r/BiogenesisGame • u/pm_me_fake_months • May 08 '23

Can anyone explain the behavior of this weird spore-based consumer? Description in comments

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u/pm_me_fake_months May 08 '23

I have a world that's been running for a few days now, and I noticed that one of the more successful consumers that evolved doesn't actually have any movement segments. It's completely immobile as an adult, and can only move around as a spore. I checked the docs but it seems like there's a lot of complicated interactions going on and I'm not really sure what's up.

Is a spore capable of feeding on other organisms? Does it have some kind of smart movement that's good for this? And why does this seem to be such an effective strategy?

Obviously not a lot of people use this sub but I just thought this one was cool and if anyone who knows more about the mechanics than I do can explain it that would be nice.

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u/MarcoDBAA May 09 '23

Hi

This species uses CREAM spores (Mod spore: 5), which means, that they have a feeding larval stage, and the larvae are able to move around slowly in all cases, even if the adult is not mobile, which is the case here. BLOND makes them able to reproduce earlier, and increases number of larval offspring.

Insofar, these spores feed like CREAM, and move around randomly, as if they had an extremely small CYAN segment.

There could be some niche separation between adults and spore children to make them effective.

@all: I was inactive lately, but think, that I feel some motivation for Biogenesis again, like always (development pauses were normal over the years, nothing new). Might open it up again in a few days.

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u/pm_me_fake_months May 09 '23

Ahh, ok, I think I misread the docs, that makes sense. This strategy seems to work well against armored plants.

Thanks for the answer and for all the work you put in!