🌍 MyAnimalPlanet

Plants are the foundation of your ecosystem and the food source for herbivores.

• Place plants first — herbivores need them to survive!
• Each plant belongs to a biome. Place them in matching biomes for best growth. Wrong biome = slow decay.
• Mature plants spread seeds nearby every ~5 minutes, earning you 75% of their cost as LE each time!
• Seeding is density-limited: Plants won't spread if there are already 3+ plants within their area. This keeps growth natural and prevents forests from becoming walls.
• You earn a flat 1 LE per minute passively (boosted by Prestige level).
• Plants can die if too many herbivores eat them — keep a balance!
• Baby animals are also born with a LE reward equal to the animal's cost.
• There are no hard population caps — your ecosystem size is your choice! Natural pressures (disease, overcrowding, predation) will shape it.

Your planet has 6 distinct biomes, each with unique plants and animals:

• 🟡 Savanna — Grasslands with scattered trees. Home to lions, zebras, elephants.
• 🟠 Desert — Hot and arid. Cacti, scorpions, and camels thrive here.
• 🟢 Rainforest — Dense, lush vegetation. Parrots, jaguars, monkeys.
• 🌲 Temperate — Mild forests. Deer, wolves, bears, foxes.
• ❄️ Tundra — Cold and sparse. Polar bears, arctic foxes, penguins.
• 💧 Wetland — Marshes and swamps. Frogs, cranes, crocodiles.

Placing entities in their preferred biome makes them happier and more productive!

Animals stay in their biome: When wandering, animals will turn back at biome boundaries. They won't stray into the wrong biome and starve — they know where they belong!

Animals are the heart of your ecosystem. There are three diet types:

• 🌿 Herbivores — Eat plants. Cheap and peaceful. Start with these!
• 🥩 Carnivores — Hunt herbivores. Need a healthy prey population first!
• 🍽️ Omnivores — Eat both plants and other animals. Flexible but expensive.

⚠️ Important: Always build a strong herbivore population before introducing carnivores. Without prey, carnivores will starve and die!

Animals wander, eat, rest, and breed automatically. They stay within their preferred biome — they won't wander off into the wrong territory and starve.

Baby animals mature at different rates: small animals grow up in ~2 min, medium in ~3 min, large in ~4 min, and mega animals (elephants, rhinos) take ~5 min to mature.

Every animal has 5 unique genes (1–100 scale) that determine its traits:

• Speed — How fast they move, hunt, and flee.
• Health — Maximum hit points, resilience, and disease resistance.
• Stamina — How long they can stay active before resting.
• Hunger — How efficiently they use food (higher = less hungry).
• Thirst — How efficiently they use water (higher = less thirsty).

When two animals of the same species (male + female) are both well-fed (happiness above 75%), they may breed. Offspring inherit an average of both parents' genes, with one gene taking the best value. There's also a 5% chance of a bonus mutation!

Breeding timers vary by species size:

• Small (Rabbit, Frog, Meerkat): 3 min cooldown, 1 min gestation
• Medium (Deer, Zebra, Fox): 5 min cooldown, 1.5 min gestation
• Large (Lion, Wolf, Bear): 7 min cooldown, 2 min gestation
• Mega (Elephant, Rhino, Hippo): 10 min cooldown, 3 min gestation

Note: Newly placed animals start with a mating cooldown — they won't breed immediately!

Animals with high gene totals are rare and valuable on the Marketplace.

Trade with other players!

• Sell — List your animals or plants at a price you choose.
• Buy — Browse listings from other players and purchase with LE.
• Animals with rare genetics sell for more!
• Check the "My Listings" tab to manage your active sales.
• View transaction history to track your trades.

Once your planet is thriving, you can perform a Cosmic Reset:

• Your world resets, but you earn Prestige Points (PP).
• PP unlock permanent bonuses: cheaper costs, better genes, bonus LE.
• There are 5 prestige levels, each with unique rewards.
• You must meet minimum requirements (animals, plants, days survived) to prestige.

The more diverse and populated your planet, the more PP you earn!

A healthy ecosystem requires balance:

• Plants → Herbivores → Carnivores — This is the food chain.
• Too many herbivores? They'll eat all your plants.
• Too many carnivores? They'll wipe out herbivores, then starve.
• Animals need food and water — if either runs out, their health drops and they die.
• Dead animals go to the Graveyard where you can archive or dismiss them.
• Carrying Capacity: Every species has a population soft cap (~4–7 depending on size). Exceeding it causes faster hunger/thirst drain and higher sickness risk.
• Large herbivores (Elephant, Rhino, Hippo, etc.) have the tightest caps (~4) since nothing hunts them.
• Small prey (Rabbits, Frogs, Squirrels) are capped at ~6 — they breed fast but will overcrowd and starve without predators to thin the herd!
• Predators are essential! Without Foxes hunting Rabbits or Wolves hunting Deer, prey populations will explode, overcrowd, get sick, and collapse.
• Newly placed animals start with a mating cooldown — they need time to settle in before breeding.

Tip: Always introduce predators alongside prey. A healthy planet needs both! Aim for roughly 3:2:1 (plants : herbivores : carnivores).

Certain species have an Alpha system — only one dominant male can breed:

• Alpha species: Lion, Wolf, Gorilla, Elephant, Hippo, Hyena, Polar Bear, Wolverine
• The strongest male (highest Health + Speed + Stamina genes) becomes the Alpha.
• Alphas are visually marked with a golden crown and are slightly larger.
• Only the Alpha male can mate. Non-alpha males will not seek mates.
• Non-alpha males will periodically challenge the Alpha — the winner survives, the loser dies.
• If the Alpha dies (from any cause), the strongest remaining male is automatically promoted.
• Challenges are partially random — even a weaker male can win, but the Alpha has an advantage.

This naturally controls pack/herd breeding and creates dramatic power struggles!

Animals can become sick, adding natural population pressure:

• Small random chance to contract illness each tick.
• Overcrowding dramatically increases sickness risk — keep populations manageable!
• Mega herbivores (Elephant, Rhino, etc.) are extra susceptible when overcrowded.
• Sick animals: move 50% slower, lose health over time, and turn green-tinted.
• Sick animals cannot eat, drink, or mate — they will eventually die if they don't recover!
• Sickness can spread to nearby same-species animals (~5% chance when close).
• Recovery: After ~60s, animals with high Health genes (>50) have 50% recovery chance; weaker animals only 25%.
• If health reaches 0 while sick, the animal dies from "Disease".

Tip: Keep populations below their soft cap to minimize outbreaks. Strong genetics help resist disease!

Animals are social creatures — they need at least one companion of their species!

• If an animal is the only one of its species, it becomes lonely after ~3 minutes.
• You'll get a warning notification when an animal becomes lonely — act fast!
• A lonely animal shows a 😢 badge in the entity list and inspector.
• If still alone after ~7 minutes, the animal dies of loneliness.
• Placing another animal of the same species will immediately cure loneliness.

Tip: Always place at least two of any species! A lonely animal is a doomed animal.

• Left-drag — Rotate the planet.
• Scroll wheel — Zoom in/out.
• Right-drag — Pan the camera.
• Click entity — Open inspector (stats, sell, breed info).
• Place mode — Select from panel, then click on planet to place.