The Power of Images

The Power of Images is a limited time event which focuses on Visual Art. It features 12 generators and 52 upgrades that produce Creativity as their currency.
== Story ==
=== Opening ===
=== Ending ===
== Objectives & Rewards ==
 thumb | The requirements that have to be completed in order to get all rewards.
Explore Visual Art (12 Requirements)
# Collect 5 Line → 1 
# Collect 10 Symbol → 2 
# Collect 5 Composition → 3 
# Collect 3 Renaissance → A Mirror on Reality Badge
# Collect 5 Photography, 3 Modernism → 4 
# Collect Cubism, Museum → 6 
# Collect Tricking the Eye → 7 
# Collect 10 Post Modernism → Critical Lens Badge
# Collect Pop Art, Moving Images, Advertising → 8 
# Collect 15 Digital Revolution, 10 Mass Creation, Meme → 9 
# Collect AI Imagery, Anti AI Imagery → 10 
# Collect Meaning, Legacy → Everyday Artist Badge
=== Badges ===
This exploration holds some rewards already mentioned above. The main ones being these three badges: Bronze: A Mirror on Reality, Silver: Critical Lens and Gold: Everyday Artist which have an effect on all other evolutionary branches, speeding up every simulation by 1%, and also speeding up production in future The Power of Images simulations by 5, 10 and 15% respectively.
==== A Mirror on Reality ====
==== Critical Lens ====
==== Everyday Artist ====
== Generators ==
The The Power of Images event features 12 generators which produce the event currency Creativity .
=== Creativity ===
Icon	Name 	Description 	Base Cost	Base Production	Requires
 	Line 	An image begins with a simple act, like a mark scraped into a rock, a painted hand pressed against a wall, or a line drawn into the sand. Mastering mark-making is the most basic of artistic skills and is a first step for human creativity.	40 	1/sec 	Imagination
 	Symbol 	Humans took further steps in drawing the intangible, wanting to depict concepts such as the future or the afterlife. They created abstract shapes and objects that represent these ideas. 	7,500 	50/sec 	Drawing
 	Composition 	As cultures became more complex, so did their imagery. Artists increasingly made conscious visual choices in their work, considering where subjects should be placed and telling an overall story. 	2.5e6 	2,000/sec 	Brush Strokes
 	Renaissance 	Italian masters such as Raphael found inspiration in the idealized quality of Greco-Roman art. At the same time, their use of perspective and shadow enabled them to depict depth in otherwise flat paintings. 	6.25e8 	500,000/sec 	Greece and Rome Church as King
 	Photography 	By coating paper in silver salts and exposing it to daylight through a lens, Joseph Niépce created the first photographs. These images would vanish when brought outside, and it would take a decade to achieve a permanent effect. 	1.5e11 	5e7/sec 	The First Projection Realism
 	Modernism 	The advent of photography plunged painters into a crisis of purpose. No longer needed to provide realistic portraits, many shifted toward a strict, abstract, "Modern" approach using only flat shapes and colors. 	4e13 	5e9/sec 	Realism Post Impressionism Photography
 	Art Celebrity 	Picasso. Kahlo. Pollock. These aren't just the names of artists - they're brands. Their names are known far beyond gallery or museum walls and have become synonymous with artistic genius. 	1e16 	3e12/sec 	Museum Artist Entrepreneur
 	Post Modernism 	While Modernism adhered to strict boundaries, Post-Modern artists deprioritized rules and definitions, employing diverse collages and recontextualizing objects from sources other than paintings. 	5e17 	9e13/sec 	Cubism Art Celebrity Abstract Expressionism
 	Moving Images 	When a series of photographs is presented in sequence, it can simulate motion. Works like "A Trip to the Moon" were among the first to use this method to tell a story, creating the first narrative films. 	1.5e20 	8e15/sec 	Tricking the Eye
 	Mass Appeal 	No longer just an art form, images have become a business. As people look for new ways to consume art, product makers try to appeal to the masses. An image can be cute, cool, or beautiful, but above all it must sell. 	7e22 	3e18/sec 	Surrealism Pop Art Feminist Art
 	Digital Revolution	When art can be done on a screen, artists again must adapt. Some continue to work traditionally, while others take advantage of the technology, creating art with more ease than ever but at the cost of materiality. 	1e26 	7e21/sec 	Video Art Computer Animation
 	Mass Creation 	Amid the boredom and anxieties of the modern age, more people are sharing art than ever before. Still, feedback can snowball, blurring the line between creator and audience while making artistic meaning a large-scale debate. 	2e28 	2e24/sec 	Mass Appeal Post Pop Art Internet
== Upgrades ==
