@@nightman706 a sphere centered on the plant emitting an aroma with a voulume shader that produces some kind of pollen/aroma particle within the volume. shape and colour of the particles could be altered based on species. i would imagine aroma per fruit would be quite complex and not provide much benefit versus just making an aroma producing plant smell. if a plant has been stripped of fruit its aroma is removes, if you wanted to give a faux simulation of each fruit producing a scent, you might increase the distance the aroma spreads based on the amount of fruits the plant currently has on it.
Problem is that now that there will be a fruit editor, I don't see why there shouldn't be a leaf editor too, taking away the system we already have for leaves, because presumably the different shapes and features you can give your fruits will affect their traits and stats, therefore having such a system for leaves that can be manipulated by evolution would make for even more random and unique plants!
I think it would be cool if there would be seasons where the water levels rise making in land lakes connect with the ocean allowing sea creatures to migrate into the lakes
@@RTSfan-ee5ltI don’t think so but what I meant was that you could make the sea level rise during one season then it will go back down in the next season.
the gas fruits are so cool!! i think delaying/offsetting the the swaying animation on the gas fruit will make it look even more like they are loose from the tree🤩
That's really smart just offset the current animation by like 1/4 of a cycle behind the rest of the plant and it will definitely look like it's floating (if the animation system accommodates that)
Yeah totally agreed, the to do list item 'improve gas fruit animation with delays' was only postponed to somewhere after the update because it took too much dev time to get right
Watching the game change is almost as fascinating as seeing the chaos of letting the sim run. Getting to experience a taste of how things came to be is just so cool.
A good way to fix this is starting with one major continent. That eventually breaks up into multible, causing plants to adapt to tempatures and becoming semi unique to their region, whilst retaining some similar traits. 0:42
Yeah, I’m sorry but there are multiple problems with that. 1: it would completely render part of the world creation useless, because then there would be no reason for a mountain height option. 2: Mr. Stoop may have problems coding it, due to it being extremely complicated, and 3: every computer that runs the game with this feature will imitate a jet engine and blow up. I see your thought process, though. P.S. * multiple ** continent, that *** temperature
This is a list of things that I would like to see in the next update. I know this is a lot but I really think this could improve the game so much and make it so much more interactive and fun to look at. general: Bigger maps Better camera movement Natural rock formations Plants can’ grow inside rocks Waterfalls and streams can generate Caves can be added but there are only like 2 or 3 in a world so there’s not too many Caverns underground where plants and animals could live in Mountains have custom rocks that can fall and cause an avalanche (same with snow) Stuff like mud or sand could form on wetter or dryer spots forming various terrain difficulties Plants: Plants can be smaller Multiple layers of plants can form like big trees and smaller bushes/undergrowth in between them Moss can be added by changing the texture and color of the ground A new type of plant branch where you can make vines or plants without roots Another new branch that introduces mushrooms of all kinds that can act like the other plants do Plants/ mostly mushrooms that could make their own energy without sunlight for underground ecosystems Animals: Animals can be smaller New skin type that's like an exoskeleton that can protect animals from attack Animals can work together like carnivores hunting in packs or herbivores in herds (i know this one’s a stretch and that it would be hard to implement into the game but it would be soooooo cool) A new type of legs that let animals hop like frogs or grasshoppers Insect like wings that can only be used by smaller animals Swinging arms like monkeys would be so cool and could set the game up for a future update adding sentience New body parts that could animals could use in underground ecosystems Thank you for spending your time to read my suggestions. I would love to see these things included in the next update.
If you see well. It is not possible for an animal to be immune to Toxin A and Toxin C at the same time. instead of a slider, add multiple choice buttons like in ABC plant toxin, or add a slider in ABCA order. The first option, in my opinion, gives you more freedom to expand
Well spotted! I actually tried to avoid having a rock-paper-scissors system and instead have one immunity that is slightly 'better' (B, because immunity to A and C can relatively quickly be added/evolved), but as a result of this would also be the first target for plants.
Add new scenarios to introduce people to the new features like say, you need to create a plant species that spreads to a certain island but you can’t plant plants on that certain island
I’d love to see you add armor, shells and more to the game. Armor like the ones used by Armadillos, Pangolins, Ankylosaurs, Etc. Shells like the ones on Turtles, Cephalopods, Snails, etc. and more types of clawed limbs and horns
Every devlog puts the dumbest smile on my face. I love The Sapling and have loved every step you've taken along the way. It's clear you love it as well. Keep up the great work :)
Been following this game for a while now, I absolutely adore it and honestly cannot wait to see where this goes, I think this could really become something special
Have you ever considered adding a ground cover editor? This could include small shrubs, grass, and maybe even microsopic organisms down the line. The ground cover would provide cover for pray, drain nutrients from larger plants and even fertalise certain areas of soil. This would be incredibly interesting and a fun addition.
