Hi everyone. I’m a keen iNat user, citizen scientist, artist and game designer. My first game, Cuttle Scuttle, is a retro arcade-style game for up to three players, based on the real ecology of a temperate rocky reef in South Australia. You play as a female giant Australian cuttlefish, and must rec…

While these two games are evolutionary simulators and not true ecosystem simulators, SPECIES: Artificial Life, Real Evolution by Quasar and Thrive by Revolutionary Game Studios are still good scientific games. Just note, however, that they are still in their very early alpha stages, so they way be v…

SimIsle. It might not seem like an ecosystem simulator, but in a larger sense it is – it simulates the ecosystem of a developing country and the ways it is being exploited. You make decisions about cutting down rainforests, mining, manufacturing, or developing tourism, and you have to be mindful of …

“ Alba: A Wildlife Adventure ” just came out today - haven’t tried it yet but it seems lovely, according to this review .

[20201211153038_1] sorry but this game is far too relatable ;)

Hi @MarkBittle , and welcome! If you like a post, agree with it, or generally want to show support, you can use the “like” button (shaped like heart): [likebutton]

Can the mods do something about these posts that are adding advertisement links in the quotes? At least remove them from the quotation, they probably don’t link to very trustworthy websites.

that last post of mine seems to have a large white space after it… but for me it is blank… does it appear to have something else to everyone else? [edit: and now the blank white space is gone… ???]

Some new users joined and made their first posts in here, quoting previous messages and embedding links to suspicious websites within those quotes to make it look like the original posters had included them themselves. It targets people who read responses later on and instead of going up to view the…

This one was just linked on the Discord server, it’s a wildlife photography game that looks fairly promising. Called Beasts of Maravilla Island: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1378020/Beasts_of_Maravilla_Island/ I’ve never played it, but apparently there’s another fairly old underwater diving g…

Computer games based on real ecosystems

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Quick question… do “likes” keep a topic alive? ie do they reset the auto-close countdowns like a reply would?

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