Evolve the World Transcript

Round 1/First Thread
[–]TotesMessenger 2 points 6 years ago*

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[–]RhimeMaster 1 point 6 years ago

The Map Grid C4 is explored.

It's large swaths of land are broken by an inland sea/large lake.

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[–]Taereth[S] 2 points 6 years ago

Updated.

Remember you can also put in Vegetation, Mountains, anything you want really, that doesnt have anything to do with Lifeforms or Civilization.

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[–]RhimeMaster 1 point 6 years ago

I figured Mountains were an option, I thought Vegetation might count as a lifeform. I didn't figure it was fair to do a coastline and anything else in one go. There should be time to get to that once the ball is rolling.

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

Good point actually. I'll delete the jungle

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago*

B5 seems to be mainly dry land.

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[–]RhimeMaster 1 point 6 years ago*

The Tall Rocky cliffs of C5's western shores are punctuated by winding fjords that reach inland.

Edit: Whoops

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

Updated.

And thats D4 ;)

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

Haha I whoopsed as well, I think its actually C5. Sorry Y.Y

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[–]RhimeMaster 1 point 6 years ago


 * Shakes fist

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

A prominent river delta is discovered in B3

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[–]Taereth[S] 2 points 6 years ago

Updated! Try to keep it down with Vegetation, that comes afterwards.

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

How about, the green is a low lying flood plain?

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[–]Taereth[S] 2 points 6 years ago

Sounds good ;9

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[–]enchantmentman2Creator 5 points 6 years ago

By the way, yes, this game is approved for this sub.

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

Hooray =D

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

E2, A wayward satellite powers back on far from where it was set to map. It reveals an ocean bay surrounded by cliffs, as well as headwaters to what appears to be a prominent river system...

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

Updated! New Starting Field, New Adventures, ho ho ha ha

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

Someone mentioned that a large volcanic island was in A4, but deleted their post once it was pointed out that it needed to be drawn.

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

Updated!

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[–]RhimeMaster 3 points 6 years ago

As the river continues on to E3 from E2, it eventually cuts a canyon through the mountains that stretch down from the cliffs.

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[–]Taereth[S] 2 points 6 years ago

Updated!

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[–]bluebugs23Moderator 3 points 6 years ago*

F2 Reporting for duty. Here is mostly empty space, except for the massive pit sinking deep into the earth. (hope that's not too crazy an idea)

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[–]Taereth[S] 2 points 6 years ago

Updated!

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

E4s River system leads into a lake at E5.

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago*

A quick scan of C3 reveals the that upriver a mountainous glacier can be found!

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

Updated!

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[–]Lite-Black 1 point 6 years ago

D6

The river flowing west is fed by a lake, dominated by two volcanic islands. The lake is fed from the south, and less remarkable body of water sits in the north-east of the tile.

(I hope that's not too odd, Not sure what the limit is to departure from realism)

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

Light blue is salt water right? So, it's a salt water lake near a fresh water one? That's pretty interesting.

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[–]Lite-Black 2 points 6 years ago

I was going for 'light blue is stationary, deep blue is part of a river system', but I've no objection to it being a salt-water lake/sea if that's the convention.

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

I was thinking stationary and moving water as well, but I can adapt =)

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

Updated!

Also, we have anomalic rifts now, so your volcanoes are not out of line ;)

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[–]Lite-Black 1 point 6 years ago

I realised they weren't that odd, hence posting something odder :P

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[–]britboy3456CSS Mod 3 points 6 years ago

Aside from E4's rocky cliffs it is largely featureless, but seems to suggest a narrowing strait between the 2 landmasses.

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

Or an isthmus...

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[–]britboy3456CSS Mod 2 points 6 years ago

Could be, will be interesting. BTW /u/Taereth what are your thoughts on hope often people should/shouldn't post on this?

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

The more the better right =) But I'm kinda caught up with work atm the moment, thus I'm quite slow with updating.

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[–]hablomuchoingles 2 points 6 years ago

A3 Is mostly water, with a chain of extinct volcanic islands, and the debris they created.

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

Updated!

