Bravery pays off

A tough challenge

            1
            You need Adaptability 1 (you have 3)

            1
            You need 1 x Energy Reserves  (you have 2)

            1
            Unlocked with Adaptability 1 - you have 3

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Energy Reserves  - you have 2

That wasn't as bad as it could have been. And the rains brought a deluge of nutrients that you quickly take advantage of.

1 change point, 3 more needed to reach level 4.

Adaptability has increased to 3!

You've gained 10 x Inorganic Materials (new total 350).


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Population

The number of creatures that exist in your world

Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

External Structures

External Structures Layers of Peptidoglycan

External Structures: Layers of Peptidoglycan

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Completed: Self-Knowledge

Congratulations! You've completed the Self-Knowledge story in Evolve

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Mutations

Mutations are simply changes to genetic material, whether helpful or harmful. They can happen in a variety of ways.

Big changes are about to happen to life on Earth. What brought them about for your organism?

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Pinned

Transposons

Parts of your genes have literally rearranged themselves. ATGCTGC became CTGCATG. That's bound to create some changes to your organism.

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            You need Evolution 2 (you have 2)

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            Unlocked with Evolution 2 - you have 2

Radiation

Radiation can come from a variety of sources, such as certain elements or even cosmic rays from the sun. It can also cause cell death, which can be extremely dangerous when you've only got one.

Replication errors

Not as complex as transposons, it could be a simple change of one amino acid in your DNA. CTG becomes CAG. Even small things can have big consequences.

Infected by viruses

Not quite alive, but not inactive either. Viruses can infect a single cell and wreak havoc on DNA, splicing in parts of its own code to replicate and break you down. Your DNA is certain to have some alterations if you survive.


Hopefully it's helpful

Mutations can be good or bad. Or neutral, with no major effect on you life or behavior. But since you've suffered from transposons once already, it had the potential to happen again.

Mutations can happen in a variety of ways

Transposons caused your Mutations

You now have 1 x Progress.


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Cause of Mutations

Mutations can happen in a variety of ways

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Explore Your Environment

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

Regardless of where you are in the ocean there are many things to discover. Of course as a basic organism your ability to get around is limited.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Don't go too far

Your environment may be bigger than you think. You want to be careful about how far you go.

            1
            You need Evolution 1 (you have 2)

            1
            Unlocked with Evolution 1 - you have 2

Explore without hesitation

A modest challenge

Certainly your environment can't be that scary.

NOTE: This will always use up an "Energy Reserve."


Off you go!

Explore without hesitation

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

A modest challenge

            1
            You need Adaptability 1 (you have 3)

            1
            You need 1 x Energy Reserves  (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with Adaptability 1 - you have 3

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Energy Reserves  - you have 1

Your environment is an amazing place! Bigger than you thought, and full of little habitats here and there. As you go you scoop up resources to store for later.

You succeeded in an Adaptability challenge!

You've gained 15 x Inorganic Materials (new total 365).

2 change points, 2 more needed to reach level 4.

Adaptability is increasing...

You've lost 1 x Energy Reserves (new total 1).


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Population

The number of creatures that exist in your world

Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Completed: Self-Knowledge

Congratulations! You've completed the Self-Knowledge story in Evolve

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Replicate

You're able to divide and make more of yourself.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Binary Fission

A form of asexual reproduction, this creates additional copies of yourself. Each cell you produce is genetically identical to you.

Not Right Now

Replicate

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

You would rather save your energy and replicate at a later time.

Multiple Fission

A modest challenge

Some organisms are able to divide into more than two cells at a time. Of course, it takes more energy, and there's a greater chance of something going wrong.

            2
            You need 2 x Energy Reserves  (you have 1)

            2
            You need Adaptability 2 (you have 3)

            2
            Unlocked with 2 x Energy Reserves  - you have 1

            2
            Unlocked with Adaptability 2 - you have 3


Maybe later

You'll have more chances to replicate in the future.


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Cause of Mutations

Mutations can happen in a variety of ways

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Population

The number of creatures that exist in your world

Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Completed: Self-Knowledge

Congratulations! You've completed the Self-Knowledge story in Evolve

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats


Blessed Rain

There are benefits to living close to ths surface. When the rains fall, they bring a rush of nutrients to your home.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Stock up

A straightforward challenge

A chance like this only comes around so often.

            1
            You need Resourcefulness 1 (you have 8)

            1
            Unlocked with Resourcefulness 1 - you have 8


Delicious nutrients

Stock up

A straightforward challenge

Blessed Rain

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

You were lucky this time, and were able to grab enough nutrients to last you a while.

You succeeded in a Resourcefulness challenge!

You've gained 15 x Inorganic Materials (new total 380).

6 change points, 3 more needed to reach level 9.

Resourcefulness is increasing...


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Explore Your Environment

Regardless of where you are in the ocean there are many things to discover. Of course as a basic organism your ability to get around is limited.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Don't go too far

Your environment may be bigger than you think. You want to be careful about how far you go.

Explore without hesitation

A modest challenge

Certainly your environment can't be that scary.

NOTE: This will always use up an "Energy Reserve."


That was exhausting

Explore without hesitation

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

A modest challenge

            1
            You need Adaptability 1 (you have 3)

            1
            You need 1 x Energy Reserves  (you have 0)

            1
            Unlocked with Adaptability 1 - you have 3

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Energy Reserves

This place is bigger than you thought. You didn't have enough resources to really explore, and you exerted yourself too much.

Adaptability 3 failed in a challenge! Try again and you may have better luck...

Adaptability is dropping...

You've lost 1 x Energy Reserves (new total 0).


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Population

The number of creatures that exist in your world

Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Cause of Mutations

Mutations can happen in a variety of ways

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Completed: Self-Knowledge

Congratulations! You've completed the Self-Knowledge story in Evolve

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Search For Resources

When you're a tiny organism, all you can really do is absorb nutrients through your cell walls from your environment. Roam around and open the floodgates.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Take it easy

Search For Resources

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

If you work too hard, you may run out of energy before being able to find food. You've decided not to strain yourself.

Exert yourself

A straightforward challenge

You can always work harder to find more resources. But you may exert yourself for nothing.


A good gamble

A straightforward challenge

It paid off this time. You've got enough nutrients to last you for a while.

7 change points, 2 more needed to reach level 9.

Resourcefulness is increasing...

You've gained 20 x Inorganic Materials (new total 400).


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Chemoautotroph

That's what you are, a chemoautotroph. You produce your energy independently, through inorganic materials. You might use hydrogen sulfide, methane, elemental sulfur, or ammonia. You absorb things like carbon dioxide and release oxygen as a by-product.

