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The SaplingNewsThe stream is almost halfway! Watch together with the dev in 2 hours
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The stream is almost halfway! Watch together with the dev in 2 hours

The Sapling · published 30 Jun 2026, 17:12 UTC

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As you might know, at the moment I'm running a long livestream, simulating evolution 24/7. It's all epxplained in this video:

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We've been able to follow the planet Wright-2b for almost a week now, and the moving continent (named 'Rupert' by the community) is about halfway its journey. Many interesting things are happening, like:

  • The two main continents are each hosting their own plant family: the western one is mostly red, the eastern one is mostly blue.
  • The ocean was covered in floating algae for days, until the animals evolved eggs that could handle stronger ocean currents, which caused a huge boom in filter feeders, causing all algae to go extinct.
  • The ecoystem on the larger continent (named 'Deus Agriculturae' by the community) is mostly based around fruit and fruit eaters.

To celebrate making it until here I (the dev Wessel Stoop) will be present in the chat tonight at 1900h UTC (2100h CEST, 1200h PDT, 1500h EDT)! Come watch the stream with me at twitch.tv/wesselstoop

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Esports25 Jun 2026Wright-2b is live!Streaming evolution simulation indie game The Sapling, 24/7 for 2 weeks: We started on planet Wright-2b with a simple alga and underwater animal, turned on random mutations, and now we watch what evolves. Introduction to the project: Introduction to the world:Game update16 May 2026Patch v13.71Balancing and fixes for animals · Various legs besides the body now have special requirements for the animal to have more than 1 set of limbs, to make them look more natural (already in the previous patch logs, but now it's working) · Sessile animals with moving juveniles now actually move to the ocean floor and stop moving as adults (thanks, Cody Beaver, Cringus Ringus, Spectator, Acarlis, mic…Game update7 Apr 2026Patch v13.57Balancing and fixes for plants · Major rebalancing of leaf statistics, so you will more variety in the leaves evolving · Bioluminescent flowers and fruits now cost slightly more energy (thanks, Warlord-vir!) · Prevented plants slowly taking over areas where they shouldn't be able to survive because of the moisture · Prevented another way to make illegal fruits, causing the game to glitch (thank…