Bump for interest and Flipper.

pinkie fo sho

>>18909443
We have three creatures to start with. All have the sensory capabilites of a planarian, or some other simple creature.

> Flipper
Flipper is a mobile creature with a paddle-like tail that it uses to swim through the water. It eats plankton.

> Pinkie
A bottom dweller with 14 stubby legs. It feeds on detritus, sometimes substrate.

> Wiggles
Sedentary, attaches to rocks and catches detritus and plankton that pass by its feeding arm.

Oh, forgot to mention, just edit the picture to show what adaptation you wish to give the critter.
Explain the reasons why the adaptation occurred.

Alternately, you can "split-off" a species from the main branch, rather than making it a furtherance of the previous critter.

Have fun, guys and gals. I'll be monitoring this thread, either with more images, evolutionary trees, and/or random events.

So, can I have wiggles?

>>18909563
I will respond to your posts by relating what happens to the critters as a result of their adaptation.
Also note that, for now, these are the only macroscopic critter on the world of Fortune.

Wiggles

Flipper gains eyes from moving closer to the surface, where there is more light.

>>18909593
The creatures aren't "claimed" by any one person. Just post a change you want in the form of a picture. Later anons will reply to those forms and so on and so forth. One change on one critter per post.

I want to see where these blobs end up.

>>18909653
Wiggles evolves teeth at the front of its body to deter predators.

>>18909653
What is this adaptation, and why did it occur?

>>18909663
>>18909669
That's not the front. That's it's "bottom", like a sea anenome it attaches to rocks and catches what drifts by.
Also, no predators yet, these are the only macroscopic critter on Fortune.

>>18909642
Eyeless to eyes is kind of a big step. Perhaps it first gains basic "light senses", only able to detect changes in illumination, but no distinct shapes yet.

>>18909704
>>18909642

Ah, fuck it. I need the bumps.
Flippers move towards the sunlight, where the plankton are naturally richer (gathering to absorb the suns rays). Flipper population has increased.
More Flippers at the surface means more bodies, creating more detritus for Pinkies and Wiggles.
Pinkies population increases. Wiggles number have only a slight boost.

Pinkie grows two tentacles on its side, in order to move more efficiently and to grab some food

>>18909830
Pinkies are able to reach more detritus is less time, able to fill their bellies and to find food for their young. Since the Pinkies are also scavengers, they eat the detritus of their own. This only adds to the food.

The Pinkies experience a massive boost to population.

The wiggles started develop sharp claws on their feeding arms to allow them to catch passing Wiggles to eat.

>>18909944
> passing Wiggles
The Wiggles are sedentary, as in they don't move, like sea anenomes. Did you mean Pinkies, perhaps?

>>18909944
>>18909967
Dammit, I got to learn to check before posting, meant passing Pinkies

Some Pinkie become porous to allow water to run through them and leave behind detritus which they then absorb.

>Calling them Porkies.

>>18909979
No harm done. Also the spikes on the bottom of Wiggles have been retconned to help secure them to their little patch of rock (though the poster states to defend predators, which they did not, and still don't have).

The Wiggles, with access to this new food source, begin to thrive. The Pinkies numbers take a hit, but they're numbers are large enough that they do not become endangered.

The Flippers continue to dominate near the surface, their droppings and corpses providing the detritus that feeds the Pinkies, who in turn are food for Wiggles.

>>18910053
Um, what? I'm not sure I understand how that works or benefits them. Could you please elaborate?

Maybe I'm just being thick.

>>18910079
I'm guessing he means they filter the detritus out of the water passing through them.

>>18910079

So they work like a sponge, not having to move so much to gather nutrients.

>>18910079
It probably works similar to how a Whale catches its food.

Wiggles develop tumor-like light sensors which allow them to more effectively catch prey.

>>18910124
>>18910103
>>18910096

Alright, thanks guys. Not sure how the hell that helps the Pinkies though.

The Pinkies develop the ability to absorb their food via osmosis, but this does not otherwise affect their numbers at all.

>>18910183
Wiggles miss their targets less often, and the "learning curve" for hitting targets is no longer quite so steep. Wiggle numbers rise, and the Pinkies decreases (though not by much, as most Pinkies slowly learn to avoid the tan coloured flagella of DOOM)

>>18910053

Porkies develop a vacuole which allows them to further filter their intake, sorting nutritious matter and rock debris.
They also use these to store food, as an insurance measure for times of low food availability.

The flippers start growing small threadlike arms around their mouths that they use to catch plankton with and quickly bring it into their mouths.

Pinkies develop some kind of scales to make it more difficult for wiggles to catch them

>>18910343
>>18910053
How can they be both porous and have protective plating?

>>18910366

Two different sub-species, armoured Pinkies and porous Porkies.

>>18910366
Yes, one have tentacles and the other doesn't

>>18910286
The porkies' vacuole splits into 2 divisions, a food store and a sediment deposit.

>>18910366
They also turn purple to differentiate themselves.

The light organs of the Flippers expand, becoming more sensitive and absorbing more light. The Flipper develops the ability to absorb sunlight for a small amount energy and nutrition - they also develop a basic schedule, wherein they spend more time near the surface during the daytime, catching the sunlight.

>>18910441
>>18910403
>>18910382
Oh, I see.

Alright, ladies & gents, I gotta head out for a 'bit. Keep evolving and I'll return to check your progress.
(As apologies, I will return with some drawfaggotry of some fearsome Wiggles and feeding Pinkies).

>>18910286
>>18910298
>>18910343
>>18910382
>>18910403
>>18910441
>>18910485

Incidentally, all are fuckin' approved. Awesome work. It seems my first quest thread is a definite success.

The tentacle pinkies grows some sensitive hairs at the end of their tentacles, to sense, and avoid, wiggles since pinkies' scales aren't that hard and barely protect them

>>18910441

The porkies' sediment deposit develops a tube for forced ejection; this becomes the porkie's main self-defence against Wiggles.

A colder species of pinkies have grown eyes, but this only allows them to see light.

>>18910564

OP, for when you get back, are we aiming to evolve out of the water at some point?

The flippers spend more time near the surfaces and develop a small pouch they can use to hold air, as well as holes to absorb air through. They can't breathe air yet, this just helps them float on the surface of the water effortlessly.

Also messed with the eye, hope you don't mind, it was bugging me.

