Jump to content
Stray Fawn Community

Trying the FLIES challenge


Speedyscout

Recommended Posts

ATTEMPT 1

Here are our starters. We got pretty lucky with Toxic Body on the male. Their names are Nonota (male) and Nanata (female).

969086212_ATTEMPT1(1).thumb.jpg.2374621f820b28d2287f80bb91761574.jpg

They immediately breed and Nanata makes a nest. You can see their son, Noduk, to Nanata's right. They found a good spot with two berry bushes to make their nest and have their children.

332821844_ATTEMPT1(4).thumb.jpg.efcb8525ba735436ab0cb45ec8aec9d8.jpg

Three days of breeding later, they have three more sons and still no daughters. Vannuta is the beige one, Kuno is the orange-spotted one, and Nudonkir is the purple one. Noduk and Vannuta discover a healing plant a bit inland! Nonota and Nanata are on their last day, and their next child will be the last.

1179129836_ATTEMPT1(12).thumb.jpg.727e571b9eda86dcab5528aa998737c5.jpg

Nanata and Nonota pass away, leaving behind their last child, a duckbill named Nudok. All their children are boys and they need to find a female wanderer fast to pass on their genes. On the upside, Vannuta found a permanant nest.

842156054_ATTEMPT1(15).thumb.jpg.4e514774e3da00cfe52ee388bc4fae4e.jpg

They keep moving inland. Noduk found a tree stump and Nannuta is now sitting on it, calling out in hopes of finding a female...

215326499_ATTEMPT1(18).thumb.jpg.d2a1e384457a6062e311ea41ae692c1c.jpg

Success! Meet Komimi. She has different immunity and is currently only a teen, which means if we're lucky she can have 5 children in total!

1296269643_ATTEMPT1(19).thumb.jpg.adfac43334d3e334b0d559adfa5e1de0.jpg

Noduk, Vannuta and Nudonkir killed a Rabbil, but Noduk is on his last day and sadly passes away. A bearyena is lurking in the grasses...

1070651770_ATTEMPT1(22).thumb.jpg.a47458dad25a113600cc08e66713874b.jpg

Komimi has her first child, Lenmi, who you can see to the left of Nudok, her father, in the below picture. Kuno passes away, but Komimi has his child, a female green toxic-body called Lalen (to her left in the photo).

1898400297_ATTEMPT1(27).thumb.jpg.e04eac3bd6e3b05eb4dc8372fcc580d5.jpg

Now Nudonkir passes away, but Komimi has his child too, a boy named Kukukir. He can be seen beside his siblings in the below photo. Nudok passes away, being the final child of the founding pair, and just before she too passes, Komimi has his second child, a grey girl named Tala.

563826589_ATTEMPT1(31).thumb.jpg.845d6903e10b3e739ec7affe50b58249.jpg

The next day, Komimi passes, leaving only her four children behind...

1992491312_ATTEMPT1(32).thumb.jpg.cfd1197ed75105c7c14e3418958581b5.jpg

(To be continued)

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

ATTEMPT 1 continued

Despite being half-siblings, Lalen and Kukukir have compatible immunities and breed to have Kolaana, a bright orange female with toxic body, who is between her parents in the below picture. Tala calls from a tree stump and a female wanderer named Sielre is found (next to Lenmi).

1266165831_ATTEMPT1(35).thumb.jpg.84a83a5bf3bf35a3e5ba67fa66609b8c.jpg

Sielre becomes an adult and Kukir (Lalen and Kukukir's second child, purple) is born, but a Bearyena ambushes Sielre and Lenmi!

1565588079_ATTEMPT1(37).thumb.jpg.c13019c80567fe75cf14f9e47525ad0d.jpg

Lenmi and Lalen, both on their second-last or last days, fight the Bearyena. It kills Lenmi and then vanishes into the grasses, leaving Lalen unscathed. The rest of the tribe flees as a Bluebird appears overhead.

2111651401_ATTEMPT1(41).thumb.jpg.348718013a3dece0fd29df748766b460.jpg

Lalen spends her last turn trying to distract the Bearyena, passing the next day. Sielre and Tala are impregnated (rather willingly, tbh) by a Rogue Male, and Sielre has her rogue child, Laelme, who is to Sielre's right in the photo below. Tala can't make a nest to have her child. (The rogue is next to Tala in the photo below.)

1369530273_ATTEMPT1(43).thumb.jpg.e19a75d278512eed7c6269726b62ec15.jpg

Kukukir passes, Lurkir (child of Sielre and Kukir) is born, and a Bearyena ambushes Sielre and her two children.

143495903_ATTEMPT1(46).thumb.jpg.999cbbcc33d740e6154ef9c682e45f2c.jpg

They flee. I pretend Nichelings can totally carry babies and use MoveOccupant to get Lurkir to Sielre and away from the Bearyena. (I know, I know, but let's pretend she is carrying Lurkir ok?) Tala passes from old age before she can have her rogue child and the Bearyena somehow finds a back way through the grass and catches up. However Lurkir is a teen now, so they can escape more easily. The Bearyena was already hurt and Sielre, on her last day, kills it.