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Pinned

Oxidize

You're able to collect inorganic materials, strip them of electrons to change their chemical make-up, and transform them into energy.

This will gain you Resourcefulness and convert Inorganic Materials into Energy Reserves.

            10
            You need 10 x Inorganic Materials  (you have 400)

            10
            Unlocked with 10 x Inorganic Materials  - you have 400

Greater Efficiency

You've learned how to oxidize nutrients more quickly, producing energy in larger amounts.

            5
            You need Resourcefulness 5 (you have 8)

            50
            You need 50 x Inorganic Materials  (you have 400)

            5
            Unlocked with Resourcefulness 5 - you have 8

            50
            Unlocked with 50 x Inorganic Materials  - you have 400


Energy to Store

            5
            You need Resourcefulness 5 (you have 8)

            50
            You need 50 x Inorganic Materials  (you have 350)

            5
            Unlocked with Resourcefulness 5 - you have 8

            50
            Unlocked with 50 x Inorganic Materials  - you have 350

You never know when you might need more energy, but now you have some to spare.

You've lost 50 x Inorganic Materials (new total 350).

You now have 6 x Energy Reserves.

8 change points, 1 more needed to reach level 9.

Resourcefulness is increasing...


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Population

The number of creatures that exist in your world

Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Cause of Mutations

Mutations can happen in a variety of ways

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Completed: Self-Knowledge

Congratulations! You've completed the Self-Knowledge story in Evolve

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats


Replicate

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

You're able to divide and make more of yourself.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Binary Fission

A form of asexual reproduction, this creates additional copies of yourself. Each cell you produce is genetically identical to you.

Multiple Fission

A modest challenge

Some organisms are able to divide into more than two cells at a time. Of course, it takes more energy, and there's a greater chance of something going wrong.

            2
            You need 2 x Energy Reserves  (you have 6)

            2
            You need Adaptability 2 (you have 3)

            2
            Unlocked with 2 x Energy Reserves  - you have 6

            2
            Unlocked with Adaptability 2 - you have 3

Not Right Now

You would rather save your energy and replicate at a later time.


There's many of you

Multiple Fission

A modest challenge

            2
            You need 2 x Energy Reserves  (you have 4)

            2
            You need Adaptability 2 (you have 3)

            2
            Unlocked with 2 x Energy Reserves  - you have 4

            2
            Unlocked with Adaptability 2 - you have 3

There can be advantages to multiplying quickly. If a predator evolves, your organism stands a better chance of surviving based on sheer numbers. This is called "r-selective reproduction"

You've gained 2 x Population (new total 3).

You've lost 2 x Energy Reserves (new total 4).

Adaptability is increasing...


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Population

The number of creatures that exist in your world

Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Cause of Mutations

Mutations can happen in a variety of ways

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Completed: Self-Knowledge

Congratulations! You've completed the Self-Knowledge story in Evolve

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Speciation Through Mutation

With enough mutations, you may eventually become a whole new species. Species are loosely defined as organisms that produce viable offspring, but since you reproduce asexually that isn't descriptive enough. Your species is instead characterized by your morphology, your behaviors, and how you metabolize nutrients.

Your organism is having to compete more and more for resources. How will your speciation happen?

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Pinned

Allopatric speciation

You've become part of an geographically isolated population. If mutations occur here, they will stay within your population, eventually differentiating you from other populations.

            3
            You need Population 3 (you have 3)

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            Unlocked with Population 3 - you have 3

Peripatric speciation

You've become part of a peripherally isolated population, that's very small to begin with. Genetic changes have happened in your little  corner habitat, and even though you have some contact with other populations you're now quite different from them.

            4
            You need Population 4 (you have 3)

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            Unlocked with Population 4 - you have 3

Parapatric speciation

You're somewhat isolated from others, but your genes have changed enough that there are more differences than commonalities between you. Your way of doing things is just more efficient, and as you replicate your population is taking over.

            5
            You need Population 5 (you have 3)

            5
            Unlocked with Population 5 - you have 3


Ready to evolve

Conditions are just right for you to take the next step in your life.

You've gained 1 x Progress (new total 2).

The process by which you became a new species

You've undergone Allopatric Speciation


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Speciation

The process by which you became a new species

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Glycolysis

All the organisms in the world get their energy from inorganic materials. You're going to change that forever.

Pinned

Pinned

Organic molecules abound

If you evolve the ability to get energy from organic compounds, you'll have an advantage over every other organism on the planet.

            1
            You need Progress 1 (you have 2)

            1
            Unlocked with Progress 1 - you have 2


Converting Glucose

            1
            You need Progress 1 (you have 3)

            1
            Unlocked with Progress 1 - you have 3

You are the first to metabolize organic compounds, a feature that has the potential to last through 3 billion years of life.

Your Evolution score is now 3

You've gained 100 x Millions of Years Gone By (new total 300).

You've gained 1 x Progress (new total 3).


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Population

The number of creatures that exist in your world

Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Cause of Mutations

Mutations can happen in a variety of ways

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Completed: Self-Knowledge

Congratulations! You've completed the Self-Knowledge story in Evolve

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats


Harvest Organic Compounds

Your first purely organic meal after evolving your new metabolic pathway. It's guaranteed to be delicious.

Pinned

Pinned

Collect glucose

There's an abundance of organic compounds in the ocean, as no other organisms are using them at present.


Developing reserves

            1
            You need Progress 1 (you have 4)

            1
            Unlocked with Progress 1 - you have 4

You've got your first set of glucose, the chemical equation for which is C6H12O6. Soon you'll be stripping it of hydrogen to create stores of energy.

You now have 20 x Organic Materials.

You've gained 1 x Progress (new total 4).


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Speciation

The process by which you became a new species

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Organic Materials

Glucose makes fantastic energy


Convert Glucose

It's a complex process, including at least 10 chemical transformations.

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Pinned

Produce ATP and NADH

As glucose is broken down, there are multiple byproducts: pyruvate, unbonded hydrogen, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH). A single glucose molecule produces 2 each of ATP and NADH, both of which store energy that can be used later.

            10
            You need 10 x Organic Materials  (you have 20)

            10
            Unlocked with 10 x Organic Materials  - you have 20


Feeling energetic

            10
            You need 10 x Organic Materials  (you have 10)

            10
            Unlocked with 10 x Organic Materials  - you have 10

Now that you can use sugars to produce energy, it should be much easier to find the resources you need.

You've gained 1 x Energy Reserves (new total 5).

You've lost 10 x Organic Materials (new total 10).

You've gained 1 x Progress (new total 5).