>>18910692
On second though I made them larger, I could barely see them in the thumbnail

>>18910610

Porkies develop another organ which produces various enzymes, this organ takes from the food reserves and releases specific enzymes to produce different pheromone-like chemicals which disperse from holes in its back.
These chemicals are used to relay messages to other, nearby porkies. As such, they learn to gather together in areas with more food and less Wiggles.

Seems to me that the Flippers really seem to be winning out. I mean it doesn't have to worry about any predators while the Pinkies, Porkies and Blues(?) have to watch out for Wiggles.

It is hard to feed through these scales, so the tentacle pinkies develop tiny holes on their soft flesh, on their underneath, to filter detritus easily

>>18910818

Must be why they're working so hard to stay on the surface, tricky little buggers.

>>18910183
Some Wiggles developed sensory appendages to recognize the ground and feel the vibrations caused by nearby dams

>>18910818

>winning

That does not, and will not exist in evolution games. The goal is to create an interesting setting, not 'win'.

Blues develop ways to protect itself from the harmful effect that come from light.

>>18910866
Thats what losers say.

>>18910866
Sure, but there is no denying they are living the good life up there

The spikes under the wiggles become more like legs, allowing the wiggles to achieve locomotion. This new crab-like way of walking allows the wiggles to more easily access prey, as well as migrate.

flipper should get long like an eel

Someone give flippers the skill to steal small amounts of other creature's genes (there was a small sweet water animal that did that), so that they can become dominant after the next extinction.

I'll take this opportunity to make a split before flippers get any more surface based.

Deep sea flippers don't develop the air holes that surface flippers do, and do not rely on light absorption, but instead develop larger, more powerful 'arms'.

>>18910806
>>18910845

Porkies learn to take sediment into their chemical organ and develop an enzyme to create a pheromone that confuses the wiggles' sensors, it is releases along with sediment to distract while they make their escape.

>>18910974

Didn't really need a picture anyway but derp.

Evolution tends to favor both brain and braun, as the wiggles can move, as well as sense parts of their surrounding.

Oops, forgot to add the pic XD
>>18911019

The blues skin becomes much less soft and shiny to protect itself from it's predators.

Tentacle pinkie now develop a thinner soft tentacle (without scale), which is more flexible than the other two, and thus can grab more effectively the surroundings of the pinkie

a sub species of wiggles develop a more muscle based legs like a starfish (made a bigger picture for editing.) they are now able to move and lock down onto a rock during rough tidal patterns

>>18910921
The surface dwelling Flippers begin to favour the long specimens of the species, as these can absorb more nutrients through photosynthesis. A side effect of increased photosynthesis is that these Flippers have become a brighter green.

>>18911090
Lets call it a wuggle

The deep sea flippers develop significantly more powerful arms and paddles, conversely, their eyes shrink and can only see in one direction now, becoming no less sensitive, but favouring a predatorial role due to not letting them see as much of their surroundings.

They use these new advancements to begin hunting various pinkie species.

After many evolutions the blues develop better means of sight and now are able to truly see what is in front of them.

Main species of wiggle walk onto land and develop retina capable of sensing color. This ability to see in color allows them to differentiate between what is and isn't food.

>>18910985
>Redraw to hopefully show the organ system a bit clearer. Hope OP doesn't mind.

>>18911138
The porkies develop a new chemical to warn others of incoming flippers.

Flippers develop the ability to see in colour, with this, they also develop large-ish coloured bulbs on their bodies and tails, using these to attract other flippers. With an abundance of food, access to sunlight and lack of predators, flippers begin to band together and co-exist in larger communities, on the flipside, sexual selection begins to favour visual aspects such as their colour bulbs over physical attributed and survivability.

Tentacle pinkies develop wider holes with tiny teeth on its underneath, to eat wider things

>>18911300
>Oh god those artefacts
No idea what I did there, I'll be right back with a decent-ish one.

The blues' limbs become longer, allowing easier and faster movement.

>>18911300
Alright, well, it's not as bad, for the record the bulbs produce a slight coloured glow as well.

Wiggles become amphibious, laying their eggs in the ocean. Mature wiggles leave the embrace of the waters to search for food, and a mate. Muscles grow on the flagella of mature wiggles allowing them to access food easier.

The deep sea flippers grow more tendrils and spread them a bit apart giving them a wider arc for grasping their pray.

As they are being hunted by the dea sea Flippers, tentacles pinkies tend to migrate to the surface. They develop a suction cup at the end of their soft tentacle to stick at the large flippers that live there, and eat their trash or what is in their flow

The wuggler develop testicles to catch plankton and mover closer to warm reefs

>>18911511
-dea +deep

>>18911287

Like most other species, groups of porkies start moving to shallower waters (though not breaking the surface).
Their front 2 legs become longer and stiffer 'arms' which they use to stir up the sediment, easing their intake of rocks and food matter.

The blues have been an easy target for both wiggles and flippers. Many evolutions have been made to combat it's predators.

>>18911529
>develop testicles
What? To catch prey? What? WHAT!?

>>18911586
I think auto correct wants to evolve my creature in weird ways ...
Tentacles *

So uh, it seems that I can't into MS Paint, whenever I use the new flipper image it becomes a blurry mess after I edit it, any idea why it happens? If not, could someone quickly draw the glowy orange pods on it for me?

Meanwhile, a great, though unseen change occurs to the surface flippers! To further enforce their surface dwelling lifestyle, they begin to give live birth, no longer having to descend to the ocean floor in order to lay eggs. Their air pouch also expands giving them a small amount of noticeable bloat, and their eyes grow slightly larger, which I'll draw as soon as I can figure out how to use the base.

>>18911529
>testicles
Dohoho.

>>18911631
Save as .png, bro.

>>18911631

It's because ever since >>18911116 you've been saving as .JPG, keep it .PNG and you'll be golden.

The wuggler develops toxins at the end of the tentacles which catch swimming creatures in the reef and render them paralysed..

The tentacle pinkie now suck the blood of the Flipper they stick on.
They also develop some side skin around their body to swim more easily to their "preys"

While infant wiggles are detrivorous, feeding off the dead carcasses of whatever falls to them, mature wiggles are omnivorous, eating both plant and animal material- mainly the flippers which reside on the surface. A third spike grows at the end of a the feeding arm. Wiggles also move this arm in certain patterns in order to communicate. Males with larger spikes are favored during mating season.