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[–][deleted] 3 points 6 years ago

A1 is entirely ocean and nothing AT ALL is interesting there. Absolutely nothing interesting has or will ever happen in that area. Any drama from the event ceases once you enter A1, any love triangles will become mute and totally uninteresting in A1, any dragons terrorizing a group will leave sensibly and without mystery upon entering A1. There are no sunken treasure ships, mega-whales, leviathans waiting for prey, unholy lost cities. The ocean floor is abyssal and mostly dormant. Hunger does not strike, nor thirst. Death is not present, as that may be interesting, everyone that is not appropriately victualed finds a very compelling reason to turn around. If you were writing a book about A1, then it simply would say "Lo, and the travelers sailed for 6 weeks without incident. Our hero whittled a robin out of some driftwood." and that would be it. Any DnD type players would say that the area 'was passed through on the way to greater adventure'. Absolutely, positively, nothing interesting happens in A1.

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[–]Taereth[S] 2 points 6 years ago

I like the idea, but please include a picture,even though nothing is happening there ;) Makes it easy to combine stuff.

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[–][deleted] 1 point 6 years ago

https://imgur.com/BNIoJ7G

Hows that?

Also, you can make it B1 too, to shuffle it around a bit.

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[–]hablomuchoingles 2 points 6 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOMI1scRzV8

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[–][deleted] 1 point 6 years ago

You were expecting......?

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

Blue

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

A1 is filled, I'll make it B1.

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[–]OptumMum 1 point 6 years ago

F7 is the ending of a forest right up to a mountain range with snowy caps that has a lake hidden among them.

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[–]cufnijFlair Wizard 2 points 6 years ago

Wouldn't having a forest defeat the purpose of evolving life for the world?

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[–]OptumMum 2 points 6 years ago

Fair Point, F7 updated with no Vegetation.

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

Updated!

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[–]WackyWocky 1 point 6 years ago

The North-West is constantly plagued by freezing temperature and rough winds, but still has to benefits of warm water currents from the South. This creates an ever shifting plane of ice, constantly breaking apart and merging back together in a deadly, cold maze.

Added A1, A2 and A3.

http://imgur.com/Wb5w6ct

Edit: Also my first time here. This all seems really fun and hopefully I understand the gist of it all!

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[–]Lite-Black 3 points 6 years ago

A3 has been described by /u/hablomuchoingles, perhaps you could combine ideas and incorporate the [extinct*] volcanic islands in their post into your description?

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[–]WackyWocky 2 points 6 years ago

Thankfully, our areas overlapped nicely. Here is the merged image without changing a single of his pixels.

http://i.imgur.com/Z4fZ5qz.png

Will this work better? Seems like a nice transition between the warm climate and cold climate, divided by a warm-current sea.

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[–]hablomuchoingles 3 points 6 years ago

That's cool as well

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[–]WackyWocky 2 points 6 years ago

Its your call. You had dibs on the square first. :P

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[–]hablomuchoingles 3 points 6 years ago

I approve

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[–]WackyWocky 3 points 6 years ago

Awesome, so that worked out nicely /u/Lite-Black

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[–]Lite-Black 2 points 6 years ago

That was sorted out quickly :)

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[–]hablomuchoingles 2 points 6 years ago

I kindof like his descriptions better

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

Updated!

Cheers for working it out by yourselves, I was kinda busy yesterday so I didnt even find the time to check on this thread.

And welcome to the sub of course ;)

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[–]Lite-Black 2 points 6 years ago

A7 Is the site of an anomalous rift, as if the very boundaries of the world have been shattered by some strange natural phenomenon. Floating landmasses crowd the shattered 'coast' that the encroaching void has created.

A river flows from the south and is drawn into the void, creating fog-banks that becomes an aurora as decaying energies light the vaporised water.

The anomaly seems not to be spreading, yet.

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[–]hablomuchoingles 2 points 6 years ago

Pretty...

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[–]Lite-Black 2 points 6 years ago

I was tempted to make a gif of the colours shifting, but realised what a pain that would be to re-do with any addition or alteration

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[–]Taereth[S] 3 points 6 years ago

Updated!

Magic always has a place in my worlds =)

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[–]Lite-Black 1 point 6 years ago

I kept the description vauge so it could be psudosciency if magic is rare later on, but good to hear.

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[–]Divexz 1 point 6 years ago

There rift appears to be causing the ice to meltB6

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

Updated!