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Population

The number of creatures that exist in your world

Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Cause of Mutations

Mutations can happen in a variety of ways

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Completed: Self-Knowledge

Congratulations! You've completed the Self-Knowledge story in Evolve

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats

Organic Materials

Glucose makes fantastic energy


The Last Common Ancestor

Now that you've evolved glycolysis, their are endless paths before you. The first great divide between Kingdoms is about to happen, and this will be the last time that all of life has the same common ancestor.

Which path will you take?

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Pinned

Evolve into an Archaea

Becoming a member of the Archaean Kingdom would be exciting, but restrictive. You will remain a single-celled organism for your entire history, but be highly flexible in your size, shape, and metabolism. You may even become an "extremophile," living in the harshest environments on the planet.

Note: This is a very unique path, and can be quite restrictive. Choose to become an archaea carefully.

            3
            You need Evolution 3 (you have 3)

            3
            Unlocked with Evolution 3 - you have 3

Remain a Prokaryote

The prokaryotes eventually evolve into most known forms of life - the plants, animals, fungi. By choosing this path, your options are much more diverse but there's also greater potential for harmful mutations to plague you.

            2
            You need Evolution 2 (you have 3)

            2
            Unlocked with Evolution 2 - you have 3


Welcome to the Archaean Kingdom

Evolve into an Archaea

            3
            You need Evolution 3 (you have 4)

            3
            Unlocked with Evolution 3 - you have 4

Your path will be unique, but fascinating. Stay tuned for Archaea-specific plots in the near future.

You have moved to a new area: Next on Evolve

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

You've gained 200 x Millions of Years Gone By (new total 500).

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Your Evolution score is now 4

You belong to the Kingdom: Arhcaea

'Progress' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?

You've completed the Mutation Story in Evolve

Congratulations! You've completed the Mutations story in Evolve


Population

The number of creatures that exist in your world

Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Speciation

The process by which you became a new species

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Completed: Self-Knowledge

Congratulations! You've completed the Self-Knowledge story in Evolve

Completed: Mutation Story

You've completed the Mutation Story in Evolve

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats

Organic Materials

Glucose makes fantastic energy


Up Next

Continuing your evolutionary story

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Pinned

Many changes are coming

Continuing your evolutionary story

Photosynthesis. A planetary crisis. And the chance to evolve beyond your single cell. Coming up next on Evolve!

            1
            You need 1 x Key of Dreams  (you have 0)

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Key of Dreams


Pinned

Pinned

Blessed Rain

Unlocked with Evolution 1 - you have 4; Unlocked with Resourcefulness 1 - you have 8; you must be in Ocean Shallows to play this card.

There are benefits to living close to ths surface...

Search For Resources

Unlocked with Evolution 1 - you have 4; you must be in Ocean Shallows to play this card.

When you're a tiny organism, all you can really do is absorb nutrients through your cell walls from your environment...

Explore Your Environment

Regardless of where you are in the ocean there are many things to discover...


Blessed Rain

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

There are benefits to living close to ths surface. When the rains fall, they bring a rush of nutrients to your home.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Stock up

A straightforward challenge

A chance like this only comes around so often.

            1
            You need Resourcefulness 1 (you have 8)

            1
            Unlocked with Resourcefulness 1 - you have 8


Delicious nutrients

A straightforward challenge

            1
            You need Resourcefulness 1 (you have 9)

            1
            Unlocked with Resourcefulness 1 - you have 9

You were lucky this time, and were able to grab enough nutrients to last you a while.

You succeeded in a Resourcefulness challenge!

You've gained 15 x Inorganic Materials (new total 365).

0 change points, 10 more needed to reach level 10.

Resourcefulness has increased to 9!


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Population

The number of creatures that exist in your world

Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Cause of Mutations

Mutations can happen in a variety of ways

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Completed: Self-Knowledge

Congratulations! You've completed the Self-Knowledge story in Evolve

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats

Organic Materials

Glucose makes fantastic energy


Explore Your Environment

Regardless of where you are in the ocean there are many things to discover. Of course as a basic organism your ability to get around is limited.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Don't go too far

Your environment may be bigger than you think. You want to be careful about how far you go.

            1
            You need Evolution 1 (you have 4)

            1
            Unlocked with Evolution 1 - you have 4

Explore without hesitation

A modest challenge

Explore Your Environment

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

Certainly your environment can't be that scary.

NOTE: This will always use up an "Energy Reserve."

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Off you go!

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Your environment is an amazing place! Bigger than you thought, and full of little habitats here and there. As you go you scoop up resources to store for later.

You succeeded in an Adaptability challenge!

You've gained 15 x Inorganic Materials (new total 380).

3 change points, 1 more needed to reach level 4.

Adaptability is increasing...

You've lost 1 x Energy Reserves (new total 4).


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Speciation

The process by which you became a new species

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Completed: Mutation Story

You've completed the Mutation Story in Evolve

Organic Materials

Glucose makes fantastic energy


Search For Resources

When you're a tiny organism, all you can really do is absorb nutrients through your cell walls from your environment. Roam around and open the floodgates.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Take it easy

If you work too hard, you may run out of energy before being able to find food. You've decided not to strain yourself.

Exert yourself

A straightforward challenge

You can always work harder to find more resources. But you may exert yourself for nothing.


Absorption

A couple of minerals, some vitamins. You have enough energy to keep going for now.

1 change point, 9 more needed to reach level 10.

Resourcefulness is increasing...

You've gained 5 x Inorganic Materials (new total 385).


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Population

The number of creatures that exist in your world

Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Cause of Mutations

Mutations can happen in a variety of ways

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Speciation

The process by which you became a new species

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Completed: Self-Knowledge

Congratulations! You've completed the Self-Knowledge story in Evolve

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats

Organic Materials

Glucose makes fantastic energy


Up Next

Continuing your evolutionary story

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Photosynthesis. A planetary crisis. And the chance to evolve beyond your single cell. Coming up next on Evolve!


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Life

It starts with a spark

Begin Your Story

The Water

Where life originates

Welcome to Evolve. In this game, you'll follow life from the first single-celled organism through any number of branching paths.

Life is a mysterious thing, requiring a strict combination of factors to be in place for it to begin.

            Unlocked when Life is:

Terrestrial Origins

Extraterrestrial Origins

Beginnings (you have this)

It's beautiful in its complexity. What will you do with your new gift?

Your life has officially begun

Your Origins Story is progressing

Your "A Stranger" quality has gone. Welcome to the world!


Origins Story

How far you are in the storylet

Life

Your origin


The Origins of Life

The Water

Where life originates

No one is entirely sure how life begins. There are two popular, contradictory theories. It's time to decide where you came from.

