? FIELD GUIDE
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every character you type becomes a living organism with its own DNA, body, and behaviour
THE FIVE FAMILIES
HERD ANIMAL
a  e  i  o  u  (any case)
Small · fast · flock together · flee apex
APEX PREDATOR
q  x  z   Q  X  Z
Large · fastest · hunts vowels & wanderers
WANDERER
b c d f g h j k l m …
Medium · territorial · hunts scavengers
SCAVENGER
0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9
Tiny · slow · hunted by wanderers
TITAN
B C D F G H J K L M …
Massive · immune to predation · solitary
CONTROLS
A – Z  /  0 – 9
Spawn a creature — DNA, body, and behaviour are determined by the character
BACKSPACE
Kill the last creature — particle death animation plays
HOVER
Inspect a creature — see family, age, speed, eye count
THE ECOSYSTEM
▸Predators chase prey and eat them for energy
▸All creatures drain energy — starved ones die
▸Same-family pairs reproduce; offspring inherit blended DNA
▸The ecosystem self-sustains if you type enough creatures
▸Orange ring = hungry  ·  pulsing red = critical
WORLD EVENTS
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Day / Night — canvas bleeds deep indigo
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Earthquake — shockwave ring, all scatter
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Confusion — steering inverts for 5 s
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Rain — land slows, vowels speed up
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Spore Burst — all colours mutate
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Slow Motion — 20 % speed for ~6 s
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Gravity Well — pulls everyone inward
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Repulsor — scatters everyone outward
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Genesis — mass energy + birth burst
SPC
Pause — freeze time
▶  START TYPING TO SPAWN YOUR FIRST CREATURE
PAUSED
PRESS SPACE TO RESUME