Amazing, found your videos the other day and now had a full day of fun, can't wait for more updates and scenarios. Great Work!!!! This is what spore was supposed to be. You're making the 14 year old me massively happy.
I'm so glad the instinct UI is changing. Just picked up this game the other day and got really frustrated trying to get it to work properly. This already looks more user friendly and flexible. Can't wait to try it out
idea to expand eating evolution: small animals or fruit can be grabbed by flying creatures or creatures with grabbing appendages (like elephant trunks) and moved to another place. this consumes more energy but the creature have less chance of being eaten, less chance of it's food being stolen or it can even store food for future meals.
I think you could potentially take the whole "eating in the air" idea even further. Maybe add a broad mouth, like that of a swallow, nightjar, bat or anurognathid pterosaur which makes feeding from flying fruits or prey caught mid flight more efficient. It'd be a great way to visualize the new lifestyle the creature decided to adapt
@@TheSapling Most of the animals that I can think of that feed while flying have rather wide mouths and usually short snouts/beaks. For example swallows, nightjars or anuroghnatid pterosaurs like Anurognathus or Jeholopterus. Bats would also be a good inspiration I think, since the frugivorous species and those that hunt small animals like mice tend to have a longer snout, whereas the ones that hunt/feed while flying tend to have shorter ones. Additionally some bats species hover simliar to hummingbirds in order lick nectar or eat pollen using a really long tongue. I think mouths inspired by insect eating bats or anurognathids for predators and swallow or nightjar like ones for fruit could work well. Since the mouths of swallows look less dangerous then those of bats even though in reality both eat insects. Another crazy and very speculative idea could be a mouth like that of a basking shark for flying fruits or specifically the seeds that spread through the air like dandelion seeds. Kind of like an aerial filterfeeder.
We haven't even got into the bug stuff to much, how is this so good ALREADY!! The fruits are awesome. the instinct overhaul is awesome. the stooping is awesome. its all just so good! My only irritation is that i now have to wait a whole week. I also got so happy when i heard about the gas fruits. it shows your not just making an evolution sim with only earth parts, but also will delve into the speculative, which can easily provide amassing features we never could have seen coming. Amazing work man, keep it up. i would have super thanks by now but I'm too poor rn :( To keep up my tradition of leaving something for you when i drop by, i will give a (somewhat) thought out idea for crests. i got the idea when i put a toucan beak on top of a creatures head (which could be considered a bug) crests could serve a multitude of purposes. they could aid in heat loss,be used to increase airspeed (pterosaur did it) or be used as a weapon / defence. They could hopefully have a great variety in shape too, and maybe there own colour slider (?) Thats all i got to say for now, cant wait for next weeks log, take care!
@@dougrious_diswiggle one detail i chose to left out was that i was contemplating the crest to be involved in some kind of mating dance / display that would increase survival chance of the offspring and / or mother. i chose not to add it because that would be a whole thing of its own, crests would only be a small part of the complex clockwork that would inevitably add to the game.
suggestion: add an option to disable certain parts from ever evolving. ex: if you dont want plants to take over, and want two completely different ecosystems, you turn off the coconut. if you dont want flying animals, turn off wings, etc
Hey, thanks for this suggestion! I've seen it suggested a few more times in the past, so (without making promises), it's definitely something I'm considering.
I believe you could take some of the features from the plants and implement them into the animals, such as venom and shells! This could open up "striker" and "tank" niches (like a snake and a turtle) along with adding various fang, stinger, etc, designs and various shells from things like armadillos, turtles, and ankylosauridae carapaces!
Ive watched this series from the beginning, all the way from wishlisting it, and it has turned out to be a great game! Hope there are more fantastic updates to come in the future 🙂👍
Hahaha yeah it's kind of weird when you think about it: I lock myself in the attic with a computer for months, but when it's done I go outside to explain
This video is old so not sure you'll ever see this, but a trick to make the "gas bag" seeds look actually like loose floating objects attached by a rope, instead of attached rigidly, would be to just make the gas bag seeds follow the swaying animation on a delay. For example, plant sways slightly to the left, then the gas bag seed does, then plant sways back right, and gas bag follows a fraction of a second later. Would make them look independent, but like they're being dragged along. Idk if I'm explaining it as fully as I'm envisioning it in my head, but yea lol
Some random things that u can add: thorns that hurt animals when they try to eat a plant or its fruit, more or less eggs like one animal can lay hundreds of eggs but one can only lay two, and uh thats it for now..
