Flatworm

Flatworm
Habitat	Ocean
Type	Life
Generator Stats
Base Cost	Entropy 200,000
Base Production	Entropy 400/s
Max Efficiency	x35.1
Requires	Jellyfish
Chronology
Previous	Jellyfish
Next	Fish

Flatworms are the third Ocean generator and the seventh generator overall. Flatworms are any simple bilateral (sometimes parasitic, depending on the species) invertebrates belonging in the phylum Platyhelminthes.

Description

"The flatworm is the first organism with bilateral symmetry, which enables the beginnings of the brain and internal organs. These simple creatures set the stage for vertebrates to come."

Design

The flatworm resembles a yellow colored Polycladida flatworm. It bounces around in an invisible sphere wall in the Ocean habitat. Clicking on the Flatworm makes a squish noise similar to the Sponge.

In the Augmentations Console, you can purchase two cosmetics of the Flatworm: the Basic Worm, and the Dancing Flatworm.

• Basic Worm
• Dancing Flatworm

The Basic Worm can be purchased for Augmentations Console 10 Logits in the Augmentations Console, which makes it the cheapest item in the store. It turns Flatworms into a low-poly cuboid with two eyes poking out top. This is a reference to the initial model of the flatworm at the games release.

The Dancing Flatworm can be purchased for Augmentations Console 25 Logits in the Augmentations Console. It is associated with the secret achievement Flatworm Fever. It is a flatworm cycling through the RGB cycle, and when clicked, spins aggressively. After clicking multiple flatworms, a disco ball drops down and starts a disco, cycling the entire Ocean habitat through the RGB cycle. Edm'd also plays for about 15 seconds, which could be extended by clicking on a flatworm again.

Upgrades

Flatworm has 7 upgrades, increasing the generator efficiency with a total x35.1 multiplier.

Icon	Name	Description	Cost	Efficiency	Requires
	Bilateral Symmetry	Organisms with identical left and right sides, a head, and a tail display bilateral symmetry. This adaptation helped early organisms to develop more complex nervous systems.	Entropy 150,000	30%	Flatworm Radial Symmetry
	Vertebrate	Vertebrae are bones that protect the spinal cord; they are the literal backbone of evolution.	Entropy 200,000	50%	Flatworm
	Heart	The heart is an organ dedicated to pumping blood through an organism. The center of the circulatory system, this organ is essential to keeping an animal alive.	Entropy 550,000	50%	15 Flatworm Bilateral Symmetry
	Pigment Spot	A light-sensitive receptor, the pigment spot was a primitive eye. It allowed early organisms to tell light from dark.	Entropy 850,000	100%	Bilateral Symmetry
	Nerve Cord	The nerve cord is a bundle of nerve fibers that run down an animal's body. Alone, they form a simple version of a nervous system.	Entropy 1.20e6	100%	Bilateral Symmetry Nervous System
	Predation	Predation is the biological interaction where one animal becomes an aggressor (or “predator”) and eats another animal (the “prey”).	Entropy 7.13e9	50%	50 Flatworm Vertebrate
	Three-Layer Skin	Unlike sponges and jellyfish, flatworms possess a layer of organized cells in between their outer membrane and the inner lining of their digestive space.	Entropy 7.73e12	100%	100 Flatworm Bilateral Symmetry

Achievements

Icon	Name	Description	Requires
	Tape as Old as Time	A fossilized tapeworm (a species of flatworm) has been found that dates back to 270 million years ago.	25 Flatworm
	That Sucks	Flatworms can extend their mouths into their prey and use them like a vacuum cleaner to suck out their victim's insides. Yikes.	50 Flatworm
	You Spineless Worm!	Flatworms have no bones, and use their cilia, tiny hairs on the underside of their bodies, to crawl and move around.	100 Flatworm
	Endless Appetite	Tapeworms can grow to be at least 11.5 feet long and 25 years old. They can and will live in your large intestine. Please cook your meat thoroughly.	150 Flatworm
	Split Personality	If a flatworm is cut in half, it can regenerate two new flatworms from the divided halves.	250 Flatworm

Trivia

• Even though flatworms appear before fish and tetrapods do in the game, in real life, the first flatworms likely appeared during the Permian, about 270 million years ago, whereas fish evolved 525 million years ago, in the Cambrian and tetrapods evolved from fish 390 million years ago, during the Late Devonian.

Gallery

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