Game: Bootleg Thrive Forum Game Competition/Species

Gravenis knytrium: TheGraveKnight's species. Gabrielus gabrielus: GabrielGG's species. Draconia encryptica: Immortal_Dragon's species. Formerly named Thrivum encryptica, when it was not so genetically distant from Thrivum Proteus. Dynamicus respire: evolution4weak's species. Agentus non-failus: aagenttine's species.  Caeruleus photos : Skyguy98's species. Went extinct due to population stagnation combined with tectonic collapse event. Specium fractium: soundwave's species, and the last direct descendant of T. proteus before the latter went extinct.  Draconia failicus : Bigyihsuan's species, which branched off of Draconia encryptica (Thrivum encryptica at the time). Went extinct due to inability to adapt to deep sea pressures. Gravenis sparkus: shiny's species, which branched off of Gravenis knytrium. Dynamicus camelopard: Lanky Giraffe's species, which branched off of Dynamicus respire. Draconia antecedere: RoboTranic's species, which branched off of Draconia encryptica. Dynamicus showa: hirohito's species, which branched off of Dynamicus respire. Dynamicus failicus: Bigyihsuan's second species, which branched off of Dynamicus camelopard. Draconia australis: Formerly a southern relative of Draconia antecedere that retained its cold resistance, aviscerator took control of this species when he joined the game. Dynamicus vitalis: vitagum's species, which branched off from Dynamicus respire. Gabrielus nocturna: blackink's species, which branched off from Gabrielus gabrielus.
 * Mutations:
 * Flagellum (5; Round 1)
 * Predatory Pilus (4; Round 4)
 * Remove Pilus (4; Round 17)
 * Toxin Vacuole (6; Round 5) - Excellent roll resulted in the ability to inject toxin through pilus.
 * Mitochondria (4; Round 6)
 * Cold Resistance (4; Round 8)
 * Signal Agents (4; Round 9)
 * Anaerobic Respiration (1; Round 11) - Poor roll resulted in reduced glycolysis efficiency.
 * Anaerobic Respiration Fix (5; Round 12)
 * Binding Agents (5; Round 13)
 * Stronger Binding Agents (5; Round 19)
 * Circumstantial Pilus Loss (4; Round 15)
 * Mutations:
 * Cilia (5; Round 2)
 * Toxins (5; Round 4)
 * Lysosomes (5; Round 5)
 * Photoreceptor (4; Round 6)
 * Cold Resistance (6; Round 7) - Excellent roll resulted in UV radiation resistance alongside resistance to freezing. However, the latter resistance has been lost through genetic drift.
 * Signal Agents (4; Round 8)
 * Binding Agents (6; Round 9) - Excellent roll resulted in rudimentary vascular tubes similar to those of Draconia antecedere.
 * Vertical Gene Transfer (4; Round 10)
 * Mitochondria (1; Round 11) - Poor roll resulted in lethal aversion to oxygen, meaning extinction if not removed by the end of the tectonic collapse event.
 * Mitochondria (6; Round 12) - Excellent roll resulted in recovery from above condition.
 * Acid Resistance (6; Round 12) - Excellent roll resulted in low pressure tolerance in addition to acid resistance.
 * Chemical Digestion Cells (6; Round 13) - Excellent roll resulted in functioning digestive cavity that also employs nutrient distribution to outer cells.
 * Mechanical Digestion Cells (1; Round 13) - Poor roll resulted in rigid cell arrangement preventing items from entering the above cavity.
 * Mechanical Digestion Cells (5; Round 14)
 * Mobility Cells (5; Round 14)
 * Defensive Form of "Tooth" Cells (6; Round 15) - Excellent roll resulted in shell armor.
 * Mobility Muscle Cells (6; Round 15) - Excellent roll turned comb jelly-like plates into tentacles.
 * Mouth-Like Apparatus (1; Round 16) - Poor roll resulted in return of cavity blockage.
 * Fix Mouth (1; Round 17) - Poor roll resulted in total blockage of digestive cavity.
 * Bone Cells (4; Round 16)
 * Ocellus (5; Round 17)
 * Gills (5; Round 18)
 * Mutations:
 * Pseudopodia (4; Round 1)
 * Lysosomes (5; Round 2)
 * Increased Size (5; Round 4)
 * Mitochondria (5; Round 5)
 * Cold Resistance (1; Round 7) - Poor roll resulted in increased vulnerability to cold.
 * Fix Cold Vulnerability (5; Round 8)
 * Vertical Gene Transfer (5; Round 9)
 * Anaerobic Respiration (4; Round 11)
 * Acidity Resistance (4; Round 11)
 * Signal Agents (6; Round 12) - Excellent roll resulted in increased cell coordination.
