Spore

It is a fictional Earth like planet where life has begun to blossom.

My purpose? To create a log of the planet's species' evolution line and to document it all on a Wikipedia like info storage.

Your purpose? To evolve said creatures, to save some and extinct others! Not by any cheesy pre-made voting system, but by creative texts, you shall whisper to the cosmic winds of fate and guide the species' generations, saving those who you wish to save, and eliminating those who you wish to see extinct.

It is simple, just type what you wish said species to develop into, a more aerodynamic fin for faster movement and to advance further? A mouth? Teeth? Photon receptors? Elastic Tongues?
Anything you may find useful for the species survival, say it here and explain how it may help.

Please await the following post...

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- Species -

The Species of Elimia are still few, but some evolution has already occurred and a few species are now in danger!

Micro Lumos

Ancestor of: None
Diet: Light to produce own nutrients
Reproduction: Asexual

The very first photosynthetic being to develop in the waters of Elimia, it has photosynthetic receptors on the top of it's head, it "swims" near the surface to gather more light. It has no bone structure, being simply a complex mass of muscles, skin tissue and one internal organ with an orifice to the exterior from which he filters oxygen from water.
They are now endangered by the new and mighty Necro Spectrums, who eat Micro Lumos, and are having a hard time competing with their photosynthetic brethren, particularly the much fast and larger Neon Geists.

They reproduce by gathering enough nutrients to feed the almost parasitic sporoids that eventually grow into small Micro Lumos of their own and kill the original Micro Lumos, they then develop sporoids of themselfs, so they are doomed to produce nutrients so they can eventually breed, since birth, thus their critical situation, with the excessive competition and being the only prey species on the planet, they might be doomed from start.

Neon Spectrum

Ancestor of: Neon Geist, Necro Spectrum
Diet: Light to produce own nutrients
Reproduction: Sexual

The very second photosynthetic being to develop in the waters of Elimia, it has photosynthetic receptors on it's "head" that also serve as eyes, it requires to swim near the surface, yet it is much larger then it's competitor the Micro Lumos, though the Neon Spectrum is considerably slower and takes more time to breed.

They are under heavy competition from their recent decedents (Neon Geist), who reach the areas where the light shines brightest during daytime, faster then them, yet they have managed to survive well.

Their reproductive habit consist of fusing their breathing system with their reproductive system for a short while, while the male Neon Spectrum may die of asphyxiation during this process the female is safe since she merely filters both oxygen and sperm, from the water entering her one gill, into her system, the male floods his gill with sperm and releases it unto the water

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Neon Geist

Ancestor of: None
Descendant of: Neon Spectrum
Diet: Light to produce own nutrients
Reproduction: Sexual

A much beneficial evolution from the Neon Spectrum, the Neon Geist has developed a more "aerodynamic" body shape and a fin that allows it to reach the high intensity light spots much quicker. It's double gill system also allows it to filter oxygen from water much much faster

This species has had almost no problem surviving lately, having been able to dominate the main light areas and breed like crazy. They are a sure bet for competitive survival during this Era, or so it seams

In all other forms it is equal to the Neon Spectrum, including breeding.

Necro Spectrum

Ancestor of: None
Descendant of: Neon Spectrum
Diet: Micro Lumos
Reproduction: Sexual

The very first predator! It has developed a ingenious system to obtain food, the former filtering-only gills have become traps for the smaller Micro Lumos, they get sucked inside a small "throat like" tube that leads from the gill to the new "stomachoid" organ, killing the prey and absorbing it's nutrients, he then throws out the remains the same way they arrived (via the gill).

It has also lost it's transparency, due to being unable to harvest photosynthetic energy or produce it's own nutrients.

The, now larger, gill is still used to filter water, which it accumulates, along with the unused nutrients until both are sent out of the organism again, in the large boneless area of it's body.

It's gill also serve, reproduction wise, the same way the Neon Spectrum's gill does. It has been having little trouble to survive, since it is responsible for the near annihilation of the Micro Lumos, with some proper guidance it could maintain it's spots as the most complex creature on Elimia

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Here you can witness the map and the species growth, notice that a small community of Micro Lumos still lives away from predators, if you wish to "aid the underdog" I recommend concentrating on them.

The Neon Geist seem to rule the areas where the water is mostly shined upon by light (lighter areas).

The 2 remaining species maintain a reasonably good amount of species all round, with the Necro Spectrum being able to survive in areas without much light while feeding upon Micro Lumos.

Feel free to order away, remember the amount of organs each species has (visible on their bone structure or externally (like Photon Receptors for light gathering)). Make sure you can use the existing organs for your purposes, or develop new ones, explain why and how to use them though.

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Have the micro Lumos make a new organ that makes and holds poison, that they evolve an immunity to, so that if they are eaten it kills the predator.