=== Line Efficiency ===
Icon	Name 	Description 	Cost	Efficiency	Requires
 	Imagination	At some point, early hominids started imagining things beyond the world in front of them. This evolution towards creating might be what began the journey of becoming human. 	20 	100% 	-
 	Drawing 	As the initial stroke is joined by others, an image begins to form— a constellation of stars, an animal taken down in a hunt, a deceased leader's journey to the underworld. 	100 	200% 	Line
 	Body Paint 	As humans advanced, they began creating marks and patterns on their bodies. Evidence of body decoration dates back to the Neanderthals, who used natural materials like red iron oxide and manganese as body paint.	400 	150% 	Line
=== Symbol Efficiency ===
Icon	Name 	Description 	Cost 	Efficiency	Requires
 	Tattoo 	Otzi the Iceman was a frozen mummy found with 62 tattoos. At 5,300 years old, his are the oldest known permanent body markings. Located in areas associated with joint pain, they likely served a medicinal purpose. 	30,000 	150% 	Body Paint Symbol
 	Glyphs 	Ancient Chinese oracle bones and shells were used in divination to determine the outcome of politics, crops, and hunts. They were written in a pictographic script that is ancestral to all subsequent forms of Chinese writing.	150,000	100% 	Symbol
 	Brush Strokes	Believed to have originated in China, calligraphy elevated written language from a pratical endeavor into an art form that required mastery over paintbrushes and pens. 	800,000	100% 	Glyphs
=== Composition Efficiency ===
Icon	Name 	Description 	Cost 	Efficiency	Requires
 	Ancient Art 	In both the Egyptian Old Kingdom and Ancient Babylon, art began to adopt a political dimension. It focused on the image of the king, stressing his role in sustaining the religious and sociopolitical orders. 	3.2e6	100% 	Composition
 	Folk Art 	A culture is defined by the stories it tells to explain its world, and how these tales are depicted reflects that society's values. The flags of Ghanaian Asafo people express proverbs featuring symbols of power. 	1.2e7	100% 	Composition
 	Greece and Rome 	Sold across the Mediterranean, Greek red-figure vases featured idealized paintings of gods and heroes. Occasionally signed by their creators, they made for history's oldest form of branding. 	5e7 	100% 	Ancient Art
 	Church as King 	Europe's wealthiest institution was also its leading artistic patron, needing masterpieces to fill its grand cathedrals. From Leonardo to Raphael, many of Europe's greatest artists worked under the Church's direction. 	2e8 	100% 	Folk Art
 	The First Projection	A camera obscura is a dark room or box, lit only by a small hole or lens on one wall. This setup allows for an image outside the room to be projected on a wall inside. By the 16th century, it was being used as an aid to drawing.	8e8 	100% 	Renaissance
=== Renaissance Efficiency ===
Icon	Name 	Description 	Cost 	Efficiency	Requires
 	Artisans 	In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, artists were viewed more as craftsmen than creators. They produced their work on demand, often in organized workshops, fulfilling the vision of whoever commissioned each piece. 	2e9 	100% 	Church as King
 	Patrons 	As merchants and bankers were enriched by global trade, the Church lost its near monopoly over the arts. Wealthy nobles and private citizens wanted their likenesses preserved on a canvas, and were more than willing to pay the fee.	8e9 	100% 	Church as King
 	Romanticism 	A product of the early 1800's, Romanticism emphasized the individual, often isolated from society. The Romantics evoked awe and wonder in their artwork, employing dramatic landscapes and depicting intense emotional states. 	3.25e10	100% 	Renaissance
 	Realism 	Where the Romantics idolized anti-heroes and nonconformists, 19th century Realists depicted the everyday struggles of ordinary people. They paved the way for later artistic explorations of social and political themes. 	1.25e11	100% 	Romanticism
 	Impressionism 	In the late 1860s, artists left the studio to paint on location using short, quick brushstrokes and vibrant colors to create dreamlike impressions of reality. Monet's "Impression, Sunrise" inadvertantly named the movement. 	5e11 	100% 	Renaissance
 	Post Impressionism	As Impressionism became part of the establishment, later artists like Van Gogh drew on its innovations, maintaining its use of vibrant colors, but with an eye to self-expression and more abstract techniques and styles. 	2e12 	400% 	Impressionism
=== Photography Efficiency ===
Icon	Name 	Description 	Cost 	Efficiency	Requires
 	Memory as an Object	In 1839, Niépce reduced exposure times from a minimum of eight hours to a few seconds. This led to the invention of the negative, allowing photographers to make multiple prints of their photos. 	1e12 	1000% 	Photography