 * Binding Agents (4; Round 15)
 * Photoreceptor (5; Round 15)
 * Toxin Resistance (6; Round 16) - Excellent roll resulted in ability to use other cells' toxins when the antidote is compatible.
 * Vacuoles (4; Round 16)
 * Cell Specialization (4; Round 17)
 * Chemoreceptors (6; Round 18) - Excellent roll resulted in nervous cells that allow collected information to be used by the whole colony.
 * Skin Cells (4; Round 19)
 * Two-End Tract (5; Round 19)
 * Mutations:
 * Mitochondria (4; Round 1)
 * Chloroplasts (4; Round 3)
 * Cilia (4; Round 3)
 * Improved Cilia (1; Round 13) - Poor roll resulted in stunted cilia.
 * Fix Cilia (6; Round 15) - Excellent roll resulted in improved cilia.
 * Improved Cilia (6; Round 16) - Excellent roll resulted in single cells having more efficient cilia, and colonies having mobility flaps.
 * Photoreceptor (4; Round 4)
 * Better Photoreceptor (5; Round 13)
 * Cold Resistance (6; Round 6) - Excellent roll resulted in low pressure tolerance, in addition to resistance to freezing.
 * Vertical Gene Transfer (5; Round 7)
 * UV Resistance (5. Round 8)
 * Phototropic Dormancy (4; Round 9)
 * Signal Agents (4; Round 10)
 * Low Salinity Tolerance (1; Round 11) - Poor roll meant that D. respire could only survive in the saline Western Sea.
 * Low Salinity Tolerance (4; Round 12)
 * Binding Agent (4; Round 15)
 * Camouflage (4; Round 15)
 * Ocellus (5; Round 17)
 * Vacuole (6; Round 18) - Excellent roll resulted in swim bladder for colonies.
 * Cell Specialization (1; Round 18) - Poor roll resulted in colonies not forming in the first place.
 * Fix Colony (4; Round 18)
 * Mutations:
 * Cilia (4; Round 1)
 * Improved Cilia (6; Round 5) - Excellent roll made cell faster and more efficient than expected.
 * Mitochondria (1; Round 2) - Poor roll resulted in its digestion vesicles becoming less effective.
 * Lysosomes (6; Round 5) - Excellent roll led to some ATP production in lysosomes.
 * Signal Agent (5; Round 6)
 * Chemoreceptors (6; Round 11) - Excellent roll resulted in ability to mask own chemical signature.
 * Waste Pump (4; Round 12)
 * Toxins (5; Round 13)
 * Vertical Gene Transfer (6; Round 15) - Excellent roll resulted in ability to transmit nutrients alongside genetic material between cells.
 * Cell Colonies (6; Round 16) - Excellent roll not only allowed production of bonding agent, but also creation of rudimentary vascular tubes.
 * Cell Specialization (6; Round 16) - Excellent roll resulted in first instances of specialization; a vaguely mouth/esophagus-like passage, and particularly lysosome-heavy cells at the center to digest the captured food.
 * Muscle Cells (6; Round 17) - Excellent roll resulted in both mobility and jaw muscles.
 * Mineral Nervous System (5; Round 17) - Uses zinc for intercellular communication.
 * Anti-HGT Immune System (6; Round 18) - Excellent roll resulted in basic circulatory passages to allow the new immune cells to move.
 * Pursuit Fins (6; Round 19) - Excellent roll resulted in fins equally suited to ambushing and pursuing prey.
 * Mutations:
 * Chloroplasts (5)
 * Spikes (5; Round 2)
 * Mitochondria (4; Round 4)
 * Cold Resistance (6; Round 7) - Excellent roll resulted in desiccation resistance alongside resistance to freezing.
 * Vertical Gene Transfer (1; Round 8) - Poor roll resulted in population stagnation.
 * Anaerobic Respiration (1; Round 11) - Poor roll resulted in reduced glycolysis efficiency.
 * Mutations:
 * Mitochondria (5, Round 3)
 * Flagellum (6; Round 5) - Excellent roll resulted in very effective flagellum.
 * Chloroplasts (5; Round 6)
 * Acidity Resistance (6; Round 11) - Excellent roll resulted in low salinity tolerance.
 * Horizontal Gene Transfer (6; Round 13) - Excellent roll resulted in lysosomes to carry out this process.
 * Signal Agents (5; Round 14) - From D. respire.
