REALISTIC BEHAVIOUR FAQ
PROJECT GENESIS
This guide expands upon our Rule #2 (Behave realistically) to help new players understand what we ask of them when playing in our server.
BEHAVIOUR QUESTIONS
Where do I find juvenile behaviours?
You will find them on the bottom of profiles. You may also be very curious or very skittish depending on your dinosaur’s personality and species. Try ‘playing’ by moving a lot, interacting with new animals (even AI) or environments and showing uncertainty.
For more information, check our Behaviour Guide.
What activity patterns do I follow as a juvenile animal?
Due to how juvenile animals act, we consider all juvenile animals cathemeral, which means they are active whenever they need food or water.
This includes their hunting schedule.
How do I claim territory? How large should my territory be?
Depending on profile, it may require you to role-play scent marking or broadcasting. It requires a bit of imagination to maintain a territory. It’s easiest to pick a landmark and create an imaginary circle around the landmark with that being your territory.
You cannot claim entire water sources so it’s best to pick large rocks, small mountains, or part of a river as your centre. The size of territory is whatever you can realistically defend. You can always move your territory.
Can I be territorial at any time of day?
Yes, you may defend yourself or your territory regardless of your activity cycle.
You will not actively patrol your territory during your inactive hours, however. Keep in mind that you still must not hunt during this time.
May I grieve an animal related to mine, or my mate?
It will depend on how social the animal is. If it mates for life, then you may show symptoms of grief and avoid eating the body if you want. However, if you are a predator, you must not hunt during this time, as it counts as a body down.
Less social predators are not going to care as much and will happily eat one of their own species.
Can I display attraction to animals of my own gender?
Depending on profile, it will explicitly say that same-sex couples can form or it will not. If it does not state it, then it will depend on how social the animal is. If it can form herds or is monogamous, for example, it probably can form same-sex pairs. However, keep in mind that the profile is a hard rule and you must not defend your mate if it goes against it.
Some profiles will go as far as to specify how same-sex pairs court and mate.
How strict are profiles? If I recognise an inspiration, can I extrapolate?
Profiles have hard aspects which you should follow. These include but are not limited to: activity patterns, grouping limits and nesting behaviour. You should follow these and other points in the profiles.
We take inspiration from many animals when writing our profiles, and as such we ask that you use the profile itself as a guideline. The personality of your animal may show in things like how shy they are, how trusting, how confident in their abilities, their dislikes or likes of certain situations or things, etc. For a better understanding of how profiles work, check our Realism Handbook.