to complete the life-cycle. It concentrates its efforts on achieving this, and usually does not live for very long.
Size: small-medium
Habitat: ocean
Eats: Corpses, small animals, or absorbs nutrients from host body.
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 6
Extinction: Epoch 7

Zerg Larvae mk3 (Zergus Core Genus)
Created by: Cleric
Ancestor: Zerg Larvae MkII
Info: Hosts would often die and be washed ashore by the tide before the larvae had left it. The larvae eventually evolved to survive extended periods on shore as part of their life-cycle, and to take advantage of plants and decaying matter found there. Thus the zerg larvae can now survive on both sea and land, however due to these new abilities their metabolism has increased and they must eat more to survive. This species is rapidly losing its parasitic nature to focus entirely on scavenging and eating plants.
Size: tiny-small
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean floor / warm, wet land
Eats: plants, decaying matter, or absorbs nutrients from host body
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 6

RockCrawler
Ancestor: CrunchyCrawler
Info: Smaller and less mobile than its ancestor, but has a much tougher shell, which also looks somewhat like a rock. This sometimes camouflages it from predators. Its internal organs and senses are still very primitive.
Size: small-medium
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean floor
Eats: plankton, plants
Energy: low
Origin: Epoch 6

TriloCrawler
Ancestor: Crawker Mk1
Info: Has developed a hard but flexible exo-skeleton. This provides some defence against predators, while still allowing the Trilocralwer to be quite mobile. It can also burrow into the seabed to hide from predators. It has basic eyesight, and an improved sense of touch and smell.
Size: tiny-small
Habitat: shallow ocean floor
Eats: plants, decaying matter
Energy: low
Origin: Epoch 6

Land Snappy Crawler
Created by: Kentharu
Ancestor: Snappy Crawler
Info: The Land Snappy Crawler was one of the first creatures to move from the sea to the land, preying on the plant life found there (and occasional small animals). Its stronger legs provide it with greater agility and the ability to haul itself out of water. Its claws are also more developed.
Size: small-medium
Habitat: warm coastal waters/ warm, wet land.
Eats: plants, small animals
Energy: medium
Origin: Epoch 6

Zerg Devil Manta Dray (Zergus Batoidus Infernus)
Creator: Cleric
Ancestor: Zerg Manta Dray
Info: It has grown much larger in size and mass than its predecessor. Its adult form now survives as a full-blown predator, and has a considerably larger lifespan. It also has developed a long barbed tail with venomous spines, which can be used for defence of for attacking prey. It contains powerful toxins, which very often weakens or kills the victim. It still reproduces in the same parasitical fashion.
Size: medium-large
Habitat: ocean
Eats: corpses, animals, or absorbs nutrients from host body.
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 7

Hunter Land Snappy Crawler
Created by: Kentharu
Ancestor: LandSnappyCrawler
Info: A growth in size was minimal in this animal, however this was made up for by the development of communication between the species, making into a pack hunter, preying on other land animals and plants. It's claws have grown in size, and now have a serrated edged, making it hard for any prey to escape once in its grip.
Size: medium
Habitat: Warm, coastal land
Eats: animals and plants
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 7

Larvipede
Ancestor: Zerg Larvae MkIII
Info: The young of this creature are almost identical to the Zerg Larvae MkIII. But as it grows, it goes through various cocoon-like stages, where it moults its old exoskeleton and emerges with an enlarged body. Eventually it reaches its adult form, which has many extra legs and body segments. As well as its size and strength, it has also poisonous fangs, which either paralyse or cause severe discomfort. It uses these weapons to defend itself, or to actively hunt smaller animals. It is also fully adapted to land, and its body is more efficient at keeping its moisture, enabling it to live in drier conditions.
Size: medium-large
Habitat: warm land
Eats: animals and plants
Energy: medium
Origin: Epoch 7

