Virtual Theme Park

Darwinia Description

The world of is a virtual theme park, running entirely inside a computer network and populated by a sentient evolving life form called the ns. Unfortunately has been overrun by a deadly computer virus removal software which has multiplied out of control. Your task is to destroy the Viral Infection and save the ns from extinction. 

You must build the ns a perfect army.  Train them to fight.  There is built-in gesture recognition for you to call up the recognition squads, engineers, air strikes and officers that you will need to rebuild 's crippled infrastructure.  Thousands will die without your help   You must take on an destroy the viral roots, before it's too late.  needs you...you are the last remaining hope!

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These cute little fellows are the native life forms of the world, and the subject of a decades worth of research into digital life. What they lack in strength and speed is made up for in courage and spirit. It is Dr Sepulveda's dream to evolve the ns into an intelligent

Squad
Dr Sepulveda long feared that his work with would be overlooked, simply due to a lack of exciting action for visitors. To solve this problem he designed a series of videocomputer game style mini Pc Games , mostly involving guns and blowing things up. The Squad, made up of several Squaddies, came out of this design.

Engineer
Originally designed as simple diagnostic tools to aid Dr. Sepulveda in the construction of , the Engineer was gradually developed over time until he was capable of performing numerous helpful tasks. Engineers will reprogram nearby buildings that have become damaged. They will also collect up the Souls of creatures that have died.

Office r
The Office r is used to directly control the nearby ns. An Office r is created by promoting an existing n. To promote a n, draw the gesture for an Office r then Left Click on the n. Once promoted, an Office r can issue orders to the nearby ns by waving specially designed signal flags.

Armour
Once the Construction Yard is online you will be able to construct Armour. Originally intended as another of Dr Sepulveda's mini Pc Games , Armour can be used to transport large numbers of ns around the world. It can also be converted into a stationary Battle Cannon, for moments when extreme violence is required.

VIRII
A destructive corruption of the native ns, these evil creatures will attack anything that comes within range. They're fairly weak and don't do much damage on their own, but they can be found to have replicated in very large numbers, posing a much greater threat. Virii can replicate rapidly by fertilising Eggs (laid by Spiders and Spore Generators) with the Souls of dead Creatures.

Centipede
An early mutation of the basic Virii pattern caused them to expand into three dimensions. These Centipedes are stronger than the Virii they mutated from, but are also more concerned with their own survival. They will flee from an attacker if they take damage. Unfortunately as each part of their body is destroyed, they will simply break up into smaller and smaller components until fully wiped out.  Centipedes are capable of consuming any Souls they find lying around and re-growing parts of their body.

Soul Destroyer
Additional mutations within the Virus structure granted some of the larger Centipedes the ability to fly, and these fearsome creatures now haunt some of the worst infected areas of . They earned their name when it was discovered the Souls they consume are actually obliterated - something which Dr Sepulveda believed was simply impossible. Triffid  These plant like creatures will launch Eggs every few minutes, which burst open to form new Virii and evil creatures. They are normally dormant but will activate when they sense enemies in their presence. Their main weakness is that they are stationary and defenseless at close range.

Bug
The ns used to hunt these cattle-like creatures during the early years of . The Bugs would just fumble around the landscapes, occasionally breaking the subsystems that made up the world or corrupting the textures they came into contact with. Until recently it was believed that the Bugs had all been eradicated from .

Spider
The Viral outbreak was able to find and mutate the last of the Bugs that existed within , and the Spiders are the result. They are blessed with extremely strong rear legs and are capable of leaping great distances. They prefer to pounce on prey from a distance, and appear to be invulnerable to standard Laser blasts. They can also lay Eggs, which will hatch into many more Virii if they are fertilized with a Soul.

Spore Generator
During mutation, some of the Bugs gained the ability to lay vastly greater numbers of Eggs than the Spiders. These bloated and cumbersome creatures were gifted with the ability to hover above the ground out of danger. They are able to seed entire areas with dormant eggs that will hatch into hundreds of Virii if fertilized by the Souls of dead creatures. Thankfully the Eggs they lay cannot survive large falls, so the Spore Generator must descend to within weapons range in order to seed the ground.

Army Ant
Many of the smaller Bugs that existed were corrupted into these creepy nuisances.  Individually the Ants are dumb and weak, but when placed together with hundreds of their kin they can be a serious threat due to their Hive intelligence. The Ants will attack anything in range of their Nest, and will carry Souls back for replication into more Ants.

Control Tower
Almost all buildings in can be reprogrammed using  nearby Control Towers. Many of the buildings have been corrupted by the Virus and need reprogramming before they can be used. To do this you must create Engineers nearby and they will do the job. Control Towers will flash red if they are infected with the Virus, and Yellow if they have been successfully reprogrammed

Radar Dish
These buildings are used for short range transportation between islands. Most of them are initially offline due to the Virus outbreak, so their Control Tower must be reprogrammed before they can be used. Once this is done you can align a Radar Dish by clicking on it to select it, then clicking on a receiving dish. The dishes will align, forming a communication tunnel down which you can transport Squads, Office rs, or ns.

Incubator
Around for a few minutes before floating away to the Soul Repository at the centre of the World. However, this process can be interrupted and the Soul can be immediately reconstructed into a n if it is collected in time. Engineers will pick up the Souls of dead creatures and carry them to Incubators,   which will slowly reprocess them into ns.

Trunk Port
All locations in are connected by Trunk Ports.  Once enabled they form a two way link, allowing access both ways. Most of the Trunk Ports have been disabled by the Virus outbreak, and must be re-enabled by the reprogramming of their Control Towers.

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Darwinia cd Software software or game Requirements for PC use

• Microsoft windows 98, 2000, XP
• Pentium II 600MHz Computer Processor
• 30MB Hard Disk Space
• GeForce 2 or greater Video Card
• 4X cd Drive

Darwinia Recommended Requirments

• Microsoft windows 98, 2000, XP
• Pentium IV 1.6GHz Computer Processor
• 256MB of RAM
• 30MB Hard Disk Space
• GeForce 2 or greater Video Card
• 20X cd Drive