>>18911830

>>18911642
>>18911652
Thanks guys, I coulda sworn I saved the base as .png the second time, I guess I should have done that in Pain after editing. I'm not normally this computer illiterate, it's just I don't generally do a lot of image editing.

Anyway, yeah, coloured pods, living in communities, selecting for the coloured pods, live birth, larger eyes, bloat from larger pouches. It seems like I've made an awful lot of changes to them recently so I'll lay off and play with the others a bit. I do have some ideas I'll draw up soon though.

The blues became amphibious to protect their eggs from predators. The blues now lay eggs on land.

>>18911947

The wugglers get a better optic network to help locate better places to attach to.

In order to combat predators, as well as attract mates, land flippers develop yellow skin with black strikes, creating a toxin within the tail that is lethal to the wiggles.

The tentacle pinkies are now seen in swarms, derivating near the surface, and "jumping" towards anything passing by or trying to eat them. They then stick on it and suck its blood.

Pic related, they are sucking a big flipper's blood

>>18912059
Is the toxin lethal to pinkies as well ?

wiggles develop whiskers at the end of their tenticals to help them identify things

>>18912059
Subspecies of flipper emerges, Changing color to better absorb sunlight.

The floating flippers face a problem in that they tend to wash up on land with little hope of finding the water again - they develop a solution in growing and stiffening some of their feelers. While these thicker feelers are no longer suitable for hunting, nor as powerful as the deep sea flippers' arms, they allow the surface flippers to drag themselves on land. Some further use this to their advantage in order to drag pinkies off using the land and friction.

>>18911580
>Jumping ahead a little here, the sea-porkies still exist.

Land porkies exist in a very similar way to their underwater ancestors; they still work using a basic system of organs and ingest gravel and plant matter through the perforated skin on the underside of their backsides, routinely dragging them across the ground as they walk.

They move in herds of ~20, lead by a partnership of the largest male and female. The entire herd communicates using the same chemical signals as they had in the water.

Their vestigial legs remain though the 'arms' of a sea-porkie have become stiff legs that allow bovine-like movements; they cannot jump and have wide turning circles. The lengths of their old 'legs' now contributes to picking an alpha pair and displays of aggression.

Their rock/chemical expeller still works and, using a variety of enzymes, can; launch small rocks, release a fine spray of dust and emit powerful smells to deter would-be predators / mark their territories.

>I am getting far too invested in these hideous creatures.

The limbs of the blues have grown once again, to allow easier land movement and sea movement.

>>18912197
A lot of tentacle pinkies die on the land. Some of them are able to go back to water with their tentacles.
A few of those who are on the land survive, and adapt : they lose the sensitive hairs on their back tentacles, and can breath air through them instead. But they are really helpless and can't see anything on this land, so they tend to walk randomly, and stay on a spot where they found food.

>>18912340
Aliens land, everyone dies.

Wiggles spend most of their lives in the water, beginning as an egg, and reaching maturity in the water. Upon reaching maturity, they leave the water to find a mate, by both moving their feeding arms, as well as clacking their spikes.

>>18912356
forgot the pic

>>18911471
deepsea Flipper gains a small fin to move faster and better hunt prey

Man, I wonder what fortunebro is going to think when he comes back?

Surface flippers adapt further to beaches and coastal waters, they develop a series of hard scales on their underbelly to protect it from damage when they are dragging themselves around.

>>18912358
Forgot the pic and deleted the first post, but yeah, that's a definite possibility.

>>18912377
...

The blues have had trouble digesting it's food and have developed means to turn food into mush.

>>18912237

The pores on the land-porkie's 'face' develop into a rudimentary nose, focusing their reception of eachother's chemical emissions and giving them a broader view of the land around them, encouraging them to explore and expand their territories.

>>18912470

Surface tentacle pinkies now have two more flexible tentacules, with two globes at the end of each, to distinct changes in light and begin to move less randomly, to safer places for exemple.

some wugglers develope a web/net that no plankton or swimming creature can escape.

>>18912485

Whilst naturally still allowing the passage of chemicals, their skin hardens to a tough leather.

They also learn a new technique of turning round quicker, involving bending their back legs and kicking down with a single front leg, pitching them to the side. It's clumsy but it helps them use their ejectors more efficiently.

the adolescent and mature wiggles have developed a adaptive hard shell to camouflage them and protect them from predators

>>18912485
Man, I gotta hand it to you, you've got the coolest creature of the bunch going here. I'm just hoping someone will make one large compilation of all the evolution that happened here.

Deep sea flippers grow in size, being the apex predators of the ocean, and their feeler arms develop into much larger and more powerful tentacles. They spread wider, dominate the water, and begin preying on their smaller cousins, driving them even further to the coasts.

>>18912736
Bah

>>18912736

Thanks, man. I'm oddly proud of my horrific, purple abominations.

A subspecies of wiggle has evolved beyond the need to lay eggs in the water, burrowing their eggs in the sand to keep them from predators.

This new sub species makes a transition from omnivore to herbivore, as more and more of its prey develop toxins, growing large mandibles to cut through plant material. Its feeding arms become weapons to defend its nest, as well as to fight for mates and territory.

The blues grow a smaller tentacle for grasping.

>>18912837
I agree, it is really well drawn.
But it has a back side, I have seen this happen before many times in these threads. A guy just like you start to develope a creature. No one else will want to edit it as they cant keep up with the art quality. It becomes the draw guys creature.
>my horrific, purple abominations.
Don't take this wrong, the drawings are great and it is not your fault. It is just a shame it has to end this way.

The fryc among others had the same fate.

>>18912720
My god, these look like the early evolutionary stages of a Hanar.

the wiggles develop slowed at there young age but with as they grow older they develop longer legs with joints making them move faster and better at gathering food

>>18913076
also the legs on the oldest one are supposed to be longer but i forgot here is what i meant

hey guys i think op might be dead

>>18912837
I'm impressed with how discreetly you went from a blob to purple jellycows.

Surface flippers become increasingly amphibious - their dragging tentacles stiffen further, and grow suckers at the tip, easing travel and even allowing some basic manipulation; their musculature changes to allow snake-like slithering. They begin to spend more time on land to avoid deep sea flippers and pinkies, and tend to move further inland. They begin to eat blue eggs when they can find them, but largely feed on the plankton that washes up on land. They absord sunlight on land rather than at sea and by this point their airbag has become a fully developed lung system, with a protective covering around the air holes. Their glowpods also become more vibrant, which proves a disadvantage against deep flippers.

