2021 Darwin Game - Ocean

post by lsusr · 2021-10-06T01:59:19.067Z · LW · GW · 2 comments

Contents

  Generations 1-50
  Generations 51-100
  Generations 101-9000
  Winners
None
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The Ocean has lots of algae, a little carrion and a little detritus. It was the most popular biome, with 131 native species.

Name	Carrion	Leaves	Grass	Seeds	Detritus	Coconuts	Algae	Lichen
Ocean	10	0	0	0	10	0	10,000	0

To thrive in this game as a forager you must survive the initial predators. One way to do this is to breed faster than they can eat you. Another way is to use armor or another defense.

Random guy in NY took a third route. He created the First Round Predator Distractor, a cheap species with almost zero nutrition and exactly zero chance of survival that kept the predators in check for a single round.

Goes Extinct in Generation	Species
1	First Round Predator Distractor

Now that Random guy in NY's silliness is out of the way let's get on to the real show.

Generations 1-50

At first the defenseless foragers thrive. Increasingly large carnivores's populations grow and crash.

Name	Venom + Antivenom?	Attack	Armor	Speed	Forager?	Creator
Phytoplankton	Neither	0	0	0	Algae	aphyer
Algae Tribble	Neither	0	0	0	Algae	simon
CookieMaximizer	Neither	1	0	1		Saran
gkdemaree-9-eater-of-drifting-forager	Neither	1	0	1		Grant Demaree
Pike	Neither	2	0	3		Yair
Herring	Neither	2	0	2		Measure
Bhuphin	Neither	0	2	0	Algae	phenx
Snail-Eating Snail	Antivenom only	5	0	2	Carrion;Seeds;Detritus	Taleuntum
Jilli	Neither	3	0	1	Algae	Milli
Right whale	Neither	5	0	5		EricF
gkdemaree-10-small-shark	Neither	6	0	6		Grant Demaree
gkdemaree-1-fast-shark	Antivenom only	10	0	10		Grant Demaree
gkdemaree-6-large-omnivore-fish	Antivenom only	7	0	7	Algae	Grant Demaree

Goes Extinct in Generation	Species
7	Cheerless Tidehunters
12	Krabs
12	Qoxeadian
13	Bloade
13	Squidheads
14	Sleeping Sealions
16	Sanguine Scavenger
17	Terror Whale
17	Sea Snake
17	Whale
17	Algae Sprinter
17	FOERDI 1,0,10,0,CDA
18	Blue whale
18	Chybcik
18	op511
18	Crab
19	Kraken1
19	The Aparatus
19	ocean vulture
20	magikarp
20	sea tortoise
20	1-4-1 carrion
21	osc511
22	Manta Ray
22	Grerft
24	Plankton2
24	Poisonous Sponge
24	cg-fish
25	Speedy Algivore
26	cg-whale
28	RiverShark
28	Yellow Krill
28	0-0-0 algae-seed
29	Armored Algivore
30	Salt Water Crocodiles
30	speedFish
30	FOERDI 1,1,0,1,A
31	ploplo
31	Shellder
32	gkdemaree-9-eater-of-drifting-forager
33	CookiePaladin
35	CookieMaximizer
36	VenomousRiverShark
37	Little fish
37	Coconutwhale
37	CookieAshimo
38	AlgaeProbably
38	Kun
38	gkdemaree-3-defensive-venum-forager
38	gkdemaree-4-tiny-slow-fish
38	Leuphonim
38	Chasnee
39	Phytoplankton
39	Algae Eater
39	Shrimp
39	Green Krill
39	Angy Shrimp
39	Meta-Algae
39	Greenglow Bindylow
39	Smallums
39	Zooplankton
39	Anchovy
39	Guppy
39	0-0-0 algae
39	Algae Tribble
40	Plankton1
40	Microblu
40	Orange Krill
40	Krill3
40	Yonge_Ocean
40	CookieRunner
40	Blue Tang
40	FOERDI 0,0,0,0,A
41	Pike
41	Krill2
41	Fornicacious Krill
41	Red Krill
41	Scumsipper
41	Herring
41	SpeedyFeedy
41	OceanEaty
41	Beaufish
41	Khisesant
41	Senuboon
41	Bhuphin
42	River Llama
42	gkdemaree-5-small-omnivore-fish
42	Snail-tooth Grabble
42	CookieWhite
42	CookieEater
42	CookieSzybcik
42	ocean omnivore
42	cg-fleshfish
42	Jilli
42	Sea snek run
42	FOERDI 0,3,0,3,A
43	RiverSharkFood
43	Sapphire Jelly
43	fooooley
43	defenseFish
43	Rosemary
43	Bissurus
44	Right whale
44	CookieShroom
44	Armor Fish
44	Groundlings
45	Slorp
45	gkdemaree-10-small-shark
45	Emerald Jelly
45	Patricians
46	Plage
46	gkdemaree-8-slow-armored-forager
46	Nano-krill
47	Electric eel
47	CookieDevourer
47	CookieMedoKinematic
47	Buneh Rizak-e Chenar
48	Megaladon
48	gkdemaree-6-large-omnivore-fish
48	Twinkle Star
49	algae_eater
49	Lilli

Generations 51-100

By generation 51, only 8 species remain.

Name	Venom + Antivenom?	Attack	Armor	Speed	Forager?	Creator
Killer whale	Neither	9	1	10		Yair
gkdemaree-1-fast-shark	Antivenom only	10	0	10		Grant Demaree
gkdemaree-2-fast-ocean-venum	Venom + Antivenom	0	0	10	Algae	Grant Demaree
gkdemaree-7-fast-forager-fish	Neither	0	0	10	Algae	Grant Demaree
Apex Predator	Antivenom only	10	0	10		JSH
Killerspeed	Antivenom only	10	0	7	Carrion	VJ
Flesh-Eating Clam2	Antivenom only	0	10	0	Carrion	Yull-Rete
Super-Armor Fish	Antivenom only	0	10	0	Carrion;Algae	Random guy in NY

By Round 100, all that is left are the invincible foragers with maxed-out defense. However, this time there are two niches: one Flesh-Eating Clam 2, which specializes in carrion, and another for Super-Armor Fish, which eats algae too.

Generations 101-9000

Alas, the Super-Armor Fish's ability to digest Algae lets it eventually outcompete the Flesh-Eating Clam2. A Soonbegon wanders in from time to time from to eat the accumulated Detritus.

Winners

Technically the Soonbegon doesn't survive forever (it goes extinct sometime before generation 10,000) but it survived long enough and interestingly enough I'm going to bend the rules and give it credit anyway.

Name	Venom + Antivenom?	Attack	Armor	Speed	Forager?	Creator	Social Media
Super-Armor Fish	Antivenom only	0	10	0	Carrion;Algae	Random guy in NY	Facebook
Soonbegon	Venom + Antivenom	0	0	10	Detritus	Randall	LinkedIn

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