You begin the game with a modest goal: the elimination of every human alive on the planet. For each attempt, your primary tool is a plague that begins as a simple bacteria, virus, fungus, parasite, prion, nano-virus, or bio-weapon. As your plague infects more of the world’s population, you gain DNA points that are spent to make your plague more virulent.
The world’s population doesn’t wait to die. As soon as your plague is considered a threat, researchers around the globe begin work on a cure. The game becomes a race between human research and evolving your plague to prevent the discovery and implementation of a cure.
