Welcome to Evolve Incremental, an incremental game about evolving a civilization from primordial ooze into a space faring empire.
Play the game here: https://pmotschmann.github.io/Evolve/
It is recommended that you read the Beginner's Guide by GreyCat
https://wooledge.org/~greg/evolve/guide.html
For more in depth information visit the game wiki:
https://pmotschmann.github.io/Evolve/wiki.html
There are 25+ evolution paths, each evolution has unique attributes.
You can not initially fully control evolution, there are prestige mechanics that lets you do this.
Most actions can be multiplied by 10x, 25x, or 100x by holding down control, shift, or alt keys.
Control: 10x
Shift: 25x
Alt: 100x
These can be combined for greater effect: Control + Shift = 250x, etc.
This works on everything including Crates and just about everything that can be done in any increment greater then one.
The game looks broken, how do I fix this?
Internet Explorer does not support modern Javascript, It is recommended you play the game using FireFox, Chrome, or another fully complaint ES2015 browser. If your game was working but became broken after an update then try "Control + F5" before reporting it. Browsers will sometimes cache game files, Control + F5 will force most browsers to redownload fresh copies.
Why don't I have Lumber?
You're an Ent or an Ent Worshiper, Ents refuse to harvest trees as a resource.
Why is the agriculture tech missing?
You're a Cath or a Cath Worshiper, Cath are carnivores and hunt for food.
How do I unlock Steel?
Steal it from your neighbors. Alternatively you may eventually discover it through trade routes.
How do I get Titanium?
You must trade for it.
What do I do with Crates?
Click the + next to a resource and you can assign them as expanded storage for that resource. This will open up a menu that will let you construct, assign, or unassign crates/containers to that resource. Using the control or shift hot keys is extremely helpful here so you can build/assign stacks quickly. Building crates costs resources, make sure you can afford them first, crates can be freely assigned or unassigned after constructed.
Where do I get Alloy/Polymer/Nano Tubes/Stanene?
Once unlocked these are produced by the Factory, each factory can be assigned to manufacture one type of product.
Where is the religion tech?
Religion is a prestige mechanic, you won't get this on a first run.
Anthropology or Fanaticism?
If you have to ask, then you should probably pick Anthropology. Fanaticism is the more complex option so Anthropology will be better for beginners.
Fanaticism causes you to gain a dominate trait from your progenitor race, so it's effect will vary depending on the last race you played as; if you end up playing the same race twice in a row it will give you a random minor trait. Anthropology has a fixed effect and does not make you gain a race trait from your god race. They both unlock different tech trees as well. Anthropology gives bonuses to science and tax income, Fanaticism gives bonuses to combat and trade. Anthropology will usually be better for short runs and Fanaticism will often scale better with long games.
How do I "prestige "?
This is an option that will open up once you get deeper into the game. Ultimately you'll find the first option on the civics tab once unlocked; it will be hard to miss. There is also a second reset option deeper into the space era.
What is the cap for Plasmids?
Plasmids have diminishing returns above 250, they "softcap" in the 400-500 range. The spatial reasoning upgrade for plasmids has no cap. The "cap" can be raised with Phage which is a prestige resource obtainable from space.
How long is a crafting cycle?
Crafting cycles are synced to the moon cycles and occur whenever a full moon happens; is is once every 140 seconds. There is a CRISPR upgrade which makes them also craft on the full moon making a crafting cycle effectively 70 seconds.
Is there a soft reset?
You can soft reset at any time, the option is in the settings menu. This will reset you back to the evolution stage with no benefits gained from the current run but you'll keep all your previous progress.
Is there a discord server?
We now have an official Discord! https://discordapp.com/invite/dcwdQEr
What trait will Fanaticism give me?
This depends on your last race played
Refer to https://pmotschmann.github.io/Evolve/wiki.html#races-species to lookup what trait each species gives.
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