> [!NOTE] Time Caterpillars (Conceptual Character) > **Life Cycle**: Knights of sunny smiles, aka time caterpillars, appear from rays of sunshine. They crawl at [[IBU/ENVIRONMENTS/Zones/Fortunate Isles|Fortunate Isles]] and there transform into [[IBU/NARRATIVE/Characters/Dancing Stars|Dancing Stars]]. Time caterpillars' bodies consist of [[IBU/NARRATIVE/Concepts/Primer -- Time Is the Enemy|temporal parts]]. Wherever they go, they leave [[IBU/GAME DESIGN/Hypercamouflage Submarine on a Toxic Tropical Vacation at Fortunate Isles|time trails]]. > **Mechanics**: Devour time || Leave time trails || Keep up with the time || Grow a desert inside > > **Related**: [[IBU/NARRATIVE/Concepts/Primer -- Time Is the Enemy|Primer -- Time Is the Enemy]] || [[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Docs/Levels/G-Atlas_Doc|Toy Worlds Atlas: Worm]] > **Mentions**: Control (2019) > **Reference**: "Perdurantism is the view that objects are made of spatial and temporal parts, or more specifically, spatiotemporal parts. Most humans are composed of legs, belly, and head in the same way as most humans are composed of childhood, middle-age, and eld. Ordinary objects are so-called spacetime worms; they stretch out through time like earthworms stretch out through space" (Hawley 2020 - cit. by [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy](https://iep.utm.edu/eternalism/#:~:text=Eternalism%20is%20a%20metaphysical%20view,and%20deaths%2C%20is%20equally%20real.)) > > ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Atlas_Gifs/SteamRibbon_worm2-flipped.gif]] > ![[DESIGNS/TimeCaterpillars/TimeCaterpillars_BioPoster.png]] > ![[DESIGNS/ToyWorldsAtlas/Gameplay/Atlas_Gifs/SteamRibbon_worm2.gif]] > > **Iterations**: [[DESIGNS/TimeCaterpillars/IB_timecaterpillar_1.jpg|Design 1]] || [[DESIGNS/TimeCaterpillars/IB_timeCaterpillar_2.jpg|Design 2]] || [[DESIGNS/TimeCaterpillars/MicroscopicHorror.png|Microscopic Horror]]