mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 As I suffered during exam season, specifically when I read my genetics textbook I kept thinking about how badly I would like to do a blind genetics playthrough of Niche. And now that my exams are finally over (since friday!!) I can finally do it! Time to try out the Whims of Fate for myself! Here are all the rules again, just in case someone needs a refresher (or, if I abandon this playthrough and return to it in a few weeks/months/year so future me can catch up): Blind Gene mode is on For each generation a tribe leader is picked and a number is rolled from 2-20. Throughout the tribe leader's life, that is the maximum number of nichelings allowed in the tribe. When the leader dies a new leader is picked and the tribe size is rerolled. If it is smaller than before, nichelings must be banished to reach the correct amount. Upon reaching a new island, a random number is rolled to determine which port the tribe may use is they wish to leave the island. No other ports may be used. Every Nicheling gets one mutation randomly assigned by this generator: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/214535915/ 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 I will roll a random number generator from 1-20 in order to determine which island will be our starting island. Aaaand it is (drumroll please)...19. So uuh let me go check this means Killer Islands, specifically Frost Lands. So that is uh. A start. Definitely one of the starting islands ever. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 Okay, here we are! It doesn't seem so bad- let's zoom out a bit That is one big island. Now, not to be pessimistic or anything but I will be rolling a random number generator in order to see which of the two available ports we can use to leave. I count clockwise and start with the port our nichelings arrived on, so the port to the left is number one and the one to the right is number two. Naturally the random number generator chose number two for us to take. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 Here are our two starters: Frakivi, whose random mutation is short snout: And Zeeerzur, whose random mutation is black pattern: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 Frakivi will be out first leader, with a tribe size of 15. I don't think we'll be able to reach that number this soon, but we'll see! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 First course of action is to get food, while also getting closer to this suspicious ice block! Frakivi jumps into the water so she can get some food using her snout. While she does this, a leech gets to her. Luckily we have Zeeerzur around to help her. The leeches are almost lining up for us! I'm glad about every piece of food we can get. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 While the leeches are a good food source, they are also distracting. Zeeerzur is already quite cold, which is not ideal for the journey we are about to undertake. Time for us to crack open that ice block! Our new addition to the tribe is Ithlurlee. His random mutation is brown horns. With him, the tribe is big enough so that everyone stays warm as night falls. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 We are progressing slowly, but getting a good amount of food. It is important that the tribe's food stores are well filled when the snow begins to fall. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 On day four it begins to snow. The tribe travels on, still gathering some food as they go. There is a long way left... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 The tribe is close to the port now. But with food gathering going the way it is now, they are unsure about whether they should already leave or not. And then a stranger appers! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 Eluthna joins the tribe! Her random mutation is green eyes. She gets along very well with Zeeerzur and the two decide to start a family. Ithlurlee and Frakivi have made the same decision a while back. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 Ithlurlee wishes to break the ice block that the tribe has seen standing somewhere around here before the snow. However, finding it is a tough task. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 Eluthna has found it! Out comes Dradeiith. The god's must like her, for her random mutation is armored body, the extinct gene she herself carries. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 Time to travel on! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 The tribe finds themselves on a small, much warmer island. The port that they will use to travel on is the middle one... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 But for now, it is time to settle in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 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. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 Eluthna and Babhelrin go hunting together, while Ithlurlee and Dradeiith reminisce about their old tribe together. Frakivi and Zeerzur picks berries. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 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. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 Ithlurlee and Dradeiith have been talking a lot, and Dradeiith's belly appears to be growing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 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. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 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. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 Frakivi has given birth to a son named Arrah. When Zeeerzur comes to congratulate her, he gently plays with the newborn. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhiahia Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 During the night Frakivi and Zeeerzur pass away. A new leader must be chosen - who will it be? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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