Plume Surfing Day

Intro

There are creatures living on little planets. Each one belongs to a tribe and tribes are hostile to each other - they can't share the same planet and when they do, they fight to death. Help a chosen tribe to spread across the universe.

How to Play

Select a tribe you want to help. They have different colors and in this game version, you can guide any or even all of them.

There are two actions available - shake a planet to instigate plumes and poke a creature to change its attitude from collecting to migrating and back.

To shake a planet, wait until you have enough geothermal energy accumulated and then left-click and hold the button to charge and release it to plume. Any creature that happened to be over a crack will be pushed up. The plume can overcome a planet's gravity and get into outer space if it is strong enough.

But creatures are unpredictable - sometimes they are running around a planet fighting and collecting mineral deposits. And sometimes they are resting near cracks. Poke a creature to change its attitude. Poke once and she will look for a crack and wait for a plume to migrate. Poke the second time - and she will start collecting.

Plumes

Each planet has one or more cracks in the crust. It is the place where geothermal energy is released. And that is also the main means of transportation in the galaxy. Stand atop such a crack and wait for energy release. The resulting plume, if strong enough, will carry you into outer space. Potentially, to other planets if the plume orientation is right.

Asteroids

The space is a dangerous place. There are a lot of asteroids flying around. They bring both life and destruction. They can kill little creatures. But also they leave mineral deposits on planet's surface for tribes to collect. And when a tribe has enough minerals and more than 2 creatures on a planet, they reproduce.

So asteroids are crucial for tribes' proliferation.

The best strategy is to migrate to a planet that was unoccupied for a lot time. It may have a lot of mineral deposits left.

Controls

• Use the Left Mouse Button to shake a planet - hold to charge, then release to cause a shockwave that will release seismic energy.
• Poke any creature with the Left Mouse Button Click to switch its attitude to planet migration or mineral deposit collection. The creature jumps to show that it was touched by the invisible hand of god.
• Use Mouse Scroll Wheel to Zoom In/Out
• Click Middle Mouse Button to focus camera on a planet under the cursor.