And we’re back! Major Tom and the Grendel female are making buddies with each other, Sapling is still above, keeping to herself. Selena and Bosco are both still stuck and Blinky Bill has finally escaped from the scary Volcano.

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Before I got to snap his picture, though Bosco passed away. The medical monitor showed nothing in his system so I can only assume that he either starved to death or that one of his vital organs died from illness. He made it to 2 hours and 5 minutes. 20 points.

Before I could celebrate Blinky Bill escaping danger, he threw himself back onto the desert sand and was scaring himself to death. It was tempting to rescue him by shutting off the volcano but that would have been unfair. I waited for our last EE victim to pass away and considered adding another grendel.

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Ultimately, I did add a male Dustdevil Grendel. A random number threw him into the Medical bay and I wondered if he’d prove to be as vicious as our female Banshee.

It’s impressive that all of the creatures in this game have stuck to their strategies thus far. Except Blinky Bill, I mean. The only creature that seemed interested in moving was the Dustdevil Grendel. He eventually made his way to the Capillata and got viciously beaten up by a hungry, angry, finally free from EE Selena.

bandicam 2013-12-06 12-17-49-990“DustM flabber Selena” indeed. I hope he doesn’t fear norns after that.

To celebrate their happy reunion, Selena and Major Tom had yet another egg. Before celebrations could begin, Blinky Bill died in the desert. 2 hours, 20 minutes. 22 points.

I’m assuming that she’s marking her matronship but Selena’s return was filled with violence directed at the grendels. When she wasn’t scarfing down all food in sight or resting, she was beating up grendels. Little else happened for a long time. At one point, Dusty and the Banshee were kissing before Selena came in and started slapping them both. I was actually concerned about Sapling at this point because she only paced next to the lift button at the top level, ate lemons and played with the musical toy at the top left.

It wasn’t long til our Dusty grendel died, though. He hadn’t made it 20 minutes before Selena killed him in the Norn Garden.

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This time, I added one of Grendel Man’s Unreleased Breeds – A Shadow Predator Grendel. She’s a little difficult to make out. Oddly, appropriately, she was destined for the Grendel Jungle where she beat up on the critters. Selena, meanwhile, made her way up to the top of the Norn Garden and wanted to Eat Elevator again. It wasn’t long, but she used one of the Offline Portals, landed in the Norn Meso and! Died. Apparently, we just aren’t meant to have a second grendel from now on.

Something happened and soon Selena was exploring again, possibly making her way to Major Tom on the bottom floor. Natrually, this prompted another pregnancy.

bandicam 2013-12-06 13-13-13-582I gave adding a grendel one last go and imported Fumi from TCR. With our Banshee frozen and all the other norns in relatively safe rooms the danger element was practically eliminated. Fumi headed up to Sapling first and made short work of her. Things were going so well. :C Sapling survived 2 hours, 54 minutes.

Fumi decided then to start chasing after Selena, who was so far our Grendel fighter. Selena managed to escape in the lift but cornered herself. She tried to fight back and lasted much longer than expected. She passed away at 2 hours, 55 minutes and laid  6 eggs. For her longevity, she gets 25 points and her eggs net her an additional 30(!) points! 55 points.

And this is where the game ends! Major Tom is the winner of this round. The game ended with his age at 2 hours, 55 minutes, netting him 25 points but he squeaks past Selena by having that extra egg with Patches. His 7 eggs net him 35 points, giving him 60 total! Congratulations! All of the babies will be hatched and uploaded for your pleasure.


Fallow Male Pan: 32 minutes old – 3 pts

Fallow Female Liberty: 32 minutes old – 3 pts

Chichi Female Seres: 32 minutes old – 3 pts

Hardman Male Jake: 40 minutes old – 4 pts

Bengal Female Annabelle: 42 minutes old – 4 pts

Harlequin Male Bobo: 44 minutes old – 4 pts

Harlequin Female Patches: 49 minutes old, 1 egg laid – 9 pts

Bondi Female Sunshine: 49 minutes old – 4 pts

Male Treehugger Fern: 52 minutes old – 5 pts

Female Astro Wanderer: 1 hour 33 minutes old – 13 pts

Male Chichi RNG: 1 hour 36 minutes – 13 pts

Male Bengal Bosco: 2 hours 5 minutes – 20 pts

Male Bondi Blinky Bill: 2 hours 20 minutes – 22 pts

Female Treehugger Sapling: 2 hours 54 minutes – 25 pts

Female Hardman Selena: 2 hours 55 minutes, 6 eggs laid – 55 pts

WINNER Male Astro Major Tom: 2 hours 55 minutes, 7 eggs fathered – 60 pts

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First things first, I would love to have people test out this breed I made. Secondly, you’re welcome to read the long study/rant I have about the Ultimate Life Norn genome, which these guys are inspired by.

Please, before you ask to be a tester, though, skim through this post to see what I was trying to do and to come up with suggestions for what I can do to improve the breed.

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I sorted the genes by type and, along the way, I injected norns to see the effect that various toxins had. The antigen effects in the Biochemistry Receptor were all turned off so that they didn’t have the opportunity to damage the organs.

Before I turned off Geddonase, though, I added a baby to see what it would do. As it turns out, Geddonase doesn’t just break down Adipose Tissue (according to the Creatures Wiki) But it actually attacks organ Liver B. Once that organ dies, the creature dies. That is just one example, though.

I went on to make other edits and learned more about Muscle Toxin than I did about this genome but I’ll share that discovery with you in the future.

Here are my notes:

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With these changes I plopped an egg into my testbed, filled the room with bacteria and macrobacteria and watched him thrive. Once in a while pain would cause him discomfort but in general he was fine. High woundedness (from slapping, for example) was still enough to kill him and he still requires ATP and Energy to survive so he should be able to starve to death.

I injected another egg into the world and tested this theory.

While I did that it was time to address the Appearance. I was actually feeling a bit lazy so simply slid all of the “Swap” sliders in Pigment bleed down to the left and changed body parts. Here’s what I came up with.

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Why throw in a Grendel Tail? Well. I loves me some Grendels.

Before I finished the appearance the little critter I’d deprived of food died and at the same rate as any other creature. So far, things were looking like a success and I was ready to debut this breed on the interwebs. If you’re interested in testing this breed out with me, download a pair of them here and leave a comment, report your findings on your blog, or PM me on Creatures Caves. 😀

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