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Terrestrial Origins

The Origins of Life

The Water

Where life originates

You formed here on Earth, from parts that were already present in your ecosystem. Recent reductions in atmospheric chemicals, along with available organic molecules, have provided just the right combination of factors.

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Extraterrestrial Origins

The Origins of Life

The Water

Where life originates

Organic molecules, the building blocks of life, have been delivered to Earth from space. The impact of the meteors has changed the surface of the planet and its atmosphere, bringing the perfect conditions for life to form.


From another world

Extraterrestrial Origins

The Origins of Life

The Water

Where life originates

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You may have otherworldly origins, but you're here now. What will you make of your life?

Your life has Extraterrestrial Origins

Your Origins Story is progressing


Origins Story

How far you are in the storylet

Life

Your origin


What You Are

The Water

Where life originates

Regardless of where you came from, all life is presumed to have started the same way.

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Your kingdom

What You Are

The Water

Where life originates

The most likely form of original life was as a Prokaryote, evolving nearly 1 billion years after the formation of the Earth's surface.

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Kingdom: Bacteria

Your kingdom

What You Are

The Water

Where life originates

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This is the origin point. You can evolve beyond this through mutations.

You belong to the Kingdom: Bacteria

Your Origins Story is progressing


Origins Story

How far you are in the storylet

Life

Your origin


Where You Are

The Water

Where life originates

Life began in the water, as the atmosphere was inhospitable. But there are multiple places it may have started.

NOTE: "In the Shallows" is the only option that is currently unlocked for beta. Organisms will have the chance of moving between areas once content is developed.

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In the shallows

Where You Are

The Water

Where life originates

Even if you don't draw energy directly from the sun, you still benefit from being near it.

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In the depths

Where You Are

The Water

Where life originates

Far from the sun's rays, but in an area rich with nutrients.

The ocean floor

Where You Are

The Water

Where life originates

The cold, sandy bottom of the ocean is a harsh place but one that affords you some protection.

A hydrothermal vent

Where You Are

The Water

Where life originates

A fissure in the ocean floor has caused geothermally heated water to rise up out of the depths. It's boiling hot but full of chemicals that may be beneficial to you.


Your new home

In the shallows

Where You Are

The Water

Where life originates

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Rock crags, sand, and shelter are in abundance. Nutrients are replenished by the rains. But being this close to the surface can also be turbulent, with the weather on the Earth's surface in constant flux.

You have moved to a new area: Ocean Shallows

Your Origins Story is progressing


Origins Story

How far you are in the storylet

Life

Your origin


Start Your Journey

You have your life and your home. It's time to start exploring.

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Evolution

From here on, evolution will guide your story.

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Congratulations!

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You've just earned your first "Evolution" point. This measures your major accomplishments as an organism.

After this you'll have access to two paths for your organism. The first are randomized "Opportunity" cards, which describe the daily life of your organism and let you gain traits and resources. The second are ordered story cards that give you Evolution points and measures time in Millions of Years Gone By.

Your Evolution score is now 1

Your Origins Story quality has been reset

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

You now have 100 x Millions of Years Gone By.

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story of Evolve


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Life

Your origin

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve


Life

Your origin


Search For Resources

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

When you're a tiny organism, all you can really do is absorb nutrients through your cell walls from your environment. Roam around and open the floodgates.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Take it easy

If you work too hard, you may run out of energy before being able to find food. You've decided not to strain yourself.

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Exert yourself

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

A tough challenge

You can always work harder to find more resources. But you may exert yourself for nothing.

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Absorption

A couple of minerals, some vitamins. You have enough energy to keep going for now.

0 change points, 2 more needed to reach level 2.

You've gained a new quality: Resourcefulness at 1.

You now have 5 x Inorganic Materials.


Life

Your origin

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane


Life

Your origin


Explore Your Environment

Regardless of where you are in the ocean there are many things to discover. Of course as a basic organism your ability to get around is limited.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Don't go too far

Your environment may be bigger than you think. You want to be careful about how far you go.

Explore without hesitation

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

A tough challenge

Certainly your environment can't be that scary.

NOTE: This will always use up an "Energy Reserve."

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This isn't too bad

The water gets colder as you sink and warmer as you rise to the surface. You find a few places where there's better nutrients than where you started.

You've gained a new quality: Adaptability at 1.

You've gained 5 x Inorganic Materials (new total 10).


Life

Your origin


Learn About Yourself

You may only be a single cell but you've got a complicated biology.

This card begins the Self Knowledge storyline, which describes the inner workings of your cell. You will gain a point of Evolution upon completion.

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Look inside and out

It's time to find out how you work


Find out what you're made of

It's time to find out how you work

Knowing how you work can help you make the best evolutionary decisions for your organism

How much you know about yourself and your biological processes

You now have 1 x Self-Knowledge.


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Life

Your origin

Self-Knowledge

How much you know about yourself and your biological processes

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve


Blessed Rain

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

There are benefits to living close to ths surface. When the rains fall, they bring a rush of nutrients to your home.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Stock up

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

A chancy challenge

A chance like this only comes around so often.

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Swept away

A chancy challenge

The rains proved to be too much and took you further than you expected. You were still able to grab a few morsels in your struggle.

Resourcefulness 1 failed in a challenge! Try again and you may have better luck...

Resourcefulness has not changed from 1 because it's lower than 2.

You've gained 5 x Inorganic Materials (new total 15).


Life

Your origin

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane


Life

Your origin


Search For Resources

When you're a tiny organism, all you can really do is absorb nutrients through your cell walls from your environment. Roam around and open the floodgates.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Take it easy

If you work too hard, you may run out of energy before being able to find food. You've decided not to strain yourself.

Exert yourself

A very chancy challenge

You can always work harder to find more resources. But you may exert yourself for nothing.


A bad gamble

A very chancy challenge

No luck this time. You'll have to keep looking.


Life

Your origin

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment


Life

Your origin


Chemoautotroph

That's what you are, a chemoautotroph. You produce your energy independently, through inorganic materials. You might use hydrogen sulfide, methane, elemental sulfur, or ammonia. You absorb things like carbon dioxide and release oxygen as a by-product.

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Oxidize

You're able to collect inorganic materials, strip them of electrons to change their chemical make-up, and transform them into energy.

This will gain you Resourcefulness and convert Inorganic Materials into Energy Reserves.

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Greater Efficiency

You've learned how to oxidize nutrients more quickly, producing energy in larger amounts.

