Splitting

Splitting is a Game Mechanic in which a cell ejects half of itself in the direction the cursor is pointing in, eating whatever is in the way as long as it is small enough.

Splitting is used in escaping, eating small cells that are to fast to catch without doing so and to collect more mass by having more surface area (Usually done by smaller cells that don't have much to loos). When splitting to escape it is usually one of three reasons 1: To outrun a slightly bigger cell trying to eat you. 2: To escape a bigger cell. 3: to stop a much larger cell from splitting to eat you, as you are no longer considered worth it to split for.