Jermvolution

Watch Jerm colonies battle for dominance

A Jerm occupies one spot in the playing field and has several attributes that describe it

This Jerm will on each game turn collect energy from the environment, try to multiply if possible, and maybe attack some nearby Jerms, if it can.

When duplicating, a new Jerm is created, which should share the same characteristics with the original Jerm. However, it is possible that during the multiplication process, some attribute(s) may end up different (the Jerm mutates). In that case, we get the birth of a new Jerm strain.

The following attributes are shared between all strain Jerms

Energy capacity: How much energy the Jerm can hold inside it's own structure.

Attack, Defense, Aggressiveness, Berserker: "Battle" stats of the Jerm - attack power, resistance, to attacks, chance to attack, and bonus attack power, with the drawback that the Jerm may attack it's own strain members.

Split threshold, Split chance: Chance to duplicate, and minimum stored energy required to do so.

Radio efficiency, Organic Efficiency: Ability to absorb energy from the environment (i.e. nutrients and sunlight).

While these attributes are different for each individual Jerm

Age: The older a Jerm is, the higher the probability that it's internal structures will degrade enough, so that it dies of "old age".

Energy available: The amount of energy the Jerm has stored inside it's own structure.