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            You need 50 x Inorganic Materials  (you have 15)

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            Unlocked with Resourcefulness 5 - you have 1

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            Unlocked with 50 x Inorganic Materials  - you have 15


Energized

Oxidize

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Now you have some energy reserves. This will allow you to continue exploring your environment and replicate.

You've lost 10 x Inorganic Materials (new total 5).

You now have 1 x Energy Reserves.


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Life

Your origin

Self-Knowledge

How much you know about yourself and your biological processes

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats


Your Cell Walls

Surrounding you on all sides, giving you form.

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You wouldn't be able to exist without your cell walls.

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You're well protected

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Lipid membrane. Cell membrane. It separates you from the rest of your environment, protecting you. Cell walls are "selectively permeable," only letting certain things in, like nutrients and molecules you need to survive.

Your cell walls are most likely made of peptidoglycan, a polysaccharide chain that's made up of amino acids. This provides both chemical and physical protection for your interior structures.

You've gained 1 x Self-Knowledge (new total 2).

You've gained a new quality: Defenses at 1.

You've gained Layers of Peptidoglycan


Life

Your origin

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane


Blessed Rain

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

There are benefits to living close to ths surface. When the rains fall, they bring a rush of nutrients to your home.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Stock up

A chancy challenge

A chance like this only comes around so often.


Swept away

A chancy challenge

The rains proved to be too much and took you further than you expected. You were still able to grab a few morsels in your struggle.


Life

Your origin

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Life

Your origin

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Explore Your Environment

Regardless of where you are in the ocean there are many things to discover. Of course as a basic organism your ability to get around is limited.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Don't go too far

Your environment may be bigger than you think. You want to be careful about how far you go.

Explore without hesitation

A very chancy challenge

Certainly your environment can't be that scary.

NOTE: This will always use up an "Energy Reserve."

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This isn't too bad

The water gets colder as you sink and warmer as you rise to the surface. You find a few places where there's better nutrients than where you started.

1 change point, 1 more needed to reach level 2.

Adaptability is increasing...


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Life

Your origin

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Self-Knowledge

How much you know about yourself and your biological processes

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats


Life

Your origin

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Your Cytoplasm

Your squishy innards.

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Your squishy innards.

Your cytoplasm is equally important. Find out why.

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Keeping it together

Learn more

Your Cytoplasm

Your squishy innards.

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Cytoplasm keeps all of your inner parts together. Everything inside you exists in the cytoplasm, including your genetic material. 70-90% of cytoplasm is water, with the rest being comprised of proteins, nutrients, and metabolic pathways.

You've gained 1 x Self-Knowledge (new total 3).

You've gained Internal Cytoplasm


Life

Your origin

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane


Your Ribosomes

Keeping you fit and ready to divide.

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Keeping you fit and ready to divide.

Ribosomes have a very specific job to do.

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Making your proteins

Learn more

Your Ribosomes

Keeping you fit and ready to divide.

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Ribosomes translate amino acids into proteins, which help with virtually all biological processes inside you. Cell signaling, metabolism, and the cell cycle are just a few examples.

You've gained 1 x Self-Knowledge (new total 4).

How you process proteins and amino acids

You've gained a method of Translation - Ribosomes


Life

Your origin

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats


Blessed Rain

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

There are benefits to living close to ths surface. When the rains fall, they bring a rush of nutrients to your home.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Stock up

A chancy challenge

A chance like this only comes around so often.


Delicious nutrients

A chancy challenge

You were lucky this time, and were able to grab enough nutrients to last you a while.

You succeeded in a Resourcefulness challenge!

You've gained 15 x Inorganic Materials (new total 30).

Resourcefulness is increasing...


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Life

Your origin

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Self-Knowledge

How much you know about yourself and your biological processes

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats


Life

Your origin

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Explore Your Environment

Regardless of where you are in the ocean there are many things to discover. Of course as a basic organism your ability to get around is limited.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Don't go too far

Your environment may be bigger than you think. You want to be careful about how far you go.

Explore without hesitation

A very chancy challenge

Certainly your environment can't be that scary.

NOTE: This will always use up an "Energy Reserve."


This isn't too bad

The water gets colder as you sink and warmer as you rise to the surface. You find a few places where there's better nutrients than where you started.

0 change points, 3 more needed to reach level 3.

Adaptability has increased to 2!

You've gained 5 x Inorganic Materials (new total 35).


Life

Your origin

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane


Life

Your origin

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Your Nucleoid

Inside is the real you.

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Inside is the real you.

This is truly what separates you from non-living organics. It's what describes and controls your life.

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A matter of genetics

Learn more

Your Nucleoid

Inside is the real you.

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This is where your DNA is stored, the building blocks of your existence. It defines what you look like, how you act, how you adapt. More than one copy of your DNA may be kept in your nucleoid at one time.

You've gained 1 x Self-Knowledge (new total 5).

You've gained a method of Genetic Storage - Nucleoid


Life

Your origin

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Blessed Rain

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

There are benefits to living close to ths surface. When the rains fall, they bring a rush of nutrients to your home.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Stock up

A chancy challenge

A chance like this only comes around so often.


Delicious nutrients

A modest challenge

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You were lucky this time, and were able to grab enough nutrients to last you a while.

You've gained 15 x Inorganic Materials (new total 50).

Resourcefulness has increased to 2!


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Life

Your origin

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Self-Knowledge

How much you know about yourself and your biological processes

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats


Life

Your origin

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Search For Resources

When you're a tiny organism, all you can really do is absorb nutrients through your cell walls from your environment. Roam around and open the floodgates.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Take it easy

If you work too hard, you may run out of energy before being able to find food. You've decided not to strain yourself.

            1
            You need Evolution 1 (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with Evolution 1 - you have 1

Exert yourself

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

A chancy challenge

You can always work harder to find more resources. But you may exert yourself for nothing.


A good gamble

A chancy challenge

It paid off this time. You've got enough nutrients to last you for a while.

1 change point, 2 more needed to reach level 3.

Resourcefulness is increasing...

You've gained 20 x Inorganic Materials (new total 70).


Life

Your origin

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane


Life

Your origin

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Explore Your Environment

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

Regardless of where you are in the ocean there are many things to discover. Of course as a basic organism your ability to get around is limited.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Don't go too far

Your environment may be bigger than you think. You want to be careful about how far you go.

Explore without hesitation

A chancy challenge

Certainly your environment can't be that scary.

NOTE: This will always use up an "Energy Reserve."

            1
            You need Adaptability 1 (you have 2)

            1
            You need 1 x Energy Reserves  (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with Adaptability 1 - you have 2

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Energy Reserves  - you have 1


This isn't too bad

The water gets colder as you sink and warmer as you rise to the surface. You find a few places where there's better nutrients than where you started.

