Ideas for the Macroscopic Stage [Put your ideas in this thread]

[AnthropocenianAge (AnthropocenianAge Arthropleura wants to give you a hug!)]

Immune cell mini-game would be hilarious!

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

How would you control such a cell when you’re playing as an entire organism?

[AnthropocenianAge (AnthropocenianAge Arthropleura wants to give you a hug!)]

That is why I said as a mini-game. It could be even a different optional mode.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

I don’t think the devs would put in the effort to program that in…

[AnthropocenianAge (AnthropocenianAge Arthropleura wants to give you a hug!)]

Will Ice Ages be possible? It is believed that a combination of increasing oxygen in the atmosphere, possibly a different atmospheric composition, the lowered output of the Sun at that time, and the formation of a supercontinent on the South Pole blocking warm water circulation, is what triggered Ice Ages in the distant (hundreds of millions to billions of years) past.

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@AnthropocenianAge

Will Ice Ages be possible?

“Global Glaciation Event” is currently scheduled to be added in 0.8.2.

[AnthropocenianAge (AnthropocenianAge Arthropleura wants to give you a hug!)]

Nice. But one major aspect of Ice Ages is that a continent, or supercontinent, blocks/partially blocks ocean currents from the poles to the equator. Also factor in high CO2 levels in the atmosphere, is why we are not currently in an Ice Age, despite having Antarctica over the South Pole. How will Ice Ages in the game be triggered in the distant past if CO2 levels are too high and there is no continental drift at play to put continents in a possibly polar position? Obviously, it would be complicated to include all of this, but Thrive does strive to be as accurate as possible.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

I can guess some sort of an algorithm will be put to place if enough demand is put for events like glaciation to be more accurate.

[AnthropocenianAge (AnthropocenianAge Arthropleura wants to give you a hug!)]

Make sense. I wonder if this will be implemented with Continental Formation/Continental Drift as a separate mechanic?

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Maybe continental drift will have an impact to how likely a glaciation event is to begin? Perhaps when the continents and the currents are in the correct spots, the chance of a glaciations occurring is boosted highly?