Happy Fun Adventure Time! - an Illustrated Adventure

[Krylo]

Aero, any carnivorous or omnivorous animal, if hungry enough, will attack any other animal.

That doesn't make them, as a species, their predator.

Most large predators if given the chance to attack humans will, further, walk away from it, because there aren't any animals that actually consider us prey animals. Large wolf packs in Russia used to back in the day, but they now avoid humans like any other animal.

Animal attacks on humans only really happen when an animal has been extremely desensitized to humans, they are defending their territory, they feel threatened, or they panic.

A few outliers attacking humans does not equate to humans having natural predators. Just like a group of starving wolves bringing down a bear once doesn't make wolves a natural predator to bears.

[tacticslion]

EDITED BEFORE POSTING (deleting a paragraph of counter-arguement): I see and accept your point, krylo. We've been using different base concepts (whether predation is constant or simply primary - we've been presuming you mean constant, when you've meant primary) so that's been the source of any percieved conflict. Nonetheless I'm suggesting a combination predation and agriculture, as explained below...

My point is, like many bears, we don't have to be exclusive or even primarily devoted to predation. We can be developing that, yes, and in general it's much better to be predator than prey, however, as the post says (and as krylo, you seem to understand) we won't become "hugger of worlds" overnight. I'm suggesting rather than pure predation, we become a hunter/gatherer (which we already are, effectively primarily a predator, whether of plants or animals) combined with a farmer - which we are most certainly not. Again, this isn't immediate - this is what I suggest we move towards.

I mean, we could even become partially detritivorous in the meantime, which would have many benefits, although let it be known that I am not desiring a return to lithovore, unless we (at some distant point in the slightly distant future) evolve (I don't know that we can) or acquire a lithovoric microbial "ally" that does the dirty work for us; that's a pretty big contengiency, so again it's not an actual recommendation, it's a conditional consideration.

And Hawk: yes, elephants will, in many cases, beat up on lions (especially if its in musth). Lions can be pussies (sorry for the pun!). Granted they have skilled hunting traps and look majestic, but they are far more tamable than, say, tigers, who'd probably die before they gave in and are, incidentally, smarter than lions. Ligers (a specific form of hybrids of lion and tiger which is different from the tiglon) are smarter than lions and more tamable than tigers. What's the point of telling you all of this? I dunno, I just found it interesting and thought you might.

[Odjn]

My god this is an adventure game are you all mad?

Don't devolve bioluminensce. You saw the robot smash the dweller's tentacles. Do you see the dead motionless corpse? No? Keep it.

In adventure games you never assume anything's dead til you've stomped the body into goo, burnt the ashes, launched them into space and punted them in the general vicinity of the sun.

NOW:

Evolve the ability to generate tentacles.

Revolve shell secretion and use it for pointy ends on the tentacles.

Maul any dweller that gets close.

Also, the BOOOOOM was the robot taking a step, I believe. ALSO: The symbol on it is the same as the yellow thing's symbol. FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS?!

[Sky Warrior Bob]

Hey, Arhra.. Just curious, but is the reason why you haven't posted any new scenes, is because you are devising a new look? If that's the case, then I suggest you don't over think it too much.

Personally, I just expect something like what we have, but with a bit less of a bubble butt & maybe something that is a bit more like a weasel. Also, while our body would remain the same shape, our proportions would be smaller. So when you draw our creature, he doesn't tend to take up nearly as much space (so we won't be stuck in the hole).

If there are other reasons why you haven't updated, that's cool as well. I just thought I'd make a suggestion towards a combative form, since that's pretty vague.

SWB

[Flarecobra]

I think I'm starting to get fans of this off-site.

And they're asking when it'll be updated next.

[Arhra]

>Wave hello to the nice fist.



You wave hello.



It's doing a thing!


>Condense to a more combative form, VERY VERY FAST



The GENERATOR is running as fast as it can, captain. It cannae take no more!


>Look around; can you construct some sort of RUDIMENTARY LATHE?



You don't know what that is! The very CONCEPT is beyond your tiny, PEA SIZED BRAIN!

Your IGNORANCE has increased by 1.

You feel UNHAPPY.

Also there's this big THING blocking your view.



Oh my.






It's leaving.



There it goes.


>USE MASS to EVOLVE a method of TURNING EXCESS MASS into ENERGY.



After careful consideration, you evolve a JUMBO MITOCHONDRION.

You feel more ENERGETIC.


>USE MASS to EVOLVE a method of CHANNELING ENERGY INTO LASER EYES for more powerful and energetic bursts.



You evolve MITOCHONDUITS.

Your LASER EYES are more powerful!


>Once it is safe to do so, RETURN to EAT REMAINS of the DWELLER.



...

You've forgotten something important.

You are at your EVOLUTIONARY LIMIT!

CURRENT EVOLUTIONS

EVOLVED ABILITIES
- All Five Senses (free with EYES, EARS and NOSE)
- Bioluminesence
- Cannibalise
- Improved Echolocation (needs SPATIAL LOBE)
- Hypermass Generator
- Improved Noisemaking (free with MOUTH)
- Secretion Control
- Improved Laser Eyes (needs EYES, JUMBO MITOCHONDRION, MITOCHONDUITS)

EVOLVED BODY PARTS
- Spine
- Pea Sized Brain
-+ Spatial Lobe (needs any BRAIN)
- Jumbo Mitochondrion
-+ Mitochonduits (needs any MITOCHONDRIA)

SHAPE EVOLUTIONS
- Advanced Eyes
- Arms/Hands
- Cat Ears
- Low Profile Nose
- Mouth
- Strengthened Membrane.
- Whiskers

KNOWN SECRETIONS
- Sticky film.
- Acid.

[Krylo]

> EVOLVE extra EVOLUTIONARY SLOT

Or, if that doesn't work:

> UNEVOLVE ACID SECRECTION

Also,

> TEST new LASER EYES

[POS Industries]

Agreed on the acid secretion. Secondly:

>TEST new LASER EYES by LIGHTING a FIRE with them.

>COOK the DWELLER REMAINS in the FIRE for maximum TASTINESS.

[BitVyper]

I suppose we don't really need BIOLUMINESENCE. As much as I like it (and want to evolve a FAUX BATTLE AURA to frighten other monsters), lets get rid of it. I'd rather keep the acid secretion though. It has the potential to be useful.

[Krylo]

True, but I'm not entirely comfortable losing bioluminesence now that I see the Dweller's 'body'. There's not nearly enough of it there for it to be dead.

Well, at least I'm not comfortable losing it until we have a successful laser eye test.