Ahh, seasonal gender bias. With 4 girls coming out of this pair so far and no boys, I was worried I’d have to send in a pretty lop-sided group of creatures to CreaturesLink when I was finished with these two. As exciting as it’s been to play with these two, I never keep offspring from my CreaturesLink worlds. No real reason, that’s just my preference. 🙂
Things were pretty quiet for about a half hour but, eventually, the pair finally decided to have another baby. This time, another girl.
Meet lovely Aurum. Her yellow color reminded me of a Grendelchi I had with yellow skin. Creative, I know.
She was exported and sent to stay with her sisters for now.
Once I came to terms with the fact that I was only reporting when they were having children, I decided to have them go on an adventure!
Earlier today, I set up two worlds – one for Veridia and a seasonal migration world based on the Biodome metaroom. I originally got the idea from KittyTikara for the Daily Creature Feature and it worked well but I didn’t visit the idea again for a long time. Here it is again, though.
Despite having a whole new world to explore, however, they still decided to become pregnant. You can just make out Shibuichi’s camouflaged egg by her feet.
Say hello to Disfunctional Mitten, this time named by Protective Tub. This time, we had another purple baby! She was sent to join her sisters.
Meanwhile, her parents ate food and because of the way I had the metaroom set up, they would have to migrate to other parts of the room to stay fed. I really love the migratory world idea. I think I’ll be using it in future worlds. 🙂
Actually, it also eliminates the need for an IQ test. Sort of. Because the food source moves, creatures would have to follow it to survive. However, they can just sit in one spot for an entire season and eat but even if they did have offspring, the offspring would still have to move away from the incubation areas I set up. Anyway, I’ll have more on that in the future. For now, I have two happy Gaius that decided to become pregnant again.
Dead Twist is another girl!
I really like her colors, too. Then again, I’ve always liked shades of orange and blue. She isn’t quite ‘orange’ in color but the hue is certainly there and I like the subtlety.
Oh well. She was sent to her sisters as well.
By now, I’ve given up on them having a boy. The seasons in this game feel like they last forever and I’d rather not install the “No Seasonal Gender Bias” fix by Amaikokonut.
As I waited for the season to change so that these two would feel inclined to move, I snapped this picture of them napping together. How cute!
I know it’s hard to tell but yes, at the time, they were both snoring.
Before the season changed, however, another egg was starting to hatch.
Zonked Rub is a less vibrant shade of purple than her other purple sisters but she is still very pretty!
In a way, I actually prefer her lavender color over the darker shades of her sisters. Still! I wasn’t totally sure where all this purple was coming from. I am glad to say I have a better understanding of rotation and swap after playing with ettins but still, without looking at her parents and her own genetics, there was no way to know for sure what gave them all this wonderful purple shading.
We were starting to run out of time for a another baby, let alone a boy, though. Now, at about 3 hours old each, they were starting to approach the “old” stage of life and would probably slow down their breeding. I have to say, these last two hours have been exciting! It seems I only have enough time to report on a new baby before they become pregnant with another.
Still, they did become pregnant again. This time, with another orange baby!
This little lady is Assorted Idea, yet another girl from the pair. She was quickly exported to her sisters.
By now, my hopes for a boy were totally dashed. That said, I have 9 little girls to put through the IQ test before I ship the ‘smart’ ones to CreaturesLink! With any luck, they would all pass. I have to admit though, that is pretty ambitious.
