Systems manual

Game mechanics

Understand the decisions behind the meters. These guides teach stable concepts first and quarantine values likely to change in a balance pass.

Growth & elders

How a vulnerable spawn becomes an adult, enters the elder lifecycle, and eventually reaches the point where another run may be the correct choice.

Read nutrient targets, use migration and patrol information, and build a food route that does not turn every meal into an ambush.

Manage the resource loop behind travel, drinking, combat, flight, climbing, oxygen, and almost every failed escape.

Place a sustainable nest, raise offspring without broadcasting the nursery, and choose mutations that reinforce one coherent survival plan.

Control information, terrain, attack arcs, stamina, status pressure, and the decision to disengage before damage decides the encounter.

Use sound, scent, night vision, water information, and species-specific perception without revealing more than you learn.