Happy Holidays!
By LadyM | December 26, 2008
Here is a gift for you. This drawing was a contest on our forum. Members made creature descriptions, there was a vote on the forum and Ramul, one of our artists, drew the creature that one. Well done and thank you Ramul!!
Description that won the vote:
Foi-Devourer Sauceback (Harenosus Foidevouritus)
Creator: colddigger
Ancestor: Shell-Crushing Sauceback
Habitat: Ittiz Swamp
Size: 25 cm Long
Diet: Carnivore (Mohawk Foi, Carpet Foi), Filter feeder (Larval Stage)
Reproduction: Sexual, Two Genders, Eggs
The foi-devourer sauceback split from its ancestor the shell-crushing sauceback and shrank to half its size. Its tusks lengthened and its heads mobility has increased to allow them to impale their foi prey with ease. Their feathers have became short and fuzzy to lower the need for hygiene as they wade through their boggy home. Their hooves have spread out to give a larger base while the actual pieces have thinned to lower drag when hunting in the water, their legs have lengthened, and the feathers that line the hooves have become whisker-like and sensitive to movements in the water to give them a better idea of where to strike. Along the back ridge of their tail are vestigial snorkel bristles from their larval stage. They are more social than their ancestors, males have a small group (2 or 3) of females that he defends and interacts with, they mate for life. The females lay their eggs on the edges of the water, although the eggs often become submerged by the time they are ready to hatch.
The larvae of the foi-devourer sauceback are aquatic, when hatched they wriggle into the water and unravel their thousands of breathing snorkels along the backs of their tails. The larvae live, look, and move in the water much like a mosquito larva. They filter feed and tend to gather into large groups, usually just as a result from best feeding waters. As they develop their limbs and tusks they go through an awkward stage in which they begin attempting to hunt foi, often a youngster will be found vainly trying to wrestle an adult mohawk foi into submission.
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Ramul wins Diorama Contest #5
By LadyM | November 14, 2008
Biome: Flisch-Krakow Tropical Rainforest
Period: Somanian Period
Creator: Ramul
Fauna: Leaping Treedweller, Plume-Tailed Azelemur, Sawgnaw, Skimming Sapsucker
Flora: Leafy Palmshrub, Lightning Tree, Spiral Plern, Tower Fernplent
Contest thread
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Diorama Contest #5
By LadyM | October 26, 2008
We are having another diorama contest. You may pick any biome from any time in Sagan 4’s history. Preferably a biome that has not been done before. The winner will get to choose a regional disaster of their choice. All submissions must be posted in this thread by Midnight Pacific Standard Time November 4th 2008. Voting will occur the week after. Best of luck to you!
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Feature #28 Boneslider
By LadyM | October 17, 2008
Created by Huckbuck
The boneslider replaced the boneripper. Due to competition for the food in the Bone swamp speed was favoured and that made the boneslider evolve a sligthly different way to move. Its hands now function as feet as well as hands and are used to shove the boneslider forward, while the other part of the body slither. This combined looks kind of weird, but it made the boneslider fast enough to be favored. To be able to slide easier on the rough ground its stomach secrete a slime-like substance. Since the hands/feet now are mostly used for moving the teeth and jaws of the boneslider have evolved to work as the creatures main weapon, together with the poisonous spike on the tail. The boneslider can still swim as good as its ancestor and uses snake like movements combined with swinging with its arms.
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Feature #27 Slithering Centiworm
By LadyM | October 1, 2008
Happy October 1st and time flies when you’re playing Spore. Today’s feature is a by someone who has never been featured before. I’m going to try to show the work of some artists that haven’t been on the front page before. Please visit the main sites to see more.
Created by Saganmaineiac
The slithering centiworm split from it’s ancestor, the Rainforest Centiworm and has spread it’s range to the Nuke river. It hasn’t changed much, other than having it’s bristles have develop into teeth as well as having gone parasitic. To catch a host to feed blood from, it waits for any animal between 40 cm and 3 m long, (the bigger, the better) and attacks, sucking blood out of it’s host until it has had it’s fill. Afterwards it just slithers down to the ground. Smaller animals would be too small for a blood meal. It has developed 3 primitive eyes so it can detect prey.
