Creating An Ecosystem Simulation Game In 6 Months

Hi all thanks for watching! I want to address some things that could clarify some stuff. I received a bit of constructive criticism with the video - Overly pretentious Agree, I will tone it down next video - Video footage seems off That's my bad, it was a period of about 6 months and I forgot about alot of the footage/they were lost. If this ever happens again I will use relevant footage - Redundant Agree, I'll tackle a unique angle of this niche if I ever am to do another video on this topic. I also received some questions - Will the game be a full release? nope, it's just a small interactive simulator you and your friends will be able to use - Source Code? yeah... I don't know when this will happen, but i'll make sure to do it - Long term project? I plan on providing support for bugs, but no more updates for now. People have done insanely good things with ecosystem simulators already So yeah thanks for the support too, hope this clarifies some things up, if you have any extra comments/concerns add I'll add it to this list.

I love the ending so much. - "Through out this project, I was constantly wondering whether it is all worth it. My community was desperate waiting for new video for over 6 months, friends are wondering whether I am making something, and most importantly there were tons of other games and simulations that are much better. So, why should I even try? But at the very end, after all the trials and tribulations, seen all the progress and beautiful thing I accomplished. Most importantly, creating something I am proud of i can share with the world. I realized that even that was not the best, the experience, the knowledge, and the memories would be all well worth it. " 😀

After watching the whole video, I might be able to explain why it is difficult for more cycles to persist. It is the size of the map. The map is too small to support a complex community that you are looking for. The more space you have, the more land to forage, hunt and recover. With such limited space, your populations are naturally become unstable due to the limited resources. The larger the map, the easier a plant can recover from overharvesting as the herbivores take over and will succumb to the predators. There is an interesting thing to note that drives this point home is the shrinking of your herbivores. This is a classic example of insular dwarfism. Probaby since your bodysize stat accounts for food storage, it was beneficial for the ai to shrink. Insular dwarfism occurs as an organism will shrink compared to their relatives to adapt to limited resources. Great living examples are Key Deer, a subspecies of White Tailed Deer found in the Fla Keys and will rarely get as tall as your waist, however most examples are no longer with us due to humans

Amazing video! Felt like a proper documentary that showcased your simulation. Great work

12:10 these creatures were like "ha! food too far away? simple. just teleport." and i admire them for that 12:46 OMG THEY DID IT AGAIN. legendary.

If you keep going you chanel is going to blow up. Please keep doing this series.

You could add something like biomes or different properties for different areas like "humid" or "desert".

this is an absolute piece of art, the editing is SO FREAKING GOOD WHAAAAAAT

I love the inclusion of plant evolution to adapt to herbivores. One my favorite examples is the (now extinct) moa and lancewood trees. You see, Moa were the apex plant eater in NZ acting as elephant and deer, with a wide ranging diet and long reach for leaves. Their voracious appetite lead to one of the very few examples in ontogenic dimorphism in plant morphology. This means the body and parts of the tree change as it ages! The lancewoods start their lives with leaves filled with defenses to protect it from being chewed up by the birds. The leaves have a silica glass in their sap rich with poison to tear the throats of the bird, and the leaf structure was more like the front of a swordfish. However as the tree reached a height above the grasp of the moa, the leaf shape would change to finally fill the canopy without worry of predation!

I always have so much fun looking at this kind of videos were someone makes a virtual ecosystem and explain the mechanics behind it. I encourage you to do more of this.

Mind-blowing

severely underrated video, you’re a natural at making compelling and entertaining vids. Look forward to more :]

This is truly awesome. I’m into biology, terrariums, and video games. Perfect!

Dang that’s crazy

First also so excited to watch!

This is amazing, I'd be delighted to see more from this project

This is great! Instantly subscribed, surprised you’re not more popular.

Youtube channels with videos like this have a million + subscribers I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw you only had under 10k! Just subbed and keep up the good work this was awesome to watch and your voices perfectly matches the edits and vid

I am… AMAZED! Thank you for making this i hope for the best (and never give up even in the darkest moments you just gotta power past it) Good luck loved the video!!)

this was well made my guy!!! <3 learned alot from this video