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Retarded question...will you also be including temperature into the evolution process? i.e warmer temperatures produce female offspring etc etc?

Probably, temperature events are included and you will need to make the creature possible for adaptation to any and all changes (Global Warming/Cooling). So yes, I guess..

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Extra Thing: Feel free to make suggestions to all species, I might pick more then one and fit the ones I see best, and no counter responding until the next generation.

Example: The Necro Spectrums aren't fucking Psychic, they can't tell that the Micro Lumos will be poisonous (assuming I take that route), but you can provide them other food alternatives, just no "Now they have poison immunity!" "Oh yeah, now mine have double poison", etc..

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LUMOS

the lumos could develop an organ that separates the sporoids from the rest of the body thus removing the death effect and allowing it to produce and support more. it could get larger and more social thus producing immense schools of lumos. along with that it could develop fleshy pads on it's back that are the equalivant of leaves for more concentrated photosynthesis. ALSO it could develop a bladder that contains hydrogen for removing itself from the ocean, danger, light filtering water, and getting closer to the sun, with that it could gain waxy 'skin' for retaining water and a water 'lung' for oxygen filtration while removed from the ocean. also a long retractable proboscis like a butterflies could be used to replenish the water lung so as not to return to the dangerous ocean for new water.
FUCKING EDIT HAR

a second branch of lumos could be smaller and parasitic, develop an acid resistant exoskeleton/full-body-shell, it would have a long toothed spike at the end of it's 'head' (teeth point in one direction so as if jostled it only moves forward) that it would use to puncture through the stomachoid lining and enter the necros body, where it then breeds, feeds, and multiplies, eventually starving and/or tearing apart the predator by sheer numbers... much like a virus...(please tell me they all have open vascular systems!)

third branch! the lumos could produce colonies of thousand of bodies connected, lumos chains wriggling like worms, lumos rings pumping like jellyfish, lumos mats floating in special oil 'stains' on the ocean surface, they would be much too large to be filtered out of the water...

AS FOR THE NECROS

the necros as to deal with the dwindling numbers of lumos could move their mouth/gills forward and transform them into a pair of chelicerae the little pincer mouth here so as to tear up the larger neons and not rely on filtering out lumos. they could become more streamlined and tuna-like having a tall thin tail for quick movement, and electrical sensory(their muscles and nerves work like fish right?) also heightened sense of smell(assuming they already have that)...

second branch could be a netting style in which they develop single joint('shoulder') 'arms' that produce silk nets to capture the scattered and few lumos and forcing them into the gill/mouths, the nets could connect all the way down the back of the gills, maybe second pair of arms under the gills so as to lengthen the nets... the necros could have a thicker more powerful body so that the nets drag doesn't effect its speed by much. these could travel in small schools, as that would allow them to collect lumos faster and more efficiently...

third branch, psychic necros. joke

fourth branch omgfun! since the necros don't rely on light for energy and thus don't travel to the surface, some could hang out at the bottom sifting out rotten stuff and acting like a bottom feeder...like a catfish, or crab or something i dunno... it could have cup-like gill/mouths that aim down and blow muck into the water for filtering, maybe some kind of rough crushing surface inside the gill for 'chewing' chunks, they could become larger, rounder, and slow.

NEON GEISTS

can't think of much for these guys...
the fin on their back could become specialized for photosynthesis by becoming opaque with chlorophyll(or whatever they use) longer and thinner(so as to create less drag and to be able to pop out of the water) and 'soft toothed' on the back so as to have less fin to feed while collecting about as much light. the males could specialize their second gills as strictly for sperm production and enlarge their first gills as to make up for gill loss. they could produce oily skin so that they can swim faster, also have float bladders so as not to struggle from sinking... they're at the top, not much need beyond reproduction for development...

NEON SPECTRUM

again, can't think of much at the moment...
they could move into shallow waters near the land and flatten out so as to have more surface area for light, travel into REALLY shallow water where there is no competition, and easily bury themselves in the nutrient rich sand. they could specialize their backs for photosynthesis and stretch their gills across their sides, thus taking in large amounts of water and nutrients...

second branch could become more torpedo-like in shape, with that top bone making a sharp point at the front, they could have oily skin for speed and float bladders so as not to struggle from sinking. they could be aggressive toward the geists and kill them by ramming and stabbing them to death, they could travel in schools as to defeat the geists in the area more easily. they could have a pad on their back specialized for photosynthesis.

ooo i feel like a child in a toystore!

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Micro Lumus need to be toughto tell the Neon Spectrum to push off, they need to create tougher compounds from the ones they synthesise and so make their out layers far tougher to break so they develop an exo-skeleton of sorts, that still lets the photosynthesise

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Micro Lumus is my species choice...could implement them to have a basic digestive tract that allows them to feed..including suckers into the new found gastrointestinal system could turn them into parasitic feeders, which will then allow them to gain nutrition from other species(due to their size they will not be a fatality risk to the other species ). Obviously the reproduction cycle of this creature is a certain downfall into their future survivability, being eaten on a large scale must mean they have to reproduce more offspring than thats being eaten...developing a reproductive system that produces eggs and spermies will begin will to hopefully conteract their problem.

