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[RulerOfNothing]

EDIT: I am almost certain that we're safe to go down, because that gap is miniscule. It might be the hole a worm went through at the most, but it's still really, really small.

Given that we can't see the bottom of the cavern, it most certainly isn't a hole made by a worm (unless it was quite a big worm).

[Baneling]

EDIT: I am almost certain that we're safe to go down, because that gap is miniscule. It might be the hole a worm went through at the most, but it's still really, really small.

Given that we can't see the bottom of the cavern, it most certainly isn't a hole made by a worm (unless it was quite a big worm).

Maybe we...you know...can't see very far? Remember, he showed us a zoom-out shot of our actual size a while back - we were very, very small. Small enough that you wouldn't really notice us if we were above ground, unless you were looking at the ground.

[RulerOfNothing]

Oh yes, I forgot about that. In that case why are you so strongly opposed to the idea of going closer to the surface?

[10ebbor10]

Oh yes, I forgot about that. In that case why are you so strongly opposed to the idea of going closer to the surface?

Humans and others tend not to look were they put their feet. Besides we crashed here as a meteorite so there's a small chance someone will be looking for pieces.

[RulerOfNothing]

Which is why my suggestion was that we stay beneath the surface, as far away from the surface that will allow us to see what is going on there.

[techno65535]

Why not use tendrels (with a bit of assimilation) to cover our entry hole, then pull our entire body into the cavern. Assimilating all medium density material we can on the way.

[cerapa]

Gen 2 Cycle 7


+28 LowD
+16 MedD
Nothing unexpected detected.
36% increasse in power generation.

Energy:
Energy Generation: 7170/cycle
Energy Storage: 20/10020
Metamorphosis Requirement: Unknown

Crystals:
Low-Quality Crystals: 13 [1625/cycle 6500 storage]
Medium-Quality Crystals: 1 [300/cycle 1500 storage]
Assimilated Low-Density matter: 76 [39][1][8][28] [2725/cycle 760 storage]
Assimilated Medium-Density matter: 63 [20][43] [2520/cycle 1260 storage]

Crystal Forms:

Spoiler: Low-Quality Crystals (click to show/hide)

Energy Generation: 125/cycle
Energy Storage: 500
Fabrication Costs: 600 Energy, empty space

Spoiler: Medium-Quality Crystals (click to show/hide)

Energy Generation:300/cycle
Energy Storage: 1500
Fabrication Costs: Low-Quality Crystal, 2 Construction Material
Special: Needs to be surrounded by any form of crystals(not assimilated matter).

Spoiler: Assimilated Low-Density matter (click to show/hide)

Energy Generation: 50/40/30/25/cycle
Energy Storage: 10
Fabrication Costs: 1 Low-Density matter, 100 Energy
Special: Energy generation fades by 10/cycle/cycle until it reaches 25/cycle

Spoiler: Assimilated Medium-Density matter (click to show/hide)

Energy Generation: 40/cycle
Energy Storage: 20
Fabrication Costs: 1 Medium-Density matter, 150 Energy
Special: Provides 0.1 of non-regenerating Construction Material.

Notes:

Spoiler: Updates (click to show/hide)

I returned from my trip on saturday, but I decided to rest on both saturday and on sunday. I will now be returning to the usual "one update per day" schedule. I am quite happy about the fact that at the moment where I got some internet access(didnt find WiFi anywhere and 3G was expensive as hell), I found that this was on the first page and with a ton of posts.

I decided not to do any skips this turn. Just decided to see if you wanted to do anything else before I do a ton of skips and you asimilate the entire roof(seems to be a popular choice).

Spoiler: Size (click to show/hide)

I am not particularly fond of giving information you shouldnt have, but I guess I caused the misunderstanding in the first place. From a pixel art perspective you are quite small, as well as from a planet-eater perspective, but you arent as small as you think, especially if someone were to look at you from below.

Spoiler: Diagonals (click to show/hide)

For your purposes(and MedQ Crystals) diagonals do not exist. It remains to be seen if they exist for other entities.

EDIT:

Spoiler: A helping hand (click to show/hide)

I dont have absolutely any problems at the moment, but Im afraid that I might get some slippage between the mechanical stats and the pictures in the future. As such, does anyone happen to know any programs that can count the number of a particular colour of pixels(e.g. how many dark-green pixels there are)?

[kaian-a-coel]

mmm... Nope, just go and assimilate this roof (and the everything)

[PyroDesu]

mmm... Nope, just go and assimilate this roof (and the everything)

+1

Let the assimilation begin!

[Angle]

Let's also go and assimilate all the medium density matter except that dangerously close to the surface.