YAY cant wait i dint even play but i love the game so pretty and just makes me wanna save up to fix my ganeing pc thats had a broken monitor for two years lol
I've been passively playing this every update. I think this next update will bring the game to borderline launch quality, if not better. I've had so much fun with it so far. Keep up the good work. Much love!
Glad he back I enjoy his sapling animal doctor series hope he keeps making those videos. Please put this game on Nintendo switch when it done because I can see it be a great game for switch
My suggestion for the poison system is this: Arange poisons on a wheel, say from 0 to 360 deg. Let an animal be resistant to a poison if it's between some upper bound and lower bound, say 0 to 50. This animal would then be resistant to some level of poison within 0 to 50 deg, say 25. if you switch the bounds to 50 to 0 you wouldn't be getting an invalid bound but instead every poison from 50 to 0 is resisted. So this means poison 180 is resisted. Poison strength and resistance strength are done as shown in video. The broadness of the poison resistance is punished more heavily than strength in poison resistance This would be neat because you could let the sim naturally differentiate species into types, so you don't have 3 definitive types but rather the sim defines itself what the broad types of fruit there are and may evolve as a system to add or remove types
This is an interesting idea. I have yet to investigate how this poison system will evolve over multiple runs, but if it turns out not that many interesting phenomena come from it, I'll definitely revisit this comment, thanks!
THIS IS AWESOME!!!!! I have an idea: maybe add a type of nut that can sacrifice some of its kind to spread others? E.g., some of the seeds get eaten, but the others get knocked off or stick to the animal and get spread elsewhere? Also; with the addition of nuts I think animals burying them and thus spreading the seeds across the world would be an awesome feature :)
@@TheSapling Homestly it's kinda how I interpret sunflowers; the creatures come in and eat the seeds, which knock out other seeds onto the ground. Said seeds may root and grow. Idk if that's how sunflowers actually propagate or if they propagate more like oak trees, but it's just an idea :p
Finally caught up and up to date with your devlogs! Its a honor to see the worl you put into the game and im so excited to see this game grow in real time! Good luck man! Ill be chearing you on with comments from here on out! (Also lovely music!)
Remember, since the sea and sandbox update, the sandbox is now an alien planet. So life might have completely different rules. There could be an animal that photosynthesises. Or a completely different group of animals. Maybe different plant, animal and algae parts. Idk, we could have different things.
It’s so interesting how this game itself evolves, I wonder what it will look like in a year, I feel like it could become a very useful tool in measuring evolution, maybe scientists will use it for simulating life and predicting how things will evolve
Idea 1: Make a species of creatures (that feed on nectar) split off from the main species and exclusively feed on only one species of flower and that flower to evolve so that the only species that can feed on it is the one that decided to exclusively feed on that species of flower (not talking about the poison thing). (Inpiration: Biblaridion; idk which part tho) Idea 2: *Bush* Idea 3: Make land-dwellers evolve back to sea-dwellers if they ever decide to go back (like the thing with the whale) Idea 4: Make the creatures able to evolve into smaller creatures so they can be either arboreal, small birds or tiny insects. Question: How are the land and sea-dwellers gonna evolve flight?
Idea 1 should be possible with the new diet system! Idea 3 should already be possible, although I've never seen it happen, idea 4 happens from time to time, although the smallest option is not insect-small ;) . Answer: I've learned on the Steam forums that seasons increase the chance of flight evolving.
I’m not sure if birds already do, because I’ve never seen a bird in any simulation but i think it’d be cool to see them migrate especially with birds in their fur or in them, so if they migrate to a place with no plants and die a plant in them is planted. I’m not sure how migration could work maybe it could work with seasons or in a later update or even be built in with disasters some how
The game has migration in a simple form (add seasons and an instinct to avoid cold/warm temperatures), but they also spread seeds if you let them fly around at random.
Oh yes! 🤯 Awesome Work! I really ❤ it and I'm excited 4 the implementation! 🥳 Thx a lot for your breathtaking game! Can't wait to start the Game with those traits. 🤓
Suggestion: small areas of water have freshwater which is more brown. Large areas of water have saltwater and is blue. There can be certain animals and plants that can live in saltwater, and certain animals and plants that can live in freshwater, and some both
I have actually looked into a difference between freshwater and salt water! The problem is there are no clear visual differences between the animals living there :/
There should be a new challenge where the sea levels are lowering and other creatures from other islands come to your island as invasive species and affect the environment. The plaer has to make a ecosystem that is stable and can't be put of balance.
Thanks for writing this up! It's actually one of the solutions I have in mind for the last scenario, which currently doesn't make sense anymore now animals can swim ;)
Hey! Ive got a couple of suggestions. 1 So first off i would love to see sand on beaches, this means that only certain plant life with special roots could survive in the sand. 2 What about a disease system, so if alot of animals live very closely, a debuff could be added that could make the animals need alot more food, simulating a disease maybe. This could help with lag. 3 Will carnivores have preffered prey, and will there be piscivore mouths? It would be really cool to see animals fishing, or birds stooping down after fish.
