The Community Challenge

[Chiyanna]

21 hours ago, Modiano said:

Moaraara wasn't abandoned, tbh Makiia was the one who raised Kuku if I remember correctly

AH Ok, I wasn't sure cause she was no-where near either of them when I got the savefile and nobody told me this that I know of. In my turn Kuku and Moaraara were both nearby Retare and I had her watch over them and raise and protect them both. So maybe Makiia had to leave and told her sister to look after her kid like she had looked after Retare's? Anyways, here's the savefile:

Slot2.nichesave

It should be their second day on what I believe is the Summer Mountains if this is the correct save. It is the end of the second day and from what I remember everyone has already done all their moves.

I believe it is @Mothpool's turn.

Make sure to refer to my above post:

21 hours ago, Chiyanna said:

I am done with my turn! Will post screenshots and save file when I can. Putting down some challenges/reminders for next person with savefile before I forget.

Kuku took some unfortunate damage from a bearyena (which he then obliterated) shortly before we left. He is low on health and as such you should breed him and his mate as much as possible and try and find a healing plant for him. Also maybe try and sheild him in case a predator attack if possible. That being said, he won't be easy to protect as he likes to hunt and will try and protect those he cares about. Only his mate and his adoptive brother Moaroara may be able to talk him out of it. Though he is smart and will likely try and have other strong members help him, he probably won't try and fight predators on his own. Is also respected by most everyone.

I have used gems to mark family lines and breeding pairs. If a nicheling has one or 2 gems that arent green its simply their family line marked. If a nicheling has 3 colored gems then the other nicheling with those colors is their mate. 

Eli likes to hunt and fight. She also likes to explore. She's often impulsive and headstrong. Her mate Garnet is good at fighting and has a tender heart. He's protective but also wise. He doesn't go looking for trouble but will sacrifice himself for the sake of the group. Garnet is able to convince his mate not to do something stupid sometimes, amd she may also listen to Kuku since he is strong. Also, these two should breed soon to prevent one of them dying without passing on their genes because I think their personalities make them prone to it. 

Quinn Jr. doesn't like the barren rocks of the mountain at all. But he ventures out of the grass from time to time to dig roots. Was first coaxed out by Kuku.

Kappa is Kuku's mate and she loves him dearly. She fears he is weakened by the bearyena encounter and will soon die. She is eager to have children. She also has a great love for water and hangs out near the shore alot.

Moaroara is the explorer. He knows alot and his speed and knowledge. are appreciated. He doesn't mind the boring task of gathering berries or putting his life on the line to protect the tribe from predators. The only child of Makiia, abandoned by his mother, he was adopted by Retare and shares a brotherly bond with his adoptive brother Kuku. He has no mate at the moment, but is certainly not opposed if he finds the right female.

Raella is the fishy miracle child that was "picked up" to be brought to the other side of the island. Moaroara is the one who picked her up and as such he practically raised her. So she views him as her father and sticks closely to him. He loves her like his adoptive mother loved him. She isn't very close to Eli, though she has seen her before when she was a baby and their mother was alive.

Chie was raised by her sister Yukiko. She is sad her sister didn't want to come to another island, (Yukiko loves the swamp where she was raised and didn't want to leave). Chie is a bit clingy to Kuku atm cause he is the one who took the poor child hunting. She is tentative and a bit shy. She isn't very good at hunting but still wants to succeed in it because of her heritage.

Rufus and Swan are in love and care about eachother. They are a mating pair expecting their first child. Swan dove right into the icy water to find food, (she didn't like water early in her life but has developed the love of it swimming near the port with her father, Bear). Rufus doesn't like water, especially cold water, but will do anything for Swan so he dove right in after her. Swan and Rufus are quite practical and focus on gathering food. They are the only tribe members who enjoy berry-gathering. Rufus is also the official bug-eater now that Yukiko is gone and will come help his tribemates should any bugs need eating. They will defend eachother and will also come help and defend Kappa if neccesary. Kappa and her sister are quite close.

So we can continue to weave a story that makes sense! It's alot of text I know...you don't have to if you don't have time. For easy reference you must do at least 5 days, and the most you can do is 25. Have fun and good luck!

[Chiyanna]

Also may or may not upload screenshots from the rest of my turn. I will probably only upload the most important ones, or just mass-upload them with no commentary/explanation whatsoever

[Chiyanna]

The following are screenshots from before I left the island:

[Chiyanna]

The above screenshots are mainly of the rogue male who impregnated a couple of the females and tried to get Eli, (who wasn't having it), and Halkrath (who tried to retaliate but couldn't due to having no strength) before finally being killed off by an angry and protective Garnet.

[Chiyanna]

Milenta leaves her sister Yukiko's side for what is probably the first time in her life. She is deciding to go onto the next island, carrying with her their mother's genes. Bear meets a bear, the peaceful bear to be exact. Kappa and Swan hang out by the shore.

