Equilinox

core · 3

environment & ecology

Habitat suitability

Each species needs a biome, food, and nearby plants or water; satisfied individuals stay healthy, live longer, and breed, while unmet needs reduce health.

progression & goals

Milestone unlocks

Species evolve into new species once their conditions are met and points are paid, and 60+ tasks grant points or content.

economy & finance

Treasury and budget

Diversity points earned by healthy plants and animals are the single currency for buying species, modifications, and evolutions; repeatable tasks let players farm a steady income.

supporting · 5

space & construction

Building placement

progression & goals

Collection goals

environment & ecology

Food web

Some animals hunt others, so predator placement constrains prey populations.

population & lineage

Lifecycle and aging

Plants and animals grow, eat, reproduce, and die on species-specific cycles.

space & construction

Terraforming

Planted grasses convert ground into one of 10 biome types, and algae turns water into river for fish.

plant grasses to spread biomes -> place plants and animals whose requirements are met -> healthy species live longer, breed, and earn diversity points -> spend points on new species, genetic modifications, and evolutions -> complete tasks for rewards

Equilinox, built solo by ThinMatrix, ties its economy to ecological fit: each species has a life cycle and requirements, and healthy individuals live longer, breed more, and yield more diversity points, the currency for new species and modifications. Evolution is a gated unlock (meet a species' evolution conditions, then pay to evolve) rather than simulated selection, which keeps the 120+ species on an authored progression. Biomes spread from planted grasses, so terrain type is itself a player-placed stock. Paid genetic modification matches the genome-modification proposal from run catalog-ge.