Without making promises, 1 and 2 are cool ideas indeed! About 3: I definitely remember working on this, but I don't know whether I finished it to be part of the release in October... it's on my wish list in any case :)
Most of the fruits we know are not natural. They are selectively bred for thousands of years. Apples, for example, are berry- size and bananas have huge seeds and very fibrous.
Idea: grass! Plants could evolve to be smaller and smaller, to where they can become grass. Wherever grass is, the color of the land will change to the grass’s color. This would be cool
Suggestion: add a feature where plants can emit an aroma that animals can smell even if plant out of normal sight range
I feel like that would be hard to visualize i mean its a good idea but you cant really see smell
Just make it like a cartoon.
@@nightman706 a sphere centered on the plant emitting an aroma with a voulume shader that produces some kind of pollen/aroma particle within the volume. shape and colour of the particles could be altered based on species. i would imagine aroma per fruit would be quite complex and not provide much benefit versus just making an aroma producing plant smell. if a plant has been stripped of fruit its aroma is removes, if you wanted to give a faux simulation of each fruit producing a scent, you might increase the distance the aroma spreads based on the amount of fruits the plant currently has on it.
@@nightman706have you seen how cartoons do it?
Well, that means that certain mouthes will have noses and others won’t
I love how this is slowly turning into an eco-friendly dwarf fortress
Well, no elephants have evolved for now so the rest of the creatures should be safe a little longer.
No dingos or werebeasts yet either fingers crossed
@@solsystem1342but in the last video he added a mouth highly inspired by the elephant
The law of dwarf fortress: sim game + passion project + time = dwarf fortress
This is very cool ngl
Problem is that now that there will be a fruit editor, I don't see why there shouldn't be a leaf editor too, taking away the system we already have for leaves, because presumably the different shapes and features you can give your fruits will affect their traits and stats, therefore having such a system for leaves that can be manipulated by evolution would make for even more random and unique plants!
Maybe there should be editor for all parts.
@@Mysteriousman-gn2ev this would be crazy bro
There are already too many custom parts. More things that aren't already modeled mean more performance issues.
I like the presets 😪😪
Bro perfectly predicted the video 7 hours before it released
Suggestion: all animals are currently bilateral, and slower or immobile radial animals would be cool. The game is awesome anyway :)
Tutels
Without making promises, agreed!
I think it would be cool if there would be seasons where the water levels rise making in land lakes connect with the ocean allowing sea creatures to migrate into the lakes
Clever! It would fix problems such as algae migration as well
This already exists, does it not?
@@RTSfan-ee5ltI don’t think so but what I meant was that you could make the sea level rise during one season then it will go back down in the next season.
the ice age update @@bananalord5106
Totally agree ;)
the gas fruits are so cool!! i think delaying/offsetting the the swaying animation on the gas fruit will make it look even more like they are loose from the tree🤩
That's really smart just offset the current animation by like 1/4 of a cycle behind the rest of the plant and it will definitely look like it's floating (if the animation system accommodates that)
Yeah totally agreed, the to do list item 'improve gas fruit animation with delays' was only postponed to somewhere after the update because it took too much dev time to get right
Oh! Awesome! looking forward to seeing it😁@@TheSapling
They can Swoop but not poop. Very cool, love this game!
Watching the game change is almost as fascinating as seeing the chaos of letting the sim run. Getting to experience a taste of how things came to be is just so cool.
it's like they made an evolution sim into a real thing
honestly
the fact we can have more than 4 insincts is enough to make me rejoice on its own
A good way to fix this is starting with one major continent. That eventually breaks up into multible, causing plants to adapt to tempatures and becoming semi unique to their region, whilst retaining some similar traits. 0:42
To complicated
Yeah, I’m sorry but there are multiple problems with that.
1: it would completely render part of the world creation useless, because then there would be no reason for a mountain height option.
2: Mr. Stoop may have problems coding it, due to it being extremely complicated, and
3: every computer that runs the game with this feature will imitate a jet engine and blow up.
I see your thought process, though.
P.S. * multiple ** continent, that *** temperature
To me this sounds less like a fix and more like a supercool idea for a future 'Evolution Simulated' video ;)
@@TheSaplingmaybe if we hqve like a procedural plate which moves really slowly and affects the land?