I dub these creatures [spoiler]floppers.

>>18913138
What makes you say that?

>>18913167
he last posted FOREVER ago..... i miss him

The blues make their small limb into less of a tentacle and more of a grasper by adding three digits to the limb.

>>18913196
Why do I keep on forgetting the picture?

>>18913165
>Not deserving of a picture, but

The porkies acknowledge the arrival of a new snake-like species by learning their scent and assign a new chemical emission to signify a sighting.
For now, as they are staying around the beaches, the porkies give them a wide berth; although aggression is shown to those who venture too close to porkie territory.

Teeth become serrated to better cut up food

>>18912776
these guys take take more steps towards top predator cthuculu-sharks

Wuggles become more like an octopus to allow them to catch swimming prey with there paralysing net. optic orb located closer to brain to speed response

>>18913350

Porkie guy here, can't draw any more but I'll be lurking the thread; perhaps describing behaviour but no more evolutions (unless someone else wants to take them on).

Hope this carries on, OP!

op died.

wugglers develop a calcium based spine at the end of tentacles to attack prey and predators.

Better picture

The blues have finally started its life on land, and grew legs to prove it.

Mr. Fortune. Where are you?

The floppers begin developing a longer, more serpentine physique to further adapt to life on land. They also lose some of their hard underbelly scales, and become almost entirely land-based creatures, capable both of slithering and of using their feelers for locomotion. They enter the water only to feed on plankton when other food sources are not abundant enough, and band together into larger groups of upwards of 60 floppers at a time. They begin to climb to higher places, often using their suckers to tackle cliffs, in order to absorb more sunlight.

I do wish Mr Fortune was around so I could ask him about the land plantlife, my dream of flippers being crazy fucking arboreal snakes in so close.

>>18913675
We're going to have twice the posts we should because of mistakes like this.

>>18913597
aww crap, well ill post this anyway

>>18913737
No matter, the aquatic blues crawl on surfaces.

So, I won't be able to draw anymore either, anyone can do whatever crazy shit they want with the flippers, they're not exactly my creation anyway.

We should really get this on suptg or something though so Fortunebro can see the horrors we've wrought when he comes back.

The blues have learned how to shine there legs and horns.

I just saw the thread on suptg, but oh well. More posting!

>>18914202
The spikes on the land-based subspecies have shrunken down. Now called the swaggles, these creatures use their feeding arms to fish for prey, reverting back to their omnivorous nature. They have also turned pink.

OP here... I love you all, so much... you have not been idle.
This is ten times better than I hoped for. Frankly, I think I'll stay out of your way, y'all clearly don't need my help.

>>18914276
I'm starting to run out of ideas, and need some type of focus to evolve from. Like how everyone wanted to get to land.

>>18914276
Just make sure to make a continuation thread some time soon, and for god's sake, what plant life and animal life can we expect adore from our creatures?

Also, you totally have to pick a favourite creature.

>>18914360
You know he's gonna pick >>18912720 because it is to nicely drawn not to pick.

In response to predation some of the surface Flippers develop there small arms into hardened spikes with which to defend themselves

>>18914398
Rightly so.

>>18914360
No idea where adore came from, fucking autocorrect.

The blues have grown a short flying ability to escape predators such as swaggles.

>>18914401
the spike Flippers continue to develope their weapon arms, they're tail also changes shape to work better with their habit of staying right at the surface.

DEAR FUCK! this is raw magic here. please archive on suptg, then add a link from the evo games on 1d4.
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The ripper! a deviation of the flipper, existing where plankton was not plentiful it resorted to predation, eating other creatures.

The blues were notably lacking aviation ability, and have grown better wings to fly higher and farther.

>>18915214
I'm sorry.

Bump
>>18915195
Calm your tits, this isnt really anything special. Just a normal evo game thread.

Some spike flippers move to land, using their weapon, arms to move. As well their tail thins a bit and it also slithers as locomotion like a snake.

>>18915384
each evo game is special sir. pure magic. made from the ground up faeries, and dreams of children. perhaps children themselves?
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The ripper's mouth becomes quite large allowing it to "gulp" prey whole.

The blues have grown fangs to better itself in combat.

>>18915808
I am not used to upload pictures all the time.

>>18915195
Your enthusiasm warms my heart.

>>18914398
I'm afraid you've got me pegged. As an aspiring artist (without a tablet... goddammit) I couldn't help but choose the obvious drawfag comrade.

>>18914360
I'll whip up some plant life in Paint.NET real quick. I know it looks like MS Paint, but I've been trying out a new style... Shwig's style to be exact.

>>18913675
I was figuring I'd let you guys go on land when you wanted to. I was going to monitor but my game night actually ended up working out. That's where I've been, off-a-Dungeonmasterin'

>>18912978
I don't know where you found that image but it makes me smile.
>>18912720
You sir/ma'am, possess a skill with digital art that makes me jealous. Gorram, I want a tablet so bad, tranlate my skill with pencil onto a digital screen but God-Emperor dammit they're too expensive...(continues butthurt whining about money troubles.

You do know who non gent is, right?

He's one of the other guys who hosts these things alongside Indonesian Gentlemen, the one who kind of made them mucho famous.

So... Yeah. Definitely enthusiastic.

>>18915456
No children were harmed in the making of this evo thread. As for faeries, I make no comment.

>captcha: setber moors
Ah, that tribe continues to plague, mayhaps the hour to call for mighty Charlemagne approaches.

NEXT POST HAS PLANTZ

>>18915966
Reading there threads is what made me want to make my own.

Here I present to you the plants of Fortune. While fauna have so far lingered in the ocean, flora have conquered land, a bounteous feast for the first animal to crawl out. They are not yet ready... thought they soon (soon in geological timescale) will be. Who shall be first to break unto the new, dry world of land?

Note: I didn't want to force crawling onto land, I mean, if folks want, we could eventually end up with a civilization of mer-men and Space-Atlantis if you want. That said, if land is wanted, it is ready.
Descriptions of plants next post.

DM of Convergence popping in here for a short visit, glad to see these are still in vogue.

I'd post something, but I keep getting an Unsupported file type error when I try to upload an image.