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[–]oisir 1 point 6 years ago

In A3, the sea is swallowed by an endless hole. From this hole arises what looks to be a tower made of gold and emeralds. Style is up to you.

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

A3 has already been filled. A tower also implies civilization and/or life.

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

Also, always include a picture of your idea.

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

To describe D4 as dull would be an insult to the people of Dull in Scotland. It's mostly just dry land, with two saline lakes, and one freshwater lake. The high rocky coast seems to be surrounded by a glacier that doesn't extend very far inland.

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

Updated!

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[–]RhimeMaster 2 points 6 years ago

Exploration continues into F4.

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

Updated!

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[–]Lite-Black 2 points 6 years ago

D3 Links the glaciers of C3 and D4, the coast features a circular bay, bordered by islands. The currents in the bay flow aggressively widdershins, and form a large whirlpool.

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

Updated!

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago*

E1 is relatively boring, with the exception of an isolated, tiny, valley amidst the rocky peaks.

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[–]Lite-Black 1 point 6 years ago

Ah, wee seem to have both had the desire to link up the glaciation in a similar way. How do you want to resolve the overlap?

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[–]hablomuchoingles 2 points 6 years ago

You were first, I designed E1 instead =)

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[–]Lite-Black 2 points 6 years ago

Alrighty :) (also I love how the valley is just a single pixel, I missed it the first time i saw the image XD )

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[–]Taereth[S] 1 point 6 years ago

Updated! =)

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[–]enchantmentman2Creator 2 points 6 years ago

D2 is about what you would expect, except that there is a lava flow coming from C2 and running off a small cliff into the water. otherwise just more space and water.

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[–]PacificSquall 2 points 6 years ago

E6 is largely a twisting series of waterways, forming a marshy series of islands.

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[–]bluebugs23Moderator 2 points 6 years ago

C2 Taken care of. A little bland, but I did add a small cape.

https://imgur.com/Qw3WOx2

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[–]Searth 2 points 6 years ago

Someone else made a lava flow south of yours so it doesn't quite fit. I edited yours a bit and connected every tile together: http://i.imgur.com/AQoj9zv.png

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[–]Searth 2 points 6 years ago

F3

A broken peninsula to really tie the area together.

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[–]Searth 3 points 6 years ago

All tiles so far connected, a little bit of polishing: http://i.imgur.com/AQoj9zv.png

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[–]Penquinn 3 points 6 years ago

It could still use a little bit of polishing. :P I'll apply of bit of elbow-grease and make a contribution as well.

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[–]hablomuchoingles 2 points 6 years ago

D1seems pretty bland, with the exception of a tabletop mountain, or plateau, made entirely of uranium.

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[–]Lite-Black 1 point 6 years ago

Depending on the scale of the map, a literal mountain of uranium sounds ready to a'splode :D

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

We shall see what happens.

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

C1 contains a strangely isolated island. The island is dotted with tall stalagmites like rocks, much like the stone forests of China. This makes the island a maze, and a perilous place to be, perhaps uninhabitable.

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[–]Penquinn 3 points 6 years ago*

The ground of A5 is very rich in iron.

I cleaned up the map, by making all the squares the same size, removing color errors, fixed lines and I remade the grid.

The ice in A1-3 is very textured as is the green flood plains in B3. I though about flattening the colors but I wanted to hear what you other guys thought about that.

Also the mountains in F7 are different as the a not show from a completely topdown but from an angel. But that should be fixed as well? To make the map more consistent?

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[–]hablomuchoingles 2 points 6 years ago

It looks great!

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[–]Penquinn 1 point 6 years ago

Thanks. :)

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

Oh, hey, there were two different shades of grey on the large volcanic island to indicate the difference between rocky cliffs and igneous sands.

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[–]Penquinn 2 points 6 years ago

It wasn't in the image I edited, but I can see it in your original drawing. I'll fix it right away. :D

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[–]Searth 1 point 6 years ago

I didn't make them but I like your ideas of flattening colors in the flood plains and the ice. Also changing the style of the mountains in F7. Well done on the grid and the iron ore.