[Shades]

if rather than assimilating both directions we only do one for a couple of cycles then we can flex it through the cavern and see if we sweep across anything interesting.

Let's also go and assimilate all the medium density matter except that dangerously close to the surface.

Seconded, more energy generation is good.

[killerhellhound]

if rather than assimilating both directions we only do one for a couple of cycles then we can flex it through the cavern and see if we sweep across anything interesting.

Let's also go and assimilate all the medium density matter except that dangerously close to the surface.

Seconded, more energy generation is good.

best plan i vote for this

[RulerOfNothing]

The cavern seems to be quite wide. I say we assimilate some more medium-density matter, but also reinforce that stalactite with low-quality crystals so it is 3 tiles wide. Also cerapa, I might try my hand at writing a program to count the pixels of a certain colour. What format do you have your pictures in on your computer?

[cerapa]

Also cerapa, I might try my hand at writing a program to count the pixels of a certain colour. What format do you have your pictures in on your computer?

I use the thing that graphicsgale uses, but I can save my images as png(and do so for the images in this thread). Such a program would be exceedingly helpful.

Seems we are going with assimilating some MedD too. Might take a while, since you are growing 47 to 71 tiles in a single cycle, and sideways, meaning I need to make a bunch of terrain.

[cerapa]

Gen 2 Cycle 8
Cycle skipped. Image not created.

+23 LowD
+32 MedD

Energy:
Energy Generation: 9235/cycle
Energy Storage: 90/10890
Metamorphosis Requirement: Unknown

Crystals:
Low-Quality Crystals: 13 [1625/cycle 6500 storage]
Medium-Quality Crystals: 1 [300/cycle 1500 storage]
Assimilated Low-Density matter: 99 [40][8][28][23] [3510/cycle 990 storage]
Assimilated Medium-Density matter: 95 [20][75] [3800/cycle 1900 storage]

Gen 2 Cycle 9
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+62 MedD

Energy:
Energy Generation: 11165/cycle
Energy Storage: 25/12130
Metamorphosis Requirement: Unknown

Crystals:
Low-Quality Crystals: 13 [1625/cycle 6500 storage]
Medium-Quality Crystals: 1 [300/cycle 1500 storage]
Assimilated Low-Density matter: 99 [48][28][23][0] [2960/cycle 990 storage]
Assimilated Medium-Density matter: 157 [20][137] [6280/cycle 3140 storage]

Gen 2 Cycle 10

+60 LowD
+34 MedD

You have grown greatly and your energy production has exceeded your energy storage by 1745. In your expansion you have uncovered some Extremely-High-Integrity Matter(red). As can be assumed from the name, you cannot assimilate it.

Energy:
Energy Generation: 15155/cycle
Energy Storage: 90/13410
Metamorphosis Requirement: Unknown

Crystals:
Low-Quality Crystals: 13 [1625/cycle 6500 storage]
Medium-Quality Crystals: 1 [300/cycle 1500 storage]
Assimilated Low-Density matter: 159 [76][23][0][60] [5590/cycle 1590 storage]
Assimilated Medium-Density matter: 191 [20][171] [7640/cycle 3820 storage]

Crystal Forms:

Spoiler: Low-Quality Crystals (click to show/hide)

Energy Generation: 125/cycle
Energy Storage: 500
Fabrication Costs: 600 Energy, empty space

Spoiler: Medium-Quality Crystals (click to show/hide)

Energy Generation:300/cycle
Energy Storage: 1500
Fabrication Costs: Low-Quality Crystal, 2 Construction Material
Special: Needs to be surrounded by any form of crystals(not assimilated matter).

Spoiler: Assimilated Low-Density matter (click to show/hide)

Energy Generation: 50/40/30/25/cycle
Energy Storage: 10
Fabrication Costs: 1 Low-Density matter, 100 Energy
Special: Energy generation fades by 10/cycle/cycle until it reaches 25/cycle

Spoiler: Assimilated Medium-Density matter (click to show/hide)

Energy Generation: 40/cycle
Energy Storage: 20
Fabrication Costs: 1 Medium-Density matter, 150 Energy
Special: Provides 0.1 of non-regenerating Construction Material.

Notes:

Spoiler: Update speed (click to show/hide)

My workload increases at the same rate as your growth, which is quite high. I would like to thank past-me for deciding to make a spreadsheet rather than do energy calculations by hand. I doubt I will do 3 cycle updates for the near future, took me many hours(mostly from putting the right amount of pixels on the picture, and determining how much of what you will be assimilating).

Spoiler: You (click to show/hide)

You look awfully plant-like. Reminds me of a potato plant.