>>18916146
Some creatures have already crawled onto land, so you aren't forcing us.

>>18916222
Try copying and pasting it into paint and then re-saving.

>>18916240
Doesn't seem to be working. Thanks for the attempted help, though.

>>18916146
The creatures, if they choose to land, have a number of herbivorous options available to them (the first critter on land will *have* to be herbivorous, unless you have a *really* good alternative). Later creatures can also be herbivorous, or they could feed on their predecessors. Each of these three food sources has benefits and drawbacks.
For now, I'll be the only one who can "evolve" plants, but you guys have impressed me so far, so I may just open the flood gates and let you guys have at it with the flora too.

> Banana Leaf
A small tuberous plant. When young, sprouts' leaves are bright yellow, but as the sapling approaches maturity, the leaves turn a rich green. Note that the brown bulb is underground.
- Banana leaves are relatively common and contain a fair amount of nutrients, but take a long time to reach the reproductive age (6 earth years) and, as such, their numbers cannot be easily replaced. Any animal that chooses these as a food source must brave the alpine cliffs that the plant calls home AND be careful not overeat their dinner to extinction. Can be found in mountainous regions, tundras, and colder temperate zones.

> Red Lichen
- Very rare, but RICH in nutrients. So much so, that eating red lichen provides just as much energy as a carnivorous diet would. The only problem is that to become so nutritious they basically "vampirise" dying plants. If unchecked they can drive other species to extinction. They are also very toxic. It's a gamble, but to some organisms, its worth it. Seen in temperate to tropical forests.

Bluegrass
- Common as all Hell, grows quick. Only problem is that it is nutritionally deficient. Grows almost anywhere.

>>18916234
(re-reads thread) Ah, good catch there. Missed that. Apologies.

CLIMATE CHANGE

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Following years of relatively stable climate, Fortune has started a progression into an ice age.

Temperatures have started slowly decreasing. Most species on the land are now being exposed to a winter season of extreme cold, and sub freezing temperatures for 75% of the year.

Ocean temperatures have decreased as well, though still remain unfrozen for all but the polar regions.

Temperature changes will occur over the course of the next 3 evolutions. Dress warmly

>>18916266
Have you already tried a different file type?

the gulper ripper has developed small stubby fins to crawl along the bottom of muddy bodies of water, and even short jaunts across dry land to other bodies of water.

>>18916353
Normally I'd be all butthurt, but hey, it's my first thread, what the Hell.
The climate change will be allowed, even though it wasn't the GM's idea.

In the future, now that I'm back, please let me do the "events", if that isn't asking too much or being too railroady or whatever the term would be.

>>18916397

ah damn, when i originally started typing it up you hadn't posted in the thread for a while :/

Sorry for stepped on toes

>>18916404
It's *totally* fine. No offense was had, I'm a pretty chill dude. I've been suspected of being stoned despite never doing drugs in my life. You'll have to do better than that to rustle my jimmies.

>>18915195
>>18915456
>>18916359

W-wh-WHAT?! I just now noticed... you're New Gent! I hadn't noticed your username... I feel so honoured that one from the threads that inspired saw fit to grace my first quest thread.

The blues develop a much darker body to store more heat.

>>18916357
For some reason saving it as a gif works. No idea how good that's gonna work out for editing though.

In any case, details:

Deep Sea Flippers' front fins fuse with their tentacles forming two frills of webbed tentacles, one on each side. The large frills enable faster swimming.

Heya! Added this game to the Evolution Game page over at 1d4chan, enjoy!
http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Evolution_Games

Also, dem creatures and proto-Hanarian, you got a good game here. Keep up the good work!

>>18916496
>New Gent

Damn, I meant Non Gent. Pardon the slip.
Also, I figured while the creatures work towards crawling on land, I'd give you guys some plants you're *free* to evolve. Some are aquatic, others are land-based.

>Vampire Lily
The Vampire Lily lies on top of the water with long roots that extend underwater. Similar to an Earth jellyfish, the Vampire Lily uses some of these roots as "stingers" injecting their prey with a powerful neurotoxin. Other roots are hollow and pointed, which move towards stunned prey and drain them of bodily fluids. Vampire Lilies are often found on the open ocean.

> Water Berry.
Another lily, thought this one hugs the shallower seas, at most around 50 miles from the coast. They tend to grow in "clumps". The Water Berry spreads it seeds through bright red berries that lie underwater and are distributed through the droppings of creatures that eat them. The seeds absorb nutrients from the dung and are light enough that they float to the surface, to quickly grow their lily leaves in order to harness the suns rays.

> Mud Scrub
Growing in mud pits and sometimes the edges of ponds (like reeds) the Mud Scrub is a large hedge sized plant that resembles an oversized corn husk. Its leaves are tough and fibrous.

> Curly-Q
Similar to Mangroves on Earth, Curly-Qs grow in large swamp groves, with roots that stand like stilts above the water's surface. A tree-sized trunk of warty, wet tissue (more like a giant flower stem than any tree trunk) that leads into a few large palm-like leaves, the central one curling into the distinctive shape around the time the plant reaches sexual maturity (about one year).

>>18916753
> Indonesian Gentlemen
> approves of game

This is a hell of a first quest. I've been archived and I've met two of the glorious dudes who inspired me to do it. My night is complete. All I need now is Nad'lun to show up and I can die happy. Ha ha ha.

PS. I am aware of how much of a fanboy I sound. I care not.

>>18916601
Glad it worked. I was just about to give them something myself.

A branch of the deep sea flippers starts to live in even deeper waters. Do to little light, their pigmentation begin fades. Their tail fins grow larger.

The Spiked Flippers that stayed in the ocean have developed their weapons arms further, now using them for fighting for mates as well as defending from predators, for which they've also grown armoured plates on their underside as well as getting overall larger in size.

While still photosynthetic like their ancestors the new nutrients demands of their larger size and weapons means they adopt an omnivorous diet, eating and water berries they can find and consuming the bodies of predators they've killed in self defence.

>>18917053
Spiked Flipper herds roam the seas, spreading far and wide. As a result their numbers increase, but are spread thinly across the planet's seas. Their droppings also help to spread the seeds of the Water Berries, which can now be found much further out to sea.

