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I'm not entirely convinced by it, I never am about this sort of thing. How exactly is the mother's diet supposed to affect the baby's sex? While it seems like stuff and nonsense, I think having a special food would work much better than a gene, which could become problematic if too many of your nichelings end up with it. Perhaps it could work like the healing plant, only it would be harder to come across. It would only have an affect on a pregnant nicheling, like the healing plant only has an effect on injured nichelings, and would give a boost towards the baby being one gender. It would only affect the female for one pregnancy, and the fruit would take a while to grow back. I'm still not really into the idea of having a way to influence a babies gender, which really should just be pot luck. Niche isa game all about genetics, and while some of the genes might not be realistic, I still think the basic genetics and inheritance and that should be kept as realistic as possible. I would definitely prefer to see a special food than a new gene though, at least that would be based on something. Even if it is a whole load of rubbish, at least there's a possibility there, and I mean we can have the purr snout with its magical healing abilities so I guess that's equally as unrealistic

But they don't actively seek out a fight. They may utilize their quills in an offensive manner when being attacked, but they are doing so to protect themselves, which therefore makes it a defense mechanism

UUnicorns might not be real, but there are some animals with single horns on their head. A prehistoric genus of rhino, Elasmotherium, had a horn on its forehead. There are also a few artiodactyls, especially goats, that have been seen with horn or antler mutations that resemble the unicorns horn. While the mutations may not be standard in any extant species, they do show that it is more than possible for animals to have single horns or antlers on their forehead The first picture is a fossil of an Elasmotherium simum (the type species of the genus). The horn isn't there, but you can see a bump where it would have been just above the eye socket. The next pictures both show an animal with a mutated horn/antler. The first is a bull that was found in Brazil, the second is a young roe deer buck from Italy. You can also find a good few photos of goats with one horn on google

Asides from possibly being magical, I don't see anything unrealistic about it. As @heyitsgeorgie said, we already have the purr snout which can heal nicheings, so why not? I would only give it 1 strength though, theres no reason for it to be stronger than other horns or antlers, and if it's also going to have magical powers as well that's maybe a bit overpowered. I also wouldn't add attractiveness. While humans might think it's awesome because who doesn't love unicorns, it wouldn't really be any more attractive than other horns or antlers to nichelings

The entire camouflage thing is unrealistic. Chameleons are naturally well camouflaged, and actually use their ability to change colour for communicating with other chameleons. In real life, a chameleon is about as over powered as any other lizard when it comes to camouflage Having to wait another day to change colour again doesn't seem necessary, the fact that you'd need to use up a turn would be enough in my opinion

Just a small thing, but wouldn't it make more sense for the spiky body to add defense instead of strength? Animals that have quills or otherwise spiky bodies use their spikiness as a form of defense, not as a weapon Pictured below, from top to bottom, is a hedgehog, a porcupine, a thorny devil, a puffer fish and some sea urchins, all animals that use spikiness as a defense mechanism

I know there's already a suggestion for a chameleon body, but I would like to suggest a different way for it to be used There's a common misconception that chameleon's use their ability to change colour for camouflage - and they do, to a certain extent - but the most they'll do is tweak their natural colouration, which is already very good camouflage, to make it even better. Their colour change is actually used for communication. Males use bright, bold colours to intimidate other males and to attract females, while females use darker colours to let males know they aren't interested This chameleon body wouldn't over ride the colours and patterns determined by a nichelings genetics. Instead, it would give selected nichelings an option over them (like the purr snout) to change colour. Without changing colour, the nicheling would look how their genetics say they should. In terms of stats, they would gain the colour change ability. When males change colour they would display more vivid colours and patterns, which would gain them 1 attractiveness and 1 intimidation, but take away all camouflage. When females change colour they would turn black or dark brown with colourful spots. This would add 2 intimidation, and possibly take away some camouflage too. The intimidation ability would deter males from outside of the tribe, and prevent rogue males from mating with females using the ability. Persnally I prefer this idea. While the other gene sounds cool, it also seems overpowered compared to other genes. This option adds a second gene for attractiveness, which I would really like to see more genes for, and also adds a new way to deal with rogue males assides from attacking them or chasing them away Below are 2 pictures of chameleons using their colour changing ability. The first is a male and the second is a female Here's a link to the other chameleon body suggestion

