Game: Bootleg Thrive Forum Game Competition

A derivative of the Official Thrive Forum Game Competition, the Bootleg Thrive Forum Game Competition is a forum game where players compete to survive.

Description
The game takes place on a currently unnamed planet. Currently, all species live within the global ocean surrounding the planet's supercontinent.

Synopsis
The game began shortly after the planet's atmosphere was converted from toxic to oxygenated by photosynthesizing prokaryotes. Thrivum proteus, the planet's first eukaryotic lifeform, emerged shortly after, and players took control of its progeny.

On Round 5, a "Snowball Earth" scenario took place on the planet, making survival difficult on a global scale.

On Round 10, a collapse of a mid-ocean ridge led to severe acidifcation and reduction of oxygen in the global ocean.

List of Species
Species information includes a list of mutations, including the dice roll and which round the mutation was developed.

Player Species
Main Article: Species

NPC Species
 Thrivum proteus : The original, eukaryotic species that every other species in the game evolved from. Immediately after the game began, it faced intense competition from its more evolved descendants, culminating in its own extinction Draconia australis: A strain of Draconia antecedere that retained its resistance to the cold in the wake of the "Snowball Earth" event. It inhabits south polar regions.
 * Mutations: None
 * Mutations: Pseudopodia, Lysosomes, Mitochondria, Horizontal Gene Transfer, Vacuoles, Cilia, Anti-Freezing Agents (Inherited)

Global Ocean
The global ocean contains vast tracts of relatively temperate waters.

Upper Pelagic: The low pressures and UV radiation are obstacles for life seeking to migrate further up the water column. However, this area offers relatively abundant sunlight. Lower Pelagic: The middle of the water column offers shelter from low pressures and UV radiation, as well as refuge from crushingly high pressures far below. Deep Sea: The cold, shadowy depths host immense pressures. No sunlight reaches this far down the water column, forcing local lifeforms to rely on chemicals from hydrothermal vents to sustain an ecosystem.
 * Producers: Dynamicus respire
 * Producers: Dynamicus camelopard, Dynamicus showa (to the north), Specium fractium, Dynamicus failicus 
 * Detrivores: Gravenis sparkus
 * Omnivores: Draconia encryptica, Gravenis knytrium, Draconia antecedere, Gabrielus gabrielus, Agentus non-failus

North and South Poles: These frigid waters are around and under the planet's ice caps.

South Pole: Coastal Waters : Coastal waters have low pressures and relatively abundant sunlight. In addition, the seabed is not too distant from the surface.
 * Producers: Caeruleus photos
 * Omnivores: Draconia australis
 * Producers: Dynamicus respire

Continental Habitats
The planet's supercontinent is its only major landmass.

Estuaries: These brackish environments bridge the supercontinent's fresh waterways with the salty global ocean. Bacteria that have adapted to these less saline waters benefit from minerals from further inland.