>>18916883
Deep Sea Flippers quickly become apex predators of the dark sea bed abyss. Their diet of Pinkie and Porkie descendants sustains them, and their numbers grow, while Pinkie numbers finally start to take some major hits. Eventually, both populations stabilized.

dam i leave for like 4 hours and people abandon the wiggles, im so disappointed


anyways the wiggles move to the shallows to avoid predators and hopefully find more food, they now try to impersonate the water berry plants in attempts to lure in unsuspecting prey and there camouflage shell has moved to cover most of their body excluding the eye, and tentacle to help them stay hidden

>>18917288
Ah, I was just about to mention how little love the Wiggles had been receiving. Nice timing.
The newly camoflauged wiggles begin to thrive, though they are sometimes eaten by the larger Spike Flippers, but given the creature's omnivorous diet, the Flippers don't care.
Smaller creatures that feed on water-berries though provide good hunting for the Wigglers.

If anyone wants to make an evolutionary tree, I'd be most grateful. I'm kind of at a loss as to what evolves from what and if it's a branch-off or a continuation.

From now on, "quote" the post you're adapting from and make sure that, if branching off rather than evolving, you *specifically mention* it being a branch off.
Hope that isn't too demanding. Otherwise, carry on, gents and ladies.

>>18916781
>Porkie guy here, again I still can't draw but I'm glad this thread is still up and running in the morning like this. Thanks for all the kind words, too.

Porkies move toward the mud pits to live and feed off the mud scrub, they learn to take in mud and dirt over solid rocks and even use some larger bits in aiding digestion of the tough foliage.

there was a problem with the male wiggles to often mistaking other males as potential mates, to make themselves more attractive the female wiggles have adapted to resemble the vampire lillys in 2 ways. not only do they look similar but they give off a powerful pheromone that gives off a smell like the the toxin the lilly's. the more potent the smell the more attractive the mate.

>>18917369
did some for the last one of these I was in. Might as well do it again.
Heres the flippers best as I can figure out.

and the pinkies I'm going out now so I'll work on the other lineages later.

wugglers develop a warm blooded system and also some skin on tentacles to help move in water and also regulates heat.

>>18918090
>>18917842
Thank you kindly.

Also, I need to get some sleep, as its 2:56am where I am. I plan on making a new thread continuing from where y'all leave off.

Tell you what, I'll use http://archive.foolz.us/tg/thread/18909443/ which lets you reply *after* 404, I'll place the link to the next thread there. Until then, keep evolving.

>>18917053
The Armoured Flippers continue to armour up their bodies. Their front arms also develop an additional joint to aid in shoving food into their mouths. The rear pair enlarge and grow a membrane between them, allowing the flipper to swim faster.
Speed has become the primary trait of competition between males for mates, the female will swim out to deep water and slap her tail on the surface of the water as a signal, any males in the area that hear it race to her. The fastest often getting the prize, though its not unusual for a larger male to kill a rival that arrived before him.

How come you guys call these things quests, anyway? They're way more like the old design-a-monster threads we used to have.

>>18918516
quest seems to have become the term for a game that involves editing pictures.

>>18918516
Well, i think the proper term for these kind of group forum activity is 'evolution games'.

Wuggles develop a mouth and actively start hunting prey using stings and tentacles

Sorry but my autism couldnt handle when the lines crossed eachother

>>18919859
Good work man, it's funny how they all seem to develop horrible tentacle feelers independently. Something strange with the genetic code on this planet.

Surprised this thread is still going, nice to see fortunebro approved of our changes. The climate change is interesting, let me whip something up real quick, probably my last couple of contributions for the day.

The floppers continue to elongate, gaining an almost entirely serpentine physique, losing their harder scales, and gaining protective eyelids on their more vulnerable light organs. Their feelers are strenghten becoming more nimble and providing ease of climbing, allowing access to safe basking spots.

They deal with the change in climate by absorbing more sunlight, and using it more efficiently - their entire body grows to be even more sensitive to light, and their black stripes begin to pulse with a dull purple glow.

They become pack animals, and gain the traid of being almost entirely omnivorous. They feed on plankton and water berries mainly, this being the only time they enter the water. They move out to sea at feeding time in groups, using numbers to protect themselves from predation by larger flipper species. On land they will eat blue eggs, blues, stray porkies, and edible plants. They do not feed often, however, relying mainly on photosynthesis.

Grey deep sea flippers bulk up, gain larger tentacles, and develop a powerful jaw and a mouth full of teeth, allowing them to hunt armoured flippers.

>>18916876

Some armored flippers develop sharper and longer front legs, which allow them to kill smaller creatures with ease.

>>18920036

Black surface flippers expand their air pouches, gaining the ability to produce hot gasses from the plankton they consume and their photosynthesis, and gain the ability to float a small distance above the water. This allows them to avoid larger flipper species.

>>18918450
Some of the ocean surface dwelling armoured flippers develop more streamlined bodies, as well as larger membranes on their swimming arms.

They spend nearly their entire lives half out of the water, rarely diving more than a metre below the surface of the sea.

>>18920424
also their eyes migrate further down their bodies, to better see what is under them.

It is hard keeping track of this guy.
I did my best, if you see mistakes please fix them

>>18920036
They live a bit deeper than that the armored ones do, where sunlight can't reach.
The tentacles of the now named "Abyss Flipper" become luminescent at the ends to lure in prey.

Sweet Mother of Venus, this thread lives?
Alright, I'm going to read the new posts and get an idea of what I missed whilst I slumbered. In the meantime, carry on, you elegan/tg/entleman.

Never have you deserved that name more, you have made me a happy, happy newfag. I am honored to be archived, and humbled by the attentions of the mighty Non Gent and Indonesian Gentleman, but all fa/tg/uys and ca/tg/irls who contributed have my sincerest thanks.

>>18920065
the biggest males of the deepsea flippers develope dual back fins for more agile movement and impressing teh ladies

>>18917621
The Wiggles now possess sexual dimorphism. While disguised as Vampire Lillies does deter some predators, efforts at population growth are hampered by cases of mistaken identity, where male wiggles try to embrace *actual* Vampire Lillies and end up as food instead.

>>18918776
Wuggles' bodies will be ready for the coming age of ice soon. The Wuggles numbers increase, and as their traditional hunting grounds grow too crowded, they spread to many areas of the ocean and can even be found in rivers and swamps, allowing access to species not previously present for consumption.

>>18919932
The Tiger Flopper packs are sluggish, but their bodies are so large that many predators avoid them, that said, they are now sometimes attacked by Wuggles when they foray into the water.

