Niche Shift

📝 Special Statement

The sun-drenched surface of the water fades into a world of indigo mystery where every lifeform fights for its place in the sun. You dive into the abyss to manage a delicate biological puzzle where the stakes are life and death. The journey begins with the smallest flick of a finger to combine microscopic plankton into shimmering clouds of krill. This initial growth feels effortless as you populate the grid with the basic building blocks of the deep. You soon realize that the ocean demands a much higher price for survival than a simple matching of shapes. 🌊

Evolution drives the heartbeat of the reef as you push your inhabitants toward greater complexity and power. You watch as small schools of fish transform into sleek hunters through the power of strategic merging. The ultimate goal remains the creation of the legendary Leviathan to rule the silent depths. Each step up the ladder brings a sense of awe at the beauty of the aquatic world you are piecing together. The screen becomes a shifting tapestry of fins and scales that reflects your growing influence over the tide. 🐋

The true danger lurks within the biological clock that governs every predator on the board. Once a creature reaches its third stage of life, it ceases to be a static tile and becomes a living soul with a bottomless stomach. Every single swipe across the grid increases the hunger of these high-level hunters as they roam your territory. You must merge these predators to provide them with the sustenance they need to survive another round of movement. This ticking hunger adds a layer of frantic tension to every decision you make in the quiet dark. 🍖

Neglect leads to a swift and brutal penalty that can ruin even the most promising ecosystem. A starving creature will eventually perish and leave behind a pile of jagged white bones in its wake. These remains act as stubborn obstacles that cannot be moved or merged with the living inhabitants of the reef. A board filled with skeletons becomes a graveyard where no new life can take root or flourish. You find yourself trapped in a desperate struggle to clear the clutter before the entire system collapses into ruin. 💀

Balance requires the foresight of an ancient deity to maintain the flow of energy through the water. You cannot simply focus on the giants without tending to the tiny organisms that keep the food chain intact. Managing the space on your grid becomes a tactical dance of life and death where every move must be calculated with extreme care. You weigh the risk of evolving a new predator against the current supply of food available on the board. It is a mental challenge that strips away the relaxation of a standard puzzle and replaces it with the raw logic of the wild. 🐚

The depths reward the clever survivor with a thriving world of color and motion that feels truly alive. You experience the ultimate satisfaction of seeing a clean board where every creature is fed and the path to the Leviathan remains open. The simple mechanics hide a deep complexity that mirrors the harsh reality of the natural world. This experience turns the act of matching tiles into a high-stakes drama of survival under the waves. You emerge from the deep with a profound respect for the balance that keeps the ocean spinning in the dark. 🌊

📋 Instructions