Adaptability is increasing...

You've gained 5 x Inorganic Materials (new total 75).


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Life

Your origin

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Self-Knowledge

How much you know about yourself and your biological processes

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats


Life

Your origin

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Following the Tides

The moon is still very close to the Earth, and the tides on the surface swell and ebb violently. There may be ways to take advantage of this though.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Use the tides to find nutrients

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

A modest challenge

You can let the tides take you to new places in the hopes of finding a bounty of nutrients.

Use the tides to find shelter

A very chancy challenge

Maybe there will be rocky crags or a nice bank of sand to burrow into.

Note: This will gain you extra resourcefulness.


Stuck in the open

A very chancy challenge

You tried to find a place that's protected from the elements, but were unsuccessful.

Resourcefulness 2 failed in a challenge! Try again and you may have better luck...

Resourcefulness has not changed from 2 because it's lower than 3.


Life

Your origin

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane


Life

Your origin

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Your Transportation

You might be small but you need to get around somehow.

Pinned

Pinned

Flagellar Motility

You have a flagellum that lets you get where you're going.

            5
            You need Self-Knowledge 5 (you have 5)

            5
            Unlocked with Self-Knowledge 5 - you have 5


A wiggly appendage

            5
            You need Self-Knowledge 5 (you have 6)

            5
            Unlocked with Self-Knowledge 5 - you have 6

You're able to perform basic locomotion, though your flagella also help you sense things in your environment. A handy adaptation!

You've gained a Flagellum

You've gained 1 x Self-Knowledge (new total 6).


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Search For Resources

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

When you're a tiny organism, all you can really do is absorb nutrients through your cell walls from your environment. Roam around and open the floodgates.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Take it easy

If you work too hard, you may run out of energy before being able to find food. You've decided not to strain yourself.

Exert yourself

A chancy challenge

You can always work harder to find more resources. But you may exert yourself for nothing.


A good gamble

A chancy challenge

It paid off this time. You've got enough nutrients to last you for a while.

2 change points, 1 more needed to reach level 3.

Resourcefulness is increasing...

You've gained 20 x Inorganic Materials (new total 95).


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Self-Knowledge

How much you know about yourself and your biological processes

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane


Following the Tides

The moon is still very close to the Earth, and the tides on the surface swell and ebb violently. There may be ways to take advantage of this though.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Use the tides to find nutrients

A modest challenge

You can let the tides take you to new places in the hopes of finding a bounty of nutrients.

Use the tides to find shelter

A very chancy challenge

Maybe there will be rocky crags or a nice bank of sand to burrow into.

Note: This will gain you extra resourcefulness.


A pleasant respite

Use the tides to find shelter

A chancy challenge

Following the Tides

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

            1
            You need Resourcefulness 1 (you have 3)

            1
            Unlocked with Resourcefulness 1 - you have 3

Your ability to find shelter will certainly be helpful if you're ever in a hazardous situation.

1 change point, 3 more needed to reach level 4.

Resourcefulness has increased to 3!


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Explore Your Environment

Regardless of where you are in the ocean there are many things to discover. Of course as a basic organism your ability to get around is limited.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Don't go too far

Your environment may be bigger than you think. You want to be careful about how far you go.

Explore without hesitation

A chancy challenge

Certainly your environment can't be that scary.

NOTE: This will always use up an "Energy Reserve."


This isn't too bad

The water gets colder as you sink and warmer as you rise to the surface. You find a few places where there's better nutrients than where you started.

Adaptability is increasing...

You've gained 5 x Inorganic Materials (new total 100).


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Self-Knowledge

How much you know about yourself and your biological processes

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane


Morphology

While your insides are quite predictable as a bacteria, there is great diversity in what your external morphology looks like.

What shape do you have?

Pinned

Pinned

Cocci

Your shape is round, and while you're an independent organism on your own, your morphology makes it easier to become part of a group of cells.

Bacilli

Bacilli are rod-shaped bacteria, which are usually solitary. Some are known to form colonies though.

Spirochaete

Spirochaete shaped cells belong to their own Phylum, being distinct from all other types of bacteria. You have a long, helically coiled cell.

Vibrio

Shaped almost like a comma, your cell is a curved rod. A rarer morphology, Vibrio organisms are often pathogens.

Morphology Determined

You already have an external structure.

            Unlocked when Morphology is:

Cocci

Bacilli

Spirochaete

Vibrio


You're Spirochaete shaped

Not known for forming colonies, Spirochaete's are unique in their shape and larger than the average bacteria.

You've gained 1 x Self-Knowledge (new total 7).

You are a Spirochaete bacteria


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


You Know Yourself Well

You can easily describe your components. Put your knowledge to the test.

Pinned

Pinned

Option A

Cell wall, mitochondria, cytoplasm, a nucleoid, and amoeboid limbs.

            6
            You need Self-Knowledge 6 (you have 7)

            6
            Unlocked with Self-Knowledge 6 - you have 7

Option B

Cell wall, ribosomes, cytoplams, a nucleoid, and a flagellum.

Not quite sure?

You can always go back and read through it once more.

NOTE: This will reset your "Self-Knowledge" score to 1.


No problem!

            6
            You need Self-Knowledge 6 (you have 1)

            6
            Unlocked with Self-Knowledge 6 - you have 1

Feel free to spend more time learning about yourself.

An occurrence! Your 'Self-Knowledge' Quality is now 1!


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Self-Knowledge

How much you know about yourself and your biological processes

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats


Chemoautotroph

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

That's what you are, a chemoautotroph. You produce your energy independently, through inorganic materials. You might use hydrogen sulfide, methane, elemental sulfur, or ammonia. You absorb things like carbon dioxide and release oxygen as a by-product.

Pinned

Pinned

Oxidize

You're able to collect inorganic materials, strip them of electrons to change their chemical make-up, and transform them into energy.

This will gain you Resourcefulness and convert Inorganic Materials into Energy Reserves.

            10
            You need 10 x Inorganic Materials  (you have 100)

            10
            Unlocked with 10 x Inorganic Materials  - you have 100

Greater Efficiency

You've learned how to oxidize nutrients more quickly, producing energy in larger amounts.

            5
            You need Resourcefulness 5 (you have 3)

            50
            You need 50 x Inorganic Materials  (you have 100)

            5
            Unlocked with Resourcefulness 5 - you have 3

            50
            Unlocked with 50 x Inorganic Materials  - you have 100


Energized

Oxidize

            10
            You need 10 x Inorganic Materials  (you have 90)

            10
            Unlocked with 10 x Inorganic Materials  - you have 90

Now you have some energy reserves. This will allow you to continue exploring your environment and replicate.

