The Sapling

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I'm working on evolution simulation game The Sapling, my solo indie game project. It's a game where you can basically do two types of things: on the one hand...

Latest Videos

TRAILER (The Sapling documentary) Marzipan et plus si affinités (ENFR)

Introducing the The Sapling documentary program

The feature everyone asks me about (indie devlog 5-6)

Labeling biomes on an alien planet... is HARD. Here's why (indie sim devlog 5-5)

Making mushrooms move in an evolution sim indie game (devlog 5-4)

What it takes to add swinging through trees to an evolution sim (devlog 5-3)

I'm fixing the ugliest part of my simulation game... here's how (indie devlog 5-2)

How I managed to add the most requested leg ever to the game (devlog 5-1)

I streamed an evolution simulator for 1 month. This is what evolved. (extended cut)

My previous 247 evolution livestream flopped. Here's why I'm trying again.

A final idea for this update (indie devlog 4-6)

What's so hard about simulating fungi (indie devlog 4-5)

How to seduce a partner in an evolution simulation courtship display (indie devlog 4-4)

Adding SEX to my video game (evolution simulation devlog 4-3)

Simulating ecosystems in the dark (indie devlog 4-2)

This is what update 5 of my indie game will be about (devlog 4-1)

Island evolution diverging paths (🧬Evolution Simulated #6)

My first island animal has evolved! (🧬Evolution Simulated #5)

This is what happens when you run an evolution simulation on an archipelago (🧬ES #4)

The Sapling gameplay trailer (early access, january 2024)

‎️‍🔥🌋🌊☄️ (evolution sim devlog 3-7)

Giving all biomes in my evolution sim their own look AND sound (evolution sim devlog 3-6)

This new cladogram view is my new favorite feature (evolution sim devlog 3-5)

6 new food types I'm adding to the simulation (evolution sim devlog 3-4)

How simulating the evolution of grass will not make your PC explode (evolution sim devlog 3-3)

How you'll design plants that spread to other islands (evolution sim devlog 3-2)

The next big update for my evolution sim (devlog 3-1)

How one animal species conquered an entire contintent (🧬Evolution Simulated #3)

What happens when fish evolve into land animals in The Sapling (🧬ES #2)

New series Evolution Simulated, starting under water (🧬Evolution Simulated #1)