Controls: 

N= M=

Left and Right Keys for color selection.

Full screen recommended.

Gameplay: Your Critter can start as either a Herbivore or a Carnivore, and must compete with the other Critters on the island to create a balanced ecosystem! To do this you must pick the right genes when a Mutation happens, when a Mutation happens you will be given 2 Mutations and have to pick one. 

Speed, Energy, Birth Rate, Defense, Switch Food Source

Survive 50,000 years to win!

About: This game was made using the Pico-8 engine, a retro style game engine meant for making silly games like this. This project was mainly used as a step to teaching myself coding and game dev. Criticism welcome in the comments.

More information
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Authormgalbrecht
GenreSimulation, Strategy, Survival
Made withPICO-8
Tags2D, 8-Bit, Animals, ecosystem, PICO-8, Singleplayer, Top-Down

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THE B345T90 days ago

Cool game :) it felt like there is a lot to the simulation. They are even creating villages ! I did make it through the 50000 years but I did not fully understand the numbers on the top left corner. What do those mean?

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Krasimir Balchev88 days ago

I'm not certain, but it seems like it's the number of critters per each color

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