Hell Thrivers Challenge

The point of this challenge is to complete the microbe stage in the shortest possible real time on the MAXIMUM difficulty, any mods or third-party utilities are prohibited.
Hardest difficulty settings:
Mutation cost coefficient - 2
AI mutation probability - 3
Substance cloud density - 0.2
Species population loss from player death - 5
Natural glucose conservation - 30%
Osmoregulation multiplier - 2
Editor exit connections - split with sister cell
Heavy fog of war
No free glucose cloud on editor exit
No switching to related species after extinction
Mandatory organelle unlock mechanics

My result:

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Did you disable passive reproduction progress (I can’t view the video atm)?

No, I tried to play without passive reproduction, but I just died in the first generations due to incredibly low glucose.

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Click on the video title, not the video itself, to follow the link to the video on YouTube.

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You shouldn’t doublepost…

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Doesn’t that make this not a maximum difficulty challenge then?

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I tried to do this without passive breeding, but it didn’t work because of the incredibly low amount of glucose clouds (I died before I could breed). It is actually theoretically possible, but it would require a LOT of luck (especially early in the game when survival is heavily dependent on the very rare glucose clouds appearing). It would make this challenge TOO luck-based.

A challenge would be better off if it was skill-based…

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