Swan dives into the water once more after learning the love of it. She heads toward the port, only to find a bunny curled up amoung some omninous bones. It's actually kinda cute, lol

Day 109 is rainy. This family down here will not be sending any members onto the next island. (name) proudly hunts us down some more food. She knows her friend Kuku is leaving and wants them to have as much food as possible in their new home.

Kuku comes closer as Kali tries to hunt a rabbit. She was pretty sure she wanted to leave for the next island with the group, but now is having second thoughts. It doesn't appear there will be room for her anyways.

Rian meets the wanderer Meko, whom we invited into the tribe mostly out of pity and in hopes that she could gather some food for us before we leave. They fall in love and pick stinky fruits together.

(I forgot his name too...) picks some more berries for us, he's always been responsible that way.

Pridukkir hunts a rabbil, his favorite thing to do. Meanwhile, Halkrath sits atop a feast of her own.

IDK how all these got turned around...why are there screensots from day 91 in the middle of day 109?? huh

[Chiyanna]

Oh whatever, don't have time for those anyways. I'm going to skip them if you all don't mind.

Fishy baby Raella is an orphan with her father having died of a bearyena and her mother of old age and prior damage RIP Pridukkir and Memella. You guys gave me the green light so I used commands to move her next to Moaroara whenever he moved to simulate carrying.

Yukiko picks some berries before heading towards a nest....I think that's what this was trying to show anyways

Ah, love and fruit-picking continue. ALso think they're tryna catch a razorana

Rufus collects some insects that were threatening the group. He's only done this a few times before in his life, and he's still learning! Kappa is checking out the port.

Garnet sits atop the rabbit borrow, seeing the port in the distance. I think he had ust completed a hunt but don't know for sure.

Grizzly spends some time in the water with his dad, carefl not to get too deep. You can see he was marked as alpha, that's because I thought iI might bring him, but there wasn't room. I guess his father decided he wanted to keep one of his children close by while the other two left for unfamiliar lands.

Kappa spies a bearyena off to the side. I had forgotten this dude existed, but here he was, ready to ruin my plans of leaving for the next island with my creatures at full (or close to full) health!

[Chiyanna]

The Final Moments On Our Old Island

Kuku leaped forward with bravery being the strongest nicheling, indeed the only nicheling with moves left. He did this to protect his soon-to-be mate Kappa and to prevent the weaker Rufus from getting hurt. The result:

The bearyena hit him hard overnight, but the next morning he finished it off in three swipes of his mighty claw. I was upset with myself at this strategic blunder that would limit his usefullness and lifespan on the next island. I seriously comtemplated leaving him behind, bringing instead Bear or Kali who had taken next to no damage; but his genes were too good, and besides, Kappa would be heartbroken. He would have to find a healing plant on the next island, or else he would have far less time than his counterparts.

Donta'pri is blissfully unaware of Kuku's plight. In fact, other than his elder sister mysteriously dissapearing, he has no awareness of any nichelings preparing to leave the island. He tries his hand at bunny hunting, furious at the little creatures stealing his berries, which his bparents then blame him for! He runs out of moves before being able to do more than chase the bunny down, however.

I kick myself again as I realize I could have left this turn if I had let someone else finish the bearyena off. This last minute surprise has cost Kuku half his lifespan, and me time.

Quinn Jr. is the one I choose to bring out of him, Kali, and Bear. I forget why, exactly. I should've probably brought Kali, but maybe I'll be reminded looking at his family tree...

His genes are pretty good actually, recessive megalocerous horns, big nose, and heat body. Plus he has digger paw. His immunities may have also played a role. For some reason I thought he was the only child of Quinn going, but Rufus is a child of him and Than-guann as well. (He's not named yet in this picture). Anyways, I can't know without comparing him and Kali's genes, (though I miss her already ) so let's continue.

AH her name is Lenlen, (how could I forget?). She is seen here performing her last hunt before we leave the island. I forget if she was successful or not.

I skip the day, and see a bearyena spawn over by this family. With their combined strength being low, I doubt they will be able to defeat him. I decide to leave this island with their fate unknown, because I fear it will be a bad one. Also I decide not to gather all the possible food from the island out of respect for those left behind since we're already bringing with us 583 food which they will now not be able to eat. ALso I'm just impatient tbh.

I did save the island before I left if anyone is interested in continuing to play it (you'd have to delete those on the ports on your own, didn't have time to do that).

Eli, who first discovered the port and has always been fascinated by it and the call of adventure (plus the bones, she likes death....), leads the way onto the stepping stones. The group of little explorers prepare themselves for what is to come. And then the traveling begins.