 * Vacuole (4; Round 16)
 * Signal Agents (1; Round 18) - Poor roll cancelled out by below excellent roll.
 * Signal Agents (4; Round 19)
 * Bonding Agents (6; Round 18) - Excellent roll cancelled out above poor roll.
 * Mutations:
 * Pseudopodia, Lysosomes (Inherited)
 * Mitochondria (5, Round 3)
 * Airsac (1; Round 4) - Poor roll resulted in a dense vacuole forcing it down to the deep sea.
 * Deep Sea Membrane (1; Round 5) - Poor roll resulted in weakened membrane.
 * Mutations:
 * Flagellum (inherited)
 * Toxins (1; Round 5) - Poor roll resulted in self-poisoning.
 * Antitoxin (4; Round 6)
 * Horizontal Gene Transfer (4; Round 9)
 * Photoreceptor (6; Round 10) - From D. camelopard.
 * Chloroplasts (4; Round 11) - From D. respire.
 * Signal Agents (6; Round 12) - Excellent roll resulted in increased cell coordination.
 * Acidity Resistance (5; Round 12) - From S. fractum.
 * Toxins (4; Round 14)
 * Mitochondria (6; Round 14) - From D. antecedere.
 * Predatory Pilus (1; Round 15) - Poor roll resulted in inability to engulf prey.
 * Fix Cytoskeleton (6; Round 16) - Excellent roll not only fixed above impairment, but resulted in the requested pilus.
 * Digestion (6; Round 17) - Excellent roll resulted in functioning digestive tract and cavity, as well as lysosomes.
 * Binding Agent (5; Round 17) - From A. non-failus.
 * Schooling/Swarming (4; Round 19)
 * Mutations:
 * Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, Cilia (Inherited)
 * Photoreceptor (5; Round 5)
 * Signal Agents (5; Round 6)
 * UV Resistance (4; Round 9)
 * Vertical Gene Transfer (6; Round 10) - Excellent roll meant non-genetic materials could also be shared between cells of this species.
 * Acidity Resistance (1; Round 11) - Poor roll resulted in increased vulnerability to the acidic waters.
 * Acidity Resistance (6; Round 12) - Excellent roll resulted in low salinity tolerance in addition to resistance to acidic waters.
 * UV Resistance (4; Round 12)
 * Low Salinity Tolerance (1; Round 14) - Poor roll meant that D. camelopard could only survive in the saline Western Sea.
 * Low Salinity Tolerance (5; Round 15)
 * Binding Agents (4; Round 15)
 * Gravitropism (1; Round 16) - Poor roll disabled cell specialization in general.
 * Larger Colonies (4; Round 17) - Resulted in issues sustaining such large colonies.
 * Chloroplast Relocation (6; Round 18) - Excellent roll resulted in a dorsal fin that works like a leaf.
 * More “Leaf” Cells (6; Round 19) - Excellent roll resulted in leaf-fins providing mobility.
 * Gravitropism (4; Round 18)
 * Tail Muscle Cells (4; Round 19)
 * Mutations:
 * Pseudopodia, Lysosomes (Inherited)
 * Mitochondria (5; Round 4)
 * Horizontal Gene Transfer (5; Round 5)
 * Vacuoles (5; Round 6)
 * Cilia (5, Round 6) - From Agentus non-failus.
 * Anti-Freezing Agent (5; Round 7)
 * Binding Agents (6; Round 8) - Excellent roll resulted in primitive vascular tubes made of binding agent between cells.
 * Stronger Binding Agents (6; Round 9) - Excellent roll resulted in tubes doing more to maintain the now-permanent colonies (such as to pump out waste).
 * Cold Resistance (6; Round 11) - From D. showa.
 * "Singular Phase"-Only Pilus (1; Round 12) - Poor roll resulted in inability to consume prey over half these cells' size.
 * Reattempt Pilus (1; Round 14) - Poor roll resulted in pseudopods becoming unusable.
 * UV Resistance (6; Round 14) - From D. showa.
 * Remove Cytoskeletal Malformation (6; Round 15) - Excellent roll resulted in Caeruleus photos-like serrations that don't get in the way of colony formation, but work fine for killing prey.
 * Circumstantial Organelle Loss (4; Round 16)
 * Muscle Cells (1; Round 17) - Poor roll resulted in below fins being useless.
 * Fin-Like Appendages (6; Round 17) - From D. australis.
 * Spinal Cord (4; Round 18) - From D. showa.
 * True Spine (5; Round 19)
 * Mutations:
 * Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, Cilia (Inherited)
 * Signal Agent (6; Round 6) - Excellent roll resulted in advanced movement coordination between cells.
