NESLife 4

[Abaddon]

 

[Daftpanzer]

pre-update, here are all the unique species groups. I might not get the write-up done today:

Spoiler :

Sadly, those that got merged:

Bumeriolus (bestrfcplayer) is classed as a subset of Pingucontegius (Ninja Dude)

Lactasus (Seon) is classed as a subset of Regnus (North King)

Archaeofun (Abaddon) is classed as a subset of Spiculus (Lord_Iggy)

Cunkotor (Terrance888) is classed as a subset of Protothiophilus (ChiefDesigner)

Archaealga (LDiCesare) is classed as a subset of Archaeoautropha (Yui108)

 

[Abaddon]

ooooh, those are looking sweet!

 

[Angst]

It's looking great Daft. Nice of you to have made this so fast. This might be interesting for me after all.

 

[The Farow]

Looking good. Can't wait for the written portion.

 

[Thlayli]

Very nice thus far, Daft.

Some of the icons are self-explanatory, but explanations for them all would be great.

 

[bestrfcplayer]

If yours got merged, does that mean that your out of the game?

 

[Omega124]

Oh my god, Riggedavoteium lived!

 

[Lord_Iggy]

You're never out of the game, you just evolve something else on the next turn.

 

[ChiefDesigner]

The active transport channels are a *nice* touch. Thanks!

What do the little icons mean?

 

[erez87]

I can't wait for the actual update, I know what I want!

 

[Algeroth]

I should rather wait for the update with my species, right?

 

[Fulton]

I just woke up and saw this! Tell me there is still time!

Archaeoblobus -> Bubbler (Fulton)
Additions: The bubbler evolved from other, primitive single celled photosynthesizers. Faced with predation, the bubbler evolved a natural defense: capsaicin. This spicy defense has an advantage over other poisons. While other poisons killed, capsaicin allowed predators to survive the experience of eating a Bubbler and learn not to, passing the information along to its offspring. In order to compensate for the defense, the bubbler remained flat while it grew in size, increasing it's ability to photosynthesize by increasing the area to capture light.
Subtractions: none at this time.

 

[Algeroth]

Ok, I'll try to jump on the wagon too.

Archaeoblobus -> Archeofloatus (Algeroth)
Additions: Archeofloatus started to congregate into spherical groups of cell that filled the inner space of the sphere with th gas byproduct of photosynthesis - oxigen. This allowed Archeofloatus to float near the surface of the open sea and thus have enough sunlight.
Subtractions: none at this time.

 

[Immaculate]

I just woke up and saw this! Tell me there is still time!

Archaeoblobus -> Bubbler (Fulton)
Additions: The bubbler evolved from other, primitive single celled photosynthesizers. Faced with predation, the bubbler evolved a natural defense: capsaicin. This spicy defense has an advantage over other poisons. While other poisons killed, capsaicin allowed predators to survive the experience of eating a Bubbler and learn not to, passing the information along to its offspring. In order to compensate for the defense, the bubbler remained flat while it grew in size, increasing it's ability to photosynthesize by increasing the area to capture light.
Subtractions: none at this time.

How do you envision these simple organisms passing this sort of information onto their offspring?

 

[Fulton]

How do you envision these simple organisms passing this sort of information onto their offspring?

Ninja magic.

 

[Daftpanzer]

update comes soon! @Fulton and Algeroth, if you don't mind waiting until the update, then you can also evolve from another player's evolution and get a head start. I think there's enough branching from Archaeoblobus for now.

Also about capsaicin, I understand this is an irritant in mammals just because it happens to trigger certain neurons, while birds are immune for example. Its not a universal irritant or toxin. Instead of trying to be so specific, just say 'toxin' and people will be happy . I believe a couple of people who posted here already are studing biology or know quite alot about it. But the rest of us will just fail if we try to get too specific. We can stay as general as possible, and just assume the biochemistry works 'somehow'.

 

[erez87]

update comes soon! @Fulton and Algeroth, if you don't mind waiting until the update, then you can also evolve from another player's evolution and get a head start. I think there's enough branching from Archaeoblobus for now.

Also about capsaicin, I understand this is an irritant in mammals just because it happens to trigger certain neurons, while birds are immune for example. Its not a universal irritant or toxin. Instead of trying to be so specific, just say 'toxin' and people will be happy . I believe a couple of people who posted here already are studing biology or know quite alot about it. But the rest of us will just fail if we try to get too specific. We can stay as general as possible, and just assume the biochemistry works 'somehow'.

lol.I see you stole me cladistic tree from the spikii and copied it into your picture of creatures . Glad to know who is my closest genetic relative of life in NESlife4

 

[Abaddon]

I did imagine mine more as a blob with a single spike.. but doesn't matter really. I am sure myself and Iggy will diverge after update 1

 

[Daftpanzer]

Thus it began. Following the emergence of Archaeoblobus, there was an explosion of many different forms of microbial life. Even among those species that remained most closely related to Archaeoblobus - versatile sun-loving filter-feeders - there were almost too many differences to count. Evolution seemed to experiment with many different ways of attack and defence. Chemical signals, rapid mitosis, harmful RNA were all tried with some success. But the apex predator of the age was Archaeofilium, large and highly mobile by comparison with others, using these strengths to simply engulf other free-swimming cells. Evidently it was a simple formula that led to great success.

Others formed whole new orders of life. Some absorbed photosynthesising bacteria, and soon developed an irreversible symbiosis with them. Archaeoautropha were gregarious free-swimming cells which abounded across the oceans and soon worked their way into freshwater systems, often blooming in great numbers whenever they met nutrient-rich water.

A sister branch, the Gelitonicia were less numerous overall, but dominated in shallow water, along gentle shorelines, swamps and lagoons, combining together in floating mats that blocked out other sun-lovers. These mats were under constant attack, particularly from species of Spiculus and Regnus, but they grew as fast as they were eaten, indeed forming an important habitat for further evolution.

Life may have first begun in the deep sea volcanic vents, and some descendents of Archaeoblobus returned there too. In places, Protothiophilus gained a foothold, forming dense colonies using concentrated sulphur as a weapon against other cells. This had little effect on the larger and more robust Bastrovicium, which were more versatile and widespread among the vents as free-moving cells, and just slightly more numerous than their rivals.

While most cells had ways of 'hibernating' through unfavourable conditions, Clastud is worth a mention for its specialisation in this area, often dominating in tropical floodplains and salt-lakes. Lentiscus is also mentioning for the role it played in the first inter-species colonies, as its sticky membrane became a convenient mobile anchor point for clusters of Spiculus cells.

Spiculus was the most complex and most successful of a new family of aggressive colony-forming cells, especially with its ability to pierce its way deep into growths of Gelitonicia. Although, Regnus was often able to get a foothold where Gelitonicia mats had already been disrupted by Spiculus. Regnus also became prominent in rivers and estuaries, where they could expand in simple structures that would trap smaller cells flowing with the current. Pingucontegius was also rather succesful, the most notable species forming roaming balls of cells that hoovered up dead cells and other material from the sea floor.

Finally, the Kakokudos are notable for the increasing mineralisation of their outer membrane, which was an expensive undertaking but evidently an effective defence against all other life forms of the time.


STATUS:

Spoiler :

EPIC WINNING:

Archaeofilium (Thlayli)
Spiculus (Lord_Iggy)
Archaeoautropha (Yui108)
Gelitonicia (Luckymoose)
Bastrovicium (Kraznaya)

For those listed above, your next evolutions are allowed to be a little more ambitious than normal (2 or 3 new features).


NOTE:

You may now attempt to make new evolutions from any species already existing, made by any player. Still, each player is allowed only one evolution per turn.