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Post by Longisquama on Mar 8, 2016 9:56:02 GMT
Dinosaurs were likely already warm blooded, given the ecological niches they filled. Dinosaurs weren't warm blooded per se. The larger ones maintained their body temperature because of their volume to mass ratio, which reduced heat loss. It is very probable that the first dinosaur had feathers, and feathers aren't very useful without endothermy.
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Post by Longisquama on Mar 7, 2016 5:03:50 GMT
Warm blooded organisms tend to dominate when the temperature of an environments is more subject to change. Cold blooded organisms tend to dominate when the temperature is very stable over long periods of time. Neither is immediately better without some sort of context. Is there a middle? Nature has full of possibilities so is it possible? I have heard of species of mammals looking like actual reptiles. It is not that simple. First, there are some middle ranges. Koalas and anteater are not very endothermic (warm blooded) while varanids and crocodiles are more endothermic than other reptiles. Also, being endothermic offers more advantages apart from being able to life in a wide range of temperatures. If you want to fly, or you are very small, like an insect, or you have to be endothermic to being able to produce enough energy to fly. To have a big brain it is also better to be endothermic. If you want speed, you better be endothermic. If you are big enough, you will be generating heat just by your size, so real gigantic cold-blooded creatures are impossible. So, I would say all the ecological niches that we usually think of as "dominant" are always occupied by endothermic creatures. On the other hand, being ectothermic (cold-blooded) has other advantages. If your diet is poor ( koalas and anteaters) you can't have a high metabolism, so you better not be very endothermic. If you are in an environment with not that much food ( a desert) you can be without food for a longer time if you are ectothermic. And in any crisis with no temperature-change, is better to just don't need much being ectothermic.
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Post by Longisquama on Mar 6, 2016 14:24:30 GMT
I think in the next release is planned some tutorial text to help you figure things out. Also, those "objects" are going to be replaced with compound clouds, so there is no much point in learning them now. Also, after the new GUI is implemented, things will be more intuitive.
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Post by Longisquama on Mar 4, 2016 9:49:48 GMT
Not that important, but seing engulfment animations would be awesome, but I guess it would be difficult to do.Cell walls and pseudopods would also be great.
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Post by Longisquama on Mar 4, 2016 9:30:36 GMT
I am really looking forward to see bacteria and cilia soon. Also, the size of the endoplasmatic reticulum annoys me (it should be way bigger).
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Post by Longisquama on Feb 16, 2016 22:15:47 GMT
Not sure if it is an ostrich, It looks more like an emu to me
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Post by Longisquama on Feb 16, 2016 21:47:24 GMT
I imagine it like an hybrid between age of empires/empire earth (rts, combat system), and civilization (city management, tech tree) although it will probably have its own unique style
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Post by Longisquama on Jan 23, 2016 21:05:32 GMT
I don't know how it could be implemented as in each stage time would pass at different rates (You are in aware, some creature reach sapience and are learning how to make tools, you enter the editor to make a few evolutionary changes, and when you exit the editor 5 million years has passed and the sapient creatures have reach space stage and blow up all the planets in the system to make a dyson sphere).
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Post by Longisquama on Jan 23, 2016 20:59:07 GMT
That game was awesome!!! I spended hours playing it as a kid.
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Hi
Jan 20, 2016 20:57:44 GMT
Post by Longisquama on Jan 20, 2016 20:57:44 GMT
And the actual game was started before I arrived, so four years ago or so.
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Hi
Jan 20, 2016 20:56:37 GMT
Post by Longisquama on Jan 20, 2016 20:56:37 GMT
I was in the previous dev forum, with the name Lepticidio. Although when I arrived the project already was 4 years old Haven't they been planning for years now? They started making the actual game 2,1 or 3 years ago? yeah, since 2008 or 2009. And I arrived in the old forums in 2013. So the project already was 4, maybe 5 years old.
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Jan 19, 2016 21:05:55 GMT
Post by Longisquama on Jan 19, 2016 21:05:55 GMT
I was in the previous dev forum, with the name Lepticidio. Although when I arrived the project already was 4 years old
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Post by Longisquama on Jan 15, 2016 6:42:16 GMT
I know this probably isn't how the game would work properly, but what if all species started the same? all of them as your species, but gradually they diverge and evolve to fit different niches. It would make for a wicked Tree of Life diagram like how Species:ALRE has. I think that would be pretty cool.
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Post by Longisquama on Jan 14, 2016 11:35:44 GMT
IV
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Post by Longisquama on Jan 10, 2016 11:27:29 GMT
Nice work! Huh, I thought I didn't like that theme anymore, but it actually works ok here. Maybe I should remake it at some point. Thanks! I chose it because it gives a feel of progression and is pretty short.
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Post by Longisquama on Jan 9, 2016 20:15:52 GMT
I made a fan trailer using creative commons licensed videos and the 'Man on the Moon" theme of Oliveriver . I hope you like it.
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Post by Longisquama on Dec 29, 2015 21:14:10 GMT
I am sorry, I was absent for a long time, and I forgot to notify you. I will probably be busy from now on, and I wont be able to visit this forum so often, so if anyone wants to take control of my species is fine. But before... lets see if it can take that photosynthesizer niche:
I choose chloroplasts for my usual roll and bonding agents for my reproduction roll.
Becoming algae... a humble destiny, but a necessary one.
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Post by Longisquama on Dec 29, 2015 21:06:32 GMT
Yes, it only has to develop endothermy. That's it? Well, all endothermic vertebrates have fairly complex circulatory and respiratory systems, that perhaps are a prerequisite for endothermy. And some kind of insulation ( hair, feathers).
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Post by Longisquama on Dec 26, 2015 0:31:09 GMT
I guess loading a saved game would do the job.
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Post by Longisquama on Dec 26, 2015 0:06:09 GMT
Yes, it only has to develop endothermy.
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