[Chiyanna]

I checked her family tree screenshot and Kali does have recessive hemophilia and dominant lean body so she wasn't as fit for the frost lands. She was probably left for that reason and it would be cool if someone played the old island to see her story and the story of all the other left-behind nichelings unfold

[Chiyanna]

Arrival at the new island

We have arrived at our new home. Everyone made it, (these ports were easy to make sure everyone was on them with their grey coloring). At first, only the cold temperature seems unfamiliar as the nichelings gaze at the shore. Just a beach and green grass.

Eli takes the first step onto the island. She finds a berry bush, essential, but not that exciting. She has a drive to explore more.

Kuku is second off. He notes the berry bush as important.

Unsure what will come next, him and Kappa breed and prepare for a child. Kappa is overly-eager and builds a nest right away. Eli continues to explore, but smells nothing other than the berry bush, and doesn't hear anything exciting either.

Swan dives into the icy water, digging up worms from the bottom. She digs up two patches of them, quite proud of herself.

Moaraara sets off to explore this place. He knows it is essential for the tribe to know what food sources and danger lie inland. What he sees, however, is shocking. Plain stone with no grass on it lies just beyond the tribe's current domain. He notes this with unease. Could berries even grow in stone? How do you hide from predators and gather nesting material with no grass?

As Moaraara continues to explore, Rufus turns to the responsible and dilligent task of berry-picking. Raella follows her adoptive dad into the bleak stone area.

Chie is unnerved by the stone, but also curious as to what lies beyond it. So she ventures out.

Edited June 25, 2021 by Chiyanna
took out the last screenshot, it belongs in the next day's post(s)

[Chiyanna]

Strange, but some things don't change

Realising that she would be pregnant for some time before being able to have her first child, a nervous Kappa turned toward a familiar comfort: the water.

Kappa heads to the water nearby her nest. She doesn't like the water's temperature, but figures she'll get used to it eventually. At least contributing to the tribe's food supply gives her something to do.

Swan digs up more worms from the sediment, gladly swimming around in the icey water.  Why the cold doesn't seem to bother her I honestly don't know, since water-body isn't particulairly helpful in the cold, but don't question it it's story. On land she would probably get cold easily, especially if snowing, however. Anyways, Rufus finally gets in the ice-cold water himself, dispite not liking water or the cold.

It is quite the romantic scene as the two munch on worms and talk about their future. Then they mate.

Continuing on, Eli, Raella, Garnet, and Roaraara have created a sort of exploring group. They're exploring the edge of the grass where it meets the stone, hoping to find something useful. They find some clover which Raella tries to munch on, only to find it is completely gross and not at all nutritious, much like grass. Thus it appears useless. Eli wants to explore further into the stone because it fascinates her, but Moaraara and her mate Garnet convince her to come help them explore the grasses since it seems apparent they will be of more use. Plus they should all stick together in case of a bearyena attack (pretty sure there are none of those here, but the group doesn't know that).

Then they smell something...dangerous? Garnet remembers hearing a story about these things once before his parents died. He remembers they're dangerous if you crack them open. But Moaraara smells a scent like the familiar food of insects inside, and though he knows those are dangerous too, he knows how to make a meal out of them without too much trouble. He makes a mental note to call Rufus up there as soon as possible.

Kuku convinces Quinn Jr. to come out into the stone to search for roots. He himself smells a rabbil, and then it is off to the races! Away he goes, hunting that rabbil.

Chie goes to help him, remembering her family's prowess as hunters. Perhaps his grey coat and demeaner also remind her of Yukiko. But chasing down the rabbil they find something else, it is perculiair and new, and the heat coming from it seems attractive given the temperature is much lower than they're used to. But they're on a mission to hunt down the rabbil, they'll be back to check this out more later.

Moaraara and Garnet prepare to crack open the strange insect-burrow.

 

And that is the end of my turn! I don't remember whether I used Eli's last move or not, may have had her go get Rufus to eat the termites. So keep that in mind if she is moved further to the south than she is in the last screenshots. I hope all of this will help @Mothpool (or whoever goes next) on their turn in some way, shape or form.

[Modiano Urania]

First Snow has a mild weather for the first few days, that's why Swan wasn't getting cold despite having no cold resistance

[Chiyanna]

4 hours ago, Modiano said:

First Snow has a mild weather for the first few days, that's why Swan wasn't getting cold despite having no cold resistance

(I know that nobody was actually cold to the point of loosing action points lol, I meant story-wise they're all a bit colder than normal and the water is coldest since I'm imagining it more like the atlantic ocean when they're used to an ocean like the pacific. Thanks for telling me that about the island though! I thought it was Summer Mountains but glad to know it's an easier island (I think?))