1103595867_ATTEMPT1(50).thumb.jpg.621029685c2df870b83fcd3ef1fc461a.jpg

Sielre passes the next day. A wanderer is in the nearby grasses, but so is ANOTHER Bearyena, so everyone runs in the other direction.

2122978628_ATTEMPT1(52).thumb.jpg.b90da21413fd64052c036ce3e6b199f5.jpg

While Lurkir, Laelme and Kolaana flee, Kukir, on his second-last day, stays to attack the Bearyena, which dies the next day from age and its wounds. Unfortunately, Kolaana also passes the same day as the Bearyena. Kukir collects the Bearyena's meat (I nearly wrote "meet", oof).

166562643_ATTEMPT1(55).thumb.jpg.ea5640e336cb95b72ccc991450dac012.jpg

WELL, GREAT, another Bearyena attacks our last two Nichelings a bluebird pitches up overhead. Obviously, Laelme and Lurkir run.

1065084798_ATTEMPT1(57).thumb.jpg.df4c9f5017176a56368c8d557e4d8e00.jpg

Because they're compatible (although I think they're half-siblings?) Laelme and Lurkir breed. Their child is Kirlurvan, seen in the nest below.

1429068378_ATTEMPT1(59).thumb.jpg.90f9b888d821c522742c7cada2405396.jpg

A male wanderer, Prilurpri, is found. Before passing, Laelme has her and Lurkir's last child, a male called Dukduk. He's in the nest below. Now we have only males, which is Bad. At this point I think there are literally two bluebirds overhead.

769541862_ATTEMPT1(62).thumb.jpg.b00bb5397565fd1de1564978e46163bc.jpg

Lurkir passes away; his two children and Prilurpri carry on, finding a tree-trunk. Kirlurvan calls out from it and they find Simi, a wanderer female. She and Dukduk breed and have Reta, a female, seen in the nest below. (Also this is photo 69-)

293878222_ATTEMPT1(69).thumb.jpg.856e8c73520d367fa7f4a463fa83931d.jpg

Prilurpri passes when he picks toxic berries to give us enough food for a day, breeding before Simi just before he does; she has his child, a male called Lurdon, who is standing on bones below. The yellow female is a wanderer who we didn't invite and who died the next day. We now have no food.

141873605_ATTEMPT1(73).thumb.jpg.f33eefbf7d4c833fed986c5d6cfc8ab1.jpg

Everyone takes damage from starvation; Kirlurvan, Dukduk and Simi all pass, Simi having a last child before she does. Lurdon, Reta, and the yellow male in the nest are the only survivors and all have considerable starvation damage.

136732057_ATTEMPT1(74).thumb.jpg.9089726f651ce20a6ff2aa2faf8325e9.jpg

Due to me forgetting Bluebirds Exist, yellow-male got snatched up by one so now we only have Reta and Lurdon. We still have no food...

759780061_ATTEMPT1(75).thumb.jpg.6507b12fdaf1f9ee61ba81ab06ffed19.jpg

Aaaand they starve the next day. Attempt 1: we got to 10 generations before failing. We did much better then I thought we would, but... not success. Yet.

2027803138_ATTEMPT1(77).thumb.jpg.781516350f53365dee6bccca707c2ffa.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Speedyscout changed the title to Trying the FLIES challenge

ATTEMPT 2

This lasted long!

Meet our starters, Dunku (male) and Lafifen (female). There's already a Bearyena in the nearby bushes it seems. Also, neither starter can collect food except for Lafifen with her beak.

1944344362_ATTEMPT2(3).thumb.jpg.d24fcf64011acee71aa646a00509fcbe.jpg

They have their first child, Ronudon. He's the brown teenage Nicheling. Their second child, Tamire, is born as a Bearyena ambushes them. I forgot to give my starters different immunities, so she loses 1 day to sickness before I change it.

1947299602_ATTEMPT2(8).thumb.jpg.ad5ecfe94c4b80ce496dc2f76287ff50.jpg

Fleeing from the bearyena, they have no food and missed one day of having offspring, so they'll only get 4 total if they're lucky. Lafifen makes her nest while Tamire (having underwater breathing) tries to find food. At least Ronudon is a decent fisher...

1078905879_ATTEMPT2(12).thumb.jpg.ef54044d58cfa40494172c76f117c541.jpg

But he doesn't get to fish in time. Lafifen gives birth to her final child, whose name I forgot, and dies from starvation; Tamire also takes damage. Dunku is on his last day.

1188541148_ATTEMPT2(13).thumb.jpg.603d6f7b2bf058dce4ed206a7b8ef4a3.jpg

Soon, both Dunku and Tamire pass, one from age and the other from sickness and starvation. This leaves two males as our only survivors, and Ronudon is getting old.

