Patch v11.16

The Sapling

The Sapling is a short simulation game where you design your own plants and animals, and put them in a world together. Or you turn on random mutations, and see what evolution does to your ecosystem!

The Q and E buttons can now be used for vertical camera movement, like CTRL and SHIFT Fixes related to seasons: * You will no longer get an extinction message if there still are dormant seeds (like for a seasonal plant) * Plants that are dormant (shed leaves) now have a 'dormant' status labels when you zoom in on them * You are no longer in 'add alga' mode after editing seasons * There now is an absolute max age, to prevent immortal 'always dormant' plants * Dormant plants now take damage from fire Balancing body parts: * The first vertibrate carnivore mouth is now better with meat and less generalist * The first generalist arthropod mouth can now survive longer out of the water * Small changes to eye color ranges so the progression makes more sense * The game now also recognizes obliglate blood feeder mouths (like the bat mouth) as full mouths Finally implemented postponed fruit shape features: * The fruit shape now also mutates * The fruit shape is taken into account when two plants 'merge' as a result of sexual interaction Visual fixes and improvements: * The meteorite model no longer hangs in the air after impact * Filter feeders now sim closer to the surface, where the plankton is * Removed shadows by mountains, because they were always glitchy anyway * Fixed problem where clouds of various wheather types were sometimes rendered as if under water * Fixed problem where snow was sometimes rendered as if on top of the snow cloud Misc: * Removed various glitches related to animals that just escaped being eaten * Fixed the textual representation of 'if you see food'-type instincts (was 'if you see SOMETHING' before) Code hygiene: * Fully removed the old instinct view from the game * Fully removed the old 'ovule' system from the game I often forget to read comments below release notes, so if you have questions or bug reports, feel free to reach out via the Steam forums or thesaplinggame@gmail.com.