maybe in the future, right now im focusing into completing the 13 stages with the most basic things, in the future ill add things like more random evolution, more species, alien civs, etc.
also macro multicellular is complete! moving onto aquatic intelligence, after i finish that i will publish a new alpha
And will the alpha after that will include the land evo stages?
yes, alphaV2 will conclude the water stages, alphaV3 will be the land non-civilization stages, and alphaV4 will introduce the civilizations
V4 also including space?
no, i still dont know how im gonna handle the space stages, so V4 will probably be the stone and neolithic age (maybe even metal age), V5 will be industrial and V6 will be the final alpha, and also the full release.
also it will take you 5 minutes to get from macro multicellular to the aquatic intelligence haha
…And after the “full” release you will work on making better versions of all those stages?
yeah! each update, i will add new things to atleast 2 stages per update to make them feel more “simulated”, cuz its all scripted now. still it will be a simple and barebone game, but with more, things,
So in the end you plan it to still be largely scripted but much more up to the randomness?
Do you plan to add iron metabolism at some point btw
maybe, maybe in the far future when i will be a better programmer. just kidding, probably in the later updates when i will start implementing some random evo.
also alphaV2 released! https://pukilarus.itch.io/lifesim
Btw after the alpha stage of this game is complete will you start working on the improved versions of the stages instantly or switch to some other project for the time being?
well, most probably i will take a break from programming, but the game will recieve updates, just much less frequently than now
So like once a month or so?
probably yeah
also some clarification for the new alpha release, the “pause evolution” button isnt there, as i will add it when i complete all macro stages (solar and galaxy not included as macro, those are space stages) and the species becomes intelligent when it grows the eyes
Will the tech stages have some kind of equivalent stop progress button?
well, the tech stages will still use the evolution system to advance the technologies, so it will already work, ill just rename the button when sentience starts (also sentience will be short, only like 1-2 things will happen there)
Will there be an ascension at the end of it all?
well, the end of galaxy age, their technologies will be so advanced it will be the ascension stage
So it will be like a smooth transition and not a one-point one like via an ascension gate?
