THE PLANT CELL SURVIVAL LAB

Vacuole Manager

Route water, ions, pigment, waste and nutrients while keeping a plant cell turgid through four survival waves.

TIME LEFT2:00
SCORE0
WAVE1 / 4
CELL INTEGRITY 100%
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TWO MINUTE SURVIVAL

Vacuole Manager

Route water, ions, pigment, waste and nutrients while keeping a plant cell turgid through four survival waves.

PLAYER GUIDE

How to Play

  1. Survive four 30-second pressure waves. Route each incoming material to the vacuole, cytosol or export.
  2. In this scenario, store water, potassium ions, anthocyanin pigment and some cellular waste in the vacuole. Keep useful sugar available in the cytosol. Export excess salt.
  3. Correct routing raises a support meter. Incorrect routing disrupts balance and costs integrity. Real plants can also sequester salt in vacuoles; this routing is a simplified scenario.
  4. Keep all meters healthy for 120 seconds to earn the survival bonus. Explore untimed is available.

Support meters, health, scores and timing are game abstractions. Real plant cells use continuous transport and regulation.

SURVIVAL REPORT

Score · Time · Best completed score