Floating plants and inactive lava zone creatures
Ottopoika
Finland Join Date: 2015-08-11 Member: 207029Members
Finland Join Date: 2015-08-11 Member: 207029Members
It's my first time posting here, so let's see how this turns up.
I feel that the game lacks in variety of creatures at the moment, and I would like to present a couple of ideas for future lifeforms:
Floating plant: It's a plant that floats on the surface of water near islands. It has large leaves and 3 to 4 bags full of gas underneath these leaves, allowing it to float. The plant also has a long stalk that filters nutrients from the water. You could harvest these gas bags to make floating devices, but this would sink the plants. They could also boast an edible flower or something like that at the top of it. These plants could possibly also form colonies, covering large areas of surface.
Nibblerfish: A small fish that lives near the floating plants, eating their leaves. They also seek refugee from larger creatures among these plants. About half the size of a peeper and boasting a long tail.
Cancer Rex: These would be massive blind crabs that walk the plains of the inactive lava zone. Since they are blind due to the little amount of light they receive, they use sense of touch to locate their prey, whether it be a lava lizard or you. Their legs are around 10 meters tall, making it possible to stand under it while inside an exosuit. They are harmless to you, unless you touch it or it you, making the crab to immediately attack you with its long mandibles. Similar to reaper leviathans, they would eat you whole, or while inside an exosuit, scrape the glass and then throw you away.
Harvestcrab: Similar to real life yeti crabs that grow bacteria in their arms, the crabs would live in the inactive lava zone near the lava vents, using chemo-synthesis to ensure that the bacteria in their arms keep growing. These crabs then eat some of the bacteria while allowing the rest of them to keep growing, and thus providing a stable food source. In turn, lava lizards hunt these crabs for food. Because harvest-crabs are easy prey, there would be lots of them.
Hover-ray: Almost bioluminescent, these rays float in place, sometimes fixing their position and avoiding getting near the bottom. They filter small organisms from the water. Similar to jellyrays, they will investigate light sources, making it possible to lure them near the bottom.
I feel that the game lacks in variety of creatures at the moment, and I would like to present a couple of ideas for future lifeforms:
Floating plant: It's a plant that floats on the surface of water near islands. It has large leaves and 3 to 4 bags full of gas underneath these leaves, allowing it to float. The plant also has a long stalk that filters nutrients from the water. You could harvest these gas bags to make floating devices, but this would sink the plants. They could also boast an edible flower or something like that at the top of it. These plants could possibly also form colonies, covering large areas of surface.
Nibblerfish: A small fish that lives near the floating plants, eating their leaves. They also seek refugee from larger creatures among these plants. About half the size of a peeper and boasting a long tail.
Cancer Rex: These would be massive blind crabs that walk the plains of the inactive lava zone. Since they are blind due to the little amount of light they receive, they use sense of touch to locate their prey, whether it be a lava lizard or you. Their legs are around 10 meters tall, making it possible to stand under it while inside an exosuit. They are harmless to you, unless you touch it or it you, making the crab to immediately attack you with its long mandibles. Similar to reaper leviathans, they would eat you whole, or while inside an exosuit, scrape the glass and then throw you away.
Harvestcrab: Similar to real life yeti crabs that grow bacteria in their arms, the crabs would live in the inactive lava zone near the lava vents, using chemo-synthesis to ensure that the bacteria in their arms keep growing. These crabs then eat some of the bacteria while allowing the rest of them to keep growing, and thus providing a stable food source. In turn, lava lizards hunt these crabs for food. Because harvest-crabs are easy prey, there would be lots of them.
Hover-ray: Almost bioluminescent, these rays float in place, sometimes fixing their position and avoiding getting near the bottom. They filter small organisms from the water. Similar to jellyrays, they will investigate light sources, making it possible to lure them near the bottom.
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