#the sapling

Some sketches of the facinating creatures from the ongoing, month-long evolution stream of The Sapling game. These borbs can store tree sap in the sacks on their heads (totally make sense. I guess).

These ones are some Oncalapalips descendants, i guess

First, I made algae that would float in the water as dots so it could evolve into much more, then, after a few timeskips, I realised they won't be able to actually evolve they're stuck as algae with occasional coloyr differences.

Then, I make some rooted algae. I plabt it and timeskip, unfortunately it died quickly after the timeskip 😔

I also notice that it tried evolving but the evolved species died before the original. Then, I check the list of species after this algae died. I notice a species called Walitum with 2 members alive! I get excited bc it managed to evolve in the nick of time and survive, though it was a little confusing how it managed to get over an area of ocean too deep for it to survive: I imagine it must have floated over or something.

Then, I make a new species of rooted algae in a different spot to everything else but not far away

Finally, I mive back to Walitum and check the family tree

IT EVOLVED FROM THE FLOATING ALGAE THAT I THOUGHT COULDN'T RVOLVE MUCH

:0

Omg

Played the beta branch of The Sapling and "documented" some of the species I saw. The first one that crawled on land and it's descendants. Sadly no carnivores or scavengers emerged.