1350355449_ATTEMPT2(15).thumb.jpg.75e50cf539c3007cd55d2f3add17b339.jpg

After travelling across the bay for a few days, Ronudon passes. The nameless male is literally incapable of getting food; his only hope is a wanderer.

1858584166_ATTEMPT2(19).thumb.jpg.4a69865f6b5d5ee4f5757baeb4713556.jpg

He has no luck and dies from starvation two days later, making Attempt 2 a dismal fail at only 2(?) generations. By now you may be able to tell that the first line of this post was sarcasm. Well let's see if we can do better next time...

1605718100_ATTEMPT2(22).thumb.jpg.caf41b0c7c660caf23c6b257c7c89f2d.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

ATTEMPT 3

Our founders are Mera (female) and Rodunkir (male). They spawn right in by a tree stump, how lucky! And Mera has one bat wing, really cool.

249538960_ATTEMPT3(3).thumb.jpg.591f5cfcf1859d7efae3a769174490da.jpg

They immediately build a nest and have their first child, a male named Nuduk (Mera's left). They then have their next child, Rako, a female (in nest). Also, the bones are a wanderer's, don't be concerned.

153545071_ATTEMPT3(8).thumb.jpg.2ce48aaa0bd630d53d4e469c64331443.jpg

They have their child and fourth children. Donprinu (teen with one wing) and Donnu (baby duckbill), both males. Mera and Rodunkir are on their last day, and will have one more child before passing.

1859809195_ATTEMPT3(14).thumb.jpg.4c8ce9b513620349c57c4ccf85d38e3e.jpg

They pass away, leaving behind Reana, a double-winged female. The Tribe is very low on food at this point, having only one berry bush in the area and no other food source.

1606673604_ATTEMPT3(16).thumb.jpg.0874f424c2c4518525eaac1194a43c4c.jpg

Nuduk and someone else (Donprinu?) both drown themselves because they only have 2 and 1 days left respectively, due to low food. A wanderer male is found but we can't invite him as we have no food. Rako then also dies, the only survivors are now Reana and Donnu.

910389365_ATTEMPT3(21).thumb.jpg.ab9a4a41ddd12ef546a74017a83fcf7c.jpg

In this picture our two survivors traveled inland and found a wanderer female, but with no food, cannot invite her. Reana gets impregnated by a rogue male.

1786397966_ATTEMPT3(23).thumb.jpg.eba5b2e22d3fc519a43e9ab68ca2d5c3.jpg

Donnu dies, and Reana, without enough nesting material to make a nest and have her child, also passes, making this attempt another failure, at, again, only a few generations.

1952365507_ATTEMPT3(26).thumb.jpg.61886937af0dbf3458168efa8615bfc5.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

ATTEMPT 4

Our starters (Turudok, male and Lenfenre, female) have already had their first child, a boy named Nonolur. They spawned on this island, rather unlucky, and no food is in sight - although they can only really fish anyhow.

588345736_ATTEMPT4(4).thumb.jpg.29cd532c49054d5e0c4f7f26292689b5.jpg

Their next two children are born. Lenanasi is the teenage female, Lurnodon the baby male. Turudok keeps the tribe fairly well-fed with his platypus beak.

1440219689_ATTEMPT4(8).thumb.jpg.5fbf1a912cd795cc26ed3838d756a2bc.jpg

The founders have their fourth child, the teenage male Dukdonvan, before passing away. However, they leave behind a last child, the female baby Anakore. Meanwhile, the rest of her siblings cross the water to the mainland.

1485430141_ATTEMPT4(13).thumb.jpg.0c44928fcabf26fb1241bf3a5d991df8.jpg

The tribe finds a good spot with a berry bush and some permanent nests. Anakore and Dukdonvan are compatible and breed; Anakore prepares for her child. Meanwhile Nonolur, the eldest, is on his last day.

1546211351_ATTEMPT4(17).thumb.jpg.8bb2dcc1c7a38d860eaf9895602af6c3.jpg

Nonolur passes away and Taduk, the child of Anakore and Dukdonvan, is born.

1904221972_ATTEMPT4(18).thumb.jpg.840a714ee58b32024f82846423031735.jpg

The tribe is low on food and disaster strikes as Anakore has her second child; Dukdonvan, Lenanasi and Lurnodon all pass away from starvation and a Bearyena is in the nearby grasses.

2053905875_ATTEMPT4(22).thumb.jpg.077f1e1069b0c3bec1a1df25b322f632.jpg

Anakore hunts a rabbil to try and feed her two children before passing. Taduk and his sister find a wanderer of the same age as them, but can't invite her as they have no food.

696506501_ATTEMPT4(24).thumb.jpg.173c25201210aa0dfe0e6c07a3ac7e26.jpg

They carry on along the seashore. Taduk catches fish for his sister, but doing so put him in the path of a coconut and he is killed by it the next turn, leaving her as the last survivor.

