Command 4 AMO Strains at once: pick a direction and the whole colony moves together, each Strain from its own spot.
Dots are Signals — harvest them before RUG does. RUG is dumb and just wanders, but if he crosses a dot he steals it from your Signal count.
A Pellet respawns every so often in a corner. If anyone touches it — RUG or one of your own Strains — it triggers a Signal Surge: RUG goes hostile, +50% speed, and can eat your Strains for a while.
A Strain eaten is gone for good — fewer Strains means simpler commands, but every mistake costs more.