>>18920063
The newly-developed Blade Flippers now put up fierce resistance to Wuggle domination of their territories, especially the Curly-Q Swamp Forests. These swamps become a fierce battleground in the developing biological arms race. The loser being reduced to mere prey-beasts, to be devoured by the victor. The Tiger Flopper packs are caught in the middle, but their number hold for now.


>>18920576
Dominating the sea floor, feeding on detritus, corpses, and other deep sea creatures, the Abyss Flipper continues along a different path than its Flopper cousins.

>>18920631
The Deepsea Flippers continue their reign alongside the Abyssal Flippers as kings of the lightless realms of the deep sea.

In addition, some males develop bioluminesence on their fins, creating dazzling technicolor displays unique to each individual. At first this hurts their efforts at attracting prey, as it effectively broadcasts their arrival, some lineages only posses these lights during the midsummer mating season. Such lineages eventually arrive on top of their 24/7 laser show brothers.
The temporary mating-season-only lights only serve to heighten the usual urgency of courtship, as the lightshow does not abate until the individual male copulates, and until said lights dim, prey is exponentially harder to catch. If a male does not find a mate quickly enought, they may starve as their mating displays drive away their main sources of food. (Yes, they scavenge and feed on detritus, but such meager helpings do not sustain them for long and leave them rather weak.)

* I know it's a bit unorthodox for the DM/GM/Host to provide an evolution, but this was one that was, to me, too interesting to not post.

>>18920930
Captcha, you naughty monkey, why do you eat my pictures?
Attempting to post the glowing fins adaptation of the Deepsea Flipper once again.

>>18920949
24/7 laser show flippers confirmed as master race

>>18916781
Vampire lily grows berry like protrusions on their roots to attract more prey.

>>18921114
Actually, if you read it again, you'll see that the 24/7 ones quickly died out to the "only-during-mating-season" bros. (If you knew that and were just havin' a laugh, disregard and carry on)

An updated version of the various branches, twigs and foliage of the Flipper evolutionary tree.

>>18917450
>>18916353

In preparation for the big chill and in response to their swampy environment, porkies learn to regulate their body temperature up and down by coating their bodies in mud.
Naturally, this hampers their ability to release chemicals so their herds become much tighter-knit; each tending to keep to their own wallowing hole which slowly takes on the individual scent of its herd.

Also included a diagram of their 'mouths'. Porous holes have grown into 2 slits with powerful muscles either side; the porkie waves its posterior over a mud scrub and flexes its 'lips' to grab and chew the plant.

>>18921229
Good job on the evotree!
I knew they died out but i just thought deepsea lazershow around the clock cthuhulu rave sharks sounded funny.

Not to be a dick but I don't think the lazorfin is part of the tiny-lightbulbs-on-the-en-of-the-tentacles sharks branch

>>18921660
I had meant to reply to both, indicating a blending of the lineages, as they were both adaptations to the same creature.

>>18921545
That's an awesome adaptation. Looks and sounds fairly plausible. I am impress. Keep up the good work, Anons!

Also, presenting a new & improved Wiggles family photo album, for your viewing pleasure.

>>18920796
>>18920796

man the wiggles need to learn where there woman are lol

wuggler develop a hard shell like body for protection and eyes move to peer out of its shell

>>18921997

>>18922079

Squiiiid people, squiiiid people. Taste like squid, talk like people.

>>18921997
The Wuggler's new shells prevent the two species of sea-bed dwelling Flipper species (the Abyss Flipper & Deepsea Flipper).

That said, the Flippers are taking the majority of the resources, and the Wuggler begins migrating to higher elevations. They are still fairly deep, but no longer are they exclusive to the ocean floor.


>>18922079
Bah-hahaha! Well done, Anon. Your shipment of win should arrive within the next 3 business days.

some wugglers develop flatter teeth better suited for eating plant life, as a side effect toxins absorbed from some plants give their frills deady poison as a defence mechanism

>>18922148
So is this an adaptation of the main breed or an offshoot species all its own?

>>18922180
offshoot my bad

Flipper Neoserpentis' digits spread farther apart and become softer and more sensitive. Their tails thin out more and they grow fins on their sides to help absorb the sunlight for warmth much like some of our early aged dinosaurs.

>>18922190
Alright, thanks for clearin' that up.

>>18922279
Flipper neoserpentis, or Oceanic Flipper as it is more commonly known, begins to spend less and less time eating, as the photosynthesis within its body provides a large amount of the nourishment it needs. While it still must supplement its diet with other organisms, there may come a day where such is no longer the case.

Also, I've updated the Wiggles/Wuggler evolutionary tree. I think you'll find it much improved.

>>18920323
An offshoot of black flippers finds their floating ability most useful. Their air sacks increase and become a part of their digestive track allowing to fill them faster. Small sphincters in the sides allow them to shoot a jet of gas, gaining a considerable speed.
In addition to it, a combination of small side flippers and tails shorter and much wider allow for greater maneuverability.

Blues are not the only one aerial species anymore.

>>18922460
MY NAME IS HUGE!

The black floppers soar gracefully on the warm ocean currents, occasionally diving down to skim the surface of the water for surface plankton.

While Blues are also an aerial species, for now, the two organisms have little contact. While the ebon blimps patrol the open waters, the little Blues remain limited to short bursts of flight, and are landbound.

Alright, I have errands to run, continue evolving in my absence, ladies and germs. If the thread 404's I'll create a new one and post the link as a reply at http://archive.foolz.us/tg/thread/18909443 as I mentioned in >>18918307

Those evolution trees could probably benefit from notification of some sort showing where those creatures live and what they eat.
Something simple, like the attached thingie I've spent ten minutes on (you can do better, I know it).

In this example the outer circle shows whether the animal is carnivorous (red) or herbivorous (green) or lives off photosynthesis (yellow). The inner circle show its habitat: blue for water, green for land, white square inside means it can fly.

Please note it is only an example and is nowhere near good. I just think it would be helpful to have something like this.

>>18917621

the wiggles develop a keen sense of smell to help tell the difference between pheromones and toxins along with the new sense of smell they learn a new method to keep warm by curling there legs closer to there body

sorry

>>18916359
Gulpers adapt for longer periods on the surface: small breathing bladders are developed and cause their gills to shift upwards. Their stubby flippers elongate slightly and become thicker.
A bony protrusion appears over their spines and dorsal fins.