1587024074_ATTEMPT4(26).thumb.jpg.2bf723fa7812d148fc6602ab62e1e4dd.jpg

She dies from a mix of age and starvation shortly after, and Attempt 4 is ALSO a failure.

696172479_ATTEMPT4(28).thumb.jpg.4c54a1039525f820400322cb4ef4cf33.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

ATTEMPT 5

This looks promising... toxic body, a big berry bush, and a leech... well. Maybe not the leech. Anyway, our starters are Kuno, the male, and Lareru, the female.

1552884417_ATTEMPT5(3).thumb.jpg.5253d30742163a5ca74fec4710c2b0e4.jpg

Our first two children are born in a permanant nest behind the berries. Both are purr-snouts! I didn't even notice that Lareru had it recessive. Their names are Donlur, the teenage male, and Isana, the baby female.

1702539665_ATTEMPT5(8).thumb.jpg.fd6ab446f72c72a9b619baaed8bcd392.jpg

The third and fourth children are born: Elisme is the purple-spotted female and Lamera is the pink-tan female. A bit low on food, some of the others try to hunt. Kuno and Lareru are on their last day.

513068465_ATTEMPT5(12).thumb.jpg.06512946c8f6cb21ce109a6fb0ad9800.jpg

Things take a turn for the worse as our founders pass; baby Reku is born, but a Bearyena attacks, although it doesn't yet hurt anyone.

1015320337_ATTEMPT5(13).thumb.jpg.95d25dc314c30dbcb6ead9eaa893b274.jpg

Donlur and Elisme are compatible, although Donlur only has about 2 days to death. Elisme gives birth to Nulur, their child. The Bearyena is hidden in the grasses, waiting to strike...

546803740_ATTEMPT5(18).thumb.jpg.db843f05e8b9b0a76677601bd9bf78b1.jpg

Things get even worse; an Insect Swarm spawns in the swamp and both Donlur and Isana pass. Lamera is now the last purr-snout and she's getting old so we aren't doing great.

1821352519_ATTEMPT5(19).thumb.jpg.9a1b1c79b81329eeb42f4ad342811e19.jpg

Elisme gives birth again and- OH NO. Elisme and Lamera both die, and so does Nulur, I guess he starved (I don't think the Bearyena hurts him);, the Insect Swarm is gaining on Reku, and the bearyena is back.

891222416_ATTEMPT5(21).thumb.jpg.ceea045061c48af7e00e74e74918cea6.jpg

Soon Reku dies; Blue Boy (idk his name) flees, pursued by the insects.

198217664_ATTEMPT5(25).thumb.jpg.e0eb256bbc433832c211b608793c9332.jpg

He gets only a little further before he dies from starvation. According to the "Win Condition" thing, we have 5 generations? but I think we only had 3 technically, idk... Either way though, a dismal failure again. This one really went downhill.

1099845924_ATTEMPT5(28).thumb.jpg.6d776b1e8687955499422795d83a72c2.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

If anyone is interested:
Everything except Attempt 1 lasted about 10-11 minutes real time and probably like... 8?? days?? Attempt 1 lasted 30 minutes and about 20-25 days.

Next time I do this (after a break, maybe tomorrow) I'm going to kick out anyone who's not compatible I think, if that makes sense... food is the main problem, Bearyenas too though. It's going to be a while before I go again I think, so if anyone wants to please suggest a starting island in the replies. If an island is already suggested by someone please just give it the "haha", ❤️, or trophy/"thanks" reaction and whichever has the most reactions will win. Alright, logging off for now bye

  • Paw up 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I would try summer mountains, home island, oasis or crossing. Summer mountains has some deadly creatures but no bearyenas and I think the spawn rates may be less for dangerous creatures. Also I don't think the bluebird exists there but correct me if wrong. Home island may be a good bet so long as you can collect enough food with all adam's family around, but there will be no shortage of wanderers and as I remember it few predators. I don't know much about oasis but it is at the top of hard islands which may mean it is easier. Crossing is a small island but there won't be much space for predators to spawn out of, and I played it for like 10 turns and no bearyenas or birds spawned. All these islands are in either "hard" or "challenging" but may be easier to survive in.

  • Paw up 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 hours ago, Chiyanna said:

I would try summer mountains, home island, oasis or crossing. Summer mountains has some deadly creatures but no bearyenas and I think the spawn rates may be less for dangerous creatures. Also I don't think the bluebird exists there but correct me if wrong. Home island may be a good bet so long as you can collect enough food with all adam's family around, but there will be no shortage of wanderers and as I remember it few predators. I don't know much about oasis but it is at the top of hard islands which may mean it is easier. Crossing is a small island but there won't be much space for predators to spawn out of, and I played it for like 10 turns and no bearyenas or birds spawned. All these islands are in either "hard" or "challenging" but may be easier to survive in.

