The thing is, I've recently been binging on those reskinned card-drawing masterpieces on Steam, and I'm really tired of them. As a result, I accidentally saw someone mentioning this game in a nook and cranny indie game post, saying that it was a pure placement game with 0 krypton gold. I thought it would cost no money anyway, so I went down and gave it a try. After trying it out, I actually spent a whole afternoon in a bacterial culture game. Can you believe it?
To put it bluntly, this game allows you to grow bacteria, but the experience, how should I put it, is much more interesting than many AAA masterpieces known as "cosmic strategy". You only have a bunch of ordinary bacteria at the beginning, and then you have to place production, upgrade and optimize it to divide and expand to invade those microscopic asteroids. That's right, you use bacteria as an interstellar tycoon to play and occupy "planets". The environment of each planet is different and the required bacterial species configuration is also different. You have to constantly adjust your strategy to find the optimal solution.
My favorite thing about it is its numerical design. Although it bears the name of placement, every upgrade and every gene editing can actually see the efficiency increase. The feeling of evolving from a bunch of malnourished lazy bacteria to a planet-devouring super bacteria is really awesome. Moreover, level challenges are not the kind that can be completed with just a few clicks. If you want to get a high score, you have to carefully consider the synergy of bacteria. This kind of fun of studying cannot be found in today's so-called "krypton gold masterpieces".
By the way, the game is made by Taoteng Interactive Technology. As soon as you look at the name, you can tell that it is not a big company, but it is very capable. The operating platform is listed as 5.0, which I guess is Android 5.0 or above. Anyway, my old phone runs quite smoothly. The most important thing is that the charging mode says 0, and it is really 0 when playing. There are no pop-up gift packages, no physical restrictions, and no forced viewing of ads to reward people. It is clean and completely relies on content to retain people. This attitude is really 10,000 times better than those mobile and web games that treat players as leeks. 😤
To be honest, the graphics of this game are not gorgeous, and the sound effects are not amazing, but it has a kind of magic that makes you keep clicking "Next" to see the evolution results. Because it allows you to play with rules, calculations, and the joy of decision-making. These days, there are fewer and fewer stand-alone games that can make people take the initiative to rely on pure gameplay design. If you encounter one, it is a treasure.
If you are tired of the routine of "rewarding the legendary fungus king with your first deposit of 6 yuan" and want to enjoy the fun of colony expansion quietly, you can really try this "Genetic Code". Anyway, it doesn't cost money or social energy. You can open it and play with it. When you get tired of playing, just leave it there and let it reproduce on its own. This kind of toilet time without being kidnapped is called playing games. 👍