Evolution Games

Evolution Games (sometimes shortened to evo games or evo quests) are an offshoot of forum quests where the quest-giver would provide a few 'baseline' creatures, and the players would direct the evolution of the creatures. These kind of forum games have been played by /tg/ since early 2011.

Some variations in these games might be the introduction of sentience, which leads to tribal civilization-like game, and maps of the area. Most evolution games contain pictures of the organism being evolved, but there are the rare few that managed to do it without pictures.

Game Records

Here are some compiled versions of evolution games. Ones currently in session will be updated with progress*.

*Fat chance, whenever some fa/tg/uy gets to it, more like.

Derpuhpus Quest

A very early evo game, initially using text rather than modifiable pictures. Details the evolution of the humble Derpuhpus, an octopus-like creature, from its origins in the sea until its discovery of stoneworking.

Derpherpus I.

Derpherpus II.

Derpherpus III.

Derpherpus (third and a half thread).

Status: Concluded

Bug Quest

An evo game, uses maps but without a picture of the communal bugs featured in the quest. Part evolution game, part management and strategy game.

first thread

second thread

third thread

EVO quest

Thought to be one of the quests that popularized evolution games. Equal parts quest and evolving creatures, we start as a cave-dwelling salamander and ended up with a demigod of the Kobolds. Magic-heavy.

first thread

second thread

third thread

fourth thread

fifth thread

fifth thread part two

sixth thread

seventh thread

eighth thread

ninth thread

tenth thread

Mollusk Quest

The first of the MS Paint generation, where players are given a base creature's picture, and modify it to reflect its evolution. Starts off as a blue slug, and ended up with gentlemen slugs (complete with moustache, monocle and top hat), villainous slugs (twirly moustache, cape and top hat), and train beetles. Yeah, it's not realistic, but it's quite fun nonetheless.

GM: from Aether !GuYmUwz4mI

Status: Concluded

Evolution Game - Another evolution game, this one starts off with three cave creatures: the cell-like Allos, the rodentish Billu, and the insect/crustacean hybrid Cryd. Ended with three tribes capturing each others' members to appease the divine Stygians.

GM: from Aether !GuYmUwz4mI

Island Evolution Game

Continuing the success of the cave-based evolution game, it starts with three island creatures: the eel-like Dolli, the birdlike Etta, and the mollusk-ish Fryc. Later on the airborne jellyfish-like Innu was added. Ended with gigantic enemy crabs, vampiric two-headed dragons, a tribe of Etta descendants, deep-sea nightmare fuel, a tribe of ogrelike Dolli descendants, and fleshy castles in the sky.

GM: from Aether !GuYmUwz4mI

Moon Evolution Game

Well remembered by participants and infamous among evo thread regulars, this thread is generally known as "the Nightmare-Fuel" game due to the monstrous descendants that resulted at the thread's conclusion. Three unassuming organisms went on to develop into iridescent lunar dragons, walls of flesh possessing sonic weaponry, and an organic, biological form of the Skynet (from the Terminator films), complete with laser-based point-defense system. The ancestors of these horrors were the tripedal Trit, the flat-bodied Humell, and the gelatinous Yu.

In addition, this thread is responsible for unleashing the Yu'Mel onto a world that did nothing to warrant such punishment. The Yu'Mel is chief among the panoply of abominations created in this thread, an amorphous blob that boasted the ability to steal and copy the genetic code of other lifeforms, adding the features and abilities of the victim to the Yu'Mel's own arsenal. This creature is still a running gag among evo gamers, often posted as a reaction image comparing a scary or darkly creative new creature to this past horror.

GM: from Aether !GuYmUwz4mI

Status: Concluded

Species Saga

A more 'realistic' kind of evolution game. Starts with the amphibious geckolike Gilim, the insectlike Deka, and the fishlike... Feesh. Later on, the Shreemp joined the fray (a creature which later went on to feature in the Primordial series). Sadly, the second thread wasn't archived, but there was a wide range of Feesh descendants, and communal Dekas.

GM: ecologyfag

Status: Concluded

Snowcone Evolution Game

An evolution game set in an ice planet. Starts with the fuzzy fuzzbal Snufs, tentacle-faced quadruped Jeel, and the penguinlike Ucan. Later on an Ultros wannabe, the Hooklurt, rose from the icy planet's depths. Ended with graceful flying Ucas descendants, armored predatory Jeels, scorpion-tailed Snufs, lazy sledding Ucans, and nigh-invisible Hooklurts.

GM: Bandwagon

Status: Condcluded

Primordial Evolution Game

From the humble beginnings of three small sea-dwelling organisms, this particular series has simply exploded into what is probably the largest and longest-running evo game yet. Over 30 threads of evolving on four continents. Obviously all of its threads won't be posted here, for space concern, but also because this game has an article of its own which includes links to archived threads.

GM: Indonesian Gentleman (Co-GMs: Non Gent and New Gent)

Status: Ongoing (see main article)

Convergence

Convergence I. (images now broken) Convergence II.

This game starts with a defined post-apocalyptic setting filled with noxious chemicals and radiation from a fallen civilization. The starting creatures were the insectoid Nanzi, worm-like Slygg, and plankton-like Foram. Eventually developed into a sci-fi story involving Monoliths and Machines.

GM: Deus vs Machina

Status: On Hiatus, though as of this writing the GM intends to return to it soon.

Swamp Evo Game

A one-shot evo game which has us evolving three creatures and a plant.

GM: New Gent

Status: Concluded

Fortune Evolution

Never meant as anything more than a one-shot, this evo game instead went on to become a large, expansive world, much like the Primordial Evo game that inspired it. It's believed to be the first evolution game to have its own article here on 1d4chan. Links to its many threads (nearly a dozen at the time of this writing) are included on said page.

GM: FortuneHost

Status: Ongoing (see main article)

Omnimute Evolution Game

A simple evolution game (run by a semi-regular of both Fortune and Primordial) where each player starts out with an amphibious Omnimute creature of their own to evolve. Each lineage was colour coded and only evolved by one player (who usually namefagged as the colour eg.Red, Teal).

GM: Omnimute Host

Status: Unknown