I think this would be really useful. Most people abandon/deliberately drown or poison/kill in any other way possible sickly or unwanted nichelings anyways. Adding this to the game just means that the players doing this don't have to waste their time and resources waiting for these poor unwanted nichelings to die their slow deaths, knowing fine well that they will always be alone and that nobody wants them @LilytuftI swear the bluebirds only eat the babies I leave unattended by accident. Never the ones I leave out especially for them. Honestly they're so ungrateful, I offer them this lovely sacrifice to scran, but oh no, thats not good enough for them. They've got to wait for my beautiful, perfect in every way possible little baby to snatch away. The frustration is real @Lurkilywatership down is sooo much better than zootropilis, just saying

I actually prefer the first option. This could be a great way to make the cactus useful. It's always annoyed me that there isn't really any way you can use the cactus without having a certain amount of defense, which Im pretty sure can only be achieved by having the armour body which is only unlockable on snowy islands, the complete opposite of savannah islands. It just really really annoys me because cacti are an important food source for a lot of animals living in dry climates Also, not to be nitpicky or anything, but the pollen is actually the male part of the flowers sex cells. The stuff thats eaten by hummingbirds and the like is called nectar

I honestly don't see the problem with this. We're already able to kill other nichelings anyway (so basically murder), how much more "bad for our brains" can having the option to then eat the nicheling be? Cannibalism is very common in nature, and niche is all about nature and survival of the fittest and all that jazz after all @Goggles-kun male lions don't eat their own cubs, but they will eat the cubs of other males if given the chance @Lilytuft this doesn't really seem like the sort of game younger kids would play. I'm sure most if not all of the kids playing the game are old enough to deal with the more brutal side of life @DogCatCowPig even if it were added (which it probably won't be) couldn't you just not have you're nichelings eat other nichelings? It's not like its something you would have to do

Calico is an American term. In British English (proper English ) a tortoiseshell is a tortoiseshell, whether they have white spotting or not. We might call them tortie and white, but we don't have a seperate name for them No harm done, though I'm not quite sure how I was "digressing" by talking about sex-linkage in tortoiseshells, was that not what you were talking about?

Lol that's what I was saying. Cat colouration is determined by a number of genes, and yes, one of them is sex-linked. There is a mutation of an as of yet unidentified gene located on the X chromosome that messes with the production of eumelanin (black pigment). This causes the cat to produce pheomelanin (red pigment) only and causes the red or "ginger" fur colour. It also causes tortoiseshell (and calico if your American) colouration, which isn't a gene but rather a result of a cat with one wild type allele (o) and one mutated allele (O) Because it has a locus on the X chromosome, females are almost always the ones who are tortoiseshell. It is usually chimerism that causes tortie males, many people seem to be under the impression that most tortie males have an extra X chromosome Asides from this one sex-linked trait, cat colouration is determined by autosomal genes. I do know what I am talking about

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so I am confusion wHY CAN'T I REPLY I can't even edit it to send an actual reply what are you playing at strayfawnstudio.com??? Anyways what I was going to say was it doesn't make any sense to add a mutation for gender when gender has nothing to do with genes WWatch it not save this edit Never mind it's all good in the hood

Perhaps the orange golden eyes could be called orange, and the current orange eyes could be renamed to gold or something like that. I always thought they looked more of a gold colour than orange, so having some nice proper orange eyes would be pretty cool @Dingorok i agree that theyre pretty similar to the yellow eyes, they should be a bit more reddish in my opinion SSort of like this

Nope, it would have no effect whatsoever on the male;female ratio of offspring. There is always a 50/50 chance on the sex of the baby, as the male (or female in some animals) has equal amounts of sperm carrying the X chromosome and sperm carrying the Y chromosome The genetics behind cat colouration is far more complicated than just 1 colour gene. The mutation of the gene on the X chromosome simply determines if the cat is able to produce eumelanin (black pigment) or not Replacing the current autosomal colour genetics with a new sex-linked system seems a huge waste of time as it would add nothing to the game at all, and would take an aweful lot of work

Funny, I was thinking a gene for better sight would be quite cool the other day. We have the big nose for better smelling and the big ears for better hearing, so why not have better eyesight? Maybe they could be called big eyes instead, and it could make the eyes bigger than they are in normal sighted nichelings? This way they would match the big ears and the big nose, and it would be possible to tell if a nicheling has the gene simply by looking at them. Plus big eyes always make animals look cuter I don't think they should be auto unlocked though, that would make it too easy to get. I also think that the home island thing should be kept for the round ears only. Perhaps to unlock them you would have to have a certain amount of nichelings with big ears and a certain amount of nichelings with big nose. Maybe 25? Or 50, at least for the big nose, seeing as it's easy to unlock and its fairly dominant

