Volcanic Island

[Ancestor Nature]

No volcanic islands currently exist in the game, but one was featured on the Niche kickstarter page, so I would like to suggest how I think a volcanic island would work.

A volcanic island would be a hot, tropical island rimmed by vegetation. It would range in difficulty from Medium to Killer, and would present some of the greatest challenges in the game. It would have its own prey, predators and genes, and would progress through phases like the First Snow, Summer Mountains, Long Winter and Frost Lands islands.

Phase One

• the volcano is dormant

Phase Two

• the volcano begins to rumble and spew ash

Phase Three

• the ash begins to pile and can be cleared like snow

Phase Four

• the volcano erupts

Phase Five

• lava begins to flow from the volcano's summit, and will progress down the island at the rate of one tile per day

Phase Six

• the lava stops and the volcano goes dormant again

Lava would be avoided by moving around it, to higher ground, or through water. If the lava touches any vegetation, it would start a wildfire. Moving nichelings through lava would damage them, but leaving them in lava would kill them. All animals would flee from lava.