Ecosystem Launch Stream! With dev Tom & Slug Disco

FINALLY! Ecosystem is entering its 1.0 release - to celebrate the launch join developer Tom and the Slug Disco team as we take a look at some crustacean gameplay!

Check out the Ecosystem YouTube channel: @EcosystemGame

Ecosystem is a god-game/simulation hybrid in which players design aspects of their underwater ecosystem - from the terrain composition and where the currents run to the placement of individual species of plant and fish within the world. Once the player has made these choices, the simulation takes over to help the plants and fish grow and evolve over time.

The underlying technology of Ecosystem means that it isn't just a video game version of the laws of ecology with pre-made fish models. The simulation actually determines the creatures in the game: their bodies, how they swim, and how they think and behave. All the creatures in the trailer evolved on their own in the game; none were hand-edited!

[EvilNecroid]

i like how they evolved to exploit a physics engine

[matthewhumphreys]

Played about 12 hours so far - one thing I've noticed is that early species are always out-competed by later species even though they have had far more time to evolve. The later species have a big advantage. Is that right or is the evolution system weighted against the early species?