Ok, I've chosen the suggestion and will update shortly.




Though colddigger made a bunch of great suggestions, I can only choose a few at the moment, feel free to resubmit them later on when they become more useful.

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- New Species -

Micro Noxis

Ancestor of:None
Descendant of: Micro Lumos
Diet: Light to produce own nutrients and poison
Reproduction: Asexual
The Micro Noxis appeared in the small community of Lumos in the North-Eastern area of the "Genesis Pond", where they killed off all of the area's Necro Spectrums and any potential Necro Carny, due to their newly gained poisonous bodies, though they are small in population due to their necessity to consume more light then their ancestors, the Micro Lumos (with whom they still share the area) and that, besides killing those who eat them, they still most be killed to infect the enemy.

Micro Flora

Ancestor of:None
Descendant of: Micro Lumos
Diet: Light to produce own nutrients
Reproduction: Asexual
A highly significant improvement of the Micro Lumos, the Micro Flora have developed a sack where they keep their spores and feed them until their release, improving population numbers. They have also developed leaves for a more effective process of photosynthesis, and that they use to attach themselfs, right after birth to either solid rocks that are closer to the surface, or even other creatures like the Neon Geist, that have grown considerably and have served as hosts for many Micro Flora.

Necro Carny

Ancestor of:None
Descendant of: Necro Spectrum
Diet: Neon Spectrum, Neon Geist, Micro Flora, Micro Lumos
Reproduction: Sexual
The current top predator, with the ability to scrape meat off its foes! Its only known weakness is when he attempts to eat a Micro Noxis, poisonous creatures that drove out any possible Necro Carny development in the North-Eastern area of the Genesis Pond. They have recently been surviving well, mostly eating the new major species in population, the Micro Flora, who have also allowed the Necro Spectrum to maintain it's existence. Their lack of necessity for any light grants them a considerable advantage over all of it's prey.

- Other News -

Neon Spectrums and Micro Lumos facing possible extinction due to competition from newer forms and predators.

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Necro Spectrum

A giant moveable jaw with a giant mounth full of teeth. Have these new necro travel to Southern Main Light Line. The new jaw, mouth, and teeth are for consumption of the creatures in the Southern Main Light Line. They also have a advance digestive system to take in the most nutrition possible from the creatures they eat. The males have a pouch for egg storing when mateing the females will lay the eggs in the males pouch, sort of like seahorses.

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Micro Noxis:
Have them become wider and more flat, so that with more surface area they take in more light

Have them start pumping poison through their gills into the water, killing all competion.

Have them develop a sharp horn like thing that they stab into enemies than inject poison, killing competion that they choose.

Have some adapt a new mouth to be able to take in dirt and absorb any useful nutrients, along with a new organ to process and absorb the dirt, the excess could than be fired out the back to be used to help propel it along, this would give them a new food source.

Have the Noxis have a new organ near the outside of there skin where they can attach to other Noxis and share the energy and nutrients they have, that will help them make sure they have the needed energy and start them working as a group.

Have their young gain a small almost claw-like structure on the bottom of them, so that when young they attach to larger creatures that can take them to areas with more sunlight.

Have them make their poison more acidic, than get a new mouth that can inject it into something turning it into a nice nutrient rich goop, than eat it back up to be taken to a new simple nutrient absorbing organ.(the mouth also takes the goop in as well as injecting the poison. Kinda like a two-way mosquito mouth, it has two little tubes going through, one for poison and one for taking in the goop)

(expanding on another of the ideas of mine)
Have the Noxis have a new organ near the outside of there skin where they can attach to other Noxis and share the energy and nutrients they have, also get float bladders to lift them to the top of the water. Have them have a sticky substance(or a claw, something to hold them together, but it still be breakable if attacked) made in there skin to hold them in giant mats on the top of the water, and make their skin thinner so they can breathe threw it, it still uses the water to breathe though, so the water has to be taken into an organ than sent back out.

Neon Giest:

Have the organ they breathe threw(dont want to call it their gills) be able to expand and contract and redirect water through the back of them, so that they can use it to propel themselves forward and travel much faster threw the water.

Have them get larger and use their sheer mass to frighten off competion and predators, shoving them easily out of its path, and gain tougher but totally clear skin.

(the others can make the other suggestions for other things, or these if they like)

Idea for later in the game: Maybe instead of having an ice age like i feel is coming, where the planet is further from the sun and such, we should have a desert age or something where its closer and is instead very hot instead of cold. Its your choice but i just wanted to throw that out there.

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