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Your Project Ideas; A place to share your ideas for projects
Topic Started: Oct 14 2015, 09:27 AM (65,339 Views)
Mynameisnotdave23
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Mostly small, generalistic species, but that's about it, but again, if you don't like the species I have selected, you can suggest some other ones. That's kind of why I posted here.
Edited by Mynameisnotdave23, Dec 11 2017, 07:29 AM.
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Avisia, an island archipelago isolated for over 88 million years, and is know home to megafaunal birds, mekosuchine crocodiles, and many relics. (currently in infancy)
Read here: http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/8192410/2/#new

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Mynameisnotdave23
Dec 11 2017, 07:25 AM
Mostly small, generalistic species, but that's about it, but again, if you don't like the species I have selected, you can suggest some other ones. That's kind of why I posted here.
If you are choosing small and generalist species, the Perentie might not be a good choice. A close relative like the Sand Goanna or Lace Goanna would work well.
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So here is my Project idea. Tell me what you think of the Basic premise.

Jurassic Period for 2018

The Jurassic ended but with a whimper. None know how it happened. Some say it was climate change, some say it was plate tectonics, other blame disease as the culprit for the Jurassic Extinction Event. There is no true knowledge about how and why it happened. However, many remember the Jurassic Period as the greatest period of animal diversity in the Mesozoic Era. A period in Geologic time that is well remembered and well loved by some for it's interesting lifeforms. There is the underlying question of the what the world will be with the Jurassic period continued past it's original expiration date. to the Modern day even. Well, welcome to a world where the Jurassic period never ended and instead blossomed with more lifeforms continuing after every century, every decade, every geologic period after it.

Here are the time frames for the Updates that each will go by:

144 MYA (Cont. Late Jurassic):

The world: Posted Image

Terestial Life:

Aquatic Life:

Avian Life:


98 MYA (Cont. Late Jurassic):

The World: Posted Image

Terestial Life:

Aquatic Life:

Avian Life:

65 MYA (Final part of the Cont.Late Jurassic):

The World: Posted Image

Terestial Life:

Aquatic Life:

Avian Life:

50 MYA (Early Appalachian [named after the Appalachian mountains] Period):

The World: Posted Image

Terestial Life:

Aquatic Life:

Avian Life:


19 MYA (Mid Appalachian Period):

The World: Posted Image

Terestial Life:

Aquatic Life:

Avian Life:


7 MYA-Present (Late Appalachian Period):

The World: Posted Image

Terestial Life:

Aquatic Life:

Avian Life:


Each update will include at least 3 species, each having 3-5 paragraphs to describe what they look like, how they act like, how they interact with the environment, and how life has gone. Each update may take at least 3-6 months to write, or shorter, depending on how much freedom is on my hands. Would anyone be interested in reading this if I write it?


[Now Posted here: http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/8179151/1]
Edited by Ceratosauridslover89, Dec 17 2017, 07:55 AM.
My RPG: http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/8176961/1/?x=90#new

My Group Project: http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/8178008/1/?x=90#new

A project of my own: http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/8177902/1/?x=90#new

My other Project: http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/8179151/1/?x=90#new

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Xugroyruta: A Chlorine Earth - http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/8205450/1/?x=90

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Tenno
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Any ideas for a "what if ancient aliens were real" sort of project? I was imagining a sort of Stargate-esque scenario but instead of setting it in the present it would have ancient civilizations acquiring and repurposing technology in a Bronze-Age steampunk sort of way. Imagine dogū mechs or gravity manipulation gauntlets being used to make the pyramids. Or dogfights between vimanas and Pakal spaceships. Basically advanced technology but with aesthetics of ancient cultures. Also with a religious and ceremonial aspect thrown in. One big inspiration was Thomastapir on DA with this:

Ancient Engineers


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You know incremental games? Those browser games where you have a counter of some amount that grows exponentially as you unlock and upgrade different ways of production, games like Candy Box, A Dark Room, Cookie Clicker, or, recently, Universal Paperclips?
In the depths of my hubris, I thought it would be a nice idea to make a simple incremental game based on evolution. Not anything that could be called a simulation, of course; a main counter would keep track of energy that could be produced by metabolism and expended for reproduction and adaptation. Secondary counters would keep track of things like population, reproductive rate, encephalization quotient. After all, incremental games are extremely simple, in comparison to any other sort of game: you just need a counter that grows at a certain rate, buttons to change that rate, and ways to unlock those buttons.
There's just a tiny, inconsequential obstacle to that: I don't know the first thing about programming. And, as I should have known long before, simple is not quite the same as easy.
So, I have a concept, and, for now, no way to turn it into reality. Some quick reading on JavaScript allowed me to scavenge tiny pieces from other programs, and stitch them together in a couple embryonal prototypes, for example a random generator of biomes. But that's as far as I got.
Is there anyone here who would be interested?
My deviantART page - My other extra-project work - Natural History of Horus and its flora and fauna - A graphic history of life (also here) - AuxLang Project: a worldwide language - Behold THE MEGACLADOGRAM - World Without West: an alternate history