 	Tricking the Eye 	The phenakistoscope was invented simultaneously in both Belgium and Austria. Created in 1833, this device spun while displaying a sequence of images on the edge of a disc, creating the illusion of movement.	1.5e16	100000% 	Memory as an Object
=== Modernism Efficiency ===
Icon	Name 	Description 	Cost	Efficiency	Requires
 	Expressionism 	While earlier artistic movements tried to depict reality, late 19th century Expressionists aimed to examine psychological states. They used distortion, exaggeration, and bold colors to show their anxieties to the world. 	5e13	100% 	Modernism
 	Artist Entrepreneur 	As artists like Rembrandt and Vermeer were in high demand, they could negotiate higher prices for their work. This marked the first time the artist was no longer subject to a patron, but could make their own success. 	2e14	125% 	Patrons Artisans
 	Cubism 	Inspired by African art and the cross-pollination of art forms, cubism seeks to show multiple perspectives unified in one image. It uses flat geometric shapes to depict a three-dimensional reality. 	8e14	100% 	Modernism
 	Museum 	The work of historians and curators can turn an artist or body of work into a cultural artifact. They are part of a large machine that can bring images into the mainstream or leave them to be forgotten. 	3e15	100% 	Patrons
 	Abstract Expressionism	A product of the New York art scene, the Abstract Expressionists favored shapes, patterns, and splashes of color. They rejected the desire to reflect reality, focusing on the bodily movement involved in making a painting.	6e17	900% 	Modernism
=== Art Celebrity Efficiency ===
Icon	Name 	Description 	Cost	Efficiency	Requires
 	Critic	As it can be difficult to break into the art world, artists often depend on others to promote their work. Critics hold influence over large audiences that can make or break an artist's career. 	5e16	250% 	Art Celebrity
 	Dealer	Before the 19th century, artists dealt directly with collectors and patrons. In the newer large ecosystem, the dealer emerged to serve as long-term partners for artists, launching their careers and organizing exhibits.	8e19	15000% 	Art Celebrity
=== Post Modernism Efficiency ===
Icon	Name 	Description 	Cost 	Efficiency	Requires
 	Dadaism 	Devastated by World War I, post-war artists saw only insanity in the world around them. They attempted to reboot the concept of art, emphasizing nonsense over beauty to reflect a traumatized vision of the human condition. 	2e18 	250% 	Post Modernism
 	Surrealism 	Between the World Wars, the Surrealists explored the mind's inner workings. Influenced by Freud, their disturbing and even violent art depicted the human unconscious with symbolic imagery and unexpected juxtapositions. 	1.5e19	200% 	Dadaism
 	Pop Art 	Inspired by the commodity-driven values of postwar society, Pop Art criticized consumerism while elevating popular culture to the status of fine art. Some artists even turned themselves into pop-culture icons in the process.	5e20 	2000% 	Surrealism
 	Feminist Art	Female creators have been historically unrepresented in the art world. Feminist artists like Barbara Kruger sought to challenge this standard, using bold typography to criticize the patriarchal status quo. 	1.5e23	20000% 	Pop Art
=== Moving Images Efficiency ===
Icon	Name 	Description 	Cost	Efficiency	Requires
 	Hand-Drawn Animation	Emile Cohl drew over 700 individual images to create the first animated cartoon, "Fantasmagorie." When presented in sequence, the drawings simulated movement for just under two minutes. 	3e21	300% 	Moving Images
 	Silent to Talkie 	As early films lacked audio, exagerrated body language was used to convey characters' emotions and interactions. 'Talkies' revolutionized movie-making in the 1920s, introducing synchronized dialogue and sound effects. 	8e21	500% 	Moving Images
 	Grayscale to Color 	While not the first film to use color, "The Wizard of Oz" enchanted audiences with its visual approach, contrasting the black-and-white mundane reality of Kansas with a vibrantly technicolor fantasy world. 	4e22	300% 	Silent to Talkie
 	Video Art 	Nam June Paik was a unique artist, showing his work on screens instead of canvases and using magnets to warp the images he produced. Audiences praised his immersive technique, labeling him a pioneer of a new type of art.	1e25	30000% 	Grayscale to Color
 	Computer Animation 	Thousands of drawings sometimes amount to just a few minutes of footage. Computer programs speed up this process, allowing for the same methods with fewer materials and offering new abilities like onion skinning. 	1e26	150% 	Hand-Drawn Animation
