[derp snout causes respiratory problems]

I have an issue with the derp snout not having any real debuffs other than not looking very appealing. It's supposed to be an undesirable gene, but it's stats are alright. It gives +2 smelling and +1 distasteful appearance. The distasteful appearance doesn't even make much sense, why would a predator care if it's prey has a deformity or not? 

Anyway, I was thinking that facial deformities are sometimes associated with respiratory problems. Even flat-faced pet breeds like pugs and Persian cats often have breathing difficulties

Basically, nichelings with the derp snout would have a small chance of being born with respiratory issues. It would be a permanent thing, so if a nicheling was born with it there would be no way of getting rid of it, but it wouldn't be contagious like sickness. An icon would show up above the nicheling's portrait in the same place where things like 'pregnant' or 'sick' show up. It would half the nicheling's speed, swimming and flight stats, unless it only has 1 in which case it would have no affect

I get that some people probably dont want this added cause it's a bad thing, but I'd like to see the derp snout have some sort of negative side affect

[Monkey tail]

1 hour ago, AMEcco said:

I like the idea but killing an ape to unlock the gene is a bit too much.

Would attacking an ape a certain amount of times be better? I haven't really played in any rainforest islands so I don't really know what they're like

[horn size genes]

9 hours ago, Fishyfishyfishy500 said:

maybe the larger horn sizes would remove some movement?

I did actually think about it taking away -1 stealth, I completely forgot about it when typing the post tho. I'll add it in 

[New Gene: Giraffe Head - Immunity to Cactus Damage]

I think this is a great idea, but I'd rather see a camel head than a giraffe head. It wouldn't be too different as they're closely related. I just think it would make a bit more sense seeing as camels live in desert climates and are therefore more associated with cacti than giraffes. I would also like to see the ossicones (the little horn type things) added as their own gene, and I don't think that would happen if they were already added as an ornamental feature on another gene

 

[Cactus Jaw/ Camel head/ Dehydration Jaw]

I would like to see a camel head in the game, but I think it would be better as a way for nichelings to get food from cacti without taking damage. Adding it as a source of water doesn't make any sense, because as @Jojo said we don't have a need for nichelings to drink

[reindeer antlers]

4 minutes ago, Mxpleleaf said:

I do understand that, but we already have multiple antler genes and i dont understand the need for another pair of antlers with the same attack.

Multiple antlers implies we have a lot but theres only 2 different ones and they have their own separate stats. And as I said, they would just be for a different appearance. Not every new gene has to come with its own unique feature

[reindeer antlers]

1 hour ago, Mxpleleaf said:

you know antlers already exist?

Yeah I do. I mentioned them? Neither of the antlers we have in game are reindeer antlers

[horn size genes]

This would add a new gene slot with two or three genes. The first gene would be small horns, which would leave the horns/antlers the way they are now. The second gene would be big horns, which would change the appearance and stats of the horns/antlers. The stats would be +1 attractiveness (we need more genes which add attractiveness), +1 strength and -1 stealth (this would be for all horns/antlers except the ossicones, theyd still be too small to have much of an affect on stealth probably). The horns/antlers would be made bigger, and the ossicones (if they're added) could get a third ossicone as well. A gene for deformed horns could also be added, which could either affect the appearance only or could take away the strength given by the actual horn gene

TThe pictures below are for, from top to bottom, the regular antlers, reindeer antlers, savannah horns, buffalo horns, polycerate horns and ossicones. The antlers and the savannah horns are both already in game or will be added in the next update, the rest are all suggestions I have made

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[ossicones]

They would add +1 strength and would be unlocked by attacking 50 times and spending 30 days in a hot climate. Females could have tufts on them, like in the last picture. The colour would be determined by the same gene that determines the colour of a male's mane. Males wouldn't have the tufts because they tend to wear away from necking, which is basically the giraffe equivalent of deer rutting

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[reindeer antlers]

They would add +1 strength and would be unlocked the same way as the regular antlers. They would purely be for having a different option for appearance 

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[polycerate horns]

They would add +2 strength and would be unlocked by having 50 nichelings with ram horns

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[buffalo horns]

They would give +1 strength like all the other horns and antlers and would be unlocked by attacking 50 times and spending 30 days on a swamp island

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[Gods or best?]

19 hours ago, Snowystar32 said:

Science articles an stuff.

I figured. Have you got an actual specific source or?

[Gods or best?]

On Friday, March 01, 2019 at 5:56 AM, Snowystar32 said:

Animals have shown signs of having basic religions so this would be cool

Really? Where did you hear this?

[Siren Head Fixed]

The call being used for communication instead of as a lure for prey makes a lot more sense. And things underwater can have a scent, it's just that we (along with most other mammals) aren't able to smell underwater. As far as I'm aware, star-nosed moles are the only known mammals with the ability to smell underwater

[Mutation Menu Tabs]

This would be useful, especially as more genes are added. Upvoted

[Deaf Gene]

On Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 5:47 PM, Duplodragon said:

I like this. It could also give a little boost to smelling and hearing like the Blind Eyes.