You've lost 10 x Inorganic Materials (new total 90).

You've gained 1 x Energy Reserves (new total 2).


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Search For Resources

When you're a tiny organism, all you can really do is absorb nutrients through your cell walls from your environment. Roam around and open the floodgates.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Take it easy

If you work too hard, you may run out of energy before being able to find food. You've decided not to strain yourself.

Exert yourself

A modest challenge

You can always work harder to find more resources. But you may exert yourself for nothing.


Absorption

A couple of minerals, some vitamins. You have enough energy to keep going for now.

2 change points, 2 more needed to reach level 4.

Resourcefulness is increasing...

You've gained 5 x Inorganic Materials (new total 95).


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Self-Knowledge

How much you know about yourself and your biological processes

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Explore Your Environment

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

Regardless of where you are in the ocean there are many things to discover. Of course as a basic organism your ability to get around is limited.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Don't go too far

Your environment may be bigger than you think. You want to be careful about how far you go.

Explore without hesitation

A chancy challenge

Certainly your environment can't be that scary.

NOTE: This will always use up an "Energy Reserve."

            1
            You need Adaptability 1 (you have 2)

            1
            You need 1 x Energy Reserves  (you have 2)

            1
            Unlocked with Adaptability 1 - you have 2

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Energy Reserves  - you have 2


This isn't too bad

The water gets colder as you sink and warmer as you rise to the surface. You find a few places where there's better nutrients than where you started.

0 change points, 4 more needed to reach level 4.

Adaptability has increased to 3!


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Your Cell Walls

Surrounding you on all sides, giving you form.

Pinned

Pinned

Learn more

You wouldn't be able to exist without your cell walls.

            1
            You need Self-Knowledge 1 (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with Self-Knowledge 1 - you have 1


You're well protected

            1
            You need Self-Knowledge 1 (you have 2)

            1
            Unlocked with Self-Knowledge 1 - you have 2

Lipid membrane. Cell membrane. It separates you from the rest of your environment, protecting you. Cell walls are "selectively permeable," only letting certain things in, like nutrients and molecules you need to survive.

Your cell walls are most likely made of peptidoglycan, a polysaccharide chain that's made up of amino acids. This provides both chemical and physical protection for your interior structures.

External Structures has not changed from 1 because it's higher than 0.

You've gained 1 x Self-Knowledge (new total 2).

Defenses is increasing...


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Self-Knowledge

How much you know about yourself and your biological processes

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats


Explore Your Environment

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

Regardless of where you are in the ocean there are many things to discover. Of course as a basic organism your ability to get around is limited.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Don't go too far

Your environment may be bigger than you think. You want to be careful about how far you go.

Explore without hesitation

A modest challenge

Certainly your environment can't be that scary.

NOTE: This will always use up an "Energy Reserve."

            1
            You need Adaptability 1 (you have 3)

            1
            You need 1 x Energy Reserves  (you have 2)

            1
            Unlocked with Adaptability 1 - you have 3

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Energy Reserves  - you have 2


This isn't too bad

The water gets colder as you sink and warmer as you rise to the surface. You find a few places where there's better nutrients than where you started.

Adaptability is increasing...

You've gained 5 x Inorganic Materials (new total 105).


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Translation

How you process proteins and amino acids

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations


Reset Your Organism

Your organism isn't going to make it. This will reset your character, taking you back to the beginning of the story. All progress will be erased and a new character will need to be created.

Pinned

Pinned

Unfortunately your time has come

Don't worry, extinction is a natural part of evolution. It's estimated that 99.9% of all species to have existed on Earth are extinct in our modern era.


The end of life

Thank you for playing Evolution. We hope you join us again soon.


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Life

Your origin

Mobility

How you get around

Morphology

The shape of your cell or body

Internal Structure

What holds your insides together

Genetic Storage

How your DNA is stored in your cells

Defenses

For both predator and prey situations

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

Self-Knowledge

How much you know about yourself and your biological processes

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane

Energy Reserves

Energy you've stored up in the form of fats


Begin Your Story

The Water

Where life originates

Welcome to Evolve. In this game, you'll follow life from the first single-celled organism through any number of branching paths.

Pinned

Pinned

It starts with a spark

Begin Your Story

The Water

Where life originates

Life is a mysterious thing, requiring a strict combination of factors to be in place for it to begin.

            Unlocked when Life is:

Terrestrial Origins

Extraterrestrial Origins

Beginnings


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Life

It starts with a spark

Begin Your Story

The Water

Where life originates

            Unlocked when Life is:

Terrestrial Origins

Extraterrestrial Origins

Beginnings (you have this)

It's beautiful in its complexity. What will you do with your new gift?

Your life has officially begun

Your Origins Story is progressing

Your "A Stranger" quality has gone. Welcome to the world!


Origins Story

How far you are in the storylet

Life

Your origin


The Origins of Life

The Water

Where life originates

No one is entirely sure how life begins. There are two popular, contradictory theories. It's time to decide where you came from.

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Pinned

Terrestrial Origins

The Origins of Life

The Water

Where life originates

You formed here on Earth, from parts that were already present in your ecosystem. Recent reductions in atmospheric chemicals, along with available organic molecules, have provided just the right combination of factors.

            1
            You need Origins Story 1 (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with Origins Story 1 - you have 1

Extraterrestrial Origins

The Origins of Life

The Water

Where life originates

Organic molecules, the building blocks of life, have been delivered to Earth from space. The impact of the meteors has changed the surface of the planet and its atmosphere, bringing the perfect conditions for life to form.


Earth is your only home

Terrestrial Origins

The Origins of Life

The Water

Where life originates

            1
            You need Origins Story 1 (you have 2)

            1
            Unlocked with Origins Story 1 - you have 2

Everything you needed came from here.

Your life has Terrestrial Origins

Your Origins Story is progressing


Origins Story

How far you are in the storylet

Life

Your origin


What You Are

The Water

Where life originates

Regardless of where you came from, all life is presumed to have started the same way.

Pinned

Pinned

Your kingdom

What You Are

The Water

Where life originates

The most likely form of original life was as a Prokaryote, evolving nearly 1 billion years after the formation of the Earth's surface.

            2
            You need Origins Story 2 (you have 2)

            2
            Unlocked with Origins Story 2 - you have 2


Kingdom: Bacteria

Your kingdom

What You Are

The Water

Where life originates

            2
            You need Origins Story 2 (you have 3)

            2
            Unlocked with Origins Story 2 - you have 3

This is the origin point. You can evolve beyond this through mutations.