 * Horizontal Gene Transfer (4; Round 8)
 * Move North (4; Round 9)
 * Binding Agents (6; Round 10) - Excellent roll resulted in communal membrane that offered some protection from the acidic water.
 * Cold Resistance (6; Round 11) - Excellent roll resulted in UV radiation resistance along with resistance to freezing.
 * Acidity Resistance (4; Round 11)
 * Larger Colonies (4; Round 12) - Resulted in issues sustaining such large colonies.
 * Mouth-Like Apparatus (1; Round 13) - Poor roll resulted in communal membrane rigidity, forcing reliance on external nutrient diffusion.
 * Mouth-Like Apparatus (5; Round 15)
 * Ocellus (5; Round 15)
 * Spinal Cord (5; Round 16)
 * Acidic Toxin (4; Round 18)
 * Basic Muscle System (4; Round 19)
 * Mutations:
 * Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, Cilia, Photoreceptor (Inherited)
 * Vertical Gene Transfer (5; Round 8)
 * Signal Agents (6; Round 9) - Excellent roll resulted in increased cell coordination.
 * Improved Signal Agents (5; Round 14)
 * Chemotrophism (6; Round 11) - Excellent roll resulted in "chemoplasts" also providing acid resistance protein.
 * Binding Agents (1; Round 13) - Poor roll resulted in an agent that clogs membrane proteins that release signal agents.
 * Binding Agents (4; Round 15) - Replaced the above clogging agent.
 * Cell Specialization (5; Round 16)
 * Low-Pressure Tolerance (6; Round 17) - Excellent roll resulted in a swim bladder alongside low-pressure tolerance. However, the tolerance itself exposed this species to UV radiation.
 * Skeletal System (4: Round 17)
 * UV Tolerance (6; Round 18) - Excellent roll resulted in ocellus.
 * Cell Specialization (1; Round 18) - Poor roll nullified previous specializations.
 * Specialization (5; Round 19)
 * Muscle Cells (4; Round 19)
 * Mutations:
 * Pseudopods, Lysosomes, Mitochondria, Horizontal Gene Transfer, Vacuoles, Cilia, Anti-Freezing Agent (Inherited)
 * Lose Cold Resistance (4; Round 12)
 * Binding Agents (4; Round 13)
 * Signal Agents (4; Round 13) - from G. sparkus.
 * Fin-Like Appendages (6; Round 14) - Excellent roll resulted in muscle cells to control these fins.
 * Chemoreceptor (6; Round 14) - From A. non-failus.
 * Mechanical Digestion Cells (5; Round 15)
 * Vertical Gene Transfer (4; Round 15) - From D. failicus.
 * Skin Cells (6; Round 16) - Excellent roll resulted in fat cells to accompany skin cells.
 * Eye Cells (1; Round 16) - Poor roll resulted in an ocellus that does not transmit information, making it a waste of energy.
 * Fix Eyes (6; Round 17) - Excellent roll resulted in nerve cells to allow ocellus to function.
 * Digestive Tract (1; Round 17) - Poor roll resulted in frontal dismemberment spikes becoming malformed.
 * Circulatory System (5; Round 18)
 * Fix Digestion (6; Round 19) - Excellent roll resulted in spikes becoming proper teeth.
 * Mutations:
 * Mitochondria, Chloroplasts, Mobility Flaps, Vertical Gene Transfer, Low Pressure Tolerance, UV Resistance, Phototropic Dormancy, Signal Agents, Binding Agent, Camouflage, Ocellus (Inherited)
 * Stomach (5; Round 17) - Unusable due to lack of passage to exterior.
 * Primitive Esophagus (4; Round 18)
 * Waste System (4; Round 19)
 * Mutations:
 * Toxins, Lysosomes, UV Resistance, Signal Agents, Binding Agents, Primitive Tubes, Vertical Gene Transfer, Mitochondria, Acid Resistance + Low Pressure Tolerance, Chemical Digestion Cells, Mechanical Digestion Cells, Shell plates, Mobility Tentacles, Malformed mouth cavity, Bone Cells, Ocellus (Inherited)
 * Thermoreceptors to replace photoreceptors (1; Round 17) - Poor roll resulted in loss of photoreceptors, but no other change.
 * Fix Mouth (6; Round 18) - Excellent roll resulted in simple jaws.
 * Fix and Repurpose Photoreceptors (4; Round 18)
 * Nervous Cells (5; Round 19)
 * Elongate for Mobility (6; Round 19) - Excellent roll resulted in muscle cells lining the lengthened body.