Their color shifts to better resemble bluegrass. Still, not far enough.

>>18923280
Its cool man, have a raveshark.

>>18923727
Flipper Infernus?
Abyss and Deep sea were genetically compatible, and the result out-competes both the prior species.

>>18923727
laser light cthulu disco rave shark should be the new mascot for 4chan

Alright, my comrades in arms, I return from my travels!
Ah, I return to more critters, hooray!

>>18923134
Those are great, I'll probably implement them into the next evolution tree update.

>>18923280
Don't be sorry, you pretty much caught me red handed. I was worried that my usual method of naming things, that of throwing nonsense words and sounds together, would feel a bit contrived, so I went for sort of lighthearted names, the kind of thing a kid would name the critters if they found them. I suppose it's only natural the names I came up with were the kind present in kids' television.

>>18923716
Normally, I'd mention that the quest guidelines state "one change to one creature per post" but I'll let it slide this time, partly because poor Gulper needed some attention.

>>18923727
That drawfaggotry is good and you should feel good. In my mind, the music playing would be this:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=066XBMXeUbc#t=174s
(And before you ask, yes, I used to frequent Funnyjunk, we all have regrets, man.)

>>18923997
I would be *so* happy were such a thing to ever come to pass. I'd be as giddy as a schoolgirl... squees would be had and manly tears would be shed.

The floating blimp flipper develops a trunk structure, allowing it to fish for, and filter plankton without entering the water. Their eyes begin to lower, allowing them to keep an eye on the surface of the water, and for approaching predatorial flippers.

Their light pod arrangement also changes and becomes more haphazard, as they begint o put on increasingly elaborate lightshows, taking advantage of their relative safety from predators. Lightshows becomes a group activity.

>>18924463
Wait, when did the Black Flopper get bioluminescence? I thought those orange spots were pheremone glands or something?

Also, don't forget to "quote" the previous critter, the one you're evolving or branching off from.

>>18924572
I'm pretty sure the orange spots on flippers were always luminiscent, they evolved along with photosynthesis at the beginning, right?

>>18916781
Curly-Q's gain a much great height.

>>18924704
Yes, but photosynthetic means *absorbs* sunlight, not *gives it off* like bioluminesence. Besides, I think the flopper line lost their photosynthetic capabilities way back when, with only the discolourations to show for it.

>>18924734
Yeah, looking back of it you're right, they're just coloured pods. The striped flippers never lost their photosynthesis though, and I'm reasonably sure the serpentis line developed some bioluminesence at some point.

Let's just leave it at blimps getting a more haphazard bulb arrangement.

>>18923727
Here is one without the darkness around it.
It was a pain with all the pixels that for some reason was all over the place in the original tentacleface fish.

>>18924809
Oh, it seems they still have photosynthesis, thought they still consume plankton. Looks like we both were right about some, wrong about others.
Carry on, Anon.

>>18924846
Sorry about that. I had that unsupported file type error and could only get it to work by posting it as a gif. Was a little hesitant to post it for that reason.

>>18924704

If we had a species that lended itself to primates, I would totally have apes nesting all up in that tree. Hucking rocks at >>18924463

>>18924930
Ah that explains it. If you have the time/are in in the mood, I would really like it if you helped me clean up the rave fins on the back. I have to sleep. Good night /tg/

>>18924973
Sleep tight, Anon, dream of foreign worlds and alien suns.

Also, update: I'm not dead, but I am working on cleaning up and organizing the Flipper evolutionary tree. Keep evolving in the meantime, comrades.

Alright, not entirely finished, but all the critters have been placed. All I need to get arranged now is names and implement Anon's diet/habitat colour coding from >>18923134.

>>18913281
Holy crap... I'm surprised this post has been around for so long! That it's alive is just a bonus...

Swaggles, with their thick stone-like feet, are immune to the cold. They also evolve a shovel like spike on their feeding arm, allowing them to build nests from the snow, exploiting its insulating affects, though still burying their eggs in dirt. The spike also allows them to more easily catch prey.

>>18925493
Now the chart is complete, gaze upon my works, ye mighty and despair!

(ps. holy crap, that took forever)

>>18926170
Son-of-a-bitch... forgot picture.

>>18926145
(The ice age will arrive in the second thread, but its good to prepare)

The Swaggles begin thriving in the alpine areas, hopping amongst the rocks like crustacean billy-goats.

>>18926234
The Neo serpents are amphibious actually.
Their tails shorten more, their fins grow larger and their digits turn a leathery shade as they grow more nerves and more like flesh than the talon like material they were before.

Whoa, where'd everybody go?

Swaggles evolve longer feeding arm to better reach blues, as well as grasp the bulbous roots of banana grass.

>>18927159
Oh, I'll fix that for next time then. Thanks for the correction.
The Neo Serpents begin "colonizing" the deep jungle, becoming primordial panthers, striking from shadow and leaving no evidence of the prey they just snatched.


>>18927162
That's what I wanted to know. I didn't want to be the only one posting (it looks more than a little pathetic) so I've begun preparing for the new thread that I'll probably begin later tonight.

PS. What's the autosage limit, again?

>>18927260
Are you being sarcastic because if not their fins could act as a gliding tool to assist in ambushing pray.

>>18927374
No, I wasn't being sarcastic. What gave you that impression? Sorry if any offense was taken.

>>18927532
Nothing nevermind, so you plan on making the next thread tonight?

>>18927551
I do, I've asked Nad'lun/Nad if he could do some illustrations for us, but failing that, I'm doing some drawfaggotry of my own.

Not sure when I'll start, but I *do* plan on starting part 2 tonight.

>>18927651
Well, good luck at that. I'm going to bed. Frankly, I'm surprised how there isn't anything with hair or fur yet- then again, hair on these things would be...

>>18927814
Yea it's late here and I just came down with the flu today so I won't really be around for much of the next thread.

>>18927814
>>18927838

Should I perhaps hold off until tomorrow? I can do so.

are we still able to evolve things in this thread?
or should I hold off till the next one.

>>18928088
You know what, I'm going to go ahead and say wait for the next one. It should be around in a few minutes.

Great game everyone, thanks to all who participated and made this quest such a smashing success. A brofist to be had for all.

NEW THREAD HERE >>18929052