This is a list of things that I would like to see in the next update. I know this is a lot but I really think this could improve the game so much and make it so much more interactive and fun to look at.
general:
Bigger maps
Better camera movement
Natural rock formations
Plants can’ grow inside rocks
Waterfalls and streams can generate
Caves can be added but there are only like 2 or 3 in a world so there’s not too many
Caverns underground where plants and animals could live in
Mountains have custom rocks that can fall and cause an avalanche (same with snow)
Stuff like mud or sand could form on wetter or dryer spots forming various terrain difficulties
Plants:
Plants can be smaller
Multiple layers of plants can form like big trees and smaller bushes/undergrowth in between them
Moss can be added by changing the texture and color of the ground
A new type of plant branch where you can make vines or plants without roots
Another new branch that introduces mushrooms of all kinds that can act like the other plants do
Plants/ mostly mushrooms that could make their own energy without sunlight for underground ecosystems
Animals:
Animals can be smaller
New skin type that's like an exoskeleton that can protect animals from attack
Animals can work together like carnivores hunting in packs or herbivores in herds (i know this one’s a stretch and that it would be hard to implement into the game but it would be soooooo cool)
A new type of legs that let animals hop like frogs or grasshoppers
Insect like wings that can only be used by smaller animals
Swinging arms like monkeys would be so cool and could set the game up for a future update adding sentience
New body parts that could animals could use in underground ecosystems
Thank you for spending your time to read my suggestions. I would love to see these things included in the next update.
This!.
how is possible that I didn't thought of rivers and waterfalls before
And the rocks and terrain are also a must add to the game
It’s smart! I like this whole thing, but goodness gracious, it’s a lot to add.
Without making promises, nearly all suggestion I like B)
If you see well. It is not possible for an animal to be immune to Toxin A and Toxin C at the same time. instead of a slider, add multiple choice buttons like in ABC plant toxin, or add a slider in ABCA order. The first option, in my opinion, gives you more freedom to expand
thats a good idea
Well spotted! I actually tried to avoid having a rock-paper-scissors system and instead have one immunity that is slightly 'better' (B, because immunity to A and C can relatively quickly be added/evolved), but as a result of this would also be the first target for plants.
WHAT THE HELL OMG THIS LOOKS AMAZING
Hey Neptune
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@@a-ragdoll oh my god are you a real boy kisser??
@@Blackhole-TON618 I haven't kissed anyone yet :C
This is getting more and more amazing. I hope you find a way to optimize it a lot, so you can add more amazing features!
You should add roots that can survive in shallow water sorta like mangrove trees.😊
That’s a great idea! Maybe ( leaning more into the swampy side of things cuz wetlands are my fav ) there could be lilypads
It's an idea I like indeed!
I'm kinda freaking out because you committed. I love your game it's the best
Hello! Can't wait for the full release of the game. I want to create a complete biosphere.
Wdym full release, you can already get it
@@Hiddenherpetologist he probably means the fully complete version of the game
@@Hiddenherpetologistearly access
once there are more root types the game is complete in my eyes.
@@AmyRadiance still playab
The piano at the end is such a chef’s kiss
Thanks! It's a variation on the game's main theme
THAT'S WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GOAT, THE GOAT!!!!!
yes
Add new scenarios to introduce people to the new features like say, you need to create a plant species that spreads to a certain island but you can’t plant plants on that certain island
I'm making notes here ;)
I’d love to see you add armor, shells and more to the game. Armor like the ones used by Armadillos, Pangolins, Ankylosaurs, Etc. Shells like the ones on Turtles, Cephalopods, Snails, etc. and more types of clawed limbs and horns
Without making promises, all ideas I like!
2 uploads!!! In a week, wow we are truly blessed wessel!
Haha this is season 3: one every week ;)
Every devlog puts the dumbest smile on my face. I love The Sapling and have loved every step you've taken along the way. It's clear you love it as well. Keep up the great work :)
Very exited for this update!
Been following this game for a while now, I absolutely adore it and honestly cannot wait to see where this goes, I think this could really become something special
Have you ever considered adding a ground cover editor? This could include small shrubs, grass, and maybe even microsopic organisms down the line. The ground cover would provide cover for pray, drain nutrients from larger plants and even fertalise certain areas of soil. This would be incredibly interesting and a fun addition.
ngl, I really like it when two separate eco systems develop on different continents
Don’t worry it will still happen just further inland’s
Amazing, found your videos the other day and now had a full day of fun, can't wait for more updates and scenarios. Great Work!!!! This is what spore was supposed to be. You're making the 14 year old me massively happy.
I'm so glad the instinct UI is changing. Just picked up this game the other day and got really frustrated trying to get it to work properly. This already looks more user friendly and flexible. Can't wait to try it out
idea to expand eating evolution:
small animals or fruit can be grabbed by flying creatures or creatures with grabbing appendages (like elephant trunks) and moved to another place.
this consumes more energy but the creature have less chance of being eaten, less chance of it's food being stolen or it can even store food for future meals.
