Hello folks! Last year (especially December) moved Creatura popularity up a notch, and to keep up with hopefully upcoming soon development - we had to migrate, replace our backend, and modify a bit how we do our day-to-day operations here. You've probably seen already that for the past half of month not much has happened development-wise - that was caused by quite a lot of administrative work and changes around here, necessary to upscale the whole project. While i'm deliberately sparse with details, don't worry - normal development cycle should resume in week or two, as soon as we are "adapted" to the new enviroment, with the old-pipeline rocking new hardware. The game is still fully developed by me, i'll be still helping You with game support and hanging out on Discord/Steam, and Creatura is still fully independent, without any corporate publisher entity backing us. For players already running Creatura on PC not much should change - development cycle stays the same, with 1.0 and end of Early Access hopefully before end of the year. However, the MacOS version is now officially on the roadmap (Should be expected around 0.4 release), along the Nintendo Switch release (with optimistic estimations of release the same date as 1.0 Steam version). The mobile version is still in-works, but has no ETA at this point, and lowest priority of all ports. Steam wallpapers, collectible cards and emoticons for Creatura are coming soon. Thank You all very much for great support the game got so far, for the patience to the crashes and bugs, and first and foremost - for spending combined thousands of hours already in a game that no publisher deemed viable to release couple years ago. While the game is still relatively very small and has yet to break record of 50 daily players - the recent uptick in popularity definitely gave it so much needed fuel to keep going with development. I can just now hope to keep on going, and maybe some day break that record, with people worldwide having fun while getting experienced and familiar with gene editing, evolution and ecosystem dependencies. Keep on, and thanks for the support again!
[ 2020-02-01 22:28:39 CET ] [ Original post ]
- Creatura Linux [491.65 M]
Seed, Breed, Create.
From single cell organisms to complex ecosystems. Creatura is a virtual aquarium/terrarium tank to manage and simulate evolution from the very ground up. Every plant and animal inside takes part in natural and artificial selection, creating unlimited possibilities in simulating or recreating unique environments and pets, while being scientifically accurate with up-to-date biology research and helping to understand Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel great discoveries with simple and captivating gameplay.At The Beginning, There Was (Mostly) Water.
With empty vivarium tank at hand, start your journey to create thriving biomes using only time and artificial/natural selection mechanisms. Begin with single cyanobacteria to rush the botanical travel through algae, ferns, vines, grasses up to modern flowers and fruit trees, just by strategically taking plant cuttings, the same method agriculture used for last ten thousands of years. Every plant shape, colour and type is possibility, just wait for desired mutation to appear, take a clipping and plant it to create new and unique flora species.then, Wild Fish Appeared.
While some multicellular organisms thrive using only sun for photosynthesis, other quickly evolve ability to cannibalize living entities for energy. Where access to sunlight is unlimited, the algae will conquer ecosystem, but in other places, deep below, within abundance of decomposing biological material, the mighty proto-sponge will start the process of eumetazoic evolution. With Your guidance and just right conditions, the sponge will slowly free itself from ground and start the millennial crawl towards complex lifeforms. From that point, it's up to You to create and grow environment providing food and safety for one specie, while simultaneously crafting hunting grounds for others.then, Wild Fish Appeared.
the Ape That Ate the Fish.
After contemplating the cycle of life and beauty of it's creation - how about breaking it with science? Instead of waiting millennia for proper mutations randomly popping up, use in-game GCAT-DNA editor (based on state of art very real software used by modern scientists all over the world), sequence the genome, lookup DNA amino-acid groups on Wikipedia and play god... even more! While at it - claim the creations as new species, fill the animal and plant almanac with new entries, and create a unique life-tree. For the science! (And XP points, too)the Ape That Ate the Fish.
by the End, the Water Was Gone.
Whether You are completionist looking to unlock every specie and genus in game, or just casual player growing his own perfect virtual tank, Creatura provides relaxing gameplay, thousands of customization options and pleasant environment with limitless progress conditions. Play with your animals, trade plant cuttings, share tank designs and enjoy the unique digital world You've created from scratch, in the ultimate evolution vivarium experience.by the End, the Water Was Gone.
[/h2][/h2][/h2][/h2]- - Procedurally generated plants allowing for billions of possible combinations.
- - Create new flora species by taking cuttings of your plants and cultivating the mutations.
- - Authentic GCAT-DNA editor based on software currently used by scientists
- - Interfere with natural selection by modifying tank environment.
- - Discover new species of animals and plants, be first to name them and share online.
- - Design new, stunning vivaria, or recreate real-life aquariums and terrariums.
- - Relaxing gameplay, incorporating botany and biology research into game.
[/h2][/h2][/h2][/h2]- - Procedurally generated plants allowing for billions of possible combinations.
- - Create new flora species by taking cuttings of your plants and cultivating the mutations.
- - Authentic GCAT-DNA editor based on software currently used by scientists
- - Interfere with natural selection by modifying tank environment.
- - Discover new species of animals and plants, be first to name them and share online.
- - Design new, stunning vivaria, or recreate real-life aquariums and terrariums.
- - Relaxing gameplay, incorporating botany and biology research into game.
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- - Procedurally generated plants allowing for billions of possible combinations.
- - Create new flora species by taking cuttings of your plants and cultivating the mutations.
- - Authentic GCAT-DNA editor based on software currently used by scientists
- - Interfere with natural selection by modifying tank environment.
- - Discover new species of animals and plants, be first to name them and share online.
- - Design new, stunning vivaria, or recreate real-life aquariums and terrariums.
- - Relaxing gameplay, incorporating botany and biology research into game.
- OS: Any modern Linux
- Processor: Intel Core. AMD PhenomMemory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 4.3 compatible
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- OS: Any modern Linux
- Processor: Intel iX. AMD RyzenMemory: 8 GB RAM
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Vulkan compatible
- Storage: 1 GB available space
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