You belong to the Kingdom: Bacteria

Your Origins Story is progressing


Origins Story

How far you are in the storylet

Life

Your origin


Where You Are

The Water

Where life originates

Life began in the water, as the atmosphere was inhospitable. But there are multiple places it may have started.

NOTE: "In the Shallows" is the only option that is currently unlocked for beta. Organisms will have the chance of moving between areas once content is developed.

Pinned

Pinned

In the shallows

Where You Are

The Water

Where life originates

Even if you don't draw energy directly from the sun, you still benefit from being near it.

            3
            You need Origins Story 3 (you have 3)

            3
            Unlocked with Origins Story 3 - you have 3

In the depths

Where You Are

The Water

Where life originates

Far from the sun's rays, but in an area rich with nutrients.

            1
            You need 1 x Key of Dreams  (you have 0)

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Key of Dreams

The ocean floor

Where You Are

The Water

Where life originates

The cold, sandy bottom of the ocean is a harsh place but one that affords you some protection.

A hydrothermal vent

Where You Are

The Water

Where life originates

A fissure in the ocean floor has caused geothermally heated water to rise up out of the depths. It's boiling hot but full of chemicals that may be beneficial to you.


Your new home

In the shallows

Where You Are

The Water

Where life originates

            3
            You need Origins Story 3 (you have 4)

            3
            Unlocked with Origins Story 3 - you have 4

Rock crags, sand, and shelter are in abundance. Nutrients are replenished by the rains. But being this close to the surface can also be turbulent, with the weather on the Earth's surface in constant flux.

You have moved to a new area: Ocean Shallows

Your Origins Story is progressing


Origins Story

How far you are in the storylet

Life

Your origin


Start Your Journey

You have your life and your home. It's time to start exploring.

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Pinned

Evolution

From here on, evolution will guide your story.

            4
            You need Origins Story 4 (you have 4)

            4
            Unlocked with Origins Story 4 - you have 4


Congratulations!

            4
            You need Origins Story 4

            4
            Unlocked with Origins Story 4

You've just earned your first "Evolution" point. This measures your major accomplishments as an organism.

After this you'll have access to two paths for your organism. The first are randomized "Opportunity" cards, which describe the daily life of your organism and let you gain traits and resources. The second are ordered story cards that give you Evolution points and measures time in Millions of Years Gone By.

Your Evolution score is now 1

Your Origins Story quality has been reset

You now have 100 x Millions of Years Gone By.

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story of Evolve


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Life

Your origin

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve


Life

Your origin


Explore Your Environment

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

Regardless of where you are in the ocean there are many things to discover. Of course as a basic organism your ability to get around is limited.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Don't go too far

Your environment may be bigger than you think. You want to be careful about how far you go.

            1
            You need Evolution 1 (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with Evolution 1 - you have 1

Explore without hesitation

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

A tough challenge

Certainly your environment can't be that scary.

NOTE: This will always use up an "Energy Reserve."

            1
            You need Adaptability 1

            1
            You need 1 x Energy Reserves  (you have 0)

            1
            Unlocked with Adaptability 1

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Energy Reserves


This isn't too bad

The water gets colder as you sink and warmer as you rise to the surface. You find a few places where there's better nutrients than where you started.

0 change points, 2 more needed to reach level 2.

You've gained a new quality: Adaptability at 1.

You now have 5 x Inorganic Materials.


Life

Your origin

Inorganic Materials

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane


Life

Your origin


Learn About Yourself

You may only be a single cell but you've got a complicated biology.

This card begins the Self Knowledge storyline, which describes the inner workings of your cell. You will gain a point of Evolution upon completion.

Pinned

Pinned

Look inside and out

It's time to find out how you work


Find out what you're made of

It's time to find out how you work

Knowing how you work can help you make the best evolutionary decisions for your organism

How much you know about yourself and your biological processes

You now have 1 x Self-Knowledge.


Life

Your origin

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

Self-Knowledge

How much you know about yourself and your biological processes


Life

Your origin


Explore Your Environment

Opportunities

Opportunities

Explore without hesitation

A very chancy challenge

            1
            You need Adaptability 1 (you have 1)

            1
            You need 1 x Energy Reserves  (you have 0)

            1
            Unlocked with Adaptability 1 - you have 1

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Energy Reserves


1 change point, 1 more needed to reach level 2.

Adaptability is increasing...

You've gained 5 x Inorganic Materials (new total 10).


Life

Your origin

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve


Life

Your origin


Explore Your Environment

Opportunities

Opportunities

Explore without hesitation

A very chancy challenge


Adaptability has increased to 2!

You've gained 5 x Inorganic Materials (new total 15).


Life

Your origin


Search For Resources

When you're a tiny organism, all you can really do is absorb nutrients through your cell walls from your environment. Roam around and open the floodgates.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Take it easy

If you work too hard, you may run out of energy before being able to find food. You've decided not to strain yourself.

Exert yourself

Resourcefulness

Determines how easily you can find food and shelter

A tough challenge

You can always work harder to find more resources. But you may exert yourself for nothing.

            1
            You need Resourcefulness 1

            1
            Unlocked with Resourcefulness 1


Absorption

A couple of minerals, some vitamins. You have enough energy to keep going for now.

You've gained a new quality: Resourcefulness at 1.

Materials like sulfur, ammonia, and methane

You've gained 5 x Inorganic Materials (new total 20).


Millions of Years Gone By

How much time has passed to achieve your evolution

Evolution

The overall score for your progress as an organism

Life

Your origin

Completed: Origins Story

Congratulations! You've completed the Origins Story in Evolve


Life

Your origin


Explore Your Environment

Ocean Shallows

The nearest to the sun that your organism will come

Regardless of where you are in the ocean there are many things to discover. Of course as a basic organism your ability to get around is limited.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Don't go too far

Your environment may be bigger than you think. You want to be careful about how far you go.

Explore without hesitation

Adaptability

Your ability to change based on a changing environment

A chancy challenge

Certainly your environment can't be that scary.

NOTE: This will always use up an "Energy Reserve."

            1
            You need Adaptability 1 (you have 2)

            1
            You need 1 x Energy Reserves  (you have 0)

            1
            Unlocked with Adaptability 1 - you have 2

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Energy Reserves


This isn't too bad

The water gets colder as you sink and warmer as you rise to the surface. You find a few places where there's better nutrients than where you started.

Adaptability is increasing...

You've gained 5 x Inorganic Materials (new total 25).