You mean food storage in nests, for example?
I think you could potentially take the whole "eating in the air" idea even further. Maybe add a broad mouth, like that of a swallow, nightjar, bat or anurognathid pterosaur which makes feeding from flying fruits or prey caught mid flight more efficient. It'd be a great way to visualize the new lifestyle the creature decided to adapt
Agreed! I can't really find a common mouth shape that animals living this way often have though, any suggestions?
@@TheSapling Most of the animals that I can think of that feed while flying have rather wide mouths and usually short snouts/beaks. For example swallows, nightjars or anuroghnatid pterosaurs like Anurognathus or Jeholopterus. Bats would also be a good inspiration I think, since the frugivorous species and those that hunt small animals like mice tend to have a longer snout, whereas the ones that hunt/feed while flying tend to have shorter ones. Additionally some bats species hover simliar to hummingbirds in order lick nectar or eat pollen using a really long tongue.
I think mouths inspired by insect eating bats or anurognathids for predators and swallow or nightjar like ones for fruit could work well. Since the mouths of swallows look less dangerous then those of bats even though in reality both eat insects.
Another crazy and very speculative idea could be a mouth like that of a basking shark for flying fruits or specifically the seeds that spread through the air like dandelion seeds. Kind of like an aerial filterfeeder.
With the possibility of eating during flight, we can now have birds that hunt fishes
Yes we no longer have to suffer watchin plants evolving on diffrent islands
We haven't even got into the bug stuff to much, how is this so good ALREADY!! The fruits are awesome. the instinct overhaul is awesome. the stooping is awesome. its all just so good! My only irritation is that i now have to wait a whole week. I also got so happy when i heard about the gas fruits. it shows your not just making an evolution sim with only earth parts, but also will delve into the speculative, which can easily provide amassing features we never could have seen coming. Amazing work man, keep it up. i would have super thanks by now but I'm too poor rn :(
To keep up my tradition of leaving something for you when i drop by, i will give a (somewhat) thought out idea for crests. i got the idea when i put a toucan beak on top of a creatures head (which could be considered a bug) crests could serve a multitude of purposes. they could aid in heat loss,be used to increase airspeed (pterosaur did it) or be used as a weapon / defence. They could hopefully have a great variety in shape too, and maybe there own colour slider (?)
Thats all i got to say for now, cant wait for next weeks log, take care!
i like that crest idea. and with it maybe a sexual selection update so that the antlers and other horns also have more use...?
@@dougrious_diswiggle one detail i chose to left out was that i was contemplating the crest to be involved in some kind of mating dance / display that would increase survival chance of the offspring and / or mother. i chose not to add it because that would be a whole thing of its own, crests would only be a small part of the complex clockwork that would inevitably add to the game.
A comment like yours is definitely worth as much as a superthanks ;) . About the crests: without making promises, it's definitely an idea I like.
I can't wait for this update
suggestion: add an option to disable certain parts from ever evolving.
ex: if you dont want plants to take over, and want two completely different ecosystems, you turn off the coconut. if you dont want flying animals, turn off wings, etc
Hey, thanks for this suggestion! I've seen it suggested a few more times in the past, so (without making promises), it's definitely something I'm considering.
I believe you could take some of the features from the plants and implement them into the animals, such as venom and shells! This could open up "striker" and "tank" niches (like a snake and a turtle) along with adding various fang, stinger, etc, designs and various shells from things like armadillos, turtles, and ankylosauridae carapaces!
Without making promises, indeed ideas I like!
Idea: Mimicry in animals. It be cool to see a plant/animal try to mimic a more dangerous one as a survival strategy.
Yeah I was kind of hoping this would evolve naturally, but I haven't seen it in practice... perhaps with the new range based visual instincts.
Do you Even have the game scinse its already a thing 💀
God I can't wait to buy this game
With what you said in the last video and what you have shown in this one, i expect the full name of the next update to be "the food and fungi" update.
I thought it would be fruits and roots because that was the only item in a update I needed..
fungi? did i miss something? the major things i see in this updates are tons of plant customization, poison, instinct overhaul, and new mouthparts.
@dougrious_diswiggle he said the he was focusing on adding new food types. Fungi is the best choice for a new food type and can be a neworganizm type.
@@balkan495 are we talking about this update with the fruit and mouths or the one coming after this
@@dougrious_diswiggle this one
Awesome job man, many good ideas in the comments. Keep it up and don’t burn out!
Ive watched this series from the beginning, all the way from wishlisting it, and it has turned out to be a great game! Hope there are more fantastic updates to come in the future 🙂👍
Looking forward to check out the updates. Hope the controls were given some love as well
Amazing love it
Two videos in such a short time frame! Lucky us ❤
I love this video and the use of irl shots! I'm very excited to see how this and future features can affect the sim!