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

F5 and F6 are very scarred lands. These "scablands" have large brown plateaus jutting out from a sandy desert, as well as a large igneous bsalt province, which likely is where the sea shore used to be, the displacement of which rose water levels and created and interesting strait. Oxbow lakes also dot the landscape, indicated the existence of a once powerful river nearby. This area has obviously had large volcanic and glacial activity before, but it seems calm now...does it?

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[–]Penquinn 2 points 6 years ago

And now with fixed volcano island in A4.

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

Awesome looks great. Also, I thought the scablands were an interesting idea. Most people don't even know they exist, but I live in the area, and it's an amazing geographical landscape, so I thought I'd put that in.

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

C & D7 are also mapped, and are particularly perplexing. A large body of water can be seen flowing, but it's uncertain as to where. Perhaps this is just the delta of a massive river, but until our satellites can be upgraded, this is as far as we can explore. A dormant volcano with lake caldera is the only prominent feture in C7, whereas D7 has barrier islands, stagnant tide pools, and moving lakes which seem to have underground access to the larger body of water. A large impact crater is also prominent, and nearly a perfect circle.

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

F1 reveals a perpetual storm, which has been roaring since discovery. What exists below is anyone's guess...

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[–]Penquinn 2 points 6 years ago

E7 has a river that connects to the lake of C7-D7. On one side of the river is a steep cliff face.

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[–]hablomuchoingles 2 points 6 years ago

Nice, just three more to bring it all together =)

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[–]Penquinn 2 points 6 years ago

Yeah. I it gets more active in this thread though. It's pretty much just us two since yesterday. :P

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[–]hablomuchoingles 2 points 6 years ago

Unfortunately, yeah. Hopefully OP will visit, and may close it out to start life!

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[–]Penquinn 2 points 6 years ago

Yeah. I kind of hope that we are going to start out with unicellular life before we move on to multicellular. I think it would be cool if we started out with a very simple cell only cointaining a nucleus and a very simple cell membrane and then evolve that into differen kinds of unicellular life, such as animal cells and plant cells.

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago*

Like Sagan 4?

Edit: Seriously Fuck around on the wiki for days!

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[–]Penquinn 2 points 6 years ago

I haven't look much into Sagan 4 so I don't know if that's how they started. :P

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

They did, it's interesting, included link to first life in edit.

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[–]Lite-Black 2 points 6 years ago

I forget to look at the thread for a day at the most and the map explodes, good to see it almost done.

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

After the stone forest, the crater, the scablands, and the radioactive plateau, I'm out of ideas.

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[–]Lite-Black 1 point 6 years ago

Yeah, I thought my first contribution was weird, but it's actually difficult to balance out the oddities by placing more than the ordinary. Hopefully the last piece is strange enough,

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[–]Searth 3 points 6 years ago

A6 shows the eastern boundary of the rusty hills.

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[–]Lite-Black 3 points 6 years ago

B7 Has a twisting river feeding melt-water to the void, winding round a volcanic landmass.

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[–]Lite-Black 5 points 6 years ago

C6 From one void to another, this melt-water can't catch a break. The river flows uphill, spiralling round the mountains, to flow into a deep, endless pit in the centre of this mountain range. The air currents caused by the waterfall create bubbling, echoing scream-like sounds, as if the water is aware of it's fate.

Hope that was a good enough plug to fill the last gap

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[–]orchidwonder87 3 points 6 years ago

It is finished.

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[–]Penquinn 3 points 6 years ago

Yeah. Now we just wait for /u/Taereth to tell us what's next. :)

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[–]hablomuchoingles 2 points 6 years ago

Hopefully part 2 starts in a new thread!

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[–]Lite-Black 2 points 6 years ago

After the Field is filled, round 2 starts. This will happen in a new Thread and will come with its own rules

I think it will, would definitely help avoid clutter

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[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

Noted

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[–]Taereth[S] 2 points 6 years ago

Cheers for the contributions guys, here is round two: http://www.reddit.com/r/EvoGames/comments/34a1tn/evolve_the_world_round_two/

[–]hablomuchoingles 1 point 6 years ago

Noted

[–]Taereth[S] 2 points 6 years ago

Cheers for the contributions guys, here is round two: http://www.reddit.com/r/EvoGames/comments/34a1tn/evolve_the_world_round_two/