Poison Hunter Crawler
Created by: Kentharu
Ancestor: HunterSnappyCrawler
Info: The first large development was in the creatures cranial capacity, major developments in sight and the size of its head. Its claws had split into 4 now, and this vice like grip was nothing compared to the venom in its mouth, to put its prey to sleep, not paralysing it like many others. More aggressive behaviour was exhibited by this species as it began to attack prey on creatures as big and even bigger that itself. This was only possible due to the more coordinated pack work. This species is also completely land-based, though its eggs still need to develop in a lake, river or some kind of water-hole.
Size: medium
Habitat: warm land
Eats: mostly animals, and some plants
Energy: medium
Origin: Epoch 8

Zerg Black Snake (Zergus Iroqoius Plisskinus)
Created by: Cleric
Ancestor: Larvipede
Info: Its legs have shrunk to enable it to squirm down into burrows of smaller animals. It had developed a complex bony skull, while the rest of its exoskeleton has become more flexible. Its senses are sharper, and its large jaw has joints to allow it to swallow much larger prey. As well as its size and strength, its fangs contain much more dangerous poisons than its predecessor. It is now fully carnivorous.
Size: medium
Habitat: warm land
Eats: animals
Energy: medium
Origin: Epoch 8

Lesser Dray
Ancestor: Zerg Devil Manta Dray
Info: It has grown much smaller than its predecessor, but keeps the dangerous spines for defence against other predators. This evolution has specialised in attacking the small, hard-shelled or burrowing creatures found on the ocean floor. It still reproduces in the same parasitical fashion, by biting into its victim and injecting it with eggs.
Size: small
Habitat: ocean floor
Eats: corpses, small animals, or absorbs nutrients from host body.
Energy: low
Origin: Epoch 8


Spoiler ‘Blobby’ Branch :

Includes various evolutions of the original Blobster species that have kept the basic blob-like body, some of which have taken to the air.

Blobster Mk1 (Blobbus Blobbus)
Ancestor: Unknown
Info: Primitive gelatinous blob, with basic swimming ability. No real sensory organs.
Size: tiny-small
Habitat: ocean
Eats: plankton
Energy: very low
Origin: Epoch 1

Electric Blob
Created by: Dreadnaught
Ancestor: Blobster MK1
Info: This evolution of Blobster has electric stingers on its fins, which it uses to stun smaller animals (mainly Blobsters) in order to swallow them without a struggle. It also uses them to ward of larger predators. Still a primitive creature overall.
Size: small
Habitat: warm, shallow waters
Eats: small animals
Energy: very low-low
Origin: Epoch 5

Touchyblob (Pre-Tenta-blobbus)
Created by: erez87
Ancestor: Blobster Mk1
Info: The front flippers of the Bloblster evolved to become longer and more flexible, while nerve "strings" begun to appear, able to move and feel further from the animal, thought still are rather short. The mouth became smaller and now the Touchyblob is only able to eat small sea-algea by sensing it and picking it with it's longer "hands". Primitive eyes appeared above the creature to look for dangerous above.
Size: very small - small
Habitat: warm, shallow ocean
Eats: plants
Energy: very low - low
Origin: Epoch 5

Tentus Oriented (PreTenta)
Created by: erez87
Ancestor: Touchyblob
Info: This evolution of Touchyblob evolved a more complex body structure, with a bony skull and powerful beak. It is also much more agile and muscular, and has better eyesight. It uses its stinging tentacles to catch and hold prey.
Size: small-medium
Habitat: Ocean
Eats: animals
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 6

Tentus-Jelly (prejellyfish)
Created by: erez87
Ancestor: Touchyblob
Info: Its internal structure remains simple and primitive, and it actually lost much of its eyesight in order to develop its other senses, especially the sense of touch in its tentacles. It instinctively gathers in large groups, forming a large drifting net of tentacles, then sweeps through areas full of prey. The Tentus-Jelly hunts parasite species especially, and may also attack dead or dying animals in order to get at the parasites inside. Its primitive body structure allows the Tentus-Jelly to grow into numerous sizes. As long as it lives and eats it will grow larger and larger in size.
Size: tiny - large
Habitat: shallow ocean.
Eats: small animals.
Energy: Very low-low
Origin: Epoch 6