Every year, slithering centiworms gather in mass by the side of Nuke river to breed. To mate, the 3 genders mount on each other, and expels it’s reproduction process. They still require 1 Sperm, 1 Egg, and 1 Hormone Cell. Instead of releasing spores into the soil, it lays thousands of soft eggs in the water. They each live about 15 years excepting predation.
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2nd Anniversary Winner
By LadyM | September 10, 2008
Thanks to everyone for the drawings and for voting. All of the entries were very good and captured the spirit of Sagan4. Our winner was drawn by Ramul.
Biome: Ovi-Hydro Plains
Period: Somanian Period
Creator: Ramul
Fauna: Razordash, Earlbit
Flora: Hoh-Humm, Flightberry
The razordashes do not try to eat the earlbit, they are just chasing it away.
Go to the jump to see the other entries.
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Second Anniversary of Sagan 4
By LadyM | September 2, 2008
Today marks the second anniversary of the creation of Sagan 4. Many creative people have worked on this project during this two year time period. A special thanks to Hydro for creating this project and for heading it up for the entire time. I know there were times that things were slow and he was busy but he stuck with it and has been a good project leader. Thanks also to everyone who participates in the project, those from the past and those who are currently involved. May Sagan 4 have many years to come. Now lets have cake…
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Spore Community Day at Maxis
By LadyM | August 28, 2008
On August 22nd, 2008, Hydro and I got to join 8 other people for a tour of the Maxis studio and got to play Spore for 3 hours. It was an incredible experience and we have done write up’s about it on other sites. Hydro is in the back row, 3rd from the right and LadyM is in front on the right.
If you haven’t read it yet, you can find the links here. This list was compiled by JudHudson of Simprograms.:
SporePrograms - Video | Impressions | Audio | Notes | Q&A | Pictures
xSpore - Video
Hydromancerx (Gaming Steve member) - Pictures | Impressions | Information | Experience
MySporePage - Impressions
Sporeum- Pictures | Impressions
Total Spore - Q&A | Pictures | Impressions
SporeTube - Coming Soon
LadyM (Gaming Steve member) - First Night | Experience | Pictures | Her Free Stuff | Maxis Tour | Gameplay
Simphoni - Sporepedia Video Discussion | Q&A | Journal | Writeup | Pictures | Podcast
Sporesite - Impressions | Pictures
Hooked on Spore - Notes | Q&A
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Second Anniversary Contest
By LadyM | August 20, 2008
It’s now been two years that Sagan 4 has existed and we are having another contest! Open to everyone, team members or not. What you have to do is create a nice drawing of your favorite creature in it’s natural habitat! That’s it. It must be smaller than 750 x 600 and fully colored. You must work on it by yourself as well. All submissions must be posted in this thread by September 2nd (Sagan 4’s anniversary). Good Luck!
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Creature Feature #26 Yenaptak
By LadyM | August 16, 2008
Created by Rhodix
The yenaptaks split from their ancestors and are very similar to them. They are found growing near to water in Ittiz region and can be distinguished from them in the size. For being larger, their “wings” can fly to more distant places and eventually land over the water, where they evolved a new reproductive cycle.
After landing on the water’s surface, these structures take several days until they rehydrate and start to develop. In contact with water, the remaining part (a complete three-winged structure or a part of it) starts to grow buds from the pink stalk, forming fine sticks over- and underwater. From these, yellow cells, very similar to those forming the base, start to grow and acquire a curved shape. These cells work like a sail and propel the yenaptak’s wing over the ocean. Fully matured, they are detached and carried by wind, falling inland and originating a new plant. The most probable places for them fall are the nearest islands and the coast of Ittiz.
They keep producing these yellow cells for a long time and half of them never will meet the land. Inland, yenaptaks reproduce in the same way of vandriswoops and pallenidusts, detaching cells from the top stalks and regenerating a new plant in suitable soil.
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