Newbie Guide
- This page is under construction. Some sections may be incomplete.
If you're new to OurFoodChain, getting started can seem like a complicated task. There are so many species and so many ecosystems that it's easy for a newcomer to struggle to find anywhere to begin. This guide aims to help with that. This is a heavy work in progress.
Finding a Species to Evolve
Generally, one will find types of life that are familiar to them easier to evolve, as even though Oefsy is not Earth, the life that lives on it has many similarities.
- If you are familiar with animals or would like to create them, Musculata is Oefsy's animal analog. See the newbie guide to Musculata for major lineages.
- For botanists or other plant enthusiasts, the plant analog is Polyphyta. See the newbie guide to Polyphyta for major lineages.
- For people with a passion for bacteria and other simple microbes, Palaea is the way to do. See the newbie guide to Palaea for major lineages.
- For those who enjoy protists and other more complex microbes, you may enjoy Synaplota. See the newbie guide to Synaplota for major lineages.
Finding a species you would like to evolve is not the only thing needed to get started, however.
Ecosystems and Open Niches
Once you have found a species or lineage you are interested in evolving, the next step is looking for a niche to evolve into. In some cases, you can evolve a species into the same niche as its ancestor if there is an area where it needs to improve, such as better camouflage; however, finding open niches poses a more interesting challenge.
There are a few different ways to find open niches using the discord bot:
- Searching for roles that are absent from a given zone's ecosystem, using the ?zone bot command (using
?zone Xand clicking the R reaction to sort by role) - Searching for species in the environment which do not have predators (
?search zone:x -has:predator; you can also addtaxon:musculataortaxon:polyphytaif you are making a carnivore or herbivore, respectively)
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Creating your Submission
It is recommended that you type your submission text in another document, such as in Google Docs or Microsoft Word, as more often than not they can easily exceed Discord's character limit and you will want to be able to easily break them up without accidentally losing any of it when that happens.
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The Review Process
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