NO WAY I CAN HAVE EGGPLANT THANK THE LORD
Love these dev blogs! They’re so well crafted, informative, and entertaining. Please keep them coming!
I love your videos. Like a mad scientist in his garden explaining stuff.
Hahaha yeah it's kind of weird when you think about it: I lock myself in the attic with a computer for months, but when it's done I go outside to explain
Best Game, bought the sapling it is fire !
6:05 Finally, you can have more than 4 brain cells.
This video is old so not sure you'll ever see this, but a trick to make the "gas bag" seeds look actually like loose floating objects attached by a rope, instead of attached rigidly, would be to just make the gas bag seeds follow the swaying animation on a delay. For example, plant sways slightly to the left, then the gas bag seed does, then plant sways back right, and gas bag follows a fraction of a second later. Would make them look independent, but like they're being dragged along. Idk if I'm explaining it as fully as I'm envisioning it in my head, but yea lol
Some random things that u can add: thorns that hurt animals when they try to eat a plant or its fruit, more or less eggs like one animal can lay hundreds of eggs but one can only lay two, and uh thats it for now..
Thanks! Thorns are already in the game :)
YAY cant wait i dint even play but i love the game so pretty and just makes me wanna save up to fix my ganeing pc thats had a broken monitor for two years lol
I like how calming your voice is.
I've been passively playing this every update. I think this next update will bring the game to borderline launch quality, if not better. I've had so much fun with it so far. Keep up the good work. Much love!
Glad he back I enjoy his sapling animal doctor series hope he keeps making those videos. Please put this game on Nintendo switch when it done because I can see it be a great game for switch
My suggestion for the poison system is this:
Arange poisons on a wheel, say from 0 to 360 deg.
Let an animal be resistant to a poison if it's between some upper bound and lower bound, say 0 to 50.
This animal would then be resistant to some level of poison within 0 to 50 deg, say 25.
if you switch the bounds to 50 to 0 you wouldn't be getting an invalid bound but instead every poison from 50 to 0 is resisted.
So this means poison 180 is resisted.
Poison strength and resistance strength are done as shown in video.
The broadness of the poison resistance is punished more heavily than strength in poison resistance
This would be neat because you could let the sim naturally differentiate species into types, so you don't have 3 definitive types but rather the sim defines itself what the broad types of fruit there are and may evolve as a system to add or remove types
This is an interesting idea. I have yet to investigate how this poison system will evolve over multiple runs, but if it turns out not that many interesting phenomena come from it, I'll definitely revisit this comment, thanks!
I’m a big fan. Also, a defecation system with detritivores and decomposes would be awesome
Without making promises, indeed an idea I like!
Love the new eye system!
THIS IS AWESOME!!!!! I have an idea: maybe add a type of nut that can sacrifice some of its kind to spread others? E.g., some of the seeds get eaten, but the others get knocked off or stick to the animal and get spread elsewhere?
Also; with the addition of nuts I think animals burying them and thus spreading the seeds across the world would be an awesome feature :)
Without making promises, indeed ideas I like! For the sacrificing seeds, any real life species you had in mind?
@@TheSapling Homestly it's kinda how I interpret sunflowers; the creatures come in and eat the seeds, which knock out other seeds onto the ground. Said seeds may root and grow. Idk if that's how sunflowers actually propagate or if they propagate more like oak trees, but it's just an idea :p
This game continues to improve; thanks for working so hard on it!
my friend told me about this game and i love it. will be buying soon
Every one of your videos reinvigorates my passion for speculate evolution, youre amazing
Finally caught up and up to date with your devlogs! Its a honor to see the worl you put into the game and im so excited to see this game grow in real time! Good luck man! Ill be chearing you on with comments from here on out! (Also lovely music!)
cant wait i can finally have bananas
you should add a venus fly trap type thing, like some carnivorous plants!
It's an idea I like indeed!
Tbh he shouldent this is cause normal predators already are rare in simulations and adding predatory plants wil make it even rarer
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Remember, since the sea and sandbox update, the sandbox is now an alien planet. So life might have completely different rules. There could be an animal that photosynthesises. Or a completely different group of animals. Maybe different plant, animal and algae parts. Idk, we could have different things.
im ligit so happy rn ive been hating playing with just pears thank you so much! love ur game a ton!
ur a legend
These dev logs have convinced me to buy the game thx for making them, it's nice to see how and why you added stuff to the game
I LOVE YOUR PIANO OUTRO
Thanks! It's a variation on the game's main theme
You can also add various ocean currents randomly generated at the world creation. The seeds can just get driven around by those currents.
Without making promises, an idea I like!
Interesting developments. I like where this game/simulation is heading.