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Ok, so I understand that the short snout is meant to be the "standard" snout, but I personally have quite a few problems with this. First off, this allele isn't nearly common enough in the game to be considered standard. I've played this game for quite some time now, and I haven't come across a single nicheling with the short snout. Even if they made it so that either Adam or Eve was guaranteed to have it, then it could pass off as a standard allele that players should try to replace with other, more useful traits. As it stands though, the short snout might as well not be in the game Another thing that bugs me about the short snout is that there is absolutely no benefit to it whatsoever. It gives 2 smelling, and that's it. Even the derp snout is more useful, seeing as it also gives 1 distasteful appearance (even though realistically speaking, it shouldn't, but I'll try not to nitpick too much). This, to me, seems pretty stupid. The derp snout, being deformed and rather ugly, is supposed to be the most undesirable snout type, yet even it has more use to a nicheling than the short snout Finally, I would like to point out that there is no such thing as a "standard trait" in animals. If a certain adaptation is so prominent that people consider it standard, then there must be something about it that makes it so successful. The short snout has no advantages. It is a very basic snout that allows nichelings to eat, breath and smell, and there is no reason for it to be "standard" among nichelings when there are so many other, more useful snouts So now that I've done ranting, I'll get to the point of this post. I'd like to suggest that some sort of benefit be added to the short snout. Personally, I think added cold resistance would work best. Often animals living in colder climates have shorter/smaller extremities to limit heat loss, so a short muzzle would be perfect for a nicheling living in a snowy environment related post:

I agree with @heyitsgeorgie it seems pretty overpowered. Chameleons only change their colour when they need to, so perhaps instead of the body automatically changing colour to match the biome and staying like that all the time there could be an option over the nicheling (like with the purr snout) to blend into surroundings. This would mean that the nicheling wouldn't have perfect camouflage all the time, which seems a bit much, but would be able to camouflage when necessary I also don't think the added heat resistance makes any sense, why would the chameleon body add any to this ability?

I would make them point upwards, seeing as that's generally how people picture crabs holding their claws. Plus, it looks a wee bit silly having them just sort of dangling down like that

I'm not very good at introducing posts lol. Anyways here's another idea The coconut claws would be based off of coconut crab pincers. Like in the crab, the size of the pincers would be different on one side from the other. If the gene affects the right paw the claw will be larger and add 2 cracking and 2 strength, but if the gene affects the left paw the claw will be smaller and add 1 cracking, 1 strength and 1 collecting To unlock the coconut claws, you would need to attack crabbits a certain amount of times. I was thinking 50? Let me know what you think Also, I was thinking it could be changed so that coconuts requires at least 2 or 3 cracking for your nicheling to collect them. It seems a bit silly that it doesn't take any more cracking ability to crack open a coconut than it does to crack open an acorn Heres a picture for reference

Ooft, really? Whenever I've played in the swamp biome and I've had a nicheling standing in a puddle I've never noticed this, is it only in the jungle biome? I've not played in any jungle islands yet, my computers a right pain in the ass and won't handle anything beyond the easy islands for more than about 15 days

Whilst playing the game I've noticed a problem with the sex-linked blood clotting gene. The gene has a locus on the sex chromosome which is equivalent to the X chromosome in humans. Female nichelings have two of these chromosomes, while males only have one Realistically, the male would inherit his X chromosome (I'm just gonna call it that for simplicity) from his mother, and his Y chromosome from his father. This means that any X-linked genes would be inherited from his mother only, yet in the game I will often notice a female homozygous for normal blood clotting give birth to a male with the hemophilia allele and vice versa. Females with two normal blood clotting alleles should only be able to produce males with normal blood clotting, and likewise females with two alleles for hemophilia should only be able to produce males with hemophilia, regardless of the father's allele This is only a small thing that bugs me, but I would personally like to see it fixed More changes to existing genes:

Many animals wallow in mud to discourage pests. They also do this to cool down and for camouflage If a nicheling is standing in a puddle, it will have an option to wallow in the mud. The nicheling will then be covered in mud for 1-3 days, which would add bug repellent and one camouflage when in the swamp biome to stats. The bug repellent stat would stop bug swarms from infecting the nicheling with sleeping sickness while it is covered in mud