Making Cursed Creatures In The Sapling: Sea and Sandbox Update! | (Evolutionary Survival Sim)

The Sapling is a short simulation/sandbox game which has similarities to Spore's creature creator. In the game, 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!
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[@whitemink0939]

I love how, through multiple mass extinctions on land, the fish just be vibin

[@thecrowfather1919]

Potatoe if you want a bird predator like that it needs migratory patterns and the herbivores got bigger because there was a lot of food and no predators.

[@meowza]

Oh, no way! I remember when the devs used to post videos of this game a little while ago and was real intrigued where it was going. SUPER excited to see where you take this one.

[@starlightthetribewing4774]

He’s still doing that

[@theultimatekiwi]

@@starlightthetribewing4774 Yeah he just didn’t post for a while

[@dotiworldwide]

@@theultimatekiwihe only posts dev vlogs so his content is restricted to when he releases updates plus he makes the game alone so he doesn’t have time to make videos all the time

[@gsquared8730]

dev*

[@sbkt3100]

The fish were the peak of evolution apparently

[@f.u.m.o.5669]

He didn't put worms, If he did, they would be the greatest. Unfortunately, this game doesn't allow crabs.

[@bmdsch1320]

The fishes probably didn't mutate because there environment was almost the same as before

[@justzlgaming2730]

The yellow tree thing evolved from the algea

[@GandalfTheTsaagan]

Even though they retained the color, the fish had diversified quite a bit! You had several predators and herbivores

[@KaneyoriHK]

I love watching the devblogs for this game. Rather than spastic or estranged, they're informative and light hearted. Fun.

[@bonegoblin]

The omnipresent birds literally lit up the land with their holiness🙏

[@King_CreepaLot]

Seems like a nice little game to play around with!

[@sandwichsaregood]

Make more videos of this game also new subscriber

[@Iam_kiinoko]

The bird creature is amazing, wish it was real

[@lordmelord4935]

Life will always find a way, even if it’s cursed 😂

[@charlielinden351]

I just found you through The Sapling, please do more videos!

[@piglin469]

you have no idea how long I waited

[@Subnautica-stalker]

Sea platna can evolve into trees. And i love your videos.

[@Monderoth]

I wonder if the plants might've de-evolved leaves to protect themselves from the herbivores...? That'd definitely be one solution to having so many herbivores around...

[@artserg2169]

Don't question the elevated one

[@G00MBY]

All hail the all powerful carnivore in the sky

[@weberdiogo1505]

ex -t

[@samueltrusik3251]

Fish superiority.

[@brianhauptman]

Looks like the potato that evolved disappeared. What are those red things that look like sea cucumbers with teeth on the side? They appear on land and water.

[@IslandPotato]

I didn’t notice those? Maybe fish attempting to get out of the water and failing 😂

[@crusader0657]

I think those are freshly dead animals, so meat basically. Then they turn into skeletons.

[@IslandPotato]

Oh of course! Yes it’s meat from the dead animals

[@dougrious_diswiggle]

the yellow trees evolved from kelp!!

[@Mikey12396]

I have a feeling those goblin things I ate all the birds and then died out as well

[@IslandPotato]

That’s what I am presuming a well!

[@michaelrobins1810]

The first bird you made looks like a terror bird

[@Mushrooms683]

The youtuber Jammidodger also calls his audience spuds. No he's not related to potatoes. No I don't know why he does that.

[@burf9018]

Could you make another video with this game

[@IslandPotato]

I will be at some point soon. My hands are a little full right now, but I will do another video on it when I can :)

[@bigbirdscousin8596]

Those fishes look like those big eyed fish in Subnautica

[@IslandPotato]

They do a bit yes!

[@LiamUlvi]

the fish can evolve to turn into land animals, and the same with algae

[@IslandPotato]

Fish can evolve legs technically and a mouth that will allow for breathing better on land. Currently Algae cannot evolve into land plants to my knowledge, although that may be a feature in the future. There is going to be a big update in about 8 days that will add a bunch more content, so looking forward to doing a new video showing off the new features soon!