=== Mass Appeal Efficiency ===
Icon	Name 	Description 	Cost 	Efficiency	Requires
 	Advertising 	Products rely on visual imagery to appeal to as many customers as they can. As they use a celebrity's image, a recognizable logo, or an idealized presentation of the product, imagery becomes the art of manipulation. 	1.5e24	100% 	Mass Appeal
 	Comics 	Sequentially placed images can tell a story, and when spread over multiple panels on a page they become a comic. They may have originated in short newspaper strips, but some comics have become iconic in pop culture. 	2e24 	200% 	Mass Appeal
 	Post Pop Art	As fine arts grew more conceptual, it became less palatable for ordinary people. Pop art turned this on its head with an embrace of mass culture. Post pop artists like Jeff Koons continued this push toward an aesthetic focus.	3e24 	300% 	Advertising
=== Digital Revolution Efficiency ===
Icon	Name 	Description 	Cost	Efficiency	Requires
 	New Media Art 	A catch-all category of art designed and produced with electronic technologies, New Media Art spans from the virtual ecosystems of Ian Cheng to the post-conceptual installations of Cory Archangel. 	4e26	200% 	Digital Revolution
 	Digital Art 	With the proliferation of personal devices and apps, anyone can create visual art. Whether photoshopping an image, editing a video, or applying a filter on a photo, computers have brought art creation into everyday life.	1e27	200% 	New Media Art
 	Internet 	In connecting billions of computers across the world, the internet established a new avenue for sharing art. Images could now be shared on a global scale, reaching both large populations and smaller sub-cultures. 	8e27	100% 	Digital Revolution
 	Algorithmic Art	Artists can use mathematical rulesets to create their art. This work tends to be pattern-based and is often done in collaboration with computers due to the complexity of an algorithmic design. 	1e30	10000% 	Digital Art
 	AI Imagery 	Artificial Intelligence (AI) can output digital images from a prompt entered by a human. It analyzes large sets of data, then uses that analysis to produce new images drawing from what it studied. 	6e32	12000% 	Algorithmic Art Endless Inspiration
 	Meaning 	When an AI generates an image, it does so without intent, and with no motivation besides responding to a prompt. However, does an artwork need intent? If an image is created regardless, are human artists needed? 	6e33	800% 	AI Imagery
=== Mass Creation Efficiency ===
Icon	Name 	Description 	Cost 	Efficiency	Requires
 	Street Art 	Humans always find ways to express themselves, even if the only canvas available is a wall. Street art was born out of city environments, where artists could reclaim public spaces with graffiti and murals. 	5e28 	200% 	Mass Creation
 	Socially Engaged Art	As art becomes more democratized, new voices are added to the mix. Marginalized artists are now able to share their perspectives to larger audiences through their artwork, telling stories that have often been silenced. 	3e29 	100% 	Mass Creation
 	Communities 	From the dawn of prehistory, humans have looked to build places of belonging. The internet has made this easier than ever, as online communities bring people together, allowing them to share original creations and fan art. 	5e30 	600% 	Mass Creation
 	Meme 	The internet has made it easy to share simple, customizable image templets known as memes. Some remain local to their specific communities, while others go viral beyond the boundaries of their original group. 	2e31 	133.7% 	Internet Communities
 	GIF 	When unable to parse tone or body language, people must invent other methods to show intent. A form of self-expression unique to internet culture, the GIF uses moving imagery to express reactions and emotional states. 	6e31 	200% 	Meme
 	Endless Inspiration 	With a near-infinite amount of art at the fingertips of humanity, it's easier than ever to find inspiration. However, humans aren't the only ones utilizing this database of art. 	2.5e32	125% 	Communities
 	Anti AI Imagery 	The ethics of AI art is a subject of debate. When a machine uses human-created artwork as a foundation, and then recycles it without the permission of the artists, it raises the question of who truly owns the resulting art.	2e33 	500% 	Endless Inspiration AI Imagery
 	Legacy 	Modern humans create and share more visual art than ever before. Yet in the grand scope of existence, imagery is still exceedingly rare. With every image created, humans leave their unique mark on the universe. 	2e34 	0% 	Meaning
==Tech Tree==
==Trivia==
*This event was formerly named Speaking Without Words; it got renamed while it was in the beta.
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