# Will multicellular be open world or patch map based?

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**Category:** Multicellular Stage\
**Created:** [August 28, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/will-multicellular-be-open-world-or-patch-map-based/3852 "2021-08-28T15:04:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![hhyyrylainen](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/hhyyrylainen/32/32_2.png) [@hhyyrylainen](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/hhyyrylainen)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/will-multicellular-be-open-world-or-patch-map-based/3852/15 "2024-11-06T11:34:59Z")

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There’s a separate thread talking about the player running out of time:

> [@Game Time Limit?](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/game-time-limit/4760):
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> I don’t know if this is the right place to put this, but I was wondering if there will be a point in the game when the planet’s sun will die? Or will it be like Spore and the planet and sun will live indefinitely? I know our own sun will live for another 5 billion years but Earth will only be inhabitable for another 1 billion. In my Vaotes game I am set to enter multicellular at 3,300 Myr, and I’m a little nervous that there wouldn’t be much time for the rest of the stages when they come out. I …

but tl;dr; my opinion:

We’ll need to handle it carefully, and I’m of the opinion now that at least on easy mode we need to waive any time limits so that the game doesn’t end before the player manages to complete it (again at least on easy difficulty, and even on medium I think the time limit needs to be very generous).

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