Evolution Runs Wild in The Sapling Sandbox Mode

[@Ethan_Cubed]

I think the 50% mutation chance actually made it worse. Since, even if an animal gets onto land, its kid has a 50% chance of losing the thing that allows them to go onto land, so it dies.

[@Marramdar]

Your right. That's actually an accelerated agent but when It's too big the mutation factor becomes too versatile and it's actually another explanation to the fact that they don't change the body

[@Ethan_Cubed]

@@Marramdar yeah. they change to much. there are too many mutations so they stop mutating all together. "and when everyone is super, no one will be" - Syndrome, The Incredibles, Pixar, Disney, Walt Disney, Earth

[@basecatXD]

I’m pretty sure the game tries to stop that from happening

[@erlinacobrado7947]

4:04 Wesel (the developer) actually memtioned that even the free-floating microalgae can become other microalgae species and also become macroalgae, which can become land plants.

[@thekeeperofthe9th174]

I think starting with a Looong boi will make it much more diverse

[@alessandrosilvafilho8527]

I like starting with a bunch of long bois with diferent numbers of limbs

[@samueltrusik3251]

Just so you know, the free floating algaie can turn into rooted algae. A single free-floating alage at the start of the simulation can and will eventually evolve into trees. I also heavily discourage setting the mutation above 20%, it just makes the game lag super hard, makes it impossible to navigate any of the lists because of all the species, makes speeding forward a nightmare, and messes things up. A low, but constant mutation rate is much better.

[@brookbennett491]

you might have been having a bit of trouble with the land animals because you had mutation so high! 50% mutation means 50% chance that a random mutation kills them. might help a bit!

[@Ethan_Cubed]

i had the same thought.

[@cyberfutur5000]

Hi if you don't already know by now, saving the game after a time skip, going back to the menu and loading the game again really helps with lag. It clears the cache or something like that. It seems that the creatures them self arent the real problem, but the evolution and the resulting renders and calculations on the fly, over time they stuff up the ram of your pc. (At some point the creatures will induce lag tho, but 90% of it is fixed with reloads)

[@franciscomoutinho4390]

Just a heads-up: algae will turn to trees and grass if you let random mutations on for both, all it takes is for the algae to have good roots that can penetrate the soil and their body to photosynthesize the light on the surface. Animals too; if you let random mutations on, basal marine animals will evolve to be more specialized and eventually they'll become capable of breathing in the atmosphere and as such evolve into land animals.

[@cogs_and_gears]

Yes also irrelevant but did you watch the video

[@franciscomoutinho4390]

@@cogs_and_gears i did, he just seemed a bit confused. I forgot to write about how its better to have species with like five-to-ten spines (in my experience at least, idk if thats the optimal to make basal lifeforms, not a big Sapling player)

[@chromedoesstuff]

land animals take WAYYYY to long to evolve without human intervention

[@Grimnir1666]

I've had so much fun with this game, I'm glad you're revisiting it! edit: It would be dope if you played more of this! I found that not moving and pausing when you load back from a time skip and pausing when you're moving the camera around seems to help with the lag a tiny bit(:

[@C0wT1dd1es]

My interpretation is that square is the perfect form of life

[@Inzainegang]

48:12 CHIKEN SQUARE!!! XD

[@Flurp-z5o]

and right next to it is something with tortilla in the name

[@Ghost_PM11]

I'm an not sold on the idea of yellow algae, it kind of looks like someone pissed in the ocean

[@catkingdudeyt]

I hope you are able to continue playing this, was really excited to see this had dropped.

[@treverthetree]

The floating algae probably died after the first major time skip because an animal specialised to eat it. Cool right!

[@jaimeleschats5543]

Happy to see more of the sapling on this channel !

[@Rhaenarys]

You have to develop a tolerance of eating something before it becomes your regular diet. The first land animals were amphibious, more than likely retreating to land from a predator, and slowly gaining tolerance to eat land plants. This is of course talking about lobed animals, as the group containing crabs and lobsters (brain fart) already was able to come onto land, but again.. more than likely for safety to shed and mate from larger predators, and near shorelines. Not so much for plant food as land plants hadnt evolved yet at that point. Most food would be washed up carcasses.

[@Rhaenarys]

Also its funny people think its taking too long for stuff to evolve lol. First time seeing this game, but if its striving for at least a little realism, a long arse time is expected lol. Youre better off making huge jumps in time to expect huge differences. The first land animals looked very similar to fish, as they technically still were. Like guppies.

[@TopaT0pa]

what an amazing game - thanks for showcasing it. I just bought it this morning after bingeing through your miniseries =)

[@Greatduck777]

A funny thing I thought about is if you made the free floating algae red, then it would turn the sea red, which would make the assassin’s creed black flag line where the guy says he’s turning the sea red while harpooning accurate.

[@Ketchup-iu2dr]

You just summoned a whole fandom with "Willum".

[@EpicRandomness555]

Yes Sapling let’s goooooooooooooo!!!!!

[@ggravely9241]

look at all those flat boys

[@brookbennett491]

sapling wooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! yippeeeeeeeeeee

[@WilliamOdell-k8s]

When you gave the algae the name William you gave it my name😂

[@vermillion04]

This is such a fun game. Im excited to see what you create aand if you continue this.

[@carsonmiller1359]

the rings do something, they make it colder along the equator

[@Harold-Is-My-Online-Name-Safe]

I like this series, will be back for pt 2

[@WarSchleicher]

Bro you brought me back to spore and now I kind of want to try this

[@calebfay3267]

Maybe try evolving plants into animals

[@neptune.1692]

Yo this shit is so good definitely make more. Also next time start out with the aquatic worm creatures they evolve to be a lot more diverse

[@anthonypowell4240]

A lil dibble dabling in the sandbox yk yk

[@Rocormo]

This game is sick plz keep playing

[@catkingdudeyt]

Long live the pop tarts!!

[@Ravioli.randomness]

Saplingggg (I’m glad to be back and watching your videos; need a stress reduction from the nearing end of school)

[@Roundtree_stuff]

The body changing shape is very rare.

[@DeimosDarkness]

This looks interesting and I'm going to try it. I wonder if you can nudge the aquatic animals towards land by introducing an aquatic predator.

[@funtimewithfalco]

Please make a a series on this

[@Mrpeterpirate]

Enjoying this series

[@SwedishSinologyNerd]

More sandbox please!

[@Hansdampf26]

you should turn mutation to 10-20

[@Ericshadowblade]

So early its 240p!

[@albinsindt7301]

one tip don't use time skips they rly lagg the game

[@GoldenEmpireProductions]

I want to see you upload everyday.

[@Nik00000la]

Plant species 📉📈📉📈📉📈📉📉📈📈📉📉📈📈📉📈📉📈📉

[@samanthabronder9861]

for new the sapling vidoe ideas oen planet mabye wheare you add land aniamsl and see when you flood the planet withc you can do

[@MirroMirro26]

BURP

[@samanthabronder9861]

mabye make a planet with land planst and animals and then et it evovle then mabye few millan years later in game make the sea levels to rise but also add algae to the planet too for psobbile water aniamls that return to the ocaoen

[@PoLohr-p4c]

you need to make the environment more harsh so animals die out faster.

[@Milo_Is_Life4ever]

Under 50 seconds! 👇🏼