SpecEvo Tutorials: Habitable Solar Systems (galaxies, stars and moons); Planets (geology, oceans and atmosphere); Ecology (energy, biomes and relationships); Alternative Biochemistry (basic elements, solvents, pigments); Biomechanics (body structure, skeletons, locomotion); Bioenergetics (photosynthesis, digestion, respiration); Perception (sense organs and nervous system); Reproduction (from genetics to childbirth); Offense and Defense (camouflage, poisons and weapons); Intelligence (EQ, consciousness and smartest animals); Civilizations (technology, domestication and culture); Exotic Life (living crystals, nuclear life, 2D biology); Evolution (genetics, selection and speed); Phylogeny (trees of life); Guide to Naming (how to name your creations) (and more!)

My projects here:

Natural History of Horus (19th century naturalists... in space)
Galactic Anthropology (intelligence takes many forms around the Milky Way)
Settlers from the Deep (a tour in a blind and slimy future)
Coming soon: A Matter of Time (a history of the future... all of it)
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GreatAuk
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A world where Antarctica was as big as on maps

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Let us dance together.
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A world where bichirs,lungfish or clarias catfish become terrestrial with time.
When life give you lemons.............Don't make lemonade!Make life to take the lemons back!Get mad and than.........Yell,demand and burn down their homes.




Prepare for unforeseen consequences,Mr. Freeman!
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GreatAuk
Dec 17 2017, 09:03 AM
A world where Antarctica was as big as on maps

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It is that big though, it's just being at the bottom spreads it out a lot. I presume you mean the distorted polar maps where Greenland is bigger than South America and such?
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Mynameisnotdave23
Dec 9 2017, 11:07 AM
Ok, so here is my project idea. It is a terraformed world with certain animals introduced in an attempt to make some unique beasties. Although the concept is quite similar to Serina, I want it to be as unique as possible in terms of creature concepts and environments. Oh, by the way, this project is still a WIP, so leave any suggestions/ criticism please.


Here's the story ( WIP) so far:

Seemingly out of nowhere, the creators appeared in the system, carrying with them species from a far-off world somewhere in the vast ocean known as the cosmos, searching for a habitable world. In this system, they found an almost earth-sized planet right in the middle of the ''Goldilocks zone''. Their AI soon went to work, as it strangely seemed that the Creators themselves were missing, and have possibly met there demise, or perhaps they had not even gone on the exodus, However, the drones still worked nonetheless. After centuries, or even thousands of years after like any good creator, starting first with microbes and algae, then plants and eventually animals, They left hastefully, Just as they were introducing the vertebrates to this young, new world. Perhaps this was their intent, but their hurried departure would give rise to an amazingly unique world following in the footsteps of its mother planet, Earth. Although It is unknown what the Creator's intent was, Experiment, Nature reserve, or even colony, It is clear that the goal to make a ''second earth'' was a success.

About the project itself -

The project at this state will only explore 1-2 time periods, as I want it to be less chaotic than most multi-period projects. These two time periods will be 0-20 myh after the planet's establishment, to see how life is adapting to this new world, and 75 myh after establishment, showing how the groups that have evolved 1-20 myh have evolved/died out.
75 myh is the main focus of the project, and the more in-depth part.

About the planet/ solar system WIP -

Solar system: The star is a yellow dwarf, like our sun, and has a longer lifespan. There are six planets, two terrestrial planets, three gas giants, and an ice giant. The habitable planet (still haven't figured out a name for it.) is the closest to the sun.

Planet: Slightly larger than earth, has a magnetosphere, tectonic plates, and all that lovely stuff, and has 4 continents at the start of the project. I'm not going to say anything else about the continents because I'm not 100% sure on what I want.