Akura
Created by: erez87
Ancestor: Touchyblob
Info: The Akura is an evolved Touchyblob that has taken into the sky. It can take trips out of the water to avoid sea predators, and to enable it to feed on land plants. At this stage, it cannot control itself very well in the air, and must remain close to water as it can easily dehydrate.
Size: Small
Habitat: warm, coastal
Eats: plants
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 7

Tentus ReOriented
Created by: erez87
Ancestor: Tentus Oriented
Info: Its body structure continues to develop in complexity. It is more agile, has better senses, and its tentacles have a tighter grip on its prey. It has an efficient metabolism and can go for long periods without food. It has also adapted to swim at much greater depths, where it can avoid other predators and find scraps of food that most other predators can’t reach.
Size: small-medium
Habitat: ocean surface / deep ocean
Eats: animals
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 8

Akura Intelic
Created by: erez87
Ancestor: Akura
Info: This is an evolved Akura with the ability to remain out of water for longer periods. It also has better senses and intelligence to help it avoid predators wherever possible. It has more control of itself in the air, and its tentacles are becoming more sensitive and flexible, enabling it to reach more food. It also generates foul-tasting chemicals within its body, which tends to deter predators from eating it.
Size: Small
Habitat: warm, coastal
Eats: plants
Energy: medium
Origin: Epoch 7


Spoiler ‘Floaty’ Branch :

Includes the first species to float in the air using hydrogren, and the biggest species to take to the air.

Blobvac(Blobblus Suckus)
Created by: Swissempire
Ancestor: Blobster Mk1
Info: Funky Fresh gelatinous blob, floats on surface with a small "sail" that catches the Primordial Winds. Has long "tubes" on the under belly that sucks up plankton from sea.
Size: small
Habitat: ocean
Eats: plankton
Energy: very low
Origin: Epoch 5
Extinction: Epoch 7

Hindenblob(OMFGitcanfloaticus Blobbulus)
Created by: Swissempire
Ancestor: Blobvac
Info: Funky Fresh gelatinous blob, with a small "sail" that catches the Primordial Winds. Has long "tubes" on the under belly that sucks up plankton from sea. Has recently evolved a system for creating hydrogen and storing it in internal sacs. It now floats about 2 feet off the sea floor to protect its soft body from most predators.
Size: small
Habitat: ocean surface
Eats: plankton
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 6

Zaphindenblob (Zapulus hidenblobbus)
Created by: Swissempire
Ancestor: Hindenblob
Info: As an extra defence, the Zaphindenblob has evolved the ability to create an electric shock from its tentacles, sometimes enough to kill a small sea animal. Also, the Zaphindenblob has begun preying on the creatures on the Crytals Reefs, using its tentacles to grab them from within the structure. It has a large appetite due to the demands of maintaining both its electric charge and its buoyancy in the air.
Size: small-medium
Habitat: warm ocean surface
Eats: plankton, small animals
Energy: high
Origin: Epoch 7

Eatemzap Floating Fortress
Created by: Swissempire
Ancestor: Zaphindenblob
Info: The Eatemzap Floating Fortress has a more complex body, capable of efficiently digesting small animals as well as plants. Its tentacles are much more efficient at grabbing prey. It still has the ability to create electric shocks, and it has a more active lifestyle, as it now travels over land as well as sea. As a result, it has even higher energy demands than its ancestor.
Size: medium-large
Habitat: warm ocean / coastal
Eats: plants, small animals
Energy: very high
Origin: Epoch 8