Small visual change I wish would exist is the color of the ground changing depending on how many plants are in the area to simulate grass growth
More than just pear things?!
Wowwww
I love evolution, simulators in general and this game specifically so it’s really nice to have stuff like this
A few more ideas, Social instincts/behaviors, and a weather system with rain or other random events.
I like the last idea in particular ;)
Awesome job, dude! I plan on watching all the dev logs up to the update itself, and I can’t wait to see what comes after this
I really love watching this game develop
Love it!
This game looks pretty cool
The new seed system looks very exciting!
Always thought the seeds were a bit lacking, glad they're getting an oveewrhall
Haha it's more like a spot left empty to be filled out later. There are more empty spots in the UI like this ;)
@@TheSapling true
Well either way the seeds needed an updated system, so love to see they're getting it
Just loaded the video up. Hoping he mentions coco.... Wow first minute!!!
Plz, upload the soundstack🙏it is more national geographic feeling than national geographic's own music and its so good
You can already find the soundtrack among the game's installation files, but of curiosity, where would you want to see it uploaded?
Spotify, TH-cam or SoundCloud are the three biggest sound platforms so one of them would be a smart choice
@@TheSapling well I only use TH-cam tbh
It’s so interesting how this game itself evolves, I wonder what it will look like in a year, I feel like it could become a very useful tool in measuring evolution, maybe scientists will use it for simulating life and predicting how things will evolve
I love this
Idea 1: Make a species of creatures (that feed on nectar) split off from the main species and exclusively feed on only one species of flower and that flower to evolve so that the only species that can feed on it is the one that decided to exclusively feed on that species of flower (not talking about the poison thing). (Inpiration: Biblaridion; idk which part tho)
Idea 2: *Bush*
Idea 3: Make land-dwellers evolve back to sea-dwellers if they ever decide to go back (like the thing with the whale)
Idea 4: Make the creatures able to evolve into smaller creatures so they can be either arboreal, small birds or tiny insects.
Question: How are the land and sea-dwellers gonna evolve flight?
Idea 1 should be possible with the new diet system! Idea 3 should already be possible, although I've never seen it happen, idea 4 happens from time to time, although the smallest option is not insect-small ;) .
Answer: I've learned on the Steam forums that seasons increase the chance of flight evolving.
@@TheSapling thank you
I’m not sure if birds already do, because I’ve never seen a bird in any simulation but i think it’d be cool to see them migrate especially with birds in their fur or in them, so if they migrate to a place with no plants and die a plant in them is planted. I’m not sure how migration could work maybe it could work with seasons or in a later update or even be built in with disasters some how
The game has migration in a simple form (add seasons and an instinct to avoid cold/warm temperatures), but they also spread seeds if you let them fly around at random.
Oh yes! 🤯
Awesome Work! I really ❤ it and I'm excited 4 the implementation! 🥳
Thx a lot for your breathtaking game! Can't wait to start the Game with those traits. 🤓
Suggestion: small areas of water have freshwater which is more brown. Large areas of water have saltwater and is blue. There can be certain animals and plants that can live in saltwater, and certain animals and plants that can live in freshwater, and some both
I have actually looked into a difference between freshwater and salt water! The problem is there are no clear visual differences between the animals living there :/
This is awsome
love the outro music! 🥰
Thanks! It's a variation on the game's main theme
There should be a new challenge where the sea levels are lowering and other creatures from other islands come to your island as invasive species and affect the environment. The plaer has to make a ecosystem that is stable and can't be put of balance.
Thanks for writing this up! It's actually one of the solutions I have in mind for the last scenario, which currently doesn't make sense anymore now animals can swim ;)
That is amazing keep up the work I can not wait for the nexts devlog
Hey! Ive got a couple of suggestions.
1 So first off i would love to see sand on beaches, this means that only certain plant life with special roots could survive in the sand.
2 What about a disease system, so if alot of animals live very closely, a debuff could be added that could make the animals need alot more food, simulating a disease maybe. This could help with lag.
3 Will carnivores have preffered prey, and will there be piscivore mouths? It would be really cool to see animals fishing, or birds stooping down after fish.
Without making promises, 1 and 2 are cool ideas indeed! About 3: I definitely remember working on this, but I don't know whether I finished it to be part of the release in October... it's on my wish list in any case :)
Most of the fruits we know are not natural. They are selectively bred for thousands of years.
Apples, for example, are berry- size and bananas have huge seeds and very fibrous.
What a nice update
your game seems very cool! when i have the money, ill make sure to buy it
Idea: grass! Plants could evolve to be smaller and smaller, to where they can become grass. Wherever grass is, the color of the land will change to the grass’s color. This would be cool
Indeed very cool ;)
Breeding plants would be fun since apparently plants can hybrid