History VideoGame / TheSapling

* BioluminescenceIsCool: The Flower Update added the ability to have glowing flowers as well as bioluminescent body parts, and they can actually serve a practical purpose beyond just looking cool with certain animal instinct.

* StartingUnits: Algae were introduced in the Sea and Sandbox Update to serve this purpose in the scenarios, as they are significantly simpler than plants and animals and thus a lot easier to use for introducing basic gameplay elements.

''The Sapling'' is an evolution SimulationGame developed by Wessel Stoop that is currently in early access. Inspired by games such as ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'', it allows players to create plants and animals that inhabit a virtual ecosystem. There are two gameplay modes:

''The Sapling'' is an evolution SimulationGame developed by Wessel Stoop that is currently in early access. Inspired by games such as ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'', it allows players to create plants and animals to inhabit a virtual ecosystem. There are two gameplay modes:

* WeirdWeather: Seasonal weather patterns in sandbox mode are determined by the player, so it is entirely possible to invoke this.

* NecessaryDrawback: More complex parts and larger body sizes give species more tools to survive, with the tradeoff being that they reproduce at a slower rate. Because of this, it can often be adventurous to lose things that aren't required to survive.

* TooDumbToLive: Random mutations effect instincts as well as physiology, so it's entirely possible for animal to develop downright suicidal behaviors like actively traveling towards hostile environments or avoiding food sources. Any species that does so without other traits to help compensate for it will very quickly find themselves going extinct.

* NoisyNature: Terrestrial animals make quite a bit of noise when out of the water, even when they aren't roaring.

* BioluminescenceIsCool: The Flower Update added the ability to have glowing flowers as well as bioluminescent body parts, and they can actually serve a practical purpose beyond just looking cool with certain animal behaviors.
* PregnantReptile: Both this and {{Whale Egg}}s are completely possible as how an animal gestates is independent of almost all other factors (save for the animal's size and number of body parts determining how long until birth).

* ArtisticLicenceBiology: Wessel has admitted in the devlogs that he simplified parts of biology in order to make the game easier to understand. For example, whether an animal can breathe on land or water depends on its mouth, even though not all animals breathe through their mouths.

* AmazingTechnicolorWorld: The sea & sandbox update allows you to customise plant colours as well, and in sandbox mode, you can customise which colours will be able to photosynthesise on your planet.

* ShoutOut: According to a devlog, the triple tube-shaped eyes added in the sea & sandbox update are a reference to WebVideo/AlienBiospheres.

* AmazingTechnicolorWorld: The currently-in-beta sea & sandbox update allows you to customise plant colours as well, and in sandbox mode, you can customise which colours will be able to photosynthesise on your planet.

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->''A game about life and evolution''

* In scenarios, the player must create organisms that meet certain requirements to complete objectives, and more complex organism parts need to be unlocked.
* In sandbox mode, the player has access to all the parts in the editors from the start, and can turn on random mutations to watch the ecosystem evolve on its own.

* AmazingTechnicolourWorld: The currently-in-beta sea & sandbox update allows you to customise plant colours as well, and in sandbox mode, you can customise which colours will be able to photosynthesise on your planet.