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Jarlife: Merge Terrarium

Merge. Evolve. Collect.

Jarlife feature graphic.

About the game

Fungus, seeds, and eggs go into a jar and merge until something new evolves. Drag two alike together, and a spore becomes moss, a microbe grows into a tiny dragon.

The jar keeps time. Seasons change, and the day gives way to night. It keeps making Life while you're away, so come back to see what it did without you.

A codex records what you have grown, across Flora, Fauna and Fungi, with golden, glowing, shadow and albino mutations to hunt. Modifiers bend the rules of a run.

Merge
Fungus, seeds, and eggs combine inside the jar.
120 creatures
Flora, Fauna and Fungi, each with rare mutations.
Time
Seasons, and a day and night cycle. Long Night, Monsoon, Bloom…
Codex
What has appeared, written down.
Modifiers
Rules that change from run to run.

From the blog

Jarlife notes