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more!!! art!!!! mhh,, niche lung (this is a relatively old one i just forgot to post it lol) , high effort version with just riv and enot bir :)) and also (i don't think this counts as an art but) (the aspid is a screenshot of the game, i didn't draw it)

Ok, here are some of my old suggestions that I still think could be fun Bevare of cringe formatting, old art and severe grammar mistakes!

Art dump and new scug designs

the last doodle of broken vessel looks like they either just woke up or have not slept for three days straight /pos

New!: (I misspelled freckle and ended up deciding not to fix It because I am tired) Old:

If there were underwater biomes, I think they should have special ports which are underwater so that you can't accidentally travel to one with unprepared nicheling's We could also have born blind nichelings' eyes looking the same as 'normal' eyes like in real life since the cloudy white only happens if it's been damaged (maybe there could be a chance for a nicheling to be wounded in the eye by a predator and get a debuff to eyesight)

we took the computer to get repaired (finally) butttttt it turns out that something was wrong with the motherboard so it wasnt fixable so my dad got me a new one 👹

Are you watching youtube or eating crackers in your closet watching therian tiktoks (Like me!) Post it on here, NOW!!!

YES i'm only past episode one and currently watching the second one though but i'm loving it so far

cute little robots that murder each other for Reasons,,,

guy named linzer cookie 🪱 this was going to be a fullbody piece but it took me so long to do this shading i gave up LMAO version with and without silly filter

"guys!!! my daughter is into doors!!!"

It's on YouTube now

probably the username? aj doesn't really want you sharing that for some reason even if its very much a fictional one

Would seasons be possible to code? Maybe the season would change every 10 days on normal islands, but on islands like the mountains a certain season would last longer (in this case winter). You could also have cold snaps in winter months. Prey could also spawn less and berry bushes would stop producing as much fruit. Also predators would spawn more as they are food is more scarce. In fall, wanderers would compete with you for food more, and more nuts would fall from trees. In spring, it would rain a lot more and prey would be very easy to find. In summer their could be heatwaves that could start fires, and maybe their would be more aggressive storms. You could also have more varieties of plants spawn in spring and summer. Creatures fertility could also go up in accordance to the seasons. For example, it would be much easier to breed two creatures in spring and summer than in fall and winter.

This is fine as an option, but I personally stuggle with life spans any longer than 40 days

Was about to suggest something like it! Had the idea going on in my mind for a very long time. *stretches hands* There could probably be a random chance that whenever you travel to an island, there is already a tribe settled there. (Maybe it would be more likely as island difficulty increases) The tribes would probably act something similar to Adam’s Tribe but they will “reproduce” so that they don’t die out after 25 days. (Always found that kinda sad) They would hunt, gather berries, and such. The idea I had for this to work is that on “settled islands” (gonna call that the islands with npc tribes in them) there would be a new landform called “Nicheling den” which would spawn an NPC tribe 2 gem Nicheling once in a while (spawn rate could depend on difficulty and such to maintain a certain tribe size, would work similar to the rabbit burrow in that sense) I imagine each settled biome would spawn nichelings roughly adapted to their biome (like all Home Island guys have stripes, runner legs, big body, poison fangs and so on) each biome would have their own rough appearance of the Nichelings. The tribe size would depend on how many nicheling dens are spawned when the island first loads. (I imagine there would be a random chance for 1-5 dens to spawn on the island, which would also be determined by island size) The nichelings would be neutral for the most part, tho they will pick up any food the stumble into or take berries from bushes and such. Tho they would turn hostile if you attack them or you attack a Nicheling den. (The Nicheling dens are destroyable) The dens would spawn NPCs at a regular rate (tho I imagine spawn rate would lower in dry times and increase when there’s rain) to maintain the tribe size. If you want to get rid of the tribe completely, you would need to destroy their dens. But this will turn all of them hostile. I imagine that on the other side, you can give food to them (maybe whenever you are in a settled island there would be a bar on top or side of the screen showing “NPC tribe perception” towards your tribe) Giving them food (would work similar to the current “invite” option you get when interacting with a wanderer, but it will just give them food) would increase their perception a small bit, hitting any of them would lower it by a lot, attacking a den would make them instantly hostile. I imagine based on the island difficulty it would be harder to “befriend” them, like giving them food would increase their perception only a tiny bit in a killer island but would make them a lot happier in an easy island. Whenever you first arrive to an settled island, the bar would be at neutral and as you interact with them it would change. (Maybe on more difficult islands the bar would start closer to hostile) If they turn hostile, they would attack you at any chance they have, like Home Island Nichelings. In neutral they would generally avoid you but steal any food. If you manage to get them up to friendly perception you can start inviting them to your tribe! (Their genes are roughly adapted to their biome so it could be helpful in some cases) Tho I imagine it would require significantly more food to invite them than to invite a random wanderer. Tho the NPC nichelings will always be competing with you for food; so in islands with scarce food, you might instead want to get rid of them. Up to the player since either choice will have its benefits and difficulties. An NPC tribe is eliminated once all their dens are destroyed, they stop spawning more and they would gradually die out like current Home nichelings. I imagine once this happens, the perception bar disappears and any survivors would turn into regular wanderers. (you can see I had this idea on my mind for a long time lol)

I mainly meant section of the water within one island (like how one island might have both grasslands and swamps)

Idea that I'm not sure if someone suggested: Underwater biomes! Like some areas of water could be coral reefs, some could be deep and barren, some could be kelp forests, ect! Plus more plants and creatures in each. It would add more motivation for players to evolve water genes (which I very rareley do. And when it happens it's just because the wanderer I let in happened to have water body)

January 26th (getting this done in the morning so I don't end up missing days again) Blue Crowned Pigeon (also known as the Victoria Crowned Pigeon or Western Crowned Pigeon) Nice colour and has silly hair Fun fact: Out of all the types of pigeon, these ones are the heaviest. On average they weigh almost 2.5 kilos.

Cool

I WOULD DIE FOR ROSETTES ON NICHELINGS

January 22nd- Beared Reedling The most spherical bird to ever grace this Earth

I just watched (A few hours ago) The Amazing Digital Circus It's good, but I definitely prefer Murder Drones

🎉The long awaited return!!!

Also I didn't post this here so why not Entered this into a contest on the forums

sitting on the couch eating an empanada

My soul and body are transcending (when I was writing transcending the suggestions at the top suggested transgender what-)

thinking i already replied to this thread but apparently not

I came here to make this same suggestion! I decided to do a mock-up of how a gray fur gene and its combinations would look, they're not SUPER different than the fur colors we have already but I included the current Black + White nicheling color to show the difference. All of these are somewhere between the current Black + (Color) and White + (Color) variations. I think adding a mid-tone gray fur would be helpful to add some variety to the colors we already have, even if it's subtle!

Ahhh, this is really exciting! It would be great to see Niche reach new platforms - and the mobile mockups look so cute already! ;o; Here's hoping it succeeds, I would love to see what you guys come up with!

My brain can't handle the fact that now a male is pregnant and another one just gave birth.

So what you're saying is: Also uh thanks for linking my suggestion