Life Finds a Way | The Sapling (Evolution Simulator)

The Sapling is an evolution simulator where we create plants and creatures and we then mutate them to get access to fancy new features like better leaves and eyes!
We work our way through the scenarios, starting off small with just a little island of plants and working our way up to a world due to be struck by a meteor.
On our journey we do create some obscure looking things, some a little more successful at not dying than others.
NOTE: This is the Early Access version of the game.
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The Sapling is a short simulation game where you design your own plants and animals, and put them in a world together. Or you turn on random mutations, and see what evolution does to your ecosystem!
Features
Design plants and animals.
Fast-forward time to and watch the ecosystem work like a charm or slowly fall apart (probably the latter :) ).
A sandbox mode where you can skip time and turn on random mutation, allowing true evolution.
An instinct system where you can specify what an animal should do when it hears or sees something.
A procedural animation system so any animal can perform any animation.
Procedural music mixed on the fly.
Everything set up to be easily extended by players.
This looks just like Spore!
Wessel Stoop has wanted to play a simulation game where you can build your own plants and animals, put them in a world, and see what happens since 2002. You can imagine his excitement when Will Wright, the father of simulation games, demoed his latest game Spore to an enthusiastic crowd. When Spore turned out to be all game genres except simulation, Wessel decided he wanted to try to make the game by himself. The Sapling is the result of that attempt.
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Graphics designed by Penge in The Geek Cupboard.
Additional audio:
Music to Delight Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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[@theappleeaters6844]

*Kazoo Jurassic Park Theme.*

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Haha! Dammit, I should have edited that in.

[@tomthenightmare173]

Very fitting

[@vanessad2873]

I don't think penge ever figured out how to make the plants grow in rocky soil. Also, the game's focus is totally on making different species fill different niches, so they don't compete directly.

[@tofudaturtle271]

I think i've noticed a pattern: Nearly every lets-play person with "geek" or "Nerd" in the name are brittish, and have extremely similar accents

[@ravenstar1397]

never noticed that before

[@thegodofsoapkekcario1970]

They’re all the same person.

[@JordanKenneth330]

Your right the first one I thought of was officalnerdcubed and he is also british and has a similar accent

[@TheGeekCupboard]

We've been rumbled! Yes we have! And me too! That's right, we're all the same person.

[@RAFMnBgaming]

Hmm, I think I might have to rename my channel and take up letsplaying...

[@BristlyStranger]

Our creatures mutated again! Now he has an office job and thinks about jelly

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Hhhhhmmm, jelly ...

[@BristlyStranger]

@@TheGeekCupboard Haha I didn't mean you, but that did occure to me

[@DarkRedman31]

"Let's get some Wumdababs" yes please! xD I love the funny names and wonder on many games of they generate it from the DNA data.

[@meaochan5577]

Maybe the switch that made the plant turn brown was making it a woody plant rather than herbaceous? Idk...oh he figured it out

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Yeah, looking at it now it's obvious but that wasn't apparent to my brain at the time.

[@meaochan5577]

I’ve never had a heart thingy. Thank you! Hopefully they make things like that more apparent and obvious for people as they continue updating the game. I’d like to play it though. I went to school for horticulture. Looks fun.

[@timhansen6951]

the creature creator reminded me of the old Game "Spore"

[@TheGeekCupboard]

I believe the solo game dev for Sapling was very much inspired by Spore.

[@murderyoutubeworkersandceos]

>old

[@murderyoutubeworkersandceos]

@Raggy123 r u as well?

[@gamingeye5547]

Ikr

[@Digma2008]

I still play Spore, it looks like this but it's more of evolving 1 species to be dominant instead of evolving a balanced ecosystem.

[@Vosoros]

Life will find a way...and Penge will find the tea! lol

[@TheGeekCupboard]

I am attuned to nearby tea sources.

[@jamesforest4053]

Just found your channel man, and I think I’m in love. I personally enjoy your type of dialogue, and the longer-style videos keep me engaged the whole way through! I think I found a gem :)

[@thraexgladiator]

The last part when the meteor hits reminds me of the great storm from frostpunk

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Frostpunk. Now there's a wonderful game that makes you challenge your own morals!

[@thraexgladiator]

@@TheGeekCupboard in this game, your morals are challenged by how disgusting you make those dammed creatures

[@richardgravesiv7800]

Bro, I love your videos. Keep up the good work!

[@tofudaturtle271]

Spore 2: *_We did it right this time!_*

[@viddeliten]

Spore could have been so many things and they went the stupid way 😂

[@ronnieobeng7371]

hes been looking for which way the animal is facing when there is an arrow XD

[@ahumanoidtroodon1074]

The arrow is facing backwards; it’s just a pull tab to add more segments. The actual creatures “front” is the opposite side.

[@cringeSpeedrunner]

This is a joy to my eyes…

[@gerrardjones28]

Brilliant video!

[@AshtonScripts]

the creature editor seems to be based off spore's alot. cool!

[@clementtarin9936]

wow super game thanks!!

[@ravenbuff982]

Hey, this is nice to look into. I might get this game

[@lorddonqweetle]

this game is updating soon, do you plan to play it afterward?

