You do not control the contagion. You steer it. Become permanent before the world erases you.
Best score: —
Run length
Difficulty
Choose Scenario
Different pressures. Same organism.
Choose a Nature
Starting identity. Some unlock after your first permanence.
Emergence — the world still thinks this is ordinary noise.
Cycle 1 · — · —Emergence
Presence
0%
Detection
0%
Counter
0%
Influence ?
0
Stability
70%
Your permanence0%
Their countermeasure0%
Choose where it begins. Tap a region on the map, then confirm.
World — green glow = presence · blue = detection · amber = sealed
Tap a hub for detail· Green glow = presence· Blue ring = detected· Amber ring = sealed· ⚠ = purge risk· Glow = origin
1/3 — Spend Influence on a bias (or Stabilize).
Form Traits
Steer Mutation
This Cycle
Advance to see what changes.
Signal Log
Region
Select a region.
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Campaign: The Long Quiet
Ten linked chapters. Win to unlock the next and carry adaptations forward (more as you progress).
What the numbers mean
Influence is your currency. You start with 7 and earn about +2.5 every cycle at first, rising as you spread (more presence, more regions, and high detection all help). Spend it on mutations and adaptations; prices are shown on each button. Unspent Influence carries over.
Presence is how much of the world carries you.
Detection is how much the world knows. High detection speeds up the cure and border closures.
Counter is the world's cure progress. At 100% you are erased unless you are already permanent.
Stability is how steady your form is. Low stability means random drift in your traits.
Permanence is your progress toward becoming impossible to remove.
Settings
Daily Challenge
Everyone gets the same scenario, pathogen, modifier and random seed today. Choose your start and see how far you get. Retry as often as you like; your best result counts.
How to Play
You are the Veil. Bias mutations with Influence (your currency: you earn it every cycle and spend it on mutations), then advance cycles. You never fully control the form.
Win by raising permanence (top-left bar) until the world cannot erase you cheaply — or by overwhelming it.
Lose if the countermeasure bar fills before you are permanent, or every reservoir is purged.
Transmission spreads. Resilience fights seals. Concealment slows detection. Surge is power with a price. Sealed, detected regions get purged: Resilience softens it, Concealment keeps you off the radar.
About VEIL
Fictional contagion strategy. Invented pathogens and events only.
Not affiliated with any real disease, laboratory, or institution.