Thank you for the suggestions!! ❤️ I'm going to try Summer Mountains first I think, I've been wanting to try a mountains biome for this challenge :)

  • Eek! 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

ATTEMPTS 6, 7, and 8

Did all of these yesterday but didn't post them yet. I also did Attempt 8 yesterday and that's going to be posted seperately. Well, here they are. Starting with attempt 6, which I tried to do on Whale Island. Here are our founders, Fianura (female) and Vannonu (male); they've already two children, Kirduk (further away) and Dukvanno (closer). Dukvanno is blind.

291033304_ATTEMPT6(4).thumb.jpg.c9c8b3a9c166e9eca934f3dcdef34a65.jpg

They banish Dukvanno because he's blind and I'm trying out a new playstyle where I banish whenever I can so as not to lose food. They also have another child, Rodonta (which cracks me up because I think of rodents. I promise it was randomized), who you can see in a clear patch of grass.

47976538_ATTEMPT6(8).thumb.jpg.a734fa7398ed0796df22caaeac104c5d.jpg

There's a lack of food, in this next photo everyone except the now-adult Rodonta is dead from starvation except for his blind baby brother.

1613872671_ATTEMPT6(11).thumb.jpg.1d82cc6f1e0ff63c6b31995e0520d5c8.jpg

Stupidly, I made Rodonta go back and fetch his brother instead of carrying on and looking for food. And that's the end of Attempt 6.

1822350587_ATTEMPT6(13).thumb.jpg.47c372971210b887b57ac3bb0e37d9e7.jpg

Now onto Attempt 7. Here our our starters, Nolo (male) and Fiare (female). This one's on Grass Mingle again, I think.

633661883_ATTEMPT7(1).thumb.jpg.2c2289c6e09a3542a0d4faf2177aa650.jpg

They build a nest and have their first three children; Kirnota is the orange adult, Kunu is the orange teen, and Nudon is the cream/tan baby. They're all males.

1548218851_ATTEMPT7(7).thumb.jpg.7fb3583b3935ed49b943d6a55081c976.jpg

They have another child, a daughter called Analen, and then this happens.

861298024_ATTEMPT7(11).thumb.jpg.2bbac053eb61a0bb254854138daa9ea5.jpg

Nolo, on his last day, tries to hold off the bearyena. Fiare gives birth to their last child, Ista, before passing. The five remaining Nichelings flee.

2086482111_ATTEMPT7(13).thumb.jpg.123c7616f30e4ef2b14b7916e8d7981e.jpg

Several days later, they've crossed the bay and Kirnota is on his last day, but breeds with Ista, who is compatible.

833753599_ATTEMPT7(19).thumb.jpg.7603304f269885b4412e3e90056c64c7.jpg

Kirnota passes, but Ista moves inland to give birth to their child, Prikirta. Kunu also passes away from old age on the same day Prikirta is born.

855465887_ATTEMPT7(22).thumb.jpg.0888fd6b1655567089737c8885c9be55.jpg

Nudon also passes and then - OH NO, I forgot about those gosh-darn insects. Analen is also on her last day and passes away when she picks from the cactus to supply the others with food; Ista and Prikirta prepare to run.

110608266_ATTEMPT7(27).thumb.jpg.7e60fe82d4e7cad29544066536aed9f8.jpg

As Ista is on her last day, Prikirta grows into an adult... and a bearyena is seen in the grasses. Ista passes away and Prikirta runs. He travels until he's on his second-last day, when he finds a permanant nest and a tree stump... right next to an insect-spawning pool...

1807263776_ATTEMPT7(34).thumb.jpg.f458880e17ea37846905b40f75254ed8.jpg

TWO insect swarms spawn. Prikirta calls from the trunk and finds Reanalen, a wanderer female. He invites her to the tribe and breeds, on his last day. Reanalen isn't young either but she runs from the spot, pregnant with his child; she can't use the nest due to the insects.

260495652_ATTEMPT7(36).thumb.jpg.6fe3dd5204c4de121148f39f28962ed7.jpg

Then she decides to use it anyway. The insects haven't moved, and are swarming a peaceful bear. She's on her last day but she gives birth before passing...

798620610_ATTEMPT7(40).thumb.jpg.dfdfe0d99d44c222cea8fbcd4cfc29f7.jpg

As you may be able to guess, a lone child with no food and pursued by insects doesn't last long. This is the last photo before we went extinct.

438781998_ATTEMPT7(42).thumb.jpg.d7a386cd89e58d6cbb6d97d6e9b7d83f.jpg

Onto Attempt 8...

Just so you know, for the entirety of this attempt I didn't take family tree screenshots for some reason so IDK any names? Because of this all Nichelings will be referred to by color or a distinctive trait. These our our starters, Mud (male) and Beige (female). We're on Grass Mingle again.

1453186348_ATTEMPT8(1).thumb.jpg.9c7324fa423f825dc126f9498471c7a1.jpg

Mud and Beige only just had their first child, Gold, when a bearyena with a cub attacks!