[@tomorekmajsterek5775]

40:33 name of this species is weedle and weedle is pokemon XD

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Gotta catch em all!

[@godlygamer2466]

I like this game

[@TheGeekCupboard]

I do too!

[@joyar60]

Great video. Just subbed.

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Ah! Welcome! Do you need tea? Here, have some tea.

[@mpice2666]

I can’t believe you didn’t add a carnivore

[@strixlestat1089]

Love It ...Can you Please do more ... I think they added more since this vid? Thank You love your videos.....

[@GamerBoyRobby]

There's a big arrow in the creature builder showing which way the front is

[@R3_BoB]

wow this channel has grown big I remembering when u only had 23 subes

[@bcast9978]

Ice subes in his cocktail.

[@Mr.nobody_.1]

Hmm, the first plant reminds me of something that happened in tianamen square...

[@pauliosantos6379]

It's a modern "SimLife"

[@TheGeekCupboard]

I can't say I know it!

[@pauliosantos6379]

@@TheGeekCupboard I'm showing my age here :( was released in 1993 ......

[@xem_ity]

this is possibly the most British thing I’ve ever watched

[@gerrardjones28]

Well the man is british and evolution was invented by britian so I guess so lol

[@GoergeHarris]

Is there a part 2

[@serkan978]

the game has changed a lot you should check it out and the campaign teaches you a lot. maybe checkout the saplings 3 part series page ._.

[@aleksabanjevic8316]

I'm confused, can you only make one species per mission?

[@chewnip86]

did you do more sapling game[pay? i can’t find any more

[@lauracollins1145]

the switch switches between tree and plant

[@godlygamer2466]

When’s the next one?

[@TheGeekCupboard]

I'm not planning to do another one. The secret(?) hint is that if the thumbnail doesn't have a number in it then it's a one off video!

[@godlygamer2466]

Oh ok

[@ninjapanda0822]

The Geek Cupboard aaaaawwwwww!

[@Sir_Sheep]

thought it was spore for a sec

[@therandomvloger1649]

The brown one means it’s wood

[@nightsnake0937]

Quiero jugarlo, y está disponible en Steam !!! :D

[@gerrardjones28]

How's it going?

[@dandawitgetachew4310]

island boy

[@TheGeekCupboard]

From now on, this shall be my new name.

[@stanleydog1454]

When God made us:

[@TheGeekCupboard]

...do go on...

[@xxxod]

He didn't make us.

[@dontmindmyname1234]

@@xxxod neither did you become a thing

[@tfcg7820]

1:20 paused the vid and clicked the wrong button

[@nealjroberts4050]

First mutant? ;-)

[@TheGeekCupboard]

It's a good job I wasn't in charge of the X-Men, they'd have been rubbish mutants if today was anything to go by.

[@Pharry_]

I don't think you fully understand what a millenia is

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Is it a thousand years? I can't remember what I said in this video!

[@Pharry_]

@@TheGeekCupboard yeh but I think you were using the word year and millennia interchangeably

[@sandmountainsam9287]

You should play again

[@TheGeekCupboard]

I might do! There's some new plant things in the game now I believe.

[@sandmountainsam9287]

@@TheGeekCupboard yeah, it also has flying creatures

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Oh! Might be worth a revisit!

[@christophergomez4014]

Why do you not do the instincts

[@TheGeekCupboard]

I've got no idea, were the instincts even in the game at that time? I'm sure I had a reason!

[@mariatengvall6482]

Hi

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Hello!

[@ayeaung2715]

12th VS T G C

[@holytemplar8231]

Pov: your Jesus making earth

[@kherowyn7977]

first:)

[@TheGeekCupboard]

WINNER!

[@ayeaung2715]

0 -3°

[@ayeaung2715]

T G C VS Blit

[@TheGeekCupboard]

What?!

[@ayeaung2715]

his...

[@ayeaung2715]

...

[@ayeaung2715]

@@TheGeekCupboard his

[@ayeaung2715]

12th VS T G C VS Blitz

[@user-zb4yj3cj2d]

라는방법을.

[@ayeaung2715]

0 -1°

[@murderyoutubeworkersandceos]

its not a MILLENIA Millenia is how many thousands of years have passed. Everything u did happened in spans of 100 years. u cant grasp how a calendar works

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Well it does say millennia in the corner but yes, no millennia passed by. Also millennia has two Ns!

[@murderyoutubeworkersandceos]

@@TheGeekCupboard then the game has it wrong as well, but at least now we can mock it together

[@TheGangstaMofo]

The game itself spans over 1000 years. It says so multiple times. The objectives are done after 100 years (a century).

[@gerrardjones28]

Well irl it takes millions of years still don't get the calender in the game tho lol

[@ziniothehotjupiter]

You got something wrong your were confusing the millennia with the years.

[@TheGeekCupboard]

That's probably not the only thing I got wrong...

[@AndrejRempelgmx]

This is not a Evolution Simulator its a creationists simulation...

[@roartherabbit9135]

stop saying fine its so annoying

[@TheGeekCupboard]

Ah it's fine! But OK, fine, I'll stop. Fine.