Compounds

Compounds are the primary collectable items for the player to obtain in Thrive's Microbe stage.

In order to obtain compounds, one must collect them from the environment. In Thrive's current state (0.3.1), most compounds are gained by collecting them from compound emitters.

Compound Types

 * Oxygen is a compound used with glucose to produce ATP. In version 0.3.1, it resembles a small rod with a blue sphere on each end.
 * Glucose is a compound used with oxygen to produce ATP. In version 0.3.1, it resembles a green metal nut.
 * Ammonia is a compound used solely to produce amino acids. In version 0.3.1, it resembles a yellow molecule with 3 yellow spheres along it.
 * CO2 is a compound used with Chloroplasts to produce ATP. It is collected from the enviroment, but it is also produced as a side-product during cellular respiration (glucose + oxygen) and in the production of amino acids. In version 0.3.1, it resembles a red rectangle.
 * Amino Acids are a type of compound solely used to create reproductase.
 * Reproductase is a fictional compound used to represent when a microbe can reproduce. Once a microbe attains 5 reproductase, it can split into 2 and enter the microbe editor. Reproductase is produced using 6 amino acids, 6 glucose, 6 oxygen and 6 ATP.
 * ATP, which stands for Adenosine triphosphate is a compound used to power a player's microbe.
 * OxyToxy NT is a compound that can only be produced if the player's microbe has a toxin vacuole. It is produced with 3 oxygen. If the player has enough OxyToxy stored up, they can press E to release a single OxyToxy which will damage another microbe on contact. In version 0.3.1, it resembles a purple "X" with a grey center.

Compound Emitters
Compound emitters are a temporary way of collecting compounds from the environment. In further updates, compound emitters will be replaced by clouds of different compounds.