mhiahia

oh your style is absolutely gorgeous! i love how much character they have, their expressions are so cool! and they way you use shapes is really nice too, it looks so dynamic. and don't get me started on the colouring - really, really well-done. also LOVE the way you draw the different genes. The third nicheling is suuuuuuper cute, i love her(?) not sure, but i don't see a mane? whole vibe. are they just completely random, or are they from playthroughs of yours?

The aim of this challenge is to reach home island whilst keeping home island immunity. At least one of the nichelings arriving on home island must have an ancestry completely devoid of inbreeding. Basically your nicheling's family tree must be a straight line down from Adam right to your nicheling. It is advised that you use a family tree in order to track your nicheling's ancestry. If you wanna do it online, I can recommend FamilyEcho on browser, or MyFamilyTree as a downloadable program. The rules are simple: 1. Play in Story Mode. 2. Return to home island with a tribe containing at least one nicheling whose lineage does not contain any inbreeding. (Optional: For increased difficulty, this nicheling must also carry home island immunity). 3. Your tribe must always keep Home Island Immunity. Optional goals: 1. Unlock all genes. 2. After reaching home island, try to survive as long as possible. Note that inbreeding isn't completely forbidden. You can, if you want to, keep a second branch of the family where inbreeding is allowed. There's pros and cons to this - inbreeding allows for better control of your nichelings genome, and you will always have "support" nichelings that you can use for fighting, protecting, etc. The downside is that you will need to keep real good track of who is related to who. Because once inbreeding has happened, all nichelings descended from the inbred nicheling are considered inbred for all of time. You will never be able to return that lineage to a non-inbred state. I've done a test run in sandbox mode to see if a no-inbreeding run is even possible, and the test tribe is still going strong after ten generations, so I think with some luck/good planning it is doable! Here you can see the family tree of an inbreeding-free individual (made with FamilyEcho): And that of a partially inbred individual from the same save (note the duplicates - very helpful bc only inbred individuals have those in their family trees):

I miss this so much. What a time...

I don't mind it at all! Its nice seeing that people like my little playthrough. I was considering Draedith as well. I'll probably pick her!

During the night Frakivi and Zeeerzur pass away. A new leader must be chosen - who will it be?

Frakivi has given birth to a son named Arrah. When Zeeerzur comes to congratulate her, he gently plays with the newborn.

To everyone's shock, Ithlurlee passes away during the night. Eluthna grieves her mate, and Babhelrin is distraught over the loss of her father. Dradeiith doesn't speak much the whole day, and when she sees Obtu and Nifra standing close together, purring, she gets upset.

Frakivi announces that she is pregnant once again. The tribe is surprised, as she and Ithlurlee seem to have been distant since Nifra's birth.

Obtu sits next to Nifra and begins purring. Niva isn't used to being this close to someone else, has the tribe has stayed away from her due to her sickness since she can remember. When night falls she moves away from Obtu, hoping he won't get sick.

Ithlurlee and Dradeiith have been talking a lot, and Dradeiith's belly appears to be growing.

Babhelrin meets a stranger named Obtu. She invites him into the tribe when he tells her that he is a healer. His random mutation is tiny pattern.

Eluthna and Babhelrin go hunting together, while Ithlurlee and Dradeiith reminisce about their old tribe together. Frakivi and Zeerzur picks berries.

Zeeerzur and Eluthna's daughter is named Babhelrin. Her random mutation is huge pattern. Ithlurlee and Frakivi's daughter Nifra is worrisome. She's been born sick. (Her random mutation is black fur) It breaks Frakivi's heart, but she orders the tribe to stay away from her newborn cub.

But for now, it is time to settle in.

The tribe finds themselves on a small, much warmer island. The port that they will use to travel on is the middle one...