Diatom
A diatom is a single-celled alga with a shell made of silica, the material in glass.
The facts
- Shelf
- Tiny World
- Kind
- Built from a recipe
- Sound
- Yes
- Hands-on
- Yes
- Licenses
- Own work (made in the page)
How to play, in the Playground
Tap it to make the glass shell glint and open.
Its controls
| Control | Kind | Range | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glint and open | Tap | ||
| Open | Button | ||
| Glass | Color | #7fd6d0 |
About it
A diatom is a single-celled alga with a shell made of silica, the material in glass. Its patterned shell, called a frustule, has two overlapping halves, rather like a box and its lid. Diatoms live in fresh and salt water and use sunlight to make food, releasing oxygen.
Tap it and a glint of light runs across the glass, then the two halves lift apart to show the golden cell inside and close again; real diatoms don't open like this. Diatoms make about a fifth of the oxygen on Earth.
Details
- Splats
- Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 55,342 at Low, and up to 720,000 at Max
Sources and credits
Made in Splashery. Its code is MIT.
