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Zoythrus



07 Nov

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It is not.

Midjiwan has nicely asked people to not mess with the game's code or make mods.

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Originally posted by MasterCookieShadow

Schrödinger's sex

Yes

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Originally posted by Martini800

I am loving this delve into Polytopian reproductive lore. Allow me to add some thoughts that came to mind regarding this “genetic clone problem”.

— What if polytopian parent genetic material (DNA/RNA) is more susceptible to “faults” when being copied to child cells. Thus resulting in more genetic variation in the species and making them less susceptible to diseases.
It could also be said for the sake of convenience that diseases just don't exist on The Square, thus removing the need for genetic variation.

— Perhaps the environment in which the egg is brought up/hatched (somehow) decides the polytopian that is hatched. Similar to how the gender of baby sea turtles is influenced by the temperature of the sand the eggs are laid in. (Then the question arises if Polytopians are reptiles, just like sea turtles.)

— You could say polytopian genetics are more directly influenced by their diet. This could explain the apparent differences between tribes, since th...

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The answer to this is:

"Midjiwan doesn't want to give specifics at this time." I mean, they're not humans, and maybe don't even have DNA/RNA or might have some other bizarre alien anatomy that makes it work.

Because of such, I'm not going to confirm anything.

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Originally posted by Chemical_Wonder_5495

So is there not like a 1 to 1 (or many) mapping of letters? I never put much thought into it but assumed that it just changed the letter symbols.

Is that not the case?

So, there is a 1:1 mapping, but it doesn't correspond to English words. Like, # is C, but it isn't a cipher for the English letter C. I do it this way in order to keep translation simple.

Elyrion has its own words that aren't English.

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Originally posted by S4K4T4T

Challange accepted😎

So, here's the funny part about Elyrion - it's a sh*tpost.

It was designed as a joke as a way to make fun of the brand new localization feature we added.

"Besides adding Spanish, French, and so forth, what if we added a language that was intentionally stupid and unintelligible? Just to screw with people."

Midjiwan liked the idea, so I got to work making a sh*tpost. :P

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Originally posted by S4K4T4T

Amazing! With this information, I will definately try learning the language.

It was intentionally written to be unintelligible so that people wouldnt try to learn it. :P

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Hi!

I'm the one who writes and maintains the Elyrion language, and I can tell you that it is technically a conlang.

While inspired by English, it does have syntax and rules and stuff, but it is designed to be intentionally difficult to read/nonsensical to use.

The Elyrion are bizarre, and their language is as bizarre as I could make it to match.

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Originally posted by Mr_JaxsonJay1

I think Polaris are aliens according to lore but I could be wrong

The Polaris are Polytopians like any other.

The Gaami are aliens.

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Originally posted by GreatDig

The wiki says that they need a mate to reproduce despite being genderless:

https://polytopia.fandom.com/wiki/Polytopians

Technically, we haven't said either way in any of the blurbs.

Midjiwan once said that they are asexual and just lay eggs, but that isn't 100% confirmed, either.

I consider both options as "correct". They both do and do not need a mate.

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Originally posted by shweenerdog

Because we’re asking more questions than they’ve asked themselves

Nah, I gotta keep some secrets for later. ;)

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Originally posted by Ok-Razzmatazz-3720

But how are the eggs fertilized?

I'm going to not answer more of these questions at this time.

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Nice


06 Nov

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Originally posted by Adventurous_Dress832

This is new to me. With asexual reproduction there would be no genetic exchange. So, is a child of a Polytopian just a clone of his parent or will he differentiate from him in terms of looks and personality?

Yes, so, yeah, they're "sorta" clones of each other, but there's a little genetic variance in each egg. Your kid might be taller than you, or a little shorter than you, or gloomier than you, etc, but they're still *really* similar to you.

I would say that they're "pretty much" a race of clones, but not perfectly, and genetic drift *can* happen, as you can see in the Aquarion and Elyrion.

We haven't delved into the specifics, yet. Maybe they *can* take a mate as well? Who knows?!

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Originally posted by Unorigina1Name

So they just walk around and lay eggs when they feel like it? Are they ordered to lay more when producing soldiers for war?

Neither of these are right, but I think the first one is more right.

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Originally posted by GamerGoggle

What happens if a regular polytopian smashes a giant?

They can't.

They Polytopians are asexual.

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Originally posted by taylorlehman

Silly newb question - will all of these changes be coming to mobile too?

Yes

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Originally posted by Staniwag

But what came first, the giant or the egg???

The egg

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Originally posted by Blackpixels

For that matter, are giants the same species as regular Polytopians?

Are they intentionally bred to be giants?

Or are they another species altogether

They're a sub-species. Still Polytopians, technically, but simply a rarer sub-species.

Normal Polytopians can't become giants or vice-versa

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Originally posted by BETAFMCO

The poor polytopian having to lay the giant egg.

Thankfully, only Giants lay giant eggs. :)

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Originally posted by project_dot

So since there are dragons and it‘s the supertroup of elyrion, are they dragonborn?

No.

Dragons lay dragon eggs.

Polytopians lay Polytopian eggs.