1709390336_ATTEMPT8(3).thumb.jpg.679efd11ccea0f9a80373616b6ac98c4.jpg

They have another child, Silver, before the bearyena catches up again. Mud tries to hold it off while Beige, Gold and Silver flee, abandoning the nest. Beige is pregnant with Mud's last child.

153818636_ATTEMPT8(7).thumb.jpg.b4662e69915c824c766a0451e325cfce.jpg

Mud is killed. I try to get it to attack Gold (Silver has better genes and is younger, and Beige is pregnant) but it goes after Silver instead and badly injures him. He manages to kill it after that, however. The baby Bearyena is given food to try and tame it while the others try and flee to find Beige a nest.

243725372_ATTEMPT8(12).thumb.jpg.fa4a7b4ed2b01db6128045b450a1b5ad.jpg

A lack of nesting material and permanant nests will be MY DOWNFALL. Beige dies before she can give birth while the two brothers, one badly injured, try to flee.

1237910443_ATTEMPT8(15).thumb.jpg.f6c3b22a56eb4a48404f8bd5d6c5ce8c.jpg

We are seemingly lucky and find an albino female wanderer, Ivory. Silver and Ivory breed, before both Silver and Gold pass.

860332019_ATTEMPT8(19).thumb.jpg.f596bee31183a94017ae0d47d34ec50b.jpg

And yet again, nesting material (or lack thereof) kills us... Ivory dies from old age before she can have her child and Attempt 8 has also failed.

Edited by Speedyscout
Added attempt 8 into this post!
  • Sad 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

ATTEMPTS 9 and 10
Started this yesterday but finished it this morning. Meet our starters, Korois (blue female) and Tavanku (duckbilled male). I thought their spawn was very lucky due to having a tree stump and healing fruit (you'll soon see that this is not actually the case). Korois gives birth to their first child, a daughter called Elta.

1036665469_ATTEMPT9(6).thumb.jpg.06b805748bad19923c20483dfa1c2e53.jpg

"Why is this spawn not lucky then?" some of you may ask. The answer is, there's no food. ANYWHERE. About 2 days later, Tavanku dies from starvation while Korois has 3 more children; Isko, the green one, and two twins whose names I do not know.

935489687_ATTEMPT9(11).thumb.jpg.ca31d0d7e71d76451633d0087dea4fab.jpg

Basically everyone has starvation damage at this point, with the possible exception of the twins. Korois dies, followed soon by Elta. We still have no food.

452678866_ATTEMPT9(15).thumb.jpg.c606e5b56b867cce6966cddb870a74c6.jpg

Isko breeds with one of the twins (the brown one, I think?) before all of them die from starvation, leaving only a small baby and a bluebird overhead. This is looking really good, huh? (*sarcasm*)

600227358_ATTEMPT9(17).thumb.jpg.08c0cd124ad63fe4739b346dabd8fec8.jpg

Again from starvation, this little one dies, and we have failed yet again. Yaaay.

840426416_ATTEMPT9(21).thumb.jpg.0c05e557da26cddbf5353209654f1037.jpg

Okay onto attempt 10. "Let's do summer mountains," I said. "It'll be easy!" I said.

Meet our unlucky and totally heat-lacking starters, Toro (male) and Fiana (female).

303597608_ATTEMPT10(2).thumb.jpg.2b6226e439b7ff51e6e679d5e2fad428.jpg

Moving along the shore, they have their first child, Prino. He is also their last child because they both get too cold to do anything and freeze and now they're stuck there. So, Prino is setting off at this point on his own. He finds a healing plant.

1788697037_ATTEMPT10(10).thumb.jpg.8c88ba3804eed47c611aea211abc5c44.jpg

His parents both die, he eats the healing plant before he needs it, freezes, and we are yet again dead. Maybe Attempt 11 will go better? Maybe??

1056885575_ATTEMPT10(14).thumb.jpg.0a802602d73a3c3b1a371383b047d1fd.jpg

ATTEMPT 8 (1).jpg

ATTEMPT 8 (3).jpg

ATTEMPT 8 (7).jpg

ATTEMPT 8 (12).jpg

ATTEMPT 8 (15).jpg

ATTEMPT 8 (19).jpg

  • Sad 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Summer Mountains spawns pretty much every predator in existence, not great.

As for a good island... Home Island does have food and the residents will die out quickly with these settings, downside being that you have to waste turns calling on stumps to get new blood

  • Paw up 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

ATTEMPT 11

Now, we've started on Crossing. These are our starting pair, Lako (female) and Lurduk (male). They both have decent gathering and Lako has nutcracking, along with Lurduk having fishing and feeding from the bottom... some very lucky genes. Also Lako has Big Body and recessive Heat Body. Would've been nice in Attempt 10, huh? But this challenge is like 85% luck, 10% not making mistakes and 5% skill, and the 'luck' part didn't like Attempt 10.