[@LiamUlvi]

​@@IslandPotato the saplings video shows that algae can move on land i think

[@IslandPotato]

@LiamUlvi ah ok, may have changed since I last checked then!

[@mrmessor4792]

its actually possible for plants and animals to evolve from fishes/seaweed to land animals and trees now

[@IslandPotato]

Fishes can evolve to be on land I believe, I don’t think kelp can evolve to trees, but it does look that way a few times in the episode!

[@Average_NerdIII]

1:08 Amo-a-a-amo-am-a-amongus

[@user-lm4cy4zc3j]

Thank gos I thought he did not tun on mutations!

[@MinhNguyen-sf5jk]

You do know that if you wait long enough the plant will turn into tree and the fish will eventually turn into land animals

[@IslandPotato]

Yes I do know that :)

[@petterlarsson7257]

"kelp" thats algae

[@IslandPotato]

Same family, but you are right. Just that a few that evolved resembled kelp

[@user-lm4cy4zc3j]

Make Smurf cat!

[@zackallen3486]

sapling

[@theholyelmo5150]

Wait a minute..... this isn't Zomboid....... jk, this game seems interesting, kinda like how a neuro network evolves

[@IslandPotato]

Been meaning to get this out for months...literally took 24 hours worth of recording/editing to produce this video due to either audio not recording, OBS screwing up the video, the file corrupting before editing and then one which was just awful. Even then, I still messed up the audio for this one due to OBS! Never have I had to redo a recording so many times!

[@EJZGODBELIEVER]

Did anybody else notice that the island looks like an among us character

[@cirlenesirqueira7911]

you will play the sapling when

[@IslandPotato]

Will be recording an episode hopefully tomorrow :)

[@butterslimevideosxd403]

Cursed Spore😂

[@ARGENTO945]

can you do ice age?

[@IslandPotato]

Yes, and will do next time I do a video on the game, will likely be shortly after new years :)

[@VinciCorsi]

It is just like in real life. Complex organisms tend to mutate more because theyre constantly figuring out how to adapt and survive against the odds or die. Simple organisms just slow envolve cause they’re not pressured to do so. Thats why the fishes got the same the whole patch, cause their food, water levels, competition, environment, etc, stayed the same, so there was no reason to a big change. However, for the birds, after they succeeded, you have tried a range of different herbivore animals, and that made the planta evolve to avoid being eaten, mainly because it could simply be extinct, ao after the plants adapted to protct themselves the herbs had no chance to follow up.

[@nyvisalays2475]

The game is conceptually cool but the model is just not good enough to create meaningfully different niches, and even when you just try to fill the basic niches, stuff randomly dies because the mechanics are shaky. It's kinda disappointing.

[@IslandPotato]

I do agree, certain aspects do really need an improvement to make it more fun. But it is early access, so hopefully it will improve soon :)

[@fightinmation9702]

He never showed us the pond

[@IslandPotato]

Ah my bad, I didn’t leave in the explanation, it wasn’t big enough to support life except some kelp 😊

[@ma1kawa11]

this is literally just a ripoff of spore lol.

[@IslandPotato]

I think it takes direct 'inspiration' from the creature creator yep, but they have turned it more into a simulation than what Spore ended up being. Whilst I do enjoy The Sapling; in its current state, it just doesn't feel complete, more like playing a demo than an actual game. I think it has a lot of potential, but it needs to just be a little bit more than what it currently is. I think the game Thrive (very similar to Spore as well, but tries to go beyond Spore's scope) has the potential to replace Spore in its field, but again, they have a lot of work to do as well in order to get it right. All I want is Spore, but what they showed in a demo ~8 years before release - more blood and realism, more actual survival of the fittest and not the PG version that we eventually received! If I could get that, it would instantly be one of my favourite games ever!

[@longslhonglogan2959]

Play more 🤙🏼

[@IslandPotato]

Will be soon, a very big update is coming up shortly, so will be doing a few episodes dedicated to it when that drops!

[@longslhonglogan2959]

@@IslandPotato yeaha been watching the guys updates love solo games and about evolution it’s mad thanks for the reply 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼 love ya vids

[@Inset_tomato]

@@IslandPotatoThat’s awesome!!!