Duplicants

The Duplicants are the main protagonists of the 2019 survival simulation video game Oxygen Not Included, and it's DLC Spaced Out. They are randomly and procedurally generated clones that take on the appearance and traits of human beings. The game begins with them resigning on a player-chosen asteroid.
Though the player does not always directly control them, they follow many tasks and errands given by the player. One of the core objectives of the game is for the player to properly manage their needs and wants to keep them alive and happy, so they can continue their main goal of building a rocket and escaping the asteroid they're residing on.
==Spawning==
Before the start of the game, the player is shown the Duplicants that the game will start with, as well as the traits and interests of them. How they act when stressed and overjoyed is also shown to the player. The player can regenerate the traits of each Duplicant by clicking the "reroll" button.
Due to Duplicants being clones, they are not born naturally like standard human beings; they are instead created by a machine known as a "printing pod". At the start of the game, three Duplicants will be spawned. More can be spawned when three time cycles have passed by. In the Spaced Out! DLC, a Duplicant can be found in a Cryotank 3000.
When the printing pod is ready to print something out, there is a choice to spawn another Duplicant, or a care package, which is a collection of helpful resources. They are created from a substance known as "genetic ooze".
==Gameplay==
The Duplicants will aimlessly wander around, taking care of themselves as they need to: eating, using the bathroom, sleeping at the end of a time cycle, and simply breathing the limited oxygen the asteroid provides.
There are six properties of the Duplicants: oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production, calorie consmuption, bladder rate, toilet speed and temperature that each Duplicant considers they've been scalded. There are six needs of the Duplicants: oxygen, stamina (which can be recharged when sleeping, and extra bonus stamina can be rewarded when sleeping in a comfortable bed), calories, bladder and default body temperature.
Duplicants have eleven attributes: construction, excavation, machinery, athletics, science, cuisine, creativity, strength, medicine, agriculture. Running certain kinds of errands can raise these attributes, making some tasks much easier in the future. All Duplicants start out with one to three interests, which give a passive permanent bonus to some attributes. The fewer interests they have, the higher the bonus will be to the interests. The level of each attribute can be 20 maximum.
Duplicants can also have traits, which can be both positive and negative, meaning they can give a bonus or penalty respectively to attributes. Another mechanic of Duplicates is morale, which goes up when doing something they enjoy, feels pleasurable, eating food they like and being in an area with a high decor rating. If one has a high enough skill, they will begin to wear a hat that resembles what they're best at.
There are 13 skills associated with Duplicates, and having them will boost the aforementioned attributes: digging, building, farming, ranching, cooking, decorating, researching, rocketry, suit wearing, supplying, operating, doctoring, tidying. If all the Duplicants die, the game ends.
==Behavior==
Duplicates will aimlessly wander back and forth if they have nothing to do, but will immediately do any tasks the player demands. They are not particularly athletic, as they can only reach and jump so far. The game is separated into tiles, and the Duplicants can only jump a space of one tile. If a gap is two or more tiles, the Duplicant won't be able to reach an area.
Because of this, careful digging, well-placed tiles and ladders must be built to allow for easier travel. The Duplicants always use futuristic tools and apparatuses to perform tasks, which is easily seen when digging through terrain and sweeping liquids off of floors. Duplicants will keep performing tasks even if they are unhappy or in pain, but if their morale gets too low, they will mentally break.
Depending on the traits the Duplicants spawned with, they will perform unfavorable actions when they are stressed beyond their breaking point. This includes vomiting on the floor, bashing down structures, binge-eating, crying excessively and producing water or screaming so intensely that it stresses out others nearby.
If their needs aren't met, such as lack of food or oxygen, the Duplicant will die and cause others to mourn, adding to the stress and depression of others.
==Personality==
The Duplicants are friendly, helpful, well-mannered, jovial, upbeat, hard-working and positive beings. They are not shown to be particular angry or violent, which is only seen when some Duplicants are pushed to their breaking point. They are always seen helping one another and having friendly chats whenever they can. If one of the Duplicants gets injured or dies, the others will mourn, showing that they all care for each other.
This friendly disposition also extends to the foreign creatures around them, as they don't show much fear or hatred towards them. Duplicants can attack them if the player commands it, but by default, the Duplicants do not attack these creatures. If a Duplicant has a high enough medicine skill, they will be able to help hurt or unhealthy Duplicants with ease.
==Gallery==
duplicants_box.png|Duplicants seen in the game's box art.
duplicants_promo1.png|Duplicants seen on promotional material.
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duplicants_suff.jpg|Two Duplicants suffering from lack of oxygen.
duplicants_smell.png|One Duplicant smelling bad, with others reacting to the smell.
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==External Links==
*Duplicant at the Oxygen Not Included Wiki
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