354471460_ATTEMPT11(2).thumb.jpg.b91e24ae2d6cd60a9fc74c13ef8a8944.jpg

We build a nest and then I regret it when we find a permanent nest immediately after, but oh well. Lako has her first two children, Lami (older female) and Noro (younger male). Lurduk gathers berries near the oak tree above.

2058558743_ATTEMPT11(9).thumb.jpg.3f513efd1429bd00f49f31558ce11b95.jpg

Lako moves into the permanent nest, which she can gather nuts from. She has her next two children, Pridon (older male) and Prinu (younger male); both are duckbills. Lami and Noro, despite being siblings, are compatible, so they breed and Lami moves into the old non-permanent nest. Lako and Lurduk are both on their last day.

640014523_ATTEMPT11(16).thumb.jpg.2584057e943a80bde63cef5503c1d8e6.jpg

Lako gives birth to identical twins Kuku and Nota before passing; Lami gives birth to Kirvan, a pretty cracker-jawed male.

178505602_ATTEMPT11(17).thumb.jpg.05cb6e15048822c4b3eaa6b39b3443f8.jpg

Lami and Noro breed again; Noro is on his last day. Lami moves into the permanent nest, where she gives birth to Noro's last child, Ellen, on the same day (or night I guess) that Noro passes.

776242170_ATTEMPT11(22).thumb.jpg.98309372fb2b19a6483464da60355901.jpg

Either Kuku or Nota passes away from starvation. Lami and Prinu are also compatible, and breed. Lami gives birth to two of his children - an older, duckbilled female called Mekoana, and a younger gilled male called Kukir - before both Lami and Prinu pass away.

1219586718_ATTEMPT11(26).thumb.jpg.ff242329dd40711d84601fa87600aa87.jpg

The remaining twin (either Kuku or Nota) passes away. Ellen and Kukir are compatible; several days later, they breed and Meel, a bright red female, is born. The next day Kirvan also passes away, but Ellen gives birth to non-identical twins, Donpri (male) and Tatalen (female).

1213973959_ATTEMPT11(39).thumb.jpg.fbc25af108573d44a592e13dd2489ea7.jpg

Ellen breeds and gives birth one more time, to another bright red female called Ralael, before she passes away. Mekoana passes away the next day, and Kukir has one more day to live. Donpri and Meel are compatible and breed; Meel gives birth to twins Lurku (left) and Nukirkir (right) the same day as Kukir dies.

1746890318_ATTEMPT11(46).thumb.jpg.18f41d2623c3dbeba6ade072ec00d9be.jpg

Breeding again with Donpri, Meel gives birth to Rasi (teen pink female), and the next day has twins again; Rame (pink baby) and Lael (red baby). Meel is on her last day and breeds again with Donpri. Relael and Nukirkir are compatible and breed, getting ready to have their child the next day. In this photo, Meel is the one in the top nest and Relael is in the bottom nest.

1304570029_ATTEMPT11(56).thumb.jpg.ed065148f764682f5ed9e1541d70c1a4.jpg

The next day, Anaanami (red duckbill female baby), Meel's last child, is born, and Meel passes away. Relael gives birth to her and Nukirkir's first child, Taprikir (red gilled male baby). Both Donpri and Tatalen are on their last day.

1535515156_ATTEMPT11(58).thumb.jpg.8585069fd20b06824a89ff4fbff4bc6d.jpg

Donpri and Tatalen pass. Rasi(?) sees a wanderer stealing berries and kills him in cold blood; those are the bones behind her (top). Nobody seems to care. Meel gives birth to two more children - Isana (pink gilled teen) and Isko (pink gilled baby), both female - before passing.

468050214_ATTEMPT11(66).thumb.jpg.a830842d310ceeb25dafc23d186a44a8.jpg

Nukirkir and Lurku pass away. Isana and Taprikir are compatible and breed; I gave them mutations for moss brown fur and recently-unlocked nimble fingers. Isana gives birth to Nudukta, a reddish-browned gilled male. Isko is also compatible with Taprikir, but is one day younger than Isana so doesn't yet have children.

1901510142_ATTEMPT11(72).thumb.jpg.afc0402e50c6339dc6c58b58fb32f59a.jpg

Isko gives birth to Elisko (lovely name) and Isana to her second child, Mere; both daughters, they're the red-brown teenagers, and Nudukta is the red-brown adult. Rasi and Lael pass away. Isana gives birth to Tako, a pink gilled daughter, and Isko gives birth to Kola, a red gilled daughter.918982320_ATTEMPT11(78).thumb.jpg.605ab5a220e45c03661b353b5deac7ca.jpg

Taprikir passes away. Isana and Isko have their last children with him; Isana has Tais (red-brown female teen) and Isko has Rono (red-brown male teen). Isana passes, and Isko is on her last day. Nudukta is compatible with both Elisko and Kola, and they breed with him and go into the nests. Elisko is one day older and gives birth to Anasi first (red-brown female baby).