Species introduced: (very similar to Serina, just making clear what was introduced) (just the vertebrates for now, plants and invertebrates will be listed in the actual project )
MAMMALS-

Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)

Common shew (Sorex araneus)

Russian desman (Desmana moschata)

Sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps)

Northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus)

Indian spotted chevrotain (Moschiola indica)

Black and rufous elephant shrew- (Rhynchocyon petersi)

BIRDS-

American crow- (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

Feral Rock dove- (Columba domestica )

House sparrow- (Passer domesticus)

Song sparrow- (Melospiza melodia)

Zebra finch- (Taeniopygia guttata)

Society finch- (Lonchura striata domestica)

Domestic canary- (Serinus canaria domestica) :#

Cockatiel- (Nymphicus hollandicus)

Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulates)

Rosy-faced lovebird- (Agapornis roseicollis)

REPTILES-

Red- eared slider- (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Painted turtle- (Chrysemys picta)

Leopard gecko- (Eublepharis macularius)

Mediterranean house gecko- (Hemidactylus turcicus)

Carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis)

Sand goanna (Varanus gouldii)

Ball python (Python regius)

Western terrestrial garter snake (Thamnophis elegans)


AMPHIBIANS

American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)

Crab-eating frog (Fejervarya cancrivora)

American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)

South American horned frog (Ceratophrys aurita)


FISH

Clupidae fish ( mackerel, sardines, anchovies, etc)

Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus)

Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

Cownose ray- (Rhinoptera bonasus)

Marbled lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus)

livebearing fish (platies, guppies, swordtails, etc)

Various south American and African cichlids.

5 species of mudskippers

Feel free to suggest any other species.

I may have forgotten some species because I made this in a rush.
You have a good selection of animals.That's a good premise for a good evo project.
When life give you lemons.............Don't make lemonade!Make life to take the lemons back!Get mad and than.........Yell,demand and burn down their homes.




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A project where arthropods where killed of early
Projects
Punga: A terraformed world with no vertebrates
Last one crawling: The last arthropod

ARTH-6810: A world without vertebrates (It's ded, but you can still read I guess)

Potential ideas-
Swamp world: A world covered in lakes, with the largest being caspian sized.
Nematozoic: After a mass extinction of ultimate proportions, a single species of nematode is the only surviving animal.
Tri-devonian: A devonian like ecosystem with holocene species on three different continents.

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Phylogeny of the arthropods and some related groups


In honor of the greatest clade of all time


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Dec 17 2017, 06:20 PM
A project where arthropods where killed of early
And replaced by shrimp.
When life give you lemons.............Don't make lemonade!Make life to take the lemons back!Get mad and than.........Yell,demand and burn down their homes.




Prepare for unforeseen consequences,Mr. Freeman!
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I've had this mega project ruminating in my note and sketch books for years. The primse is all based around the study of the earth 7 million years from now by a post human. Earth's civilizations where destroyed due to a rouge body altering earths orbit, causing an near endless super ice age. The only survivors where the "feral" humans trapped on earth (feral humans means any post human with no or a civilization below kardishev 1) and a few rotating habitats that would be the seed for the massive multi-galactic human sphere. Earth is a nature preserve that has been quarantined for nearly 5 million years due to contamination, but is now opened up. There is faster than light travel, but it is very restricted (a "wormhole" mouth must be opened at the location, which requires traditional means of transportation below light speed to get there and build it first) and only the core worlds (oldest colonized and sol) really know how to do it and have a total monopoly on it, creating the first human empire. The long times of sub light travel are generally irrelevant, especially to the core worlds, where the vast majority of people are functionally immortal, due to the fact that most powerful post human groups are also trans-human. Also on earth there are a few decents of genetically modified life, but, for the most part, they aren't very common on the earth.

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I'm not entirely sure when I'm going to truly "release" this, due to finals, but it should be soon.

Edit: corrected a mistake
Edited by Ratrat1234, Dec 18 2017, 02:41 PM.
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A project where arthropods where killed of early
And replaced by shrimp.
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A project where arthropods where killed of early
And replaced by shrimp.

Uuuuuh.... You know.....


You know that shrimps are arthropods, right?
PLEASE NOTE: If I come off as harsh or demanding whilst talking to you, please tell me. I apologize in advance.....


UPCOMING PROJECTS:

Projects here
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A project where arthropods where killed of early
And replaced by shrimp.
Somebody slept trough biology class.
Projects (they are not dead, just updated realy slowly, feel free to comment):
-World after plague After a horrible plague unleashed by man nature slowly recovers. Now 36 million years later we take a look at this weird and wonderful world.
-Galaxy on fire. They have left their home to get out of war. They had no idea what awaits them.

My Deviant art profile, if you're curious.
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