I take it you mean smelling and sight?  A boost to the other senses would be good

[shoebill]

6 hours ago, Fishyfishyfishy500 said:

I know that, it's called convergent evolution, but the specific bill you placed here is more avian, so it would probably be linked to wings in some way, at least in my opinion

I know what convergent evolution is. You were giving me the impression that you thought beaks were a feature unique to birds, my bad. And yes, this is an avian beak, but that doesn't mean something similar couldn't evolve in some other group of animals. The platypus has a bill similar to ducks, hence the name duck-billed platypus, and cephalopods have beaks very similar to parrots. And it's not like niche particularly cares if a gene seems out of place on nichelings, I mean not only have we got the beaks we've also got things like the scorpion tail and antennae

I still think that having 50 nichelings with wings as well as 50 with the cracker jaw is a bit much. As I said before, if you think a beak would look silly on a nicheling without wings then you don't have to give them a beak. Making it more difficult to unlock based on this opinion seems unfair when it's not really going to make much of a difference to your gameplay if you do unlock it

[give stinky tail cold resistance]

1 hour ago, Pokestardragacraft said:

I understand how this makes sense, but I think that if we were to get this then the medium tail should have +2 cold resistantance.

24 minutes ago, heyitsgeorgie said:

well the medium tail is very common and basic (like short snout, runner leg, medium body) so it doesn't really deserve anything special. there should definitely be a more specialised tail with +2 cold resistance though

I agree that +2 cold resistance is too much for the medium tail, it wouldn't make sense for it to have us much/more cold resistance than the stinky tail which is all big and fluffy. I actually made a suggestion a few days ago for a bobtail which would give +2 cold resistance as well

[parrot beak]

2 hours ago, RandomWanderer said:

Bird beak gives only one smell, though? I get that you may not believe me, but maybe double check the gene...

I'll take your word for it, I took the stats from the wiki. I thought it sounded a bit op but I just went with it. I'll change it

2 hours ago, RandomWanderer said:

Wait, this would have to disable the ears. How much hearing should they have? Or do you want the normal ones? They could suffer -hearing for their smelling, too. Would be interesting.

I was actually thinking it wouldn't affect the ears, seeing as neither of the beaks we already have in game do

[shoebill]

3 hours ago, Fishyfishyfishy500 said:

basically birds often use their bills to do things which other animals do with their limbs, tail, etc. for example, the toucan uses its bill to reach fruit and eggs on thin branches, while a monkey uses it's hands, I'm saying that while it would be useful, it would be odd for the average run of the mill nicheling to unlock a beak like that even though it, birds had wings for a long time in their evolutionary history, and their beaks/feet(in the case of parrots and raptors) serve to work around the limitations wings have versus say, arms

All birds have beaks, but so do/did a number of other non-avian animals. Monotremes (mammals), dicynodonts (therapsids, close relatives of mammals), testudines, ceratopsians, probably some other ornithischians too, and pterosaurs (reptiles), cephalopods (molluscs) and pufferfish and billfish (fish) all have beaks, even though none of them have wings. Apparently anuran tadpoles (amphibians) have beaks too. If you wouldn't want your nicheling to have a beak unless they have wings then thats cool, but needing both 50 nichelings with the fishing tail and 50 nichelings with wings seems a bit much. The same goes for the parrot beak

Here are some pictures of non-avian animals with beaks. They are, in order, a fossilized skull of Endothiodon angusticeps (a dicynodont), a hawksbill sea turtle (a testudine), a beak from a Humboldt squid (a cephalopod) and a fahaka pufferfish (you should be able to work this one out on your own)

[give stinky tail cold resistance]

I'd go with +1, seeing as it's main purpose is to smell bad. Cold resistance would be more of an extra thing

[shoebill]

And once again, if you think a beak would look 'funky' on a nicheling without wings then dont put it in your nichelings genetics, that's just your personal preference. The platypus couldn't care less that it doesnt have wings, so why should nichelings? Beaks might be a standard trait of birds, but they are not solely avian. 

40 minutes ago, Fishyfishyfishy500 said:

birds use theier bills to do what their now flight, swim or etc. adapted forelimbs and feet can't,

Could you reword that? I'm a little confused 

[parrot beak]

30 minutes ago, Fishyfishyfishy500 said:

sounds a bit op but makes sense, maybe cracker jaw AND wings so that we don't have funky looking parrot beaked nichelings with scorpion tails and claws

It's no more op than the bird beak we currently have in game, which gives 2 smell, 1 collecting and 2 digging. Wings as well would make it twice as complicated to unlock. If you don't want your nichelings to have it if they don't have wings, then you don't have to make them have it

[Bunny Tail And Ears]

This is a cool idea, but there are a few things I would change. I would base the ears off of something like the jackrabbit, who actually lives in a hot climate and has ears adapted for letting off heat, rather than a domestic bunny, who is adapted for a temperate climate which doesn't experience extreme heat or cold. I would also give it the same stats as the big ears. As @Veroni said, not every new part has to have better stats or new features

Lop ears would be a cute cosmetic trait, but would come with no benefits and would interfere with hearing. I wouldn't mind seeing it added in the game though. It could perhaps be added in a separate gene slot so it could affect all eat types (lop ears show up in dogs, cats and goats, maybe more, as well as rabbits). It could leave the nicheling with only 1 hearing, so it would be something you'd want to breed out of your tribe

I would also base the tails appearance on wild rabbits and deer, who have longer tails and more noticeable white markings on the underside of their tail and rump, instead of bunnies like the ones in @Veroni's pictures, which have pretty small tails