Poison Gasblob
Ancestor: Hindenblob
Info: This evolution has taken a different path, defending itself by chemical rather than electrical means, and has a lower metabolism. Its thin skin is loaded with poisons, which cause severe illness if not death to any predator than bites into it. It has brightly coloured markings to distinguish it from other floating species, and remind predators of its poisonous nature. It has also evolved small ‘wings’ to help it manoeuvre, which can also act as sails. This helps it to reach new plankton blooms.
Size: small-medium
Habitat: warm ocean surface
Eats: plankton, plants
Energy: low-medium
Origin: Epoch 8
 
Reserved for possible future use…

For now, this post will contain a picture of two cats in a bathroom sink:
Spoiler :

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OK, to make a new evolution of an existing plant/animal, please follow these three rules:

1, Can’t evolve things from extinct species…
2, Can’t evolve things from a species that hasn’t been officially added to the stats yet...
3, Can’t make too big a leap of evolution at once (like fish to mouse, without at least one amphibian inbetween)…

To make a brand new species unrelated to anything else, it must be something pretty simple (like a jellyfish, or something like algae).

…

Feel free to post any kind of info/description/picture to describe the thingy. If anyone wants to post exact stats, these are:

Ancestor: What you evolved it from, if anything
Info: brief description please…
Size: tiny – very small - small – medium – large – very large
Habitat: roughly where in the world it will try to live (could be everywhere)
Eats: rough description - I don’t want to get specific about different species
Energy: this is both how much it needs to survive (appetite/metabolism), as well as how much a predator would get from eating it.
Population: I’ll do this bit…
Origin: I’ll do this bit – the update it appeared on (first update will be epoch 4)

I may edit the stats a bit if I think its unrealistic. Ill also make a little picture/icon for each new species in the same style as the others.

...

Ok, please do post anything now….
 
Flapperworm (Wormus Flappydactylus)- Yes, I know that the scientific name is ridiculous. But this is just for fun, right?
Ancestor: Paddleworm
Info: The Flapperworm has developed its primitive appendages more. Its rear appendages have grown significantly larger, allowing for faster movement. Its front appendages have grown stronger. It now uses them for gripping, although it is still fairly poor at that. Everything else remains similar to its ancestor.
Size: medium
Habitat: warm or cold shallow oceans
Eats: small animals
Energy: low-medium
Population:
Origin:

Gah! I almost had first post! Waaahhh!!!

;)
 
Exoskeleblob (Exoius Blobius)
Ancestor: Uberblob
Info: It has evolved the tough outer skin to a point in which it is an exoskeleton like those of Shrimp and Insect.It still moves at a slow pace and usually drifts in shallow water to eat sea algea.
Size: medium– large
Habitat: Shallow Sea's around the main continent thing.Warm water
Eats: Sea Algea
Energy: Low-Low
Population:
Origin:
 
Paddleblobfish (Blobbus Fishicus)
Ancestor: Paddleworm
Info: This evolution of the paddleworm has gradually been growing a bony outer skeleton. Also, signs of a simple tail are forming allowing for faster movement in the sea.
Size: small
Habitat: warm shallow waters
Eats: smaller animals
Energy: low-medium
Population:
Origin:

Hopefully this is good. If it isn't I can edit it.
 
Edit: Wow I posted when you editted sorry.


Also I beleive this is will be very fun when my species becomes the most dominate creature.
 
cool, thanks :)

I went offline after lord_iggy's post to make quick pic :)

neslifex1.jpg


I going to sleep now... I will update while im offline tommorrow, and add Flapperworm, Exoskeleblob and Paddleblobfish to the world :)
 
Fasterblob (Blobbus Celerior)
Ancestor: Fastblob
Info: Still has very basic nervous system and no eyes. Can now detect the direction of vibration, and will run/swim in opposite direction. Can still only swim for a few seconds, but faster now, hence the name.
Size: small
Habitat: warm, sandy ocean floor
Eats: plankton
Energy: low
Population:
Origin:

Yay! Actual Latin words! (celerior=faster)
 
thanks jalapeno_dude :)

ok im not quite asleep yet :) I will add Fasterblob too
 
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