LIFEFORGE: Colony Tactics

Current protocol

Incubation

BUILD

BIO buys cells, not units. Build connected cell colonies, let Conway evolution grow them for free, then hatch each colony into one autonomous fighter.

Incubate Battle Mutate

Life engine

PAUSED

Evolution speed 5 gen/s

Toroidal edges

BIO → battle units

1 BIO = 1 cell

Spend BIOPlace living cells

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Join cellsTouching cells form one colony

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HatchOne colony becomes one unit

Your live cells will be counted as connected colonies before deployment.

Conway births cost no BIO. Bigger and older colonies gain stats; their shape chooses the class. Diagonal contact counts as connected.

Genome tools

manual cells cost 1 BIO

Left use tool Right erase Space run/pause

Hatch converts every connected colony into one unit. Up to eight deploy; extra colonies merge into a reserve swarm.

Enemy pressure adapts to the army you hatch. A defeat makes the rematch gentler.

Squad preview

0 power

Run log

INCUBATION Generation 0 Population 0

Threat LOW

Draw living cells. Stamp patterns. Evolution is free; creation costs biomass.

Lifeforge field manual · v3.0

THE WHOLE LOOP IN TWENTY SECONDS

Build a living army, watch it fight, mutate what survives, and protect three stability nodes.

BIO IS CELL MATERIAL

Spend BIO on cells

One BIO places one living cell. Pattern buttons spend exactly the number shown. Cells born naturally while Conway's Life runs are free.

Cells connect into units

All cells touching side-to-side or diagonally form one colony. Press Hatch and each connected colony becomes one battle unit. Shape chooses class; size and age improve stats.

Fight, mutate, repeat

The enemy now scales near your army's power and changes doctrine. Win for DNA and BIO. Lose one stability, rebuild, and receive an easier rematch. Zero stability ends the run.

The director aims for mostly winnable battles, dangerous streaks, and recoverable rematches.

Post-battle evolution

Mutation Chamber

Spend DNA on permanent traits, repair stability, inject a ready-made future unit, or refine more BIO cell material.

STAGE 1 CLEARED

Mutations last for the run. BIO becomes cells; connected colonies become units. Defeated units scar their source shapes.

Genome stability: zero

THE LINEAGE ENDS

Three core breaches shattered the colony. The simulation has retained your run statistics, but this genome cannot continue.

Stage reached

Battles won

Cells forged

Deployable units

0 / 8

Need a connected colony

Army power

Shape + age + mutations

Enemy pressure

Stage 1

Standard strain

Genome core

100%

3 breaches remaining

Shape doctrine: compact = tank · wide = ranged · tall = healer · tiny = scout · ragged = splitter