Small creatures. Big changes.

THRONGEvolution

Change the world. Watch life respond.

Start your own experiment.Free browser sandbox + Windows download · Keyboard & mouse

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Actual gameplayEnglish voice · Captions

A living population, inherited traits and an ever-changing world.Watch on YouTube ↗

Throng’s real evolution lab with moving organisms, trait controls and population graphs. — 01Follow life as it changes.Eight inherited traits. A live population. A matching control.

The sanctuary environment in the actual Throng evolution lab. — 02A different world. A different outcome.Four environments and six pressure programs.

Live Throng organisms spread across the mosaic environment. — 03Watch the generations unfold.Follow individual organisms and compare the population curves.

Throng’s channel environment with a living population and trait measurements. — 04Change the landscape.Try a new starting point. Discover what happens next.

The next generation is the interesting part.

Play in browser ↗

Controls & project notes

Controls

Keyboard and mouse. Open the double-helix icon to enter the evolution lab. P pauses or resumes; R restarts. Select an organism to inspect it, switch environments and compare the control curve. Some lab hover explanations are currently in Chinese.

Project notes

An experimental sandbox about inheritance, variation and selection. The evolution lab is an abstract game model, with game parameters and a matching control population.

Game and downloads on itch.io.