In those days, in those distant days, in those nights, in those faraway nights, in those years, in those distant years; in days of yore, when the necessary things had been brought into manifest existence, in days of yore, when the necessary things had been for the first time properly cared for... The old gods are dead, and the world is shattered. You must now take their power and rebuild anew. You will cultivate a diverse ecosystem of creatures and life-forms that you can grow, capture, tame, breed and evolve to fulfil your objectives. For example, instead of building conveyor belts, you grow tiny simple creatures called Lemmules that travel in a line like ants, carrying the items on their back. Beneath the creature taming twist, however, is a full-fledged factory builder: deep, multi-step recipes, real throughput and logistics challenges, and industrial-scale automation. Ruin and Rebirth is optimized so you can build truly massive, late-game bases that push the limits of modern CPUs. Other notable creatures we have implemented that are ready for you to discover include:Terramite (Mining drill equivalent, Name Origin: Terra + Termite)Built like a living boulder with segmented plates, the roly-poly Terramite spends its days churning through soil and stone in search of mineral nutrients. What it doesn't consume, it leaves scattered on the surface - making it an ideal creature for resource gathering in the