[Speedyscout]

3 hours ago, Chiyanna said:

(I know that nobody was actually cold to the point of loosing action points lol, I meant story-wise they're all a bit colder than normal and the water is coldest since I'm imagining it more like the atlantic ocean when they're used to an ocean like the pacific. Thanks for telling me that about the island though! I thought it was Summer Mountains but glad to know it's an easier island (I think?))

I know from Those Who Remain that summer mountains is a much more even mix of grassland and mountain biomes. About 55% grassland actually. If it's just grass around the coast it's probably first snow.

[Chiyanna]

22 minutes ago, Speedyscout said:

I know from Those Who Remain that summer mountains is a much more even mix of grassland and mountain biomes. About 55% grassland actually. If it's just grass around the coast it's probably first snow.

Ah, I see. Good to know lol. I'm not too well versed on niche islands. Which do you think is harder?

[Speedyscout]

11 hours ago, Chiyanna said:

Ah, I see. Good to know lol. I'm not too well versed on niche islands. Which do you think is harder?

Hmm. Summer mountains is technically harder but maybe about equal? It doesn't snow on Summer Mountains but I think there is more food on First Snow. I'm not exactly sure. 

However, some tips for first snow; if you can mutate, get digging paw as soon as possible and look for icebergs to get digging trunk, roots are a good source of food. Rabbils are also a good source of food so try and get some strong nichelings with claw and horns. Always stay together if possible, there should always be at least three nichelings in a group because I think that prevents them from getting cold. I'm not an expert myself but hopefully that will help.

[Chiyanna]

14 hours ago, Speedyscout said:

Hmm. Summer mountains is technically harder but maybe about equal? It doesn't snow on Summer Mountains but I think there is more food on First Snow. I'm not exactly sure. 

However, some tips for first snow; if you can mutate, get digging paw as soon as possible and look for icebergs to get digging trunk, roots are a good source of food. Rabbils are also a good source of food so try and get some strong nichelings with claw and horns. Always stay together if possible, there should always be at least three nichelings in a group because I think that prevents them from getting cold. I'm not an expert myself but hopefully that will help.

(Thanks for the tips! We already have nichelings with digging paw and some pretty strong genes. Plus a tradition of hunters and fighters. Which is why I thought a frost lands would be a good island to head to at this point in the playthrough. But it's certainly alot more difficult than the place we were before, so it will be a challenge! Good to know some of the major differences between the two islands.)

[SafiraCoyfolf]

Who's turn was next?

'cause I think there is one more person before it's my turn

 

[Modiano Urania]

2 minutes ago, SafiraCoyfolf said:

Who's turn was next?

'cause I think there is one more person before it's my turn

 

It's Mothpool's turn

[SafiraCoyfolf]

Since Mothpool doesn't seem to be here, I vote we skip their turn : /

[Chiyanna]

@Mothpool have you played on the save at all? If so, how many turns?

[Chiyanna]

39 minutes ago, SafiraCoyfolf said:

Since Mothpool doesn't seem to be here, I vote we skip their turn : /

 

Just now, Chiyanna said:

@Mothpool have you played on the save at all? If so, how many turns?

If they don't respond within a day I agree

[SafiraCoyfolf]

Ight, well . . . it's been a day so . . .

Slot2.nichesave

 

Things started out alright. Collecting/hunting food, clearing grass, misclicking the grass and breeding with a bearyena, Kuku breaking Chutora out of the ice, finding two wanderers (Dusty and Smith), breeding for some babies, getting the shit kicked outta everyone by two balance bears (on different sides of the island) and a bearyena . . .

Kuku, Kappa, and Garnet died protecting their friends and family. Eli is heartbroken that she had to run and leave her mate behind ‘cause she was pregnant. She will revenge. She is being helped by her eldest son, Akame, and by Raella. 
(Poor Bellatrix, who this bear is chasing after)

Kappa and Kuku’s eldest son took quite a beating to help Smith protect his younger twin brothers and Smith and Chie’s babies. 

Moaroara is watching over his and his mate’s (Dusty’s [rip]) baby as well as Eli’s after she took off to fight the balance bear.

Chie and Quinn jr, are looking after the trouble twins, Shiro and Ben, and Bon, now that their parents are dead. 

Bon is quite independent and likes to do his own thing. However, he loves his family and knows firsthand how fast a life can be ripped from you. He will not stray too far without good reason. (Try and get Bon over to where Swan is, there is a healing fruit there)

Quinn jr also found a beautiful bean named Tess while she was snagging some berries (she is blind)

There is a rogue male in the hot spring by Minny. Minny is also frozen.

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In all the chaos, I accidentally went over 25 turns . . . oops . . .

 

[SafiraCoyfolf]

Also, I won't be here for about two weeks (I'll be at the lake and there's no internet up there).

So if my turn comes up, just go to the next person

[Modiano Urania]

I'll do my turn soon

[Modiano Urania]

I think I'll have to skip my turn this time, @Chiyanna