205275724_ATTEMPT11(88).thumb.jpg.59290e774aa416e8f21ee4f858b78837.jpg

Isko passes away. Elisko gives birth to Ramera (moss brown female teen) and Kola to Dukvanlur (red male teen). The next day they breed again. Elisko has a moss brown female called Kotara and Kola has twins; Kutavan (red-brown male) and Elis (moss brown female).

1095273255_ATTEMPT11(93).thumb.jpg.c4673498897b144f95ac28d2dd511c73.jpg

Nudukta passes away. Elisko gives birth to Anais (moss brown female) and Kola has twins AGAIN; Ropriduk (moss brown male) and Reanalen (red female).

939511447_ATTEMPT11(98).thumb.jpg.2aa1ce61a07ed6f8a989ec517b1f2b0b.jpg

Mere, Tako, Elisko, and Kola all pass. Dukvanlur breeds with Kotara and Kutavan with Anasi; Anasi gives birth to Talurvan (top-left nest) and Kotara to Talurnu (top-ish right nest). Rono and Tais (I think it's them-) are the ones on the sandbar/island, they're both about to die so I won't mention them again I don't think. (It got a bit confusing with all the similar-looking Nichelings)

267822225_ATTEMPT11(105).thumb.jpg.e3747031c7f8e22855596c3244a3dd61.jpg

Anasi gives birth again to Melako, a red-brown derp-snout female, and Kotara has Mitaana, a red-brown female. Anasi has another daughter, a moss-brown derp snout called Memeis, before passing, and Kotara has a moss-brown cracker-jawed* son called Nuno. (*Oh yeah, I mutated Cracker Jaw into the two breeding pairs)

1658116723_ATTEMPT11(115).thumb.jpg.07080f4a4e517f56a874ab3835f43daa.jpg

(Taking a break, I'll continue this in another post or something later. I've looked through 115 photos so far trying to figure out whats going on so I'm a bit tired lol)

  • Like 1
  • Eek! 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

ATTEMPT 11 continued...

Kotara gives birth to Nuduk (red-brown adult male with cracker jaw), and the next day she, Elis, and Kutavan all pass away. Anais is compatible with Nuno, and gives birth to Kirkirro (moss brown male in nest) just before passing away; Ropriduk and Kola pass away on the same day as Anais does. Nuduk and Memeis are compatible and breed, although Memeis hasn't yet given birth.

1018862580_ATTEMPT11(123).thumb.jpg.e654b7a1852fa547b91d35f55e694309.jpg

A bearyena is lurking in the grasses. Talurnu, Talurvan, and Melako (being older, non-breeding, and nearby) go to deal with it. It kills Talurnu. Meanwhile, Memeis gives birth to Vandon (a red-brown cracker jaw male). The next day, Talurvan and Melako both die, either from the bearyena or old age. Memeis has another child, a derp-snout female with surprisingly pretty stripes.

1579854251_ATTEMPT11(131).thumb.jpg.7a371b3e131ca83720c9a4efde327f6f.jpg

Memeis gives birth again, this time to identical twins Kirnu and Tanuno. Both are red-brown cracker-jawed males. Nuno and Memeis both pass away the next day, Memeis leaving behind Komesi, a pretty red-brown gilled daughter. Anasi becomes an adult and breeds with Vandon, her brother, who she is compatible with.

1439007714_ATTEMPT11(143).thumb.jpg.de005978a147679ace8f76f8d93bb740.jpg

The next day Nuduk passes away and Anasi gives birth to her baby, a red-brown cracker jaw called Nodonvan, and...

243440949_ATTEMPT11(146).thumb.jpg.6c6704ed95fd0f39b9fbb018cead5a2d.jpg

According to Win Conditions we reached 20 generations!!! Yes!! Now I'm not sure if we technically reached 20 generations, but idk what exactly defines a generation in Niche compared to in the challenge's rules, so I'll say we won. :) Literally every Nicheling here was selectively inbred, mostly with literal siblings, yet nobody was sick because I only used those with differing immunities! :D I still have the save so I might play on it more and see how far I can go. Here's Nodonvan's family tree "profile" thing, if anyone is interested.

522477446_ATTEMPT11(148).thumb.jpg.ecfa19fa4127303d5985cca35affc7cb.jpg

So what I learned here is that Crossing is a good island but not as important as luck. I mean most attempts we die of starvation. Here? We have over 200 food by the end.

Anyway I'm probably going to do this challenge again, even though I won, because it's pretty fun!

  • Eek! 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

This is specifically for @Chiyanna but also anyone else interested: my Flies challenge starter genes. :) It's almost same for both of them except they have different immunities.

Originally I had the second fertility randomized too so it was a minimum of 3, and had the eyes totally random, but there are no rules against having them be good so I changed them.

20210613081939_1.thumb.jpg.62dd229a35bfed47a878017599807ff4.jpg

Although now that I think about it, I should probably make the melanism and albinism random too. But there they are.

  • Paw up 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...